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our business with es little ee►emeor es possible, This is the only thi►►g of which we are now to be fold—there is No reference to any other subject. be to the prospective measures which may be is the contemplation of his Majesty's Ministers. 1 knee► that there is a distinction between the present case and the preceding one. and that on a former oe. casion Perliemetit was not sitting ; but still. 1 sok, why should we not have a speech from the throne. imparting to us the vices of Ins Majesty's M inh . ters, and the policy they meant to pursue? There was one point to wlrich it was of constitutional import. once that some parliamentary steps should he taken. In all 1'.4.111 of a new accession, h measure was brought forward to insole good the hereditary rev.'. hues of the Crown, which of course expire on the demise of the Sovereign. This would operate in two ways; first, an►d what was most suiterial, the interfereoce of Parliament on such ao oc casion recogt►iseJ our right to consider the amount which we deem applicable for the in ain• tenatice of the Royal Establishment. Here we are called upon to take these sums for granted as vested in the Crown, and to admit their tenure independent of Parliament. I knows there are some revenues under the absolute control of the Crown. and not subject to this control ; but 1 also know there ate others, and a large part, wholly dependent upon the control of Parliament, and which cannot legally exist without its sato:toms. How. for stance, clot the revenues be collected without ■ new Act ? On what authority could they be takun otherwise than that conferred by Parliament ? My belief is, that there is something at the bottom of all this, which we cannot understood, of which it is not meant we should be inforined.—(Hear.)— There must he some good reason in the minds of his Majesty's Ministers why the Civil List is nut to be voted now as on all former occa.iouv of a simi lar stature. The Noble Lo►d our. indeed, that there would not be time for entering largely into such considerations with the present Parliament, liable as it would be to the interruption of its limit ed duration. Why is there not time for consider ing such a subject ? It is not 1111 l re than four or five years ego since voltimi ~,, us reports were made nn Parliament, touching the Civil List, and since ►t was put upon its present footing, with or without my approbation, it is unnecessary fur me now to say. We were then told that fixing it upon such a scale, would obviate the necessity of soy future die. cussion upon that branch of the public expeoditure. Now it seems this question would occupy too much time to be discussed in the present Parliament. Is this comistelit with the former declaration of his Majesty'. Ministers. when the Civil List was specifically settled out of the aggregate, now the lidated fund ? What reel objec. time can there he to the introduction of a Bill now, specifyitig the amount of the Civil List. as hi all former cases ? 1 cannot comprehend ■n answer to this iibiref;Ott. tier Can I figure to myself coy reason why the amount of the Civil List should be post joined. The only reason the Noble Lord gives is. that it would be inconvenient to do so ; that we are nu longer wanted, mud may march about our busi ness forthwith. On the accession of his late Ms je•ty. the Parliament hell only ran one year. and yet they were called upon at that time to go through the whole ..f the public business 'interruptedly. Why not follow that example now ? The only an. ewer was, liecause it would be inconvenient. Now I think just the reverse. and that this is the preferable moment to exercise our lane. lions upon this branch of public business.— Instead of biking this, as I think, better course. when discussion may really be had, the Noble Lord wants US to postpone our deliberations, and that too for the purpose of their bring more mature —to postpooe them until that period of the year when he knows we cannot have s full attendance. This. the Noble Lord my,, is a convenient moment for dissolving Parliament. Good God, on the eve of the Assizes!—the most inconvenient period hich could possibly be devised. I verily believe that there is something bel • I !rend which the Noble Lord does not wish us to know—something which lie feels he had better trust to the uprooting of a new Parliament then to the closing of an old one. Ido not comprehend die policy of this course. We ore told we shall not be called upon fur any grant of money.—(The CNA MCI Ll.Oll of the EICHEQU lR said, • There will be a grant veiled furl— Ifir is that is another reason why we should consider with out delay the propriety of a vote of credit or a vote The 11.7 AINCEt.t.ot of the EiCHFUVEit—" 1 (Poly Meal& tip propose a vote to make good the sti pulated payrnents up to the 25111 April next." Mr. TteittitY•" 'rheas, by this calculation, there must he a certain period when the Crown will have no legal maintenance, for every body knows it will be impossible fur a new Parliament to assemble by the 25111 April. What objection, I ask, can there be to voting a specific suns for the Civil List ? It is in vaiti to state that ;Ministers had not made up their utile& on the subject. Did they mean to coneider, as they oaght. the propriety of it decrease of the Civil List on the receipt demise of the Crown ? Surely they could net contemplate an increase ; if they did, why not come forward at once and state their Prest's fur holding ,ucli au opinion ? I believe there is a mystery overhanging the policy or Ministerk,Mitl that they have some thing to commuoicatt for which they du not think $ dosing Isarliallrrnl prepised.--(Hear.)-- know they deem this an unpleasant moineist to Toter upon sack tapirs, because electioneering 'prospects make Gentlemen's heals more in the country thaw to initgA./—1 know it is ills uogrile et the time of d new r e ign oppu4e the wariiiistreli of Alitiissee., but 1 must nrei my protest itgatit-t them, as the stew , they use about to take involve a great constitutional viinciple. When 1 make this protest, I suit aware that il we agree to this motion we must sutler Ills -IJ-tern to take their own course. The moment we agree to all immediate dissolution. we cannot 111111. 1.1.111 e any ss e.sure which it world be vain to - pretis Ai thin the few days allotted to us fur deliberation. Lost StiblUll we were called upon, in the alleged 44sturbrd state of the country, when it was said no 4..racrable man could lie quietly in his bell. to *use an addition of 11,000 Amu to the military Lace of the country. Woo there any f• 11,011 now ler continuing this anarented estatilt•lis r tit ? Were the people now in this utirpitet state, HI mere they not, on the contrary, quite ut rest ? I • Never walk a pried ill which Viers were omit. mod •leepers in the comitry. On the while, I }•snot consent to pesipene oar deliteratiOns until SIM' midst of som►ner-wlkw; as we ail knoW: after the 4th June, the tstrtli-dry,.as it was called, we can hoes no attrudarice 'for mature deliberation. I think there is something Item from our *view, and I protest against tlw course about to be takesi by his Majesty's Ministers."' Lord Cater.etteaoli begged to essilie tlie . Ritht Hon. Gentlethan that he Intl no other repugnance Seethe discossioss or public questionsi now, than a Convection that they could not, us Pinliament was placed, be adequately entered upon in the manner they ought. It was perfectly natural that the new King should open the public business, but really he saw no prospect of this being done with effect the present Parliament. With respect to the Civil List, his Right Him. Friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had obviated the apprehension ente►- tatned by the Right Hon. Gentleman opl►osite, by assuring him that it was only intended to propose a eontinnauce until the 25th April of the current sum already stipulated for. so ■s to prevent any swear •n that head. With respect to the revenues of the Crown, which were strictly hereditary, he was satis f I - fied that Parliament would act with the propriety and liberality they had uniformly manifested upon that subject. He was sore, that had hilt Majesty's Ministers taken the course recommended by the Right Hon. Member, they would have been met by his ObjreliJß, stating, that it did not follow, he. cause Parliamettt hail formerly made a specific stipulation, that therefore it was • wise one. With respect to the ;initiation. that something was kept bet I which Ministers did not wish to divulge. lie assured the Right Hon. Gentleman that his con jecture wan unfounded. Ministers had nothing in reservation which they would wish to withhold from the present Parlimmrtit, if time admitted them to give it mature consideration. Mr. Ttean IT said a few words in reply. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that on the demise of his Majesty the grants of the Civil I.;st necessarily expired, end nothing remained but the hereditary revenges of the Crown, which did not •nutont to more than from five to six lut. deed thoietaiiil;pounds • year. It was his intention, then, to propose to the House on Monday next. to provide for the payments of charges and salaries affecting the Civil List, op to the sth of April. and to provide fur one gumtree income from the Sth of April to the sth of July, when the entire question respecting the Civil List would he taken into consi deration, and finally settled. By this course much obvious inconvestience would be avoided, whilst at the same time the power of the Parliament over the Civil List would be fully recognised. The subject would necessarily require much examination and detail. From the exasniteation he bid been able to bestow on it he had .h setisfartion in stating his belief, that on this account no additional burden would be placed on the country, hut, OH the con trary, that • ♦ery considerable saving would be made. The .Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by *eying. that with respect to the military force, the force now in existeuce fell short of what was autho rised by the Mutiny Bill. All that would be ne cessary on this bead would he a short Act, continu ing fur it specific time the Mutiny Bill io force. Mr. Hume said, that an annuity of 35,000 L a-year hail been provided for her Royal Highness the Princess of Walt', now the Queen, and that oil the demise of his late Majesty that provision had expired. He wished to know from the Noble Lord or the Right Ham. Gentleman. whether, in these temporary arrangements, they intended to continue thus provision ? Lord CASTLEREAGH. is. • low tone, replied, that ►teps would be taken to snake good an► ample provision for that Illustrsous Personage. Mr. Beoucit st rand, that he had been so well assticipoted by hi. Right Elmo. Friend (Mr. Tierney) as in leave blw little to say, at the same time that he could not abstain (ruin snaking some obwrvition oil the present extraordinary procerditig. Wish to the subject touched on by an Honourable Gentleman on the bench bel I him (Mr. flume) he would nut trouble the House with one word about it. This he believed was the first time that a cum onnuicrtion like the present was inside to the Home; certainly it was the first time that such a comm..- t.icution was made in precise and measured terms, with a view to procure the approbation of the Moth. on the subject of its own dioaralution. The power of slihsoivisio the Parliament was the sacred prerogative of th e Crown, and as often as any attempt had been made by the other brioches of the Legi.leiure to broach this matter, the Minister of the Crown uniformly made answer, that the Parliament was not competent to entertain the sub ject of the termination of its own existence; that that was to matter which the Crown had to decide on in the exercise of its own discretion. Without meaning to deny she legitimate control of Poulin niesit, this certainly was a doctrine of the Cosistitu tins, not to be disputed. They were placed at the present moment iu a new and otrastgr position; they were called we to entertain the question of the pro priety of the advice given toil tilts important occa sion by the Ministers to the Crown ; they were called on to say, Unit the sudden mid speedy-disho list 1111 l of the Parliainesit was a well-advised nova. sure ; they were invited to say this without mini derelicts'. With respect to himcelf, as his feelings or hi. interests were personally concealed, he was by too means aver*. to a speedy diosolutiote of the Parliament ; but as a general 'topic be tuight b. permitted to make Is remark or two upon it. The 144 coishilerionoso was, what would be the inctuive metier to the country in bringing nn a general elec. Iwo in the middle of the Atouzes. It should be coovidered that the Judges could not uow, as on a limiter occasion. delay the Avdzes, because 111 cosssetpience of the *morose') of the Easier Term they would have but three weeks to go the Circuit mod return. The Judges had at the last election altered the time of bolding the Circuit, to prevent Ilse public Inconvenience, from having • general election and a grows! assizes held in the same place at the same ;low. This was certainly • subject of muds interest ; he was bound to 11,11111111 e that the Noble Lord had .gives) of all due consideration. The next observations which naturally presented lied( was the woeful state of the country, dia. turbid mid owlet. d is it Inol been lately described; and here be would not but cougratulate the Howe One the admission of the tranquillity of the country. -•.:•,_. :, ll_ Rik bet,lttoy ticetr o l ":". that great h. seemed to have hem p =Led. nail made t. foundation of measures deeply erecting the hoe constitution of &limed . ; it was but very lately when they were itschlesaly called together, that it no 4 been asserted, that on inll'eresit was the vice of their system, so great the distarfience, so mon. strous the de•affectioo,to Ouvernmentb as to resider it necessary fur Parliament to overstep the ancient boundaries of the cosimitution, and to adopt strong measureb to restrain and to put down the imputed turbulence of the people. They (ihr Opposition) objected to those iireasUres—they questioned the correctness of the itstemenii that had been made— they opposed Measures which :rent to bridle the people, to prevent politic meetings on public sod momentous questions. The Bill, however poised but that Bill must expire the day of the issuing of the writ for calling a new Parliament, of course this country would be exposed to ell the designs which that measure was intruded to Meet, if those dan gers really exist ; hut from the conduct of Mmis. tern, it was clear that they at least Were satisfied that the necessity of the Bill bail ceased, oilier. wise they would delay the dissolution or Par liament for four or five months snore, to *cc how the measure might work. The pleasing in ference was, that the state of the country nu longer required the necessity of the measure. Upon soother topic the speech of his Hight Hon. Friend was luminous and convincing. No one could be at a loos to see the real motive in postponing the duacussion of the Civil List ; he be. lieved that every Gentleman would see at mice the reason of dissolving the present Parliament. not withstanding the prolixity of the Noble Lord; it was this, that it would be a much more handy thing to bring forward the question of the Civil List, to be mutinied and decided by a new Parliament, than determined by a Parliament now on its death. bed—a Parliament which must be dissolved in live or six months, and which might be dissolved alter it had given its sanction to that measure. He did not quarrel with the edvisers• of the Crown for sim ply dirvolving the Parliament ; on the contrary. lie looked upon it es refreshing to the constitution. as at ouce pleasing and beueticial to the people to have frequent Parliattiente, though not too frequent. But he felt it his duty to make those observations on the extraordinary nature of the proposition, and the motive of it. He took it for granted that the Noble Lord had considered the sitoetion of the country before he advised the sudden dissolution of the Parliament. Mr. CANNING said, the Hon. and Learned Gen. Benton had expressed a suspicion that something lurked behind the curtain respecting the measure which Ministers had taken. This he (Ur. Can. sting) knew not how to answer in any other way than by denying any such object. They wished to set tle the Civil List on a permanent basis, and to pro. vide a sufficient maiutenance for the support and the dignity of the Crown, and for this purpose to utter into All examination and detail. when alone there could he time fur discussion. The Hon. and Lessor(' Gentleman had takes up the subject in a constitutional point of view. He said thst no at: tempt had been ever made to originate a discussion as to the duration 'of Parliament in that House. Did the Honourable and Learned Gentleman forget that the House of Common. had slot only entertained the subject, but had gone so far as to address the Crown option a dissolution ? in point of constitutional doctrine, lie had still to learn where a fair objection could be made against the measure. The dissolution of Parliament, on the demise of the Sovereign, was the old establish. et, practice by the common law of the country. The common law, therefore, told the other way; by the ancient common law, the death of the King extended to the Parliament. In the reign of King this ancient principle was de parted from, and the Parliament might re main in existence fur six months after the de. misc. That Act was passed on a special ground— on the ground of a disputed succession; whilst the succession was disputed, it was justly held to be inconvenient for the Parliament to separate inate• dourly on the demise of the Crown. This 801 l was made permanent it the reign of Quern Anise ou the sante ground, that of the tears of a hireign succession. It was a wise and natural provision of the Legislature. and analogous to the spirit of the Constitution, and not eopersesting the spirit of the ancient law or its practice. It was quite true that after the despise of Queen Anne, and on the succession of George the First, the Parliament remained sitting, as well as on the succession of George the. Second and George the Third ; but the present ciate could not he regulated by those precedents, because it stood on grounds very differeot from all others. When the House looked to the circumstances of the preaeot cases they found the Parliament in the midst of business which required the utmost attention, night after night —but whilst the country would be agitated by preparations for a new election—whilst the atten tion of Members would be necessarily ditided and distracted by arrangements for au election which, by some means or other, the country was taught to consider us at hand, could a full attendance of Members he expected ? How the impression he alluded to was made ou the country, he would not stop to consider, but certainly the Hon. and Learn ed Gentleman was one of the first who sounded the alarm ; and yet lie came forward to impeacri a measure which he was the first to au((( and which realised his most sanguine expectations.— lastgh.)—Fle was the first who entered the list, he was the lila to put himself in a stub of formal preparation ; it was therefore somewhat ungrateful of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to blame a measure which gratified his wishes, and might pros mote his advantage. In the egitation of the coun try, so many interests and feelings were .lost, that there could scarcely he expected that regular aitendreice day and night fur the full completion of the public busitiess—businew of so much im. pottance. and which required so much attention. With respect to the measure itself. no objection could be urged against it. and the public &dui tuns of die intuition of Government Ind, he would say. about it a degree of fairness and candour which had been seldom shawls under any Administration. Mr. liativowasa, iu explauation. said, that the Right Hun. Gesitlenum, for the asks of a joke, had. without meanie% ivy personal dionespeet, made a deviation from the fact. The Right Haw. Gentle. man imputed to is leagued wbieb 4 did am Utters. So far from complaining Ma hilt owe amid or the proposed dissolution of Psrliamesst, he said. explicitly that he was the last man in the House on his own account to quarrel with' the amt. sure. So far for the first joke. A• to the Ad dress front that Ilurise, it was against a disso lution. Ile raked where wee there to be found an Address for • dissolutioi l , Of ally oilier pro eroding of Parlißuieot, fur such an object ? Wheoever such a subject was mesitioned it was frowned down—llse Minister or the Crown was always ready to say. It is uo business of yours— you shall not interfere." Mr. MACDONALD said, the Parliament should adhere to the precedents of former times-a•they should not wantonly deviate from those prec e dents. The Noble Lord had before his ryes uninterrupted precedents ; nevertheless he departed froM all pre cedent, without assigning any reason of ally de scription sslistroever. The Right Honourable Gristle's's') (Mr. Canning) redeseoured to et plsiii away the different precedents; hut he was. in point of fact, obliged to admit the existence of those precedents. 0.1 the demise of the Crown, the first consideration was to provide for the adequate splendour and dignity or the successor. This had b-en done by every Nlinieter, and she persole at the -ensuing election had ever ratified the Conduct of their Representati'veir. Why, lie asked. was it on this occesion thought necessary to depict rr.au that course for she Bret nine ? Were Ministers die a.istied with the Parliament ? that was not likely; or was it that doubts were euiertaiued of the cur dial assent of she people to' those arrimgenienis which the Crown should ask fut. or tht people should grant ? Principles of economy were assert ed—but was it not probable that something *us in view which would not bear the test of u general election. He saw no ground fur this 'milieu lotion of the Parliament; in point of tine no in. convenience could arise to country gentlemen. Par lament had niet precisely et the period originally arranged by Ministers themselves— , there they were assembled, soil there they might sit longer thau the period required for the public business.— , He was her from disputing the prerogative of the Crown to dissolve the Parliament, but at the same time he would consider Ministers as reponsible for the advice they might give in this instance. as in any other. He could not but comphtio of the C 0... duct of the Noble Lord in bringing forward this proposition in a manner that rendered it imperative on the House to give an opinion upon it. The Right Hon. Gentleman (Ir. Canning) confounded the Address, asking the Crown for leave to sit lon ger, with the Message of the Crown, saying, you shall be dissolved. He was sorry to hear some re marks from that Right Hon. Gentleman, because ne recollected him sitting in his place in that House. to threaten Parliament, that if such and such inea sures were not adopted lie would advise an imme diate dissolution.—( Hear, hear.)—After the Hon. Gentleman had sat down the Address was put. and curried without a division, and was ordered to be presented to leis Majesty by Members of his Privy Council. BOROUGHS OP GRAMPOUND, PE%RYN, use. Lord JOHN Russat.t., in purstrutice of Isis pubis., moved for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent the Mooing of any of writs for the boroughs of Grain pound, Penryn. Camelford, and Barnstaple. The Noble Lord said, that in submitting this measure to the consideration_ of the House, he felt that he stood upon precedent and sound constitutional reasoning; of the necessity of prosecuting to its final issue the case of those boroughs, the House had al ready expressed their opinion. He founded the measure on the precedent of the borough of Blisf tesbury—there the writ wise delayed from one pro rogation to another. He considered that delaying it from one Parliament to another. was in point or principle, the same. Mr. Fox had declared t h at a dissolution in sin wise differed from a prompts lino of Pediment, nave in this, that Parliament being dead, the Members had snore time to examine into and account for their own conduct. 111 cases of gross and profligate corruption, as little delay ae possible should be allowed to take place. The Noble Lord concluded by moving, that the Bill be read a flirt time. Lord CAIIMEREACH said, that he did not essen tially differ from the Noble Lord as to the main point, but as to the present motion some difficulties appeared to him. He believed that one of the boroughs (Graniponsid) in question had Mins. hers at present sitting in the House. Penryn had one Member sitting in the House. This case was different in one particular from the case of the borough of Shaftesbury. There, in the interval that the state of that borough was under the consideration of Pediment, the place was not filled from one Session to another, but the motion siettre Noble Lord was to dr. lay the writ from one Parliament to another. If the Noble Lord brought in his Bill, a Mee sage whets that Bill should be sent up to the Lords would come down from that House for all information connected with it. The House had proceeded in the cases of Grarnpound, Penryn, and Cense'ford, and the evidence soul information respecting them were complicated and exteostre. It was not so in the single case of the borough of Shaftesbury. The House of Lords were io the habit of examining evidence with great strictuess— they Would view the evidence here with peculiar strictness, for the Bill of the Noble Lord went to deny the right of representation to the borough of Barnstaple. These were difficulties which sate ' rally presented themselves, and he therefore stated thesis ; but in case the Noble Lord should bring in the Btll, Ministers would have time for consi deration on the second reading, when they would have a nearer view of it. But whether the Bill should be brought in or not, lie had no hesitation in saying, that it was his decided opinion that the power of Parliament over those boroughs should stand precisely in the some situation es it does now. Mr. WYNN said, he hoped the Noble Lord would bring in his bill, and that the borough of Barnstable ought to he included in it. The House of Lords had been in the act of carrying ou an in quiry on the subject, when the inquiry was inter. I opted by the exertion of the prerogative, and Par liament ceased to set. If the House of Lords should differ from the House of Common% they mightiloso—they might strike Barnstaple oat atilt Bill 7 --bst why meow t bet the Homiest Lords would differ its myaijges with that House? Looking to the IMIle *HIM* tlbtir bowl that the silise;tost of the • • • ~.., • borough of Barnitspie ass errder theiy. coosidelk tiou ; but if they should say Atilt ibege - iiiiells were made up. mid that Barnstaple ought , 4,. Is wreck out of the Bill, then it would he•• that House to accede to the proposition ; he saw no reason why it would be rustle. f'e • thought, therefore, that Barnstaple owes .to included; and as to the plenitude of Pip no one could deny it. They were called 111.01. , legislate in cotes where there was proof or corrisgP tion. If that conviction were clear to the if they were couvinced that corruption had heett practised in !Wise place' to the rodent ittaevit then they were bound to take" mea4ures eg•irp.4 them. The Honourable Member conclnded 1R . saying. that it was at ell times the imporist:s:o', duty of Parliament to pump!' e..d sit pure instances of corruption. affecting particulate ' the return of Members to that Howie. By iti f ;t4'' so. Parliament would best uphold its 'nth and make the best reply to those who losie that all the institutions of this country are e.bori, ; ;l. He looked on the mealtime is one of so much ha portairce. th4t he hoped no other measisie sary to pass would be allowed to go through ii.et House. sinless on the understanding that the 1144.. sorts spinal those boroughs should be showed 61811 d 111 the same state as if uo dissolution look place. Lord Joins Resew. shortly replied, lie sa-.11 that be considered the Bill so very necesaary he would continue to press it au the House. Lord CASTI.Eke6GO explained. He did not to oppose the Bill : be only stated the difficu::.-• which occurred to . --- The Bill w•s then brought in, re4d • fiino. and ofileied to be reed t second time ou next, end to be printed. Lord JOCELYN brought up his Msjesty'l A orve4r to the Aildreips of the House—(fot which sre Lunt,' report/. CIVIL LIST. The CHANCILLOS of the EXCIIFQUER gawp H .,. tier. that on Mondry siezt hr sroutsi wuvr Select.' regulations respecting the Civil List, MUTINY ACT. Lord PALMERSTON gave armies of a ormlimi leave to brilig in a Bill to continue the Muttily At and for further bupply. The Manse then adjourned to Mood.sy next. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Palle PAPERS. PARIS. /MARV ART 11. (Frost the Gazette de Freasee.l It sass half-past eleven w'cl.a It the spectacle was nearly terminated. The Duke of Berri hod milliard to his august spouse In ascend the carriage, and woo ' on his return. when an assassin rushed forward, over. threw M. de Besurremoist. Aide-de-Camp ii• Ivo Royal Floghisess, and strongly embracing the !'sinus with his left arm, he plunged into his tight side douhle•oilged poniard, which peretrattird low inches in depth. Tue Prince altered art estimation. At his cry the Aides•de•Ceasp of his Royal Highness surrounded him, but he had fallen. ex• claiming, " ant a sssss Mated ."' the Dochess of Berri rushed out of the carriage with the Countess (le Beth*, who was in attegrolane.. on her. It *to this lady who first perceived that ilia fatal wespon was in the wound, and who drew it mu. The blood gushed out in such aburidsirre that sins was covered with it, as was also the Princess begirt'. The Prince was conveyed to the hall of alinsiiiiitra• lion of the operas, where skilful surgeons inipecteit the frightful wound. The Prince w.s iiiseis•ible. and fears were entertained, from the change cif hi. features. that the wound was mortal. The slaw tvonste Princess testifiedat once the most iwornotitl grief and the liveliest energy. She instantly threw oft her attire. and devoted herself to the most rrein ful and affecting cares. A stranger to every t.114:4 surrounding her. she assisted the professional men, lavished the tenderest attentions upon her un l oose spouse. and her sweet memoir were the first that il Prince heard on returning to his sense, which hap peoe4l shout two o'clock. _ The Duchess of Arigouleme, Monsieur, and the Duke of Angouleme. the Duk e of mid the Duke of Orleans, were about him more in.. o'clock. The unfortunate Prince was enabled to speak, and hopes begun to be felt. He reco4- sused the persons around hint, among whom we diminginslied the Duke of Reggio, General klels herd, the Duke of Richelieu, N. de Chateau.. below), and others. His Royal Hlghtvess spoke . then with r towelling affection on antiouncing to diem los approaching termination. The phy sician having remarked, that the pulse hid re covered some strength, the Prince replied, " At, much the worst, I shall have a longer time to suffer." He in etfct suf f ered sharp agony, lie Pauli dr:- emended to see Mademoiselle. She wss brought to ' the bed of sorrow, mud embracing her with tender ores, he said, " Dear infant, milyest thou he lisps' pier than thy father." He conversed in a very low tone with his august brother. About five o'clock the KinK arrived; the . first words which the Prince eddremed to him were. " Sire, groat shut the _favour that I ask of you, be the pardun of my assithiti." The King shed tears. " This is nut the time." 0 44 his M.ijssry, "to sulk of this : let us think • eilp of yourself." The Prince replied, " I do not deceive myself with respect to my situation," sod he requesters dist Al. de Late!, Monsieur's brat Almoner, might be introduced. Ile received the last sacraments, sod 'lever ceased In give the most striking limas of piety and resignation. About hallspast live o'clock ' the assistauce of art became useless, the blood • over/lowed his chest with rapidity—death was im minent. Under pretence or leoviog to the Mint is moment of tranquillity, they succeeded iu mdse. ' ing the Duchies of Beery. Madame cud Monsieur to press into r ueisbbouriug chamber ; but out With. stristling the restgroted iustatices of the profv.iimo • By ape of those ieesplirable spurts of destiny, the hot ow chick his Royal Hiehaess was surveyed after the esonad, eat the Arta brit en which be reposed at the time of his a.. ✓ival is. !case*. M. fieseiteire, then eat Irmshitam of Chew. lasers, bad the biome of ranters it to she Primp era km latidaeo. ht. tiessileire, moo sesretair, Ifrowlei NI the •Prt! him to v e z.l bad tbie .rtverryissi Ids 144 UNglifielovuts Mi . • Wit • JIM ,061.111 wog 41 J.410' • .).1644 ~~ 41 IF I- w t ME ~: ..