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

LATE ASSASSISATION IN PARIS.  The ceremony of the purtication of the church of St. liiienue-du M.ht t;.ok placd ou Tuesday morning, and attracted an iuittte3e ci)o.c.,tmo of q:.ctaturs. Toe following was the course of prtice.-(lmg,:  Tue :pen space in front of the chuicTi was sanded, and in the centre, on a large carpet, was placed a feuteuil for Mgr. de goanechose, 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 week drapery. A little before ten, the metropolitan chapter, led try the archdeacon of Ste. Genevieve, and accompanied by tile cures of the diocese and the superiors, directors, and pupils of the diocesan seminary, left the church of St. Genevieve an proceeded in solemn silence to St. Etienne-du-Mont. The chapter and the cures were in their full canonicals, with violet stole. A body of the mounted municipal guard aid a detachment of the infantry of the same force preceded the processiob, and opened a passage for 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 1.1,t ring out until the ceremonial purification was over, and the altars bad 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 bits right hand. The ceremony commenced by the sprinkling of holy water. A table, surmounted by a cruciihx, and near which was placed a silver 'vessel containing the water, was arranged at the foot of the steps of the principal door of the church. After the 11 severe was chanted, awl while this was being dune the bishop commenced the procession round the church, assisted by M. Surat, the Archdeacon to Genevieve, and M. Eg!ee, vicar-general and master 01 the ceretnonies of Notre Dame. The bishop sprinkled from time to time the exterior of the church with holy water. In this procts,ion the bishop was accompanied only by the chapter of Ste. Genevieve and the clergy of St. Etienne-du-Mont, the crowd and the rest of the clergy remaining in their places. The sprinkling of the exterior being finished and the bishop having 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 doors 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 of the litanies was followed by the psalm Exsurgat Deus, and others 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, and, kneeling, sang three times the Parce, Dwaine. In the meantime the altars were arranged, and a precession was formed to go for the host and sacred vessels, which had been placed in a building detached from the church. On their arriving they were placed on the principal altar, and a mass was immediately eommenced. The ceremony then terminated, and the clergy withdrew, the proceedings haying lasted from ten o'clock until after ',welve. It is probable that a wish may exist at the Court o Rome to make the public believe that the murderer Verger is insane. It is certain that among several of' the lower orders the crime has produced an off. c:, un favourable to !,he clergy, and I have heard of one or two priests being insulted in the streets. Such conduct, justtine as it is, proves at all events the sympathy felt for the dec ased. It is reported that a letter was found on V • srger adtires ed to the Emper.rpersueally, and which w• g immediately given to his Majesty. The conctusiou is said to be " L'Arebeveque est perdu, gare a vous," V, rger is also said to have left at his late rectory in t're oiocese of 'rps a la guillotine." (" I bsqueath my soul to immortality, Meaux a sort of testatnema ly paper, whicli has been transmitted to the police b.) tho B sh. The paper says, "Je le4ue m, in attic 100 imiloir,ait6 ~:on corps my body t the guillotine.") Tue xtlibition of the Archl,isnop's- remains was curtailed by two or three days. The et-owes were becoming exposition up to more numerous each day ; the angoage was in several ‘ille.:condittu not o nh thinkte Sunday. e