The Disinterment Of James...
The Times, 1824-09-15T00:00:00

Wlre some days ago expressed (ur itUrprise at a paragraph in a French paper, vhich statea that mass hatd beent said at St. Germains for the soul of James II.. and thlat the English in Paris had been inv-ted to attendtl thle celeoinonv. Il r.ppQarecI to uq Nerv urlikelv tCiat the soul of so (?athol' a person should so lo5g have required the inter!crence of the faithful to rescue it fromn nenal durance, considerinig that in Spain, wlhere the Cathoie religion is mnast zealousiv practised, and probably the betst understood, the pricsts can announce on the doors of the church1 the release of at,y insignificant indtividlual, by the following advtrlisenient- Htoy se sara itu alca depertri'r iand still mnore imipro- bable, that a Protestant Mlonarcl, lik;e Georpe IV. shiouid invite his subjects to a Popish solemnity. lie following iletter,whieh vc colpy fromn an evelling paper, is imore- cautrous, anti probably more authelitic with; respect to tlhc etctenl- stances wbich took place, but &ves us a kind of epitaph or inscription oni the remains of ihe roval exile, in the l spiit Ef which we by no nicanis ag-ree. No man could object to see the ashes of tilc de. easea recominittcel t ) th}?: earth with the decent honours due to a roval race f(y d!ugt hoi-y, ' J or regr(et that the " goo(d which he did, as Admriral of Eril- land, should live after hii ;` but surely it is not NvisL or prudent, ini comparinig the success of James, Duke of York, in diefeice of bis country, and James, Tyrant of Englandl, in attemptinig to tnslave ii, to say, thtat in the former cliarar- tcr he was triumphant, anti in the latter merelv i'frlici,r. If his claii triutonpji in secitnldr) grndu 1eser ved praise, h)is subsequent wicked and unisuccessful attemepts to destroy the constitution anti liberties of Ein-land (Itscrve(I to be brandedI with another epithet thiani that of inlf:ici,r. We are afraid tnat itn cotRain quarters there is too great a dis- position to forget that the Stuarts were tyrant;, ar(i that we owve the preservation of our rights arid libertics to their overthrow anld condign puiiishmnent. PARIS, SEPT. 10. Yesterday the rfn/,s of Paris cmptied themselves into St. Ger- mains, which was thrunged at an early hour, for the porpose of wit- nessing thie august ceremoony of reremoving the royal remainas of Jan-ies II., King off England,whici were unexpectedl disco -ered, a short timc since, by the worknien employed in diggiJr the feulrida- tion of the new chiurch whicrh is tuiidirng upon the sitc of the old edifice, which was footed to he in so ruinous a state as to he utteriv incapable of repair. Tire road. was throngec with cartiages (S al descriptions aiid pedestrians of all classes. The ceremony. which was conducted with g-reat solemniity, began wttii a proreeaion ot priests, in their sacerdotal vestments, who, entcring the chape built for die temporary purposes ct religious worshit, on a spur clusely adjoining the church. performcd tilC service oi mass in ii most im- pressive manner. Tbc spectators, wht, wrere very nunmerous, seeme(d greaty affected by ithc whole scene. which was strikingly grand, and repclete with moral associatio!s. The entrance i tihe chapel ws hung with a canopy oi black cltth, as was the interior. The colffin, containing th a royal reiiains, was placed utpon a stage in the shape of a magnificent mausoleum, hung routid with tesselateddira pery of the dee pes mourning- The wbhle was surniourtect with the royal diadem of gold, placed on a rich cushion of crinma(-n velvet ever the whiole of which was tlirtwn a veil of black cra-e, which sotetened, without concealing, dheir spleniloor. Towards the close of the service, the remains of tbe Roval Sovereign were removed in great state to tle altar, benecath which the attendants Proceeded to dleposit it with alt those solemnitics. sc pLowerful in their efi'ct. which distingu ish thc Catlpolic citurcit service. The wvhole ceremonyv closedt about tw(i o'clock. On a tlainr. black tablet in the fionit ci thie altar, is the following inscription:- D - D~~~. 0. M1. itt-eu Gent-sri; it'. Er Curallte Equitr Exe. Carol., Stuart Regis Btritantihe Leg-at,,. ctriris aniteLa rite pei,aeti- Et quo deest bunore Ill stiri,em) rcgiatom llse tnper etfussa teconidira? soot reliqota. Qulo in seeuido eivitati- G('.iuti claris trimpiphls tIn pritno infelieior Post variots forttuiw eanse In sI pe.menori.m-s vitaS Er tiatze resutrrcetion:s Hie qimievit ill D,ulilm, Ani,lo NMDCCI. v. idits 'Cpteemllris. SiDCC(-XxrV. Immiediately tind(r the above tatiiem. anti wlitin the rails of the nisinmunion table, is a plain neat altatr, with tihe f;l5lowing inscrir. aon : ces Depotiilles itoya3es :oollt fi depuostes En atitendant Qst'elles somicot placers Danans u Monumcilt plus Curivenwt,le, 'ouand 1a Nouvelle Eglise Setsaronerruetee. When tlhe new chitreli wvill be in a cont4lition to receive "cs De_ 90ioztts Royadcs" is very doubiftil, as it is note 59 years since it was teguu, anti it is not yet arlvancett beyond the construction of abeut talf a dlozen pillars and a side wall. 7 To.day a soul is rescueod frotm purgatory. TIlE DISIN TERMPA'T (F JAMES I1.