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From the Phiiadelphia Gazette.

From the PHILADELPHIA Gazette.
| LOUIS XVIII.--From his numerous infirmitie
life itself had become burden to Louis, and "
know OF no evil his death is likely to bring on France
lyet when anticipating his decease, the French jour
nalists, as IN duty bound, represented il nation;
calamity. mixing up their lamentations, howeye
with few compliments to his successor. The re
Elections INDUCED in by some of them on The cris
then impending, are OF truly singular cast. /" Ho,
Glorious says one of them, "how holy is the age
10y OF the most Christian KING Monarchs of th
earth, come and Learn how to die. Sorrow is sprea
among the people the ia her of the family is dy
ing-~aceep aH-Ueep! A new reign approaches
the noble Son of France--the model of honor an
loyalty, is called to the throne .Frenchmen, ie
US console ourselves "-According to private ac
counts the creeping part of the advice was net muc
attended to: but the c0RsOLatory was quite to tn
taste OF the public.
The following is an extract from Paris paper Q
the 18th OF September, the day before that on whic
the monarch died
"The strong constitution of the King has agai
triumphed this morning over crisis like that whic
took place yesterday. The same symptoms hav
Iagain produced the same alarms. The King desir
ed that the prayers for the dying should be recon-
rnenced, and being unable to repeat each response
he only said that he attended to the Whole, and re
sponsed mentally. He caused a cruciGx to be Civ
en- him, and kissed il seyetal times, The person
who present at this augus' scene could call t
mind the death OF the chief of the noble of thu
Bourbons, and what is related of it in manner s.
affeclng and simple by his faithful servant Joinve
= Al the second crisis the Kings heart was affected
and the sentiments which his heart could not ex
press evident in his countenance. Nothing
could give an idea of the gret of the Royal family
did not the affection which the people oil Paris fee
make every one easily understand that Of our Prn
ces.-On Sunday morning his Majesty, though sui
Iering, thought hit to DE present at the family break
fast. Their Royal Highnesses seemed in conster
nation The grief of Madame was so great, that
he King asked herto approach; and taking her by
he hand, twice pressedit to his lips with great emo
ton"
To know that fellow being is suffering, ant
not to sympathze with him, is contrary to human
nature. Both the Royal Family and the people o
Paris must have felt for his Majesty, but that ehe
regarded his death as calamity, is doubtful. Al
ter his death, however, the Journals preserved the
same tone that they had kept up during his illness
To show this we shall give one more extract from
a Paris paper, merely promising the observations o
the GLOBE and TRAVELLER, "that these lamenta
tons show that other loyal people have as much
conventional grief and Joy on the death and acces
SION Oh NlOHdICuS dS tuG DritlSus not tHC uCdti
of every monach is the most lamentable of events
while every monarch is yet better than his prede
cessor, is proposition as difficult TO be explained
as to be doubted" The extract is from the Quot
dieune of the 18th of September
"The terrible catastrophe which the ardent wish
IS OF whole people hoped in vain TO avert, has beer
his instant accomplished.
The King has ceased to live. Another Son Of
Saint Louis has assembled To Heaven. Let US pray
for him. let Us weep for ourselves, for his whole HE
was lavshed on us. His last words vet for his
family, for his people, for all his children. Grie
interdcls even the praises which gratitude would
dictate on the Tomb which opens on the benefits
accumulated upon France by the Monarch who has
Just been ravished from the lover. We would
praise the King the Legislator, but words fail US
we can only lament The Father.-The agony en-
dured long-Louis supported it as he had borne
misfortune. Never did Monarch, never did q
man know better how to support the heavy burthen
of age, adversely, OF inhrmies, OF the throne. lie
has Quilted this earth forever but not French
heart will forget that he restored peace to our fields
children TO their mothers, liberty to laws. and
more recently still, glory to our Standard . Lou
is thy last moments might be soitened by the re-
Election that nothing more remained to be done for
our France, forever secured under the immortal
sceptre of the Bourbons The nigh, conceais from
us as vet the aspect OF this afflicted capital. We
pray, we weep, in the secrecy OF our hearts. 10
morrow our temples will be opened-Let US SO
thither, Frenchmen, to derive strength to support
the immense loss we have suffered Let US go to
pray fot the precious days OF the King, who does
not die and who is restored for the consolation OF
France in the person of magnanlmous beir. The
King Louis XVIII. is dead. Live the King Charles
X"
ERry--Envious people are doubly miserable, in