The National Register. — 1820-02-21 (London, England)

PIPERS.  —...e.-PARIS, Fen. 15 —At seven o'clock this morning the doars of the galleries of the Louvre were thrown open to a multitude, impatient to render the last homage to the best and most untinionate of Princes The body of his lute itnyal Highness the Duke of Berri was laid l'orth on a bed of state ; Priests recited prlyers, and the guards of' Monsieur walked around, sword in hand. Front seven o'clock till two, more than thirty thousand persona, of all classes, defiled befbre these inanimate remains, with an order and circumspection which proved how profound was the grief' with which all present Were penetrated. 1 At three o'clock the doors of the Louvre were closed, and no more persons were permitted to enter. The cowardly assassin of the most generous of Princes, Lonvel, was conducted by two gendarmes, and placed close by the body of his august s ictint. The Prefect of l'olice, Count Angles, entered, followed by M. Jacquinot de Pumpeluna, MM. flourgoignon, Mars, and several other substitutes, and the murderer underwent the following examination : Q. no you recognize the Prince whom you have assassinated ? —A. I do. Q. I demand of you, once more, to reveal the name of your accomplices ?—A. I have none. Q. If the justice of men cannot induce you to tell the truth, think of the justice of God I—A. God is nothing but a word Ihe never came upon earth. Q. What could induce you to commit an action so criminal ? A. I could have wished to refrain from doing it. bat I could not. Q. What was your mod ;e ?—A. To make It serVe at a lesson to the great of my .country. Q. Do you persist in saying that no body has inspired you with the idea st this crime?-1. Yes. But that belongs to Justice; let it do its duty, and let it discover those whom it pre. sumes to be my a:complices. Such are the oaly answers which they could obtain from the wretch ; he signed them; and he was afterwards re-conducted to the Conciergerie. Immediately after the examination of this wretch, they proceeded to the opening of the body ; four va.'els de ehambre of the late Prince raised it from its bed of state, undearried it into an adjoining room, where were assembled doctors I'ortal, Dupytren, Dubois, &e They are now occupied in embalming the body. The Prince will lie in state, after \ tomorrow, in a chapel lighted with tapers, and will remain there some days • During the interval, every necessary preparation will be made at the Cathedral of St. Denis, where the obsequies will take place, The King has not yet named the Pre' late who is to pronounce the funeral oration. The King heard mass to-day in his apartments, and received nobody but the Archbishop of Paris. At half-rast two, there was a privy council of ministers It is worthy of remark. that on the day of the assassination of the Duke of Berry, some hawkers were seen carrying about some medals in lead, representing the image of a warrior leading a child by the hand. It is not said whether the police seized them. The Court is appointed to go into mourning for twenty-one days, reckoning from Wednesday the 16th instant, on account of the death of his Royal :hness.  Thursday the Dike of York accompanied the Princess Sophia from Windsor to London to her Royal Highness's new residence at Cambridge House, where the Duke has visited his Royal Sista sevreral times since. Friday and 'inturday the I)uchess of Gloucester visited the Princess  Sophia. SEIZURE or RAnICtL