The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-19 00:00:00

DUCHESS OF ORLEANS AT NEUILLY.

Ilerl;vai Highness the Duchess ot Orleans arrived at Neuilly
on :saturClay morning. The first interview between the be-
reaved .sidow and the illustrious mourners at the chauteau wag,
as use be imagined, of the most harrowing description. Could
it be otherwise under the loss of such a husband, such a son?
Iler Royal Highness drove rapidly to Neuilly without entering
Faris. The blinds of her carriage were entirely closed.
AUTOPSY AND EMBALNIENT OF THE BODY.
1)r. Pasquier, first surgeon of the Prince Royal, assisted by
M. Pasquier, his father, who is tirst surgeon to the King, and
Messrs. Fouquier, Auvity, Moreau, Blandin, Blache, Des-
touches, Sauve, and Seguin, the eminent physicians and
surgeons, proceeded on Friday, in the presence of General
Baron Athalin, the King's aide-de-camp, specially dele—
gated by his Majesty to per.orm the autopsy of the -body of
the Duke of Orleans. It commenced at seven in the morn-
ing, and lasted till eleven. The results were :—First, that the
death of the Prince was caused by a fracture of the posterior
part of the skull extending from one ear to the other, and
ascending to the frontal ne, which was almost entirely
severed from the head. Secondly, that all the other organs
of his Royal highness were perfectly sound, and in such
a sate of preservation as to admit of a belief that the Prince,
whose constitution was excellent, and whose mode of living
was admirably regular, would have lived to a great age.
Another result from the autopsy is a conviction, in the minds
of the faculty, that the head of the Prince had sustained all
the force of the fall, as no other part of his Royal Ilignness's
person was seriously injured, and hence they infer that lie did
not jump out of his carriage, but was thrown out suddenly by
some violent shock while he was standing up. A proces verbal
of this delicate operation will of course be drawn up in due
form, and will probably be made public. When the autopsy
was completed the process of embalment was performed by the
same medical commission. This occupied five hours more,
being perfected by half-past five in the afternoon. At that
hour Baron Athalin called in all the household officers of the
King and Princes then at Neuilly, to be present at and verity
the depositing of the remains of the defunct in the coffin pre-
pared to receive them. In their presence the body was wrapped in
a waxed cloth, and laid in a leaden coffin, which was lined
with white satin, the head being raised on a pillow covered
with the same material. Over the body was placed the Prince
Royal's uniform of a general officer, with his epaulettes, his
riband, and other insignia of the order of the Legion of Ho-
;lour, his sword, and his African kept'. This done, the in
tors ices were filled up with wadding. The proces verbal was
then signed by the persons present, rolled up, put into a bottle
hermetically sealed, and placed in the coffin, which was imme-
diately after soldered up, and enclosed in an oak case covered
with black velvet, and ornamented with silver nails, escutcheons,
and handles. The heart of the Prince was in like manner
enclosed in an urn of lead, cased with oak, covered with black
velvet. The clergy were then admitted, and they sprinkled
the august remains with holy water. This being done, the
coffin and urn were carried back into the chapel, and replaced
on the cenotaph. The funeral chants were immediately re-
commenced, and will lee continued until the final interment in
the vaults at Dreux. When the embalment was completed, the
Queen called in Dr. Pasquier, Jun., and received from him the
account of the real cause of the death of the Prince.

The Archbishop of Paris has issued a pastoral letter to all
his clergy, directing masses to be performed in every church
of his province for the repose of the soul of the departed
Royal Duke. The same solemnity has been, or will be, or-
dained throughout all the dioceses of the kingdom.
The Royal Chapter of St. Denis has sent a deputation to
the King and Queen, expressing its participation in the general
grief on the premature death of the heir-apparent to the
Crown. A solemn service has been celebrated on this la-
mentable event in the church of St. Denis.