Star.
London, England, 1819-05-03 00:00:00

FOUR? OF ASSIZES OF THE SEINE, PARIS.
,INIMTIGATION TIIK ATTEMPT TO AMA&
SENATE TILE WEE OF, WELLINGTON.
lihe Act of Accusation or !ndictrnent, preferred at
the instance of M. Anus Ili, the French Attorney=
General, against Cantillon and clarinet for the at-
tempt to assassinate the Dake of WELLINGTON, has
been published. The followi.:g is a copious ex...ract
Accusaticu against A:are-Andre Caleillon, a jewel-
ler, born at Paris, and residing at N 0.46, Rue de
Dauphine ; also, against Joseph Stanilas lifarOd,
aged 20, without any occupation, born at Ilortagne,
Department of Ain, and residing at No. 313, Rue,
St. Honore. •
CIRCUMiTANCES CONCERNINI THE CORPUS DELICTI.
About cy,e o'clock, on the morning of the llth of
.February, 1818, the Duke of lVellington was return-
ing in his carriage to his hotel in the Rue Champs.'
Elysees The'carriage was driven by his coachman,
Daniel Guiver, and -Louis Denneux his footman,
was behind. At the moment when die carriage ap-
p•vached the hotel. the explosion of fire-arms was
heard, and the light was seen by the Duke, his coach-
rum, and footman. .

The Duke at first thought that the, firing proceed
el accidentilly from the muskets of the centinels
but when, on getting out of his earriage, the footman
atkei him, with great anxiety, if he was wounded ? ,
he ,nuld no longer doubt but that tile firing of the
procee.led from malice, and was aimed at hi..
carriaLe. The Commissary oi Police being informed,
of what pasett, proceeded next day at eleven o'clock
to the hotel of the 13.:1te of Weaington, where he
collected the following facts:
The coachman, Culver, declared, that having
turned from the Rue St. Honore into that of Champs
Elysees, and while in front of the inn which faces the
hotel of Abrantes, he perceived a man following the
carriage, sometimes going quicker and sometimes
slower and that as Guiver was about to enter the
hotel, he saw the same man pointing a pistol at the
carriage, heard the explosion, and saw the fire. He
added, fiat the man was only three or four paces
from the carriage, but that the horses being fright-
ened, he was obliged to direct all his attention to
them, and was by that means prevented from seeing
which way the man fled but that he could perceive,
so far as the darkness of the night would permit, that
the person was dressed like a citizen, with dark-
,coloured clothes and a round hat, hut that he could
not recollect his height or his figure, or whether he
had mustachios.

Denneux, the footman, stated, that as the carriage
was entering the gate of the hotel he saw the r,:an
suddenly raising his right hand on his left arm, and
• pointing the pistol attLe carriage. which immediately
went off, and that by the light of the fire he ‘v. .s able
to observe the man, who appeared to be about .5 feet
6 inches high, about 26 or 38 of age, that he
was thia and brown, had mustachios, wore a
tund hat. The rapid movement of the carriage, and
a seat placed behind it, prevented this witness from
immediately going in pursuit of the man, who rtn
away towards the Rue fit. Honore; but he cried out
to the gu!irds St--)p, stop !" but they wee prevented
from pursuing tne man in consequence of the cat-riase
haviug entered (...e gateway of the hotel.
T-.vo persons named Thomas Carter and William
Noiris; be:onging to the Duke's household, were at
an inn in the itue de la Nladelaine. Whets they heard
the carriage returning, they left the inn in, order to
go:to the hotel, and while proceeding along the Rue'
des Chatnp Elysees, on the left hand side, they saw
the flash, and heard the report of file arms; and im-
.mediately after saw a man running precipitately along'
the Rue Madelaine. Thomas Carter said to his com- '
panion, lay a wager that that mar, fired at the
Duke's carriage," but.as they heard nobody call o it, ,
and beng beside! strangers, and fearing lest they
should do any thing contrary to the usages of the
country, t!: did not at the moment attempt to stDp
the mzii ; but meetlng with three soldiers who w.-.e
pursuing the assassin, William Muni. joined I
and the assassin, who wash hirlared p:tccsin advanc,2,l
was soon out of sght. :%X..):T;s supposed the man
to be about 6 feet 3 inches high, with a dark coat and
metal buttons, and a stick in his hand.

Next day, the Judge of Instruction attended at the
hotel of the Duke to take his deposition. The out,ide
as well as the inside of the carriage was examined;
but no trace of a ball could be discovered; and it
was supposed the ball had passed through the two
windows pf the carriage, the glasses of which were
down, and struck against the wall of the hotel de
Clisson, which was opposite to that of the Duke; but
no distinct mark of a ball could be discoverded thew.

Cirmmstances which preceded this attel.y.
It appeared, from the exarninati:m taken afzer th
11th of F2bruary, that a repo:-: sea; spread at Can:-
bray of the Duke of Wellington having been assa:-i-
-nated ; and it was certain that the attempt v..as site
result of a plot which had been formed a lone ti:n~
before.

Colonel Burgh, Aide-de-Catrp of the Duke, stated,
that being at Cambray on the lath of January, IRIS,
he received a letter with the post mark of Pinis on it,
and having no other signature than the ler.,:rs F. G.;
that in this letter it was announced that art.2mpts
were making against the life of the Duke of Welling-
ton, and that a proposal had been nude to the writer
to enter into the plot, which he t.:litse.l to comply
with. Colonel Burgh intrnediat2ly sent this letter to
the Duke, who was then at the tteau de St. Martin,
near Cambray. The Duke diregardel this comm.
nicanon, and the letter was btirut or lost.

On the Ilth of February following, in the evening,
lan Italian, named Ghirardi, who had formerly been
servant to Colonel Burgh, and was then iu the ser-
vice of D. Los Rios, brother to the Spanish Ambas-
sador, came to Colonel Bergh, who was then in Paris,•
and told him lieswas the writer of the letter signed
r. V. which had been sent to hint to Cumbray.—
tiltirardi was immediat,Ay summoned before the
Judge of Ins:ruction. J k declared, that about the
end of September, 1817, or heginning of January,
'lBlB, while coming Out of his master's house in the
evening to purchase scrnethiug, he was met by a
person whom he had never seen before, and who sail,
is that you, Ghirardi ?" On being Answered in the
.affirmative, tis unknown person said he had same-
thing to say to him, and desired he would follow him.
Ghirardi refused. The stranger then eat..lred into
conversation With him ; asked if'he Was satisfied with
hip place?' apd then declared lar. could furnish him
wiis 'the means of living witLont aly place. After