On the first day of the examination it was
surmised, from his weakness and prostra
tion, that he had taken poison, mid modical
aid w us employed to tmutritlize its efleets.
This so far succeeded that on the 21st lie
was retrieved to the prison of Luxembourg,
where he still continued to improv* l till the
evening *>f the 23d, when violent symptoms
of a fresh character supervened, and he ex
pired in his bed about five o’clock on the
following afternoon.
The C-oiirt of Peers bad been summouwl
for hit trial, and all preparations had been
made for the occasion, w hen they were thus
summarily supersede*!. Great di -content
was shown in tbe country nt such n conclu
sion *of the affair; or it wus remarked
that even in his Own house the Duke could
sciirccly have taken the poison without the
privity of Iris guards, unless it had been his
habit to keep it eon-taiijlv iilmiiH his person,
w hilc in the Liixemhoitrg he was under such
vigilant siipcrintciidcnc* 1 that the taking n
fresh dose of so active mid violent a sub
stance as was clearly employed, wus alto
gether out of the question, unless the means
of sclf-inui'der had been deliberately sup
plied to him, and ho hail been commmideil,
like Atln Ilian criminals, to poison himself in
prison.
