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THE DUELLING TRAGEDY it:fi 'PARIS.

PAWS, TUESDAY.

The tragedy at Auteuil is of course, the ail-prevailird
topic, and every other subject of interest, political, eccle-
siastical, or social, has for the time being sitbsided into
absolute insignificance. There are endless varieties in the
several versions of the affair, but those of the two surviving
actors in the scene naturally deserve most attention.
M. Ulric de Fonvielle, the companion of the murdered
man, has published a statement of the-interview. He
says that M. Noir and himself went to the Prince's
house, being sent there by M. Paschal: Grousset to de-
mand satisfaction from the Prince for certain injurious
articles against that gentleman published in The Avenir de
la. Corse. This, you will see, is altogether different from
the original account. After being admitted and passing
through a fencing gallery, they were
,shewn into a saloon.
The Prince entered, and the following scene, according to M.
Fonvielle, ensued—" Sir : we come to deliver to you a
letter from M. Paschal Grousset." You do not
come then from M. Rochefort, end you are not
one of his manceuvres (workmen)? Sir, we came
sbout another matter, and I beg you to read
this letter' I handed the letter to him, and he went near a
Ivia‘low to read it. He did read it, and after having
crusiicd it up in his hands he returned it to us. I prc
voiced M. Rochefort,' said he, because he is the standard-
bearer of crapulence. As to M. Grousset, I have
no answer to give him. Are you conjointly
responsible with these carrion - mongers ? " Sir,'
I replied, we come to you honourably and
courteously to fulfil a commission entrusted to
us by our friend' Do you share the opinions of
these wretches ?' Victor Noir replied, We share those
of our friends' Then suddenly advancing a step, and
without any provocation on our side, Prince Bonaparte
gave, with his left hand, a blow to Victor Noir, and at the
same time drew a ten-shot revolver, which he had kept
concealed and ready cocked in his pocket, and fired it
point blank at Noir. The latter sprung up on receiving
the wound, applied both his hands to his breast, and tot-
tered through the door by which we came in. The
cowardly murderer then rushed towards me and fired a
shot directly at me. I then seized the pistol I had in
my pocket, and whilst I was striving to get it out of
its case, the wretch threw himself upon me, but
on finding that I was armed, he drew back,
placed himself before the door, and took aim at
me. Then it was that, comprehending the ambuscade
into which we had fallen, and reflecting that if I fired,
persons would not fail to say that we had been the aggres-
sors, I opened a door behind me and rushed out crying
Murder !' At the moment of my egress a second shot
was fired, and the ball again passed through my paletot.
In the street I found Noir, who had just strength enough
to descend the staircase, and was expiring. . . . Such
are the facts vs they took place, and I expect
prompt and exemplary justice for this crime."
Now for the Prince's version. He says that, after some
rather angry explanations between himself and M. Noir,
the latter gave him a soufflet. it was then that, finding
himself in a position which jus'&ified defensive measures,
he armed himself with a pistol and used it.
As soon as M. Rochefort heard of the catastrophe, he
went to the Garde des Sceaux, and was informed by M.
011ivier that orders had been already given for the arrest
of the Prince. A strong force of serpents de ville guarded
the house at Auteuil, and the police keep all the doors,
no stranger being admitted on any pretence whatever,
and the inmates only being able to pass by special permis-
sion. The prince himself is at the Conciergerie, the order
being countersigned by the Emperor. Another account
says that he gave himself up at the Prefecture of
Police. M. de Fonvielle has been arrested and
conveyed to the Conciergerie, and the "two accused," says
the Figaro, are being interrogated this morning. The Sieele
is highly indignant at this conjunction, and asks if it is to
be found in the version given by M. Paul de Cas-
sagnac in the Gaulois, as the friend of Prince
Pierre. The Prince has informed him that
his two visitors presented themselves in a threatening
manner, with their hands in their pockets, and
gave him a letter from M. Grousset, editor of the
Marseillaise, couched in the following terms :—" To MM.
de Fonvielle and Victor Noir, editors of the Illarseillaise.—
My dear Friends,—Here is an article recently published, with
the signature of M. Pierre Bonaparte, in which thegrossest
insults are addressed to the editor of the Revanche, demo-
cratic journal of Corsica. lam one of the original editors
of the Revanche, which I represent in Paris. I beg you,
my friends, to present yourselves in my name to M. Pierre
Napolion Bonaparte, and demand from him the reparation
which a man of honour cannot refuse under these circum-
stances.—rASCllAL GROUSSET." The Prince replied, " I
have dealings with M. Rochefort, and not with his
workmen." " Read this letter," said M. Noir. " I have
read it all," replied the Prince, and added, "Are
you responsible for it?" M. Noir replied
by a soujiet, and immediately M de Fonvielle
pulled out a pistol. " Seeing myself," adds the Prince,
" thus attacked and menaced, I drew a pistol from any
pocket and fired at M. Noir. The other crouched behind
an arm chair trying to load his pistol. I fired at him
without result. He then fled, passing me without
my trying to hinder him, which would have been easy.
But at the last door he aimed at me again, and I fired a
third ball, which was also fruitless. I shall content
myself with adding that these gentlemen loft
behind them at my house a box of pistols, a cane, and
a sword. This is enough to shew that the letter of
M. Grousset was nothing more than a pretext to entrap
me into a well-prepared ambuscade."
The Marseillaise is of course furious, and declares Victor
Noir has been sacrificed for another; that it was Roche-
fort whom the Prince intended to kill; it was
Rochefort for whom the revolvers were loaded, and whom,
as all assassins are cowards, the murderer intended to
kill by a surprise, without risk. It is said that
Victor Noir was not aware of the letter written
to Rochefort by the Prince, but that the latter
had requested MM. Milli6re and Artteur Arnould to
act for him as seconds that very day, and that these gentle-
men arrived by coach at Auteuil, when they found their
progress arrested by a crowd. A bystander exclaimed, "Go
no further, there is murder within ; Victor Noir has
just been killed." "All the more reason," cried they,
trying to push forward, but the crowd hearing that
they were Rochefort's seconds detained them, crying
out, "We do not fight with assassins ! " After a
little further delay they decided to return to

Paris and tell M. Rochefort the news. His language in
the Marseillaise is most outrageous. He says " I was weak
enough to imagine that a Bonaparte could be anything
else than a murderer ! I ventured to think that a loyal
duel was possible in that family where murder and ambush
are traditional and customary." After denouncing that
"bandit Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte," he asks French people,
Can it really be that you do not think you have had enough
of them? Probably the Emperor is inclined to share the
opinion expressed by the culprit himself to his friends,
"Do not congratulate me; it is a terrible misfortune."
The Temps calls attention to the significant fact that
Prince Pierre Bonaparte came to meet the gentlemen who
called upon him with a loaded pistol in his pocket. It
compliments the Government on the course it has pursued,
as the Prince, belonging to the Imperial family, was
not actually under the jurisdiction of the Minister of
Justice. The Inr?4endance Beige thinks that Monday was
an unfortunate day for the French Empire, the more
.so
that the public are indignant that a special court is
appointed to decide on the crimes and offences committed
by members of the Royal Family. In the present state
of things the Government could not act otherwise to what
they have done; and if they were virtually compelled to
abideby thelaw, they have at least the merit that is due to
prompt decision. The Liberte considers that the decree which
will send the Prince before the High Court of Justice must
excite universal approbation, and that the Minister of
Justice has comprehended the exigencies of his position.
The Prince was arrested in consequence of a spontaneous
order, which was sent by the Minister, and was afterwards
confirmed by the Emperor. The Constitutionnel says that
every precaution was taken by the authorities, 134
that the ends of justice might not be defeated.
Immediately upon the receipt of the intelligence, tele-
graphic orders were despatched to the frontiers' in case
any attempt (might be made to escape from the legal
authorities. These precautions wore rendered unnecessary
by the surrender of the Prince, but the intention of toe
Government is shown by the prevision thus disvlayed.
The Siecle declares that the death of Victor
has occasioned the most profound regret in all quarters,
and whatever may be the opinions that prevail on the
subject of duelling, it must be acknowledged that Victor
Noir was fulfilling a duty at Auteuil, that he died'on the
field of honour, representing his friend and his political
'.
opinions.
The Liberte announces that the 11farseillaise was seized
at one o'clock to-day, and its forms carried oil, N9u
than 500 persons protested against the act.
The funeral of M. Noir will most likely take place
to-morrow. The inquest was held this morning at ten
o'clock. Great crowds are assembled in the neighbourhood
of his house. It appears that his brother was unwilling for
him to go to Auteuil, and said that the Prince was capable
of ordering him to be beaten by his lacqueys. He advised
him to take a revolver. Victor Noir was 22 zeal!
of age, and was to have been married next week.

OBITUARY.— lion. Emmanuel C. Reigart died
at the age of 74, at Lancaster, his native town, on De-
cember 19th. He was admitted to the bar in 1822,
elected in 1834 to the Pennsylvania Legislature, on
the Anti-Masonic ticket, and in 1837 and 1838 was a
member of the Convention to revise the Constitution
of the State. In 1847, he was candidate on the Native
American ticket, for Governor, receiving eleven thou-
sand votes. In 1851, ho was sent, by President Phill-
more, as Commissioner to the World's Fair, in London,
and at the time of his death was United States Com-
missioner, under appointment from Judge Cadwalader.
—Hugh H. Henry, United States Marshal for Vermont,
died on Saturday night, Dec. 18.—Colonel Gordon
Lofland, seu., Commissioner of Ohio for the Gettysburg
Cemetery, died on Friday night, Dec. 15. —Rev. Dr. Tlsurs-
ton, for 20 years pastor of the Central Congregational
Church at Fall River, liageachusetts, died on Sunday,
Poo. 19, aged 61.