Star.
London, England, 1820-02-18 00:00:00

FROM THE MONITEUR.

His Royal Highness was present at the Opera with
his spouse and several persons of his household. To-
wards the end of the Ballet, being neatly eleven
o'clock, their Royal Highnesses withdrew, according
to custom, and went oat .by the Rue de Rameati.
The Duke was handing the Duchess into their car-
riage, when a man, darting through the attendants
towards the per son of the Prince, struck him in the
right side a blow with a sharp-pointed instrument,
which gave him a deep wound, and was left sticking
inthe place: the Prince made a motion and staggered;
' one of the Officers of his suite, ignorant of the cause, but
believing that the Prince had been hurt, hastily pushed
back the assassin, who seized this moment to escape ;
a chasseur of the guard, however, ran after him,
crying out, " Stop! Stop !“ and a waiter of a Coffee-
house intercepted the fugitive, who was arrested near
the Arcade Colbert, and immediately conducted to
the Police Office of the Opera.
The Prince meanwhile had fallen into the arms of
the persons who accompanied him, and the Duchess,
from whom it was in vain endeavoured to conceal
the event, sprung from the voiture to the assistance
of her august spouse. In this state thee Prince was
conveyed to the Management Room of the Opera,
where the bed of the Secretary-General of that esta-
blishment was hastily prepared for him. Several
professional men were instantly sent for. MM. Du- '
puytren and Dubois were very soon with the Prince,
and administered to him every assistance which their
art could supply.
In a short time Monsieur, Madame the Duchess
of Angouleme, and the Duke of Angouleme, were
by the side of the Prince, whose courage, in the
midst of his sufferings, and touching resignation,
were not for an instant disturbed.

Until two o'clock M. Dupuytren and his colleagues
had hopes of saving his Royal Highness; but to-
wards three o'clock appearances became alarming,
symptoms of suffocation manifested themselves, and
all hope of his recovery vanished.
The King, to whom in the course of the night they
had not been able to announce an event pregnant
with such disastrous consequences, was at last' in-
formed that the situation of the Prince was such as
to cause the most serious alarms. His Majesty im-
mediately hastened to his nephew, and did not quit
him for•an instant.

The last moments of the Duke de Berri were con-
secrated to the duties of religion.
, He requested and received the Sacrament; he
asked to see his daughter, and gave her his paternal
benediction. He recommended to the King his faith-
ful servants, and supplicated from the clemency of
his Majesty the pardon of his assassin.
The Duchess would not consent to retire till the
King thought it necessary to impose on her his com-
mands. His Majesty remained by the pillow of the
Prince ; he received his last sighs ; and with his Royal
hand he closed his eyes. It.was then six o'clock in
the morning. •
The mortals remains of the Prince were conveyed
to the Governor's apartments in the Louvre. During
the whole day the priests of St. Germain l'Auxerrois
were in prayer by the side of the corpse. Picquets
of the body guard did duty. The gates of the
Louvre were closed.
The Duchess of Berry went in the morning to
St. Cloud, where she was immediately followed by
Madame Duchess of Angouleme.
Monsieur and the Duke of Angouleme remained
with the King.

The first circumstances of the great crime, of the
melancholy event, which has- plunged the Royal
Family, and the hearts of all Frenchmen in grief,
are already but too well known, and are every where.
re-echoed by the public lamentation. Victim of an
execrable attempt, the Prince died with admirable
courage, and a greatness of soul which seemed to
aggravate the horror excited by the basest and most
odious of all crimes. Surrounded by weeping friends,
he suffered nothing to escape him but words of ten-
derness and sublime resignation ; wishes of clemency
carried to a length which it belongs only to Divine
Justice to grant, but which human justice has no
right to extend.
The illustrious relatives who were assembled
around the Prince, received, with heart-rending af-
fliction, these last testimonies of his noble soul—these
last sighs of a son and brother so much beloved,
—The Duchess of Berry manifested all the agonies
of the deepest despair at the sight of the husband;
from whom she saw herself so cruelly divided: The
same impression of profound sorrow has communi,
cated itself to all who have heard of this horrible
event. A deep melancholy has spread itself Over the
Capital. The liveliest regret and indignatidn ate
expressed in all public places, and anions perscas of

all conditions. Never was so cruel a loss honoured
by a sorrow more general or more deeply felt.
The great Bodies of the State have felt it their
duty, in this deplorable crisis, to t olertin
manifestation of the grief in which all France parti-
cipates. The two Chambers, when officially apprised
'of the event,• presented an image of consternation,
such as might have been expecteJ from their•deva•
'tiohs to a Throne so cruelly assailed in brie of
supports. Addresses were voted to the King, with
marks of unanimous sorrow.

The Chant. ber of Peers, conformably to the Char-
ter and to a provision of our laws, has been charged,
by a Royal Ordinance with the prosecution of the
crime. The accused, who was arrested at the mo-
ment when he had consummated the assassination, is
about thirty-eight 'years of age, and is named Louis
Pierre Louvel. He has been interrogated, and at
once confessed the assassination, of which there was
overwhelming evidence. It is said, that he does not
evince the least appearance of regret, and exhibits a
tranquillity as inaccessible to all emotion, as to all
remorse.