The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-31 00:00:00

On the Quai des Tuileries a pistol was fired at the car-
riage, just at the moment when his Majesty was saluting
the crowd assembled to witness his passage. The King
was not struck. The ball broke the glass, passed between
the heads of the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, and
lodged in the upper part of the carriage. The pistol was
fired by an individual who formed one of a group of three
young men, placed immediately behind the National
Guards. One only fired. At the moment the report was
heard, another of the party had his arm extended, and was
on the point of pulling the trigger of a second pistol, when
a by-stander struck down his arm. The third had also a
pistol in his hand, but had nut presented it. The report
threw the procession into some disorder. The King's car-
riage stopped suddenly. His Majesty put his head out of
the window, spoke to several of the Generals who formed
his escort, and assured the people that he was not hurt.
Some splinters of the glass, however, struck the faces of
the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours. The Prince Royal
was cut below the right ear, and the wound bled profusely.
The Duke de Nemours escaped with a few scratches on his
right cheek.
In the afternoon the Ministers proceeded to the Palace
to congratulate his Majesty on his providential escape, and
in the evening the Ambassadors and Ministers of the foreign
Powers had the honour of being received by the King.
When the King yesterday withdrew from the Chamber
into the apartment prepared for his reception, his Majesty
received the congratulations of several Members of both
Chambers. The Queen entered and threw herself into
his arms. This scene of mingled joy and grief, by a whole
Royal family being subjected to such cruel trials of their
firmness, affected all present with deep emotion. The
Deputies pressed around, and all opinions—all parties—
were confounded in one common feeling. The King, on
his return to the Tuileries, received successively in the
throne-room the two Chambers, who, by a spontaneous
movement, waited on him. The King replied to the speech
of the President by an energetic discourse, pronounced in
a firm voice. Every one remarked the serenity which
marked the countenance of the King, while, at the same
time, that of the Queen evinced strong emotion. " I
was coming to congratulate you—to congratulate myself
with you," said the King, "on the happiness which
France owed to my reign. I was impatient to iaect
you again, happy to have to thank you for the
loyal assistance which you had for so long given
me, and which your devotedness still assured me of, and it
was this moment, when indulging in these feelings, this in-
stant, that the assassin chose to stain my carriage with
blood." Here the King was interrupted by the continued
acclamations of those present. After dinner the receptions
recommenced. At 11 o'clock the Court of the Tuileries
was still full of carrriages. The vast saloons of the Tuile-
ries were scarcely large enough to contain the crowd of
Ambassadors, Peers of France, and Deputies who had
flocked there, A great number of foreigners were present,
and a great number of ladies. The countenance of the
Queen bore evident marks of strong emotion, but that of
the King was perfectly calm. A painful expression was
visible on every face—all present appeared humiliated at
the sad spectacle periodically presented by France to the
rest of Europe.—Gafignani's Messenger.
The culprit appeared to be much agitated, and a few
moments before the arrival of his Majesty had attracted
the notice of a police agent, and an inspector of the Cha-
teau, who were preparing to take him into custody. At
this moment the King passed, and the assassin fired so
quickly that it was impossible to arrest his arm ; the
ball, though fired at a distance, entered the middle
of tho carriage glass, and only missed the King's
breast by a few lines. Parties from all sides now
rushed on him ; and although he made no resistance,
he was severely handled by the crowd. The assassin,
when taken to the Tuileries, was placed in one of the lower
rooms, under a double guard. He was immediately stripped
of his clothes, which were composed of a dark blue great coat,
a black waistcoat, gray trowsers, boots, a pair of socks—
one blue, the other white, the whole in a very bad condition.
He had on two shirts, nearly new ; his linen was not
marked. In his pockets were found some papers of no
importance, three pipes, and some tobacco, but no money.
The pistol which he used was of a medium size, with a
screw rifle barrel—it was a very common weapon, and had
been very slightly charged, although it made a very loud re-
port. In the hat which he wore, and which was not found
until some time afterhis arrest, was the name of the maker,
Grille, Rue St. Martin. An officer immediately went to
this address, when it was found that the maker had been
absent from Paris for three months, but that it would be
very easy to find him out. The bearing of the prisoner, al-
though labouring under a degree of nervous agitation, was
calm. He is a man of middle stature, about 22 or 23 years
of age, apparently of a strong constitution ; his countenance
is vulgar, with a certain degree of boldness about the fore-
head and eyes. His physiognomy displays a mixture of bru-
tality and firmness, physical strength acted upon by a limited
understanding, grossness of the moral sense, and determina-
tion of character. He indulged in no recrimination, nor al-
luded to any injury received : but after his first replies to
the examining magistrates, in which he declared himself
guilty of the crime, and denying all idea of a conspiracy or
confederates, he declared that he would not add any fur-
ther information, and, in fact, he said no more. His name,
age, profession, place of nativity, or residence, could not be
discovered. To some exhortations to repentence he replied
simply by bowing. At some expressions, full of feeling and
emotion addressed to him by an Hon. General, he at first
seemed sensibly moved, but some other incident at the
moment changed the character of the scene and turned'
his thoughts into another channel. When this period of
obstinacy is past, which is similar to that evinced by Ali-
baud, there is little doubt but some light will be thrown on
the affair by himself ; till then the magistrates will seek
for information from other sources. It was reported in the
evening that some traces of the truth were already disco-
vered. Some reports say that he has been recognised as a
journeyman saddler, and a claqucur at the theatres ; others
that his name is Chantu or Chantrut, but we will not
not vouch for the truth of either rumour. He was removed
last evening to the Conciergerie, under a strong escort.—
Journal des Debats.
The slight wound of the Duke of Orleans bled very
freely. When his Royal Highness returned home, his
beard, cravat, and part of his dress, were covered with
blood. The wound was below the car, but it is not in the
slightest degree dangerous. The face of the Duke of Ne-
mours is scratched by the particles of glass. Had they
struck him a little higher, his eyes must have suffered.
The ball passed under the throat of the King, and be-
tween the Duke de Nemours and the Prince de Joinville,
lodging in one of the panels. Marshal Lobau, who was on
the right of the coach, and the Duke de Treviso, his Ma-
jesty's orderly officer, who was on the left, were both in great
danger of being struck.
In the course of his examination the assassin declared
that he had contemplated the murder of the King ever
since the 9th or August, 1830. He appears to have Atu-
died political writings, which have inflamed his mind, and
made him a second Alibaud. The examination of the three
arrested individuals and of the witnesses, lasted until a
quarter past seven o'clock, when the former were conducted
to the Prefecture of Police in two coaches, escorted by a
numerous detachment of municipal guards and Sergens
De Ville. MM. Mole, Guizot, and Persil, and the Pre-
fect of Police, who was on the spot when the assassin was
arrested, were present during the examination.
It was reported at midnight that the two persons arrested
on the Quay of the Tuileries, a few feet distant from the
assassin, had been set at liberty, after having undergone a
short examination.—Constitutiounel.
On the arrival of the Prefect of Police and other ma-
gistrates at the guard-house, they proceeded to interrogate
the culprit. He obstinately refused to give his name, de-
claring that they should never know it. The most urgent
instances could draw nothing more from him than that he
belonged to a house of trade. On being questioned as to
his accomplices, he said, " I have none. I alone have con-
ceived and executed what I have done ;" adding that he
had no knowledge of the two men who were arrested with
him. On being conducted to the Conciergerie, he was
visited by Dr. Vareliaud, who found that lie was affected
with the itch. The Director said, " I must have your
name, to insert in the re"ister."—" I have no name."
" Give me that, of your father."—" It will come at a later
day." "Do you mean your name, or your father's'''-
" Mine," he replied, after some little hesitation. Soon
afterwards, on being asked whether he would have anything
to cat, he said, " I shall be glad to break a crust." He
was placed in the cell formerly occupied by Fieschi. He
assumes great indifference, and smiles contemptuously when
the enormity of his crime is represented to him. One of
the two men arrested at the same time has been set at
liberty, it being proved that it was by mere accident he
happened to be near the assassin.—Gazette cln Tribunaux.
CHAMBER OF PEERS, DEC. 28.

The meeting was announced for 12 o'clock ; but it was