The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-26 00:00:00

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possessing the confidence of Mazzini, : h‘!„. 4a.* , .2)/7,7zj
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Imperatori announced himself as tile or igt miter of the plan
to make an attempt on the life of the ,Empes •or 3f the French.
Greco and he met at Lugano in the ;now th of September.
Imperatori persisting in his determination, , Grece requested
him to write to Mazzini, and received t -om him (for the
latter) the following letter, dated the, 15th September,
1863 :

"'Respectable M. Mazzini,—After h av ing several times
communicated to your friend G. my des. 413 and my firm re-
solution to proceed to Paris, in order to tttempt the life of
L. N.—seeing that the aforesaid did not; sego. disposed to
second my enterprise and my firm determination, I have
determined to address myself to you, certain of being
seconded in my firm resolve.—l salute y, )u, and am yours,
IMPERI .TORI-NATALE.'
"This letter was communicated by GI-, ice. to Mezzini, and
then returned by Mazzini to Greco os uatr.lll to try and to
hold Imperatori.
" Greco next added Trabuco. This Ind ividual had long
led a vagrant life. In 1850 and 1851 he Nt as employed as a
physician, receiving wages on board the : French ships Al-
gesims and Paadore. Ile disappeared, le4-1 ing debts behind
him. He was convicted in Paris on the Itt h October, 1857,
and sentenced to imprisonment for one ye at , for swindling
under the name of Belisario. Having bee u expelled on the
13th October, 1858, by an administrative d ecree he went to
Italy, where he served with the Chasseurs c f the Appenines,
and thence to London, where he was sen fenced to three
months' imprisonment for robbery on the 1 Oth of August,
1861,
" Greco, who saw him for the first time at Na plea in 1860,
met him again at Genoa in November, 1863, s nd again at
Lugano and Mendrizio in December. Frequt nt meetings
took place between these two men. Trabuco enjoyed the
reputation of being a daring conspirator; and C.,i,uadrio, one
of Mazzini's secretaries, assured Greco that he should
find in him a devoted auxiliary. He entered into the plot,
in which it tt as seen above he took a particularly active
part.
" In fine, three or four days previous to the departure of
Greco for France, Imperatori came to him to present a young
man named Scaglioni, one of the Thousand' of Marsala
who had been compelled to quit Paris, a warrant hiving `
been filmed against him for some act ofvfolence. Scaglioni
declared he was determined to attempt the Emperor's life.
Greco explained to him, in the presence of Imperatori, the
danger they were about to incur. Imperatori repeated that
for his part he made the sacrifice of his life, and that he was
resolved, inflexible as fate. Scaglioni wished to consider
the matter. He returned, and said he was determined, and
asked to be permitted to join in the plot. Greco admitted
him, assisted him to procure a passport under the name of
Maspoli, and they prepared for their departure. The Em-
peror had taken up his residence in Paris for the winter.
" Greco only waited for an air-gun which he was to receive
from Mazzini. This weapon was delivered to him in Decem-
ber. The following day the four prisoners quitted Lugano,
having each in his travelling bag two of the bombs procured
by Greco, who wished to take only eight of the 10 bemba
received from Mazzini. They were provided with other arms
and with gunpowder purchased by Greco in Switzerland.
They crossed the frontiers eight days afterwards.

"The facts avowed by Greco were at first denied by the
other accused. Trabuco pretended in his first interrogatory
that he knew nothing of the use for which the articles found
in his rocm were intended. But he shortly afterwards asked
to be examined again, and he declared with great violence
of manner, that it would be found in some pages written by
him since his arrest that the bombs seized in his room were
intrusted to him, that he had brought them to France, and
that he meant to use them to kill the Emperor, whose death
he had sworn since the affair of Aspromonte. He admitted

that Grecs showed him a bomb at Lugano, telling him,
'this is real justice;' to which he replied, it is the truth.'
" Trabuco, with whom were deposited the keys of the
trunks in which the bombs were placed, had been particu-
larly charged to examine the approaches to the Opera, and
it was proved that he obtained information as to the Em-
peror's habits. Scaglioni, atter some denials, fully corrobo-
rated Greco's account, adding that each had threatened the
the others with the disgrace of withdrawing from the plot.
He explained that the bombs were to have been thrown
under the Emperor's carriage, and, if necessary, the Em-
peror was to be put to death by means of poniards and re-
volvers. As for Imperatori, he at first pretended he knew
nothing of the plot, hoping, as nothing was found in his
room, that his position was better than that of his accom-
plices.

" But his letter to Mazzini, seized upon Greco, left no
doubt as to the part he had performed. He in vain endea-
voured to make it be believed that the letter had not tho
bearing attributed to it; next that it had been forced from
him, and that since then he had never ceased to be the vic-
tim of moral constraint. He was at length obliged to admit
his relations with Greco. He admitted that he introduced
Scaglioni, that he was aware of the object of the journey ;
that he assisted in bringing the bombs into France ; and
that he knew Greco had aesumed the name of Fioret ti. The
other prisoners explained that no arms were found in his
room because the furniture could not be firmly closed.
"Scaglioni had possession of the two bombs which were
to' be used by Imperatori. In fact, the proceedings of Im-
peratori in Paris, as proved by the police agents, show that
he was incessant in preparing for the execution of the plot.
As for Mazzinit the protest which, according to custom, ho
made in the foreign press, both on the present conspiracy
and •n that of 1857, cannot prevail against the precise and
corroborative declarations, the information, and particularly
the written proofs collected during the preliminary pro-

ceedings.
" Competent judges were appointed to examine the arms
seized on the conspirators. It was ascertained 11 firing
two of the bombs that each of them broke into more than
44 fragments, which would produce the most terrific results.
As for the poniards, which Greco confessed were poisoned,
a gummy matter was found, and tin sheets which had served
to fix a poisonous substance, but that substance, which had
left a trace on the blades, had evaporated and the experts
could not discover its nature.
" At the time the prisoners were arrested, the execution
of the plot was evidently near at hand. Trabuco was about
to leave. He had announced at his hotel that he was going
to London ; he asked for a hammer and some nails to close
a box, and he wrote an address for it, which was found in
his room. Scaglioni had written to his family to request
they would send him money to Geneva.
" Greco wrote to London to say that all was going on
well, and asked for money which, in fact, arrived on the
6th, after his arrest, under the form of a draught for 500 f.,
supplied by a house known to have relations with Mazzini.
In fine, the bombs, which it was agreed should not be
charged until the last moment, were filled with gunpowder
the evening before the arrest of the prisoners. This was
done by Trabuco and Greco, with the help of Scaglioni, and
in presence of Imperatori.
"Trabuco, for a purpose which it is difficult to under.
stand, sought to maintain that he had not participated in it ;
but, being confronted with his accomplices, he answered,
in his last examination, I accept the answers given by my
friends.'
" Never was crime more skilfully prepared—never were
conspirators better chosen, and supplied with arms more
terrible and more sure. Never was attempt against society
at large so near its accomplishment, when the vigilance of
the authorities penetrated their designs, foiled their plots,
and delivered over to justice the guilty.
"Wherefore the persons named-Ist. Pascal Greco, aged
28 years, professor of music, born at Pisa (Italy), residing
in Paris, No. 176, Rue St, Honord ; 2d. Raphael Trabuco,
aged 40, born at Citta di Averza (Italy), residing in Paris,
No. 176, Rue St. Honore ; 3d. Natale Agestino Impera.
tori, aged 33, bookbinder, born at Lugano (Switzerland),
same residence ; 4th. Angelo Scaglioni, aged 22, student,
born at St. Joseph (Italy), same residence; sth. Giuseppe
Mazzini, born in Italy, absent—are accused of having in
1863 and 1864, with the design concerted and decided be-
tween them, formed a plot having for its object to attempt
the life of the Emperor ; the said plot having been followed
by an act committed or commenced towards its execution;
the said crime being against the 86th and 89th Articles of
the fist section of the Penal Code."

REVIVAL OF THE STOCKS.-0a Tuesday after-
wall, for three hours, for h
noon three boys were kept in the stocks at St. Ives, Corn-
avin
day. This mode of punishment had not been adopted in
g played marbles on Sun-
the town for 30 years, and the novel sight consequently
attracted several hundreds of spectators.

LATJNCII op A DANISE WAR VESSEL.--.oa
Wednesday afternoon an armour-plated frigate, intended
for the Danish Government, was launched from the build.
ing yard of Messrs. J. and G. Thomson, at Govan. The
length of the vessel is about 280 feet, and she is of 3,600
tons burden and 600 horse power. She is covered from
stem to stern with armour plates 4i inches thick, upon a
strong backing of teak and iron plating. The launch was
witnessed by a large number of persons on both sides of the
river, and was conducted without the occurrence of any
mishap.

A NEW SamocK.--The Edinburgh papers are
enthusiastic about Mr. Alfred Wigan's performance
of this great Shakespearian character. On Monday• ht,
in the presence of his Royal Highness
Prince Allred
suite, this favourite actor appeared for the first time in his
new part, and his impersonation of the fierce, exacting,
greedy, passionate Jew, completely carried away an intelli-
gent and somewhat critical audience. Mr. \Vigo',
we un-
derstand, will appear in another of Shakspere's characters
at Liverpool, on occasion of the tercentenary festival to be
celebrated there, playing the part of lago, with Mrs. Wigan
as Emilia. It is another proof of the utter want of taste
and judgment on the part of the committee of management
at Stratford-upon-Avon, that Mr. Wigan has received no
invitation to attend there. These who can recollect Mr.
Wigan's performance of Falconbridge at the Princess's,
certainly one of the best conceptions of character ever
may naturally feel some sur•
prise realised
a t
the on the
omiEssniogniisohf stage,h
his name from the programme. A
national dramatic festival, from which our two best artists
in their respective lines—Mr. Phelps and Wigan—will be
absent, will certainly not adequately represent the present
prixftioa of Mc English stage.