Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-03

After the death of the emperor the
Prince Napoleon expressed his opinion
that the school at Woolwich was not
worthy of the new position of the prince
as the head of the family. The empress
left the matter to her sons Judgment.
sit was the emperor's WISH" replied the
prince, "that should finish my education
at Woolwich. Now that he is no more,
his wishes are doubly sacred, and 1 shall
obey them" He therefore remained at
Woolwich until he came of age March 10,
1S74) .........
The prince Imperial of very quiet
tastes. He liked his own people, his
friends, his servants, his own home. Of
ten the empress would beg him to get out,
to mingle more freely with the young
members of the English aristocracy, by
whom he was much sought and courted.
The prince would accept with courtesy,
but would always return greatly depressed,
and when the empress, to relieve the mo-
notony of his life. would urge him to at
tend balls or hunting parties--"1t will
amuse. you," she would say-the prince
would shake his head sadly. ''Do not
think that" he would reply. II may
amuse them, but they cannot amuse me. !"
No one ever suffered more than that
gnawing pain known as "homesickness"
than did the prince; no one grieved more
over the sorrows of France. One might
say with truth that they caused his death
There are certain dwellings that, like
certain people, seem doomed to some
strange fatality. Before Mr.. Strobe came
into possession of it Camden Place had
long been untenanted. The memory of a
tragic crime, committed under mysterious
circumstances, had for many years re-
PEELED would-be purchasers. The bed
room occupied by the empress was the
scene of the tragedy. 1t was large room
GUS windows it was darkened by heavy
hangings in dark-red damask. The bed, q
very large one on a sort of platform,
backed against the wall just beside the
door. The first persons to tenant it were
an old married couple. One morning the
unfortunate pair were found murdered in
their bed.
The murdered couple had lived almost
alone at Camden Place, with their only
son and one man-servant. The man-ser-
want disappeared and was never again
heard of. The son was arrested and &C
cused, but as they could find no proof
against him he was set free. Yet he was
not acquitted by public opinion, which &C.
cused him of having, in completely with
the servant, slain his parents to inherit
nal and an outcast. No one would associ
ate with him, and he shut himself up in
his house, gloomy and alone. He never
left its walls except to 60 to the cemetery
where stone had been erected by his or
der over the grave of his parents. At his
death he ordered his body to be buried il
| the same grave. In his will he left direc
| tions that the house should not be sold til
| after certain length of time had elapsed
| and also that the following strange cpl
| taph should, after his death, be engraver
upon the family tomb: 'It is I; be no
afraid" One day, on visiting the ittl
| cemetery, the prince discovered this cpl
| taph and inquired into it's sad story
He always thought that in these words la,
| the explanation of the tragedy. He pom
| dered over them for a long time, trying t,
| discover their hidden sense
cit is either a confession or recollec
tion," said the prince, thinking one coult
| find double sense in this sentence.
He puzzled greatly over this enigma, ant
| whenever friends would visit him h
l would take them to the tomb, ask thei
| opinion and try in that way to form hi
| own.
| The remains of the emperor were burie'
| in 1878, in the little Church of St. Mary
at Chiselhurst, in a granite sarcophagu
| given by the Queen of England. Late
on, when the body of the Prince Imperia
was brought from Zululand, sort O
crypt was hastily constructed, whicl
opened into the church. There was place,
the coffin of the Prince Imperial. Fo
seven years it remained there. The wall
of the crypt disappeared under blacl
hangings. The coffin was covered by al
immense pail of embroidered velvet,
| royal present from the Duchess de Gambia
ceres, an old friend whom the Prince I'm
perial loved dearly. The flag of Franc
covered the whole, as is the custom in tn
case of warriors who die on the field o
battle. For seven years the empires
brought flowers and knelt in prayer eacl
day beside the coffin of her son. TIL
flowers were invariably white, and Their
by some strange process, probably due t.
the dampness of the vault, they neve
withered nor changed color. When the
| were swept away to make room for other
| they were as fresh as when first gathered
| The empress seemed to find a sort of com
passionate consolation in the possession o
her sons coffin. Not finding at Chisel
hurst the necessary ground for the erec
ton of fitting mausoleum for the re
mains of her husband and son, the EN-
press decided to purchase near Windso
the estate of Farnsborough, where sh
erected cnurcn and q convent, where tn
monks have received the mission of keen
ing watch over the tombs. The transpol
tation of the remains of the emperor an
the Prince Imperial took place in 1886
Then, and then only, was the Prince I'm
| perial buried.
Farnsborough is handsome residenc
of aristocTatic aspect, looking like eros
| between a castle and cottage. The EN-
press has collected there all the relics O
the imperial family. She has also careful
| ly reconstructed the bedroom of the empe
or and that of the Prince Imperial as the
had existed at Camden Place. Beside tn
| young soldiers narrow bed, always GOV
cred with flowers, stands the gorgeou
cradle offered by the city of Paris to tn
imperial infant on the day of his birth
| March 16, 1856
The estate of Farnsborough is be
| queathed to Prince Victor, the eldest Sol
of the late Prince Napoleon. 1t is wei
known that by the English law no for
eigner can inherit land in England. Il
compliance with the wish of the empress
however, the Queen, by a special decree
| has authorized Prince Victor to inherit an(
| hold the estate of Farnsborough