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1111011114.1k,11111410 The Prises, was Institut!, carried iatrill4r.
fie ettfolged Mo. • Norsolim's chamber, where tlwy hastily fitted •$D
The *neat victim toessemed ao heroic traniril. a sort of temp bed, formed of the covered seats and
1.113`. History 0114/IPY vtoittis. rite smitiresses belosigiog to the establishuteut. They
worthy sou of emery IV. was rearogni.ed its the row to look for assistance. mod some proressiooal
Prime, on exeloinstie-••" Alt ! Ashy hood I sot men who herd its the neighbourhood weer soon be-
/rend my deed is batik ;" and lw added, in a aisle the Prince. Their names ought to be recline-
some/fel tone, "IA is gruel to tot that I should mended to the public gratitude. They were Doc-
44Ay the Arad of is Frersehmon." tors Bougott. Blenchetun, Therin. Locroii. Cote.
Jlt was is pressing the hood of the Monarch that stutter, sod Drogart. Three administered the first
the Prime expired—" bum a lust duty to per- sw•istessce. Doctors Doortuyren, Dubois, sud Roue
Arm to Jig arm," said hie Majesty. That duty arrived ; they were obliged to look fur them at
waste close his eyes. their house., which are at • disrauce from the opera.
few usinetess,trefom depth, the Prince turniag After hsvissg accomplished ills crime, the asses.
his eyes towards /Immo. exclaimed, " OA. Noy sin endeavoured to escape. Pursued by the cries
topiary l Unhappy &suet !" Such were Ism last of the witnesses of his guilt, 1w bad already or.
words. After !basin expressed 01 the stablest rived at the tensing of the street de Richelieu, astd
sentiments of nature. religion. and friendship, the hod gritted the Arcade Colbert ; lee was there
last sigh of the French Prince was for his country. stopped by Count Cesar de Choiseul. sod the
Madame the Ductless of leery is is a state vehicle Count de Clermont. Aide•de-Camp to the Prince,
ete.ohall not attempt% to describe. We are assured who, with • waiter from the Cafe de l'Opere, rail
that her Royal Highness has herself cut off lief up at the noise, seized hiss, and dragged him to
beautiful hoir w the lint sign of the prufussud gruel the guard stationed at the rottener of the salatou.
erbicli surrounds her. Here Count de Clernausit, addressing the first
The body of the Prism: lies at the Louvre, in a wont to him. said, " Mousier what could impel
low halt belonging to the apartments or the Go. you to commit such • deed ?"—A. 1 wished 1m de-
Vernor. liver Frouce from her cruelest enemies.
This morning the Duke of Bourbon went to Q. By whom have yea beets bribed to incur the
Monsieur ; the unhappy father of the Duke guilt of such a crime ?—A. (With a great deal of
d'Enghien went to offer consolation to the desolate arrogance) 1 have been pitfall by nobody.
father of the Duke or Berry. He had nut the He was searched by the geodoristerie ; they
strength to perform it. Oat entering the spartreetits foetid us him the sheath of the dagger he had
of his Royal Highness, his knees trembled. tears made use of. sod /mother four.edged digger, very
tiPprived hum of the 'sower of utterance. Monsieur sharp.—Mtanwhile, bloosieer was already Ise.ide
I, !silly tolealierij towards him, and tee august suf. the bed of his unfortunate sots, and it is onneces.
ieser supported in his arms him who would bare very to describe what distress the scene ',resented
'mooted him in his despair. al few m. es after, Alatlaine and the Duke
During this scene of horror the assassin was in• d'Angouleme mrived. The Duke and Duchess
terrogated. The wretch had at first taken to d'Orleans, who had attended the spectacle, flew to
ii gist. At the cries of some persons present on in- the spot, and were followed by the Duke de Bout-
divisiusl made an attempt to seize him; they bon, to whom the spectacle before Isis eyes was
struggled for sip itssiont, and the murderer sue- not less painful than the recollections which it Fe-
e:reeled in escaping; but a waiter of a coffee-house called were frightful.
loritroi 111111 again tear the smile ; the guards who After the Duke de Berry had been laid on the
par•ned Isis arrived, cud conveyed him to the bed of grief his first words were these—" My dough.
u rd•roOnt at the opera. ter unit the Bishop of Angeles." They hastened
The name of the assassin is Louvet, • name to execute Iris wishes : they brought its the royal
already celebrated in the metal* of regicide. His infant, yet too young to be sensible of her misfisr-
foamier is tranquil. Thee physicians have not per• tune, and the virtuous Prelate appeared to perform
wetted any alteration in his pulse. He is about 40, the sad and consolatory functions of Ins Ministry.
d.rk, hold, tout his countenance has the expression The succours of art, di • d and applies, by the
sd au I:yriis. Ile was a working saddler the train must celebrated practitioners, had at fir.t its some
of artillery of the Old Guard ; lie never carried degree alleviated the sufferingsur the Pinter. )'he
senor even as a soldier. He 'went in 1015 to tlw letting blood from one of his arms slid both his
Isle of Edw. and was afterwards at the battle of feet was attended with some success ; by the aid of
Waterloo. When asked if be were • Frenchmen, cupping-glasses a great quantity of blood which
I.e replied, " Do yoe not see by my face that I had overflowed through the interior of the wound
um a good frenelsosan ?" loterroprated respecting was extracied. The wound bring opened on the
t!.. motive of his crime, he said, "I do not love outside, left a free passage fur the flowing of the
the Hoed ." blood. Efforts all in vino ! The injury was
M. the Duke of • • • pat several unestions you', all resource., and of this the Pris.ce himself
to him, to which he replied vaguely, citing emotes. was so convinced dist he said several times to Dr.
►.o from 7he Coonitetionel. 71/4e Manse, mid Dupeyreas, "1 am very deeply affected by your
utter Jouniels equally good Perna. It is tenses k- owes, but they cannot prolong my existence—my
ode, that once while the words were looking at wound is mortal."

is,
rim in silence. the noise of a door shutting was
heard it a distance; with an expression of sails.
I.etinii he exclaimed. " that, no doubt. is the
...wind of the cannon."
He was asked. " Who inspired you with this
•tekeil iistentiou ?" He replied. " Don't call it
w!i.k ed."
"1.1,1- moruiog the absurd report was circulated
that thinnparie was landed. Some persons. whose
1 uutitroaticit expressed every thing but grief.
spread themselves through the coffee-houses.
and announced with SW air of mystery Out the
treat day was at hood. This nigh', an hour after
the 1at.41 event, one of the principal Editors of the
i.ilerui Journals said Wood Ina coffee-house. "This
is toed swiss fur the Royalist Journals." • great
'mintier of persons. either drunk or !mete:Ali% to
to so. rail through the streets uttering seditious
cirt•. The iudiguant people arrested sonic of
then,.
'Die Doke de Berri last week received an snoop
mous letter earnestly eshortiog hiss not to attend •
01. r masked ball.
'Consternation reigns in the capitol—horror has
seized all classes of the citimus. The people to
whom the benevolence of the Prince was princi•
pally known. are in a melancholy stupor. A great
number of commercial houses sod shops have been 1
inloseil. as was also the Exchange.
The Duchess of Berry has eat wit for Saint
(mid, with Madame, and the Declaimed Orleans.
The Courts of Law did nut sit en Monday. The
Steck Exchange was not wpm sad all the phew
of public anieseseent were shut. end all invitations
lids private pert*, during the ewes of the week
OCT. pf.tpeacd.
. . (frees dm 4wereml lics Debars.)
Yeetc.thy was repeoented at the °par..* epees.' •
ale composed fromKossignel. TM Stamm off:o.
eseehe° and 711 e Carnival of Ponce. A few mi•
notes before the end of the lest ballet the Duchess
Dv Berri inaeifested a desire to reties. The Duke
accoMpanied her to her carriage. gage ber his hand
to e ea, and &footmen closed the deer. The Priam
prepared to return to his apartments. and he
had already turned round to ascend the stair-
emir. when an individual who had already passed
the ulacer of the royal guard posted at the- doors,
flee on him, seised him violently by the left
plionliter. and raising his arm idiom the left,
plunges sato him. coder the right aide of the chest.
between the seventh and eighth rib, a double.
edged weapon. from seven to eight inches long,
snaffled to a wooden handle, rudely carved. It is
with a sentiment of horror that we trace here the
name of the assassin. a name which will be bestow
forth associated with those of Ifaesillee end
Damien. sud which will share the immortality of
their infamy. His weals is Pierre-Joseph Lasso,
a saddler by trade. exclusively . employed for
the tist three months in the King's own Mans.
11001 X, and lodged to the grand stables. He
had been a soldier in the train of artillery of the
guards under Bonaparte. whom. it is said. he even
followed to Elba. in the isionieut thin the Prince
perceived himself wounded. he applied *hand to
tins *nano. and exclaimed. " 'f en Maar He
hall (lie Aeursige. to draw thi eier4tter. !Mrs eat
of the isitiesid. lumitelf. . • 41 de. ...•. i . •
On hearing the Prism's try, time
herself nibs of the center. is: • i . ill bee
walk ariSS.lper, (Weiig
liktoil strained is m
raimretiee, - nil%
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In this persuasion this worthy son of St. Louis
turned all Isis thoughts to relig . which alone
could inspire him wills the hope of again meeting
in a few hours one ul the most sacred of his mires-
tors. After having heard the words of the holy
Minister, the Duke de Berry confessed, in a loud
voice, and in the presence of his family and all the
assistants, the sins of which he recollected himself
to be guilty ; lie mode this confession with as
much simplicity as resignatiou. mill he caked par-
don of God for Ili, uttesices„ and of mess for those
of his actiuua as might have given them displessure.
The sacraments of the church were then adurusis-
tered to him.
After having satisfied the ditties of religion, the
Duke de Berry thought he might devote himself
more particularly to the objects of his dearest offer-
lions. He embraced his dangling. mid bestowed
his benediction on her. blousieur, Madame. and the
Duke d'Angoulenie. pawed the whole of this
dreadful night ou their knees, at the foot of the bed
of their son and brother, in tears and prayers, im-
ploring of Heaven to alleviate his sufferings, and
forming vows for his recovery, which were nut to be,
which could uot, else! be heard. Twenty times
their prayers were interrupted by the Prince, who,
in the midst of his cruel sufferings, did not cease to
beg that his awassiii might be pardoned.
At half-past live o'clock the King. who it was
thought should not be iiiforined of the melancholy
occurrence till every gleams of hope bad pared
away, arrived. At sight of the King the Doke
appeared to find new strength, mud he employed
his lost moments in soliciting amen in favour
of Lovett the remission of a capital sentence.
Sire,"witid he in a dying voice. la pardon toe
eke moos who has wounded use ! pardon for die
NM (the. be cuastantly bed the generosity to name
him). Doubtless it is some one whom I have
*fended, without intruding it."
The King answered. in accents of the We peas
found affliction My son. you will serwitar. I
hope, this cruel event; we shall speak again ;
the matter is of insportence„ and requires serious
and repeated consideration."
The physicians. who saw the foist moment sp-
prosch every minute, pressed his Majesty with the
warmest entreaties to spare himself witnessing the
mournful spectacle which was impending. " 1
fear not the sight of death," replied the Kiag. I
have • last debt to pity my son."
At this instant the Prince ezpired. The King
then taking the arm of M. Dupsyren, approached
the bed, closed his nephew's eyes. and bade him •
last adieu. At this sight the sobs were redoubled,
and the groans which burst forth with DOW force,
passed beyond the saloon, and announced to the
pedple, assembled in crowds wider the windows,
that they had lost a friend, a failter.'s protector ;
that the Duke de Berri was un more:.
The assassin being conveyed to is room near that
where his victim lay. was interrogated in legal form
by the Count Recasts and others, The following
is e report of the elimination :
Q. Who incited you to the. Crillie !hick you
have committed ? —A. MY oftionlsol. i 1 !emit'
Stills
Q. What are those opiniops those K 240: mi. ts?—
A. My opinions are that NW rtio•
aid do lent cruel awn*
Q. Why eraiettoiiiisig fills opinion did you pre-
fee the Die de "evil fir
pier othk
woe iris' nice is the yoongest of the Key.f firs:'