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- - _" - """~ _rr INDIA . _^ . , .. : _, _« _s . _i _^ hes hsvebeen received fromBosbay to the 1 « _S _^ _ff _^ _avrely oBthereporU _now _in lflt l 9 _* £ n we _weontheeve ofimportant mod . fi-* _^ _n _thelnteraal condition of our eastern f m- _^ * _^^ _X o tbe Stensive kingdoms of _Oudeand _' pir on * -f T « _-toiimslv about to pass into the _cate-» _^^ S _^ _SSS-^ ***** from £ 01 eorycf P «> ' _^; 5 _Vhr-armT of that presidency was % _^ b _^^\^ eSt _^ _% d theadop-P pte _^«« g _« m _S _™ _2 towards the King ofOude , ll & _WS 53 _S . * much lonser de _^ _Cha-les _Sapier is about to return to England . Si _A _^ _l _^ rLei in _CalcnttaM _similar com-K _Knzrflbasl _^ _and fi _^ _ts _-oak j . _^ 9 SOpersons _wereKilled . a _» hm « b b _tefe _enthem . _^^ _^^ _^ _j _, in conr £ e ef A _k 0 _* _. _^^ _sep _oTs have been removed from i _Tetoto _**™* _™*^ _RoyalRgimeata are to be _» _wnt _' _outoflndi _^ _jgjj AMERICA /
Cwaba . — The intelligence brought by the Bibernia fi from Mon _treal , to the _Hih of August , presents a S { rip fctful p icture of thcconuttioa and decimation _0 ofthe emigrants . . . , . , On _Amrnst 12 , the number of sick in the _emig grant hospital at Port St Charles , was 1 , 179 , the j _s _nralwrofoeaihs _during the 24 hours , 12 . _AtGrosse _1 i _^ e . the number of sick in hospital on August 10 , ¦ _> _-joia 2 , 100 . The number of deaths in hospital from t the 1 st to the 7 ih August , was 196 ; 24 had died ia t the tents allotted to healthy _passengers , and 40 bodies c of adults and 47 of children had been brought ashore f from the vessels and buried . This makes the total _t deaths among the emigrants at Grosse Isle during j th- fi _^ t week in _August , 307 . The _Mitireai Herald , of August 13 , has the i following summary review of the _statistics of death :
The condition ofthe _emigrants daily arriving amongst I i us , _tbongb somewhat Hss painful than at thc commence- j : ment ofthe season , is still most distressing . Thc whole : number fended during the season to the _1-rJi ( ? 12 ) of August , in Quebec and Montreal , was 70 . 006 ,. being 13 , 863 more than iast year . Of these 4 , 572 bad died at Grasse { Isle up to the 4 th of July ; and on the 6 th « f August there w « e 2 , 148 _skk in the hospital there . In Montreal , at this date , there are ia the Emigrant ilospi . tal 1 , 179 sick persons ; ana during the past fortnight tho deaths at the sheds have amounted to 2 S 6 . But this does sot exhibit the whole loss of life ; for besides se . veral deaths _reported by the usual municipal authorities , it appears that 3 SG _persons have bees buried in the emigrant burial _groitd _mucc the ~ 2 S : h of June , whose deaths have not been reported at alL W t can , therefore , hardly pet the numbers down st less than 400 persons ie thc fortnight .
_Xovi Scotia . —The general election has terminated in a complete victory cf th" * Liberal party . Of 51 _me-nbers returned , 28 are ' _oat-and-ont Liberals ;' and of the remaining 22 , five are moderate unp ledged men who will probably support a Libeial administration . . Srwfoukd _& _asd —The fever , we are happy to learn , has decreased in virulence , and the number of cases in hospital was much reduced . Thc political atmosp here oftfec island was . however , disturbed .
FRANCE . The death of thc Bake de FrasliB , together with the horrible murder he had previously committed , continues to form the principal subject -of eosiromt in the _Parlsj-jurnals . We have given further full particulars ot this horrible tragedy in another column . The _JIoniteurdcFAude announces that some sanguinary _didtui'baaces have t _& ken place at _Jiismes , eaused by these conflicts between the Catholics and Protestants which have already gained , for that town such an unenviable _niitork-ty . The National announces the death ofthe celebrated aovelht Frederic Soulie , after a _painM illness . New alienations of corruption in high places are to _befeuad daily ir . the paper * . The Attorney General has ordered an inquiry to be _instituted iuto tee _charges directed by 31 . Wan -cry against a number of pubiic _functionaries in _Alserir ..
A _prosecution has _biea _consiEeaccd _against the journal In Referne . ' The following signs ofthe times / _sajs the correspondent of a London morning journal , ' may net he uninteresting to yoa : At a quarter past 8 o ' clock yesterday evening , I was walkis-4 on tne Boulevard des _Italiens _, _sbu had just _psf-sed the Cafe Paris , when 1 heard bshiad me a , report like that of a musket . _Seeiig the _persons who crowded thc pavement Tnsh to the centre ef the _sirrei , where the detonation-took place , 1 found a man in custody , who was _insUsuly -carried off to the _Cesrnmissarie de Police , _liappecred
that he had pic ' su ? up a srueil bos , _enveloped in paper , whioh he commenced opening , when it exploded . He was eo _: injured , but was arrested , being the oniy person in connexion with the infernal machine . Scattered about near him were a quantity of printed papers , each about tiro inches square , containing the _foliating invitation , in rather incorrect Ereach : —* L » cend : ons _jusqu ' a ce que il ne serait plus de resistance au juste portage de 3 _terres et _recoltes' {« Le _^ us bum everything u ntil all r csi stanco shall have ceased to the just partition ot lands and their produce . *)'
_ArrtspriB _ilcRDESBt a _Peejce . —A very unpleasant feeling was excited in Paris on Tuesday , by a report that a prince ( son ot one of Napoleon ' s marshals ) had attempted to murder his mistress . The same of this nobleman was before tbe public some months back as the plaintiff in 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 refased to accede to the demand . aBd the prince hasskce . it U said , resumed his former wild kind of life- The particulars ofthe attack on his mistress were not very well ascertained on Tuesday _, but the rumour was tbat after a quarrel he had stabbed her score than once , and then fird to Belgium by the _Nortnara railway . Her _( rounds are said not to be dangerous .
SPAIN . Letters and journals from Madrid refer to only one subject—the approach of _3 « arvacz . Treason , despotism , Wood , _scd then anarchy and civil war , are , in the _estimation cf al ! men-, a few of the results looked for from the advent of Karvatz ie the Dictatorship in Spain . ' According to the latest accounts _^ ' says the Times , 'the Queen _wes still furious at _tlnvfessa insinuation oi her husband , and , _wck-iieve , with reason . The insinuation conveyed by the rcfcsalof that miserable -creature , her _fcusban-. _i _. to ba reconciled to her until -after the lapse ef four _months is , \> e are solemnly assured , _without foundation . '
Catalonia _continue to be overrun -by MonlemoJi--nist bands of forcitLble numbers . The actual num-- ber enrolled is estimated at 7 . 0 € 0 . The report of the capture and execution of Cabrera is not con-& med . The shootinz of _prisoners-continues on both sides . The = Eesab ! ican _parryiszko takinc _ad-^ vant aie of the deep distress prevailing in the _manaffacturinj ; parts of-Catalonia to work onthe minds of the people , and cries in favour cf these principles * iave been heard is several places .
1 'OllTUGAL . The law f .. r the election of the new Cortes , and its convocation on _itemed of January , was _oulmshed on tbe 13 th ult . On Uie fame day the Bayard ainistry _rerfgntd . S « ahor Itodrign _fe-Fiaseca Maigalhsens was immediaiely summoned tu fene a new Cabinet . That _pers _^ _ns ge having failed in -the task allctt & lhim , the Q . ueen ; hi 3 called in Seahor Felix _^ _ereim . de _Maga'haots , who is an undoubted ' CmbU & _mA . ' Theoonntry is described as being in a state of _al-¦^ loet _irretrievable disorganisation and _finanoial _disfaesa . The _Cabralisas ccntinue their sanguinary excesses ia the proTir . _ces - _^ i « sas 5 inatii : s their _qppprenls when and wherever tbey find _fhctn at their Hercy- They had attenipi & d to get np a _jBca-zn _ciomtsto in -Xisbonf > which , _iawtver , owing to bad manajemeBt had failed .
_SWITZERLAND . The executive government « f tbe Swiss Confederacy have proceeded to carry into effect the reso ' _etionsof the Diet against the _Stffiderbund . Ail tbe tfficcrsof thefsjeral military service who bare ar > kcow ] edgedthei ? de _» ennination tesnter _theservlee « f the _Sonderbusa , have been cashiered . The revision of thc pact has been _conSsbs ! to a committee ofthe Diet , but ths details of tho season * , and the _edi tions and tc-rres of the amended pact , will not be prepared for a _msnth to come . In thc meanwhile
tbe cantonal _authorises wiii assemble io decide what ¦ neasBTes of _compEksry execution their delegates * 3 l be instructed ta _adcaea-e in the Die * . _Notwith-*?* ndi n » the injunctions of the Diet the . cantons ef «¦* league are actively _esrryina on the _iJK _^ _iScations _aod ether _military _prepwation * . ITALY . Anew feature in the _general rathnsiasm « f the Reman people i ? ibs _atieaifit ef the eowied _te _/ _a-^ _ti ns te _fal l into ihe ra cks , and wield a firek « k for ireedBm . TUey have issued tho following proclamation : —
And wt , too , friar * of P _. _rassa . feel luat we are _citu _zens , and recogi : is « lis solemn oHiga « cn to aid the _•^ _KWEoa tsufe to tue best of our ability . We lament * hattre _tiould te debarred from girding t 0 ouv _bwuMe _htltullsde , aud ehansisg our cowl for a helmet ; but _* ° pewtr csa privent " t » frasi taiing cur _stand en «* iat _Horeb , to told uu this extended arms of the high _PrUstin hhi prayer daring the fight , while he implores _btJpfioatt _eLoraof battle * to _cratlt the modern Awa-« ldte « _nlio would _e-ppote the onward march of Lrael . _"erememter us that the praye « and uplifted crucifixes * t UieC _^ ucaiu _^ oa beard the iieet at _Ltpsnto , gsTe _•^ -nt ta to the mtn who there Isid low Ottoman ferocity ; _andwi _glcrj ; the fact _Om _Taoli , in _Carsics _, had au _^ _J of friar ,- , and that , in the victories « f Ltgnsno asa Genoa , the cltigj , teitdar anil regular , were aot «« a , _fiie _sp-ctatois _v { _thi . _fiiJ ) t < Ut jjB » a sunwnoos SOfwh fromthe _maenaBtesu * _I'io . _mA nt shell « tt
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• how leas alacrityin defence , of-our b eautiful-land The sound of the drum shall find echo in the told knell ' I ing of our _belfrits , and we will mingle in the anthem o _' f victcry , denounriogasa _groas Ue the _rauieur that Z \ are not patriots to the _back-hone . God will keep aloof ' the plague of war , we trust ; but we speak out thus to ! sho _^ r sentiments about our couutry _, our faith , _and _i ourPio . 10-daylet fl .. p faceful oUve htanchdeck •' hands , and a brotherl y alliance unite us ; but * . J _£ wo are in earnest , we announce that our _slrn , w I laity taourcommou _strugglefor the genWal _^ . s . Rome , m which we find the _following relative tothe invasion of Ferrara by the AustrianT _:-r _f — 4 _bUOVllllUO i _*^ _. Kn « tHt > l , n ' ihin _M . _Mu . i . 1 .. . L . ...
• On receipt of thia intelligence at Rome a council of Cardinals was assembled , and , if wc are to credit the reports in circulation , the Holy Father , moved by the signal insult thus offered to him , declared that he wonld protest ; and , that if that new protest was disregarded , he would decree a sentence of excommunication against the invaders , and , that if that measure did not avail , be would hoist-tbe labarum and march a ? _ninst the Anstrians at the __ head of bis people . You may rest certain , that in tha present state ofthe public mine in tbe pontifical dominions , and in all Italy , the day the Pope shall unfurl the Standard of the Cross against Ihe Northern oppressors , 25 , 000 . 000 of men will follow bim . It was rumoured , last week , thatthe Aasirianshad evacuated Ferrara , this report proves to have be . a unfounded .
Letters from Ferrara state , on the _contrary , that reinforcements were expected ; that 4 , 090 Austrians were advancing from Milan , and that quarters had beea 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 tho _streets in bands , and armed from head to foot . A soldier , calling at a shop to buy a candle , is accompanied by two fusileers . ' The Roman Advertiser bas the following : — Fkbeara , Aro . 15 . —The instruction given to the Austrian guard is , that the Ferrarese should bs required not to walk at less than forty paces distant front each sentinel ; at the four gates of the city no one is admitted to enter at night , without _submitting tea _peraonal examination made in tke midst of fonr soldiers with fusils levelled .
The accounts from Koine of the 21 _sfc of August , state , thatthe ntmost- enthusiasm and activity _prevaihdin 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 troops at its disposal for the Legations , and had established a camp of observation atForli . A Tuscan journal declares that it knows that Cardinal Ferretti has sent a note to Vienna , to intimate to the Austrian _government that it must withdraw its troops from the town of Ferrara , and keep them within the citadel of that city ; and declaring that , if this be net done within fifteen days , the Court of
Rome wili recall the _Xuncio 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 the nightofthe 17 _? h , Colonel Stuart , of the artillery , left Rome for Ferrara , with two battalions of _Fseileers , and a battalion of chasseurs . Ue was to advance hy forced marches . The rural population of the papal states arc fired wiih the same enthusiasm as has been manifested in the towns . The peasants everywhere flock to _register themselves ia the rolls of the national guard , and loudly proclaim their hostility to the Austrians .
Letters from _Leghorn , of the 23 rd , state that on the preceding day there was an emeuie produced by tbe popular excitement arising from the proccdings at Ferrara . The _pnpalaion assembled on the Piazzi Grande , in Leghorn , and demanded with loud cries the formation of the national guard . The governor -of tbe town repaired 10 the spot , and addressed the _populace in conciliatory language , after which they were ahout to _disperse peaceably , when a company of the Carbineers _presented itself , with the apparent intention of interfering . Tha pcop _' e _ir-stantly rushed npon them , anda struggle ensued , in which the soldiers were speedily disarmed and trampled down . The greatest excitement then prevailfd . Alarm was spread _through thc town . Proclamations of a violent kind were everywhere posted up , in whieh a change of ministry was demanded , and the formation pf a corps of volunteers to march against the I Austrians who occupied Ferrara .
Letters from Turin , of the 22 nd ult ., announce that- the King of Sardinia had formally _protected against the _occupatisn of Ferrara , and forwarded copies of that protest to all the courts of Earope . Charles Albert had , moreover , written to the Pope , offering to placo at his disposal both his army and navy , should the independence of thc Pontifical dominions be menaced bv the Austrian troops .
LATER AND IMPORTANT KEWS . TO AK 1 IS ! Preparations for war form the chief item of news from Rome . An artillery captain , named Lopez , has been sent to France to purchase ten thousand muskets : aud -ten thousand hands are already held out to r _.-ceive tbem , that number of young volunteers having _offered themselves to resist an invasion . Meanwhile , the Roman government steadily 1 ontinues to arm ths civic guard , for which purpose citizens from all parts ofthe states offer it arms . Signor _Ase _^ lio is on tlie _pnintof starting for La Romagna , _charged with full powers on the part of the Pope to organise resistance in case of necessity . According to a letter in the Semaphore de Ahr seiUes r—
' The enthusiasm is at a great _height in Rome , and within the last few days Cardinal Ferretti , on seeing the national guard manoeuvre near the country house of the Prince de Piombrno , cried tbat 'lie would willingly march at the head ot the brave young men , and that he would not hesitate to command tbcci en the field of battle . ' Thc spirit of patriotism and of energy which animates the holy father and bis principal councillors has extended itself not only among the people , but even to tbe hearts of _the-ecciesiatics . 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 nf arms . GERMANY .
Bseijj ? , Ang : 26 . —Tub Poush Tbuis . —The noteworthy incidents in these proceedings oh-the 23 rd and 24 th were few . On the 23 rd it was made matter of accusation against Clemens von Bialowski thathe had _revolutionary _publicationsin his possession and a large collection of statistics . On the 24 th the counsel fnr the crown concluded the case againBt Sokalnieki , Bialowski , _Rndsaaki , Szaidroki , and Poninski , by asking a sentence of guilty against all five . A oo- 27 . —The case of Szoldrski came on to-day . The accused admitted his accession to the association but refused to criminate others . _Wladimar Bartholomieus von Wilt-zynski was next -placed at the bar .
I -POLAND , Leubcbc , An ? . 10 . —The authorities have found it - . necessary top ut a stop to thc daily processions of the inhabitants to the burial place of the two Poles who _twere recently _execut-d . A polico _aircnt having _ordered oneof these processions , consisting of 5 , 000 persons , to disperse , and no attention being paid to bis summons , he called out a force of soldiers , who effected the dispersion . Several persons , including j females , were arrestcd _. battbey were soon liberated . i The Countess G , who had been sinking great 1 efforts to get up a petition for mercy in favour of the ! condemned Poles , has been forced by tke authorities i to quiet . The priest who was condemned to death at j Lembarghad been reprieved , and sentenced to _imtprisocment for 20 years in the fortress « f Kufstem . j The -chief of the official murderers of GaUieia , Szcla , 'had been recompensed for his crimes fey a gold > medal , presented to him bv the Emperor of Austria .
OllEECE . _ISSCBHECEOX . Intelligence from Athens to the 20 th of August , bring * caws of a popular insurrection a \ Negropont , headed bj _& eneral _Grizziotti _. ose of the most popular leaders of the war of independence , nnder whose standard _finery formidable army has already raBgcd itself . The whole of the lar _^ e and important island of Eufcon is in the hands of tbe insurgents . The head quarters of Genensl _Grizziotti are at _Vaselaha , which he _hasdcrtiSed fo such an extent that it will be difficult for all the troops at- the disposal of thc Greek government _io-uispossass him .
_UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . The Hiberaia , Captain Rjrie , arrived at Liver-$ eol & little afu £ midnight en the morning of _Saturday last . Elections for sembers of _eousress were held on the 5 ns of August in Kentucky . Indiana , Iowa Alahajaa , and , on _Thcraday , the 5 th , in North Carolina and Tennessee . There had also been two special _electioncin a district « f Illinois on the 2 nc , and in a district ot Virginia on the 5 th . The general result af thee elcc & ns is a large gaio for the Whi _? party .
The Mexicans seem determined to fighfcat least one more battle before the ; consent te the dismemberment of the Republio , and to the surrender of the provinces _esvetedby the people ofthe United States . The American offers of peace , made through Mr Tiist , ( hangh backed by the good offices of ihe English Ambassador , Mr I ' ankhcad , and by the presence of General Scott ' s army at Puebla , havo been rejected , aud peace must now besought , at thc capital itself . Whether it will he found there ip far from certain .
The r _« iu from Vera Croz to _Pnebla is so beset with guerillas , that the invaders can only keep up their coffimnnieations with Vera Croz , by means of strong divisions of troops , which have to skirmish the whole way with the eueiay ; and _ercry additional hundred miles of advance , and every new position which tbey take , and are compelled to _tjarrison _. on ' y adds to Iheir difficulties . The fact that the Americans have been compelled to destroy Santa Fe , which is only ten miles from Vera Crcz , on account of the shelter which it has given to the guerillas , shows thatthe invaders po 5 _s « snelbin _£ _cs « _ej > t the ground on which _IhevstaKo .
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_^ n * m _^ _tfE'RlVERTLATE . _" ' _- -- ' * * M is » iV- v - steamer Rattler , which , sailed from Monte V _»; deo on the 15 th Julv > and _Rfc on the 22 d , 1 , 6 , es vBthat affairs inithe River Plate haye taken a ? eJitirely new turn , and that the _British Interven' Jca is at an end . Whether the 'French' Intervention is also at ah end , is at present donbtful . It appears tbat t _' _-ie efforts of LordUowden and Count _Walewsk-, the Ministers of England and France , 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 , the Ministers ef F _. ngland and France retired to Monte Video , and there openVd a negociation with General" Orive and tho Monte Videan government . Thc terms proposed were an armistice of six months , Orive retaining _possession of the whole of tho Oriental Territory , with the ai my whieh Rosas has supplied him . Theso terms the Monte Videan government refused , on whicii Lord Ilowden declared the intervention of England at an end , and caused the blockade of Buenos Ay res to be raised by the English _vessels .
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THE LA . TE 1 I 0 BRIBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE IN PARIS . Thc greatest excitement and much exasperation were produced in Pari * among the lower classes , on Wednesday and Thursday , by the announcement of the suicide of the Duko de Praslin , the persuasion ncing geBer-illy prevalent _tbst his _seif-de * _trucii » n was con . _nired at . CrocrdB collected on every _sidcofthi-piison , whtr-i his remains lay , and . it wss thought prudent tu use tke _utmost precaution in respect to the military osts within and around the _tmildinir .
The populace assembled _around tlie prison on Wednesday evening , notwithstanding the presence of a considerable military force , showed symptoms « f an approaching entente , demanding : in loud and menacing tones to be shown the body of the _Duk-i de _Prusliu , an _< 1 exclaiming that they did not _helitvtt him to be dead . The military were at length ordered to _dispi-rse the people . Several individuals are 1 sported to have been arrested . ' Wa extract the following from the Patrie : •— " ' ' The Duke de Praslin died in coiifequev . ee of arsenic taken in considerable quantity , according to the official journal . It is not said who prepared and furnished tho poison and at what moment thc ilufee could have taken it . let us recapitulate , according to an nuthority
worthy of credit , the circumstances of the morning « f the 18 th . The prefect of police , and M . Allard _. the chief of the police de surete , Arrived nt the Hotel Sebastiani about half-past five in themoin t \ g . The commissary of police of the quarter and bis agents were _already in tbe chamber where the'lead body was lying . The procurcur-general , M . Delangle , arrived about six o ' clock . The Duke do Praslin was there , swing and coming from one room to another , and _expi-yasing hi * surprise atthe mads in which the murderer could have entered tke houso . After M . Delangle had carefully ex . amined the localities , he declared iu nn energetic manner that the murderer had not come from outside , it being most evident that he belonged 'to the house . M , dc Praslin grew pole on hearing M . Delangle oxpre . « s
himself thus . Some minutes afitr the'Procureur . Oeneral addressed some questions to the duke . , which intimated the direction which his suspicions took as to tke _nuthi-r ef the crime . Tiie duke became then of a cadaverous tint , and his _ngitation _, his altered features , and his _general bearing shewid to those present who ought to be considered the murderer . At the moment the examining _magistrates and the Proeurcur _dultit entered M . de Praslin disappeared immediately . He went to nn upper lloor on which was his _bedraom . It is thought with reason that it was at this instant , and fin Jinc him . self suspected , ho swallowed the poison . About three honrs had elapsed when the Prccureur- General had expressed a _sutpieion . From that moment thc complexion ofthe duke became yellow : this Whs
theresuit of the poison . The disorder in the organisation augmented visibly when the Procureur du Uoi told the duke what overwhelming charges there were _aceinst him . * Confess that you are guilty , 'said the Procureur duRoi ; ' confess _thit you have assassinated your wife' The duke looked st the magistrate , and concealed his face with his bands . ' Do not assume the attitude of u forcat , of the assassin by _prjfession . For yourself , il not tor society , you are beimd to speak ibe truth , the liot . 'Otir < rf your family makes this a duty , ' The duke cast his eyes ou the magistrate , and appeared ns if ho was _going to confetshis crime ; but suddenly he turned round uud said , _'Dacidcdly I cannot fay that I have _nssasfinated her , I did uot do it . ' The _Procurcur-General per * tst « d , but the duke would not reply a single word . Frem this
moment the duke was rigourously watched . Doctor Louis and bis habitual physician . try ed to combat thi- ef . fccts of the poison which , in consequence of the overdose did not produce immediate mortal consequences . It was discovered that it was not laudanum that he had taken , bnt arsenic , and the first physicians , MM . Oriila , Andral , and Louis , had not _Buspacted it . They gave him wine and ice I Thc symptoms of poisoning by arsenic arc so little known that three doctors could be mistaken . But after the 23 th the duke improved . Ou that day he was in a Mate to be _inttrrogatsd by an cxa . mining magistrate , and on the 2 lst ho was removed to the prison of the Lnxtmbomg . Oa thc 22 ud the duke was much better . lie was able to speak to the Chnucellor and the _GrandReferendary , and conversed during
the whole day with his physician . Tho improvement ceased suddenly . Ou tbe 22 nd the vomitings returned and ho was in such a state that he could with great difficulty utter a few words in reply to the Chancellor , 4 Did you murder your wife 1 ' said the Chancellor , ' In order to reply , I need time _atd strength , and fcotfc arc wanting . '' But there is not much time or much strength required , ' replied the Chancellor ; It is yes or no . ' ' 1 havo uo strength to reply . ' The two interrogatories Which took place in thc prison ofthe Luxembourg may be summed up in these few words . He made no avowal , he replied nothing decidedly . It was only ta the after .
noon of the 23 rd thut thc symptoms of poison again appeared with fresh intensity . The same night the evil gained ground ; dreadful suff . rings tortured the prisoner , _convulsions came on , and tbe next day it was evident his death was _approaching . Tho Grand Rcfrrciidary went t « him , it is said , and called on him to declare at what moment he took the poison , end who prepared it for him . Tho prisoner replied that he took it at hotel , but he did not say who prepared and gave it to him . It was " the cure of the parish du _Haut-Pus whe administered the last sacrament to the prisoner , near S o ' clock ; aad in a few minutes the duke appeared before _aDOtherjndgeJ '
On Wednesday , _atfireo ' clocV , the Procareurdu Roi , M . Bouely , went to the prison of the Luxembourg , where assisted by the director , and having received the declaration of _M . Ronget , the physician of the prison , he drew up the following pvoces verbal-. — 4 In the year 1 S _47 , on August tbe 24 tb , at fire o ' clock in the afternoon , we , Felix Bouely , Procureur du Roi at the € _ivil Tribunal ofthe Seine , having been informed that the Duke de Praslin , who was detained in thc houso of justice established near the Chamber of Peers , as being inculpated is the crime of murder , had ) u . _tt expired in that prison , we immediately _proceeded there , and , beiug conducted by the director into a chamber ou the second floor , lighted by two windows looking upon tbe court , we there found , lying on a bed , and giving no
signs of life , tbe body of a person whom we recognised to be the Dake' de Praslin , against whom we had laid an information on the 18 th of this month , and tho folloiriug d 3 ys , and who , on Saturday , ths 21 st of this month , was transferred from his hotel to tho above-mentioned house of justice . In the sums chamber , and by tha side of thc Dake de Praslin , we found M . Pierre Rouget , doctor in medicine , physician to the Chamber of Peers and the prison of the Luxembourg , who , conjointly with M . Louis and M . Audral , had constantly attended thc Duke de Praslin . il . Ronget made the following declaratiou : ' I accompanied the Duke de Praslin during itis removal from his _lietel to this _yrhou , and I have constantly
attended him since bin arrival here . I attribute his death to poisoning with arsenic . I think that , in order to obtain positive proof , it will be necessary to proceed to an autopsy , Tho death took placo at thirty-five minutes after fonr in tho afternoon , and I consider it to be absolutely certain . * Of the above facts we have drawn up this present proses Verbal , which is signed by 11 . Rougct and by us , in thc presence of M . Gervais , Pierre Fran-« _ois Guilluame Trevet , director of the houso ef justice near the Court of Peers , who has signed it after having read it . Done in the year , month , and day " above mentioned , in the house _ofjustice of the Court of _Psets . ' Eocqet , _Tbevet , Fstix Boucli . '
Thc autopsy of the body of the duke was made on Wednesday by MM . _Tardieu , Canuet , Simon , _liars ' de Loury , andOrfila , members ofthe faculty of medicine , at the prison of the Luxembourg . During this operation the populace was collected in large numbirs in front oi the prison , eagerly seeking to learn the most trifling dc tails of the affair . The presence of arsenic iu tho system was ascertained by Marsh ' s apparatus . It was found in enormous quantities in the ventricle and the duodenum . The reclaim of the murderer ore retained in the prison awaiting the order * of tbo authorities . A proces verbal of the _autopiy was drawu up and signed by thu physicians .
The same physicians , witb the Baron Pasquier , ascertained iti the presence of the Procureur du Ri . i the several traces of wounds , scratches , and contusions , on tbc person ofthe dutw which were hifllcted on him by his wife in her struggles for life . The following were RBCerrained ;—! . On the right arm , a scratch of a _biueifh colour very distinct , and of somo length . 2 . Oa the _rigUhaad , within the thumb , a bite which tore away the epidermis through the length of about half sninch . 3 . Another deep bite at the end of the first finger of the right hand : the duke ascribed this to a wuund accidentally rcceiwd . 4 . Oa the left band a deep scratch to the surface ofthe _phalangiau joiut , 5 . On the first
finger of the left Aaad on the outside of the second joint , a wound , and _ncsr it a deep scratch : this finger was covered with newly dried blood on thc 18 th . <> . On the middle finger ofthe / eft hand several violent _scratclws with the nails , by wla ' _sh pieces of thc epidermis were torn away . 7 . On the fore part of the left leg a lang excoriaticn as wide as th _^ palm of the hand , attended with _considerable swelling . This wound evidently proceeded from a fc _2 _ent conlus _. ' on , :: ml was explained by the duke to have proce ' edt-d _fronJ a _bloiv against the step of a carriage . 8 . On the upper part of tho calf of the left leg , a slight wound . —AH tli _' _ese contusions were recent , and evidently proceeded from hi ? _firogglt- the Kuckcss ia accoavBlisbirrf t \ tt murdtf .
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' _' _TbeMdw ing-a _^^ notices this denouement of one of-the most tragical affjirs of modern time » i—, N _AJ DRAL D _SATH 0 P THE DUKE DE PRASLIN . We bad foreseen this conclusion , aHd we had toon prepared for . it two days since . Neverthelefs , ; it _appea-gto us , that the event ought to have occurred a _i / _Tr ornlittI c later . The Duke de Praslin died to-day ( Tuesday ) in his bed in tho prison of the Luxembourg , and the following are the terms iu which the official evening journal announces the fact : _ .
fli . de Praslin died fo day about ' five o ' clock in the prison 01 tbc Luxembourg , The cause of his death has been ascertained and aceouuted for by mon of science . It was with arsenic , tak _« m in a large dose , that the _Duka » _u \ poi 80 noa WmVolf _, at the moment wheii he saw tnat the charges had become so serious as to render necessary his arrest , and trial . Thu cepioiii vomitings which he . experionced on Wednesday afternoon and during the day of Thursday appeared alone to havo retarded the effect of the poison , which , after having ceased on Friday and Saturday , resumed its entire force on Sunday , '
• It is very doubtful that public opinion will find itself completely enlightened by these concise details . The eager curiosity which attached from the commencement to thepresumed author of thc murder caused a scrupulous attention to be paid to every movement since the first suspicion was directed towards him . Itis certain , alas J that during the night of the 17 th to the 18 th he _possessed too much strength . The day subsequent to thathorrible light several persons fainted at the sight Of the dead body ot a woman hewn in pieces _. _'but thera is ho indication that the slightest Injury to the health of the peer Ot France was caused by either _Ti-morso or excited fccliugs . On the first inspection of the wounds and oontusion _« , wbicb _apbysieianprosent estimated at seventy , the most experienced commistary ., of police in these matters dc .
dared that the assassin was not an ordinary malefactor . A vague suspicion designated ' the chevalier d ' honiicur : Three hours subsequently the presumptions became more serious , and accumulated to that degree tV . atthe magistrate felt scarcely any doubt . But the Duke de Praslin was already watched , M . Allard and . his agents did not qttitor lose sight of him fur a moment . How , then , could he poison himself in their _presjuee without tlieir having prevented him ! It was only 011 the third day » ftcr « _- » rds that- some mysterious expressions ; Were dropped relative to an attempt at suicide . The public , who w < r _< aware that the deceased wns well guarded , did _notbflicveaiyord . ofit . . _Thefitateuientwasrcpeated , and details were added ; a phial of laudanum ' was found beside 0 bottle containing nitric acid ; the first was empty ,
nnd it was insinuated that Ihe Duko might have siv . il lowed the laudanum . Nevertheless , nothing was eertain . The physicians who attended him were watching the effects of the narcotic . There' were reports of spasms , of prostration of strength , of extreme _weakness . Nevertheless , copious vomiting followed ; but laudauum does not cause vomiting . ' The treatment of the malady , which appeared to vary every hour , ' was most strange _. One day the iuvalid was given broth and wine . Tbc following day he was made to swallow a quantity , of ice , and in this situation he was surrendered to the Court of Peers . He reached tho prison on Saturday , and a remarkable improvement in his conditiou was announced . On Sunday the symptoms reappeared . He was interrogated on Monday , and he could scarcely
answer . At S o ' clock on Tuesday he slept the sleep of tbe just ! But then the cause was ascertained . It was no _^ longer laudinum— it was _parsonic . Wo aro toW that be took a _considerable quantity of it , and the first physicians , MM . Orfila , Andral , and Louis , never suspected that . They gave him wine and ice ! The symptoms of poisoning by arsenic are so little studied and so little known that three _physicians might have been _deceived . Is it not so t We , however , are sure that _Marsli ' s apparatus will give us a sufficient quantity of arsenic to cause us to shudder . But still science Is so much in arrear that it is perfectly easy to mistake
suicide by laudauum for suicide by arsenic . The important fact _isithe suicide . Well , he is dead , tranquilly , after having confessed to the chaplain of the Chamber of Peers . He is dead , and you as well as we are bound to regard-him as innocent , and tho honours duo to a peer of France and to ; i chevalier d'honneur of the Court aro duo to him . In vain may you invoke _overwhelming presumptions . Tbey disappear , inasmuch as the _judicial proceedings have not been continued to conviction . There remains but a single legal presumption , whicb is , that the Duke da Praslin was not guilty . Wo do not believe in a suicide . A man who committed the horrible crime ef which be is accused would never kill him .
self . The officers of justice must have been deceived by false appearances , and he , overwhelmed with _ji'Uf at the mere idea of a disgraceful accusation , died of anguish , and was the victim of calumny . We see bo other plausible explanation of the event . To imagine that the Duke de Praslin , watched hy such practised eyes as those of St . Allard and of hi * _ag- _'nts , could mix arsenic with his food without having been perceived and prevented is simply impossible . Let us next suppose that _phyfkians inch as MM . Andral and Louis believed that he was poisoned by laudauum whilst he had taken arsenic . That would be absurd . To believe that they discovered thc cause of the malady , and that in place of arresting it they aided it by a fatal treatment , would be _to- > abominably and too odious ! We aro not
ia the middle ages—we no longer live in that feudal epoch when a man placed in tho hands of justice wns caused to disappear . There is one principle whicii prevails over every position _aufi every privilege , which isrquality before the law . It was not tho fault of the law officers of the Crown that M . _Ga-iin , who was accused of _cheating at cards , escaped . Thero was no time to qct . A ? to M . de Praslin , a formal article of tho Charter was violated in bis person . Ho was detained illegally and unconstitutionally . But , hiB arrest having been made _rcgolar , nobody could have had cither the intention or the dei-ire to save a peer of France , even though he wat ; a chevalier _d'honnettr . from the punishments which the law _awards to an atrocious crime . Wo must not therefore , accuso anybody . Thero was neither suicide , nor laudanum , nor destructive treatment . The only explanation of that death which occurred so timely is ,
that tbo physical lorce was destroyed by tho terrific moral crash , caused by the accusation of an honourable and virtuous man of having first intended to _strangle his wife , and of having subsequently cut her throat , and mutilated and bruised her with the rage of a wild and savage beast . The facts which were collected , the judicial investigation commenced , the details known and published , would perhaps authorise us to devote the me . _niory of that assasin to execration , but the silence _impossd on justice by his death commands us to proclaim that ho departed from this world covered with the robo of innocence . If we had the misfortune to write the contrary , the most distant of his relatives might prosecute beforo tho Court of Correctional Police , where ne should bo inevitably condemned as infaniou 3 slanderers . ' The _ConetiUtlloncl says , —
The examining magistrates , M . Legonidec , proceeded on Sunday morning lo the chateau of Vaur . The search instituted there lasted until Monday evening , and M . Legouidec returned yesterday morning to Paris . A great rcservo is naturally impojed on us relative to what has been officially discovered , but the following is what was spoken of openly in the neighbourhood . The magnificence of the chateau in the time of Fouquct is well known . M . de Praslin had expended considerable sums to restore to its ancient splendour this scat , spoken of by La Fontaine , Pelisson , and Mmo de _Sevigne _, Ue hnd thoroughly repaired tho sallc des gardes , which is _eighty fret high . It would ba impossible to depict the grief and _cou-iternation in whioh tho eountry is thrown by the late ' _frlghtful catastrophe .: Mmo . de Praslin was
exceedingly charitable , nnd particularly good to the poor . Some notes of her cxpensei / ' found in her bedroom , _givo proof of her kindness . By tho side of money given her by the duke for her toilet , may ho read , ' 100 !' . given to the femme T—to help her to get a substitute tor her son . ' ' . sent toll— , whoso wife has lately Jain in , ' }? roof » of her charity ave also found in . tho . account of alms entrusted to the ciergy of the neighbourhood , The misunderstanding between her and her husb . _rnd , which had increased after 1813 , whenMile de _Luzzy entered the family , was known to every , one . The domestics had spoken of stormy scenes whicii took place , and u sad presentiment appeared to agitate Jfme de Praslin , « ho was always in low spirit ! . A / _cmincdecliamoi-c states Unit tbe duchess was walking ih the pavk a mouth back when
thc duke _ctime to ask her to visit thc family vault at the chateau , which had ? been just repaired . ' For what purpose V . said she : ' shall I not soon descend there lor ever f The official search has brought to light in the duchess ' s chamber a numbt r of papers scaled with black wax , on the envelop ? of which is written in her hand , ' For my husband , lo bo opened _afttr _« ij- drain . ' 'Ihese papers ha e not been yet opened , this mission being left to the Duke _Papquler . A bulky manuscript was also discovered , containing private memoirs which thc duchess had written , and in which she gives an account of tho happy years of her marriage , with her subsequent chagrins . In th " . duke ' s apartment the search waa for
a long time _( ruitles ? , but at last in the secret drawer of a cabinet wns found a great number of letters , snid to be from Mdlle dc Luzy , signed' Azelce' and all commons . iog with those words ' Mon cher Theobald . ' Other important _letle ; s were found in the same place . It would appear tbat n long correspondence had taken place lately between the duke aod duohess , referring prioripally to the 'misunderstanding _subfisting between them . Some letters of Marshal _Sebastiani , sometimes relating to money matters , and at others reprimanding in pretty _sharp terms his sou in-law for his conduct to his wife , are also in thehands ofjustice . Wo read in thc Gazelle des Trihinaiix _* _: —
• We . said yesterday _^ tbat investigation been madcatPirm by M _. _Broussais , juge (' . 'instruction , in order to discover thc little lox in whicii Mile , dc Lusty . _Dosportes enclosed her correspondent ' . ? . This bus was deposited some days ago by Mile , do _Luay-Despovtea in the hands of one of her _fronds , who in her turn gave it to the doctor . When the officers visited the residence of the latter , he _wasr . bsent ; his housekeeper , however hastened to remit the box to tho examining magistrate , V _. ut the letters of the Duke dc Prr . slin hid hay . icmovcil from it ; and it was only , it is said , after considerable hesitation ihat the woman went to seek for them hetrfecn _the pages of a volume in tho library . We are _BMurtd that in one _« f these letters thc Duke de Praslin held oat to the person to whom it was addressed earlyhopes of _happines 8 , biitueithcrthatltttet'Bor tl'oother » contain anything that has reference to the' crime of the I 8 U 1 August . Tho _miitvesB of tbc hoarding school in the Rue da _Kftrtny _, Mho la > 3 _ksimauiiBedai
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i ' witnsBi , wal ' _prml-ipoiiy ' called <> _" r » _u-1 _'" - _* _'»• . _> " resiwct . to the visit mado on . Tti '» d * y , the ISO . to Mile , de _Luzy-Desportefl bj tho Duke de Praslin ; _MUe _, do Luzy had declared that sho did- not rei >! _ti » alone a moment with _thcDiikf , wbo wis _acrompatiifil by his two daughters ; hut _vhia d _? cla _» _tion . hii 8 been conttadicted by several _I ' _lepi-ai'ioi . TThe will of th .- Duchcfi d < - _IVaslln has _Vc-n _delirere-i to thePresident or t _' m Tribunal She _brquw . _teji an nn nuityofc : > n _* -id < r . ' _ib ! a amount to Iter _hu-liarid , and an . nexed to the dhvetions _respiting the _eiluent'ou i > f her ehildrtn (»« of whom ara d _^ _us-Ait-nt _);)! " sV . jniIic . ant con dition tbat lh _? ir _i-duu » _tif > n _ilicui . _} : H _snptritttcndftd bj aman , a professor , and not btja _gcverntss . ' - ¦¦
Tho _perifon who « _as _n-nt t » ¦ Mur 5 h : il . sebnstlMil immediately after the _nsswination nf th' - Undies * de Praslin retunrnad to P _. irU _yeatrrdny , ' . nth « c _? _outits ot the Marshal , whom he found at Verity , in _Switzerland _, before ho bad heard of the . fatal > vent Ic _wnfiuimouncfl to him as carefully as _pn- 'Sible , hut the _ijrief of _vhe marshal may be _conorivfd . His f ' _niuiry . however , _nrtranquillised as to his health . The marshal _ivaHiguuran : up to the mmumt of the mes » ci : gev _'> loaving- him _wlr was th ' n'author of the murder . Tile wholu truth « ill have been revealed to him by his physician , who was charged with this paiiiful mission , and win ) met the marshal at Dolo .
The popular exasperuthm on tho . _nu _' . ject of this atrocious crime Jws been so grmit , that tho utnio . _tt _prrcuu ttoti 9 have _bci-w taken to _prevent imv net ol imtriire beiiisj cummiUftu _aaain--t tho ' pi mm 0 * ilia duke Ev « n his death was not considered to exempt hit hotly ftvm iho effects of tho popular fury , nuiV _thn iut _; rment of his remains was effected in Iho darkness lend silence of _tiieht . His body was di posited in un obscure _grave in tlie _cciwtor ' y of Mont _Parnnsna very early on Friday , unattended by a single rclaiive or friend , and witiiout the observances Ofthe last ceremonies of religion , No tear fei ) aad no prayer was offered up .
'The following account is given ofthe interview ofthe duke , on-the day of his death , . iviih tfei _.-ehrs . _vtii . _in wlio wa 3 called to attend hitn : ' This piles ! _«¦« . ¦> si r . t for mi Tuesday , at nine in tba morning , by the _elinnecJior . and at ' once went _tothepi-isnu of th / Luxembourg , lisnoi true _, as several journals have Hated , thai the dj ing man was unable to speak two words l ; V succossinn . The euro remained with him till half-past _eluvio , and Teturneu again at two . Tho sufferer received liiui wiih rradi >)« . at both times . Aft .-r again eonf _.-rring mid _prajiiis with him , the euro administered . to him the sacrament or' ex . tremo unction , in tho _presence < f Puke _Pavquhr , ' who knelt besido him , and w » 9 deeply rfllcteil . When thpriest was about to leave him . tho Duko do Pra < lin took his band , and daid with emotion , ' lloiv much goad jou havo dono trie ! ' He tiivn _-requited hun to leave the crucifix , Iu another half-hour he was no more . '
The inquiry as to the moans by which the duku accomplished tbo suicide is still prosecuted . M . _Legonid-.-o . the _examining magistrate , brought from thn Chateau du Yaus _, where he had been to make a search , 11 _sample nf a white substance which seemed to ha arsenic , and stated that he bad left at the Chateau b very large quantity . The Chancellor immediately issued a _commission , addressed to the Procureur du Koi of thc Tribunal nt Melun _* who , in virtue thereof seised and transmitted to the Court of Peers the whole of the substance in question , anda _phi-. l containing a _considerable quantity nf laudanum . The white _substancv was given over ta Dr _Orfila and Dr Tavbicu lobe analysed .
The Duke de Praslin had uiadfe his will , and hefore his death stated that it would-be found in his portfolio . He has appointed tiro of his _daughters legatees of tho whole ofhis personal property , _expressing his _couiWoiioe that they would make an equitable distribution ' of it . After several legacies to different members ofhis family , be bequeaths an annuity of 3 , 000 fr . to Mile , de _Luzsel . ' In speaking of tha large fortune of Mmc . de Praslin ( says the _Consfitujtoiitwy , wc did uot fis'i ' t sufficiently high . One of the journals _afates that the notary of that lady , at Paris , bas said that her fortune , coming from' her mother , aud from the _legacies made to her since her _marriagi ' , now _atnotints to a capital oflO _. _SDO _. OOOi'r . The Journals of Paris of Friday and Saturday were filled with innumerable details respecting this extraordinary catastrophe from which we select the following : —
_Inspecting Mdllo de Luzzi _Desportes , the governess , who' i _» said to have excited the jealousy of the duehess , arid who , it will be remembered , is still kept in Eolitary confinement in the couciergerie , oa the _suspicion of complicity inthe crime of the Duke de Praslin , La Patrie bays;— . ' . ' She has beeu twice takea before the chancellor and the committee , and interrogated . Tho paers who heard her replies agree in considering hor a woman of superior talent , Htr language i 3 most remark-ble in form nnd substance . 'Impossibh to write it down , ' said a com p tent judge , M . Cousin , ' nothing can be more clear and brilliant ; ' Her name is _lltinrieit'i de _Luzzi-Djspertes , aged 37 , teacher , born in Purls , and redding at No 9 , Itue du Harlay , in the Marais , in Mmo Lemaira ' s boarding-school . Sho entered ths Duke de Praslin _' ii family on May 1 , 1311 . She was _bsforo that at Lady Uwlop's _, at Charleston , in England . Her salary was 2 , 4 G 0 f . a-year _.
besides being fed aud lodged . An under governess shared with her ihe care of thc education of three of tho _daughter * and ofa little boy of tho duchess's . The other sons were placod under M . _lioussu _, professor of the College Bourbon . She has , it _issaid , protested energetically against tho _suspicion of a culpable intercourse with the duke . S ! ib was dismissed by the duchoss on July 18 , in tha evening , just as all the family were on the point of leaving for the eountry . She wxs greatly grieved , as she was anxious to preserve h _. r place as a provision for the future . She had no other resource than an old grandfather , who treated her harshly . She was anxious to remain in the house , where alio could be comfortably off . The children liked her ,- and she ap peared attached to them . It is said rliat she denies having seen tho Duko de Pradlin more ! han twice since her being sent away , and that she cried mnch on hearing of the crime which he had committed . She could not believe that he was tbe murderer of his wife . '
The examining _commission continued its operations on Thursday . Purthei- searches were made , and additional letters were found , written by the Duke de Praslin to Mdlle de _Luzzi-Desportes , or by her to tha dake , of sucha nature , itis said , as to have rendered necessary a further examination of Mdlle de Luzzi . _Desportes . Among tho seizures at the Chateau de Yaux a voluminous correspondence of the duchess appears , Tho letters addressed by her to her husband are filled with tho noblest sentiments . Nothing can be more touching than tho expression ot her _ruprcaches to him , which arc at thc same time tempered by testimonies of strong uftVction . ' The condition in which the botty of thc duehess was found Is thus _described _;—From the neck downwards to the feet , both before aud behind , her body wns covered
with clotted blood , and the following wouuds wore found on different parts of her person , namely , eleven _onhtr bead , fire of which _nei-e deep and largo ; the fractures of thc skull _indicatim ; that tbe four first must havebeen inflicted with extreme violence by some sharp-edged weapon . The turn parts of theso wounds prove that they must have been given by some one standing above Iwr _. whilo she wns in a recumbent position with tho fac _§ turned towards bim , These blows must have been given by the murderer , while she was still asloep . There arc five excoriations of the nose , the left eye , tho lower lip , and the chin , which are the effect of strong force used upon these parts , and tho murks of ( he nails aro to be observed . Pour large _wouniSs wore in the neck made with a weapon which was both pointed aud sharp ; but neither . the carotid artery nor the inuer jugular vein was divided , as several journals havo announced . On the two hands , the abdowounds less
men , and the chest , thero are ten more or deep . The thumb of tbe left hand was nearly severed at the joint . Thus , more than thirty severo wounds ara apparent « n thc person of thc unhappy Dachess _oe Praslin . There are , busides , many bruises and livid spots on tbe limb' ; . At the same time , it is certain that her death was the consequence of thc hemorrhage from the wounds on the hand and neck , Ths number and situation of the wouuds and tbeir nature attest tbat her death was proccded by s long and violent struggle ; and the state of disorder in whioh thc chamber was found leaves no room fov doubt on this point , It is alio certain that the duchess cried ont scrcr . il times , and lived a long while after receiving- tho first _blowF . It is believed that the wounds in thc front of tho neck , and particularly that which extended across it under the jaw , were given while the was in bed , and lhat the murderer pressed bard with his hunds , on her mouth , imprinting his nails , in order to _etllle her cries .
Ii Is n singular circumstance relative to the parties , whioh has not been , su far as ivo hare . seen , alluded to in the various reports in circulation , that tbc marriage of the duke and duchess was what was called a lore match , ' made against the content of the Marshal Sebastiani , thc duchess ' s father , and the other members of her family . Marshal Sebastiani , the father of the Duehess de _Prudin , arrived in Paris on Thursday _' night . _Aides-de . camp of the King immediately waited on him to olfer the condolence ofthe royal family ; and it waa said that an intimation tins giren to Sim that apartments in one of the royal palaces were placed at hio disposition , should ho be disinclined to occupy ths Hotel _Stbastlaui _, his own residence , which was the seen ? of the _wcent terrible ovent . He _deeidtd , however , to occupy his own residence .
Two wills of the Duchess de Praslin have been _depo . cited in the hands of the President of the Civil Tribunal of tho Seine . One cf thede is dated in _JSll , and the other in 1810 . Id the first , the duchess speaks of her husband in the most affectionate ti mis . Iu tlio second sho does not , as has been erroneously stated , givo a life interest to tho duke in all her property , but bequeaths to him a part of her personal property , and a life _interest in oue of her landed estates . In this last will is a curious clause , by _tihieb . she leaves her _jcavls to one of her sons with _directions that they shall be sold , and thefcroduet invcs
' . l In government funds , The HvW « n < Js ofthe _slwktawpuiohascd arc lo te _iuvuUd to _aeoumulite till ihe time when this _goa shall bo about to be married , _jvbon the whole fund thus augmented is to he laid out in the purchase of diamonds for his bride . On Saturday morning tho will of the Duke _derraslinwxs also deposited in the hands of the President of tho Civil Tribunal . This will was in the portfolio of tho duke , who , just _boforohis death , took care to indicate that circumstance . Immediately after the decease of tho _prinoner the portfolio was opened , and two wills were found , bearing date
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( . Ml i . iui mi . Tho first'is hot signed , _biiTthe second , _« htch is tho exact reproduction of It , is perfectly ngo . lnr . In this testamentary act of 1848 , the Duko de _PrnrJin , after _ssi-trnl liberalities made to his different children , leaves _wprecipul _, the chateau of Praslin de Vaux to his eldest son .- In a particular _elauso ho en . < ag' _-s his sons not to " contract _marringo before having _nt'ained their twenty-fifth year . There Is also in tha _tcs'amctit of 1843 a legacy , by which the duko secures a rente of 3 . 00 Dfr . to Mddle de Luzzi-Desportes , in h ' ekhowlediement of the enlightened z " e ' i < l which she'had shown in iho education of his daughters . ' : ¦ _•" ¦ ¦• ¦ We read in the Debate : — ,:
Marshal Sebastiani determine /! ' to return to Paris h » spite of the efforts of his granddaughter , who tried to dissuade hini from it . Ho wished , he said , to see what cmamed of his only child . ' Ho caua ' _t- 'd . the npartmeut .. f the unfortunate duohess to ho _'ripooed , and be et ' 'imin-d the sceno of thc crime which toro from him his wit . beloved daughter , ' On- ' the _iw-paetiori being _t-rminiitod , the marshal _exclm ' med : ' There Is bus still ' .. ore to bo pitied th . m lam—tho mother ofthe _aasas ' sm t » lie immediately visited the Dowager _Duchess d ' _e'Choiseol _Praslin , and that wr , s tho only time that ho has ' quitted his hotel since his arrival . The _Caurt of Peers met on ' i _' fonf . fty ' nt tv 70 o ' clock , in a secret sitting , to eomo tl : s 'de ' _eisipn _rdbtive to the course it would have to _pursua Sh the auV . ir of tho Praslin murder .
Ti _. e _Chancellor , Duko Pasquier , ordered thc various _r-. pnri _^ » f the medical men , the officers of justice ; and the other persons concerned to bo read at length . Whieh being dono , the Prociirtur-Oen ° _rsil read _hisreipiisitory , summing up all the principal points of the ¦ ff .. ir . ¦ : > Tl > e court then decided that , considering tho'death of the _Do'te do Praslin , there , was no necessity for i ' _tWproused farther with the caso ; and _. oonsideringtlie ' eircum . stances which had come to ligh t relative to Mile , dc Lnzzy , it ite . livercrt _hi-r over to tho ordinary _courso of justiic _. to be dealt ' with as might appear fir . The eourt then _separacod at four oVloek .
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• THAMES . —An Imtoessivr _Ltssoii .- j . ' . _Tfiela' was _bliiiriri ' tf with _inaul-. lrig a married lady , named Power . - * The prosecutrix stated , that on Monday ' evening , with _, another f > _mHle . friend , sho was- _' r ' eturning homo ; anil as _nhe arrived a f _' . 'tv doors from her owm residence sho saw the prisoner , who was stopping ... and insulting every woman ho mot Sh « _endeavoured to avoid him , but he pursued hor , t ) : r _» nv h _>" s arm-round her waist , and cr _» _nductiil _hiinsel' most _grossly .. Tho witness screamed nnd imde _.-ivoured _totfieugagti herself , when he . _assailed ! .. er
with the most foul and disgusting . epithets , and threatened to imock her into the gutter . —Tho constable who took the prisoner inio custo'ly , IT 203 , corroborated the evidence . Prisoner was qu ; te sober . —The prisoner _slightingly said— 'Oh , he _rtid'nt think he _hnd-gonoso far as had been _represented . ' —Mr Yardley observed , that his conduct from first to last had been _diBgust ' mg and cowardly in tho _exirerne nnd his . _lemeanour in tho dock was most uuberoming . He should fine , him .- £ 5 , or one month ' s imprisonment , with l . _ynl labour . The prisoner , who _kerned rather astonished at the , conclusion to hb )
_froliii . w . is _loclcd un . WORSHIP-STREET . — Stabbiko a _Sistes . — Vf . _Wrede-wns charged with feloniously cutting and wound _, _injt his sister , 3 f . i ! d 12 , awl threatening the life of his mother . The prisoner had been all his life addicted to tho most indolent and _profiigdte habits ; and led n life ol _idleness upon tho enrningsof his' mother , although she had repeatedly placed him out in comfortable situations , nnd given him every opportunity of getting his living . On Sunday afternoon tho prisoner began abusing his mother for not supplying him with more sumptuous fare , and his sister having ventured to remonstrate with him ,
he c . ' _iu-. 'ht up n lance tablo-knito _, and flung it at ber with all his force , inflicting a largo gash , extending nearly tho whole length of her cheek , He was proceeding to further acts of violence , when his motherinterposed be . twiien thera , and the prisoner then commenced a ferocious attack upon tho latter , and threatned that he wauld do'for her also . She succeeded in escaping to the street . Tho prisoner was given into custody . A certificate from Mr Garrod _, the divisional police-surgeon , was produced , describing tho nature , of the wound , which was stated to bo i _> f a very serious description . —Tho _prisoner was committed for tri « l . ; ,
_BauTAL Assault . —T . Milncr was charged with having assaulted Mrs Susan Fprde , — The complainant stated tbat , on Monday night , while- in the pit of-ths Pavilion Theatre , the prisoner aud two or three others in his company peremptorily required her to give tbem her place , which she had oceupied tho whole evening . Oc her refusal , the prisoner struck her a tremendous Wow under the eye , and fo ! owed St up with several others , until her face ari'l dress wero covered with blood , and she wasjnsenuble . The prisoner was given into custody by a _gentleman who had witnessed tho occurrence from the commencement , —The complainant ' s evidence was fully corroborated by a gentleman named Nathan , who described the assault ns the most brutal one ho had
ever witnessed , and positively identified iho prisoner as the person who'had committed it , —Tho prisoner utterly denied the _charg . " , and called J . Peat , who confirmed his statement , nnd _declartd that thn mnn who committed the assault was at that moment In tho waiting room . — The witness went with an officer , and brought iu J . Bartlett , who positively deposed _thatit was neither tbe prisoner nor himiclf who atvurk the- . complainant ,, but a third mnn , who had effected his escape . —Mr Kathaft hero intimated to the _magistrate that he had no doubt his daughter , who was not ia attendance , would bo in . abled 10 confirm his testimony , and the prosecutrix also snid that she could readily produce further evidence to the same effect . —Mr Arnold aiTjourned the case , and would accept substantial bail for the appearance of the prisoner _.
LAMBETH . — Cbaeoe of _Moede 2 iko a Wife . — Thomas Olds , a bricklayer , was placed at the bar before Mr Elliott , on a charge of causing tbe death ofhis wife by inflicting severe injuries upon her person . Inspector Shaw , of tho P division of police , stated , that on the night of Saturday week the son of the prisoner came to tho station-house in Lock _' _s-fields , and _reqaeftod the assistance of a constable , stating that his father was murdering his mother . Ho instantly sent a constable with him , and on reaching the house of the prisoner ia John _' _s-oourt , East-lane , Walworth , the officer found that the prlS ' _-noi'had _bei-u ill-using his wife in a very serious manner , but she notwithstanding refased to give him into custody . Witnesses wet e in attendance , who
heard the cries ef'Murder'issue irom the prisoner's room aud on the Saturday night , and on tbe following morning , his wife _cornplaiued ol having been seriously hurt , and exhibited marks upon ber throat , and said her husband had attempted to strangle her , and knelt upon ber body , and one of the witnesses saw her vomit a quantity of blood on tha Sunday . She lingered in great pain mitil tho Thursday following , when sbe expired Since that time a put mortem _eranii & atwn had la great formed , and from information conveyed to him he felt it to be his duty to take the prisoner . into custody . Throe _witnesses were _oxnisincd _, who corroborated the inspector ' s statement , aud the prisoner was rimauded to a future day . ' _
SOUTiiWARK . _~ . _SnooTiNu with Intent to Mm . _Dra , —Frederick Den-hurst , a respectable-looking Iod , in the employ of Jfr _Measures , the landlord of tho Londonbridge Tavern , Maze-pond , was charged with firing a loaded pistol at Goorgo Lowers , witb intent to murder him . Comp toinnnt , a . lad about sixteen years of a _* e , aaid . ho was employed with tho prisoner as pot-boy to Mr Measures , and that for some time past , iu _ceusequencc of tho prisoner attempting to bo master over him , thero Imd been frequent quarrels . On Friday cvenlnf , the 20 th inst ., whilo th « y were in thc kitchen at _theirraeals , the prisoner suddenly jumped up from his seat ,- and
_commenced dancing about the kitchen with the pistol in his hand . He afterwards presented it at his head , asking him bow be sbouid like to have tho contents 1 Witness told tho prisoner not to play any trick , but put the pistol away . The prisoner , however , came up to him , an * placing tbe niuzzle close to thc side of bis head , pulled tho trigger . A piece of paper had fortunately got over tho pan , which prevented the explosion . When ¦ they went to bed tlie same evening , he saw the prisoner unload tho pistol . There was a quantity of gnnpowder ami small shot iu it . Witness further added , that tha prisoner always kept the pistol loaded , and put It under his pillow when he went to bed . He reloaded it on tho
Friday night in question , and said that it any person earr . o _forjltim he would shoot them . One of ths female servants was next called , aud said that on Saturday morning , the 21 st ult ., she swept up a quantity of small shot in the prisoner ' s _bed-rroom . She instantly spoke to the last witness about it , when-he told her of the occurrence of the night previous . She tben _eailsd theprisoner into the kitchen , and took the pistol from him , when sho found it loaded witb _powdtr and shot . Mr Measures _ssid thut ho was not made acquainted with the _cireumu-mces until Wednesday morning , when ho went into the kitchen , and found them qu _.-n-1 _'elUug . In answer to the magistrate , the prisoner said th & t _thcplstol was not loaded , nor did he load it until the Saturday _morning . He only purchased it on the Fridayand _wa «
, _sbowimj it to the complainant , wheu he foolishly pullo * fl * the trigger . He certainly had no Intention of dofug ng J nm any harm . The mother of theprisoner said that mt Uer sew was , unfortunately , in the habit of playing with ith a pistel . That she was certain bo never intended any ny harm . Ths magistrate said that ho had n « t _tbesome me opir-iMt respecting the prisoner . Hts conduct was of an an extraordinary nature . The fact of his guarrellir . g so so often with his fellow servant , and carryiug a loaded led pistol sbout him , shon-ed that he meditated something log scrioiiB . It would be his duty to re-maud bim , to give ive the officer an opportunity of making inquiry amoiig th _« th _« neighbours . Thc prisoner was _accordingly remanded , Q . GUILDHALL . — _Dcath or an Infant _fbck
Ktcii-hi-GS . NCE . —Julia Sullivan _aed Mary Lane , her sitter , were ere charged with so neglecting the child of the formcr , ' _« B ' aa infant about oue month old , as _tocauso ita _desth . Po . Po . _lice-eoastable Ifotiitt stated , that while ou duty thut hut aiorsing he was informed , by . 1 female named Murphy , > hy , that » lie had beenreqmsteil by the prlsonir Sullivan te _ite ly . ok after her infant for _« short time , and that she sbe found the ehiW _fo _» _d . Hewitt went to 20 , _Picld-Une , tne , and found ibe child e ' ead , He stnt for Mr _Oib ' s ' en , , the , fhe distiict snrgeDn , wIiojo assistant _attendc-d , and _sttri-ttributtd death to gross nffiligcnce . The child , to , _nD _' ap- ' appearance , had not been in bed all r . ight . Witness lo = V . ed V . ed the door and went in search of tho _priwfiers , vsfiMftBMft it * found ill tt puM _' _re-houte , drmkiHK . On teHinE ' _Sdli-Sulli
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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/ns3_04091847/page/7/
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