Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-04-18
EOREXGE.
LATE FROM THE CONTINENT.
NEw-YoRK, MARCH 2 |

oSlldSl, III n dayS from AHtWcfp3 we
are put in possession of Cadiz dates of
the LIST, Madrid of the 9TH, and Paris of
the 18th February. Judging from the
complexion of things as they appear in
the Antwerp Journals, now before us,
a storm is gathering in France, which
may disturb the peace ofEurope. 1t APP
pears thatthe minority are so near getting
the ascendency, that the Count de Cazes,
the kings favorite minister, has thought
it prudent to resign his power, and re-
tire. This step indicates the approach
of new order of things in that devoted
country.
In the sitting of the Chamber of Depu-
ties, at Paris, on the l4th Feb. member,
{. de Coussergues, accused M. de
CAFES, the Minister of State, Of having
been an accomplice in the assassination
of the Duke of Berr. This circum-
stance occasioned much ferment in Pa
ris, and it was reported on the 9Th, that
De Cazes had rendered his resignation
to the king, which was accepted.
In the Chamber of Deputies, on the
18th Feb. NJ. Clausel de Coussergues
asserted that M. De Cazes had been the
means of plunging the nation into the
calamity they now were suffering, and
| that he would prove it. He was imme-
| diateiy called to order, and afterwards
presented to the Chamber the following
| letter:
81 have the honor to propose to the Cham
| haI IN br,p ~ occ I q Cnunt
de Cazes, Minister ofthe Interior, as guilty of
treason, according to the terms of the 56th
article of the constitution. request that the
Chamber may appoint tomorrow to hear me,
| if cannot be heard to-day.
CLAUSEL DE COUSSERGUES.
FEB. Is, 1920
A Paris paper of the 10th ult. states
that, by an order of the king, the Duke
de Berri has been opened by three sur
geons, by whose report it appears that
the dagger of the assassin penetrated the
lungs, and passed into the lobe Of the
heart.
The same paper remarks, that the
person who perpetrated this horrid deed
was to be secured in the palace of Lux
embourg, in the same room in which
Marshal Ney was confined.
All places of amusement were order
ed to be closed for nine days. There
were numerous speculatlons as to the
cause of this assassination.
j "A Paris paper OF the 18th ult. states,
that the Count Ellie De Cazesis no longer
Minister. Yesterday morning all the
family of De CAFES, stepfather step
mother, wife, and sister, Frustrated them
selves at his feet, who for more than
4s hours had been in state of dejec-
ton, and supplicated him to fly from the
storm which was gathering over his
head. Moved by their attachment, and
overcome with fear, this favorite Minis
ter went to the Thuileries at O'Clock,
and begged the king to accept of his re-
signation, acknowledging that this mea-
sure was indispensable to the safety of
the monarchy.
PARIS, FEB. Il.
.3saasstnqtion Of tie Duke De Berri.
The mhabitants of this metropolis have
t been 'horror-struck by an atrocious as
sassination, perpetrated last night upon
the person ofhis royal highness the Duke
de Berri. The Prince attended the Ouch
ess to her carriage in quitting the opera
house; she was already seated, when a
person passing quickly byhis royal high
ness, encircled him with his left arm,
and thrust poignard, four inches and a
half long, in his right breast, up to the
hilt. On feeling the wound, he uttered a
cry and fell senseless into the arms of
his servant. The Duchess herself
sprang out Of the carriage, and drew the
dagc~r from the Dukes breast, whose
only exclamation was, "je me meurs."
The Duke was conveyed into one of the
saloons of the Opera, and the nearest
surgeon sent for, The Duchess never
quilted the couch of her husband. The
Duke of Orleans, who was at the Opera,
farrived Immediately, accompanied by
the Duchess and Mademoisele. M.
Pasquier came shortly afterwards, bring
ing with him, in his carriage, M. Du-
puytren. The surgeon bled the Prince
three times, and washed the wound with
warm lotions. The internal haemorrhage
making an alarming progress, cupping
was applied, which made his royal high
ness suffer so much, that he exclaimed,
"AI. Duhuytren, Ehargnez moi-.Ie
sens ma hosition-Je ne crois has que
celia serpe ricn."
NJ. de Cazes was seated in one corner
of the chamber, in indescribable grief.
The assassin was interrogated, in the
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