The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-08-04

Art Z Our Minister Secretary Of State Tor the
Department of the Interior is charged with the exc
| cuton OF the present ordinance.
|" AT the Palace of Neuilly, the l4th July, loaa'
The, Minister Secretary of State for the Depart
ment OF the Interior,
T. DUCHATEL.
The .Monite,~ contains also the following letter
from the Minister of the Interior TO the freiec's
throughout France
PARls, July a. 1912.
" Monsieur lie Prefet France is in mourning for
the heir to the throne No festival take place on
the anniversary of the days of July. The funeral
service III honor OF the victims will alone be per-
formed. Receive the assurance of my distinguished
consideration.
at. DUCHATEL"
Galignani's Messenger gives the following addi-
uonal 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 Avignon,
and the newly appointed Bishop Of Tue, went there
yesterday 1t is the chapter of ST. Dennis who OH
ciate in the chapel of Neuilly. They assisted
| by the clergy Of St. Germain-p Auxerrois at st.
| Roch, there being always duty four canons and
three priests of each of the two parishes. The sa-
| cred service is thus organized During the whole
morning, until o'clock masses are celebrated AT
| that hour vespers 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 King re-
turned several times during the day to the chapel.
Each time, after having knelt down and prayed, he
drew aside the drapery which the body of his
son, and after having contemplated him with touch
| ing resignation, sprnkled the body with holy water
| The Prince still lies the sort of couch on which
! the body placed when it was brought from the
house where he expired. Black draperies have been
| placed around him. Yesterday morning his Majesty
gave orders that apartment should be prepared at
the chateau at Neuilly for her r. H. the Duchess of
Orleans and the Princess and her Yesterday
| ming, and during the whole of the day, continued
| file of carriages covered the road to Neuiy. The
number of visiters at the chateau was immense
Their maJesties received no person, but the names
were entered in a book at the door of the place.
Masses celebrated yesterday in all the
churches OF Paris, for the repose of the soul of the
Duke of Orleans.
The Queen for three hours her knees by
| the side of the mattress which her dying son lay
extended. AT her first arrival she took small me-
dial 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.
I" he Duke of Orleans" says the Unirers, sap
pears to have had presentiment of early death
for he sad two days before the late disaster to the
Princess ClemeHtine who 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
gned, of the most narrowing description. Could it
be otherwise, under the loss Of such husband such
SOM Her royal highness drove rapidly to Neuly,
without entering Paris The blinds of her carriage
were entirely closed.
AUTOPSY and EmbaIneM ofkhe Body.-Dr. Pasquier
first surgeon of the Prince Royal, assisted by NJ Pas
quier, his father, who is first surgeon to the King
and Messrs. Fouquier, Auvity, Moreau, Blandin,
Bache, Destouches, Sauve, and Segun, the eminent
physicians and surgeons, proceeded 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 in 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 one ear
TO the other and ascending 10 the frontal bone which
was almost entirely severed from the head. Sec
ondIy that all the other organs of his ROYAL High
ness were perfectly sound and III such state of pre-
servztion 3 admit of belief that the Prince,
whose constitution excellent, and whose mode
Of living was admirably regular, would have lived
10 great age Another result from the autopsy q
-rI-ss5wg n the minds of the faculty taai the
al The p-Trce had sustained al the force OF the fall
- no other part Of MS Royal HIgnnesss person was
SERIOUSLY injured, and hence they infer that be did
mol lump out Of his carriage, but was thrown gu.
suddenly by violent shock while lie was stand
ing up. process verbal Of tins delicate operation
viii Of course be drawn up In due form IN VIII
probably be made public When the autopsy was
completed, the process OF enabamen was performed
by the same medical commission. This occupied
FIVE hours more, being perfected By half PaN i've
in the afternoon Al that hour Baron Athaiin called
in all the household officers of the Hing and Princess
then at Neuilly 10 be present at and verify the de-
nesting of the remains of the deunct the coffin
| nrepared to receive them. ln their presence the
body was wrapped in wax cloth, and laid in lead
en- coffin which was lined with white SATIN the head
being raised on a pillow covered with the same ma
terial Over the body placed the Prince ROYALS
uniform of general officer, with his epaulettes, his
rband and other insignia Of the order of the Legion
of Honor his sword, and his African kepy. This
done the interstices filled up with wadding-
The proces verbal was then signed by the persons
present rolled up, put into bottle Theoretically seal
ed and placed in the coffin, which Immediately
after soldered up, and enclosed in oak cover
ed with black velvet, and ornamented with silver
nails escutcheons, and handles. The heart of the
Prince was in like enclosed in urn of lead
| cased with oak, covered with black velvet The
clergy were then admitted and they sprnkled the
august remains with holy water. This being done,
the coffin and urn carried back into the chapel
and replaced on the cenotaph. The funeral chants
were Immediately recommended and will be contin-
ued until the final nterment in the vaults at Dreux
When the embalment was completed, the Queen
called in DR.. Pasquier, Junior, and received from
him the account of the real cause of the death of
| the Prince.
On Thursday evening, M. Pradier was admitted
into the chapel and took casts of the face hands and
feet of the illustrious corpse M. De Calbeux, d.
rector Of the Royal Museums, superintended this
operation. The features of his Royal Hghness
were not at all altered by death. They still
expressed his natural benign serenity. The work
was entirely successful, and there is no doubt
that M. Frazier will produce perfect resemblance
of the lamented Prince, of whom there is only one
truly faithful portrait, that recently finished by NJ
Ingres, which is deemed Of the masterpieces of
that great artist
TURKEY
Letters from Consantinople of the 9th ult state
that the Syrian question is making progress. The
Porte contends, in answer to the representations of
the representatives of England, France and Austria
that the reports of the Maronies are Incorrect and
that the Syrian authorities not guilty of the ex