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comii - iiuts are made from Bombay . i \ itCabultherehaveb 9 ensomedifferencesbetween . i fjiost-Mahommedand the Persianinhabitants called I ^ irilbashes ; and nghts toot places in which 70 or I iBpersonswerehjlled . Apeacehad been arranged i bstweenthem . ,. . . : si .. ¦ - ;¦ - . - . --. ¦ ..- ; .- < ! A redaction ofthe Indian army . ta in course of Deration . 40 , 000 Sepoya have been removed from i | e Native army and six , Eoyal regiments are to be 1 BMTISH AJIEBiOA . -.
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CiwDi . —Tie intelligeneebrought by the Hifeemia cwn Montreal , to the Uth of August , presents a fr ig htful picture of the condition and decimation « f the emigrants . On August 12 ,- the number , of sick in the emigjjnt hospital at Port St Charles , was 1 , 179 , the Utmberof deaths during the 24 hours , 12 . AtGrosse $ e , the numberof sick in hospital on August 10 . SsS . lOO . The number of deaths in hospitalfrom tS elst to the 7 th August , was 196 ; 24 had died in ^ e tents allotted to healthy passengers , and . 40 bodies Jf adults and 47 of children had been brought ashore from the vessels and buried . = This makes the total ( jeaths among the emigrants at Grusse Isle during $ » first week in August , 307 . Tte Montreal Herald , of August 13 , has the flowing summary review . of the statistics of death : The condition of the emigrants daily arriving amongst
^ though somewhat less painful than at the commencement of the season , is still most distressing . The whole jnsber landed during the season to the 15 th , ( ! I 2 ) of august , in Quebec and . Montreal , - was . . 70 , 066 ,: being (* , 863 more than last year . ' -Of these 4 , 572 . had died at eresse { Isleup to the 4 th of July ; and on the 6 th «( August there were 2 , H 8 sick in the hospital there . In Montreal , at this date , there are in the Emigrant Hospi . al 1 , 179 sick persons-, and during the past fortnight the jjsths at tha sheds have amounted to 386 . But this jjes not exhibit -the whole loss of . life ; & r bestaes s & i , 3 * 1 deaths reported by the usual municipal authorities , jj appears that 386 persona have been buried ia theemigin t l « rial ground since the 29 th of June , whose deaths jate not been reported at alL We can , therefore , hardly pit tbe numbers down at less than 430 persons jta the feran ght . ¦ — -.- ; -.... ; ¦ ., . ; .., // " ' . 1 "Z ^ \
tfovA Soorxi . —The general election hssi termi- ' jafcd in a complete victory ofthe Liberal party . Of flisembers returned , 29 are ! out-and-out Liberals ;' : jnd of the remaining 22 , five are moderate unp ledged men who will probably support a Liberal administration . . ¦ - •¦; - . '" : - . ' .- " . . V- ^ - .., . " , - SawporomusD . —The fever , we are happy to learn , jus decreased ia virulence , and the number of cases in hospital was much reduced . The political atmoa ohere ofthe island was , however , disturbed . ' ^ France .. ' . ' . . // . ' ;;¦ ;"? The death of the Duke de Praslin , together with g » horrible murder he-had previously committed , continues to form the . principal subject of comment jathe Paris journals . We have given farther full particulars ot this horrible tragedy in another
co-TaeMoniteurdel'Jade announces that some sanininaryr . disturbances have taken place at Nismes , Esnsed ^ y those conflic ts between the Catholics , and Protestants which have already gained for that town fach an unenviable notoriety . The Jfaf « maf announces the death ofthe celebrated novelist Frederic Sonlie , after a painful iflness . , . New allegations of corruption in high places are fobefounddailyinthepapera . The Attorney General to ordered an inquiry to be instituted into ihe threes directed by M . Warcery against a' number of public functionaries in Algeria .
A prosecution has been commenced against the journal Ia Reforme . ' The following signs of the times , * says the corre spondent of a London morning journal , ' may . not be tmmieresting . to you :. At a quarter past 8 o ' clock yesterday evening , 1 was walking : on the . Boulevard desltaliens , andhad just passed the Cafe Paris , when Iieard behind me a report like that bf . a musket . Smig the persons who crowded the pavement rush tetheeentwof the street , where the detonation took place , I found a man in custody , who jwas Jastantly csrried off to the Commissariede Police . It ' appeared list he had picked up a small box , enveloped in paper , which he commenced opening , when it exploded . He was not injured , but was arrested , being
tie only person in connexion with the infernal ma * tlmie . Scattered about near him were a quantity ef -rinted papers , each about two inches square ; ^ containing the following invitation , in rather incorrect Preach : — 'Licendions jusqn ' a ce que il ' ne serait plcsde resistance an juste portage des terres . et reeoltes" (' T ^ tu ^ bunieverything Tmtil all resistan ce shall have ceased to the just partition of lands and their produce . ' ) ' . ' . Attempted Mtjkdsk bi a Ebkck . —A very unpleaant feeling was excited id Paris on Tuesday ,. by a report that a prince ( son of one ' of Napoleon ' s earshals ) had attempted to murder his mistress . The
mme of this nobleman was before the public some months back as the plaintiff ia a suit against his mother , in order to get removed a judicial interdiction , granted against him on the application of his family , for extravagant and irregular conduct . The tribunal refused te accede to the demand , and the prince has since , it is said , resumed his former wild kind of life . The particulars ofthe attack on his mistress were not very well ascertained on Tuesday , hat the rumour was that after a quarrel he had slabbed her more than once , and then fled to Belgium by the Northern railway . Her wounds are said hot to be dangerous .
SPAIN . Letters and journals from Madrid refer to only ese subject—the approach of Names . Treason , despotism , blood , and then anarchy and civil war , are , in the estimation of all men , a few of the results Med for from the advent of Narvaez to the Dictatorship in Spain . . . * According to the latest accounts . ' says the limes , ' the Queen was still furious at the base insinuation ol her husband , and , we believe , with reason . The insinuationconveyed by thei refusal of that miserable creature , her husband , to be reconciled to her until liter the lapse of four ninths is , we are solemnly assured , without foundation . ' -
Catalonia continues to be overrun by Mdntemohaist bands of formidable numbers . The actual number enrolled is estimated at 7 , 000 . The report of the capture and execution of Cabrera isnot confomei . The shooting of prisoners continues on both sides . The Republican party is also taking advantage ofthe deep distress prevailing in the manufacturing parts of Catalonia to work on the minds of tbe people , and cries in favour of those principles have been heard in several places .
PORTUGAL . The lav for the election of the new Cortes , and its convocation on the 2 nd of January , was published eathe 13 thult . On . the . same day the Bayard ainistry resigned . SenhorRodrigodaFonsecaMag & lhaens was immediately summoned to form a new Cabinet- That personage having firiled in the task allotted him , the Queen has called in Senhor Felix Pereira de Magalhaens , who is an undoubted 'CahraliBt . ' r i The country is described as being in a state of al-Bast irretrievable disorganisation and financial , distress . The Cabralisas continue their sanguinary ettessesinthe provinces , assassinating their opponents when and wherever they find them at their aercy . They had attempted to get upa pronvntasantoinliifibon , which , however , owing to bad OanaretHeat had failed .
SWITZERLAND . The executive gorernmerit ofthe Swiss Confede-• Jcyhave proceeded to carry into effect the resolahfflis of the Diet against the Sonderbund . All the « 5 cers of the federal military service who have ac-Wledged their determination to enter the service * « e Sonderbund , have been cashiered . The re-1 iaon of the Met has been confided to acommtttee sfthe Diet , hut the details ofthe measure , and the prions and terms of the ( amended pao *» will "ot w prepared for a month to come . In the meanwhile ™ eantonal authorities will assemble to decide what fiK » sures of compulsory execution their delegates ^ beinstructedtoadTocata in theDiet . Notwith-*»^ gtheinjiirJctioha of the Diet the cantons ef « a league are actively carrying on the fortifications ^ other military preparations .
ITALY . . ,-B AneW fatape fo tie general enthusiasm of the 5 ?» n people is the attempt of the cowled Casu-? J |? toralfintothe ranks , and wield a firelock for S ^ om . They hareissuedthefoltowmg proclajna Ana , toe , friars of Perugia , feel that we are cWKu » and recognise the solem * ohugatlon to aid the ? aa « i cause t * ths best of our abffity . We lamest r ?** e should be debarred from g irding to our humble ^ " Msde . and changing our « owl foraidsnet ; tat J ? Power can orevent ns from taking our stand on
r ! " Horefc , to bold ap tbe extended arms of the high fr ^ khis prayer daring the * gh « , whitoneimplor ea ^ "a » betird ofbataestoerusJi the modern Ama-^*» who wou ld oppose the onward march of Israel . w ^^ ber ua tIuit tht «* ajera andupWte 4 ewc ^ , ? C » padilas , ou Iieard the fleet at Lepanto , gave ^» to the men who there laid low Ottoman fewdty ; «<»» J ^? * 1 ka ' th * t P « ou , in Corsica , bad an kag " & , «; andthat , i » theTi 8 toriea of J * gnaoo * eiS * "' ** W » ¦ wdM' and regular , ware not ftf JJJ ^ Pfatatora of the fight , tet but a summons " » from the moetttutaijus Ro , and wo sbaUaot
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Show lets alacrity in defenCS Cl onr beautiful land . The sound of the tool Vnall find schoIuAifcHknell . ' ing of omr belfries ,. and _ we will mingle fa the anthem of vietory , denounsing asa gross hVth * romeur that we are not patriotato the back-bone , ^ Qod will ; keep aloof the plague . of war , we trust ; bat we apeak oat tha * . to show . our Mnttaents . about omcountry , ourfaiai , and OttrPio . To-dayletthepeaceful ] , oVLmbranehdeck , eur hands , and a brotherly alUanceunite us- but to show weore ia earnest , . wa ahaounee that our slender pittanoo shall be forthcoming te arm and equip the gloriaus guard . - L « t it be % pledge of onxfraternisation with the lai ^ ino ^ coinmoa s traggle for . ths general safety . :. -Jfle Semaphore de MuttiUu contains a letter from Kome , in which we , find . thefoUowing relative tothe «» asionofFerraraby . the ; Au 3 triaiis : — .
. iOawpeipt © J * hjs mtelligenoe at Rome a council of Cardinals ; was ; assembled ,, and , if we are to credit therepertsMcirculation , the Holy Father , moved by thesigaaliasolt thusofferedtohim , declared that ne would protest ; and / thatif that new protest was unregarded , he would decreea sentence of excommunication against the invaders , and , that if that measure did not availi he would hoist the labarum and march against the Austrians at the head of his people . You may rest certain , that in the present state of the public mine in the pontifical dominions ' , and in all Italy , the day the Pope shall unfurl the Standard of the Cross'against the Northern oppressors , 25 , 000 , 000 of men will follow him . : ' ' . ' - ¦ ,: It was rumoured ; last week , that the Austrians had evacuated Ferraris , this report ' -proves to have been unfounded . ''•' ¦¦ '' ¦ ' - : - ' : - ¦ ¦ ¦
Letters from Ferrara state , on the contrary , that reinforcements were expected ; that 4 , 000 Austrians were advancing from Milan , and that quarters had been prepared for their accommodation . ' It appears , however / adds'the Corriere , '* that the invaders' are not without uneasiness , and the chiefs recommend the soldiers to observe the greatest circumspection . They traverse the streets in hands , and armed from head to foot . ' A soldier , calling ata . shop to buy a candle , is accompanied by c twofu 8 ileers . V The Soman Advertiser has the fbllowing " : — F . E 8 BA & A , Ave . lo ^ - ^ Sbe ins tructi on give n tothe Austrian guard is , that the Ferrarese should be required not to walk at less than forty paces : distant from each sentinel ; at the four gates of the city no one is admitted to enter at night , without submittin * to a personal examination made in the midst of four soldiers with fusils levelled .
The accounts from Rome of the 21 st of August , state , that the utmost enthusiasm and activity prevailed in-that capital . The . whole population-was preparing to resist the aggressions of Austria . . The government had given orders for the dispatch of all the available trobpsat its disposal for the Legations , andhad established a camp of observation at Forli . A Tuscan journal declares that it knows that Cardinal Ferretti has sent a note to Vienna , to intimate to the Austrian government tbat it . must withdraw its troops from the town of Ferrara , and keep them within the citadel of thatcity ; and declaring that , if this be not done within fifteen days , the Court ' of
Rome vrill recall the Nnncio resident at Vienna ; and deliver his passport to 'the' Austrian Ambassador at Rome . The excitement throughout the Romagna is such that it is difficult to keep it down . ' On tho night ofthe' 17 th , * Colonel Stuart , of the srtilleryj left Rome for Ferrara , with two battalions of Fasileers , and a battalion of chasseurs . He was to advance by forced marches . The rural population of the papal states are fired with the same enthusiasm as has been manifested in the towns . The peasants everywhere flock-to register themselves in the rolls of the national guard ; - and loudly proclaim their hostility to . the Austrian * . :
Letters from Leghorn , of the 23 rd , state . that on the preceding day there was . ah emeute produced , by the popular , excitement arising from ' the procedings at Ferrara . ' r The population assembled on the Piazza ' Grande , in Leghorn , and demanded with loud cries the formation of the national guard . The governor ofthe town repaired to the spot , and . addressed the populace in conciliatory language , after which they were about to disperse peaceably , when a company ofthe Carbineers presented itself , with the apparent intention of interfering . The people irstantlyrushed upon them , and a struggle ensued , in which the soldiers were speedily disarmed ' and trampled down . The greatest excitement then prevailed . Alarm
was spread through the town . Proclamations of a violent kind were everywhere " posted up , in which a change of ministry was demanded , and- the formation of a corps of volunteers to inarch against the Austrians who occupied Ferrara . — -..- 1 = Letters from Turin , of the 22 nd ult ., announce that the King of Sardinia had formally protested against the occupation of Ferrara , and forwarded copies of . that protest to aU the courts of Europe . Charles Albert had , moreover , written to the Pope , oflering to place at hia disposal both his army , and navy , should the independence of the Pontifical dominions be menaced bythe Austrian troops . , LATER AND IMPORTANT NEWS . *
-. * . >[ .... 1 ° iBStSl . .. > r Preparations for war form "the chief item of hews from Romel ; An artillery captain ' , named Lopez , has been sent to France to purchase ten thousand muskets : and ten thousand hands are already held out to receive them , that number ofyoung volunteers having offered themselves to resist an invasion . Meanwhile , the Roman government steadily continues to arm the civic guard , for which purpose citizens from all parts ofthe states offer it arms . Signer Azegliois on the point of starting for La'Romagna , charged with full powers on the part of the Pope to organise resistance ia case of necessity . ~ , : ' ~ ' ¦ ' ' ' "' ¦ According to a letter in ; the Semaphore dei & tr unties - — "' '"• ¦"" " : T v "
' The enthusiasm is at a great height in Rome , and within the last few days : Gardina \ Ferretti , on seeing the national guard manoeuvre near thecountry house of the , Princo'de lPiomhino , cried that . 'he would willingly march at the head ot the brave young men , and that he would not hesitate to ' command them on the field of battle . ' - The ^ spirit of patriotism and of energy which animates the holy" father and his principal councillors has extended itself not only among the people , but even to the hearts ofthe ecclesiatics . The early organisation of a battalion of priests and monks is spoken of , and it is certain that a great number of members of the religious orders exercise themselves in the practice of avms . '' GERMANY . -
- Berus , Aug . 26 . —The Polish Trials . —The noteworthy incidents in these proceedings on the 23 rd and 24 th were few . On the 23 rd it was made matter of accusation against Clemens vou Bialowski that he had revolutionary publications in his possession and a large collection of statistics . On the 24 th the counsel for the crown concluded the case against Sokalnieki ; Bialowski , Radahski , Szaldroki , and Poninski , by asking a sentence of guilty against all five . Auo . 27 . —The case of Szoldrski came on to-day . The accused admitted his accession to the association , " but refused , id'cr iminate ofliers . ; Wladimar BartholomieusfonWDczynski' was next placed at the bar . - ; '•*•;¦ •*• ' •" ' ' : - * v ; ;¦ ;' POLAND . : ;
Leubcro , Aug . 16 . —The authorities have found it necessary te put a stop' to the daily processions of the inhabitants to the burial place of the two Poles who were-recently ' executed . A police agent having ordered one of these processions , consisting of 2 , 000 persons , to disperse , and no attention'being paid to his summons , he called out a force of soldiers , who efiected the dispersion . Several persons , " including females , were arrested , but they were soon liberated . The CountessTG- — -, who had been making great efforts to get up a petition for mercy in favour of the condemned Poles , has been forced by the authorities to quiet . ' The priest who was condemned to deathat Lemburghad been reprieved , and sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years in the fortress of Eufstein The chief of the ; dfficial murderers of Gallicia , Szela , had been recompensed for his crimes by a gold medal , presented to him by the Emperor of Austria . ¦¦ ¦
- • •" GREECE . ISSUKBECXIOS- .. ' ¦'' InteUigencefrom 'Athens tothe 20 th of August , brings news of a popular insurrection at Negropont , headed by General Grizzietti , ohebf themostpopular leaders of the " war of independence , under , whose standard a very formidable army has already ranged itself . " The whole of the large and important island of Eubosais in the hands of the insurgents .: The head quarters of General Griznotti are at Vaselaka , which he has fortified to such an extent that it ' will be difficult for all the troops at the disposal Of the Greek government to dispossess him .
POTTED STATES AND MEXICO . . The Hibernia , ; Captain Ryrie , arrived at Liverpool a little alter midnight on the morning of Saturday last . . Elections for members of congress were held on the 2 nd of August in Kentucky , Indiana ,. Iowa , Alabama , and . eh Thursday , the 5 th , in North Carolina and Tennessee . There had also been two special elections in a district of Illinois on the 2 nd , and in a district ot Virginia on the 5 th . The .., general result of these elections is a large gain for the
Whig parry . ... ' / The Mexicans seem determined to fight at least one more battle before they consent to the dismemberment of the Republie , and to the surrender , of the ? rovinces coveted by the ' pebplebf the United States . ! he American offers of peace , made through . Mr Trist , though backed by the good offices of the . English Ambassador , Mr Bankhead , and by the presence of General Scott ' s army at Puebla , have been rejected , and peace must now besought atthecapital itself . Whether it will be found there is Jar from
certain . ; The road from Vera Cruz to Puebla is so beset with guerillas , that the invaders can enly keep up their communications with Vera Cms , by means of strong divisions of troops , which have to skirmish the whole way with the enemy : and every additional hundred miles of advance , and every new positioa which they take , and are compelled togarrison . only adds to their difficulties . ' The fact that ths Americans hare been compelled te destroy Santa Fe , which is only tea miter from Vera Cruz , ohaccoantof the shelter which it has given to the guenllaa , shows that the invaders pbs ^ Mthingexcept the gronnd pn which thCTriimaV : ;;
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THFJ J RIVERPLATE . i fl & n tf ^ By H ? ^ ' -steamer > lfeftlef ; ^^ Montevideoon the lSJthJuly , and . Rio . on ; the 22 d , we leara'that affairs ia the River / Plate have taken an entirely hew turn , and that the . British Intervene tfonis 4 an « nd . Whether the French Interfen tion k also at an end , is at present doubtful ; 'It . appears that tke efforts of Lord Howde ' n and Count Walewaki , the Ministers of ^ England andTrahce , to induce General Rosas to' agree to the terms ' proposed by their governments , were a total failure . *> : ¦ :
' After having been ^ compelled to put up with the insolence of Rosas , ithe ; Ministers ef England . and France retired to Monte ., Video ,, and . there opened a negociatioh with , Gehera . r ' Orivei " . ' and the . Monte Videah government . The ( er ' mi ( proposed were an armistioe of six months , Orive retainin * possession of the whole ofthe Oriental Territory ; with the ftimy which Rosas has supplied-him . 'These terms the Monte Videah government refused ; on which ' Lord Dowden declared the intervention of England at an end , and caused the blockade of Buenos Ayres to be raised by the English vessels . ¦ . ¦< ..
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THE LITE HOIiaiBLE MURDER ASD SUI * IDE " . " : ,. ' . ' IN PARIS . ' The greatest excitement and much exasperation were produced in Paris among the lower elasses , on ' Wednesday and Thursday ,- by the : announcement of the suicide of the Puke de Praslin , the persuasion being generally . prevalent that his self-destruction was con . nivedat . Crowds collected on every side ofthe prison , where , his remain * lay , and it was thought prudent to uso the utmost . precaution in . respect to . the military osts within aud around tlie building :. [ '
The populace assembled around the prison oh , Wednesday evening , notwithstanding the presence of a . considerable military' force , showed symptoms of aiTapi preaching emeute , 'demanding in loud and - menacing tones to be shown the body of the Dak « de' Praslin ; nnd exclaiming that : they did not believe him to be dead . The military were at length , ordered ? : to ; , disperse , the people . Several individuals are reported to have been arrested . "; . "'< " ' . ¦ ' " . ... ' .,- . ¦ -. .. We ' extract tbefolJowmg from the Patrie " ^ -
' * The Duke dePrasHu died in consequence " of arsenic taken in considerahle ' quarrtity ,. 'accbrdiDg tb ^ the " brSciaj journal . '' fit is not said who prepared and furnished the poisoH ; and at what moment the dake could have taken it , let as recapitulate , ' according-.-to ah authority worthy of credit , . the circumstances ol . the . morning of the 18 th . ' The prefect ' of police , and M . AIlard ,-the chief ef , the police de surete , arrived at the Hotel Sebastiaui about half-past ; five '' in ^ the morning . The cbmmissary p ' f police of the quarter and his agents were already in the chamber where ' tbedead' body was ljiog . Theprocnrenr ^ eneral , ' M . ' a ) e ] anglei ' arrived about six o ' clock . The'Dnke de Praslin was there ,- 'going and coming from one . room to another , andiexpressinghis sHrEr 4 ?« attbemedein which . the murderer could-have
entered the house . After . 1 C . Delaiigle had earefally examined the localities , he declared man energetic manner tfcat'the murderer had not come from eiitside , it being most evident that'he belonged' to ' the house ' M " de Praslin grew pale on hearing M 'Delaiigle express himself thus . ' Some ^ minutes after the Pr 6 rareur . Generai addressed somequestions tojth ' e duke ; ' which " - intimated tha . directiou whichhis suspicions took as to the author ef the crime . The duke becamo ; then vof a cadaverous tint , and his agitation , his altered features , and his gene , ral bearing shewed to those present who ought to be considersd the murdererV At the moment the examining majrjstfates and the ^ Prbcarour duJJdi " entered M .-dePraslin disappeared immediatel y .: ' He ' went to an ' upper floor on which was his bedroom . ' It is ' thought with that it
reason was abthia instant , and finding himi self , suspected ,:, he . swaUowed the -.. poison ; . Aboat three hours had elapsed , when the . Procure ur-General had expressed a suspicion .. From , that moment the complexion of the duke became yellow ; this ' wM the rei suit of the poison . Thedis ' order in the organisation augi inented visibly when the Prbcureur'du ' lioi told ' the duke what overwhelming charges there " were against liim . « Confess that you are guilty / aaidthe Prdcuveur duRbi ; confess that vou have assassinated your wife / "The duke looked . at the magistrate , and concealed his face with his hands . ,. « Do not assume the attitude of a fprcat , of theassassin ' by profession ., \ For yourself , H not for societjj you are bound to speak tho truth , the honour of your family makes this a duty . ' The duke cast his eyes
on the magistrate , ' and appeared as if he was going to confess his crime ; ibnt' suddenly be ta ' rned ^ ound ^ and soidj 'Decidedly I- cannot say . that I- have assassinated her . I did not do it ' - ^ The Procureur-General persisted , but the duke would not reply a single word . ; From this moment the duke was . rigourously . watched . Doctor louis and his habitual pbyaiciau tryed to combat the effects of the poison which , in consequence '' of . the overdose did not produce immediate mortal consequsnees . It was discovered that it was ribt ' laudanum that he had taken , but arsenic , atfd the first physk ' iansJMk . fJrfiiai Andral , andlouisj had not suspected itil 'They gave him wine and ice ! The symptoms " ; of ' poisoniog " ; by arsenic are so little known that three doctbrs ' could he mistaken . But after the 29 tbthe duke 3 improved . ! On
that day he was iua state to be intfrrbgatad by ah exa . mining magistrate , ' - arid ou the ' 2 ist he was removed to the prison of the luxemb ' ourg . ' On the 22 ud the : duke was much better ; He was able to speak to the'Chancellor aud the OraudReferendary , and conversi-d during the whole day with his physician . , The imprbvemont ceased- suddenly . - ' On the 22 nd tho vomitings returned and he was in such a state that , ho could with great difficulty utter " a few - words in : reply tbithe Chancellor . ' Did jbu murder your wife t ' "' said the Chanceilbr . ^ ' In order ; to reply ^ I need time and strength , ; and both are ^ 01105 . ' « But there is riot much time or much strength required , ' : replied the Chancellor ; ' « It is yes or jib * . * ' ! ., ' I have no strength * to ' reply . ' * The two Jnterrogatories which took place in the prison of the Luxembourg " may be summed up in these few words . ' He made no aybwil , he replied nothing decidedly . ' It was only In thV . after-1
noon ofthe 23 rd that the symptoms ' of poison ' again : appeared with ' fresh intensity , The f same night the ' evil gained ground ; dreadful ' sufferings " tortured the prisoner , cbBvul 8 ionscameon , ' and the next day it was ' evident his death wos" approaehine . ' The Grand Reftrendary went to him , it is said , and called on him to declare at what moment he took tho poison , ' and who prepared it for ' him . 'The prisoner ' replied that ' lie took ;[ it ] at hotel , 'but he . did' not say who prepared and gave it to him . It was . ' the cure of ' the parish du HautlPastwho administered the last ; sacrament to the ° pris " oner / , near ' 5 o'clock ; aud ina few ^^ minutes the duke appeared before another judge ! ' ''• '"'' ¦ ' ¦ " " ¦•• ¦ ¦• ! \ On Wednesday , atfiveycitck ^ tlie . ' Procureur duJRol , 11 . Boucly , went to * the prison of th ' etuxembpurg , where assisted by the director , and' having ^^ received the ^ idecla ration of ^ : K . 'Rbuget , the ''" physician ^ of . the prison , he drew up the following pricesverbal ' : — ' ' 7 . -
« In the year 1847 , ' on ; August the 24 tri , at ' five ; o ' clock in the afternoon , we ; Feiix Bbuely , Procureur du Roi at the Civil Tribunal / of tho Seihei'liaVing bWn informed that the Duke de Prasiin , " whowasdetained in '; the house of juBtice > stablished . near the . Chamber ' M Teas , as being incolpatsd [ ia ' tbe '' crime of murder , * had just expired in that prison , we immediately proceeded ' . there , aud , being conducted by the director into a chamber on the second floor , lighted by two windows looking upon the ceurt , we there fband , lying on a bed , and giving no signs of life , the body of a person whom we reeog ' alsed to be the Duke de Praslin , against whom we had laid an information oh the ISthof this month , and tlie following doys , andwho , on Saturday , the 2 tst of this ' month , was transferred from his hotel to the ' abuve . mentioned house of justice . Ia the same chamberi and by the ' side ofthe Duke de Praslin ; we found H . ' Pierre Rouget , " doctor in medicine , physician ' to the Chamber of Peers aid the
prison of the Luxembourg ; . ' who ^ ' ebDJoiritly with M . Louis and M . Andral / had constantly ' attended the Duke de Praslin . ' M . Bouget made tlie following declaration : 'I accompanied the Duke de Praslin during his removal from bishotel to this prUbD . ' and I have ; " constantly attended him ^ since his arrival here . ' . ' I'attributehis death to poisoning with arsenic . I think thatjltt ' orderto ^ bb . tain positive proof , it will be necessary to proceed to ah autopsy : The death" took - place at' thirty . flve . mlnutes after four in the afternoon , and Iooh ' sider it to be absolutjely . certain . * Of the above facts ' we have 'drawn up this present ' proses verbal , which is signed by M . Rouget and by us , in the presence of if . Qervais , Pierre ; Fran" , cols Quilluame Trevet , director iif the house of justice near the Court of Pews , who has signed it after having read it ; Done in ' the * year , ' month ) and day ^ above mentioned , in the house of justice of the Court of Peers . ' ' 'Rocoet , TEBVBT . FEiix Boncti . ' '
The autopsy of . the body of the duke was made on Wednesday by ifif . - Tardleu , Canuet , Simon , Boys de Lbury , ahdOrfila , members of the faculty of medicine , at the prison of the Luxembourg . During this operation the populace was collected in large namb ' era ' iii front of the prison / eagerly seeking to learn themost trifling details of the affair . The presence of arsenic in' the systtm was ascertained by Marsh ' s apparatus ; ' It was f band in ehennous quantities in the ventricle and the duodenum . The remains of the murderer are retained iii ; , the prison awaiting the orders of the authorities . ;' A of the " autopsy was drawn up and sighed by . the physicians . ' ¦ ' ¦ - ' * ' " . "'¦ ¦ -
The same physicians , ' with the Baron Pasquier , ascertained in the presenoe of the Procureur du Roi the several traces of wounds , scratches , and contusions , on the person of the dukewhich were inflicted on him by his wife in her Btruggleifcr life . The following were asoertained : —! . On the right arm , a scratch of a Wueish colour , very distinct , and of some length . " 2 . On ; the rlghthand , within the thumb , a bite which " tore away the epidermis through the length of about half aa inch . 8 . Another deep biteat theend ' of the irst finger of the right hand : the duke Mcribed this to . a wound acoldentaUy received . 4 . On the left baud a deep scratch to the surface of the phalangian joint . 5 . On the first
finger of the left hand on the outsideof the second joint , a wound , and near it a deep scratch : this . finger was covered with newly dried blood on the 18 th . . 6 . Oathe middle finger of the left band several violent scratches with the nails , by which pieces of the" epidermis were torn away . ' 7 . On the ' fore part of the left lega long excoriation as wide as the palm' of the baud , attended with considerable swelling . - This w »« nd evidently proceeded from a ' receat contusion , and was explained by tbe duke to have prbseeded from a blow against the ' step of a carriage . 8 . On the upper part of the calf of the left leg , a slight wound , —All these contusions were receatj and evidently proceeded from his ' struggle with the duchess iu accomplishing the murder / 5 ''' ' : ' . " - . " •¦ ' . .. ;" -.. I .- .-.. ¦¦• - ¦¦ - ¦ ' !; ; .. ' -- ¦ > - - . -
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If *¦ * ' ^ " i »* r— ' ~~ - ^ rw ^ SuS ?™ tBtm » in ^ ich the iVotW nSfio ? ' this dsnoueratnt'lif ^ n ' e ' of ' th ^ ni ' os ^^ agical aftirs . ot Modern Haes . w - /
; 5 ATURAI , D . 8 AT 5 OF THEDBKE DE PRASLiTf '" ' w "« "had % » sseeB thisco ^ h " / and we had 'been prepared tnli ^ o days sines . sT : ^ rtneIeM » ft a pears to us , that the event ought to fiavC occfirre <; 2 . J ?™ ™™ *'» . 'Mt » le ' 'iater : Thebuke de PrMll' ^ dUd to-day ( Tu « Hay ) inhis bed In the prl . on ' ofithe L « aJmbourg , and ; ; » ke fcllowing are . the . terms in ; which ; the S WV' ^ toy ** ann ounces the fact :- , * " / ; ,- ' | 8 i ?> , U ° dled today abbuffiv ' i ^ ciock ^ lnt he prison Of » P » Lu « mbb » rg . The cause of bis death has bsenatcertaiii 9 dand , acoouutedfor .. by men , of scienee . V d " ^ 1 m ^» tf * ia a ' large dose , that itieDuke de Praslin poisonsd liimseW , atthain « n ' ^ « 8 aw that the charges had become so serious fli it render ne'Tl i '? " * " ' » a Wal' ^ The ltin ;
* csploua ve » g * S * i W w V 4 dn «« W aft . rnbou , « nd tsrded the effect or the poison , which , after having ceased on Friday and Saturday ; resumed its entire'force on Sunday , ' . ; .. ¦¦ . ; ,. *! , -. , ,:, ; j ,... . ., _ . ... . ; , ; ., ° ' ?\& nv . doubtful that public opinion will find itself completely enlightened by , these concise details . The sager curiosity which attached from the ' commencement to thepresamed author ofthe murder eaused a scrupulous attention *> be paid . to . every movement since , the first suspicion was directed towards him . ' Itis Wain , alas . ' that during the night of the 17 th tb the 18 th he possessod toomuoh
strength .:., The day subsequent to thathorribie night ssveralpersons fainted at the sight of the dead body of a woman hewn in pieces , but there is no indication that the slightest Injury tb ' the health ' of the peer of France wos coussd by either remorse or excited feelingsi Qu the first iaspectlon . of , the . wounds and ¦ contusions ' ; which n physician present estimated at seventy , the meat experienced commissary of poliee'ln these' matters ' del clared that the assassin woe not an ordinary malefiotpr : A . vague suspicion . designate ^ . the ; eJewoK « r . d ' honmw . Thr » e . hours- subsequently . the presuraptUns . became more serious , and accumulated to that 'degrea that the magistrate felt , scarcely anv doubt . ; Bat the -Duko de
Praslinwas already , watched .:. M ^ Allard ; and his agents did not quit or lose sight of him for , a moment . How ) then , could be poison iilmaelfin their presence without their having prevented him' i It was only on the third day afterwards that some , mysterious expressions were dropped relative to an attempt at suicide , " The pubiic , who'wcrjaware that thedeeeased was / wellguordedj did not . belierea word ofit . Tfaestatement wasrepeated , and detailsiwere added ; a phial . of laudanum was found beside a bottle flontainibg . nitric acid ; the first was empty , and it was insinuated that the Duke' might ' have anallowed . tbe . Ioudanum . Mfevertbeless , nothing was eeri tain . The physicians , who attended him were watching the effects of the narcotic . There were reports of spasms , of prostration of strength , of extreme vrealiiiess .
Nevertheless , copious vomiting followed ; : but laudanumdoes not cause vomiting ., ^ ho . treatmentof . themaladyi . which ' appeared to vary every hour , was moat strange . One day the iu ' vaHd > was ' givtii ^^ broth " bud' ; i wihe ' . - " sThe following day he was made to swallow 0 quantity ' of ice ; and in . tiiis situation he was surrendered . to the Court of Peers . ' He reached tlie prison on' Sa ' turdayi ' and n remarkable"improvement in "his ' conditio ' n " was' ani nounced , On ; , Sunday tha , symptoms reappeared . He was interrogated on Monday , and he could ecarceiy answer . 'At 5 o ' clock on Tuesday he slept ' the ' sleep * of the just ! . But then the cause was'ascertained . "' -It Was no . ^ longer , laudanum—it , was ' arsenic . y ? o are , told that he took a considerable quantity of it , and the first physicians , MSI . 'Orfila , 'Andral , and' Louis , never '
suspected that ., They gave him wine and ice ! The symptoms , of poisoningby arsenio . are so little , studied and ; sb little known that three phyticians might have been de . ' eeired . Is it- ' not- ebi We , ' however , ' ara ' -sure ' that Marsh ' s . apparatus , will give us a sufficient quantity ' of arsenic to cauee us to shudder . But . still science is so much in ai-icar that . it is perfectly easy to mistake suicide by landahbm . for suicide by ' arsenic . ' The - ' inipbi- - tant . fact is the suicide ; .: Well- he is dead , - tranquilly , after baring confessed to the chaplain'of the Chamber of Peers . ' He is dead , and you as well as we arc bound to regard him " as innocent / and the honours due to ' a peer of France and tto a chtmlier d ' norineur of the Court are dua to him . In , vain may you invoke overwhelming pr ' esumptioris . They disappear , inasmuch as the
judicial proceedings ¦ have not been continued ' to conviction . There remains ^ but a single legal presumption , which is ; that the ^ Dukode , Praslin wasnot . gnilty ..- We do not believe iu a suicide . ' " A man who committed the horrible crime ef which he is accused would never kill him- ' self . The officers . of . justice must have : been deceived by false appearances , and he ,. overwhelmed ' with . pricf at the mere idea of a' disgraceful accusation , died of anguish , and was ' - ' the' victim of" calumny ; '' We see no other plausible . explanation ' - of the event . To imagine that the Duke de Praslin , watched , by , such practised eyes as those of M . 'Allard and of his agents , could mix arsenic with his fodd without having Beeu p are ' eived and prevented is simply , impossible . - Lot lis next , suppose that physicians such as MM . Audral and Louis ,
believed that he was poisoned bylaudanum ' whilst ( he'ha'd taken arsenic ; That would be absurd . ^ To believe that they . discovered tholeause of . the malady , and . that in place of arresting it they aided it by a fatsl . treatment , would be ' tooabominabld and too odious I' We " are riot iu the . i middle ages 4-we no longer . livein tliaVfeudal epoch when a man , placed in < the . hands , of justice- was caused to disappear . There is one principle which prevails over every position and every privilege , which isequality before the law . -It ' was not ' the'fault of the low officers of . tho . Crown thatii . Q , Hdin ^ , who ., wa 8 accused of cheating at cards , escaped . There was no time to act . ¦ As to M . de Pi-aslin , a format article of the Charter was violated In his person . He wasi detained : iliegally and unconstitutionally . . But , his- arrest having . been made regular , nobody could have had either the in tentibnw'the desire to save n ' peer of France ; even though he . was a cneuaKer d'Aonneur , from the punishments which the law . awards ito an atrocious crime . We must not
therefore , accuse anybody . There was neither suicide , ; hbr laudanum , hbr destructive treatment . The only explanation : of that , death' which . occurred so timely is , that tho physical , force , was . destroytid , by . the terrific moral crush , ' caused by the accusation of an honourabla . and virtuous man of having first intended to strdngle his wife , and of having subsequently ; cut her throat , and mutilated and bruised , her . with the riigc . of a wild and sava » e beast . Thefactswhichwere collected , the judicial 'investigation ' commenced , tlie details ' -known ' and published , would perhaps authorise us toderote the ' me . mory . of thutassatin to execration , but the silence imposad on justice by liis death commands us to proclaim that he 'departed from this world "covered with the robe of innocence .- If . wo had the misfortune to write the contrary , the most distant of his relatives might prosecute before" the Court of Correctional Police , where no should be inevitably sbndemnod as ihfambus " s ' lahderers . ' i ^ .: • • .. ¦ ' ¦ ' w ; - ; ¦¦?¦ -. ; . ' ¦ ¦ '
Tbe ConsMutomef says , — , ¦ :,- '' The examining magistrates , If . Legenidec , proceeded on Sunday morning to the chateau of Vaiix . The search instituted there lasted until Monday evening , and M . Legonideo returned yesterday morning to - Paris . A great reserve is naturally imposed on us * relative tb what has been officially discovered , but the'follbwiriK . ia what was spoken of openly iu the neighbourhood . -The magnificence , of- the chatvau in . tho time , of Fouquet is well known . M . de Praslin had expended considerable sums' to restore to its ancient splendour this seat , spoken of by La Fontaine ; Pelisson , and lime de Sevigno ,. He had thoroughly repaired tho salleides gardes , . which is eighty feet high . It would'be impossible " to depict the grief bud consternation in which the country is thrown by
the latefrightful catastrophe . ' . Mmo . de Praslin was , ex . ceedingly ohorltable , and particularly good to the poor . Some notes of her expenses / found lu her bedroom , give proofbf her kindness . By the side of money , given her byithe duke for ; her toilet , maybe , read , M 80 f . given to the femme T—to , help her to get a substitute for her son . V « S 0 f . sent toR— , ' whose' wife has lately lain in , " Proofs of her charity are alsofound-iri the account of alms entrusted to the clergy of the . neighboarhood . -The misunderstanding between her and . her husband , which hod increased after 1843 , whenMUe de tiizzy entered the family ; " was-kuowri to evsry one . ¦ The domestic ' s had spokeaVstormy scenes which took place , and a sadpre . sentinranV appeared te . agitate Mraede Praslin , who was always in low spirits , ' A' / emme d « eftainW states that
the duchess was walking in the park a month bask when tbe duke . came . to ask ; her to visit the family vault at the chateau , which hadjjbe » n just ; repaired . 'For what purpose V saW she : ' shall I not soon descend there lor ever V The bfiiclal searohbas brought to light in the duchess ' s chamber a number of papers sealed with black wax , on _ the envelope of which is , written in her handj For my ' husband , to'be opened after ay death . ' These papers ha * e not been yet opened , this mission being left tothe Duke Pasquier . A bulky manuscript was also discovered , containing private memoirs which tbe duchess bad written , ' and iri which she gives an account of the happy -years of : her marriage ^ with her subsequent
chagrins . ;;> In . the duke ' s apartment the search was for a long time fruitless , but at last in the secret drawer of a cabirfet was found a great number of letters , ' said' to be from Mdlle doLuzy , signed * AzoW and all commeusing with these words . 'Hon cher . Theobald . ' Other importaut letters were found in the same place . It would appear that . a long correspondence , had taken place lately ketween tbe diike and duekess , referring principally to the misunderstanding subsisting between them , Some letters of Marshal Sebastian ! , sometimes relating to money matters , and at others reprimanding in pretty sharp terms his son . in . law for his conduct to his wife , are also in thebaudsef justice , . ,
We read in the Qazelte des Trtbtnuaix [ i— . , ... ¦ ' We said yesterday " that an investigatloa had been mode at Paris by M . Brouisals , juge d'tustruetlou , in order to discover the little box in which Mile , de Luzybespor ' tes ' enclosed her correspondence . ' This box was deposited some days ago by Mile , de Luay-Desportes in the bonds of oaa of- her friends , who in hsr turn gave It to the doctor . When the officers visited the residence ofthe latter , he was absent ; , hls hou sekeeper , however , hastened to remit , the box to , the examining , magistrate . But the letters of viae Duke de PrasHa had bM » removed from it ; and it was only , it Is said , after considerable hesitation that the womam ' west to seekfevttiem between the pages'bf a volume ia the library . Wo are assured that iubse of ttiese letters /* e Duke de Praslin held oat to the person to whoa it was addressed early hopes of happlnessf but aelther that letter upr tho others con tain anything that has , refereoca . to v the crime of the 18 th /; August . . The mistress tf thebMrding i school ia the Bj » ia Harloy , « he hau btca cxaolaedas
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a witness , was principally called on to depose with ; Msp ^» t * fo : Sth ?^ to ; . Mi 1 ? .. do .-Lugy . Desportes ^ byjthe ^ Duke ^ de . Prasliiu HftM » r I < nzy ' ' ; had ' ' ^ a . 'i » ; mo »« t ' withjlhy ' Duke , whowos aMompardod kyhfs two ^ aughters ;; : bnt thls'dHiaratlon h ' ai been conjradlcted brseriraldepesitioss ; ' ' ';' , ' - ¦ ? b « Will orthiDuoheBS de Pra ' slln bos been delivered to ^??« J * ^ ^» Trlkunai , ; uS | hebequeats * an annui ty ^ ofconHdrtable amount' to her hutband , an'd " an' . nieifl * * P , H # «« . Jlop « . fespesMng-the ' ' edueatibn ; bf her children (» jx of whom ' , are daughters ) the signifieant cobdiiien tha » '* h '« fr ' . eduqation should bs sup ' erlnlieaded by ¦
a . ' ma ' n , i ' proftiC'o ' , '» »? m *> ^ '(»[ governess ? '[ ' ]"¦' : [* ' ' / '' Tlie person , who . ' -. w ^' ent'ib ' Marshal'Sebastlw medlaU . ly after . ' the a » . ^ f >* W Iin . . , retsnrned . ' to , ' Paif {» , ye 8 f * rday , with . > sbbuii ' ts ' of " tile ' Marsha ) , ., whom iiofouaoi * ^ 6 W . ! In S , ivi { 2 erlaijd , before LA l » ad heard of ; ' tb « ' fatal , ev « nij , ti wasannoanped to Wmas ca ;? fB % . 0 ?;><> f 8 lbib , ;; but . tha : gri « tf £ ? marshal may berfcT ^^ 'v ^ l ' . ' / aniily , however , are trairquillised as to his he "* * ' The marshal was ignorant up to theinomeritof tr » : mes '; . * 6 er'i ( : leaving him who was the Author of tha' > murder . Ti ? 'f whole- truth will have been ' revealed to him ' by Ms pby ? leiau , who was charged with this painful mission , : and wha met tlie marshal at Dole . ' / > i 1 f ; -i j ;! :-, * > . -. ' .-. . ¦ :. . ' . v . v .-: '
'The popular exasperation on the suliject of this fltrocions crime has been sb ' great . 'that- the utmost precati . tions have bosn-taken to prevent any act of outrage being committed-agalntt' the ptrson pf the duke ; . Even Ws death : was not considered to exempt his : body from the ' effeets of the popular ' ' fury ; and'tha Jutcrment of his remains waseffected in' the darknesg'a ' nd silence of night . His body was'depositediu ' aTr objcu ' re ' gravo in tho ceme tcry of Moitt Parhasse very early on Friday ; ouattended bj- a ' single relative or friend , and without the observances ofthe last ceremonies of religion ; * Kb tear fell . au d ' jib prayer " was offsridup , '?¦• " ¦ : '¦•/ * ' ¦ .:. : <*? ;• ¦ ;>' ' . Thbfollowin ' g'accbunt is given of theinterview of the duke , on the day ef his death-- wit & the clergyman who was called to atterid him'r ' ' This priest was sent for on
Tiwsany ; at Binein trie morning , by tbe-cllBBCellbr ' , and at < me ' e ; went to thepriaoB ot ih » LiixenAouirg . ^ Ifls not troo , as several journals Jiav * stated , 'that ' tbe dyingman wasianable tb ' s ' peak two words in succession ;' ' Thu Cure remaine'd with ' . himt > ti ) l , half . pastrelevh pi < and returned again ' at two . The sufferer recejred him with r * adiuess at both' times . ' "After agahi sbnferring ' ftndiprajios ' wUh him , tho sure administeredito him'the sacrament of extreme unction ; in- the presence of Duke Pn * qbier ^ who knelt beside him , and'was deeply , affected . -When the priest"Vv «» about ' ¦¦ to'lsave-himj the ' 'Duke 'deiPraslin took his 'hand , ' and said with ' emotion , ' 'How ' - much gbod ' you 'have ' - - done-me ! ' 'Ho . then requested him toieave the erucifix ;' - < Iu another half-hour ho was no more . ' - ' ¦¦ " i ! :-ih VAH ¦ ¦^ ' ^¦ •; --: * :- ; - » i- - - - -:.- -: ; . ' : -
'The inquiry as to the . means * . by which the duKeaccomplishe'd- . the suieideis ' stillprosecuted ; M . Legouidee , the examining magistrate , broughtirom the . Cb ' ateaui'da Tauri'where'he'had been to ' make-a search , ' a satppie of a' white ' substanee / 'wbich ¦ seemecb to , be - arsenic , and stated that he bad left at tho Chateau every large quantity .- -The Chancellor immediatelyissued a cominissioav ndrlresse'd to the Bro ' cureuridu Rofc of ; theTribunalat Kelun , ' who , in ' virtue thereof seized ' and transmitted to tfie / Court of-Peers ' . tb : 6 . whole of the substanco-in ques ' tion '; anda ' phial . containing , a considerable quantity . of JaudaHum . ' ' . -The '; white ' substance jma given over to Dr Orfita'and Dr'Tarbiea ' to be analysed . . ' ^ ?¦ : ' .. - •';•'•¦ ' ; - ;' .. ' ;
^ Tbe'Duke-de-Praslinihad-madeihiswilli ! and before his death stated ; that it wbuld ; be ( fouiid' in 'his portfolio ^ Ho has appointed two of > his daughter .- ! legatees < of the wholeof his personal-property * expressing his confidence ^ that'they would " make-an equitable ' disfributien ; of , it , After several legacies ' tb ; differsnt members of hia family , bd be 4 "ea * s ' * n : anncify . o / ' 3 , 000 / r ,: to Mlle .. 6 oli \ izzi , iln speaking . of the . large : fdrtune ; ofMme . de . Praslin ( says-the Constitutionn ( l ) , iYie . / 'did / not . jflarit -sufficiently high ; ' '¦ y '"S' U > :. '¦>!¦•• ' ¦• i ? ' ,: >»¦} "¦< ¦ ¦ j ' .-y . ^ - ^ . -. y .: ' ¦ : ¦¦¦ •¦ ;' ., ? ; r Oneof the journals states tbat . tbe n ' otory of that lady , at ' ifaris , hassaidvihat he ' rjfortune , - coming from ¦• her mother , ) and . i ' romthe legacies ^ made . -to ; her since her marriage ' j - 'now amounts to a capital oflOjSOOiOOOfr . ¦ >]< : . . The Journals of Paris of Friday , and / Saturday were filled : . with ; innumerable : details respecting . this . extraordinary , catastrophe from-which we select the following :-r . i : ' : . ! . ' ! . ' ti-i !! . ; V ,-l- !"> .: ! ¦ ' - : ; f-X " ? , ' ,:,: ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ;
., ; Kcspecting , Mdlle de Luzet . Despprtes , 4 he governess , who i « said . to ; have . exeited the jealpasy ; of-, theduchess , and who , it will be remembered , is still k » pt in . solitary confinement in the conpiergerie , on the suspicion of com . plieity ; in tiie , , . crime ; of the Duke de Praslin ,. MPatrie says ; -. ' ¦ : , ^ ; .: H ^ Viti !? -: - - " ¦¦!¦¦ ¦ " - - ^ < ' ;¦> > ¦ ¦ ; jVSho . lms . beentwioe taken . befora the ehanoellor . iand the committee , and interrogated . Thej . peers who heard her replies agree in considering her a . woaxia of superior talent ..- Her language is most remarkable in form and substance .- ' Impojsible . to write it down , ' :. said a com pi , tent judge , M , Cousin , ' nothing can be more clear and brilliant , ' j . Her name is . Henrietta de , Luzzi-D » spc » tes , aged 37 , teacher , bora in Paris , and residing at No 9 , Rue du Harlay , inHhe : Marais , in MmeLemaire's board ' . ing-school . ; She entered the Duke dePraslin ' s , family on May 1 , 1811 ,., jibe was before that at Lady rHislopIs , at jChavlestpn ,: in England . , THer salary was 2 j 400 f ^ a-year . besides being . fed . aud lodged ... An under , govern ess
shared with her ., the pare of- tho . education of :, three of the dQUghteraaad of a . little boy of the duchess ' s , . The other soli ' s ; were plated under M . < Coussu ,- professor ; oif the College Bourbon , She has , it is said ; protestedonergetieally . against the . suspicion . of a culpable iatercourse with . thefdhk ' e ,:.,. She-was dismissed . by the ., duchess on JulylS . inthe evening , just as all ' the family were on the ppint . Vof ,. leaving " , for . tho ! eountry ;; . ' She was greatly grieved , as shp . wosanxious . to preserve her . place , as a pravlsion . fer the future . , * . She- . bad » o- other , resource than . an old grandfather ,, who . treated herhorshly .. ¦; She was anxious to fejaiain in the house , where , she couldbe comfortab ^ ., ' olF .. | . Thb cb ' ildien . liked her , . , and she ap . peuredattauhttd to tlwm .,. It is , said that she Monies haviHg seen tho Duke de Prailia more than twice since her being sent away , and lhatjhe cried inuth ouhoariiig ., of the crime . which he had . committed . ,, She , could not bolieve tbat ' he was themufdereijofliis wife . ' ..- , - ' .,: ' : "Ct i' W . 'i "' i " - ? u | : ';" > <} "¦ * - v-V-iJ ' - ' * - 'i ' - ' .. : '
The . examining commission continued ; its operations on Thursday . ; Purther searches were made , and additional letters were louad ,.. written by the Duke de Praslin toMdlle de ' Luzzi . I ) Dsporte 8 ,: orby her . tothe duke ,-of sucha nature , it is said ; as tohave rendered necessary ; a further examiaatiin of J ^ dllp deLuzzi-Deeper tes . . Among the seizures at the Chateau deT .-inx a voluminous oo ' rrespondeuceof the . duchess , appears . ; The letters addressed by her to her husband are filled with the noblest sentiments . Nothing can , bo more touching than the expression of her reproaches to him , . which are at the same time tempered by testimonies of strong affectiou . ' The ' conditiouin which the . body of the . duchess was found is thus deicribed : —From the neck downwards to be feet , both ' before and behind , her body was covered with clotted Wood , and the following wounds were found
on different parts of'her " person ,. ' namely , ' eleven on , ' hir head , five of which'were deep and large ; the fractures ofthe Skull indicating thai the four first must havebeen inflicted' > ith extreme . ^ violence by somo sharp-edged weapon ; ' ' The torn parts of these wounds ;¦ prove that they must have beea givenby some one ' . standing above her , wlule she . wasiii ; arecumbeut positioa with the face turned towards him , ' These blows must have been given by the / murdertv ' whllo ; sho / was still asleep . / There are five excoriations ; of '_ ' ' the , 11030 , the ' left , eye , the lower lip , and , the ' ehih ; which . are the effeet of " strong fpre « ' '' » i ^ Vijp ^? ' -- tb 0 * o . ' P : a «^ i ''' aBd tu * marks of the Bails / are , to ' be . observed . ' Pour large wounds were in ths . aeclc . made with ' a weapon which was both pointed ' and sharp -but neither ' the ; earotid
artery nor the inner jugular veia was divided , as . several journals have announced . Ori the two hands , tho abdomen ; amd the chest , there are ten ' wounds more or less deep . The thumb . 0 * ' the left hand was : nearly severed atthe joint . Thus ; ' more ' than thirty severe wounds are apparent on ' the ; ' person '' of the unhappy Duchess de Pra ' siiri . ' There , are , besides , ' many bruises and livid spots ' on the limbs ' ] , "At the samo time , itis certain that her death was the consequence of the hemeirhage from * tlie wounds on the headand neek . The number and situation ' jof the wounds ' and their natur * attest that her deo ' tli wba preceded by a long and violent ' struggle ; and the state -of disorder . in which tlie chamber was found leaves no room fer doubt on this point . It is also certain that the duchess cried out several times , and lived along while after receiving the first blows . It is believed that the wounds in the front of the neck , and
particularly that which extended across It under the jaw , wore given while she was in bed , and that the murderer pressed hard with his hands , oa heir mouth , imprinting his ,. nbUt , in order to stifle ker cries . It is a singular circumstance relative to the parties , whifhbashot been , ' so for as we have seen , alluded to in ' the various reports in circulation , that the marriage of thei lluke and duchess was what . was called a loive inateh , made against the consent of the Marshal Sebastiani , the duchess ' s father , and the other members of hcrfamily . ''''¦ "' ,
Marshal Sebastiaui , the father of the Duchess de Praslin , arrived in Paris on Thursday night , Aides-decamp » f the King immediately waited' on him to offer the ttndolence . of the royal family ; and it was said that an iatimatibu was given to him that apartments in oae of the royal palaces were placed at his disposition , should he be disinclined to occupy the Hotel Sebastian ! , bis own residence , which was the scene of the recent terrible event . He decided , however , to occupy his own reilden . ee ' Two wills of the Duebessde Praslin have beea depo ~ . sited ia the hands of the President of the , Civil Tribunal ofthe Seine . One of these is dated In 1811 , and the other In 1846 . Id the first , - the duchess " speaks ef her husband in the most affectionate tuins . » lh the second she does not , as has been erroneously stated , give a life
interest to the duke in all her property , but bequeaths to Mia a part of her pefsonal property , sod a life interest ia one of her landed estates .: Ia this last will isa curious clause , by which she leaves her jewels to one of her sons , with direction ! that ' they shall be sold , and the f . roduc « invested / in ' government funds . The dividends of the stooktiiuspuicbaseaart to a * invested to accumulate till the time whea this sea shall be about to be married , wheu the whole fund thus aigmented la to be laid out in tho purchase of diamonds for his bride . On Saturday morning the will ofthe Dake de "Praslin was also deposited ia tlie hands of the President of the , Civil Tribunal . This will woa iu the portfolio of *• duke , whe , J ust before his deathitoekoaro to indicate that circumstance . Immediately after the decease tf . the prisoner the portfolia Was opened , and two wills were fouad , bearing dato
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1841 and 1843 . The first is not signed , but tho second cwhiehiisftliete - xocr ^ kr-f vl " , 'h'Me ^ eutar , , « ct ; 0 f 1848 , the Duke de Pwlln , . after / several JibwalitlM msde » iii different cbildren , . leaves . jw . prwvpij , . . thV ehatWu bf ' l » rasjln da T » ux 4 o ,. M & eldest , spn . . In . a particnhir eliiuteheen . gages , his sonsnoi to ; ,. epntraat ' mairkg « before havibg attained , . their > w * ntyr flfih year . ; ' ' There Is . al ' sb iii the testament of 1848 . a . l'gaey ; by ; wh ' icK , tb »; duka secureYa fimfe of J . OOOrV . to Mddio de Luzzi-Ds ' sporttit , irinckubw . leiginerit of the enlightened xecl which » h « h « 4 shbwn in the education of bis daughters , ' ¦' - "• ' ' •"' ' w - erbad'lntKe'Z ^ lr tto : ^ ' "'' " ' . " ' - ?¦''' ¦ ' •' ; "
'' Marshal Sebastiaui de ^ rwined to , fc ( urn to Paris ia spitebf the efforts 0 / his graoddnuahh-rj who tried . to ^ lsSUadehim from it , . He wished , hetsald , to see what ' remained of hisiiiiy oh ' iid . " He eaused the , apartment pf tlie'' un fbrtuna' )? ^ duchess , to bf . opcRed , and ^ he et * amine ' d ' the scene . of iheiBrJajs tvhlch > iore .. from him : his ffv ) l ; _ s ! 9 rea daughter . ,. ; Oa r the ; inspection . being i » rnii ' iiaie ' , i * b ' - barihAl exclaimed : '• Thtte ¦ is one still moro to bo pitied than lam—the mother o ( tii « assassin {' He immediately visited the Dow .-iger ; Dnche > s de . Choiseal Praslin , and that was the only time that be has quitted liis Iiotclsiuco his arrival . - ¦ .-, ¦ . ' : ¦ ¦ - • ; .-r - ¦ ¦; , Tho Court , of Peers met on Monday nt two * o ' cI « Jf , in a secret sitting , to come , to a deci » ion * relntive to the course it would have to pursua in the affair of the Praslin murder .. . ; ,....,, -... t
Tho C ! iancellor ,.. Duko Pasquier ,-ordered the various rc-ports of tho medical men / tho offlews ' -ui justice , and the other persons concerned to be read -af length . Which being done , the l ' tocureur-Ganerftl read- his requisitory , - summing up all the- principal points of the » ff « ir ' . ¦¦¦ - , , : . . - ' . ; .. The court then decided that , ' considering ^ tin / death ot tho Duke de Praslin , there was 110 necessity for is to pr > csod farther with the case ; and , considering the eiteuinstances which had come to light relative to Mile . deLuzzy , it delivered her over to tho ordinary course o / justSce . ta ba . dealt with as might appear fit , ' ill * court thcri separated at four o ' clock .- ' « .. ¦>¦ - ¦ ¦ . . . f .- > -l . 1 :
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... THAMES . —AsjHPaissi-vB Ltssoa ,- J . Yield was chRrged-withlnsulting ' a married'ladyi ' nained Powtr . 'The pT . osecutVixjtato ' d , that dh-Mo ' niJay evening , with n ' not & bV ffrbnle friend , she-Was returning homo , and as she arrived a few doors from her own residence she saw tlie prisoner , who was stopping and insulting every woman , ho met ., jSha . endearpured to ayoM-him , but ho pursued Ser , thrt ' w bis brni roubil . her ytaiti ' , and coo . ductt-d himself moat grossly . . 'Che witness ; sereained and endeayoured ' . tp . disengage hersrif , when , he , assailed Ser with themost ' foul and disgusting ' epithets-, and
threatened to knneli herintotbe gutter . —The constable w ho took the , pti 3 t > i « r . into oustady , 3 ; 203 , corroborated tha evidence , . Prisoner / . was , quite . sober , —Th » prisoufr siiKhtingly saidi ^ - 'phj- he ( iid ' nt " f ' HiuIc ' bo lip . t * gr > ne | so far nsjiiid beeii . rBpresi'nted . ^ Ir ; Tardh 7 ,. ob . seri'eil , that his . cbnduot frqnvfirst ,: to , last had been , disgusting lirid epwardly intho estreme ' andhis dsniaanbur in thedock was most uubccbiaingf ; . . Hu should ' fiiie . him £ 5 , or one month ' s imprisbntaeht , with hard labour ' . , Tho f-risoner , whbsceroed ratner ^ astonished " at- the conclusion to his frolic , was . locked up ... ¦ - , ' . . . ' . . : ' / j .
; , ; WOKSHIP- 'STRBBr .. ~ , STABBiao = a ; . Siatsa . —VT . jtVrede was charged with feloniously cutting bud woundini ? his sistcri ' j aVet ? l-. jand ' ^ threatening : the . life of his mother . . Tlie prisoner ' .. had ' oe ' en'bil ' hi * life nddieted to tlie most indolent and j ) rofllgftte' hobits-j . and led a . life pfiffleuesB . upotfth ' e earnings of his rapth ' er . ' althbugb . she had repeatedly placed h ' imout . in cbmfortable- ' Bituoti ' pns , nndi given hiai ey - ery ppportunity of getting , iiislhi ' ng , Ofr Sunday afecrnoan the prisoner -began abusirsg his mother for not supplying him with ; more sumptuous , fare , andhis sister haying ventured to remonstrate with bim ,
lie cauKht up a lar ^ e table ^ nife , and flung it at her with all , his . ' fbrce , inflicting a large , ga'h > ' . extendiiig n * arly the whole length of hie r cheek : He . \ yiVa . proceeding to further nets ' of violence , when his . nibith ' er ' 'interposed betwceiiithcm , and ' the' prisnrier thvh rpmmc . noed a ferocious attack , upon . the . latter , ' and . threat ; ned that ho woulddofor her also . She succeeded in escaping to the street .. . The prisoner was given into custody . : ^ certificate from Mr Garrod , tlie divisional pblice-surgeon ,. was prpduc ' ed . ' describln ' g : " the nature of J the wound , which was stated , to bo of oyery serious descriptionir—Tlie priibner was cbmmitted 'for , trial .. "
Bs 3 ! TAL ' AssADi . T .- —T . Milner was charged . with haying assaulted Mrs Susan Fordo .- ^ Tbe . complainant stated that ,, oh Mond ' ay .. nigh ' t ,. ' while ' in tlie pit of . tha Payiiiou Theatre , the prisoner > nd , two ^ pr three others in his company peremptorily required ' litr to . give theni her place , which she had ' occupied tho whole evening . Onher refusal ,, ' theprisoner struck her ' a' tremendous blow under the . eye , and followed it up with several others , until her ; face' and . dress were covered with blood , and she whs insensible .- ' The prisoner was given into oustbdyby a gentleman who had witnessed tho occurrence frdra tho commencement , '—The . complainant ' s ' evidence was fully corroborated by aVgentleinii . n named Jfathan , ' who described the assault t > s thei . ni ' pst brutal one / hb : had ever witnessed , and positively ' identified' the prisoner as
the person who had committed it . —The ' prisbhsr . utterly denied tnbjCharge , " and . called J . Pbat , who confirmed bis statementj ' atid 'deala ' r ? ci that the man who committed the assault was at that mom ' e'ht ' in the . waitingrbom . — The witness / went with an officer , and brought in J . Bartlctt , who poaitiyeiy deposed that it was neithf " •"" sbner'hor himself who sirupk the corophiv . aiu ,- _ third , man ,.. who'had efftjeted hi ' s ' escape : —Mr Natfi ' air liere intimated' tolthe magistrate that ho had no doubt his ' daugliter , who was not in attendance , would bo enabled to co ' iifirmhis testimony , and the prosecutrix also said that . she could readily produce ' further evidence to the same effect . —Mr Arnold adjourned the' case , and would accept substantial bail for the appearance of the prisoner ..: '¦' . . * - . ' - ¦¦ " - . ' . ¦ " ¦¦
. LAMBETH .-7 CHAR 0 E or MoBDEniKp a Wipe . — Thomas ' Oldsj . a bricklayer , was placed at the bar before Mr . Bliiott , on a charge of causing the death of . his wife by inflicting severe injuries , upon her person . Inspector Shaw / bf / the P division of police , statf d , tbat on the night , ' of Saturday week the son' of the prisoner come to the statiori-hbuso in'Lock's-fields , ' pud reqaested . . the assistance ' of . a / constable , stating that hi ' s father was murdering his ' mother . He instantly sent a constable witivhim . andon reachivi ? tnehouseof the prisoner in John ' s-court ; East-lane , Walworth , the officer found that the prls-. nerha . d'bMn ill-using . his n-if « in tirery serious manuer , but ate Tio ' twvUiitandwg ; iafu » fd to . give Wm into custody . 'VTitnesscs were in attendance , who
heard the criea , of ' Murder' issue irbm the prisoner a room , and ' on the Saturday night , and on the following morning , bis wife complained ol having been seriously hurt , and exhibited raark ' s ' upon her throat , and said her husband had' attempted to ' strangle her , and knelt upon her body , and . one of the witnesses saw her vomit a quantity of blood on the Sunday . She lingered in great painuitil the Thursday following , when she expired Since that time n ^ osS morkm examination had in great formed , and from information conveyed to bim ; he felt it to be his duty to take the prisoner into cuatody . Three 'witnesses were " examined , who corroborated the inspector ' s statement , and the- prisoner was r . manded too future day . .
SOUTHWARK . —Snoonuo wirn Imtbnt to Mcedhb , — Frederick Dewhurst , a respectable looking lad , in the employ of Mr Measure ^ the landlord of the Londonbridge Tavern , ifaze-pond , was charged with firing a loaded pistol at George Lowers , with intent to mutder him ! Comphiiniint , a lad about sixteen years ' of age , said he wais employed ' with the prisoner as pot-boy to Mr Measures , and that for some time past , in censequeaeeof the prisoner attempting to be master over him , th ' ere had been frequent quarrels . On Friday evening , -the 20 th inst ., whilethey were in the kitchen at their meals , the prisoner suddenly jumped up from his seat , and commenood dancing about the kitchen with the pistol in'hishand . He afterwnrds presented it at his head , liskinghim how he should like to have the contai . ts i
'Witnesstold the prisoner not to play any trick , but put the pistol away . The prisoner , however , came up to him , and placing the muzzle clogs to the side of his tu-ad , pulledthe trigger . A piece of paper had fortunately got over the pan , which prevented the explosion . When they went ' to bed the same evening , ' he saw the prisoner unload'the pistol . There was a quantity of gunpowder and small shot in it . Witness further added , that the prisoner always kept the pistol loaded , and put it under his pillow when he went to bed . Her loaded it ontha Friday night In question , and said that if any puMon came fovjhim be would shoot them . One of-the female servants was next called , and said that on Sa . turd ay morning , the ' 21 st ult ., she swept up a quantity of small shot in the prisoner ' ^ bed-rroom . She instantly
spoko to the last witness about it , when he told her * of the occurrence of the night previous . She thea enilod the prisoner Into the kitchen , and took the pistol from him , when she found " it loaded with powder and shot . Mr Measures said that he was not made asquainted with ,-the circumstances until Wednesday morning , when- hewent into the kitcheti , and found them quarrelling . In answer to the magistrate , the prisoner said , that the pistol was not loaded , nor didhe load it until the Saturday morning . He only purchased itea tlie Friday , end was showing it to the complainant , ' whra ho foolishly pulled the trigger . He certainly had no inteation of d « ing him any harm . The mother of the prisoner ; saw ! that her sou was unfortunately , iu thuhaV . it \ of playiagwith a pistol . That she was certain he invar . inteaded any harm . - Tho magistrate said that heiad uot thciiamo opinion respecting the prisoner . m » , w , ndutfc waaofan extraordiaary iature ; The fact b < 5 his quarrelling so often with his fellow servaut , and xnvrying a loaded
pistol about him , showed that he . militated something serious . It would be his duty tc . »« mand him , to give the officer an opportunity ol m * awR inqwry ameng the neighbours . The prisoner was . ae « or < lingly ran auded . GUILDHALL . — Dbatu op ** Ibfaot ibom Ntowokncs . —Julia Sullivan and Mary ^« . hcv . sister , were charged with so negleortog « ic « h « d ofthe former , aa infant about one month eld , ns to came its death . Police-eonstable Hewitt stated , that while on duty that morning he was Informed , by a female named Murpby , that she had toen requested by tbe prisons Sullivan to look after > aer infant for a short time , aad that she found thf , child dead . Hewitt went to 3 » , JitM-hne , and fo »; nd the child dead . Be seat for Mr Olbsea , the distr ^ t surgeon , whoso assistant attwded , and attri-; butro ' death to gross negHgenco . The vhild , to all ap . pe ' avance , had not been ia bed all BJgat . Witness locked I'in * door aad went in search of the prtioners , whom I he feund in a publ ' c-housa . dii'st ^ . n g . Q ? v fclOss'Suttj
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04091847/page/7/
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