The Sun. — 1857-01-15 (London, England)

ATE ASSASSINATION IN PARIS.  The ceremony of the purification of the church of St. Etienne-du Mont took place on Tuesday morning, and attracted an immense concourse of spectators. The following was the 'bourse of proceedings : The open space in front of the church was sanded, and in the centre, on a large carpet, was placed a fauteuil for Mgr. de Bonnechose, the Bishop of Evreux, who presided at the ceremony. The principal entrance to the building as well as the two side doors were hung with black drapery. A little before ten, the metropolitan. chapter, led by the archdeacon of Ste. Genevieve, and accompanied by the cures of the diocese and the superiors, directors, and pupils of the diocesan seminary, left the church of Sc. Genevieve. and proceeded in solemn silence to St. Etiennesdu.Mont. The chapter and the cures were in their full canonicals, with violet stole. A body of the mounted municipal guard and a detachment of the infantry of the same force preceded the processiob, and opened a passage fur them through the dense crowd. The clergy, on arriving, ranged themselves opposite the principal entrance and along the sides of the open space. At this moment, the bourdon of Notre-Dame was heard, and the ceremony commenced. The bells of St. Etienne did not ring out until the eeriemenial purification was over, and the altars had been daily prepared for the celebration of mass. The Bishop of Evreux was in his full episcopal dress, wearing the mitre and holding the crosier in his right baud. The ceremony commenced by the spriekhug of holy water. A table, surmounted by a crucifix, a,)d near which was placed a silver vessel ece.tailiing the water, was arranged at the foot o the steps of the principal door of the church. After the Msorere was chanted, and while this was being dons the bishop a minenced tee procession round the church, as-ieted by M. Surat, tie Archileati•di et Genevieve, and Egiee, vicar-genera, and master of Inc ceremonies of Notre Dame. The bishop sprinkled from time to time the exterior of the church with holy water. In this proces-ion the bishop was accompanied only by the chapter of Ste. Genevieve and the clergy of St. Etienne-du-Mout, the crowd and the rest of the clergy remaining in their paces. Tue sprieleing of the exterior being finished and the bishop lia,it:g returned to his place opposite the principal door, the chanting of the litanies by the clergy of St. Etienne and the metropolitan chapter on their knees commenced. At that moment the black hangings at the (bore were lifted up and the bishop and others entered the church. The bishop then sprinkled water, salt, ashes, and wine near the threshold. The chanting el the litanies was followed by the psalm Exsurgat Deus, and other, prescribed by the ritual. The bishop, accompanied in procession by the clergy, then sprinkled various parts of the interior of the church. The procession stopped at the part of the nave where the crime was committed, add, kneeling, sang three times the Farce, DO2ltine. In the meantime the altars were arranged, and a precession was formed to go for the host and sacred vessels, which hail been placed in a building detached from the church. On their arriving they were placed on the principal altar, and a masa was immediately eommenced. The ceremony then terminated, and the clergy withdrew, the proceedings having lasted from ten o'clock until after %we've. It is pro' able that a wish may exist at the Conrt o Rome to make the public believe that the murderer Verger is insane. It is certain that among several of the fewer orders the crime has produced an effect nn favourable to the clergy, and I have heard of one or two ude uo sni LlVerger sv i s said to. priests being insulted inteheesnttrsetehtse.sytnSupeahocyontedlut cfut,r, utini; Just as it is, proves at all v deceased. addres ed to the Emperor personaly, and which el ;tame. It is reported that a leetbtteyr. wTasnefo conclusion perdu, Bare yens." Verger is bdeia ,t,elLypAgirveehn evte oci hid e,Mt .ja also said to have left at his late rectory in ti:e diocese of Meaux a sort of testamentary paper, which has been transmitted to the police by the Bishop. The paper says,' "J.e 14e mon arise a l'immortalite; mon corps a la guillotine." (" I bequeath ray soul to immortality, my body t) the guillotine.") The exhibition of the Archbishop's remains was cure tailed by two or three days. The crowds were becoming more numerous each day ; the language was in several cases not at ail edifying ; and the police did not think it advisable to allow the exposition to continue on the Sunday.