Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1820-04-01


February. Judging from
OF things as they appear in
Journals, now before US, storm 8ther'-
Ing III France, which may disturb TIE peace
OF Europe. IL appears, thst the mlnority
are so near getting the ascendeney, that the
Count Decazes, the Kings iavorite minister
has thought 1t prudent to resign his power.
aud retire. This step indicates the an.
proach OF a new order of things in that de-.
voted country.
In the sitting Of the Chamber of Depu,
ties, at Paris, on the l4,h Feb a member
Z. dc Coussergues, accused NJ. de Csze,
the Minister VI State, of having been an
accomPlice in the assassination of the Duke
OF Berri. This circumstance occasoned
much f.rmcnt in Paris, and il was repnrtsa
on the 18th, that De CAFES had rendered nj.
resignation Co the King, which was accepted.
In the Chamber of Deputies, on the I5ih
Feb. Nj. Clausei de Cous.ergues asserted
that M. De Cazes had been the means of
plunging the nation into the Calamity thew
now were suffering, and that he would prove
1t. He was Immediately called to order.
and afterwards presented TO the Chamber
the following letter:
Il have the honor to propose to The
Chamber to bring an accusation against M
LIE Count de Cszes, Minister of the Interior.
as guilty Of treason, according 10 the terms
IF the Both article Of the constitution. re.
quest that the Chamber muy appoint to-
morrow to hear me, if canno, be heard to
duy.
CONSUL DE COUssERGUEs"
Feb. Is, 1890.
A Paris paper of the 10th ult. states that
by an order OF the King, the Duke de Berri
has been opened by three surgeons, BY whose
III nh IN
sassin penetrated the lungs, aud passed into
the lobe of the heart
The same paper remarks, that the person
who perpetrated this horrid deed wa, to be
secured 10 the palace of Luxembourg. i'm
the same room in which Marshal New was
confined.
all places of Amusement were ordered to
be closed for nine days. There were hume.
rous speculations as TO the cause OF thi, as
sassination.
a Paris paper Of the Is h ult. states, that
the Count Ellie Decazes is no longer Minis
ter. Yesterday morning all the family of
Cecazes, steplaiher, st-pmother, wife and
sister, Frustrated themselves at his feet, who
for more than AZ hours had been in a state
OF detection, and duplicated him to fy
IRON the storm which was gathering over
hi, bead. Moved by their attachment. and
overcome with fear, thi, favorite Minister
went to the Thuilieries at O'Clock, and
begged the King to accept Of his resfgna-
ton, acknowledging that this measure was
Indispensable 10 the sefsty of the monarchy.
Paris, FEB. l6.
The alarm in The pubic is SUCH that a
great number of Foreigners quit Paris with
precipitation, being fearful that revolution
is abou, to lake. Yesterday ard &c. day IL
was almost impossible to obtain post horses.
No doubt the assassination of ,he Duke of
Berri is the first cause of this alarm; but is
it not probable that IL has bsen increased By
the imprudent remarks Of the newspapers,
aud by the measures proposed by The go.
vernment 10 the Chambers
Paris, FEB. IL.
When Louvel, the assassin, was interro~
gated by the ministered Of TIE interior. The
following question was put TO him:
'As you have said you do not fear death.
why did you fly when you essassinated tha
prince!,-He replied, cooIiy, to assassi-
nate another
When his food was brought to him, he
refased to receive il, because it was lean,
and said that it would not give him strength.
enough to sustain the numerous, questions
that were put to him.
These answers of Louvel are astonishing,
bat The following is still more horrible
Wretch, sVid magistrate to him, do yon
know that the prince has been so kind as to
ask the Kings pardon for hi, murderer
do not, answered Louvel, shedding tears
You are moved, continued the magistrate,
with so generous and noble an act If tbi,
excellent prince could revive, you would not
commit again SO great crime? Yes,
would, answered Louvel.
IL is said that NJ. de Gaze, ha. dared to
present himself at s.. Cloud. the residence
of the Duchess de Berri. He wa, not he
lroduced, and it is added. that, as soon as
she heard his name pronounced; the princess
esgerly caught her infant in her arms and
fled TO her apartment.
Antscsrp, FEB. 81.
The passage Of messengers is still very
frequent through our city. Yesterday four
passed through, two from Amsterdam fer
, Paris, and two from Paris for Amsterdam.
CGdiz FEB. 4.
Our mercantile paper coDtaids two pros
CARNATIONS of Gen. Freyre; one of them To
the insurgent soldiers, Calling on them -
return to his standard, and the other to ne
inhabitants of Cadz, praisirg their fdeHy
Cen +. left Here's on the 29ih, and is 1ow
at Port Royal, about three Leagues frog The
insurgents; the TWO parties are in pesence
of each other.
Acdyi1 Fe5.7.
The Minister Lozano, and <veral other
persons who have had the coeddence OF the
King, have been arrested. The captain ge-
neral of the province exec,yed in person the
Kings orders. and has set them into exile.
Eloak(ort, Ft6 10.
We hear from Petersburgh that the
streets are full of wolves, which hunger and