The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19 00:00:00

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The Daily Telegraph of Tuesday says :—" • The loving
sorrow of many, nations '—to quote the words of Cardinal
Manning - will experience relief in the contradiction of the
report that the condition of the Empress Eugonie had become
alarming. Monsignor Goddard states that the health of the
Illustrious lady is as good as can reasonably be expected,
considering the supreme grief and consequent pros tra-
tion she has suffered. Yesterday her Majesty was able to
attend early mass in the improvised chapel in the late
Prince's room, one of the French priests staying at Chicle.
burst being the celebrant. Neither is it true that toe
Empress has resolved to spend the remainder of her days in
a convent— a statement which has caused a great deal of un-
necessary talk, and some annoyance, if not pain, to the
friends of her Majesty."

IDENTIFICATION OF THE EDDY OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.
The Daily News of Tuesday says :—" The document com-
pleting the formal identification of the remains of the late
Prince Louis Napoleon was legally signed on Monday by the
persons appointed for that purpose. namely, Prince Murat,
the Duc de Bassani", Dr. Evans, and Dr. Conneau. Dr. Conneau
testified to recognizing a wound on the hip which the Prince
received through a fall when a child. The injury left a lump
of coagulated :ilood. It will be recollected that at the time
the injury was received it was feared the Prince would
remain crippled for life. Dr. Evans—who when he saw
the remains held the features in such a manner that Prince
Murat and others were better able to recognize them—
testified to the identity of certain teeth which he had
tilled. The coffin was sealed in the presence only of the
executors named in the will. Before this was done a
quantity of the Prince's hair was cut off for the Empress.
Lomas, the Prince's orderly, who was sent out to assist in
finding the body and bring it into the British camp, has
given some farther details in respect to the matter. Be
says that the body was found 1} ing in a semi-recumbent
position on a slope, the arms being braced close to the
chest. There were in all eighteen wounds, five of which
would have been fatal. There was a wound in the foot, and
another in one of the eyes, as though an assegai bad been
thrown and struck him there, and subsequently wrenched out.
It was this wound which caused the discoloration and swell-
ing on one side of his face, the flesh apparently having
been roughly torn when the assegai was withdrawn. There
was also a slight wound in the mouth, and a tooth knocked
out apparently by the thrust of an assegai. The reliquary
was found under the body, and not clasped around his neck,
as has been stated. An important statement by Lomas
throws some light as to the immediate manner in which the
Prince met his death. The ground, Lomas says, near where
the body lay, was thoroughly examined, and it was found
that the long grass was trodden down in many places, and
stained with blood, as if wounded persons had passed over
It. From this it is held that the Prince before he met his
death stroke, made several of his assailants suffer."