New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-21
A ROYAL PAGEANT.
FUNERAL OF KING WILLIAM Cc HOLLAND
AT TIE HAGUE.
poyAy OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBIALl

FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE IRBIAL'l
The Hague December 2
The funeral Of william III took place mere N
Thursday last with great po'np, ana the NaSo
quantities of black hangings and crane plrchas'i
n year ago. at the time Whep the King dei'h
agony was enormously believed u nave besuh,
were brought forth once more. All Tie pubic
luil4ings ard nanv of the private residences were
heavily drapcd in black From almost every
house indeed from almost every wnioW' te
national fla appeared, tcsooned WIN GRAPE am
Grape. too. shroudcd the lighted gas lamps an
along the route from thc palace 10 the royal vault
At Delft. The Procession left the pdI'c' Al ~
o'clock in the morning. amid the thnn'erlng OF
cannon and the tolliua of all the church bells IN
the CITY, II pr,senteD a very imposing appear
anco AS il moved along al slow and stdteiy
oacr 10 tho mournful strains Of Choplhs luheiai
march, In III, van % the cortclc marched large
escort composed Of detachment, Of pic Soinlers
and sailors with arms reversed. st came
master of the ceremonies in his co"ft UNIFORM.
and Immediately after him n sombIe-lo'e' p,dN VI
/ cnaDlains ard ecclesiastical digniiarles' l"e''
were followed by the Royal Herald, E@ion hen2'rS'
who was mounted ana arIaYcd IN Gorgeous Hol'-
embroidered tahard. and close AT tie heeIS ol HID
charaer were seen The physicians OF thc la'e iio-
arch and tie maLaccIs of his pilFole 's''"'
The simplicity OF their rlnin eNenln' dles, oi,
sorved - bring ont more strongly the splendid
uniforms Of the generals who followed, pcplis VI
cushion, Of crimson velvet tic various insignia "t
| the dcfunct sovereign The Field Nar~nals baton
v,as carried by Lieutenant-General Mcleod VITO
v,as no nrincin.l admi&ni-cercral ot lis MaJeSN'
( ,.Lile fine stars and crosses OF his hn'h'i'
ous foreign orders including TIE "tt,fi
Of Great Britain, the -. Andrew OF h'sS'I. 10
LEGION of Honor of France, and me n"'h Loo
-, pr,..ia rero intrustcd N Generals van der
Ilc.den. van Bell. van Crave. Boumeester ana
| admiral Gcerlinc. Tie Dutch dHcofa'ohS' va"
pr,sins the Order of William. the 'r'er u nv
| Lion and that of the Oakcn CroWA' were "oii' y
! tho Chancellor Of these orders, Admiral "reEoiS'
BARON Naciav. the Prime Minister. VINO IKE ven
oral Mcleod and many other Of the high dlgn'-
! ,rio. j., rho Netherlands. is Of Scotch origin,
! ,,arehed NJ the head Of the members OF the Cao-
! inc, and carricd on n cushion the Royal crown
! respendent with Jewels General b'rgahSlus' No
Minister of War bore the sword OF state MS '''
league of the Naral Department had inc h'''.
Standard the Minister Of the Colonies the Royal
! orb and the Minister of Foreign Anaus ire s'eP-
fro All of these ms c-a. "a, well aS inc eop' en-
! broileres Of IL" uniforms. were Shto''e" VII,
! ,r,,., Immediately in front of the he2rSe ana
! attended by four mounted orderly ofl'er' rour
! Raroo van Eclinchaye. the grand master Oh '"e
! ceremonies. in a state carriage and ioHr.
Tho tgner,l ear itself was gigantic ahair' 10
! ,,. dr,y,n hy cight black horses covered rom
! hand ~ foot with black and silver housings. open
M al siic. II showed the collin unGer ptI-
| l,ouiu. from which fell black drap'rle' WIZ 81
,cr horders ON the dais were SIN Wh'r al" 50
! bl,c,, punches of oS rich plume, oil H5'h.'' SIC
/ Rchind th. hear,e was led the Kings iaNor''
cb,r,er with the Li.h boots fastened IN me sur
nuns and craze covering the saddle ana Trap l'A'
| , b,riot followed heavily laden with floral en-
! bl.rs and Immediately atterward hrlIiah' wv
,rcadc Of the aides -dc-camp, adlutats ana eP''l
ric, of tic KIM Four superb state carriages
! drawn by >iN horses each ana WIN three '"o "'
~, cyery door conveyed the foreign princes AZ
! tending the ohscluics. They comprised ne r''-n-
inc Grand Dukes of >aNc-Wemar. of LuNemnur-'
I o,d ,t Ne,l,lenhrrs- Schwerin the Prince HeSeh'
| of Rruusyick thr rrlgnins Prince OF Na'" a.
! ,r,bduke Frederick of Austria. Grand Duke Alex
! j. NJ Russia King lIumherts nephew, re ''u
of Turin: the ne1i1N KIM hroiA'r' IT" ''"''
/ Of Flanders. and many others In carriages "I'"'
hv four horses with ore lootman al me ''o"'
were the forcl.n ENJOYS hoth ordinary anu ~
,r,ordinarv. and including the tniei Na's rP
,escn,a.ivc and the Swc llsh Count RoSen. VIC
married f. the daughter of Mrs Bloomfield Moor''
/ of Philadelphia.
nr IN, procession arriving at Dcft at ahont
s,uor, and the collin carried into the ne" chuf'h
! ,o he inferred in the ROYAL vault beneath me
/ monument of William the Silent. THE old N'dIr,
i ,yhi,h j., hi1rwl,e hcntath the monument contal"s
fine r.nains of William the Silent. of his wives
and of hi, t,:o SONS: while in the new ,aut, bu.t
IN 1870. are the bodies OF the members Of ma
! House of Orange who have died since the creation
| of the klncom Of the Netherlands az tiic h'gih-
uing al the century. The court chaplain, pr.
koctswcld hlving 6rnNcrcd an impressive address,
during the course of NNiCh bc "Nto'ltd Inc CIV ~
virtues The patriotism and the devotion 10 I'"''"
interests of the dead Fine. concluded hl lW"hlhS
in particularly pathetic and touching iaN-u'S'
blessing on the head oi the htil' Rdern ana on
that of her mother the Recent. subsequently me
coffin was paced IL the vault :lop- Side al iIl'b
OF the late Prince Alexander. whose cccenirciti y
durlnl the later portion Of his S'ml-d"mented NC
took the form If declining u wear the neither Gtr-
mcnts peculiar - the male aGd %! arraNIng hi-
self in orange satin quilted pctti'ootS In re
presence Of the foreign princes, OF IN" memhrri
of the Cabinet and OF the hugh dlgnlt2rirs Of ma
realm who had descended into tho vault the Mn
lister Of Justice the principal law officer OF the
Crown affixed the great seal OF State - tns
coffin, and then. after closing ard locking te
vault. all assembled IN front of the church "a
hear the herald proclaim from the steps of 10
sacred cdirce, Ia zones nearly bur not quite rs
stentoran as those Of the dead monarch. that Inc
laid 10 rest with his torciatherS and that his
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