The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGEIiCE

FRANCE.

ANbTHER ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE

KING OF THE FRENCH.
(From Galignani's
This being the tne opening of the Legisla-
tive ChalAers, the usual preparations were made for his
'Majesty's progress to the Valais Bourbon. Bodies of
military were in attendance, as on former similar oceesions;
but the severity of the weather wee such that the ordinary
crowd of spectator, et the tAValcade was diminished to a
much smaller ttlltYiber than we have previously remarked at
this ceremony. . .

Within a few seconds of the Rovril tertegeleaving the
Tuileries, by the gate leading to the Pont Royal, and whilst
the crowd assembled on the tikkay were elteerittg the appear-
ance of his Majesty, a young man, ratlii* genteelly dressed,
made an attempt on the King's life, by firing a pistol at him,
which happily did hot take ePfect. The assassin, it is said,
was so close to the carriage in which were the King, and
Dukes d'Orleans and Isremonre, that his Majesty had a
full view of his persoe, Aha was enabled to poiht him
out to the Natietial Guards, who immediately arrested
him, and conveyed him to the guardhouse of the cha-
teau., 'without his making oily Attempt to resist, or save
,
aimself by flight, The feelin,, excited among the troops
and National Guards was such that the wretched youth
was nearly sacrificed on the spot which he had selected
for the execution of his diabolical purpose. The Dukes of
Orleans and Nemours were both slightly wounded by the
glass of the carriage window, which the ball directed against
his Majesty shivered to atoms. During this scene the King
exhibited the greatest coolness and courage ; and the pro-
cession, immediately after the arrest of the assassin, con-
tinued its route to the Chamber without any other event
marking its progress. Her Majesty's carriage, in which,
besides the Queen were Madame Adelaide and the Prin-
cesses, preceded that of the King.
From an early hour the usual preparations had been
made to preserve order in the immediate neighbourhood of
the Palais Bourbon, and the customary military force, con-
sisting of Municipal and National Guards, and troops of the
line, were in attendance on the Pont Royal and the ap-
proaches to the Chamber to keep off the crowd. In the in-
terior of the Chamber the arrangements and decorations were
precisely those which we noticed last year on the occasion of
the Royal sitting. A fauteuil of crimson velvet, raised as
before on an elevated estrade, had been disposed for his
Majesty, and on each side were two smaller scats, also of
crimson velvet. Above rose a canopy of the same material,
and surmounted with numerous tri-coloured flags. A few
minutes after ten o'clock, when admittance had been given to
such as had obtained tieketa for the reserved galleries, all
the tribunes were speedily filled, especially by the ladies,
who being, of course, seated on the front benches, appeared
to form the majority of the assemblage. The day being in-
tensely cold, most of the fair spectators were hermetically
enveloped in clocks, boas, shawls, and tippets, with the
usual appendages of muffs, comforters, and other auxiliaries
against the chilling influence of a December day. This
wintry garb gave a less animated aspect to the interior of
the Chamber than we have heretofore observed in more
genial seasons.
Up to half-past twelve o'clock but few Deputies had
taken their seats in the body of the Chamber s in fact, at
that hour we counted only some AO or 3t Deputies of the
Centre, wbo seemed disposed to take the field much earlier
than the members of the Cote Gauche and the Cote Droll.

In less than a quarter of an hour, however, a considerable
augmentation had taken place in the numerical force of the
Deputies in attendance, amongst whom we noticed M. Du-
pin, the President of the Chamber, M. Thiers, and Messrs.
Berryer, Laffitte, Odillon Barrot, Garnier Pages, De Sade,
&c. At a quarter to one o'clock the Peers, headed by Ba-
ron Pasquier, the President of the Upper Chamber, made
their appearance by the door on the right of the couloir, and
were almost immediately followed by the Members of the
Council of State, who, as well as the Peers, were in their
usual official costume. The Peers took their seats, and
Council of State stood in groups under the elevated estrade.
At ten minutes past one o'clock the Queen and Madame
Adelaide entered the Chamber amidst loud acclamations of
" Vive la Reine !" and took their seats in the corner tribune,
reserved for them. At half-past one precisely the King
was announced, and in a few seconds entered by the door
on the left of the couloir. At the moment of the King's
appearance, the Peers, Deputies, and the whole of the
auditory stood up, and the acclamations with which his
Majesty was received were most enthusiastic. Cheers and
loud shouts of " Vive le Roi I" were continued for several
minutes, and were fervidly repeated at several intervals.
His Majesty was evidently deeply affected by this loyal and
animated welcome, which he acknowledged by repeatedly
bowing to the auditory, at the same time laying his hand
upon his heart, and speaking his thanks with the emphatic
eloquence to which the heart alone, and not the lips, can
give utterance. We feel the most sincere gratification at
being enabled to observe that the King, though rather
pale, looked, on the whole, extremely well. He ascended
the steps with remarkable firmness, and, we had almost said,
with the vigour and elasticity of a younger man. Their
Royal Highnesses the Duke of Orleans and the Prince de
Joinville, the latter dressed in a naval uniform, took their
scats on his right, and the Duke de Nemours on his left.
Immediately afterwards his Majesty commenced the read-
ing of the Royal Speech in a firm tone of voice, which he
retained to the conclusion of the document, except in the
delivery of the passages which referred to the disastrous
expedition to Constantina, and his own providential escape
from assassination. In alluding to these events his Majesty's
accents assumed the tremor not of feebleness, but of deep
feeling and emotion. The allusion to his own escape was,
immediately after its delivery, received by the whole of the
assemblage with loud and reiterated shouts of " Vive le Roi.'