The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1838-11-23 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

XVI. and Marie .Antoli3ette,:and"legitimate heir to the crown of France. For some months past" the duke," who is advanced in years, has been residing in the above village. Amongst those individuals who hive partaken of the hospitality of the supposed duke was a person of the name of Desires Rouselle, abbot Vie feet six inches in height, dark complexion, dark eyes; aquiline nose, and short dark whiskers; he spoke but little English. This individual introduced himself into the •fantily, and was to a certain extent intrusted with the secrets of its master, whom he pretended to consider to be his lawful prinCe. A few days since he returned to England. On the present occasion. he had called on "the duke," and in the course of his conversation stated that he had left his passport at the Custom-house. Although this was rather a singular occurrence, it attracted no particular attention amongst the party residing in the house, for there was nothing in his actions or Manners to excite suspicion. At the rear of the house is a large garden, which is separated from a back thoroughfare, called St. George-street, by a small ditch. At the end of the garden is a water-closet, and about half-past eight o'clock on Friday night the duke went to this part with a light in his hand, and on leaving it he was surprised at finding Ranselle standing in the path immediately before the door. with a brace of pistols, one in each hand. Before he could retreat his assailant fired the two pistols, when two balls entered the fleshy part under the left arm, and a third lodged in the breast. I. ortunately the thickness of the clothes which he wore prevented the ball from penetrating. The instant the assassin had fired he fled, and his victim ran into the house calling fur assistance. On entering the house he fell: Mr. Brown, a surgeon, residing only a few doors off, was instantly sent for, and on his arrival he found the wounds under the arm to be of a very dangerous description. Inferosation was 'forwarded to the station-house at Camberwell of what had occurred, when the inspector and some of the constables went and minutely examined the premises. From the'report of the police it appears that the attempted murder was prearranged, for a plank had been laid across the ditch, by which the intended murderer had gained access to the warden, and made his escape. Footsteps were traced into an adjoining piece of ground, and from the numerous marks it wasevident 'that there had been more than one person. Ahnut‘the time the pistols were fired, several persons, and the police, saw two rockets fired off, which came from the direction -of Gehrge-street, but at the time no suspicion was entertained as to the real cause of their being discharged. A.bont-an hour after the attempt had been made, a foreigner, coartpletely muffled up, called at Mr. Brown's, and, with a great deal of evident anxiety and perturbation of mind, inquired if the duke were dead. He was answered in the negative, and went away evidently disappointed. During the.. night the wounded man remained in a very alarming 0.,.A. Mr. 11..." n that soem or tentless lied entered the body, he considered it to be unsafe to attempt to extract the balls until the inflammation had abated. , Yesterday morning Mr. Brown succeeded in extracting two balls; he, however, is of opinion that there is a third still remaining, and until that is removed he considers the p_atient cannot be pronounced out of danger. It will be ree.9llected that in the month of July, 1837, a packet of letters was delivered by mistake to a party in the city from Dresden, which, on being opened, were found to refer to the French government, and a supposed plot for the purpose of assassinating Louis Philip. These were transmitted by the lord mayor to Lord John Russell, who returned them to the Maititon-house; and on August Bth they were delivered to Mr. Gratin, who described himself as the charge d'affaires to the Duke of Normandy, the son of Louis