The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-24 00:00:00

THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS AT

BOULOGNE. --

A letter from Boulogne, this morning,.gives the
following account of the proceedings of the Impe-
'rial party there during Sunday :
" I mentioned to you yesterday the arrival ,of their
Majesties after a good passage, both the Emperor and
the Empress havieg escaped all annoyance from the
state of the sea. This morning, at a quarter to, eleven,
their Majesties, attended by a brilliant escort, walked
from the Hotel to the parish church of St. Peter's, the
fishermen's church, on the heights, overlooking the har-
bour, where they heard a low mass. A dense crowd
was assembled to receive them, although it was thought
that but few knew of their Majestic,' intention. After
mass a brilliant review of the four camps took place
in the sands opposite the Hotel. 40,000 men, under
the orders of General Mac Mahon, Bourgon, l'Admi-
rault,n the
left,andß ooir.elltihwe esrheodrrtaeswtnsuiL in along parallelogram.
On ,
was the first division
frem Equihen massed in double columns of regiments ;
immediately in front of the Hotel were the troops from
Honvault; opposite to them, with their backs to the sea,
were the regiments frora Witnereux, and on their left,
was the fourth division from Ambleteuse.. It w. 1,811
splen-
did sight ! They were fist drawn up in line:in mazges
of divisions, then ea celtiquier ; the Emperor then r6cle
down the wn(do front
followed by a splendid staff, among
e whom the red coat of Lord Alfred Paget was conspi-
cuous. His Majesty was received with much cheering
as he pasthed each ret.irneut. The troops then formed
into close columns aid filed off before the Emperor,
who remained on horseback opposite the balcony
of the. Hotel, where the Empress and her Ladies
Were .lonhing
regirnent.pased her I‘l,,jc:ity thty raised a tremendous
on the magn:ficeat spectacle. As -each
shout • wheu the whole was terminated, his Majesty
rode down to the terminus, f >towed by the Empress in
her carriage, and started for Paris at a quarter to two,
amidst the.thundering of artillery and the enthUsiaitic
cries of the population!'

DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT AT THE BLAL4
IRONWORKS, SOUTH WALES.

On Friday morning; most diabolical attempt to de-
raeltngenagei ironworks,ue oeSi
naotpuol tipshph
stopped
stroy byes or property, or both was made at the. Blain&
lttehsfa. ,
otr
object,
jtee
caboutpt,u purpose
ods half-pastep uo ftoiit, as
In 2g oiht'
ec,
ao
nc kd that morning, the engineer who has the charge of the
he again started it for
be-
lieved, in the best working order,
work. Luckily the man, who is an unusually careful
engineer-, started it at a very low speed. Had he not done
-
so, it is fearful to contemplate the extent of injury that
might have ensued both to life and property ; for almost
as soon as it started, he found that there was a some-
thing amiss with the great fly-wheel, the reversion of
which caused a sudden jcrk Aind a 10**1 erewhisis
He immediately shut off his steam to stop the machinery,
and having called the carpenter, they made a proper
examination of the. engine, and soon found that some
miscreant had inserted a bolt of iron between the
cogs of the great driving wheel. The iron was
forced out, and fell into a pond of water under-
neath the wheel, from which it was afterwards fished
out, and was found to bear marks corresponding
with injuries of the cogs themselves. An inquiry was
immediately instituted, with a view to ascertain who,
as the iron must have been introduced into the wheel
purposely, could have been guilty of so diabolical an
act, and at length suspicion fell on a man named James
Norman. He had been seen during the time that the
engine was stopped standing close to the wheel, and
suspicion falling on no other person, Norman was ar-
rested and taken before the magistrates, charged with
the crime. Two of the shearers engaged at the works,
named John Whitley and William Vaughan, swore dis-
tinctly to having seen him standing close: by the great
driving wheel, and one of them added that he saw him
throw something towards the wheel.
_ _

Mr. Richard Arnold, the engineer of the Cwmcelyn-
mill, was present at the examination, and stated that had
full power been put upon the engine after the iron was
in the wheel, the damage might haVe amounted to
10,0001. or even to 15,0001., besides which there would
have probably been a sacrifice of human life, which he
shuddered to estimate.

The prisoner simply denied the offence, or that he bad
been near to the driving-wheel, as was alleged by the
witnesses, but both Whitley and Vaughan were positive
as to his identity ; and the magistrate, after commenting
on the diabolical nature of the attempt, fully committed.
Norman to take his trial for the offence.
The occurrence, as may be supposed, bad produced
quite a sensation in the neighbourhood.