The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-27 00:00:00

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PRIOR SD.

if the Chancellor, at the
on the first intelligence of
de Roi had deemed it pm-
M. Legonidec also examined
witnesses on the spot. The investigation made at the
residence of Mdlle. de Luzy-Desportes, at Paris, had
especially for its object, it is said, the discovery of a
box, in v, hich she placed her correspondence. Mdlle.
de Luzy-Desportes was not examined yesterday; but
among the witnesses who were examined, was the
mistress of the school in the Rue du Harlay, where
Mdlle. de Luzy-Desportes resided. The death of the
Duke de Praslin requires the Court to decide on the
question, whether its jurisdiction, which only reached
the other accused by way of connexity, must not
terminate, and at what moment the functions of the
examining committee shall cease. This is an unex-
ampled incident in the precedents of the Court of
Peers."
We read in the Dahats:—
" From the morning of yesterday the state of M.
de Praslin caused his immediate decease to be antici-
pated. Several attacks of delirium manifested them-
selves ; yet about four o'clock he was able to receive
the last sacraments from the Cure de St. Jacques
de Haut Pas, in presence of several persons and of
thea
.:espsektodeceoktpfoeett
srlhisevooefrof. the prison. At five o'clock he had
hisu itet willdressing.hb er
magistratesge mo
we mn b
ae remembered epfdluthat
containingi anoe re t the
laudanum. M. de Praslin had just swallowed a part
of it, but sufficient remained at the bottom of the
bottle to be submitted to a chemical analysis: The
contents of the phial, and the matter vomited by the
Duke at the moment of which the first symptoms of
the poisoning manifested itself, were confided by the
Court of Peers to the examination of M. Chevalier,
professor of chemistry at the Ecole Central° de
Pharmacie. The result of this analysis was consigned
in a proces-verbal, which will be published. The
presence of arsenic, in sufficient quantity to cause
the death of several persons, was shown in those
different matters, that is to say, in the substance
contained in the phial, and in the vomitings which
followed the poisoning. It is announced that the au-
topsy of the corpse will take place this day." •
The Constitutionnel says—
" The examining magistrate, M. Legonidec, pro-
ceeded on Sunday morning to the château of Vaux.
The search instituted there lasted until Monday even-
ing, and M. Legonidec returned yesterday morning
to Paris. A great reserve is naturally imposed on us
relative to what has been officially discovered, but the
following is what was spoken of openly in the neigh-
bourhood. The magnificence of the château in the
time of Fouquet is well known. M. de Praslin had
expended considerable sures to restore to its ancient
splendour this seat, spoken of by La Fontaine, Pelis-
son, and Mme. de Sevigne. He had thoroughly re-
paired the salle des garden, which is eighty feet
high. It would be impossible to depict the grief and
consternation in which the country is thrown by the
late frightful catastrophe : Mme. de Praslin was ex-
ceedingly charitable, and particularly good to the
poor. Some notes of her expenses, found in her bed-
room, give proof of her kindness. By the side of
money given her by the Duke for her toilette, may
be read, 'loof. given to the femme T— to help her to
get a substitute for her son.' 50f. sent to R—, whose
wife has lately lain in.' Proofs of her charity are
also found in the account of alms entrusted to the
clergy of the neighbourhood. The misunderstanding
between her and her husband, which had increased
after 1843, when Mdlle. de Luzy entered the family,
was known to every one. The domestics had
spoken of stormy scenes which took place, and
a sad presentiment,• appeared to agitate Ma-
dame de Praslin,! who was always in low spirits.
A. femme de chambre states that the Duchess was
walking in the park a month back, when the Duke
came to ask her to visit the family vault at the
château, which had been just repaired. 'For what
purpose ?' said she ; ' shall I not soon descend there
&Or ever ?' The official search has brought to light
in the Duchess's chamber a number of papers sealed
with black wax, on the envelope of which is written
in her hand, ' For my husband ; to be opened after
my death.' These papers have not been yet opened,
this mission being left to the Duke Pasquier. A
bulky manuscript was also discovered, containing
private memoirs which the Duchess had written, and
in which she gives an account of the happy years of
her marriage, with her subsequent chagrins. In the
Duke's apartment the search was for a long time
fruitless, but at last in the secret drawer of a cabinet
was found a great number of letters, said to be from
Mdlle. de Luzy, signed Azelee,' and all com-
mencing by these words, Mon cher Theobald:
Other important letters were found in the same place.
It would appear that a long correspondence had
taken place lately between the Duke and Duchess,
referring principally to the misunderstanding sub-
sisting between them. Some letters of Marshal
Sebastiani, sometimes relating to money matters, and
at others reprimanding in pretty sharp terms his son-
in-law for his conduct to his wife, are also in the
hands of justice. It is by mistake that it has been
announced that Mdlle. de Luzy is not au secret at the
Conciergerie ; this measure is, on the contrary,
rigorously enforced in her case. She is allowed to
walk every day for two hours in the inner court,
when every one else is shut up. In her times of exer-
cise she appears sad and pensive. The description
given of her in the journals is not altogether correct.
She is dressed simply, but is not wanting in distinc-
tion and grace. Her figure has lost the suppleness
and elegance of youth; her eyes, which are encircled
with a dark ring, have an intelligent expression ; her
complexion is pale, and denotes fatigue ; her hair, of
dark brown, is arranged with taste. She wore yes-
terday a nankin dress, a black scarf, and a straw
bonnet with a lilac ruche. She was walking slowly,
the arms crossed on the breast, and her head bent
down."

HORRIBLE DISCLOSURES OF DE-
PRAVITY IN NOTTINGHAM.
NOTTINGHAM, THITRSDAT.—Another discovery has
recently been made, in this town, of a woman named
Ann West, alias Wood, residing in Roses-row, Bel-
lar-gate, carrying on the most horrible system of
procuring abortion by the use of instruments. The
facts, so far as their revolting nature will admit of
publication, we subjoin.
Yesterday (Friday) fortnight, Inspector Wilkinson
proceeded to the house of Mrs. Boots, Nile-row, in
consequence of having received information that a
young woman named Sarah Henson had there been
delivered of a male child, which was dead, improper
means having been employed to cause its birth. He
found the female in bed, and also obtained the body
of the child. After leaving a man in charge of the
body, Wilkinson went to Mr. Michael Browne, the
coroner, who directed him to take someismonederic,salhmen
to see the female. He did so, and then calling upon
superintendent Raynor, went in quest of
i
of tn th
hewe-omabaon-
Wood, and apprehended her at nine o'clock that even-
winasg.
seOarnehtehde, fm,o,lhloenw itnhge iinaosrtrnainnigentthse pr
inmiAnanbleinpqruaecstticewwasereepfeozdat th
at box. ox. Ouse
watchhouse, and
adjourned until yesterday, when the examination was
fully gone into at the Exchange Hall. From the
evidence then adduced, it appeared that Henson had
been directed by a young woman with whom she
had become acquainted, and who was aware of her
condition, to apply to the prisoner, being told that
;he would do what was necessary for her for a
sovereign. Henson first made application to the
prisoner on Sunday, August 1, when she called upon
herwen at tt
to
her e oowp
operated being then arranged, the misguided
following, the
more
pri-
soner telling her that it would do
similarly rno hdealtarm ,
with.than a hundred having been .
She was opera
own house.
ted
upon
the d
,ilsa.y disgusting. s
her
n g y
opreliminaries young
woman
operated upon again on the Wednesday, on
on Friday, and the last time on
suffering great pain on each occasion. The,
born about eight o'clock on Monday morn .
icB.nih'aghitl,uudrrstd wdhlae2yy, ' twice
9th instrnt, and lived until one; it wtas
nearly a six months child. The body was dread-
fully mangled, presenting the appearance of having
been pricked all over. One of the witnesses strited
that a man with whom the prisoner cohabited, had
murder
Dublin
wascurtethorfnetdbeagwa-ianv3.t.
offered her (the witnes) and Henson 101. each to g
bAothverdict of 'ilfulo
A
Sarah Henson, the jury, however,
eixiaprleNsceinstg andan earnest wish that the latter might be admitted
evidence.

The case was heard before the magistrates on the
same day, when the depcsitions were taken (Henson
being examined as a witness), and West was cora-
initted for trial.

MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—On Sunday morning, 'as
the train from the Newcastle and Carlisle railway v'as
starting for the Scotswood station, two men imprudently
jumped upon the steps of one of the carriages. and
after riding over the bridge one of them jumped off and
fell on the opposite line. B'efore, however, he could re-
cover hiinelf, another train from Blaydon, came up, and
the iron plough in froni of the wheels swept him off the
line, by which his If.ie was fortunately preserved. The
man immediately got up and walked deliberately away.
—Newcastle Advertiser.
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HE BoxONEs. —We are informed that the state-
went lately inserted in several papers that the Boy
ones, of
Buckingham Palace notoriety," is now a
trumpeter in the Hussars, stationed in Ireland, is ineor.
rect. He still serves on board of a man-of-war, and has
very recently been transferred from the Inconstant to the
Harlequin, now stationa. at Smyrna.
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