Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-03
ExrRAcrs FROM FoREioN NEWS
PER THE GREAT WESTERN.
DEATH OF THE DUKE OF ORLEANS.

particulars relative to the awful calamity which
has befalen the Royal Family of Fsanee This
day. at hall past IL o'clock, the Duke Of Orleans
who was to have &c, out Cor Plombiere,. whore the
Dutehess Is at present, was returning from Neuilly
si'es taking leave Of hs family, when his horses ran
away with his carriage, the Porte Mailloi and
me Prince, Tearing to be overturned. jumped out,
but in so dolsg his spurs, others say his So ord
caught IN his cloak. and occasianed him TO fall TO
the ground with violence The consequence was
congestion OF the BRAIN which terminated fatally.
The Prince was taken up sense'sss and conveyed
into the nearest house, where he was Immediately
attended by DE- Bauny, assisted by De Pasquier
the Princes physician. lie never, however, reco-
vered the use OF his senses"
The King, Queen, and Duko d. Aumale arrived
at the spot Immediately. The rector OF s.. Phil
| lppe de Roule administered the sacrament Of the
Extreme JUNCTION to the Prince, who ex PRED shortly
alter } o'clock. The Prince was about to take
command OF 10000 men; but, alas! who can reckon
| on to- morrow
Private Correspondence
PAIRS, July IL.
The cruel event that has (as the Journal des De-
bats truly says) berelt the Royal Family of the
best son-thc most tender husband-and the most
nfectionate Of brothers, land no doubt the kindest
Of ta,hers) has deprived France and Europe of their
best security against CONFUSION and revolution.
| This Is a startling commencement no doubt
You will, when the reasons which the assertion
Is founded shall I've laid before you, decide upon its
claim TO attention and credencc.
| The Duke oil Orleans was the hope Of his family,
and OF France. IL the King were to die by the vi
station OF Ged, or tall by the hand Of a regicde,
the Duke OF Orleans, popular and beloved by all
classes was at hand TO take the rens OF
and would have been able TO carry the views Of
his truly talented father. The Duke OF Osleans is
dead. The King lives, it is true. land loug may he
live,) aud may continue to exis, until no shall have
brought up his grandson, until he shall have attained
his msjorityi But must be excused for stating that
| which hear on every side-the King may be re-
| IL lrA, - -
be Of age, and then will come anarchy.
There Is no other term applicable to the state OF
things that would arise out Of Regency in France.
Look therefore, steadily at the prospee, before YOU
DIVINE Providenee may long spare King Louis Phil.
| lippe; but a contrary event is probable Prepare
Tor It, and expect also, lament TO say, increase
Jealousy and animosiiy in this country suggested
and fomenied by men who in that way have already
| been too successful.
Never was there more coumendable svmpa,hy
expressed in France than was last night by the en- .
tire population Of Paris on the nmented death of
the Duke OF Orleans. The house to which the
Prince had been removed after his accident, and in
which he died, was surrounded throughout the eve.
ming by crosdB OF persons eager TO catch al frs,
hand some particulars OF the sad event. One OF
the men who assisted 10 raise the Duke from the
ground after his fall, and to carry him into the
house where he died. told me land YOU will find IN.
SAME f,et in the Journal dss D,5ds) that the Prince
spoke but three words after his fall and thew were
IN German. They showed that he had already lost
his reason, for they only went to say something
about The lire. Shut the door," These were his
last and the only words he spoke.
The manner of his death YOU will fnd in The
accompanying extracts from the papers OF this day
On that melancholy point shall not therefore.
trouble you with ore word; but there is another
which VIII interest differently many OF your read
ers-l mean the effect of this event upon the din.
! lomnuc and (f | may say SOY the financial world.
The corps diplomAlique were thrown into dismay
by the catastrophe on which write You The
representatives OF the Gseat Powers respectively
despatched couriers TO Their courts THE n,essen
ger OF the English Ambassador left Paris last nish,
At halt past l2 o'cloekl This shows how seriou,
ly this appalling event was felt. The influence of
a on the moned interests and the gamblers in the
funds WAS more obvious. The Three ner Cents
(the only description of stock sold or dealt in a,ter
or before Change hours) fell some centimes more
than on the s6-h OF July, 1850; Cor, if temsmhrr
eSrreeily, The isl vas on tina, day only per cent:
| whereas the Three reT cents which rlo..-i 80
Tuesday at s9f saS-, went down last NIGHT 10 5sf
or nearly per cent.
To-dsy, AZ TOston1s there vas not 20 c-rs,t 3,
crowd as Al IL ast night Tor al that hour he scp-
svsre vas imPtssasiel bot there Vas nearly as
noea AsI.ht'on- The Three per Gents. we're done
Al - They are no~ q o'eiocl) nj T6f. Coz the
rive per Cents ~ ] l6i. 50c- No business DONE IN
snv o. tht foreign funds.
IHt DUGE oT OELEAss-The late Daks Of Or
isons was the eldest son OF the X M nfths Frersh
and o. hor present M1es,y the q ustn Of ts Fre,.L
who Is naushter OF Ferdinand King nf the two S.
eiios The deceased vas o native a. Palermo. nav
me been bon H. that CIV or the I'd Of Septenber
$50 On the restoration al the House q. Bo-bor,
70 TIE throne Of heIT ancestors the Orleans branch
ni IN family Immediately returned 70 their native
cnun'rT, where the young Prince. now so unhsprG
3 removed from lhfs life commenced he educr ion
20 pupi. Of the public Lyceums n PsriE; Tor his
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younger bfstcfr, tbs lNf8a, D1ks q. Chaufss VA
born On The Oh Of No7.mb.r, Is3O.
The ate Dpks q Orleans married in June. 1897
the Pnnc-ss Hslsna q Heexisn burgh gch1srn
- whom he bad the two toni sboys m.n,oo.d,
Tie always entertained marked prediction FOR
military enpioymsn', ard strong lose n military
glory, ard was unfeutoo1 70 be much beloved bv
the soldiers under hil conmsnJ. many Of whom
sturdy ys.srnns Of the Napoleon afniel-shed tears
- hs ieletS body was cITflsd from the fatal spot
GENERAL SUHaAET.-The dinner Of the ROYAL
Agricultural SOeiey was held OF Bristol on he
1851. Mr. Everett, the American Ambassador. az. !
tended and the Mayor 10 On appropriate speech, |
p opposed his health. Mr. Everett made a very
happy feply. The tea, feeling toward him, and |
coward The nation no represents, was exhibited
throughout.
The dutsS paid on goods cleared a, the Custom |
House Eircs the new Custom Act came into opera.
ton, amount, !. has been said, TO some hundred |
thousands fpOunds-nearly half q million.
correspondent, in whom we place impioi.
confidence, informs us that he has certain informa.
ton Tour millions Of one pound notes have been
IN the Bank Of England Tor tho last weeks ready
for efeUlauon.- Morning .7dV.
The wurizburg Gazette Of the 7th inst. states
that the report Of conspiracy haViag been discoy
cred in Russia is not confirmed, but that j, would
appear the Emperor had banished 10 Siberia seve.
ral persons connected with tho fret families IN tho
Empire, without assigning the cause Tor lhot new
act Of imperial severity.
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