The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-27

| rI'Ais the name o. Bonaparte was eXcerated, and
| the retoration OF the Bourbons anxoutly wihed
for; and that nothing but the fear Of again wall
dering through all The horrors Of the late revo-
luton prevented their declaring in f.your of il in
Holland; he tavs that people were sroanins, ny
der thei oppreion.
AN ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE LOU
IS XVIII
This affairs likely to excrcir 20 muc!, mtg
ref and conversation, that we think it right TO
intert correct tranllat;on, OF the fatefnent
which appeared latt night II the Courier de Lon
dres: particularly as tie editor OF Tint paper
iays-' The Engliih newspapers have given a.
account ce this affair from tuch incorrect notes,
that the tr9ntatsion is abfoIuteiy disfgnr- ID
For iome time paft, a variety OF reports. but
to which the degree of attention which thew de-
ferved had not been paid, had given intiln3tion
that fOme deiign was in agitation asainG de pe,-
fon of the King.
| On Friday the goth July, two men came, into
biliird-room, kept by oGe Ccuion, q French
man by birth, and put ieveral indirca queii-
ons TO him concerning the King. They were
acquainted with Couion'S intimacy with ths
Kings domeftics, particularly his cook.
Next day the fame men came back. and alked
Coulon, in a more direct manner, 8. Whether
the King vent abroad frequently ?-if he went
oGt by himfelf ?-what were the number and
perfons Of his flute ; and if they were armed %
Coulon, thinking thefc qucftions did not arii.
from mere cliriohty, gave on each point the an
fwer required.
In the courfe of the conversation, the two
perions inquired, TO whom the billiard table be-
, longed! s. is mine QaiG Coulon) but have
, not paid for il" {" How, then do you expect to
! pay for your establishments % 81 got loan
OF the money, and intend 70 pay for Il o;st Of
TIE prohts There is a way {repGed The
itrangers) by which you might Immediately
gan great deal of money" Sc And how 70 ~
6 We Will tell you; but the thing is TO be pro-
found fecret." 80, if that were aII,'' iaid
coniop " BIT take care your life might be
| IN danger" g Never mind fay on"
ne men then explained TO him their plan
and iaid, that being acquainted with all The fer
wants of the Kings family, and particularly TIE
cook, he could gointo the kitchen at any time
without exciting any fufpicion. g You hhould
iuccccd added they) your fortune is made"
! Couon heftated ;-fpokc Of his wife. TIE
two t!rangers ient for pu"ck and made Coulon
drunk, and his wife ALTO (tbe latter, underaand-
ing but little French, took no part in thu convex
iatlon.) axe no appreciation about your
vile (iaid they next; we viii carry her 10
France along with You and we repeat it, your
fortune is made"
The glaHes of punch went round brifkly.
Couon, fearing TO intoxcate hirfef, would
drind no more. They fsparated and on feeling
them to the door, Cou!ou heard the two tran
gers FAY to each other, in bad itaior, So Time
prefes we have not a moment to lofe."
Next day, Sunday the 22d, man called
twice curing the forenoon at CoulOn's. He was
gone cut. In the evening a man he did not
Know akcd him to walk aiorg with him few
yards; and fpoke ofthe conversation that he'd
taken place the day before. Coulon agreed.
The unknown carried him into the Old Town,
then to the New Town and then into houfe the
mutation OF which he could not point out, on &C.
count Of the darknefs of the night, and the
winding lanes b. which he had been conducted
TO It, There they found enc of the two pcrfors
he had feen the night before, who aiked him as
did the man who had been his gIde, if he ni,l
perfEed in his refoution Couion repIied
Yes why not - Champagne was called in.
They fell to drinking, and one of tie two fran
gers got drunk.
The following o tire manner in which il wa.
refoi7ed to execute their plan:
Coulon was to go aud yiht the Kings cook,
and tell him that for a long time pm he had nor
ate any mutton chops, and that he fhould az
him TO do few. After the precaution OF max
ing the cook drunk, he was TO throw into the
pot parcel with which he vas 10 be crowded.
a." Very well Ciaid Cou!oE;) but the money YOU
| have promiied me: you have Dronied me 400
louis, bnt you have given NE nutliias." THE
franger who was drunk f,id, - don't know If
| Boyer" would give you 10 much a. that" lie
who was fober iaid, in an angry tone "vybat
do You mean by that BOYER is not here; he is
gone, ard will not 'eturn for two tiavs"
Coulon United on tie money AGAIN rnensi-
| oncd he wife, The expeucse Of th- Journey, Be.
! They told him not 70 be uncafy On that fore
that he had nothing more to do than To- come
ceSt day at eleven O'Clock in the evening, and
&c within 20 yards % the Village Neu:; th,.
there ioInc one would give him the packet
/ that Se was 20 put it into tie rot on I'll f,sy
tie 24th July; mat then he ifoud go to th.
| Five G9llowfcs, whrrc he f,Ofi,i l7d ~ -f,r
, who @ould condn9 hinIto pace Of ff.tp.
! tad carry him into Ffgee. " and nv wife "a
fad Coe'on. Give }o,nfli so lrenble on
that head and there IS d',eat - druk with
! Tie COOK
AZ one 10 the nofriae w., ica ,Ma hopc
ioreed away Con'o", VIC "ii.o % 6op III,