Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-10
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SukIS tNStS Az az f'-'s't y
honor. -. .a
&C ,be chryalier. The Fre1ch revolution,
fa,al 70 so many establishments, deprived
him also of a pension granted by Louis
Xyth, and confirmed by his successor. For
few subsequent years the sale OF part OF
his effects, and the profits Of a public tenc-
inc exhibition in various parts OF the Unit
ed Kingdom, enabled NJ. D'Eon to subslst
with decency, but the increasing weight OF
age, and in6rmities gradually rendered
him incapable of these exertions and tor
many years last he has been struggling
with poverty and distress.
For these two years past M. D'Eon
scarcely ever Quilted his bed, though It was
only within these few months that he has
laid aside the pen. His health gradually
grew weaker and at length an extreme state
of debility ensued, which terminated in ms
death on Monday sc'night, about 10 o clock
1t was not till after his decease that ma.
dame Cole, the old and respected friend OF
/ the cheyalier, whose fortunes or rather mis-
fortunes, she had shared for many years, ON
performing the last sad Office to her friend
of laying out the corpse, found 1t was tha'
of man. After the first surprise had sub
sided, the discovery the next morning was
communicated to some of the chevalier's IN
innate friends, who Judged that it would be
nroper to asce rtain all points relative to SC
singular an occurrence and acc ordlngly Tor
Wednesday last in the pres ence OF the Pete
Elize, who had attended the chevaller IN
his last illness, Mr.. Wilson the professor
of anatomy, Mr.. Ring, and Mr.. Bur,on
two respectable surgeons, sir Sidney Smith
the hon. Mr.. Littleton, the honorable Mr.
f, Douglas, Mr.. Hoskins. respectable soil
ci,or, Mr.. Richardson, bookseller of Corr
Hill the body was examined, and proved
beyond doubt, by the certificate OF Mr.
! T. Copeland, the surgeon to be males
That all doubt of the identity of the person
might be removed, some persons Of the frs
responsibility were called upon who gave
their positive testimony that the person
then before them was the same who had al
WAYS passed for the chevalier or the cheva
ler D'Eon.
! NJ. D'Eon has left two if not three nc
phews, of the name of O'Gouman, related
also. we believe, to the noble family Of
Thomond, in Ireland. None of those gen
tlemen are however in England at this time
The body of this extraordinary characte'
has undergops nv eopeD raitadyn sat also
many hundreds of the most distinguish d
of the metropolis. His highness the duke
of Gloucester, and several other persons oil
distinction were among the number. II
lies in handsome oak coffin, covered with
black cloth, and black velvet cross on the
lid, at the house of Mrs. Cole, in New
! Millman street, to whose benevolent kind
ness and attention, the chevalier was in
debted for the principal comforts of his lat
ter days. A cast was taken from the face
! on Friday. 1t is proposed to inter the bo-
dy in St. Pancras church yard the day after
tomorrow. The chevalier had completed
the Saith year of his age.
The declaration now made Of the sex of
this generally supposed female character, is
likely to give rise to several actions for the
recovery of the sums unjustly paid by the
various underwriters on the faith given to a
certificate, after an examination of surgeons
SO years ago; several of these duped pay
masters being still alive to reclaim such
sums, and many of the pages also remain
ing in existence to answer such demands of
repayment. 1t may be remembered, that
Immediately after this pecuniary specula-
ton was decided, the Chevalier assumed
the female habit; which to keep up the i'm
posture, was worn to the day of his death.
7une 16.
DECPEF.