The Sun.
London, England, 1816-03-25 00:00:00

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tine sttutii sitle of I lie Cittstle 4;1 X'iticeiies.

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thetitictraditiUn intheated the spot where his l'.Xeen-
tionKrs bald
thrown fill body hut, fur greater
gmarity, an express investigit..ion took pi lee on
Monday last, corn by the toiinscliat of
State Laporte Lebw. artillerist and a pett.,
sans if the. village Of Viocendei gave the limit
correct hit-urination. The peasant,. Whose. name
is Grison, aged eighty, had the
grave; it was ascertained froni hini their the grave
was dug two hours after the arrival of the Prince;
and by, order of Hard; ivlto then Conimanded
'the castleof. Vincennes; Toe searckiet were intide
in presenCeof a King's Commissioner, and several
other persons, among whoM we remarked the
Count de Peer of France, 'AI. de ISethi;y:,
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of the Chainaer of Deputies, the Vidirtne (Id
Vasse, the Chevalier de'
,Conty, the Chevalier
Jaques, the faithful friend and companion of the
illustrious victim': 'l' he Nlarquis tic Puyvert, now
Governer of Vincennes, who had spent ten years
of his life shut op in it, Count Armand de Beau-
mont, Cononamlaut; and many otheri, almosi all
of whom had been. aatreters Irma il3ttetha-
.Orte'3 tyranny. Several Surgeons ,were pre-
scot to 4st:ell ilia the bones that (night .he thrown
't he first object, whivii eanght attentimi
Was i boot iii tolerable "preservation, ht which
mere loolid the bones of the leg aud. toot ; the
skt.ll was thou foutul;, the face. was down wank,
one leg ,hail remained in an almost rettical
hoai-
tion, and, the arms were bent toward' the back, a
rather large 'stone appeared to have been' design-
edly thrown upon the head, the buttes of which
were fractured. Some of the hair was still in pre-
; serration. Tliei .various fragments of the body
thus collected were ,pineed in a sheet. There were
1;1st) foond'homa Gerinaivilututts ; a leathern purse,
in Which there were a louis and sonic pieces
of visa, a ring end gold chain which the
prince was: in thr habit of •wearing round. his,
neck. Toe Chevalier Jaques bad itated,previoni-
ly.that these articles would he -found ion:less, the
Duke had been stripped of 11111101u:foie Iris death:
There w.,s remarked the perforation Made by a
ball iu the shoulder-blade, and in the small cusqac
which the Prince
,wore at the Owe. of.cxectition.•
His howl hoots were in tolerably good preser-
vatiott. The sheet eontaittiitg the fraguients,w4s
placed in Mill ill tiliS;sl4te
ed to the chamber prepared by order of the Mar-
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(ink Vert..
The Clod of Vincennes delivered a funeral dis-
course, in which he noticed sonic very offeetiog
traits of his life. Among these we remark the fol-
lowing :—Ou the 21st of March, haying been
• nwakeued iu the middle of the night, in order' to
be led to execution, the Prince asked the Offi-
cer who was the bearer of the Order—" NVitat do
they want With rue 1" a deep silence frillowed the
tiaestioa.—" What is the hour i" " Twelve." re-
piled tite Officer, in an altered voice. " Twelve!"
exclaimed the Prince, " that hour is fatal to me;
at twelve 1 was carried away froin,tny divelliog at
Etteinheini ; at twelve the dongeons of Stras-
hourg were opened to me; at twelve 1 was forced
from thence, to be brought here ; it is tWelVe-1
havti'se lived us to know how to' die." • '