The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-08-04

AT the Palace of Neuilly, the 18th July, 1912
s" The Minister Secretary of State for the Depart
ment of the Interior,
The .Moniieur contains also the following letter
from the Minister of the Interior to the freiee's
throughout France
PANS, July IA, 1912
" Monsieur lie Prelet France is in mourning Tor
the heir to the throne No festival can take place on
| the anniversary of the days of July. Inc iuhera'
service in honor of the victims will alone DC per,
formed Receive the assurance of my distinguished
| at. DUCHATEL."
Galignani's Messenger gives the following addl-
| tonal particulars;
| The Archbishop of Paris went yesterday TO Neu-
| lily, as he did on Wednesday. The Bishop OF Yer
settles the newly appointed Archbishop OF Avlgnon,
and the newly appointed Bishop OF Tule, went there
YESTERDAY Ii is the chapter of St Dennis who OH
ciate in the chapel of Neuilly. They are assisted
| by the clergy of St Germain-P Auxerrois at 81.
Roch, there being always on duty four canons ana
three priests of each of the two parishes Inc st-
cred service is thus organized During the whole
morning until o'clock, masses are celebrated AT
that hour yespers commence, and continued un-
| til night After midnight maths are chaunted The
whole of the royal family and the inmates OF the
| chateau, attended mass yesterday. The hing re-
turned several times during the day to the chapel
Each Time, after having hutll GOWN plaloui H'
drew aside the drapery which covers the body oil MS
son. and after having contemplated him with touch
ing resignation sprinked the body with holy water
The Prince still lies the sort of couch on which
| the body was placed when it was brought from the
house where he expired. Black draperies nave oeeh
placed around him. Yesterday morning his Majesty
gave orders that apartment should be prepared al
the chateau at Neuilly for her r. H. the Dutchess oil
Orleans and the Princess and her sons Yesterday eve
ming, and during the whole OF the day, continued
CT & a,aI tla .s.I To
| number of vsiters at the chateau was immense
| Their malesties received person, but the names
were entered in a book at the door OF the place.
| Masses were celebrated yesterday in all the
churches of Paris, for the repose OF the soul OF te
| Duke Of Orleans.
The Queen was for three hours her knees 10y
the side of the mattress which her dying son lay
extended. At her first arrival she took small me-
da from her bosom, where it had rested ever since
the day she received her first communion, and placed
| it on the heart of her beloved child
" he Duke of Orleans,' says the On,perS APP
pears TO have had presentment of early death
for he said days before the late disaster to the
Princess Clemeatine, who was speaking to HIM OF the
glorious chances of his future life, shall die young,
sister; shall die shortly "
Her royal highness, the Duchess of Orleans, ar
rived at Neuilly Saturday morning The first in
tervew between the bereaved widow and the Illus
trious mourners at the chateau was as may be ina
gined of the most narrowing description. Could it
son Her royal highness drove rapidly to Neuilly,
without entering Paris. The blinds of her carriage
were entirely closed.
AUTOPSY and Embodiment Of the Body.-Dr Pasquier,
first surgeon of the Prince Royal, assisted by NJ Pas
ouier his father who is first surgeon to the King,
and Messrs. Fouquer, Auyity, Moreau, Blandin,
Blache Destouches, Sauve, and Seguin the eminent
physicians and surgeons, proceeded on Friday in the
presence of General Baron Athalin, the Kings aid
de-camp specially delegated by his Majesty to per-
form the autopsy of the body OF the Duke of Or
leans 1t commenced at seven liz the morning, and
lasted till eleven. The results First that the
death of the Prince caused by fracture of the
posterior part of the skull, extending from ear
to the other and ascending to the frontal bone, which
was almost entirely severed from the head. Sec
ondly that all the other organs OF his Royal High
ness were perfectly sound and in such state of pre-
seryation as to admit Of 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 i'm 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 Highness's person was
seriously injured, and hence they infer that he did
not lump out of his carriage but was thrown out
suddenly by some violent shock while he was stand
ing up A process 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 he 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 Hing and Princess
then at Neuilly be present at and verify the de-
nesting of the remains of the deiunct in the coffin
nrepared to receive them. In their presence the
| body was wrapped in a wax CLOTH and laid in lead
en- coffin which lined with white satin, the head
being raised on a pillow covered with the same ma
| terial Over the body was placed the Prince Royals
uniform of a general officer, with his epauettes, his
riband and other insignia of the order of the Legion
of Honor his sword and his African kepy This
done the interstces filled up with wadding
The process verbal then signed by the persons
bresent rolled up put into bottle Theoretically seal
ed ami placed in the coffin, which was Immediately
after ,oldered up, and enclosed In an oak case
ed with black velvet, and ornamented with silver
nails escutcheons, and handles The heart OF the
Prince was in like manner enclosed in an of lead
oased with oak covered with black velvet The
clergy were then admitted, and they sprinlled the
august remains with holy water. Tins being done
the coffin and urn were carried back into the chapel
and replaced on the cenotaph. The funeral chants
were Immediately recommended, and VIII be contin
ned until the final nterment In the vaults at Dreux
When the embalment completed, the Queer
called in DIR. Pasquer junior, and received from
him the account Of the real cause of the death o
the Prince.
On Thursday evening, NJ Pradier admitted
into the chapel and took casts OF the face hands
feet of the illustrous corpse. Nj. De Calbeux, di
rector of the Royal Museums, superIntended thi
operation. The features of his Royal Highnes
were not at all altered by death. They still
expressed his natural benign serenity. The worl
was entirely successful, and there is no doub
that NJ Pra Ter will produce perfect resemblance
of the lamented Prince, of whom there is only on
truly faithful portrait, that recently finished by NJ
Ingres which is deemed one of the masterpieces o
that & eat artist
TURKEY.
Letters from Constantinope of the 9th ult. state
that the Syrian question is making progress. Tn
rsaoe,,.SS~ zfirsrr
that the reports of the Maronites are Incorrect am
that the Syrian authorities not guilty of the ex
cess imputed to them, and that before any decision
can be come to, further inquiry must be made Ii
consequence of repeated squabbles between British
Consular Agents in Turkey and the Turk h authori
ties, Sir Stratiord Canning addressed a circular t
the Consular body, which, on being communicated t.
the Diyan afforded the greatest pleasure TO the Sul