The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-28 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF LOUIS THE EIGHTEEXTIL

'I It. Paris Papers of Saturday !rive the following particu-
lars of the futtcral of the late King of France, on Friday
last:—

[From the 21/ mi!rur.l
" At an early hour is the morning the battalions of the
National Guard, King's Ilousehuld,andGarrison of Paris,
destined to take part in the procession, took their station in
the Place do Carousel, in the order assigned to each. At
tell o'clock the carriages of the King were drawn up in the
same place; they were tilled by persons selected for the
honour.
.4 The Prefect of tb S the Pref) et of Police, and the
Municipality of Finis repaired to the Tuileries in the
morning, and afterwards joined in the procesaion. When
the body of the late King was remove l! from the hall where
it was placed, to the funeral car, the Marquis de Breze,
Grand Master of the Ceremonies, took the ('town, aml the
Marquis de Rochemore the Sceptre. At elevea o'clock, the
great b:U of Notre Dame, and One bells of the other
Churches, with a discharge of the cannon of the Invalids,
announced that the procession had harm to more. It
consisted of a great body of the military ; deputations front
the public schools ; four hundred Imor men, each carrying
a lighted torch ; carriages, with the Marshals and Great
Officers of State, the carriages of the Dauphin, and the
Dukes of °ricotta and liattrbon, and the carriages in which
the Grand Almoner carried the heart of his late Majesty.
" There were Mortals) mourning-coaches, drawn by eigfit
horses, richly caparisoned. The Dauphin, and the Dukes
of Orleans and Bourbon, all sat in one carriage, which
preceded the funeral car. Tlw ear was tnaguiticently
decorat sl ; the ierignia of Royalty were placed ou the
coffin, on winch there was also the Royal Mantle, and the
Orders St. Esprit, SL loins, the Legion of Honour, St.
Laz wits, and the t :Aden Fleece.
" The procession arrived at the church of St. Denis at
half-past two o clock ; the Grand Almoner delivered a'
discourse, to which the Abbe de Grandchamp reypiiet. The
Dauphin entered the church with the Duke of Orleans on
his right, and the Duke of Bourbon on his left: they were
followed by the persons forming the procession. The church
was spientliilly decorated.
The Duc de Ikea (Prince Miguel of Portugal).
assisted at the funeral ceremony. After the service had
been performed, and the body deposited in the Chapel
of St. Le:lis, the Priaces weec reetmducted to their car-

riage by lit: Grand !Hooter of the G. renichics. Tl 4
nu worn' muny tertnioaLd at a quarter btfure four
cid( ck."
The funouitig arc extracts from the Eloile of yehter.
day :
Th:. funeral of Ilia late Majesty to.ilit place on Thursday, and If,
ceremonial observed differed but little from that announced in )Its Prograwroe whit!' se published uo. that day. At la early hour,
the worming the movement of the inhabitants, and she us spontanere„
suspension of !abate., indicated the anticipation of a grand
and um. usual solemnity. The road by which the proctsaion was to pen
and particularly the Faubourg St. Dottie, was. thronged by an ez:
pedantniultitude, and notwithstanding the immense ennenume and the absence of troops to skirt the route, the greatest order pre:
wailed. The troops wore crape on the arm, the drums were muffled
and the instruments of music ornamented with the symbols
or
mourning. Tbe prnecsaim set out with the sound of can, am
the bells of all the churches pealed the funeral knell. The arr.
riagte occupied by the great officers were cowed with bark cloth.
At the doors and on the hanentr.cloths were suspended the anus' of France and Navarre, richly emblazoned. The housings of die
horses were black, adorned withifeurs rbs lir in gold, and tam.
is
silver. The carriage occupied by the I taisphitt, the !hike of Or.
leans, and the Duke of llottrbon, was covered with black cloth.
The housings of the horses ve, re of black elspth, with silver fritter
and magnificent plumes. The funeral ear was reuitikably rich,
The upper part formed a canopy. remnounted by the „sown of
France, supported by four seated genii, !acts bolding an inverted
flambeau. The canopy was adorned slot velvet enriched wick
/Purr des lea in gold, 'rod supported by Lair angels bearing pram
branches. The coffin was covered with a itch pall Ornan4entril with
silver erase. At the head was the trot;:. of France, and at
feet the scep Itre and bond of justice. he nutubtr of (mops woe
about eleven thousand men.
The rain, which threatened to fall during the procession, held dr
till after its errata) at St. penis. Upon reaching that ancient let.
riabitlace of the Kings of France, the toyal retrains were pees,
genteel by the Grand Almoner to the Des,. of the Royal ehaptee
preceded by the canons and clergy. The royal coffin was Imp usrt,
placed under a canopy erected in the midst of the choir, ornaments
with the royal mantle of cloth of gnld, and surmounted by du
crown coveted with crape. In advance of the coffin were the sceptre,
the hand of justice, and the sword, and it was surrounded he tea
(Ludes de la .31anclie, live Heralds at Arles, arid roar of the Kings
hod, guards. The hotly was followed by Prince Talltyrand,
Grind I hamberlsin ; the Duke d'.ttaray, Captain of the D fivarde;
dr: fluke d'Ati 1111 l nt. and the Duke de Matas, Chief Gentlemen of
the Chamber and the Chief lientlentan of Honour near the King.
Neat cattle the Dauphin, the Duke of (ideals, and the bake of Bourbon, in deep mournitsg, and wearing long mantles.
At the reception of the remains the usual prayers were recital.
After the wrognifieat the body was conveyed to the chapel of Ste
Louis, which has been converted into a Horne urdebb., and where
it will remain for thirty days, before it is deposited in the vault of
the Bourbons. lit the procession it was remarked that the clergy
with flambeaus, as announced in the programme, did DCA aneld.

STATE OF THE VOTES 1.011 THE PUNISH.,
MENT Of LOUIS in

SITTING OF THE 15rit JANUARY.
" ht Appeal.—Loch Cam, ci-devant roi de Fran.
sais, tst-il coupable de conspiration contre la acn. et
d'..ttentats mum la au etc OnO•ale

The result of this appeal was as follows :—Of 74.5 mem-
bers, 29 were absent by commivs.on, s by sieknisi. I with-
out a known motive, fiti have made difftrent declarations,
693 voted for the affirmative.

"2d Appeal—Le jug( mint qui sera rend usar Louis,
s'ra-t.il sountis a la ratification au people Tema die it :as
a-semblcles primaires ?—ffai uu Nun.'
On this appeal, of 717 member prestnt, 10 refusal
to vote, 414 voted against the appeal of the people, 11S3
%oted for it.

"3d Appeal.—Quelle /seine Lou's, ci-derant roi tit Fran-
vais a-t-il encourue
After the discussion of this appal, the President ad..
dreucd the Coil/eat/on .

" Citizens—l am now to proclaim the result of the sera.
tiny. You arc going to exercise a great act of justice; I
hope that humanity will indium. you to uhaerve the most
profound silence. When justice has spoken, humanity
should have its turn."
Of 115 members who composed the Convention, I was
dead, 6 were ill, 2 were absent without cause and tenanted
in the proms verbal, II were absent by comm'ssion, and
4 refused to vote, so that the number of veto; was rialuxd
to 721.

The majority was 361.
One member voted for death, reserving to the publi3
the power of commuting the punishment.
Twenty-three voted for death, demanding that it he es•
amined whether it was proper to accelerate or dela) the
execution.

Eight voted for death, letnanding that the execution be
ilelayill till after the expulsion of the entire race of the
Bourbons.

Two voted for the punishment of chains (ix inc des fers.)
Two voted for death, demanding that it be delayed in its.
execution till peace, an epoch when the punishment might.
be commuted ; and reserving the right to execute it before
that time, in case of the invasion of the French territory
by any foreign power, in 2$ hours after the invasion.
319 voted for eletlition till the end of the war, and La.
nishment at the conclusion of peace.
366 voted for death.

l'itcsturNr.—" I declare, in the name of the National
Convention, that the punishment that is proauunceil
against Louis Caret, is that of MATo."

It was reported on 'Change yesterday, that accounts had
been received of the defeat and destruction of the Turkish
fleet by the Gill ks. We have seen a letter from 'niece,
dated the Itith of September, but it gives no political in-
formation.

Letters have been received from Constantinople ,fatal
August V. 6, which state that a serious commotion had
broken out in that city, in which the life of the Sultan was
for a ine flute in danger. No account of any attack en Samos
had been rece:ved at Constantinople at the date of these.
ictters.
Letters of a recent date have been received from flee
'Attila. They state that the convicts continued healthy,
and that the public wurks arc procectliog with great
activity.
Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, ilate
Gibraltar, Sept. 6 :—" The Suffolk, arrived here from Mar.
soils. saw, on the 1.1 instant, I Y sail of Ficnth vcssels of
ws-, a anding E.N.E."
'1 he Lion scluxuser, from Carthagena, had a teitom
rasa a of SG dais, and tottered s vcrcty from the wiatlrr.
the Captain died on the lu:li of July, oft' the city of St.
I), ming°, and was into.. al th_ mat day, at the cast cud of
Cu: ti wit. _ _

A Commission has been for some time employed, in et
amining the accounts connected with the Admiralty lb
partment in Doczoia' Commons, and the cond.onnauon o."
Prix.l and the recc.pts and Ifisburstuents of PrLe-inonr
at tile Hank, daritm the late war. The immens, focus.
accumulat Al by certain cAliaial ',clams in that dept.:mut
has very naturally rousTel the vigilauce of Government
t
and induced thm to institute the
The English Commission for liquid:al-rig British Claitoi
on France, we perceive, still continues to exist, with (mew
mous salarits to the Commissioners, and their clerk%
whilst the poor claimants, many of du an in distressed dr.
cumrtances, are aluidged of their per centage, in mut
pierce of the great expance of the Establishment in Par
liament-qreet. In common justice, the remaindo of 111
money iu band ought to be divided according to the award:
and the Commission, which has effected all that it ever
will efLtcr, should be dissolved-21Forniv
'lnc AIM r.—The 65th (21 York North Ridir) Rt•
giment of Foot has tuarched Erma Edinburgh, and wll
arrive in fort Divisions, viz. on the 27th, 214th, 2:0:h feu!
Stith it:slant, at l'ortpatrick, for the purpose of cmharkinf
fir Donaghadv, on its route to 11:Ifast. The 21 Ifisialot
of the 57:11 (West Aliddlescx) Re4inient of Infantry, cm•
barked at Cork, on board the Spvtic trinsp xi, on the 17th
and sailed from Cove on the 12. 1t instant, for f'harliam.

FRACAS ESTRAOII3INART.—Yesb4rday (Friday) limn-
ing, a nuptial party was assmnbled at the house u a most
re ;pet:table gentleman, in pr— street, when a
scene of rather an extraordivary nature occurred, whereby
the nuptials of the .6 happy pair" have been postponed si
oil.u. The carriagt a were in attentlancz, to convey the
bridal pair and the company to church, when au altercation
took place between the bride elect and the bridegroom ttat
was to le, which ended in the latter making his Neale
through the window, and over the rails in front of the
house, hallooed and pursued by a crowd which the uproar
had collected. We understand that the young lady has
TEN TItUt:SAND roc min infra furtune.—Dublin Myrni%r