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wham he had

end friend-

ship. Time and geief had nit diminished his
lle attended the fatuous royal sitting
of the 17th of March, 11815; afterwards accom-
panied the King to. Ghent, and returned with his
Majesty on the Bth of July,
During his leisure the Prince of Conde wrote a
life of his illustrious ancestor. This work, the
minoscript of which bad been left behind tin
France, was published in 1.806, with the modest
title of Essay of "the Life of the Great Conde, by
L. J. de Bourbon, his fourth descendant. This
work, written with a truly historical simplicity,
precision, and accuracy, was admired on all these
accounts at the period of its publication, and was
translated into Rhglish by Miss nolcroft.
The body of the Prince remained the whole of
the day upon the bed on which he died. The head
is covered with a cotton night-cap—on the bosom
lies a crucifix ; the face is uncovered, and the fea-
tures have lost none of their characteristic gentle-
ness and kindness. The room is hung with black ;
three priests are stationed near the corpse, and recite
the prayers for the dead. The courts of the Pa-
lace and the apartments are full of officers, for-
merly belonging to the army of Conde, Knights of
St. Louis, and numerous persons who come with
affecting devotion to sprinkle holy waterou the body
of the Prince. Among this concourse of citizens
are observed many holiest peasants from Chantilly,
to whom the Prince was very beneficent. The body
will remain exposed several days. We are assured
that his Majesty hils decided that it shall be deposited
in one of the vaults of the Royal Church of St.
Denis.

In one of the Prince's bureaux has been found
a will, written by Kngen* at London, in 1806. In
this will, after expressing his gratitude to the King
of Eugland, he entreats his Majesty, in case he
shall not be so fortunate as to die in the country of
his forefathers, to order his mortal remains to be
interred, not in Westminster-Abbey, but in the
cemetery of London, amidst the ashes of so many
brave Frenchmen, whose attachment to their le-
gitittlate Sovereign removed them from their native
land.

When the Chamber of Peers has finished its de-
liberations on the Finances, the closing of the pre-
sent Session will be announced by an Ordinance,
and notified by his Majesty's Commissioners. For
this purptie there will doubtless be a last public
sitting cm Monday or Tuesday next. The convo-
cation a the Chamberk for the Scotian of 1818, will
take place, as usual, about the month of Novem-
ber. Before that time, thete will be a renewal of one
fifth by the convocation of the Electoral Colleges
of the second series. Three Deputies, whom death
has removed from their functions, will also be re-
placed in the other series. These are, N. Faget de
Battre, of the Lower Pyrenees ; the Count ile
Forgoes, of Lyons ; and M. Goupy, senior, of
Paris.

_
CASSEL, MAY O.
His Hord Highness the. Duke of Cambridge
made his entry into -this city yesterday at noon.
The Elector had sent Maple. &skier, his Cham-
berlain, to compliment the Prince in his name.
There was a grand dinner, and in the evening a
party at the residence Of his Highness Landgrare
Frederic.

His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michael
has arrived here.

NIMEASERG, MAY 6.
M. Von. Kotzebue will publiiih till autumn
only one number a week of his Literary Joarnal,
he avails himself of the One weather to make a
tour. He was last at Manheim.