, 1842-08-20
Foreign News.

which has been addressed by tire
Minister of the interior 10 The pre-
fects of the several departments
throughout France
"The Minister Of The Interior 10 the Pr.fscts;
"The Prince Royal has had a Sc
we're fall from his carriage; he died
from the effects thereof at half past
four this afternoon. The King has
borne the severe blow with his custo-
mary frmness. His majesty is in
good health. What g loss for France.
At noon. his ROYAL Hiohness Mon
seigneur lie Duke d'Ofe-ps, who was
to have started this evening" for Saint
Omer, went to NoujlIy 10 take leave
of his august father.
At the end Of the Chamln de Ia
Revolte the horses of his carriage
ran away. The Prince leaped from
the door and received ! most fearful
fall.
He was raised from the ground in
a state of perfect Inconsistencies,
and was borne into neighboring
house. Medical aid was given-a
vein was opened-leeches were APP
piled but all was in vain. Vt four
o'clock the Prince was dead.
The King, who was to preside at
a Cabinet Council in Paris, had quit
ted Neuilly. He arrived at the spot
where the accident occurred when
the Prince was being raised. Ills
Majesty was accompanied by the
Queen and Madame Adelaide. One
may well imagine how heart rending
a scene that melancholy ~rencontre
occasioned.
NJ. lie Baron Fain left immediate
ly, to announce to the ministers as.
sembIed at the T~uiileries, the event
which had delayed the arrival of the
King. The ministers Immediately
started for the purpose Of being near
his Majesty.
The body Of the Duc d'Oheans
was placed on a litter, and carried
by soldiers TO the chapel Of the Cha
teau of Neui!ly. The King, the
Queen, Madame Adelaite. and N. lie
Ducd'Aumale, followed the furnal
cortege Gil foot. attended ty 4 battal-
ion of the 18th Light Regiment
Their duty drew tears from the sol
diery Behind the litter, minGIing
indis discriminatory with the members of
The royal family, followed the minis
tiers, officers Of every grade, and citi.
zens of every class, who had collect
ted on the first tidngs Of the catas-
trophe.
Several cler1ymen. who also foi-
lowed the c2rasgs, repeated prayers
for the royal dead.
The Prince. at the time OF the &c
cident, was alone in the carriage
The carriage. called Il demi-D Dor
mont, carried Il tambonrin font, which
came Of and struck against tie hor-
scs. The startled animals ran away.
and the pcStiiiion succeeded in stop
ping them when they had run about
40 PAGES. But the prince had AREA
dv fallen.
The death Of the prince is attrlJu-
ted to The dislocaticn OF the dorsal
spine.
The elections ia France as far as
they have progressed have resulted
in the return % oiO ministeri2lis;S.
and 148 opposition members. There
is some talk Of q dispute and proba-
bic war with thu Ottoman empire ia
favor Of Syria.
RUIZ on TIKI Paa1 % EYGLANp.-
A fact ofan alarming nature was sta.
ted on MONDAY night in the House
of Commons, by Mr.. Joseph Hume.
That extravagant individual-we do
not speakin a political sense-intorm
ed the house that he had that day
made a run upon the Bank Of Eng
land with a real half-sovereign-a
golden Joey, N his hand, and that as
s e favor he had got ten shiI
lings in silver. The C~:iauuvilor oc
the E~xchequer, without pausing to
ask Mr.. Hume what he intended to
do with so much cash, Quoted the
fears of the House by stating thu
the Mint was hard at work upon sil-
yer coin-and that if the honorable
member were in a few days to ven
ture a whole sovereign, it was not i'm
possible he might get change TO last
him the rest Of his lie.
Russia. DreadfA fire. st. Peter,
burg, June 23d. Ga the 2lst inst.
a dreadful fire destroyed the salt
works OF Novo-UsoIsky, in the gov
eminent of Perrin. the property Of the
Stroganolf family. The connagra-
ton spread to the extent of / 10
versts, and lasted three DAYS. Be-
e,la, tn a,l, ,,1-l, 18th -, onao,-o