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Show lUy W. U. Toloirraph.) FINKHAL OF NAPOLEON, London, 15. Tho remains of Napoleon Na-poleon lay in state until the hour for tho commencement of the funeral ceremonies. cere-monies. At noon yoaterday the public was admitted to tho ohapel, and at midnight ten thousand persons had viowed tho remains ; among them tho prineo of Wales, and the duke of Ediuburg. Thiers has granted leavo of abscuoo to admiral Kigaul, Do Gcnouilly, marshal Bazaino, duko Palikao and and general Froissard to attend tho funeral. Tho application of two majors in active servioo for a similar leavo was refused. Tho Italian government has sent four officers to represent it. London, 15. Moro than twenty-five thousand pooplo looked on tho remains of Napoleon whilo lying in state. Queen Victoria was represented at the tuneral by viscount Sidney, lord chamberlain. Tho sheriffs of London and Jv.iinburg sent condoling messages to Eugenic. There wero immense orowds Lt Chiselhurst to seo tho funeral, fu-neral, with a thousand police to guard the road; boils wero tolling, and Hags at half mast. Although tho funeral procession was to movo at ten o'clock, tho hearso was half an hour late in reaching tho residenoo of tho cx-em-peror. A deputation of Paris workmen work-men to hoad the procession, arrived at tho samo time. They wore immortelles immor-telles on their coats, and carried wreaths of yellow tlowers. On both sides of the hearso wero tho imperial arms, surmounted with the letter "N." A great crowd surrounded tho hearso. Tho funeral procession started at 11 a.m., in the following order : Man bearing tho tri-color, bomo on an ash stick out, tho la?t moment beforo the cortego moved; deputation of working-men, working-men, from Paris; chaplain of the family, fam-ily, bearing a golden crucifix; hearse drawn by eight horses, and the mourners, mourn-ers, who numbered cicht hundred in all, including tho priuoe imperial, uncovered, un-covered, princo Jerome Napoleon, piinco Joachim, prince Aohillc, Kouhcr, and many distinguished imperialists; impe-rialists; English noblemen; Faris priests and others. The prince imperial im-perial was vory pale. Tho empress was too ill to attend. Tho ootfin wbb cov-orcd cov-orcd with immortelles and violets. Thcro was no sermon at the ohapel. Tho bihitps of Houthwark sang a requiem mass, assisted by Father Goddard and all tho chaplains at tho Tuileries during the reign of Napoleon. Tho organist of St. George's cathedral, London, with his choir, conducted the musical portion of the services. Tho remains were deposited io the sacristy, which had been formed into a mortuary chapel, until the removal re-moval of tho body to France. The procession was very long, the hGarse being at the chapel before tho end of tho cortege had left the family mansion. man-sion. All the carriages and pedestrians pedes-trians moved three abreast. As the prince imperial and princo Napoleon returned from the chapel in one carriage, car-riage, they were cheered by tho crowds. |