16 JULY 1842, Page 9

The fatal accident to the Duke of Orleans occupied every

attention in Paris on Thursday. The gloom of politicians had by no means di- minished. Extensive preparations had been made for preserving the public peace. Hitherto, however, there had been no symptom of dis- turbance, but an universal expression of grief. The Paris journals, Royalist and Republican as well as Ministerial, all treat the subject in a becoming spirit. We subjoin extracts from the neweatt suatj.er in the papers.

" The Corps Diplomatiqne was thrown into dismay by the catastrophe on which I write you. The representatives of the Great Powers respectively de- spatched couriers to their Courts. (The messenger of the English Ambassador left Paris last night at half-past twelve o'clock.) This shows how seriously this appalling event was felt. The influence of it on the monied interests and the gamblers in the Funds was more obvious. The Three per Cents, the only description of stock sold or dealt in after or before 'Change hours, fell some centimes more than on the 26th July 1830: for, if I remember correctly, the fall was on that day only 3 per cent; whereas the Three per Cents, which closed on Tuesday at 791. 80c., went down last night to 76f., or nearly 4 per cent."—Correspondent of the Times.

" On the Bourse, I addressed myself as usual to several persons, to ascer- tain the price of Spanish Stock ; but all turned from me with expressions of astonishment at my suppning it possible that any subject save one could be entertained by them. In a still higher quarter, where I inquired the nature of the Eastern news just received by Government, I was very abruptly told- ' We can think of no foreign matters. Our undivided attention is fixed upon the destinies of France ' The Corps Diplomatique is even more than usually taciturn ; hut I can assure you, that the grave reflections and forebodings to which the sad event in question have given rise among the uninitiated are fully participated in by their Excellencies the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers."—Idern.

"It is arranged that the Chambers, convoked for August 3d, shall sit per- manently for the session, in order to dispose of the Regency Bill to be proposed by the Ministry. It is stated that there will be a Regency Council, composed of several members, during the minority of the Count of Paris, now the Prince Royal, in the event of the death of Louis Philippe before the young Prince is of age."—Morning Post.

"The Royal Family is in a state of suffering beyond expression. At two today the Queen was so ill as to cause alarm. The King affects a manly bear- ing; but what must be the real state of his feelings l"—Tinres Correspondent.

"The indisposition of the Dutchess of Orleans causes apprehensions that when she learns the melancholy news of the death of her husband, it may pro- duce a disastrous effect"— Galignani.

" When the Prince Royal first perceived that the postillion had lost all com- mand over the horses, he stood up in the carriage, and looked with earnest at- tention along the road before him : seeing the road clear, he sat quietly down again ; but rising once more, after running about one hundred and fifty yards, and observing that his valet, who was in the seat behind, had disappeared, and probably fearing that the man had been thrown off by the violence of the motion, his Royal Highness took the resolution of getting out. When taken up, the Royal Duke NU found to have a severe contusion on the left temple, and several wounds on his legs. The blood was flowing from his mouth and nose' and even from his eyes. When examined by the surgeons and other me- dical men called to him, a fracture in the skull was discovered, and left little or no hope."—/dent.

"The Prince spoke but three words after his fall, and they were in German. They showed that he had already lost his reason, for they only went to say something about 'the fire. Shut the door I ' These were his last and the only words he spoke."—Tinies Correspondent.

"At two o'clock, as the case became more and More desperate, the King sent for the Dutchess de Nemours, who had remained at Neuilly. She came, attended by her ladies-in-waiting. No pen can paint the afflicting scene pre- sented by the Chamber when the Dutchess de Nemours came, and added her bitter tears to those of the rest of the family. The Queen and Princesses were on their knees by the bedside, praying and bathing with their tears the hands of their departing son and brother, so intensely beloved. The Princes were speechless, and sobbing almost to suffocation. The King stood by silent and motionless, watching with painful anxiety every fluctuation in the countenance of his expiring heir. Outside the house, the crowd continued every minute to increase, every one overwhelmed with consternation. The Curd of Neuilly and his clergy immediately obeyed the King's summons and came to Sablon- vine. Under the influence of powerful medicaments, the agony of the dying Prince was prolonged. Life withdrew, but very slowly, and not without struggling powerfully against the utter destruction of so much youthful strength. For a moment respiration became more free, and the beating of the pulse was perceptible. As the slightest hopes are grasped at by hearts torn with despair, this scene of desolation was interrupted by a momentary calm but the gleam soon passed. away- At four o'clock, the Prince showed the unequivocal symptoms ofteparting life, and in another half-hour he rendered his soul to God ; dying in the arms of his King and father, who at the last moment pressed his lips on the forehead of his lost child, hallowed by the tears of his afflicted mother, and the sobs and lamentations of the whole of his family. The Prince being dead, the King drew the Queen into an adjoining room; where the Ministers and Marshals assembled, threw themselves at her feet and endea- voured to offer her consolation. Her Majesty exclaimed, What a dreadful misfortune has fallen upon our family, but how much greater is it for France ! ' "—Galignani.

" The Duke of Orleans fell a victim to his partiality for gymnastic exercises. He was in the habit of jumping off his horse, or out of a carriage, when in full speed. He had accustomed himself to this dangerous practice ; and in trying it yesterday, he must have sprung in the rear of the carriage, instead of jump- ing forward."—Post Correspondent.

"The precise age of the Duke of Orleans was thirty-one years ten months and ten days ; having been born at Palermo, in Sicily, on the 3d September 1810. His Royal Highness, who was educated at the College of Henry the Fourth, passing regularly through all its classes, and who subsequently fol- lowed the courses of lectures at the Polytechnic School, spoke several lan- guages with great fluency ; holding conversations in English, German, and Ita- lian, with perfect ease. His manners, habits, and sentiments, all showed the good effects of his popular education."—Gafignani.