A NATION'S MOURNING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 10

A NATION'S MOURNING.

FUNERAL OF KING CARLOS. 1 PAGEANT OF WOE. The funeral of King Carlos and'tho Crown Prince at Lisbon bri February 8 was a most solonln and .elaborate ceremony, and, greatly to tho relief of. everyone, was unmarked, by any Republican demonstration. ' 1 Tho Royal chapel in which tho -'bodies of King Carlos and his soil rested presented' an impressive spectacle. - It was draped in black, adorned with elioico'/lowers, aiid, .during the. ceremony which preceded tho removal of tho bodies, filled with a mass of. varied.uniforms. '.Queen-Amelia and Queen JJaria Pia heard tho Reiiuioni Jlass from .tho sorconed. galjory of, tho, chapel, but tool; no 'further part in, the fuuoral ceromony, King Manuollikewisb. abstained from participating in .the fu•lioral, and after a last, pathetic farewell 'to tho dead" King and the two Queens retired to tho Pakce: The funeral procession left tlio Roypl' chapel at 11 o'clock. Outside, in tho Jong, narrow spaco ill front of tho Palace,: then, bathed in tho sunshino of a.perfect spring day, woro assembled a number of a'neiont State coaches, tho finest, perhaps, that exist in ; tho, world. Tlio newest was'ni'ado in tho eighteenth century,; and tho oldest may_ liavo sorvod tho wedding journey of tho Princess'of Braganza who became tho Queen of Charles 11 of England.' ■' '• ■- i; -' >. -. ■ v Each 'coach was drawn by. "'six matched mules, driven by a coachman 'and two out- 1 riders,'and attended bv. six running footmon in livories of scarlet and yellow, with'cocked• hats aud buckled shoes. ■ ■ THREES JIE ARSES ' In theso sumptuous carriages,' when the service in tho chapel' was over, tho distinguished guests' of tho nation •' took their places. Tho four Royal princes—Princo Arthur 'of Comiaught, representing King Edward and Queen Alexandra j Princo Ferdinand of Bourbon, representing King Alfonso j Princo Eitcl Friedrich, representing the Gorman Emperor; and tho Count of Turin,,-re-prcsonting:thp King and Queen of Italy—rodo together. . ' . i ' ■ ', , . Thoro ! woro v three hearses. One, which was empty, seemed to bo more.ancient even than the'Stato coaches, Tho hearses were 'entirely covered with black velvet, fringed.,and bordered with gold. Each was drawn by six horses, also covewl , from head to tail, in black. Tho chargers of tho dead Priiioo were led behind. ' ■ , It ( was nearly noon when the procession filed- dowhi tho narrow streets • from tho Palaco.' Ilie Stato coaches led tho. way, surrounded, by dragoons. The hearses' followed, the King's coming last, escorted by Royal Archors. Tho Portuguese . Twmen "of. : tho Guard; with. halberds roversqd, and companies qf petty-officers: and seamen from the fleet,'and;two-regiments of cavalry brought up thprqar. . ' , ' - ■ Slowly,'" very, Mowly'tho,, heavy coaches rumbled over;the" : 'cobble stones of the river-, sidq streets, .'a'nd\then'climb wl, tho stoop narrow ways which., wind up to the church of £jt,: Vincent.; At long, intervals guns boomed from the, warships. in tl(o .Tagus,' and the bells of the-churches', woro tolled. j \ AT THE CHURCH. 1 In tho steep open gpacW before .the 1 churclr woto drawn iipvtlio cadets, of. tho military school. Tho sun shone full 011 tho broad 'flight of stops''that led ; to; the west door of tho church; whero stood a group*of clergy, ;boadcd by •''the/Pat'ri'arch >. ; of','Lisbon, their, sombre 'robes, being doubly, cbnspicuous in tho pervading, light'qi'the pioturo.,;';.., . ' In strong' crtlitrast to. the brightness outside, tho (ShurcjiWaii mystorious;, ! Tho navb Avas'i.b'are, •say6'for-.a long stretch; of black carpet'.-and' tho catafalque in front of tho chancel rails. . 011 which the coffins were to bo plated. ■ , . " " 'a '-' '- .The .tribunes .oocupied by tho foreign missions : and', high', dignitaries; wore. placed im-mediately-.on tlio left of. altar, tho,-Pat-; riarch, tho iPapal Nuncio, and.ijh'q Bishops of tlip $ealm7' ; ; clad. iji'gijrgeqns yestfpents beingon: the rightr.f r6iuam'der"6f. the-space. was allotted to military? and naval otticers of various nations; ■ aniong : whoifi the British' officers- were Especially ..noticeable'.:"-..' . Candles five jfeet long wero distributed among the, congregation, and their light was shed over a strangely-impressive scene. Tho dead King and his sbn, who wero dressed 111 full; uniform, lay as though asleep under the glass,'lids of their coffins, being-fully' visible to the vast congregation. .'Tho ,music l of tho Mass was /beautifullyiTsiing by tho choir, and the .entire service, 'which' began' ,shortly> boforo • 3,' o'clock;/ lasted 1 until nearly ' ,5. Then . the Patriarch :'gare. ! th# isbsolution, ind the' Princes and-Prelates filed, slowly outof through ; tho 7 d00r,-,beliihd- the. altar. V • MEDIAEVAL CEREMONY.

. Router's special-'.correspondent-', at Lipbon describes., somovpipturesquo Retails; of.th.o fu[•horal, , 5 ■'■■■?. .. ■' '.'j : . ''.Vi'. , On arriving at'the church, tho coffins, wero carried>up the stops ; and placed. op. trestles,' outside' tho'. door.. ;'Thoro then': advanced."- to' receivo theih a . number Q'f brothers^'of, the Ahoient Order' of /Holy Mercy, whith ; was founded in' the. thirteoiith. century.-:; ; . Thb: meipberslof, this order bury the.poor and pri-v : spners .executed on the 'scaffold., 'They -have tne right. toy pi'onounqb absolution , raf'tljo coffins: of. tho royal-:..d<iad, and to claim the 'catafalquo .and funeral';pall,-;.t'pvbo;sold',far tho benefit of thoir chanty.: • - - '.Tho formality of. delivering tI)Q-coffins to tho Patriarch .of Lisbon was carried out immediately after ,the funeral; ; The Grand Chamberlain handed th-o koys of tho coffins to th-o Prelate, and sworo a solemn oath that tho bodies of King Carlos I. and- Prince Louis Philippe wore really contained in thorn, that ho .had seen them thero, and that ho liad.iockcd them in,- and bad accompanied the "bearers of- tho'lfoys to tho Church of Sao Vjcouto.. \ ■' \