The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-06 00:00:00

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

THE WILL OF HER ROYAL HIGIIIVESS TEE
DUCHESS OF ORLEANS

A letter from New York, dated Aug. 24, says
(From the Liverpool Albion.)
the Atlantic telegraph still towers above all other
This remarkable and hitherto unpublished docu-
subjects in public interest, as much as it surpasses
inept having had to be proved in Doctors' Commons,
all other interests of the present day in importance. we are enabledh to lay it before our readers :
To us upon this side of the Atlantic, the day that " This is my will. In the name of the Father,
saw the cable stretched from shore to shore, so as and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. In dying
to put us in immediate communication with the Icommend in i
soul to God, and e
inmerc the ne of
Jesus Christ mplore His infinity, paramying
Old World, is second in importance only to that
Him to receive me in the eternal abode, there to re-
when the new shores first broke to Columbus's view
• unite me to those for whom I have mourned upon
Forgetting that the Old World does not look upon this earth. I leave my maternal blessing to my be-
the enterprise with the same eyes, we wonder that loved sons, and pray the Lord to guide them through
the wild enthusiasm withwhich success was greeted this life, to give them prosperous days, and to grant
hero has not been responded to in London. When them eternal felicity when they shall have nobly
I last wrote we had just finished the first demon- fulfilled their destinies here below. I bid them here
stration by burning down a part of the City- a last adieu, whilst thanking them for the happiness
hall—an outburst which the Mayor facetiously they. have contributed to my existence. I entreat
suggested should be followed by the: destruction the Queen to accept the last expression of my re-
of the Mansion-ho-use in London. On the follow- spectful gratitude. I bid farewell to my mother, to
ing day . the Niagara. arrived. It was about five whom I owe so much ; to my brothers and sisters,
o'clock in the afternoon. As she sailed up the for whom I have ever felt sincere affection ;to my
beautiful bay it was alive with steamers carrying mother's family, whose tender hospitality has light-
persons from their business to their summer ened the bitterness of exile of my sons and myself;
homes. The sun was shining brightly, the air was to my friends and servants, whose fidelity in the
rausparently clear, and the heavens were of the midst of misfortune has inspired me with grateful
deepest blue. Boat after boat, passing under her attachment ; and, finally, I bid farewell to France,
stern or across her bows, greeted her with enthu- which I have loved so much, andwhere the happiest
siastic cheers, and several, turning in her wake, years of my life have glided away. I recommend
kept her company up the bay. The cannon of the my sons never to forget that the fear of God is the
quarantine forts and of the foreign men-of-war in beginning of all wisdom, that it is•agltide and bea-
the harbour greeted her with salutes, and at the con m prosperity, and a stay amidst misfortune ; to
battery she was welcomed by the huzzas of several remain ever faithful to the precepts of their childhood,
thousands. She was at once taken round to the and continue steadfast likewise in their political
Navy-yard at Brooklyn. Her procession up the faith. May they observe it both by their constancy
East River, through the shipping of New York, in adversity and exile and by their firmness and
escorted by steamers and ferryboats, every craft devoted patriotism when the course of events shall
dressed and crowded, was triumphant beyond ex- restore them to their liberty. May France, restored
pectation—l had almost said beyond imagination. to her dignity and liberty, may constitutional
The next day the Herald published its corre- France reckon upon them to defend her honour, her
spondent's account of the voyage of the Niagara. grandeur, and her interests, and may she find once
When this letter reaches you it will probably be more in them the wisdom of their grandfather and
too late for many extracts from this journal. You the chivalrous qualities of their father. They should
may perhaps have room for at least the account of ever bear in mind the political principles which
the landing of the cable at Trinity Bay : have made the glory of their house, which their
" About 20 minutes after we started from the grandfather faithfully observed upon the throne,
beach we reached the station of the Atlantic tele- and which his father, as his will and testament
graph on this side of the ocean, where we found bears witness, ardently adopted. His last directions
some half-dozen of the inmates awaiting our arrival. have been the guiding rule of their education. In
The station is a large frame building, two stories quitting this world I recommend my children to
high, and eight windows wide. On the first _floor the Queen. My beloved son, the Count de Paris,
is a kitchen, an office, and a sitting apartment, will obtain his majority the moment my will shall
dignified with the title of parlour. The door opens take effect ; yet, notwithstanding this, I count
on the side of the house, and there is no means -of upon the moral influence of the Queen and on her
exit from the front, for the simple reason that the respected authority to replace me in his counsels ;
first story is eight or ten feet from the ground. I likewise reckon upon her maternal solicitude in
This singular arrangement is explained by the fact entreating her to accept the guardianship •of my
that the building is situate on the east side of a hill, beloved son, the Duke de Chartres. Such duty will
and that there is a considerable difference between not, I trust, appear to her too onerous, for I beg my
the height of the front and back walls. The second brothers to assist the Queen in the administration
story is divided into sleeping apartments separated of the fortune of their nephews. I know full well
by a single corridor, and the whole establishment the feelings which animate them for the children
will lodge about a dozen persons. A beginning has of their deplored brother, and lam sure that they
been made in the clearing away of the forest in the will at all times testify towards them a sincere af-
immediate vicinity of the house, and in the course fection. I charge my sons to remain ever closely
of a year they will have as pleasant and as corn- united; the indissoluble union of the two brothers
Portable a dwelling, perhaps, as any in Newfound- forming the condition of their strength and mutual
land, if it should not have all the luxuries of civi- happiness. I desire that my eldest son shall, from
lised life. Of the details of domestic life at the the day that his legal majority permits him, take
telegraph station more will be said hereafter. part in the family council appointed to match over
Meantime we must continue the particulars of our the interests of his younger brother. It is also my
narrative. desire that those tried and faithful friends who
"On the arrival of the procession the cable is have surrounded my sons, and who, after having
brought up to the house and the end placed in con- been the devoted adherents of their father, have
nection with the instrument. The deflection of the never ceased to give us proofs of attachment in ad-
needle on the galvanometer gives incontrovertible versity, will still continue to remain about them.
evidence that the electrical condition of the cable is Having acknowledged that the property and secu-
satisfactory. The question now is how shall we rities comprised in the deed known in English as
properly celebrate the consummation of that great the indenture or deed of trusteeship, dated the 28th
event ? How, but by an acknowledgment to that of July, 1849, are my personal property, save the
Providence without whose favour the enterprise giving an indemnity to my children for the sums in
must have ended in disaster and defeat. Every one which I might be indebted to them as guardian
feels that this is all that is necessary to make the in the exercise of the right which I reserved to
celebration complete, and to make the undertaking myself by the said deed, and by an additional one
as the work of two great Christian nations. 'When, in continuation thereof, dated in the year 1853
therefore, they all gathered together before the (both deposited with Mr. Coutts, of London), I
telegraph station they understood the purpose for declare hereby to revoke, abrogate, and annul, in
which they were assembled. Captain Hudson took the most complete and absolute manner, all and
lap his position on a pile of boards,,the officers and every the clauses, conditions, and stipulations of
men standing round amid shavings, stumps of trees, the said deed, wishing and intending that such
pieces of broken furniture, sheets of copper, tele- deed be considered as null and of no effect, and as
graph batteries, little mounds of lime and mortar, though it never had existed, it being my wish and
"}branches of trees, huge boulders, and a long cata- intention that the said property and securities
ilogue of other things equally incongruous. shall revert freely, and without any burthen of
" 'We have,' said the captain, ' just accomplished transfer, substitution, or other charge, to my per-
a work which has attracted the attention and en- social fortune, so that I may do with and dispose of
listed the interest of the whole world.' That the same as I may think fitting,. I make this pro-
work,' he continued, ' has been performed, not by vision in case the aforesaid deed and its continua-
•ourselves ; there has been an Almighty hand over tion should not have been revoked and annulled
-.us and aiding us, and without the Divine assistance before my death, it being my express will that my
-thus extended us, success was impossible. With . property, the securities of which it is composed,
this conviction firmly impressed upon our minds, it everything which might and should legally
becomes our duty to acknowledge our indebtedness I
'revert to me, and indeed all that I am
to that overruling Providence who holds the sea in at liberty to dispose of, shall be equally
the hollow of his hand: ' Not unto us, Oh Lord, I divided between my two children. With
mot unto us, but to Thy name, be all the glory.' this intention I likewise divide between
I hope the day will never come when, in all our I them, as equitably as possible, the following articles
-works, we shall refuse to acknowledge the over- in my possession, leaving, to wit, to the Count de
I
ruling hand of a Divine and Almighty Power. It Paris, my pearl necklace in four rows, which he
is He who can rebuke the winds and calm the seas. will, I trust, one day give to the Countess de Paris;
He works in a mysterious way for his people. His the six diamond pendants with chain ; the red
path is on the mighty waters. We have seen His album, containing the fine collection of water-
power in the tempest, and when we have called colours by French ertists, which belonged to the
-upon Him in the time of trouble He has heard our Duke d'Orleans ; all my furs, and Seheffer's picture
-voice. And yet how ungrateful we are for all of ' The Holy Women' (les Saintes Fen2mes). To
His favours, and how soon we forget Him when the Duke de Chartres, my set of pearls, composed of
the trouble passes away, like the summer cloud brooches, pins, eardrops, bracelets, and a diadem.
or the morning dew. On a solemn occasion This set came to me from his godmother, my aunt
like the present We should feel more par- Adelaide. My ruby bracelet, bequeathed by the
ticulatly our indebtedness to Him, and it is Queen of the Belgians ; two ruby buttons ; the
With a feeling of heartfelt gratitude we should sapphire ring and the ruby ring ; my fine cup in
acknowledge the many favours which He has be- lapis ; the Prayer-book wiiich was made by his
stowed upon 'us. There are none here, I am sure, father's order ; the necessaire d'armes, and my
-whose hear are riot overflowing with feelings of lace. I hope that these jewels and lace may be
the liveliest gratitude to Him, in 'view of the great worn by a Duchess de Chatres. Besides the
work which has been accomplisheel. through His foregoing articles, I bequeath, as souvenirs to
permission, and who are not willing to join in a the Count de Paris, the large portrait of his
-prayer or thanksgiving for its successful termina- father, by Ingres ; the marble bust of his
tion. I will therefore ask you to join me in the father, by , Tallet ; the large picture of ' The
_following prayer, which is the same, with a few Iron Gates,' by Dauzats ; the small picture of the
necessary alterations, that was offered for the lay- ' Col de Teniah,' by Philippoteaux ; all his father's
ing of the cable : manuscripts, papers, letters, small notebooks, as
"' 0, eternal Lord God, who alone spreadest out well as his father's letters addressed to myself. I
the heavens and rulest the raging of the sea, who know that he will always look upon these papers as
East compassed the waters with bounds till dayi a precious treasure, and. I believe that he will one
and night come to an end, and whom the winds day be enabled to use them with discrimination, so
and the sea obey—look down in mercy, we beseech as to make known the character of him whom
Thee, upon us Thy servants, who now approach France has mourned without even being aware of
the throne of grace, and let our prayer ascend all his merit. I leave him the portraits of my two
before Thee with acceptance. Thou hast coin- mothers ; the water-colour, by Winterhalter, re-
manded and encouraged us in all our ways to presenting the Queen with the children of the
acknowledge Thee, and to commit our works to Duke de Nemours ; the oil portrait of the Duke de
Thee ; and Thou hast graciously promised to direct Chartres, by Winterhalter ; the fine poniard ordered
our paths and to prosper our,hancliwork. We by my sister-inslaw, the Duchess of Wurtemberg,
desire now to thank Thee, believing that without for the Duke d'Orleans ; two of the albums, con-
Thy help and blessing nothing can prosper or taming his father's drawings ; the Psyche, which
succeed, and we desire humbly to commit all who I -svas presented to me by the city of Paris on
Lave been engaged in this undertaking to Thy_ care, , -
0 i ,
Tn
im-otection, and guidance. It has pleased ee to Svette, in bronze, of his father upon a pedestal
- enable us to complete what we have been led by of black marble ; the large pendule of Breguet,
Thy providence to undertake, that being begun Which struck the hour of his birth, as well as
and carried on in the spirit of prayer and in depe.'i- the chimney ornaments belonging to it ; the ena-
deuce upon Thee, it may tend to Thy glory, and welled box containing his father's watch and
'to the good of all nations, by promoting the in- several other souvenirs ; the ease containing the
crease of unity, peace, and concord. May Thy- seal and silver-gilt knives, which I always use;
hand of power and mercy be so acknowledged by one-half the fine engravings of his father's portrait,
all that the language of every heart may be, " Not 'by' Ingres ; the small water-colour of the Duke d'
canto us, 0 Lord ; not unto us, but unto Thy name Orleans on horseback, copied from H. Vernet ; one
give glory ;" that so Thy name may be hallowed, of my four beautiful fans ; my marriage fan, in
and magnified in us and by us. Thou hest con-
..clagree, which has been used also by the Queen;
trolled the winds and the sea by Thy almighty : [si. s coral, which all the Queen's children have like-
power, and granted us such favourable weather wine used •my bracelet, containing
..a portrait of
that we were enabled to lay the cable safel and a
Effectually. Finallyhis father, intended for his wife ; my carved pray-
s twe beseech Thee to implant i d sl- containing his father's mask ;my papers,
us a spirit of humility and childlike depen- lig- e l''
small nooks of souvenirs, which I have left
y 1 etters
Bence upon Thee ; and to teach us to feel, as well i nEn 'and • his father's sword, which he wore on
as to say, "If the Lord will, we shall do
this or the day of his death, . . .
g - ' and the palm which was pre-
that." Hear us, 0 Lord, and hear us in these our s ented to him by his Division on his return from
petitions according to Thy previous
Jesus Christ's sake.' promise, for taa e Iron Gates. I bequeath as souvenirs to the
" The 'Amen' which followed the conclusion of Ti ake de Chartres the equestrian portrait of the
1 an 's'.e d'Orleans by De Dreun ; the small portrait of
it re-
this prayer showed what a sincere response - - -1.
' '
b•• ti ' ither by Ingres • the large picture of the " Col
ecived from the hearts of all present, and the depth --da s Te, liah," 'by H. . Vernet ; the head, in marble, of
of feeling it excited."
The same even g most of the prominent persons j h is fatbasr, copied from the Mausoleum of Triquetty ;
In town, se water-colour of the Queen by Winterhalter ; my
On Lord NaNapier, called upon Mr.
Yield. fotllowil evening Mr. Field issued p( natait, by Henriquel Dupont ; the furniture of
oixds fora rece m y desk (inkstand, penholder, and blotting-book
and his brother's hoc is own house (a large one)
oliiic:eise adjoininr" it were thrown in silver-gilt) ; the miniature of his godmother; my
si call watch ; the " carnet," in tortoise shell and
open. Both were filled with an enthusiastic coin- g‘ )Id, adorned with family portraits ; one of my
pang. In dwelling on these little details I fear fc tn. beautiful painted fans ; the bracelet, adorned
that I cannot make it felt in
London
this expedition has excited
thanthoe whole heart fo, e the Duchess de Chartres
Of this large town. More; the water-colour of
one-half of our El wane Lamy, representing the Review of the
thien ase.
Chas-
population are of European origin,
native element there are few or none amoOnfg irs d.'Orleans at the Tuileries, 1840 ; the large
leading business .men that have not crossed the N° strait of the Count de Paris when an infant, by
who have not friends on the other V interhalter , • two or the albums, containing draw-
Atlantic—fewin sof the Duke d'Orleans ; the other half of the
side, none who are not observant of European mit .
'ravings of the portrait of his father, by Ingres ;
news and European politics. To all, London, the , .
! trimly) ia arch ji
1 ID'' '
milall, by Dauzats ; my Alex-
Paris, Berlin, and Vienna are now brought an, ire * • tWe • and m- e ues-
organ , my marriage COP el . , 3 . q
into instant communication. Yo. say that they t -
feel this, that they are excited by' ,i m statuette
t, is to feebly rt. ,in bronze, of his father, with the
taw 3 bronze vase -1 ' h
sIN Ile accompany it. I have set
represent the great enthusiasm which Per- do', viiupon a special list the souvenirs which I beg
meates the whole mass, and rouses' it to such my family and friends to accept as a last token of
demonstrations of interest., This it was which afn motion, and I desire my ,
. sons to dint bo-
thered together in Auaust so large a ce•unlintula- tsv( :en themselves the remainder of the artieleg
aa
tory meeting at Mr. Field's house, and which co!- I may leave, such as albums, bronzes,
lected the thousands of uninvited guests about Int: boo ks, furniture, and sundry trifles. I desire my
door ; which brought there a band to serenade ;on: ;to fulfil, as far as may lie in their power, the
hi • les fall I shall hereafter
int and called out the hearty huzzas in response wis,express and such as I
to his
speech subsequently express in
from the balcony, to which the good- may - codicile. I entreat
natured crowd. summoned him about midnight. •to
them t . - •
cOsstinue to Monsieur de Boismilon, the
f their father, of themselves, and
faith; ili 1 friend- °
ell as to ur
Monsie Asselin e, who for so
me, a 9 i w
many re ors ,
nos shown us such deep attachment,
:
a of 4,000 f, each ; to Madame de
the ann It 11 sums governess, the annual sum of
my former
Bontems, ' Kennecke; my, tutor, the aiss
4,000 f. ; t s Monsieur
NlTlaine Gassier, the annual
of 1,600 f; to ~ & •
nual s j

APOTHECARIEs' HALL.—Names of gentlemen who
psk4ed their examination in the science and practice of medi-
cine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, Sept.
2,1858 :—Georges Sellwyn Morris, Guisborough, Yorkshire;
Mackenzie ; Edwin Wilkes, Salisbury, Wilts ; John
Dearden, Accrington. In addition, one gentleman passed
his first exaplinai