The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-10 00:00:00

IMPORTANT OPERATIONS IN THE SEA OF

AZOFF.

The Minister of the Marine has received from Vice-
Admiral Brest the following despatch :

"THE CRIMEA, girt. 6.

" Captain Huchet de Claire, of the Milan, an-
nounced; to me that the Milan and the Caton have de-
stroyed in the Bea of Azoff, between Tentriank and
Dolga, 43 fishing establishments, 127 boats, several
thousand nets, tar, salt, and an immense number of
barrel. ; four fishing establishments have alone
escaped destruction, the shallowness of the water
having prevented our vessels from approaching them.
The damage done to the enemy may be estimated at
several millions of francs. The fisheries in the Sea of
Asoff create a considerable traffic, which extends as
far as Poland. The destruction now effected will
render that traffic impossible this year.
" Commander Clone, of the Brandon, has joined
Commander Osborne, of the Vesuvius, for the pur-
I Inn of amending the Gulf of Oaklioul with boat.,
I and burning the stores of fodder collected on that
coast. All the commanders of our vesselsspeak highly
of the excellent relations existing between them and
Captain Osborne."

THE AUSTRIAN ALLIANCE.
The Prussian Cienetis of Sept. 11, says :--" We oars
positively assert that no new diplomatic fact has
taken plass to justify in the least the various reports
of an intended, or an already ooneleded arrangement,
between Austria and the Western Powers, by which
the former was to assume a decided position spinal
Ramie

ITALY.

A letter from Veseello; the Pirmorne of the 6th
inst., gives the following :-25 soldiers of a cavalry
regiment in garrison in this Naos being ordered to
the East, the entire regiment volunteered, end
were greatly disappointed on being refused. Le
awnliss paws Balbo, the youngest son of Count
Cesar, goes to join the army of the East v a 0001111011
soldier.

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE 1
THE FRENCH EMPEROR,

PAM, Bul Ar M.,,TonNo.
The ilfeeitter oont►ins the following animulos.
inept:

" His Majesty the Emperor waa present yesterday
evening at the representation given In the Theatre
Italian. At the moment who. the cart:Age in which the
ladies of honour to her Majesty the Empress were
seated, stopped before the entrar,es of the theatre, an
individual, who had stationed 'aim& in front on the
pavement, fired off two pock' 4 pistols at the carriage,
but without taking 1110 N No one was wounded.
This individual, who aP gnus to be a maniac rather
than an asuman; was 'immediately arrested."

The ainth.lugionr a announoes the occurrence in the
same word,- Ih• 013 uoertained from private sources
the following pa ,tianiar,

Yesterday evening a considerable crowd was
I assembled ir, front of the Italian Theatre, in copse-
queues of 'cke intimation conveyed by the words," By
order,* OA the bills, that the Emperor would be pre-
sent to. see Madame Ristori's last performance this
tea. Notwithstanding reiterated orders that a
erAiderable clear epee should be kept around the
".ear of any place where the Emperor alights from his
carriage, the crowd was allowed on this occasion to
press very near to the doors of the theatre. At a
quarter to nine o'clock a court carriage and four
hones arrived, which was very naturally sop-
, posed by many to contain the Emperor himself, but
in fact there were in it only some of the Empreee's
ladies of honour. At the moment when the coach-
' man drew up alongside the steps leading to the front
door of the theatre, a young man, in a blouse and
1 grey cap, stepped forward, drew a pistol from his
I pocket, placed the muesli almost close to the carriage
, window, fired, and broke the glass. Immediately
, afterwards he raised &second pistol ; but as he was in
the act of firing, a urgent de vide struck his arm
• down, and the charge entered the ground. An in-
° atant later the man was seized, handcuffed, and lodged
1 in the guardhouse of the theatre. The ladies, as
• they stood on the steps of the doorway, on
daseemdizg from the carriage, audibly thanked
i Providence that the Emperor had escaped.
About five minutes after this occurrence the Em-
peror arrived, and being struck by the sound of un-
usually laid and prolonged cries of ' Vire l'Empe-
I rent I' inquired the muss. On being told what had
> happened, his Majesty instantly ordered the coach-
man to drive all round the theatre. The imperial
, carriage accordingly, amid the cheering of the public,
, made the entire circuit of the Place Ventadour before
r his Majesty alighted. On entering the house the
Emperor said, ' Let not a word be said to the Em-
press, and keep back the telegraphic despatches."
Dr. Coalman was immediately despatched to St.
Cloud, where the Empress was, to take care that the
first part of this order was obeyed. Before the
' Emperor reached his box the news of the
event had spread throughout the theatre.
The report of the pistols was indeed distinctly
. heard in the saloon, the windows of which were
open, and where a good many people were assembled
toss the Emperor arrive. His Majesty was there-
' fore received with great cheering when he appeared
in front of the imperial box. A delay of some
minutes occurred before the performance commenced.
1 This was ascertained to be occasioned by Madame
Ristori having fainted away on hearing what had
happened. The idea that the Emperor had ran such
a risk, by kindly announcing his intention of being
present at her farewell, was too much for her.
She, however, soon recovered, and played Maria
1 Stoat& and the oomedietta of I Gelosi Fortunati se
admirably as ever. The Emperor leR the house at
half-past 10.

(PROM OUR OWN

PARIS, 8011IDAT EVENING,

The new aspirant to the title of regicide is wooer-
tained to be a Frenchman. His name is Bellemare.
The following article in this evening's Petrie con-
firms many of the details which I gave this morning,
but it appears that although a part of a sentence
passed upon the prisoner some years ago, for swind-
ling (iscroquerie), was remitted by the Emperor,
then President of the Republic, he served out
at Belle Isle thy full period of impri-
sonment to which he was sentenced for a politi-
cal offence, and has been at large since February.
It is not true, therefore, that he was a political pri-
soner pardoned only forty days ago. This morning
M. Break, the lodge of Instruction, went to the Coo-
ciergerie to interrogate Bellemare, and remained
closeted with him two hours. The judge, accompa-
nied by the Procureur Imperial, then went to the
Prefecture of Polies and afterwards to the Ministry
of the Interior, and in the afternoon returned to in-
terrogate the prisoner again. The following are the
details given by the Palris
The man arrested, used Castilla Masud Dieudonad
Bensalem Is about tweaty-two years of age ; he was born
at Roan'. What 16 poen old he was senteneed to two
years' Imprisonment for se/ladling. In less than six months
the Emperor, that President of the Republic, restored the
culprit to his liberty.
Afterwards, if we out believe his own statement, he took
as active pert in the events of the Zed of December, and
fought behind a %animas of ths Rae Rambuteau. At that
period a great number of placards headed, in capital Utters,
Roman for untenciag Louie Napoleon to death," wen
seised by the polies.
Daring the sours, of the Judicial investigation which fol-
lowed, Bellsman surrendered himself to the authorities, as
bslsg the author of these publications. For this armee he
was senteseed to two years' imprinamont, and smut to
_ _ .

lie same out or prime in last February, lived in Paris,
nadir a false same, and entered as clerk into the oat* of
M. Jeanne, a balder.
Hellman is of a sickly eonstitution and vulgar appear-
saes. His antecedents, of which we have just woken, hie
language, his deportment after his arrest and daring his
examination, prove, as it is truly said by the Mottihme, that
this man is a thorough maniac.
He was standing on the foot-pavement, at the end of the
Bee Habealier, at the time the carriage arrived. H. tired
his two pistols at the very moment when shouts of " Vire
illetperver " led the bystanders to believe that the ferriage
containing the Empress and ladies of honour was that elate
Emperor. A mrge• de rills in attendance knocked down
the arm of the mania, and immediately secured his person.
Montan was at once taken to the police elation of the
Italian Theatre, and In the presence of H. Pietro, the
Prefect of Police, a first examination was made by the
Commieseire de Police of the fieetioet.
The assassin is now, ow secret, in the Conciergerbr, where
he has undergone another examination. The judicial in-
vestigation continues. His Majesty arriving in the theatre,
where the news of the criminal attempt had been as soon
known as perpetrated, was saluted by cries, • thousand
times repeated, of " Vire Flisperenr," and by salvos of
applause, which were several times repeated. His Majesty
only remained one hoar In the theatre, and afterwards
returned to the Tuileries.

The prisoner's addrees in Paris was No. 24, Rae
dw Marntoasets ; bat than are several streets of that
name.