London, Monday, September...
The Times, 1824-09-20T00:00:00

WVe have received the Paris papers of Thursday and Friday, which are occupied with no other subject of inter. est but the decease of his late Majesty Louis XVIII. The following is the official account of that event, ex- ttacted from the Monitlleur of Thursday:- PARIS, Sept. Ifi. The King died precisely at four o'clock this morning. "TburW.day, Sept. 16,18S. " TheFirst Gentleman ot the Chamber, (Sie ned) " Count de DAAIAS. "The fiest Gcentlcman of the King's Chamber having announxed at the Tuileries the death of hi5 Mlajesty, the Civil and A.Military Votw.c o'd of the King proceeded immediately to the Pavillon illar- an, to take The ozers of W Majesty Charles X. The gardi di, corps of the King, and the ordinary Foot Gayds of the King, relieved the-.post of the aides d:az corps of Monsieur. ";VT-6e ing1: accompanied by Aflonscigneur the Dauphin, by the Dituphiness, and -Madame the Duchess of Berri, set out fori-St. Cloud at iix o'clock. (SI;-ned) 6 lThe First Gentleman of the King's Charmber, "C Count de DAMAS. "At a qe arter pnst-foti.r o'elonk the-4hancellor of France aned the 11inistors Secretaries of State were admitted to the presence of. him Majesty to receive lhis order. Thie King or'tiered letters to be sent to the Archbitliops and IUishcPs, and -to the Courts of. the kingdom. | " The Kiing vyill receive to-niorrow,.the 17tlh, at St. Cloud, the homa.-c of the Royal Family antl of the Prlnces of the Blood. "The constitutted bodies will be convoked, to offer on the salle day thleirlionage to his Ill,jesty. " Messieurs the Peers ani Deputies will be admitted intlivi- dually. I" The apartnment of the late King. in the castle of the Tuileries, Ivill be open to the puiblic to.day, from ten o'clock in the morninig till zix at night." Tht following are the last bulletitts ot the inalatly of the late KING:- "TENTH BULLETIN. Sept. 15, 7 e'clock a. at. The tlight has been one of the m ost unquiet; the fever has in- -creaaed this mornifng, with anxieties and repeated faintings; respira. tion is lnore and amore laborious. (Sigr.ed) O P .R 'AL Al rBERI'. " Thle Firs Geenitleman of the Kinig's Chamber,, " Count tle DAMAs. |IE'lEVENTH BULLETIN. I Sept. 15, 8 o'clock a. m. I" The weakness of all thie fuiictiuns is still iicreasing. (Signied) PORI AL, DUPUYTREN, "ALIBERT, TIIEVENO'r. j" 1ONTAIMN, ;-DISTEI, TWEL 'T;" The First Gentlenia of the Bedcl:amber, -II Coun ii le DA.-5 zA3. "TWELFTH BULIl;TIN OF THE li'S MALADY. *' Sept. 15, 9s o'clck p. ni. The situatioll of tihe King has not iniproved since ciAht o'clock ill the morllig. (Signed) " PORTAL, DISTEI, * AI l'' *- DUPUYUTREN, "TlEVELNOT. " First Gentleman of the KinA's Chamber, " Count tle DAiMlAS. THI}RTEENTH BUI,lErTIN OF THIE HlNG'S M1ALADY\. " Sept. 15, nrite o'clock in tl.e cveniing. * The access of tihe fever libs been more violept this day tlian on any previous one. The rattle tIrs becom1e tecartl in breathing; the ililse is estremiely weak, annl iiore and inore intermitting. (Signed) ' PORTA JL, D IDISTEI, ALIBERT, " DUPUEYTREN, MONTAIGN, *' THIVNOT." Thie followintg is the account of thle samne events by tite Quotidien,ie:- " DEATI} OF TIIt Kit;c. Louis XVIII.-His Majesty Louis XVIII. reniercd tip his last breath this mnorning, September 1f;, at four o'clock preciscly. The Royal Family and the Princes of the blood have passed the night in Iiis Mlajesty's apartmient. Inc terrible catastrophie which the ardeni. wishes of a whlolc people hoped in vain to avert has been thii itistant accomplished. The I;ing has ceased to live. Anotlher soii of St. Louis has as- cended to IHleaven. Let us pray for him-let us weep for ourselves, for hLs whole life was lavislhedl on us. His latst words were yet for his farmily, for his peopde, for all his children. (irief in- terlicts us even the praises which gratitu,le would dictate o01 the tomb which opens, on the benefits accumulatedl upen France by the monarch who has just been rav'ished froiim her love. WVe h4ould praise the King, the Legislator-but words fail us: we can only la- ment the father. " The ngony endure(d long-Louis supported it lis he had borne nisibrtune. Never did a nmonarclh-never ditl a man know better how to support the heavy burden of age, adversity, of infir- mities, of the throne. Ile has quitted the earth for ever ; but not a French heart will forget that he restored peace to nour fields, children to our mothers, liberty to ouir laws. and, more recently still, glory to our standards. O Loui8 ! thy last moments might be so-ti ened by thereflcction that nothing rrore rernained to be done for our Frasice, for ever secttred urnder the immortal sceptre of the Bourbons. The night conceals from us as yetthe aspect ofthisafflictcdeapi 1., , 1, ..v) c - p, i . th.o -cr-cy of ott i .-;a -tz. Tv-mlorro,v our temples will be opened. Let us go thither, Frenchmen, to de- rive strength to support the imniense loss we have sufferedl. Let us go to pray for the precious days of the Kinig, v:ho does not tlie., and wtho is restored for the consolationi of France in the p2rson of a mag- aninnnous lieir. The KingLouii XVIII. is dead-u_Iivc the Kinlg litarles X." The AMonitcur, in its non-official patt, informs us that cxLraordiiary prayers were off'-,red up for the KiNG on Sutsday is tshc reformed charch of the Oratoire. The church belonging to thC Confession of Augsburg, in the rttc de Belettes, likuwisc offered up prayers for the restora- tien of the KING'S health every day at two o'clock, fromn thle commencement of hlis illness till his death. The mern- bers of the ChLTrcII whlo could not attend, were inivited to joii their prayers at home to thosc of this religious commu. nity. 'I'he Paris papers of Friday supply few particulars of the late events, in addition to thosc whiclh we have given above ; but thtey carry (lown the account oft' he Govern- ment proceedings, and of the public feeling, a diay later. All the bells of the capital werc tolled between five and six on 'liurstlay morning, to announce the dIecease of his M1la- jesty. A greatcrowd soonassembled about tlle Palace. At ten o'clock the public wvere athlnitted to sce his MIajebty lyitng in state by twelve at a time. ,Vhen the MIinisters waited upon his prtscnt Majesty Cs ,ARIES X., to receive his orders, the KI NG said to thiein- Continue your services-my first moments have beQn " devoted to my gricef; afterwards, I shall give mvself up CC entirely to my dluties." The Journal des Debats, which, like the English papers on a similar occasion, is bordered with black, contains a long article on the chlaractex atid reign of Louis XVIII., writt.n by the late Minister for Foreign AfFairs, M. de CHATEAU3itIANO. It is needless to say that itis cliaracteriz- etl by all the extravaganit ultraistn anti affected brilliancy of the author. It is enough to state that he calls the unprin. cipled invasion of Spain " that prodigious expedition which "killed two revolttions at a blow;" and that he blasphe- mnously compares the (fictitious) darkniess which covered France on the death of Louts XVI. to the darkness which covered Jerusalem on the death of our SAvtoua. He then proceeds, in the strain of one of the " rejected ad. "dresses," to offer Isis extravagant praises antI enthusiastic homage to CHARLES X.-LO the Dauplhitn and to the Dau- phiness. " God bless the Regent and the Duke of York." The following is an extract froim the samae paper, giving an accoutnt cf the last momnents of the late KING:- " At ltalf past nine on Wednesday, the King began to experience the approaches of that crisis which was to tertninate his life in a few hours. He after,vards experienced a little tranquillity. His recol- 1ection, which had never entirely deserted him, seeme.d to return. At midnight those prognostics of consolation and hope had disappeared. The august patient experienced then an attack, the violence of which inspired the able physicians by whom he was surrounded with the fear that the malady was to soon triumph over the resources ef their art, and that nature was ready to succumb. At t is instant, the apartment was filled with aU the membersofthe Royal Farnily.-les sages were sent to their Royal tlighnesses the Dukes of Orleans and Bourbon, es well as to the Chancellor and Prince Talleyrand, the Archbishop of Paris, the Ministers, the Grand Referendary, the Se- cretary, Archive Keeper of the Chamber of?Peers, and, iri fine, to all whose dignity or functions rendered their presence necessary on 'the occasion. " The Prefect of the Seine and the Prefect of Police having been apprised of thte state of' things, hastened likewise to the Palace. "A calmer m uoment succeeded to this terrible crisis. "'We shall not attempt to portray the anxiety which appeared en every couritenance, tempering some feeble rays of hope. - - Nothing could be compared to the state of the Princes and Prin. cesses of the Royal Family, surrounding this bed of death. At a quarter before four o'clock, the signs which precede death manifested themselves. In afew minutes themoutnful cry was raised, 'the King i, dead. The chamber re-echoed with sobbings. Charles X., the. DaupldineEz, and afterwards all the Royal Family, precipitated tbvrmselycs on the Dicless body, prmetd tfesiots lui wshicl -Ferj frozen In death, and whichi could make no return to thte press of tert- dertess end)loye. The fatal cry waS repeated in the vast apartmentsI Pf the Plat6e, pierced the walls, arid reached the eart of' the faithful guard, who, aad and sileat, waited with impatient sorrow fobinews which was either to cdmfort them, or to apprise therm, not that thoy hdadnew duties to fulfil, or a new title to invoke, but a new Mlonarch to 8altte. At six o'clock the ling set out to St. Cloud with aU the Royal Framily. At ten o'clock the doors of the royal apartments were thrown open. An immense crowd continued to enter till six in the evening, to view the features of lilos who waS their father, and wicll death had but slighltly cianged. His Majesty was stretched on the bed whereon he died. The sigo of rediemption (the cross) was in his h:ndx. 'I'he ecclesiastics of the chapel royal prayed round the body,funeral torches lighted this scene of nmourning, every one in passiag threw lholy water on the body, near whicb were seated the Great0tlicersof the Crown, lhe Gentlemen of the Chamiber, and the 'siipelior Officers of' the Guards. The Royal Guard keep guard respectfully round the Royal remDains of fliiM'ajesty." The same papier states, thtat though 50,000 persons hlad ptroceeded to the Tuileries to see tire IKING lying in state on 'Tiunqday, Ito accident or disorder happened on any of the points of entrance into tlhe Paiace, but one, where a you1ng etritl, supposed to be miiad, fired through the iron taililng on the officer Uii duty. The officer wounded hi;TI with his sabre, aid lite was immediately taken iinto custodly. The following are extracts from the MfIon iteur of Friday, anI the Etoile dated Satttrday : " PARIS, SEPT. Iti. " To-day, at lialf-past four in the morning, Baron lalive, Intro- ducer of the Amribassatiors, wvaited upoII the Ambassadors, alld a1- nounced la thieir Escellenc:Ws t'.o n the king the death of His Sl a. testy Louis XVI lI. " .M. dc Viviers executed tire same commsiesion to the Foreigts Ministers, "SrPT. 17. " The act relative to the decease of His Mfajesty Louis XVIII. wvas dIrawni up yesterday at thie Tuileries by the Chancellor ol' France, pertforming, according to the ordinance of the King of' the 23d of' .gtich, 181C, the f'unction of'Officer of the Civil Department of tie Royal liousehold. " Th0 Chaticellor also sealed up the private papers of' the lute I;ing, by virEue ot' special orlers from] his Majesty, and1 conflorniably to tle ordinianice o the 20t of A pril, 1820, whirl, gives to the Chan. celler of' Fraace, with respect to itc Royal Famuily, the functions I exercised by the justice, of peace with respect to the Frenchmen. 'iere follaws tite .4Ae tie De~ee at length, which. states titat his I late iMajesty, the son of Louis, the Dauphin of' France, aLitt M.-rin ,Josephinc of' Sagony, lii consort, was born at Versailles in the l:tlt of Nov. 1755, and had been a widgwer sikce 18110, wihen iet lost his Quieen Maria Jo.cphine L,ouisa, of Saxony. ," The persons present at drawing up the act were the Mlarquia de Simonville, the Duke de Doudeauville, aid thie Marquis de Brezi. Tite witnesses no;ninated by the King were theDuke dc Uzes arld thIc Duke of Coriegliano; anl the body of tIe late King was shiotwn thern by the f'rince Talleyrand and tite Duke d'Aument. * The act is signed by iail the auove-mcntioned persons. " The order for a general mnourtiing for seves montths is annexed." I (Froni the Eloile, dated Saturdaty, Sept. Il8.) "ST. (,I,OUD, SEI'T. 17. Amter 10 u'clock, the King received his Civil and .Military fHousehold each of' the persons belonging to it was named as he passed befure his Alajesty. * Thie mernbers of' the Chambers of Peers and of the Deputies were presented, a;:d the King addressel to thenm with much einotion i a discourse whichi made a most profouitd impressien, after whicl repeated cries were uttered of Vive le Roy. L The diplomatic body was introduced, and the PapAl Nuncio made a speech to His Majesty. " The Council of State was presented by the Keeper of the Scals. " The King Ellen wvent to mass, from whicih he returned at a quarter past twelve. " After mass the King received the PrefccE of the Seine, the Prefect of Police, the municipal body, the mnilitary bodies, the na- tional guard, and the French Academv. " The following is the speech of the King to the Peers atnd the Deputies:- " ' AMy heart is too deeply afi'ecled to allowmeto express thesenti- otents which I feel; butlshould beunworthy of himn whohasleft me such great examples, if, yieldittg too much to my grief, I did not preserve fortitude en,ugh to fulfil the- duties which are imposed on me. I was a brother, nov, I am a Kting ; and this title of itself points out th1e conduct I ought to observe. " ' I liave promised, as a sttbject, to maintain the charter and the conslitution which we ewe to the Sovereign of whoi HFeaven has just deprived us. Nowv that the right of my birth has made the power fall into my hands, I will enployit entirely in consolidating for the hllraines nfey p'nilpe tbaegrnit act -hich I have promised to maitl- tain. .My confidence in my subjects is entire, and I am fully certain that I stall find in them the same sentiments with respect to me. " ' I mtst add, Gentlemen. that confbrmably to the Institutions of tile King witom we deplore, I shall convoke the Chambers at the eud of December.' " WVe have net yet received the speech made by his Majesty to the Diplomiiatic Body. It produce(d the mast profoutwd impression. The speech atldrcssed to thie Kittg by the Academy, complimenting hint on his accesion, expresses its confidence in the protection of his AM- j.sty, whio has always showt IInIsCtf a patrols of French literature. The King's reply was as follows " ' Gentiemen,-I liave lost an affectionate brother-France a wise antd enlightened monarch-sciences and literature a protector, who has etltivated them from hiis meot tendet years, and pactised thim witli particular care. I shall imitate them, not with the same talent, but with the samne zEal: I answer for it, and I depend on the Academy to second mc.' ' Preparations are makintg for embalmiteg thie King's body. This operation will take two days: after this the body of his Majesty will lie in state in the salootu of the throne." LONDON, SlEPATAY, WSrBMBRR 20, 1824.