The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-17

to the to try the windows which looked the
dsn and being on level with the porchway or coonade
The object Of the Duke in proceeding to open the
create grounds for the inference that assassin had
entered from the garden and escaped the means
Dc this Is MAJ. the Duke was In the act Of executing
sented himself at the same window to attempt
trance there to the chamber Of the Duchess He saw
the figure Of the Duke who instantly retired perce
ing ..i him: -. 49,, -,
puchssss chamber and having become seriously alarmed
forced the door In The window shutters being closed
the chamber Was family illuminated by night lamp;
the Duchess was stretched the floor with her head
leaning op the divan On lighting the candles, which
as usual stood on the chimney piece the horrible spec
tscie presented by the chamber disclosed to the
angnted servants The floor literally Of blood;
various articles OF furniture displaced overturned In
the struggle laid dsarranged around the room. The
duchess stu lived, but was speechess, and scarcely
sensible Inc frst impulse OF the domescs to rush
forth and call for aid One to rouse the
10 send Tor msdca assistance the poce the other
dressed 'no naxss room when he presented himself
pressed were those Of reproach to the for ne
genoe IN eavinb the house exposed than those OF
s the catastrophe He rushed into the
room and taking her in his arms raised her to the sofa
msnGuvre which afterwards ascribed to the design
OF obtaining means Of explaining the blood upon his
vestments and person The police and medical sssist
ance soon arrived but the latter too late to be USE
full the Duchess speedily expired, not from any wound
trates came by one including the dc Roi
and the Procursur General and finally the Project Of
considerable time elapsed many enquiries were
raised searches made through the premises and in the
garden before the slightest suspicion fell the Duke.
According to reports the enquiries addressed
the Duke were not Of such nature to indicate the
horrible suspicious entertained BY the MAGISTRATES
aries brooded that suspicion long before they could
make up their minds to let It DO preceived by tho
Duke At length, however, the question Of the Pro-
cureur General assumed unequvocs shape, and the
Duke saw the point to which they addressed He
reported to have become pale Us corpse and to
n and mar hA nrn
agitation which he felt He retired to his ROOM the
thorties not yet deciding to place him under arrest
10 treat him In any respect accused person. 1t
at that that Is supposed to have swallow
ed large quantity Of arsenic
The medical inquiries subsequently instituted show
that the effects produced by this poison nearly
identical with those OF cholera to be undisnguisha
be In the first instance the medical men in attend
anoe are admitted to have Deen betrayed into error
by this circumstance and to have asorbed the prostra
tion vomitings and other symptoms exhibited by the
duke to cholera brought on BY the high mental exotic
OF tho between four and Ave O'Clock the duke was
to the prison Of the Luxembourg the evidence
being deemed sufficient to establish charge of murder
against him. The Chamber of Peers was constituted
into court Of justice by royal ordinance and
mttse appointed BY 1t proceeded on that day to OK
Various given by tho medical for the
SLOW and intermtting effects Of tho poisoni but the
nothing exceptional in the case and that the poison
might remain In the system for several days without
on the 22d and 2sd and on tho morning Of the
gath his approaching dissolution became evident tho
curate Of tho parish was called in and the Of
religion administered and after agony of fifty
minutes he died at IS minutes past the afternoon
Of the gath.
the Decd and believing in the possibility Of tho victim
being snatched from justice through the influence Of bis
rank and wealth crowded round the prison In large
numbers and the authorities apprehended that his
mains might even be violated. After the body was
amined by anatomsts employed for the purpose and the
viscera BRAIN aud other necessary parts taken
away for analysis 1t determined inter the
mains In tho darkness and silence Of night The keep
or OF the Cemetery Of Mont Parnasse, situated In the
neishborhood Of the Luxembourg was, accordingly,
dered to to be dug retired part Of that
cemetery at midnight the 25th, the grave-diggsrs
being conAded only to the keeper Of tho place. who
old retired soldier Of the Empire, long accustomed
sompsnied ~ mourning coach, WAS brought into the
garden Of tho Luxembourg by gate remote from the
Of the prison. the commander of the troops aud
the Commisssry Of Police assembled in the cham
Der Of DEATH and formally identified the remains which
were then wrapped In sheet and deposited by the
poyees Of the undertakers In plain oak CONN., bearing
inscription which forthwith introduced tho
duals above named in the coach It arrived at the
grave before two O'clock where 1t Deposited without
any religious ceremony and where 1t lies without any
mark to indicate the spot Thus terminated the mortal
Of the representative Of long line OF ancestors
holding the highest rank and enjoying the greatest
affiuence and so far frem this obscure burial
Grated by religious observance followed by
and unattended by single relation friend being
considered dsgrAce or stigma, the surviving family
of the deceased consider themselves only
having escaped the terrible of public exc
Grafton which would have followed this enormous crim
nal had be ended his days, he must otherwise have
done, on the public scaffold.
Connected with this, curious poemic has arisen In
the press One Of the journals has unexpectedly raised
the question Of the right to deal thus with the remains
Of the Duke do Prssn. In all countries where justice
respected regarded in the eye OF the law in
nocent until they convicted Of guilt by petent
tribunal The Duke de Prasn then died legally inno-
cent BY what right, then 1t Is asked his remains
thus grossly outraged Why is guilt assumed after
DEATH when innocence is the legal presumption before
His burial therefore, according to these reasonsrs
should have been conducted with all the observsnces Of
high noble peer OF the realm, chevslier d'honneur
of the court, and Christian. This curious question
however, must leave to be debated by the casuiss
Rome.
EDIron N. Y. HrRALp:-
ROME, August -, 1s47
The progress Of the liberal policy which
pectedly adopted by the Holy see the accession of
Plus X has been accelerated in an extraordinary man
by events since the date Of our last dispatches
We have already mentioned the detection and defeat
Of the plot Of July H. considerable number Of per-
sons Of various ranks including Of elevated
ston imprisoned for that affair In the castle
st. Angelo M. Grasselini, the former Governor Of
Heme charged with having countenanced the plot has
been eIiled b Naples and Colonel Fredd and aptan
Ala Of the Carabniers who were to have been active
partcipators in It, In St. Angelo Cardinal Ferret
the Secretary Of State who worthy seconds the liberal
views Of the holy father, has publicly pledged himself
that the trial Of the consprators shall be carried on in
the face OF the Roman people 1t has transpred that
the object Of this foul plot which conceded by the
cardinals aided by the secret agents Of Austria was 10
seize the Pope and transport him the Neapotan FROM
tier, where he to be detained hostage; mean
while an emeufe was to be excited convcts liberated
from the ais and collision between the troops the
populace provoked This disturbance could then have
been seized the pretext for Austrian intervention
the Pope would have been compelled to accept the
ellis OF the Austrian embassy and Of reform
could have been postponed for another half century
All this fne scheme, however, has proved abortve by
the timely detection Of the plot. The agency Of Aus
In the AMIR Is proved by satisfactory indications;
lowest promoters OF the emeute, strangers to Rome
wing been captured, with considerable in Aus
trian coin upon their persons
Although the detection Of this plot has probably saved
the liberal cause In Italy the sovereign Pontif still
beset with difficulties The ambassadors of Austria and
France throw every encouragement and obstruction IN
ms way and unfortunately Great Britain, the only
great European State which has the power and the will
well a. the interest to promote the progress an en-
Isntcned .nd liberal policy In Italy has diplomatic
representative At Rome. This Ia n defect which