The illness of the Queen of the Belgians came to
a fatal termination at eight o'clock yesterday morning. The following is an extract from the bulletin which prepared the public for her death—
"On the night of the 9th instant theQueen had a few hours of rest, but at six o'clock on the morning of the 10th a crisis came, in consequence of which her Majesty fell into a state of general and fatal prostration. After a short time, however, she rallied, and regained sufficient strength to converse with her confessor. Although exhausted to the last degree, she retained posses- sion of all her mental faculties, and at two o'clock on the afternoon of the 10th she received the communion and the extreme unction. She met her fate with heroic resignation ; and though a prey to the most excruciating pain, her strength of mind prevailed so far that she could console her deeply afflicted husband."
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