placed under a canopy erected in the midst of the choir, ornamented with the royal mantle of cloth of gold, and surmounted by the crown covered with crape. At the reception of the remains the usual prayers were recited, and after the "Magnificat" they were conveyed to the chapel of St. Louis, which was converted into a chapelle ardente, and there they are to continue for thirty days, before their final deposition in the vault of the Bourbons. It is a remarkable fact, that the clergy, whose place had been assigned in a programme previously published, did not attend the ceremony; the absence of a body generally obsequious enough in its homage to majesty, whether dead or alive, has caused general observation, and been variously accounted for. The Dauphin, the Duke of Orleans, and the Duke of Bourbon, were in the same carriage, habited in deep mourning, and wearing long mantles. An account has been published in the Gazette de France of the medical examination of the body of the late King, made subsequent to his decease; amongst other passages it contains the following, sufficient of itself to show the consummate art by which life was, under such circumstances, SO long protracted. "Both legs, from the knees downwards to the feet, were of a substance approaching the consistency of lard; it was of a yellow colour, and the cellular membranes, the muscles, and even the bones, were converted into it! The instruments penetrated with facility even into the bones! The right foot, and the lower part of the leg, as high as the calf, was sphacelous; the bones were softened, four toes had dropped off successively by the progress of the disease! A short time after death, the body was washed with the chloride of M. Labarraque, which immediately destroyed every sort of bad smell: it was embalmed with this chloride and corrosive sublimate." Surely the prolonged exist ence of this sovereign may be well styled the triumph of medicine. It is said, that even thus M. Portal, the chief physician, declared that the king might still survive for a long time, if he could resolve" to eat lying down and to live lying down;" upon which Louis is reported to have asked, "How could you have me reign in bed?" We remarked in our last number on the extraordinary fortitude with which Louis met death, and every subsequent account goes in corroboration of the statement. The day before his decease he said to the present king who stood by his bed-side-" Judgment will soon be passed on my reign; but, whatever may be the opinion which may prevail, I assure you, brother, that every thing I have done has been the result of long deliberation. I may have been mistaken, but I have not been the sport, the slave of events; every thing has been conducted and argued by me." It is not consistent with the plan which we have laid down for ourselves, nor would it accord with our limits, to enter into a detailed analysis either of the late king's reign or character; he was placed certainly under perilous and difficult circumstances, and the "judgment" passed has been upon the whole, as perhaps it ought to be, favourable both to his intentions and his intellect. In four days after the funeral of Louis, the new monarch, Charles X, entered, in grand state, his good city of Paris. At half after eleven on the forenoon of the 27th, he stepped into his carriage at St. Cloud, and on his arrival at PorteMaillot, mounted on horseback, although the rain fell in torrents. At half past twelve he was met at the barrier l'Etoile by the Municipal Body, whose Prefect presented him, after an appropriate congratulation, with the keys of the city of Paris. Charles replied-" I leave the keys in your care, because I know that I cannot commit them to more faithful hands. Keep them, then, gentlemen, keep them. It is with sentiments of deep sorrow and sincere joy that I enter within these walls, in the midst of my good people-of joy because I know well that I wish to occupy myself in consecrating my life, to my last hour, to secure and consolidate their happiness." King arrived at Notre Dame a little after two, where he had to encounter the congratulations of the clergy presented by the Archbishop of Paris, to whom he thus addressed himself The 1824.7 View of Public Affairs. lieved to be meant as a hint to the no ministerial changes, nor are any "Sir, my first duty, as it was my first care, on an occasion so afflicting to my heart, was to prostrate myself before the Lord, to solicit from him, through the intercession of the holy Virgin, the strength and courage necessary to enable me to fulfil the important task which has been imposed upon me. Without him we are nothing with him, we can do every thing. Assist me, gentlemen, with your prayers; I solicit them not so much for myself as for France, which my brother has rendered so happy. Yes, notwithstanding the grief I feel, I pede fausto." There have been I am confident that with the support of the most High, I shall succeed, not in making you forget the loss you have sustained, but at least, in Charles softening its bitterness." then took the place which was reserved for him in the church, when a grand Te Deum was performed. Although the day was most unfavourable to the ceremony, still every street and avenue through which the king passed was crowded to the utmost, and of course, as on all similar occasions, the loyal enthusiasm of the Parisians was at its height. The king received upwards of four hundred petitions, and even returned his personal thanks to a young female, who at some risk pressed through the guards to present him one; with the prayer of which he since has complied. The good people are in raptures at a gallantry which looks rather like a relic of the youth of the Count d'Artois than a type of the age of the priest-reformed Charles. The day passed off well-the king spoke to every one, even to the national guard; and, as he re-entered the Thuilleries, exclaimed-" I am not fatigued and I am satisfied." The first act of his reign was to bestow upon the Dukes of Orleans and Bourbon the title of "Royal Highness." He has declared that he will preside in person at his council, and the Duke d'Angoulême, whose opinions are said to weigh much with his royal parent, attends the sittings also. Charles is reported to have said to the Duke of Orleans (who, on being pressed, told him the people feared an increase of regal influence during his reign), that their fears were groundless, as "all should be kept in their places." This is be We regret very much to state that a dissension of a serious nature has arisen between the English ministry and the provisional government of Greece, which must tend to neutralize the efforts and perhaps ultimately defeat the cause of those brave men, in aid of whom the prayers of every pious patriot and every grateful scholar in christendom are offered. The point in dispute, if we may credit the advocates of our Cabinet, seems to be merely verbal; and if so, we cannot sufficiently deprecate the hyper-criticism which ministers choose to exert at such a moment, and upon such an occasion. Even admitting us to be ever so much in the right, which is very doubtful, and the Greeks to be egregiously in the wrong, still some little allowances on our part would but barely expiate our anti-Christian neutrality in such a contest. The point at issue is the right of aid, on the part of neutrals, to the enemies of the Greeks. It seems that the provisional government of Greece, goaded by the continual infringement of neutrality, issued a proclamation, containing, amongst others, the following obnoxious paragraph. "That as the masters of sundry European vessels have freighted their ships to the Turkish government, for the conveyance of ship's stores, and provisions, in opposition to the advice of their Consuls, and in contravention of the principles of neutrality professed by their respective sovereigns, in the present contest in which Greece is engaged, all such vessels, together with their crews, shall be considered as no longer be longing to any neutral nation, but as enemies; and shall, as such, be attacked, burned, or sunk, together with their crews, by the ships of the Greek fleet, or by any other armed Greek force that may fall in with them." This proclamation denouncing none, be it observed, except those caught in the fact of aiding and assisting their enemies, appears to have excited the wrathful indig nation of the British government, and to have called forth from them the following most Christian and most chivalrous reply. By the bye, it seems rather suspicious that the British appear to be the only people upon sea or land who consider themselves aggrieved by this most natural proclamation of the provisional government. The proclamation of Sir Frederick Adam, our commissioner to the Ionian Islands, after reciting the paragraph above quoted, declares, "that whereas his Majesty, for the vindication of the rights of that neutrality, the duties of which he has himself strictly and uniformly observed during the existing hostilities, and for the protection of the commerce as well as of the lives of his subjects and of the Ionian people placed under his exclusive protection, has directed the Lord High Commissioner to require, in his Majesty's name, of the provisional government the immediate recal of a proclamation so contrary to the law of nations and to every principle of humanity and of the intercourse of civilized countries: And whereas the Lord High Commissioner has accordingly required, in his Majesty's name, the recal of the said proclamation, and the provisional government have refused to recal the same: And whereas such refusal has been notified to the Commanderin-Chief of his Majesty's naval forces: Be it known that, in conformity with the instructions to that effect given by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the said Commander-in-Chief will forthwith proceed to seize and detain all armed vessels, or vessels carrying armed men, fitted out by, or under, or acknowledging the authority of the provisional government of Greece; and that those instructions will continue in force until the said procla mation shall be fully and authentically recalled by the provisional government, and the said recal duly notified by the Lord High Commissioner to the Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's naval forces! The present shall be printed in three languages, English, Greek, and Italian.” The promulgators of this purely Turkish production need not trouble their heads about the languages in which it will be conveyed throughout the world. Our enemies will take care to have it written in choice French, aye, and in most classic Russian. We cannot trust ourselves with a commentary upon such a document; but we will just ask two simple questions while we are upon the subject. Firstly, what Englishman is there who would not gladly see the English ship "attacked, burnt and sunk," which was employed in aiding the infidel barbarians against our brother Christians, and we hope one day to call them brother free-men? Secondly, were any of the persons who authorized this proclamation so tenderly alive to the rights of neutrality-were any of them in office when we bombarded the friendly town of Copenhagen, and plundered Denmark of her fleet, lest forsooth, it might fall into the hands of our enemy? When these two questions are answered, it will be time enough for us to enter the arena of a humiliating verbal criticism. We are much rejoiced to balance this disheartening intelligence with an account, not of the valour of the Greeks, with which we have been long acquainted, but of the glorious events to which that valour has led. Successive victories on the part of the Greek naval forces may be said to have now brought the present campaign to a final and successful termination. The Turks have attempted much, and failed in every thing. Our accounts do not rest upon mere conjecture, they are fully confirmed by the decisive, but very modest, dispatches of George Sactouri, the Vice-Admiral of the patriot fleet. The first of these is dated the 17th of August, off the island of Samos, which island it was the avowed object of the Turks to lay desolate. On that day the Greek fleet "destroyed a frigate and a corvette of Tripoli, of the first rank, and a brig of Tunis, together with several transports, which the enemy had previously prepared for the transporting of his troops." There was a report that the brave naval commander Canaris had been destroyed in this engagement; but we have hopes, as the death of so distinguished an officer is not expressly mentioned in the dispatch, that he is still preserved for his country, though it must be confessed, that the wording of the paragraph leaves the affair, so far as his life is concerned, rather doubtful. It is as follows: "This gave an opportunity to the brave Captain Canaris to go against this frigate, in the fire-ship which he himself commanded, and he succeeded towards eleven o'clock, a. m. in grappling her whilst in full sail. In a short time she was all in flames, and the fire having penetrated to the powder magazine soon blew her up, and the sparks and pieces of wood which flew on all sides not only destroyed all who were on board, to the number of 600, but several on the neighbouring coasts, and burned nearly 20 transports which were in readiness to transport the troops to Samos." The second dispatch is dated August 23, off the same island. Its substance is contained in the first paragraph. "On the 21st instant, we dispersed 40 transports of the enemy laden with troops, with which they intended to have effected a landing on that part of the island of Samos called Kariovasi. We succeeded in gaining possession of four and in sinking six; and the rest, being closely pursued by us, were obliged to run aground on the coast of Asia." Next day the Greek fleet cast anchor in the channel, and the greater part of the enemies' fleet, which was drawn up on the opposite coast of Asia, was dispatched to attack them. When the Greek commander thought they had approached near enough, he ordered two of his fire-ships to sail amongst them; on perceiving which, the enemy fled in all directions! Well may Sactouri exclaim, "What a disgrace for those fine and large frigates of the Sultan, which he boasted so much about, to be put to flight by two of our fire-ships! It was then that the Samiots who from the land were spectators of our movements, lifted up their hands to heaven, imploring our God to shower down his blessings on our vessels." The prayers of the Samiots were heard, and their happy island has been, we hope, for ever preserved from the wretched fate of Scio and Ipsara. The Turks fled as fast as possible, to effect a junction with the longpromised armament of Egypt; we should not omit that Sactouri adds, that "on all sides of the island the Samiots were determined to conquer or perish." So far our readers perceive that we have quoted the very words of the Greek Vice-Admiral, and therefore the intelligence is quite authentic. What follows, is founded upon rumour, but still a rumour coming through various channels and far from improbable. It is said, that on the 7th of September, in the neighbourhood of Stankos, the Greek fleet engaged the combined Turkish and Egyptian armaments, and completely defeated them, having taken one corvette and thirty transports, and totally destroyed two corvettes, three frigates, and two brigs. One half of the Greek fleet are represented as having returned to Hydra, and the rest had gone in pursuit of the flying enemy. This intelligence, though not actually official, is very probable. The previous engagements which are known to have occurred must have produced a powerful mo-. ral influence on the respective squadrons; and, as we before observed, the account comes from various quarters. A similar detail had reached Constantinople, when the Grand Vizier had been deposed, and the same fate was supposed to await the Reis Effendi. The Capitan Pacha's head will, in all probability, pay the forfeit of its escape from the fire-ships. Such is the blessed lot of a fortunate aspirant to the honours of barbarian despotism. The Greeks have been also successful in their land engagements. The dispatch of their commander Gouras, giving an account of the defeat of 4000 Turks by 550 men under his orders, says, "We succeeded in routing the enemy completely, to the full extent of the term, for-we were Greeks, and at Marathon-after an obstinate contest of 12 hours." The Turks lost in this engagement 700 killed, and had an immense number wounded; four standards were also among the spoils of the day. Upon the whole, we think we may congratulate the friends of religion, liberty, and literature, upon the complete failure of all the bloated prophecies and cruel boasts of the barbarian with respect to this campaign. His ferocity has been registered in fire, and blood, and ruin; but it has been followed by a terrible and humiliating retribution. We must not forget to add, that a recent arrival has announced the entrance of Sir Frederick Adam into Napoli di Romania, the Grecian capital, where all differences between the provisional government and the British government had been adjusted; the Greeks having modified their proclamation thus, "That they will treat all neutral vessels found in the enemies' fleet as hostile vessels, and as no longer under the protection of their respective countries, and that they shall be tried according to the martial law, and the law of nations." The British commissioner expressed himself satisfied with this-he received a salute of 101 guns, which was returned by the British ships, and he departed. We, of course, do not profess ourselves so well versed in the law of nations as those who doubtless can turn to the chapter and verse of old Vattel, by which the attack on Copenhagen can be justified; but we again repeat our regret that such minute criticism should have on such an occasion originated on our part. Our apathy, during this contest, is any thing but creditable; and we cannot but consider the deeds of valour we have just recorded as burning reproaches upon those Christian cabinets who leave their brethren to wage an unequal struggle against the ruthless oppressors of Greece, and the avowed enemies of the Christian religion. Dispatches have been received from Lieutenant Colonel Sutherland, the commander of our forces on the African coast, conveying intelligence of the defeat of the Ashantees, and the termination of their disastrous campaign. It seems that Assai Tootoo Quamina, the reigning King at the commencement of the hostili ties, had died, and the crown had devolved upon his brother, Adoo Assai, which latter barbarian left his capital of Coomassie with all the forces he could muster, and the avowed intention of driving the English out of the country. To say the truth, we cannot blame him-it is quite natural that they should wish to banish the invaders of their native soil, but not so easily to be accounted for why we should explore that soil for the sake of its fevers and atrocities. Adoo, it appears, was so confident of success, that he sent a "sanctified boy" to our advanced posts, with a message to Colonel Sutherland, that "if the walls of Cape Coast Castle were not high enough he ought to build them higher; and, that if they were not sufficiently furnished with cannon, that he should land those belonging to the ships of war, but that all could not prevent his throwing the whole into the sea." This was no idle threat on his part, for he approached within a mile of the castle, with no less than 16,000 well appointed fighting men, and after skirmishing and manoeuvring for several days, at last came to a general engagement with us on the 11th of July, which, after five hours hard fighting, terminated in his defeat and flight. Our force only amounted to 5000 and 53 men, of whom but 285 were regulars; our loss amounted to one officer, and 103 men killed, and 448 wounded, which proves pretty clearly that we gained no very easy victory. The Fantees, our Allies, behaved well during the engagement, though very ill for some time before it. The loss of the enemy is not ascertained, but it must have been very great, and their army during the retreat was continually thinned by desertion. A dispatch from Commodore Bullen to the Admiralty, dated the 22d of July, states that from two prisoners brought in on the preceding day, it appeared that the Ashantees were in full retreat to their Capital, suffering severely from famine, caused by their having laid waste the country in their advance, and severely afflicted by dysentery and small pox. Thus, for the present, has this contest terminated; and, after all, the victory which we have gained cannot be estimated at the cost of the paper on which we |