Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-13
WITH REGAL HONORS The Remains of the Count of
 Paris Were Inferred.
TaE ROYALTY REPRESENTED
By NobleS From Nearly All the European Countries.
 At the Tomb.

LONDON, Sept. 12.-Private mass for the dead was celebrated at Stowe House at o'clock this morning. The ceremony was attended only by members of the Count of Paris family.
 The cortege left Stowe House at 7:30, the body being conveyed in a hearse drawn by six horses. The hearse was followed by twenty carriages, containing princes and princesses connected by ties of blood or marriage with the Orleans family. The procession was received at the railway sta tion by the mayor and municipal authori- ties of Buckingham. The blinds of the houses along the route to the station were closed, and the road lined with silent spec tators.
 The special train conveying the body started for Ws:bridge at 9:30. The cars were all draped with black.
 The funeral train arrived at Weibridge at noon. It had been preceded by four spe- cial trains from London, bearing the Duke ofiYork, Duke of Connaught, Marquis of Lorne, and a large number of French no- bility. The procession was formed at the station and the body taken to the church. Due de Orleans and other princes of the family walked immediately behind the hearse.
 In the procession the Duke of York was accom- panied by Prince Herman of Saxe- Weimar and Prince Philippe of Saxe- Co. burg. The Duke of York wore naval uniform. The Emperor of Germany and most of the other European royalties were represented.
 The coffin was received at the door of the Roman Catholic church, which formerly contained the remains of King Louis Phil lipe of France, his consort, and his daugh- ter-in- law, the Duchess of Orleans, by Monsignor Hulst, who was attended by a number of priests and acolytes. Mon- signor Hulst and his attendants preceded the procession into the church, Due de or- leans occupying the position of chief mourner. The church, which is small was crowded.
 When the coffin had been placed in front of the altar, Cardinal Vaughn and the bishop of Southwark, the Rt. Rev. John Butt, entered the sanctuary, great silver crucifx being borne before them, and ser vice began. Two bann eretts, presented by the young royaIists of France, were placed on either side of the coffin, which was cov- cred with the tri-color. The music was taken from spohr's ''Last Judgment" and all Of the solemnities of the church ob- served. The services concluded with the yfonouncement of abselatieH- by CaFaiaai Vaughn, after which the body was placed in vault near the altar.
 DUKE OF ORLEANS SPEAKS.
 After the funeral of the Count of Paris lOudy tue oukc Ol OElcdub3 by number of friends, went to London, where he held a reception at the Grosvenor hotel, which was attended by all the visit ing royalists. The Duke made an address as follows:
 "It is with sorrowful emotion that re- ceive the homage of your devotion, and thank you for 1t. Your presence not only testified your respect and attachment to him we have lost, but it also proves your fidelity to the principle of national and tra ditional monarchy, of which l am the rep resentative, and whereof he transmitted to me the heritage. know the rights of this heritage. It confers duties upon me, it imposes obligations upon me towards free France to be guided by the magnificent ex- ample my father has given me during life, and which he consecrated by his death; courageously faced and accepted in such Christian manner.
 .'Fortified by your aid and by that of absent friends, who, from all parts of France, have already sent me the expres- sion of their devotion and making appeal to all men of heart, I will fill, without faltering, the mission which falls to me. s "Although still young am conscious of my duties, and with my great love for Francel will consecrate all the strength and energies possess to fill them.'' z At tue conclusion of the manifesto, the duke cordially thanked his father's coun- cilOrs,