New-York tribune., 1891-12-27
FUNERAL OF DOM PEDRO.
FORMAL HONoRS FROM THE REPUBLIC VI
FRANCE AND THE CHURCH.

three spectacular funerals The hrst was Ac'u
Lyttons, which began in a singulariy impre'S'e
and simple manner. In the British Churcn' rue
d'Aguessean, and was continued in the sueets'
with all the military pomp and circumstance wnich
would have attended the going TO the grave OF
Marshal Of France. The second was that OF Ws
Emperor OF Brazil and the 6llrd, whicn tooN
place to-day, that Of NJ Applaud. to whom fatis
owes her lovely parks, public gardens ana prom
enades Ehe French love fine funerals as ocnrv
us the Irish When a bel interment OF SONS
great parsonage is going forward, the whohe Guy
takes holiday, and tn, crowds that MI '"s
streets through which the cortege Is 10 pass arc
in the most festive humor. The whole tnins 10
SO arranged to seem grand street opera
Nothing can be more operatic than church ny
tb. Madeleine or Notre Dame when irst-claes ob-
sequies are being performed there. Inc spcc,acoa'
pomp crowds out solemn feeling. III is all veas
Zine, very impressive as a work of art, put IL iaa'
to 20 TO the heart, and is merely Tor the css'
to feed upon
Dom Pedro died in the parish of La Madeleine
about stones throw from that church lie enoeu
his life a wayfarer in perhaps third OF iou''S
rate hotel The rooms he occupied were emAAs
bedroom. furnished in black rosewood In the mos
commonplace manner. and upholstered WIN o,us
reps a moderate sized dining room, and snaaa'es
sitting-room in red cotton velvet ana mahosany.
His servants, who WIRE on the footing OF ou
and beloved friends. had rooms upstairs Inc oo~
tor Baron Moya Motta, took his meals WIN ',s
Emperor, WHO, when he went out, liked 10 wal.
alone 1t was decided by the French Govemmens
that he was TO be buried in the state which the
protocol holds is due to a monarch VINO oies N
Paris and was a friend Of France. This implies
afafa
drawn by eight richly caparsoned, led horses to
the church where the obsequies are to De cee-
brated, the solemnites there and the removal OF
the body to temporary burying-place. or to the
railway terminus from which it is to be conveyed
IN ioin the remains of dead ancestors. Under
the old monarchy, James II Of England was
bured in state here. Under the Second Empire
Jerome. ex-King of westphalia, was taken into the
Invaidcs, where his more illustrious orotners
law, and George " ex-King Of Hanover was
also honored with q state funeral here.
Pedros obsequies were intended TO give saus'
faction TO the Catholic feeling Of his only SUI
viving daughter, the Comtesse d'Eu, TO please
the Brazilian people, and especially OF Rlo, anu
not TO vex the politicians who happen 10 oe up
permost there As Germany is creating gress
commercial union against France, it was deciaeo
that the opportunity afforded by the late Emper-
ors death to the French to enter into closer 'raae
selations with the tropical States he ruled over
should not he thrown away. Inc klo Peopie' %
represented by the Town Council were so sens'-
BILE TO the courtesy as to telegraph in the warmess
terms their thanks for the handsome and generous
course taken by the French Government
The Madeleine is a church well adapted 10
public funeral There no aisles and the TOOL
is hgh-arched. The eye takes In all al sihgs
glance round
I WAS surprised to find that the Comtesse d'Eu
had the staff of a court. There were no ess tnan
sixteen Brazilian chamberlains on duty at the
obsequies and a number Of masters OF ceremohies'
ALI wore insignia of orders, broad and brightly
colored ribbons athwart their wastcoats' ana "eis
in court dresses They showed the persons in
vited to their appointed places. Csher from the
Foreign Office and the Elysee, also in the full dress
OF their function were sent to aid them. Comte
d,Ornesson had seen the Comtesse d'Eu and her
husband and expressed to them the views OF the
French Government as TO the manner IN wnlch
tho ceremony was to be conducted. Dom Pedros
mast sovereignty was TO meet with the fullest
recognition from civil and ecclesiastical authorities
and the Cardinal Archbishop Il Paris In his pohtn
cal robes, red skull-cap an dmter was to sprinkle
his coffin with holy water and incense IT, lie
WAS also with bafed head to read the aDSolution
beside the coffin. The COmtesse, an only daugh-
ter. was TO be the chief mourner and 70 De con-
ducted in state at some distance before her hus-
hand and two Younger sons her brother-n-law
and nephews to her place in the church, ana from
if 10 the mourning couch. She looked very much
the Empress when this was being done. Her
aunt the Princess Of Joinville, nee Princess OF
Brazil. SAT- near her in the chancel; but not quite
SO forward. Her eldest son was also near her, but
| A. in
the nave. and had in front of them the ex-Kings
Francisco of Naples and Francisco dAsssi OF
Snain. The Dues de Chartres and d'Aumale did
not come. This was because General Brrgere, ~
representative of NJ Carnot, was to have the pas
on every one save the chief mourner and her eld-
est son. The Prince de Joinville, who was never
attached TO tine pomps and vanities Of Court life,
did not mind Nor did the Due de Nemours.
father Of the Comte d'Eu. Between the latter
and the Due dAencon, his brother, | noticed
a little struggle for precedence, about which they
often dispute. D'Eu is the eldest brother. but
as he accepted naturalization in Brazil, dAlencon
holds him 10 be no longer a
member Of the Royal House Of
France, and to be foreigner. Now, under the
old monarchy, foreigners, however illustrious, did
not count unless by special favor Of the King.
The illustrious and august ladies did not shine
by their beauty or the elegance Of their black ap-
parel Queen Isabella and the Queen Of Naples
were in the front of tribune. the one rubicund.
mere than stout. and not in the least sad. and
the other, tanned from exposure TO the sun, ner-
vous, with the set jaw and intensely determined
eye of the horse breaker. little behind them
were the Duchesse dc Chartres and her daughterl
the Princess Marguerite, whom the Due dOrleans
| Tilted. | never saw less solemn congregation.
rne Creole ladies when at all young firted away
with tne gentlemen who escorted them. All the
relatives showed in their bearing a sense Of re-
| lief The body lay in a catafaque Of gigantic
| height, canoped with four curtains that were
caught up 10 form draperies at the side arches.
An Imperial crown tine real one it sppears)
crowned the edifice.
The whole garrison of Paris would have been
out OF Dom Pedro had died here when he was