Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-10-27
son who had not actually been convicted of

son who had not actually been convicted of
Il crime.
NJ. lie coun, de la Chappelle was left at
Warsaw with fun powers TO prosecute the
business before the criminal tribunal. The
. king left Warsaw, on the Soth, on his way
to Grodnor with the Due D'Angou!eoe.
vi. dc HoYm granted his majesty an es.
cort OF hussars, who had strict orders no,
10 quit his royal person, until they had
committed him To the care of similar es.
cort Of Russians, who awaited isarrivalon
the frontiers. The queen and the dutch
ess D'Angouleme only remain at War
saw, until they receive instructions from
his majesty TO Join him At NVelna, as soon
as he has titled in that city"
Tie London hg5ier from 1hich the a6ovc
is ertracfed, gaUe ths following on the su5se
q4~,h day,1
NVG have as yet little TO add to the very
minute aud accurate detail which on Mon
day we offered to the public Of the nelari-
Gus pioi Formed by the secret to1.a Of the
Corsican ayaint the life of Louis XVIII.
and so many of his nearest relations and
most confidential advisers.
onc circunsi2nce appears in the second dccla
ration Of Cou!ou, which we believe we omitted
in our account. viz. that the two sharDers care
nj one o'cloQ!. in the morning. and oneneh the
s7eat door of lie house where Couon lived, by
means. as lac supposed, of a pick lock, aud tina.
they afterwards endeavored to pick the lock OF
the door leading To the staircase in which how
ercr they could not succeed, rs the kew remained
in ,he lock-, and Coulon held it fast withinsde
He at the same time overheard Il person say "the
plan has failed, we must immediately inform n.y.
o. II and be OFF, it was observed by ano her.
a. mark. had the money been given" Theycon
tinued to speak sill farther but in so low tone
as not TO be heard by Coulou. What their inien-
tion was may be easily conjcfturej. Blu: ,e.
view of what followed the detection Of N. Mot
and what so peculiarly marks and charaSterises
the condu0 Of the magistrates and governor Of
Warsaw, VI il gives room but to little surrree IL
has abundauuy. however in it to eNci'e indIgna
ton and Contempt What could be more insult
ingy disre5re 4a ~ the dignity and the situation
OF Louis XVIII, than ne hesitation and DELAY
betrayed in the conduct ofthe PIE sNlent D'ii v1.
III returning = proper answer To the leter of his
majesty. What Is more shutting and evasive
than the reasons assigned for not Immediately
securing he persons oe 5he conspirators, or for
ncs appointing a commission to anaIyse the sus
peeled nature of the parcei.
Letters received 1T Hamburg from Warsaw,
ON the lOth inst confirm the accounts already re D..
ceiVed OF tAi3 GrCci0us conspiracy, and add. that
the French emsearies involved in it had t.ff-rte,
their escape--,hey also mention, thar president
HoyEn, the governor of Warsaw. and the Prus-
sian cisy council, had transmitted 4 protocol of
the whole plot to the court OF Berlin.
Complementary remarks on tbe dbCre from a
London paper y august 49,
Il mas been observed by some Of the parers
that there appears nothing in the statement re-
speeding the assassins and thar tine poisoned ca
rot could not have produced .he desired efFe4 un
less the royal familyhad ear of H." Blu is not
asnedica fact, known by every apo,hccagy's ap-
prentice. thai the soup mo which the carot
might be thrown would Immediately i-rbibe the
poison The psrtaking of the soup would be cutie
sufficient without GAZING the carot Nor does the
plot appear to have been S. clumsy 4 one The
assassins knew Couiou TO be po1r and in debt
aud to be well acquainted with the cook 20 the
royal family. What fitter person could thew
have employed 70 take wi pcrsons whom it was
wished 70 niurderby poison introduced into their
food ?-Thc news Of the a,temptto poison l. ouis
XVIII, caused such indignation at Berlin tl,at
the French minister had been usulsed in nc
ana in tho theatre. By the Hnblic and willis, as
Casino. every member If the diplomatic corps.
with the exception of the Italian and Batavian
ministers, Summed him. and av0;Ae! sresl,ingc 70
nm This indignation was augmented after the
arrival Of another courier. and infornati,n Of
Bon7parte's COMMERCIAL agent, Boyer's new en-.
deavor ei,heo 10 bride over wiki moucy, or 70 IN
timidatc by threats tile FrcncNman WHO discover.
Oh this base and atrocious act "