THE DEATH OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5447, 30 July 1879, Page 3

THE DEATH OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.

Upon the death of the Prince Imperial becoming known at the Cape, Lady Frere sent to Lord Sydney, entrusting him with the melancholy duty of breaking it to the Empress Eugenic. The Queen approved this. Lord Sydney and Sir Capel Cure together told the brokenhearted mother that she was now alone in the world. The private secretary of Eugenic telegraphed to the Duchess of Sutherland early on the 21st June that she remained in a semi-conscious condition, and the Duchess hastened to her. The Paris newspapers generally expressed great sympathy for the bereavement of the ex-Empress, but treated the Prince's death as an end to Imperialism in France. The news excited a profound impression in Berlin and Vienna, and the Imperial Courts went into mourning for 10 days. The Queen and the Princess of Wales paid visits in person at Chiselhurst, and when the Queen took her leave of the Empress and entered her carriage, she was weeping. At the "Roman Catholic churches in London prayers were offered for the repose of the Prince's soul. A mob surrounded Fernandes' circus, in Paris, where the Imperialists assembled on the night of June 25, and as they began coming out assailed them with cries of " Hurrah for the Zulus !" and " Down with the Imperialists !" A street fight ensued, which the police quelled with difficulty. The French Government took precautions against any demonstration at the Requiem Miss for the Prince, and the Imperial troops in barracks were confined to quarters, and. the police ordered to arrest anybody indulging in Bonaparfcisfc cries. The London Post suggests the erection of a monument to the Prince, and the Duke of Cambridge has sanctioned the raising of subscriptions in the army for a national memorial to him. The Empress Eugenic signified her intention of retiring to a

convent near Bruges for some months after the funeral. The Queon commanded the Channel fleet to meet and escort the tfcdopship Ororites, containing the Prince's body, and directed the Royal Regiment of Artillery to meet the body at Woolwich and escort it to Chisellmrst. The French Government has determined to require an Bath of allegiance from all army officers Owing to several Generals attending the Requiem 1 . Mass for the Prince. A national subsw.up'tioii is proposed in Grande to purchase ground at Chiselhurst for a tomb over his remains,