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+ * ~ ~ INDIA . . ij jesiiavebcen received fromBsffibay to the Jffijr- Iftrenayrelyoa the tepwtsnawin J ^ iVtion w »« on thewe of important mcdifi-^ Bo fte internal condition of ™ «» ££ «» : e ^^ hero the extensive kingdoms of Oode and mS are dmously about to pass into tbe cate-& * > « U «> i * s According to the accoants from fifiSS ofXarmy cftbat pudency was ^^ peto march into the Dsccan . and theadop-& 08 . ' ;_ Dii r . wv » ,, v , ntv not bo much longer •" in all »««¦ » —— — ° ~
onld , pruuauuuy , *© 3 harles Napier is abontto Ntura to England , tab tim depressed in Calcutta , and umiiar com-^ fcSSSS bSSLdifferencesbetween ru ^ MSommedand thePefiiau inhabitants called SpW werekiiied . Ap « oe had been arranged * jl 38 £ -f * I * army is in course * motion 40000 Sepojs hare been removed from SoN ab" »« ? y 8 nd 8 ix K ° yal regiments are to be gut wtof India . „„ .
BMTISn AMERICA . CiswA . —The intelligence brought hy the Hibernia fem Montreal , to the Uih of August , presents a fi tful pictnre of the condiiion and decimation j the emigrants . 0 n Augu 3 tl 2 , thennmbar of sick intheemi . -rant hospital at Port St Charles , was 1 , 170 , the ioffikr of deaths during the 24 hours , 12 . At Gross ? fcje , the BUtnber of sick in hospital on August 10 , ^ s 2 , 100 . The number ef deaths in hospital from jjelst to the 7 ib . Angust , was 196 ; 24 had died in jhe tents allotted to healthy pvsengers . and 40 bodies of adolta and 4 ? of children had been brought ashore from the ressels and buried . This make * the total deaths among tho emigrants at Grosselslo during # , ? fi rst week in Ansnst , 307 . The ISontreal -Harold , of August 13 , has the fcjlowing summary review of the statistics of death :
Tbe rendition of the emK ; ran ! s daily arriving amongst fi , though somewhat lesspainfd than at the coratnencepect of the season , is still most distressing . The whole jiaaber landed soring tbe season to the 15 th { ! IS ) of jUigast , in Quebec and Montreal , was 70 : 596 , bring ti . S 63 more than last year . Of these 4 , 373 had died at 6 ressoilsle tip to the 4 th of July ; and on the 6 th et August there were 2 , 148 sick in tile hospioJ there . In Montreal , st this date , there are ia the Eeigrant UoFpi . til 1 , 179 sick persoas ? and during the pet fortnight the jeaths at the sheds nave amonnted to 286 . But this does sot exhibit the whole loss of life ; for besides re . totI deaths reported b y the usualmraSdpal authorities , it appears thHtS 3 € persons have been buried in the emipart burial grot-ad since the 29 : b of-June , whose deaths lave not been xcpsrted at alL We C 3 n , therefore , hardiy p , t the numbers down at less the * 450 persons in tfeo fortnight ; ,:.
Sow Scosu—The general election has tenaijated in a coaplete victory of fee Liberal party . 'Of ame ubers returned , 29 arc ' tsut-and-out Liberals ;' aid of the remaining 32 , tve are moderate unpledged niea who will probably support a Liberal admuustratien . Sbwtoijsdljh ) . —The fewr , we are happjrto learn , ] iss decreased iaTinilence , sndthe nnraberef cases is hospital was much reduced . The politicsl atmosr fierecf die island was . however , disturbed . FRANCE .
The death cf the Dake de Praslin , together with fe horrible murder he had previously committed , continues to form the principal subject < f continent in the Paris journals . We have givea farther fall pgrtkahus ot this Lcrrible tragedy in another cof he Momtear de VArxk announces that some sanguinary disturbances have taken place , at Nismes , erased by those conflicts between the ^ Catholics and Protestants which hsra already gained for that town sach an unenviable notoriety . The National announces the death of the celebrated aovelist Frederic Sos'ie , after a yaisfal illnea . New allegations ef corruption in -high places are lobe found daily in the paper * . The Attorney Gf nerd ha 3 ordered an inq « riry to be instituted into the charses directed by M . Warrery against a number « f public functionaries in Alaeria .
A prosccntioa bos b ^ ea commenced against the journal Li Reforsx . * The following signs of the ticses , ' says the corre-¦ gpondent of a London morning jonraal , ' may not be uninteresting to you : At a quarter past 8 o ' clock yesterday evening , 1 wa 3 walkings tne Boulevard des Ilaliens , and had jast passed the Cafe Paris , when I heard behind ec a report like that of a musket . Seeing the penrans who crowded 'the pareaient rash to tliecentrc of the street , where the detonation took place , I found a man in custody , ho was instantly carried off to ' the-Conimissarie de-Police . It appeared that he had picked up a smell box , enveloped in paper , wbich he commenced opening , when it exploded , lie was not injured , but was arregfsd , befog the only person in eoiinaxion wiii the infernal
machine . Scattered about near him were a quantity af printed paper ? , each about two caches square , containing the foiteniag invitation , in rather incorrect French : — 'Ineendions jusqu ' a-ee que U ne serait plus de resistance au juste portage de 3 term et reeoltes" ( ' Leics barn everything until all resistance shall have ceased to tbe just partition ot lands and their produce . ' )' Ahoqtsb Mcsdec bt a FebcCB . —A very HBpleaeaut feeling was excited in Paris on TaesJay , by a report that a prince ( soa ot one of Napoleon ' s aar 3 hals ) had attempted to murder his mistress . The
same of this nobleman was before the public some months back as-the plaintiff ia a suit against his toother , in order to get removed a judicial interdic * tion , granted against him on the application of his family , for extravagant and irregnlar conduct . The tribunal refused-to accede to the demand , and the prince has since . It is said , resumed h ; 3 farmer wild kind of life . The particular of the attack on his mistress were not very well ascertained on Tuesday , but the rumour was that after a quarrel he had stabbed her moreikanonce , and theu H ? d to Belgium by the Ita- tbcra railway . Her wounds are said sot to be dangerous .
SPAIN . Letters and journals from Madrid refer to only cne subject—the approach of Sarvacz . Treason , despotism , blood , and then anarchy and civil war , are , in the estiraafcn of all men , a few of the results looked for from the advent ofINarvaiz w the Dictatorship in Spain . According to the latestaecounts . ' says the Haas , 'the Queca was still furious at the bass insinuation fiber husband , aad . ^ we believe , with reason . The insinuation conveyed by the refusal of that miserable eeatare , her husband , to ba reconciled to her until after the lapse of four rannths is , we are solemnly assured , without foundation . *
Catdcnk continues to be overron by Montemoliaiat kads of formidable nnmbers . The actual number enrolled is estimated at J . OOD . The report of the capture and exception of-Cabrera" k not confinnea . ^ Tae shootinsr of prisoners continues on both ddra . The Republican party . « also takin ? adjantageof the deep distress prsvailiag in the manufaeturingfarts of Catafeeia to work on the mkds of me people , and cries in fayour cf those principles aave Leen ieaid in several places .
PORTUGAL . The law for the election of tbe new Cortes , and its convocation on tie 2 nd of January , was published OBi the 13 th clt . On the Rame " day the ' Bayard ministry resigned . SsnfcorRodrigftdaFonsecaMnpalhsens ws 3 immediately sucuconed to form a new Cabinet- That personage having failed in the task allotted bim , the Queen has e&Ued in -Senhor Felix Pereira ds Maga'baens , who 13 aa undoubted Cabra ! ist . The country is described as being in a state of almost irretrievabis disGrganisatioa and financial distress . The Cabralisas continue their sanguinary excesses in tLe pro ? icees , a « Eas £ icatiug their oppe-Bentswhen and wherever they find the&i at their fficrcy . They had attempted to get tip a prommciamaito in Lisbon , which , however , owkg to bad Jnanarement had failed .
SWaT ^ ERLAA'D . TfceexecutiTe gwernment of the Swiss € onfede > Key have proceeded to carry into effect the resolutions of the Diet sgainst the Sonderbund . All the j Scc ? scf the fefeal rciiitary service who ha ? e ac-HJQwJsdgsd their dsteriolcation to enter the service < rf the £ onderbuBd , aave been cashiered . The re-* won of the pac ? i " t £ s {; een confided to a . committee of the Ukt , but the details of the measure , aiid Uie Editions and terms of the at&endcd paot , will oA * £ Pfepared for a month to cceie . In the meanwhile
toe cantonal authorities will assemble te decide what ^ sures of coa-pufcw £ X € cntion their delegates "HbeinstructedtoadtMsiteintheDiet . Notwith-¦ stan dingtheipjcsctioiis of the Diet the' cautocs ef toe league are actively earrviiig oa the fortifications and other military preparation . A new feature in the geneial « stha « asm of the 5 ? nan people is the attoajpt cf the cowled Capu-« " » stG fall into the ranks , nnd \ V « ld a Irdeck for fteedom . Tbpy Ime issntd tbe lbl > wins prcclaHiation : — *
*** we , too , friars nf Pira ^ a , feel thaf ^ " « citi-*« os , and rccajnisc ihe solemn obligation **> « M the OMtajon eawe to ihe best of our ability . * e lament Pfctwe should ba debarred from girding to cur taunble «* t a blade , and dianging our oowl foraielmetj J » a * ¦ o Pewer can prcvtnt us from taking our stand oa *«» t Horei , ti hoM op the ertended arms of ttie bifi | " « t in his prajer dnring the fight , while he implores j * 9 &om the Lord of battle to enuh the modem Aioa-^«!» wo " " oppose the onward inarch of I-rad . or tL ^ p r n * thal the * n S aa ana nP 1 ' * crucifises aba , # B * ** oa board tte feet at I *? " ** . eave fflSw / i tn nho lhere b ! aiow OtUasau ferodiy ; « ra ? orS ? " thefact &at Padi . » ° « " *» . ***** rt ' o ™^? * *" ^^ the * tato *» efl * enano latnm claWVs 8 Cttlar an * regalar , were not Soforfc / ptc ! ators of the ^ - L 61 fc « rt a EBmmons 8 fccmOie magnanimens Fio , anil we tbaODot
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¦ how less alacrity in ' defence of « nr beautiful- ' ¦ j Ihe sound of the dram shall find echo in the i ^ mi ** „ i ing of omV Mfrits , and we will miUg 1 ( 1 In . „ - „ ! , nel 1 : ' Tistcry , dvnounting as a gron lie ^ ? ££ ? £ ??* are not patriots to the back-b on * . " idSKS i * r S ^' iK K ^ S ^ - ^^^ ESfE ^ : ~^ S ^ Z ^ B guardL jtatrtbeaplea ge of our tarteratotton with the : la . tyfaour cofflmon Etni gglefor thegeneraUaf .-y . i rS » T- ?*** ^ 'seiHrsoomainsaletterfrom fei lv Ch WC ? Aefollowingrelativetothe invasion ofFerrara by the Austrians :-° ! tbls j ; i : j ; i ; « now less alacrity in ' - defence-of vox beautiful - '• - _ ^
nf r « l ^ f inte Uigence st Rome a coanoil ? L " i ? ? f «» Wed , and , if we are to credit unnpsrhin cironlation , the Uoly Father , moved oy tne signal insult thus offered to him , declared that hewonld protest ; and , that if that new protest was aswgarded . hewonlddecreeasenienceofexcoiumumcation against the invaders , and , that if thatmea . sure didnotavail . be would hoist tbe fobanm and march against the Austrians at the head of his people . You may rest certain , that in the preseat state of the pnbiiemi <; e in the pontifical dominions , and in all Italy , the day the Pope shall unfurl the Standard of tha Cros 3 against the Northern oppressors , 25 , 000 . 000 af men will follow him . It was rumoured , last week , that the Austrianshad evacuated Ferrara , this report proves to have been unfounded . ; ! 1 i .
Letters from Ferrara state , on the contrary , that reinforcements were expected ; that 4 , 000 Austriana 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 tot < bserve the greatest circumspection . '' They traverse the streets ia bands , and armed from j head . to foot . A soldier , calling at a shop to buy % candle , is accompanied . by two fosileers / - The Roman , Advertiser has the following : — Frbhara , Aco . 15 . — The instruction given to the Austrian guard is , tbat the Ferrarese should be re-j quired 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 submitting to a personal examination tnadsin the midst of four soldiers with fusils levelled ..
The accounts from Rome of the 21 st of AngSat , 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 troops at its disposal for the Legations , tad had esiablUhed a camp of observation at Forli . A Tuscan journal declares that it knows 6 » at Car-^ inal Ferretti has sen t 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 not done within . fifteen days , the'Court of
Rome will recall the Nuncio resident st 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 night of the 17 th , Colonel Stuart , of the artillery , left Rome for Fetrara , with two buttalions of Fusilesrs , 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 aa has been manifested in the towns .. The peasants everywhere Sock to register tberaselvcs in tke rolls of the national guard , ana loudly proclaim their hostility to the Anstrians .
. Letters frcm Lcshorn , of tfee 23 rd , state that on tbe preceding day there was an emeute produced by the popular excitement arising from the procedings at Ferrari . The papula' ion assembled on the Piazza Grande , in Leghorn , and demanded with load cries the formation of the national guard . . The governor of tlie town repaired to the spot , and addressed the populace in conciliatory language , after which they were about to disperse peaceably , when a . company of the parbineers presented itself , with the apparent intention of interfering . Ths people irstantly rushed upon them , and a struggle enBued , 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 acbange of ministry was demanded / and the formation of a corps of voknteers to march against the Austmns who occupied Ferrara .
Letters from Turin , of tha 22 nd nit ., annonnce that the King of Sardinia had formally protected against the occupation of Ferrara , and forwarded copies of that protest to ali the courts of Earope . Charles Albert had , moreover , written to the Pope , o&ering to place at his disposal both his army and navy ., should the independence of the Pontifical domiEiona be menaced by the Austrian troops .
LATER AUD IMPORTANT NEWS . to arms ! Preparations for war form the chief item of newa from Rome . An artillery captain , named Lopez Lai been sent to France to purchase tea thousand muskets : and ten thousand hands are already held out to r-ceive them , that naraberafyonngTOlan ' teers having offered themselves to resistan invasion . Meanwhile , the Roman government steadily continues to arm the civic guard , for which purpose citizens from all parts of the states oner it arms . Sigaor Azejlio is on tbe point of starting fur 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 dc Marseilles : —¦ • ¦ - . ¦ - ••'
-* The enthusiasm is at a great height in Rome , and within the last few days Cardinal Ferretti , on seeing the national guard manmuvre near the country house of the Prince de Pipmbino , cried that'he would willingly march ' at the head ot thebrave young men , and that he would not hesitate to command tbem 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 ef the 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 tho religioss orders exercise themselves in the practice of arms . ..-GERMANY . Beeus , Aug . 26 . —Tns Polish Truis . —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 von Bialowski that he had revolctiosary 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 , Radanski , Szaldroki , and Poninski , by asking a sentence of guilty against all five . Aoq - 27 . —The case of Szoldrski camn on to-dsy . The accused admitted his accession to the association , but refused to criminate others . Wladimar BartholumMus von Wiloynski was next placed at the bar .
POLAND , Lekbuko , Aug . 16 .-The authorities have fouHd it necessary to gut a stop to the daily processions of the inhabitants to the burial place of the two Poles who were recently esecut-d . A police agent , having ordered one of these processions , consisting of 2 , 000 persons , to disperse , and no attention being paid to bis summons , be called out a force of soldiers , who effected the dispersion . Several persons , including females , were arrested , but they were soon liberated . The Countess G , 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 prkst who was condemned todeathat Leabnrghad been reprieved , and sentenced to imprisonment for 28 years in the fortress of Kufstein . The chief of tbe loffiesal murderers of Gallicia , Szela . bad been recompensed for his crimes by a gold medal , presented to him by the Emperor of Austria .
GREECE . I . VSCBBECTIO . V . . ; Intelligence from Athens to the 20 th of August , brings sews of a popular insurrectiou at Negropont , headed by General Grizziutti . oneof the most populai leaders of the war of independence , under whose standard a very formidable army has already ranged itself . Ihe whole of the lar-e and important island of Eubo 3 ii 8 in the hands of the insurgents . Tlw head quarters ef General Grizziotti are at Vaselaha , which hehaefrtrtiGed to such an extent that it will be difficult for all the troops at the disposal of the Greek government to dispossess him .
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . : The Hibercia , Captain Ryrie , arrived at Liverpool a little afteir midnigtt en toe morning of Satur « day last . Elections for njembers of eongreag were held on the 2 ad of August in Kentucky . Indiana , Iowa , Alabsma , and on Thursday , the 5 th , ia North Carolina sad Tennessee . There had also been twospecial eleetwasm a district of Illinois on the Sad , and in a district or Virginia on the 5 th . The general result of the e elections is a large gsuo for the Wnig party .
The Mexicans seem determined to fightat least one more battle before they consent te the dismemberment of the Republic , and to the surrender of the provinces coeeted by the people of the United States . The American dtosf peace , made through 'Mr Tns ^ though backed by the good offices of the En glish Ambassador , ii ? Backhead , and by the presenre of General Scott ' s army at Puebia , have been rejected , ana peace must now besought at the capital ireelf . Whether it will be found there is far from certain .
f he road from Vera Croz to Puebia is so beset with guenlias , that the invaders can only keep up their comannieaUens with Vera Cruz , by means of stron " t'iyiaon 3 of troop * , which have to skirmish the whole wa ^ . with the enemy ; and every additional hundred miles oiFrance , and every new position which they take , ai . ^ wecompelled to garrison , only adds to their difficulties / ' * % fact that tbe Americans have been MmpelfedT O d < afr ° v Santa Fe , which is o % ten miles from ^ f * Cruz on account of the 'shelter which it has « . ' wn ? gnerillas , shows that Ihe invaders posstss ^ biOE < 35 ept tbe grouwJ &J ) whlcn ibe ; stand .
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\ _ , THE RiyER PLATE . ; : ' ! ^ :. '' . r By **•• ¦ steamer Rattler , which , sailed from ; Monte Video on the loth July , and Rio on tHo 32 d , ! we leara that affairs In the River Plate h » T « taken an entirel y new tarn ; and that the British Intervention is # an rad . Whether the French Intervention is also at an end , is at present doubtful . It spears : that t '* e efforts of Lordllowden and Coant Walowk s ; the Ministers of Eagland and France , to induce General Rosas to agree to the terms proposed by their governments , were a total failure , | v After having . been compelled to put m .. with the j iiuofoncs of Rosas , ' the Ministers of England and ; I ; ranee retired to Monte Video , and there oprof d a neeociation with General Orive and the Monte i Videan government . The terms proposed were an : armistice of six months , Orive retainin « possession of 1 the whole of the Oriental Territory , with the a ; ray ' which Rosas has supplied , him . These terma the j Monte Videan government refused , on which Lord Ilowden declared ihe istevvention of England at an ; end , and caused the blockade of Buenoa Ayrcs to be ! raised by the English vpw * K *~ : ; : Iiji ^^ : s" : . : " . ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ > ., ¦ ... ¦ > : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ¦
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! ' ; 1 THE IATE HORRIBLE MURDER AXD SUIf IDE IN PARIS . The greatest excitement and much ssnspcration were produced in Paris among the lower classes , on W « d-¦ neBday , and Thursday , *> y the announewn ' ent of the suicide of the Dnko , de Praslin , the persuosi » n ^ oing . geaerjlly prevalent that his iplf-de&truction was con . . nived at . Crowds collected on every side of the piison , j where his remain ' s lay , and it was thought prudent tu j nse tke utmost precaution in respect to the military j osts within and around the building ;
The populaco ^ assembled around the prison on Wed . aesdar evsning , notwithstanding the prccence ¦ of a considerable tnilitsr ^ force , showed sjmptoms of an ai > - proaching tnietlte , demanding in loud and menacing tones to be shown the body of the Duka de Praslin , anil exclaiming that they did not believe him to be dead . The military were at length ordered to disperse the people . Several iadividualB are reported to have been arrested . ' " . ¦ ¦ - . We extract the following from the Patrie : — The Duke de Praslln died in consequence of arsenic taken in considerable quantity , according to tbe official journal . It is not said who prepared and furnished the poiso ^ and at what moment the duke conld hare taken it . let us recapitulate ,: according to an authority
worth y of credit , the circumstances of the . morning ef thel 8 tb . The ' prefect of police , andM . Allard , the chief ef the police de surete , arrived » t tha Hotel Sebastiani about half-jast five in the morning . The commissary of police of the quarter and his agents were already in the chamber where tno dead body wns Ijing . Theprocureur-general , M . Delangle , arrived about six © clock . The Duke de Praslin was there , going and coming from one room to , another , and- expressing his surprise at the . msde in which the murderer could have entered the house . After M . Delatigle had earcfully examihed the localities , he declared in an energetic manner ttat the murderer had not come' from outside , it being mosterideht that ha belonged to the house . M do Prartin grew pale on hearing M . Delangle express
himself thus .- Some minutes after the Procureur . General addressed some questions to the duke , . which intimated the direction which bis suspicions took as to the author ef the crime . The duke became - then of a cadaverous tint , and his agitation , his altered features , and his ginel ral bearing showed to those present who ' ought to be consider * d the murderer . ' At the moment tho eiamini ing magistrates and the Procnreur du Rai entered M . de Praslin disappeared immediately ; He went to an upper floor on which was his bedroom ; It is thought with reason that it was at this instant , and fin ding himself suspected , he swallowed the poison . About three hours had elapsed when the Procureur-General had expressed a . suspicion . From tbat moment the complexion of the duke became yellow ; this wts the
result of the poison , Tbe disorder in the organisation augmented visibly when the Procureur du Roi told the duke what overwhelming charges there were against him . Confess that you are guilty , ' said tho Procureur duRol'confess tbat yon have assassinated your wife' The duke looked at the , magistrate , and concealed his face with his hands . 'Do not assume the attitude of a / oreat , of the assassin by profession . For yourself , if not for society , you are bound to fi peak tbe truth , ' the honour of your family makeB this aduty . ' The duke cast his ejks on the magistrate , and appeared as if he was going to confess his crime ; but suddenly he turned round and said , « » ocidedlyl cannot say that I have assassinated her , I did not do it . ' Tho Procureur-General persisted , but the duke would not reply a single word . Frem this
moment the duke was ri gourously watched . Doctor Louis and his habitual physician tryed to combat the effects of the poison ; which , in consequence of the everdose did not produce immediate mortal consequences . It w « b discovered that it was not laudanum that be bad taken , but arsenic , and the first physicians , MM . Orfila , Andral , and Lonis , had not suspected . it . They gave &im wine and ice r The symptoms of poisoning by arsenic are so little known tbat threo doctors could be mistaken . But after the 20 th the duke improved . On that day he was iu a state to be inttrrbgatad by an exa . mining magistrate , and on the 2 Ut ho was removed to the prison of the Luxembourg . On the 22 nd the duke was much better . He was able to spsak ; to the Chancellor aad the GrandRtferendary , and conversed during
the whole day with his physician . The improvement ceased suddenly . Oathe 22 ud the vomitings returned and he was in such a state that he could with great difficulty utter a few words in reply to the Chancellor ' Did you murder jonr wife S' said the Chancellor . « In order to reply , I need time aid strength , and botk are wanting , ' But tliero ia not much time or much strength required , ' , replied the Chancellor ; It is yes or no . ' I have no strength to reply . ' The two interrogatories which took place in the prison of the Luxembourg may be summed npin thesefew words . , . He made no avowal he replied nothing decidedl y . It was only in the after !
noon of the 23 rd that the symptoms of poison again appeared with fresh intensity . - The satno night the evil gained ground ; dreadful sufferings tortured tlie ' prif-oner , coavulsious came on , and the next day it was evident his death was approaching . The Grand Rsftreudary went ts him , it is said , and called on him to declare ot what moment he took the poison , and who prepared it for him .. The prisoner replied that ho took it at hotel , but he . did not soy who prepared and gave it to htoii It wasjthe cure of the parish duHaut-Pas who administered the last sacrament to the prisoner , near i o ' clock ; aad in a few minutes tho duke appeared before another judge ! ' ¦ '
On Wednesday , atfive o ' clock , the Procureur du Roi , M . Boucly , went to the prison of the Luxembourg , where assisted by the director , and having received tho decla . ration of K . Hoaget , the physician of the prison , he drew up the following proca woo ? : — In tho year 1617 , on August the 24 th , at five o ' clock in the afternoon , we , Felix Boucl y , Procuveurdu Roi at the Civil Tribunal of the Seine , having hem informed that the Duke , de Praslin , who was detained in the house of jastice established near the Chamber of Peers , as being inculpated is the crime of . murder , bad Just expired in that prison , we immediately proceeded there , and , being conducted by the director into a chamber on the second floor , lighted by two windows looking upon the ceurt , we there found ; lying on a bed , and giving no
signs of life , tbe body ofapfrson whom we recognised to be the Duke de Praslin , against whom we had laid an information oh the 18 th of this month , and the following days , and who , on Saturday , the . 21 st of this month , w * s transferred from his hotel lo thu ubjve-mentioned home of just-Co . In the same chamber , and by the sile of the Duke de Praslia , we found M . Pierre Rouget , doctor in medicine , physician to the Chamber of Peers and the prison of the Luxembourg ,-who , conjointly wish M . Lwiis and M . Andre ? , had constantly attended the Dake de Prasliu . ii . Rou ; ct made tho following declaration : 1 accompanied the Duke de Praslin during his removal from his hotel to this jirison , and I have constantly
attended him iince hU arrival here . I attribute his deaih to poisoning with arsenic . I think that , in order to obtain positive proof , it will be necessary to proceed to on autopsy . The dcata took place at tuirty-flve minutes after four in the afternoon , and I consider it to bo absolately certain . ' Of tbe above facts we haro drawn up this preEent proses verbd , which is signed by M . Rouget and by us in the presonce of M . Gervais , Pierra Fran . Sois Guilluame Treret , director « f the house of Justice near the Court of Peers , who has signed it after having read it . Dane in the year , month , and day ' a ^ ove incntioned , in the house of jastice of lbs Court of Peers . 'ItOOGET , TBEVBT , FfiLIX BOOCH . '
The autopsy of the body of the duke was made on Wednesday b y MM . Tardicu , Cannet , Simon , Beys de Loury , and Orfila , members of the faculty of medicine , at the prison of the Luxembourg . During this operation the populace was collated in large numbers in front of the prison , eagerl y setking to l « arn the most trifling de tails of the affiur . The presance of arsenic iu tue system wa 6 ascertained bv March ' s apparatus . » It was found iu enormous quantities in the ventricle and the duodenum . The remains of the murderer are retained iu the prison awaiting the orders of tbe authorities . A precis verbal of the autopsy was drawn up and signed by tuo phyticlans .
The same physicians , with the Bacon Pasqaier , ascertained in the presence of the Procurenr du Roi tho several traces of wounds , scratches , ' and contusions , on tV . o percra of the duks which were inflicted on him by Ms wife in her struggles for life . The following were ascertained : —I .. On the right arm , a serstch of a blucisli colour , very distinct , and of some leBgth . 2 . Oa tbe nghtband , nitbin the thumb , a Uto which tore away the epidermis through tho lcagth « f about half an iuch . 3 . Ancther deep bite at tho end of tbe first finger of the right htrad : the duke ascribed this to a wound accidentally r ° -otivcd . 4 . On tho left baud a deep scratch to the Gurfai'B of the phalanginn joint , u . Oa the first
finger of the ktft band on tbe outside of the second j'jim , a wonnd , and d « nr it a deep scratdi : this finger was covered with new . ' r dried blood on the 18 th . C . Oa Hie middle finger of tlii'Jeft hand several violent scratches with the nails , by whSeh pieces of the epidermis were torn away . 7 . On the * fore part of the left leg a long excoriation as wideAs MX palm oftbo hand , attended with considerable swelling . Thisweund evidently proceeded from a » eceat cor . tu * * fon , and was explained by the duke to havo proceeded froj . n a blow against the step of . a carriage . 8 . Oolhe upper part of the , calf of the left leg , a slight wound . —AH tL . we contusions were recent , and evidentl y proceeded from h jg stride !* W& tbe iJucbcss ia accomplrebins tk « murdeh
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nnIS ^ ^ teras in which the ' Mimct ! ff T ? , thiB *« iouement ' of one of th . most tragical nfliirs of modern ttmes i— < 5 « SB ^ VHATn 0 F THB DUKE DE PBASLIN . bremJed JT !! Mnconcl « lo » , «« we bad " ' bees SSi ^ a ^? days 8 lnce - »* Terthelefs , it ap-H « esMn «; Rt ^ r eTent 0 U 8 n » « o have occHrred'a 3 S 7 wLII u ^ Utot ' - Tb . Duke dePraslio died £ S and' i l « b 6 d ln the i * ™ o « Je L" « - omc ' ifltSn - . foI 1 ° ffiDg : ° the ^«» « n whloh the " ^ t' ^ nsJoarnal announces the fact :- _
nr -Sinf tW - v t 0 " ^ > ° t fi « o ' clock in tbe hiil ? 1 »« ml « ur g . The ' cause of his death has ? t w . « * T ? aCCOuutad ^ by men of science . £ l £ dta a " ^ - **™ «¦> a l arge dose , that the Duka %££ ^ ad bccome 8 l > ' >« io « a » to render ne . whteh ' h ! "T" ^ trial < Th 0 c *^ i- waitings which h « espwiweed on Wednesday afternoon and ur 7 d SSfW' BPPeared ° ° « ° « urded the . eflfat of the poison , which , after having ceaaed on Friday and Saturday , resumed its entira force on Sunday , ' . .
H Is very doubtful that public opinion will find Itself oompletel y enlightened by these concise details . The < a Scr curiosity wh ? ch attechedfrom the comm . ncemf nt Ut theprestttned author of the murder caused a sbrupulous attention to be . p » ld to every movemmt since tfee first ¦ upidon was directed towards him . Itis certain , alas ! that during the night of the 17 th to the 18 ih he poss-ssed toomuoh strength . ' The day subsequent to thatfaorrlble night snveral persons fainted atJh 8 sight of the dead body of a woman hew » in pieces , but thero is no iridica . twn that the slightest Injary to theh yalthof the peer of Francs was caused by either remorse or excited feelings On tho first iBspecttbn of tho wounds and contusions ' which a physician present estimated at seventy , the mast experienced commissary of police in these ' matUn Ae .
cureA that the atsansin was Bot an ' orfinsry malefactor . - A -vagu « : . > nep | clon .-desig&ated l . the ; , cli « t ) al {« r .. 4 )) konncur . Thrto feouvS j subacquentl y . the preturoptivns became , more serious , ' and accu ' muln te d to that ' degree tkat tho magistrate felt searnely any doubt . Dat the Duke de Pruflin was alread y watched . M . Allard and his agents did not quit or lose sight of him for' a moment , itow , then , could he poison fiimsrlf iu their ' presence without their having prevented him ? It was only on the third day aftcrwards . that some , mysterious expressions were dropped relative to an attempt at suicide . The public , who vti r . aware that the deceased was well guarded , ' did not believe a word ofit . Thestatement wasrepeated , and details were added ; a phial of laudanum was found bei-ide a bottle containint ; nitric acid ; . tho first was empty ,
and it was insinuated that the Duke might' have swal . lowed the laudanum . Nevertheless , nothing was certain . The physicians who attended him were watching tbe effects of . the narcotic . There were reports of spasms , of prostration of strength , of extreme weakness , Nevertheless , copious vomiting followed ; but laudanum does not cause vomiting . ! . , The treatment of the malady , whioh appeared to vary every , hour , was most strange . One day the invalid was given broth ' arid wine . " The following day ha was made to . swallow a quantity of ice , and in this situation ho was . surrendered to the Court of Peers , lie reached the prison on Saturday , and a rsmarkable improvement : in his condition was an ;
nounced . On Sunday the symptoms reappeared . He was interrogated on Monday , and he could scarcely an . swer . At 5 o ' clock on Tuesday he slept ' the ' sleep of the just ! ' But then the cause was ascertained ; " It was no Jlongar laudanum—it' ; was ) arsen : c . ' We are told that ho took a considerable quantity of it , and the first physicians , MM . Orfila . Aiidral , and Louis , never suspected that . They gave liirh wine and ice ! The symptoms of poisoning by arsenic are so little studied and so little known that tlires phyiciaus might have been deccwd . Is it not po ? We , however , are sure that Marsh ' s apparatus ' will give us a sufficient quantity of arsenic to cnute iis to shudder . But still : science is so
much in arniar . that it is perfectly easy to . mistake suici > le by laudanum for suicide by arsenic . Tho irriportant fact is the suicide . Well , be is dead , tranquilly , after having confessed to tbe chaplain of the Chamber of Peers .. Ho is dead , an < l you nswell as we are bound to regard him us innocent , and the honours duo to a peer of France and to a chevalier d ' Kmnew of the ' Court are due to him . In vain may you invoke overwhelming presumptions . They disappear , inasmuch as tbejudi . cial proceedings have not boen continued to convictioB . There remains but a single legal presumption , which is , that the Duke da' Fraelin was not guilty . Wo do not believe in a suicide . A man who committed the horrible crime ef which he is accused would never kill him . self . The ofScers of justice munt have been ' deceived
by false appearances , and be , overwhelmed with jrief at the meroidtaaf n disgraceful accusation , died of anguish , and was the victim of calumny . We see ho 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 mis arsenic with his food without ' . having leen porceived and prevented is simply impossible . Let us next suppose that physicians such as MM . Andraland Louis believed that he was poisened by laudanum whilst . he . had taken arsenic . That would be absurd . To believe that they discovered the cause of the malady , ' and that in place of arresting it they aidtd it by a fatal treatment , Would be too abominabla and too odious 1 We are not iHtlie middle ' ages—we no longer-liva in that feudal
epooh whes a man placed in tbe hands of justice was caused to disappear . 7 'liero is one principle wlitcb prevaih over every position and every privilege , which isequality before the law . It was not th » fault of the law officers ofthe Crown that il / Gailin , - who wasaccuBcd of cheating at cards , esonped , Th-jre was no time to set . As to M . do Fraslin , a formal articlo of the Charter was violated in his person . Ho was ' detained illegally and unconstitutionally . But , his " arrest having-been made regular , nobody could have had either the intention or the desire to save a peer of France , even though he was a chevalier d'horineur , from the punishments which the law awards to an atrocious crime . We must not therefore , accuse anybody . Thero was neither suicide , nor laudanum , nor destructive treatment . The only explanation of that death which occurred bo timely is ,
that thu physical force was dectroyvd by the torrific moral crush , caused by the . aecusatioc of an honourabla 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 ruge of a wild and savage beast . The facts which wore collected , tho judicial investigation commenced , the details known and published , would perhaps authorise us to devote the me . mory of thntassatin to execration , but tbe silence lmposjd on justice by bis death commands us to . proclaim that he departed from this world covered with the robe of innocence . If we had the misfortune to write the contrary , the most distant of his relatives might prosecute before the Court of Correctional Police , where we should bo inevitably eondemncd as infamous slanderers . '
The Consli&iionel sajB , — ¦ .- The examining magistrates , M . Legonidec , proteeded oa Sunday morning to the chatnau of Yaux . The search instituted there lasted until Mondtiy evening snd M . Li'gonideo returned yesterday morning to P . aris . - ' A great reserve is natuvally impojqd on us relative to what has been officially discovered , but the following is what was spoken of openly ia the nciglibourhebd , The magnificence of the chateau in the time of Fouquet is well known . M ., de Prnslin had expended considerable sums to restore to its ancient splendour this seat , spoken of by Ln Fontaine , PeliEson , and JImo de Serene , He had thoroughly repaired tho salle des gardes , which is eljjh'y feot high , it would be Impossible to depict the grief and consternation in which tho country is thrown by
the lato frightful catastrophe : Mmo . de Prnslin was exceedingly charitable , and particularly good to the poor . Some notes of h » expenses , found in her bedroom , give proof of her kindness . By the side of money given her by the duke for her toilet , may be read , ' 100 f . given to the femmo T— to help her to get o . substitute for lier son . ' V 50 f . sent toll— , whose wife haa lately . lain in , ' Proofs of her charity are also found In the account of alma entrusted to the clergy of the neighbourhood ! Tbe misunderstanding between Nor and her husbnnd , which had increased after 1843 , \ vh « nMllo de Luzzy entered the family , was known to every one , The domestics had spokcu of stormy scenes which took place , and a sadpreeentimont appeared te agitato lime del ' m ' . in , « ho was alwnys ia low spirit ! , A feaiiw de chtmbre elates that
the duchess was walking in the park a month back when the duke came tu ask her to visit the family v . -. ult at tho chateau , which bf . J > bevn just repaired . ' For what purpose V said she : ' shall I not soon descend there lor over ! ' The official search haV brought to light ln the duchess ' s chamber a number of papers sealed with block wax , on the envelops of which is writton in her band , ' For my husband , to be opened after n . y death , ' . These paperj ha » o not been yet opened , ' this mission beiugleft to tbe Duke P . isquier , A bulky manuscript was also diecorcred , eontainii :- private memoirs which . the dachess had written , uud lu which she glv ? 3 an account of the happy f : ir « « f her mnrrtege , with t , er subsequent
chagrins . In th « duku ' s apartment the search was for a long time fruitless , but at last in the secret drawer of a cabinet was found a . groat number of letters , said to be from Mdlle deLuzy , signed' Azelee' and all comment ) -, ing vsith these words 'Monclu-r Theobild . ' Oilier important letters wero found in the same place . It nould appear that a long correspondence had taken place lately Vetwcon tbe duke and duchess , rsferring prlnoi . pally to tho misunderstanding subsisting between them , Some letters of Marshal Stbastianl , sometimes relating to money matters , and at others reprimanding In pwtty sharp terms his son in . law for his conduct to his wife , aro also in tbehand 3 of justice . . We wad In thu Gazclte des Tnbuwmx : — - ¦
We said ycsterdRy ( that an investigation . had been made at P : tris by M , ' Broussais , juge d'instruetion , in order to discoror the little box , in which Mile , do Luzy-Dcsp' > rtc 8 eudos&d her correspondenoa . ThisUox was dc { tositcd soms days ogo by Mllo . de Lnzy-Dispbrtesin the hands of one of her friends , who in her turn gave it to tho doctor . When the officers visited the residenco of the latter , Lo was absent ; his housekeeper , howevev , hastened to remit tho box to the examining -magistrate , Bat tho letters of the Duke do Prsslin had been removed from it ; aud Unas only , it U said , after considerable hcHtation that the woman went to sack for then between tke pages of a volume ia the library . We are asmrcd tltat in one cf these letters ffee Dtiko dc Praslin held oat to the person to whom it ' was addrme 4 early hopes ef . happiness , but neither tbat letter nor ttre others contain anything tbat has reference to the crime of tbe 18 th Angnst , The mistress of Uieboarding ( tpfcarf In Ae R » V dfl IIa # aj , alv » hw Un fvamJneda ^
awitness ; was priaciiially tailed . onto dtp . ist . » itn respf « t to ' the , ' rliit . BBde . OB TaMd « y , the J 8 ; h . to Mile , de Lnay-Desportes by th « Duke de Praslin . Mile . <« Luzy had deriared that she did not re ' isaiii alon « amomint , wlth the Duk » , who was aecompanied by his two daughters ; but this dwlaratlon has been contradlated by seroral depositioBs , : Ths will of the Duchesa dt- Piaslin has been delivered to the Presidint of . the Tiikunnl . ShebcqaMtea au an odty ofe . insid ... n : b ! e amount to her husband , and annexed to the dirjctions respecting the education of hechildjin (» ix of whom we diught&rsJthasignUiuantcdn dltion that th » ir cdaoation ihonld ba » uperintenil < nl lv a man , a professor , aad not ft » « govcrnm . . - l n ,
The person who was sent to Marshal Sebasthnl imrnodiattly after the assaasinsiion of the Duchess de Pras . lin retnnrned to Paris yesttrdny . with accounts of the Marshal , whom he found at Vevay , in 8 wlizori « a . 1 , before he had heard of the fatal event . It was announced tohlmnscarjfBll . v as possible , buttho ' irrief ' of ' the marsnalmay bo conwlwd . His famil y , however , arv tranqulllised as to hi « health . The marslial was ignorum up to-the matnent of th « messenger * laiivinu bim whwas the author of tke murder . The whol « trutii will have been revealed to him by bU physician , who was charged with this paliiful mission , and who nsct tho marshal at Dnip .
The popular exnsperntion on the flubject ofthisatro . oious erinje has been so great , that tho utmost pr > cau . tloun havo been taken to prevent any act of outrH « e bcins committed ni » ain « t the p » rson of th « duke Evc-n his death was not considered to exempt his body from the effects of the popular fury , and » h « interment of his remains was effected in thedarkuess and silence of nijjht Ills body was deposit in an obscure grave in the cemi tery of Mont Parnasie vsry sarly on Friday , unattended by a single relative or friend , nnd without tbcobsf-rvantesofthe last ceremonies of religion . ' Ko -ttarfo ! l . and ' no prayer was offtrfd up , ;
; The follbTving account Is given ofthe interview of the duke ^ orithed ay efhis deathj with the eltrpyman who waa called to attend him : ' This priest wa « e ' ent for en Tuesday , at nine in" the morning , by the chHRCcllor , and afonce went to the prison of th . Lnxeniliourg . -Us not true ; as eeytral journals havo stated , that Vne djtagmuu was unable to speak two words in suecossion . The cure remained with him till half . past eleven , nnd return ' od again at two . Tho sufferer received him with rtadiiiess at both times . Afttr Bgain sonfcrring and prsjinu with him , the cure administered' to bim the sacrament of extreme unction , in the presence of Duke PasquK-r , who knelt beside him , and was deeply affected . When --the priest was about to leave him , the . Duke de 'Praslin took bis band , and said with emotion , 'How much good you have done mo ! He then requested him to leave the crucifix . In another uulf-hour ho was no more . - ; . •¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ -. ¦ \ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ .. .. . .: ¦; .
The inquiry as to the means by which the duke accomplished the suicide Is still prosecuted . M . Legonidrc , the cramming magistrate , brought from the Chateau du Yarixji where he had been to make a soarch , a sawplc uf a white substance , which seemed to bo arsanic , and stated that he had left at th « Chateau a very large quan ; tlty . The Chancellor immediately issued a commission , addressed to the Procureur du Roi of the Tribunal at Melun , tvho , in virtue thereof seized and transmitted to the Court of Peers thewholo ' of tbo substancei In question , anda phial coutaioing a considerablo quantity of laudanum . Tho whlto subatanca was given over to Dr Orflla ' and Dr Tarbleu to be analysed .
TheDuke de Pi-atlih had made his will , and before his death Bt « tedthRt it would be found in his portfolio . He has appointed two of his daughters legatees of the whole of his personal properly , expressing his ' confidence that they would make an equitablo dlstributisn of it . After several legacies to difforant members of his family , he bequeaths an annuity of 3 , 000 fr . to Mile , de Luzzi , 1 In sjpeaklng of the largo fortune of Mme . da Praalin ( saysthe ConslftHti '« inrf ) , we did not fix it sufficiently hig h . ' ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ; ¦ ; ; .: ; . -. - ¦ : One ot the journals atateB that the notary of that lady , at Paris , hits said that ber fortune , coming from her mother , and froiri tbe 'legacies made to ber ' slnceher m ' a ' magi ' , now asiouats to a capital of 10 , 500 , 000 fr . ' The Journals of Paris of Friday and Saturday were filled with innumerable ¦ details ; respeoting this cs . traoirdinary- catastrophe 'from which we select the fol . lowing : — " ' " ¦ ¦; . : ' ¦;¦¦ :
¦ BeBpe ' eting Mdlle deLuzzi Dtssportes , the governess , who w said to' have excited the jealousy of the duchess , and who , it will be remembered , is still k « pt in solitary confinement in the conciergerie , oa the suspicion of complicity In the crime of the Duke de Praslin , La Patrk tays : — — ¦ ' ¦ ' She has been twice taken before tbe chancellor and the committee , and interrogated . The peers who heard her replies a ' pree iu considering her a woman of superior talent . Her language ia most remarkable iu form and substance . ' Impossible to write it down , ' said a com p tentjudge . M . Cousin , ' nothing can be more clear and brilliant . ' Her ndrne is Henrietta de Luazi-Dispfrios , aged 37 i teacher , bora in Paris , and residing at Ho 9 , Hue dii Harlay , in the Marais , in Htne Leraaire ' s boarding-school . ' She . entered tho Duke dc Pra > lin ' s family on May 1 , 1841 , She was before tbat at Lady Hislop ' s , at Charleston in England . Her salary was 2 J 100 f . a-year ,
besides being fed and lodged . An under governess shared with her the caro of the education of three of the daughters and ofd little boy of the ducheBs ' s . The other sons wore placed under M . 13 ous 9 u , pcoftssbr' of the College Bourbon , S ! ie has , it ig said , protested energetically against tho suspicion of a culpable intercourse with tbe duke . Sbo was dismissed by the duchess on July 18 , in tho evening , just as all tho family wsre on the point of leaving for tbe oountry . She was greatly grioved , as she was anxious to preserve htr plaoa as a prevision for tho future . She had no othsr resource than an old grandfather , who treated her harshly , Shu was anxious to remain in tue house , where she could bo comfortably off . The children liked her ,: andshoap . p ' eared attached to them . It is said tbat she icnics having seen the Duke de Prailia more than twice since her being Eent away , and that she cried much ' on hearing of the crime which he had committed . She could not bellfcve that he was tbo murderer of bis wife . ' ;
• r -ip The examining commts » ion continued its operations on Thursday . - ' Further searches were made , and additional letters were iound , written by the Duke de Praslin to Mdlle de Luzzi-Dcsporte 3 , or by her to the duke , of such a nature , * it is said , as to have rendered necessary a further examination ofMdlledeLuzzlDeBportes . Among the seizures at the Chateau do V : iax a voluminous oorrcspondence of the duchess appears . . The letters addressed by hcrto her husband are fillsd . with the nobleBt sentiments . Nothing can be more touching than th « expression of her reproaches to , him , which aro at the same time tempered by testimonies of strong affection , ' . ' The condition in which the body of tbe duchess was found is thus described : —From the neck downwards to the feet , both before aad behind , her body was covered
with clotted blood , and the following wounds were found , on different parts of her person , numoly , eleven on litr head , five of which were deep and large ; the ; fractures of the skull indicating that the four first must have been inflicted : with extreme , . violence by ; some sharp-edged weapon . The torn parta . of these- wounds prove that they must have been given by some one standing above her , while she was in a recumbent position with the face turned towards him , These blows mast hare been yircn by the lmirdertv while she was still asleep . There are five excoriations of the nose , the Ufc eye , the lower lip , and the cliiu , which are the effect of strong force ttsod upon these parts , aud the marks of the Hails are to be observed . Four largo
wounis were ia the Heck made with a weapon which was both pointed and sharp ; but neither tho carotid artery nov the inner jngular vein was divided , as several jotiruRls have announced . On the two hands , the abdomen , aid the chest , tbcro are ten wounds more or less deep . The thumb of tue left hand was nearly severed at the joint . Tiius , more than . thirty severe wounds are apparent bit . tha person of tho unhappy Duchess 6 c Praslin . There are , besides ,, many bruises and livid spots on the limbs . At . the same time , it is certain that her death was the consequence of the herncrrhage from the wounds on . the haad and ncek . Tag number ant ! situation of the wounds and their uatura attest tbat her death was preceded by a long and violentfetfuggle ; and thoetatoof disorder in which tbe cluaber was found
leaves no room fur doubt on this point . It is also certain that Ihe duchess cried out several times , and lived along while after receiving , the first blows . It is believed that the wounds iu the front ef tho neck , and particulavly that which extended across It under the jaw , were given while she wns iu bed , nnd that the murderer pressed bard with bis hundj , on huv mouth , imprinting bis nails , in order to 6 title uer cries . It is a singular , circumstance relative to the parties , which has ; not been , so , far as wo have seen , alluded to in the various reports in circulation , that the marriage of tho duke aud duchess was what was called a lovo match , made against the consent of tho Marshal Sebastiflni , tbe duchess ' s father , and tbe other members of her family ,:.:
, Marshal Scbastiani , the father of the Ducheas de PraElin , arrived in Paris on Thursday night . Aides-doeiimp of the King immediately waited on him to ofivr the ecndGleo . ee of the royal family ; and it was said that on intimation was given to kirn that apartments in orb of the royal palsues were placed at his disposition , should lie be disinclined to occupy the Hotel Sebastian ! , his own residence . , which was the scene of the recent terrible event . He decided , howtvev , to occupy his own residence . Two wills of tUe Duchess de Pj-aslin bave beta deposited iu tho handi of tho President of the Civil Tribunal of tlio Seine , One cf these is dated in 18 tl , anil the other in 18 i 6 . . In the first , tho duchess sponlis ti her husband in tto uioet- affectionate tirnts . It the second aho does not , as has been erroneously stated give a life
interest to . the duke in all her property , tat bequeaths to him a put ot her personal propmjr , mi a life interest » one of her landed estates . 1 n this las will la a curious olauss , by which she leaves bey jewels to tmeofher sons , with dirccttons that they d » u ba Roid and the invested m . goTennnent finch . The dividends of the stoek thus purchased ata to bA mTosted to artnmulata till tlie time when this m * shall be about to be marrie . l , whon tUewhole / uncl tbusatgmentedis to be laid . oat in tho parchaso of diamonds for his biide . On Saturday morning the nill of the Dufe ' e do Praslin was also depoeitei in tbo hands of tho President of ttie Civil Tribunal . Tiiis wlll : iwas in ihu portfolio of th « ; doke , wlJt , ju 3 t before his death , took cuvu to indicate thatcircumatancc . Iinmediatc-ly aftti' tiie decen » e « f tbo pviso . Der tho pertfolit was qptBetf , » jr 8 two w >« f were f « ' vind > 'tearing tfftte
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1 M 1 Mi . i-18 M ,, Tho . flnt . h not signed , bnt tb « scconfl , p rlnuh Is the exact reprw ' uction of It , is wrftctiy reg'E Mr . In thliteMamntary set ef mt , - . \ h » Date % Priiflta ,. after ktwiI lilwnUttc . mEdtH > fcs > u . iiVr ^ t children , h&ra pof pre ^ mi , th » ehatnn of Praslia da T » iix . to his eldul son . In a particukr « hus » he e * KHg ^ s his sons not to eontraet rnatriagt before havinB ntiained thfir kw » nty-flfth year . Tber » is « l ! 0 in tfi ? ces-ament of IHi a lfgaey , by which tli » duke secures a renta o ( 3 . 0 Q 0 ? r . to Mddle de LuiizlDgspotUB , Jn-acknow . Itiiumeir . of the eallghtened 3 se » l which » h « had e&on « in the education of his daughters . ' . We read in tho DdaU : — Marslwl Sebastian ! determined to return to Paris in spite of the efforts of his gi'a&dthughtcr , who tried t » i \ i > iu ' . ie him from it . He wished , he said , to s-je v / hat ¦ emaiued of bi » 8 iily child , lie oaasid the apartment <> f the unfortunnti ) ducliesB to bs' opeaedj and ho et ' arniuvd the actno of the erima which tore from him hh
Wnll . beloved duti (; bter . On tho inspection , baing tirmlntiSed , the marshal exclaimed : 'Tiuro isonostjjl : noroto he pitied ihutilam—the mothtr of the assassin !' He iniruediatdy viahecitho DowftgerSuebessdeChoisenl Praslin , and that was the onljtlm * that he tag quitted his hotehinco his arrival . Tl . o Court of Peers . met on Monday at tnre oV . oc ^ In a seerut- sitting , to como to a decision relative t » the course it would havo io pursuo in tbe affair of tjifr Piaslin a \ urder . . The Cfiaaeollor . Dnko Pasquier , ordered the vaslotJ » ift-porh i . f the medioil men , tho officers of justice , an * rh « othi-r porsotis concerned to be read at lingtti . WQich being dono , th « Procureur-Oencnil read l ' . lsijt . quisitory , summing up all tbo principal points oHjie ff . ur .
f he court then dccid « d that , considering the'deathtrf tho Duke de Prnslin , - thire wasnonccoosity for it toproesed farther with the casts ; and , considering tho cirsum . stances which had coma » o light relative to Mllo . de Luhht , it aellverfin nor over to the ordinary eonrBO of justice , fe ba denlt with as mi ght appear fi t . The eourt tbtn sera , rated at four o'clock .
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THAMES . —AK llMRBfiBlTB I , tSS 0 N .-J . ¥ i ( : ! d Wat cbarged with in « ultlii ( i : a married lady , named Powtr—Tbo prosecutrlx statod , thnt on Monday evening , wlfh another f » rnale friend , she wag returning home , tndai the arrived a few doors . from ln-r own resid * nce she oaw the prisoner , . who was ' sl . opplng ana insulting evejy woman he met . Sh ? . endeh ' votire 4 to avoid bin :, but Bo pursued hor , thr . » w h <« aroi rooBd her walet , sad bob . ducti'd himself mtiBt grossly . The witness serrhmsd aijd fini ' -enrourpd to til' -eneak'c lirr ? f ! f , when he assiiled her
with the . most foul and dieRusting epUhets , and threap enedtokuock her'into the gutter . —Tho coustnble who took tbopriBonfr into custod y , 'H 808 , corroborated tie evidence . Prisoner was . quire sober . —Th « prisoner sliRhtingty said— 'Oh , h « djd ' nt think he hncl gonew far as had been reprosensed . '— MrTardley observed , that his condurt from first to last had bees dlsgunjiisu-ani cowardly in the extreme and his demeanour" in the dock was most unbecoming . He sliouid flue him £ 5 , or on » month ' s irapriaonment , with harcJ hbour . Tlie prifiunef who s'iemedI rather astouished at , tho conclusion to bis . frolic , was locked up .. ..
WORSHlP-STIlEBr . — Stabbimo a Sisibb — W . ' TVrede was charged withfeloniously eutting and wound . inghiS ; sister , apea 12 , and threatening the Hfsr . fhU mother .. . The prisoner hiii been all his life a < Mleisdt « the most Indolent and ' profligate habits ; and lo ;' . i' . life of idleness » pon the earnings of ! -is mother , altlio « i ;' a she had repeatedly placed him mitin comfortable situation ! , nnd given > im every opportunity of getting his living . On Sunday afternoon ; tho prisoner began abuMti ; : his mother for not supplying him with more sumptuous farp , and . his listor having ventored to rotnonstriito witb ' nim ,
he caught up a lar « o tablekniff , and flung it at her with all his force , Inflicting a largo gash , _ ext « nditig n . wrl y the whole length ofhtrc ^ eelc . lie was procpcrii ?? . ? to further acts of violence , when his mother interposed be . tween them , and , the prisoner then commenced a ferocious attack upon tho latter , and threatened that he would . do for her also . . She succRcded in escaping to ' the street . The prisoner wns given iBto custody ' . , " .. A ' &ortl * flcate from Mr . Garrod , the divisional police-Burgeon , was proiluced , describing , ibe nature of the wound , whijh was stated to bo of a very serious description . —The prt » naner wai committed for trial .
! Budial Assault . —T . Milner was charged with having assaulted Mrs Susan Fordo . —The complainant at : ttcd that , oa Monday night , while in the pit of tho ParilloK Theatre ,. the prisoner and two or three others iv ; his company peremptorily required her to give tht-xa her place , which Ehe had occupied the whole evening ; . Oc her refusal , tho prisoner struck her a tremendous blow under tho eye , and fol ' owod It up with several others , until her face an-l dress were covered with blood ,, and bub was insensible . ; The prisoner « -a 3 given into custody by a gentleman who had witnessed tho occurrence from tho commencement . — The coaiplainant ' s cvideues was fully , corroborated by a gentleman named Jfnthon , who described the assault as . tbo most brutal one . he bad ever witnessed , nnd positively identified tho xirisoarr as
the person who had committed it . — , The prisonar . utterly denied the charge , nnd called J . Peat , who confirmed hi « statement , and declnr ; d that the man who committed the assault was at that moment in the waiting ro ? ra .- >—The witness went witb an officer , and broug ' it fn J .. Ksrt . lett , who positively depoi ' cd tVnt it was neither ' tbs ' prisoner nor himself who struck the complainant , but a third man who had effected his escape , —Mr N ' athaa here intimated to the majiiitr . ' . te that he had no doubt his daughter , who was not in attendance , would be on . abled to confirm his testimony , uud the prosecuirix alao said tliat sbo could readily produce further cvidenua te tlie same cfi \! Ct . ~ Mr Arnold adjourned foo case ,, ana would accept substantial bail for the appearance oi tbe prisoner , ,
LAMBETH . —Chaeoe of JIobdeeino i WiF 3 ,- » Thomas Olds , a bricklayer , was placed at the bar I . 'Cibre Mr Elliott , on a charge of causing the doath of his wife by inflicting severs injuries upon her person . Inspector Skaw , of the P division of police , stated , thaton « ha night of Saturday week the son of the prisoner came to tho station-house in LockVfields , and rcqaefted the assistnnce . of a constable , stating that hi » father wag murdering his . mother . , He instantly sent a constable with him , aud on reaching the house of the prisoner in John ' a-court , East-lone , \ Valworth , tho officer found that the prisi-ner had been ill-using liis wife in a very serious manner , but she notwithstanding refused to give him into custody . Witnesses wctc in attendance , who
heard the erica of ' Murder' issue { rota tho prisoner ' s room , and on the Satarday night , and on the following morning , his wife complainod ol having been seriousl y hurt , and exhibitad marks upon her throat , and said her husband had attempted to strangle her , and knelt upon her body , and one of tho wituceaes saw her vomit a quantity of blood on the Sunday . Shu lingered in great painu'Ull the Thursday following , when she expired Since that timo nyost mortem examination had ia gveat formed , and from information conveyod to him be felt it to be his duty to take tho prisoner into custody . Three witnesees wero extisiinod , who corroborated the inspettor ' s statement , and the prisoner was r . inanded to a future day . . . . . .
SOUTHWARK . —SnooriNff with Jstbst to Men . dee , —Frederick Den-hurst , a wspc-ctsblo-lockinglad , in the employ of Mr Measure ! , tbe landlord of Ihe London , bridge Tavern , Maze-pond , was charged with firing a loader ! pistol at Oeorgo Lowers , with intent to murdei him . - Complainant , a lad about sixteen years of age , said he was employed with the prisoner as pot-boy to Mr SleisureB , and that for some time past , inconsequence of tho prisoner attempting to be master over him , there bad been frequent quarrele . Oa Friday evening , the 20 th iiwt ,, whilo they were in tlio kitchen at their menla , tlie prisoner suddenly jumped op from his seat , and coraniwiioed dancing abouUhe kitchen with the pistol in his hand , He afterwards presenUd It at his head , asking bim how . be should liko to havs the conteiits ? Witness told the prlsouernot to play any trick , butpnt thtpia .
tol away . Tlie prisoner , however , came up to bim , uni plaoiny tho mu 7 zlo c ! os » to the side of his head , pulled tlis trigger . A ploco of paper had fortunately got over tha pan , which j . revented thu explosion . When they went to bed thu same evening , he saw the prisoner unload tho pistol . There was a qi- . atttity of gunpowder and small shot iu it . Witness farther added , ibatthe prison * v always kept the pistol Lotted , and pot it und » r his pillow when ho went to bed . He r . loaded it on the Friday night In question , and said that if any person came for him he would shoot them . One of th * female servants was next called , aud said that on Sa > turday morniug , the 2 l 8 t ult ., she swept up a quantity of small shot in tho prisoner ' * , bed-rroom . She instantly spoke to tbe last witness about It , when he told he * of the occuvrenca cf the night previous . She then ealhji the prisoner Into the kitchen , and took the pistol from him , when she found it loaded with powdtr aad shot
Mr Measures said ti . at ho was not made aequainted with Uie circumstances until Wednesday mevning , when he went into the kitchen , and found them quarrelling . In answer . to the magistrate , the prisoner said that thepis . tol was not loaded , nor did ho load it until the Satutdaj morning . He only purchased it on the Friday , and wai showing it to the compliant , when be foolishly pulled he tnggcr .. He certainl y had no intention of doing . mi any harm . The mother of toe priaenfr said that lu * sou was , unfortunatel y , in the habit of playing with a pi 3 t « l . f hat she wns certain he never intended any harm . The magistrate said that he had not tbe same opinion respecting the prisoner . Ills conduet was ot an « lFaon 3 ianry nature . The faot of his quarrelling se often with his fellow servant , mid parrying .. a . loaded pistol about him , showed tlutt he meditated something scvions . It would \*} his duty to lvmand him , « o give tho eflictr au opportunity of uiuking inquiry ameng tbe ntighuoujrs . Tho pjisoner was acfior .-Mugly . Mir ended .
eUILDHALL . --l ) F . iTH of an Infant from Nsomoebcs . —Julia Sulliviiii and Mary Lcne , her sister , were chargad with so ncBlecting the child of the former , an infant sihmi one month eld , as to cause its death . Po » lice-constable IIOHftt stated , tbnt wliiio on dn ! y that si ' orning ho was informed , by u female named Murphy , that sliehadbtonif < iu « st « tl hy the prisomr Sullivan i * Kwk « fter hi * infant for ft glw . it time ,- and that she found the cliiid c ' tad . fieniu went to 2 « , Firld-lant , awl louad tbe child dead , H « nut tor Mr Gibwn , the district surgeon , wltosc . assistant aUcndtd , and attrtbut « 4 death to gross iwglig-ciico . The oliUd , to all a * . p « aranci < , bad » ut kecu iu bed all nig-lit . Witness locked , i !» , e ., jJ . oor . a « d . wont in starch of tlie prisoners , wliom U feut « l .. ia a pynbi ' . ft . hwnai . ariiflilng , 0 ? , tsBis « Btfls
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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/vm2-ncseproduct1434/page/7/
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