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FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1836.

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE KING OF
THE FRENCH.

The CITIZEN-KING happily escaped, on Tuesday
last, another terrible attempt to assassinate him. While
his MAJESTY was proceeding to the Chambers,to assure
France that " the impotence of so many guilty efforts
against his life, had begun at length to weary the pas-
sions, and to discourage the audacity" of regicidal
conspirators, the breaking of his carriage windows by
a pistol ball, awakened him from the drew-et of
fancied security into which Mbiistcrs heed lulled
him ; and, in an instant, converted, the happy
presages of his flatterers into omens ref direful import.
For the particulars of this affair, we direct our readers
to the report of it, which is given in another part of
The Sun—contenting ourselves here with making a
few observations upon it. The assassin is said to be
a young man about twenty years of age, but his
name has not yet been discovered. The Jour-
nal de Paris finds consolation in the discovery
that he is poor, ill-clad, has the itch, and was armed
with a very; bad pistol. The latter circumstance,
in our opinion, is alone consolatory. Had the KING
fallen it would have mattered very little by whose hand
the pistol was levelled. It is enough to establish
danger to the Royal family, that the man is not proved
to be mad, and that he made the attempt under the
plea of ridding Fiance of a tyrant—not to revenge any
real or supposed p':irsonal injury done to himself.
In the frequer,cy of these murderous attempts upon the
life of the King of the FRE NC uove see great cause for se.
rious alarm. They evidently are the result of a deep-
rooted 'hatred, on the part of the people, of the destroyer
of the liberties of France. Monstrous we pronounce
them ; but neither our expressions of deep abhorrence,
nor those of our Contemporaries in eve:y part of Eu-
rope, have tended to diminish the dreadful determina-
tion of the fanatics who make them. While a single
arm may prostrate the Sovereign of the FRENCII to
the dust—when the guillotine has lost its terrors_
it is ridiculous to Threaten the guilty with fresh
punishments, of to double the guards about the
KING'S pesoo. There is but one way of saving
the KiNci's life. We have said so before more
than an *hundred times, and we fear that we shall
be allowed to repeat it with no better effect. The
KING can only be saved by restoring the Constitutional
Charter to his people—by re-granting them those pri-
vileges which he voluntarily swore to maintain—and
particularly by abolishing the laws for restricting the
freedom of the Press. Unless his MAJESTY do
these things, be will not long remain at the head
the French monarchy. Nor would his untimely death
benefit his successor. What he risks his life rather
than grant, must be granted the instant he falls. What
madness then is it to compel desperate but devoted
men to stain the character of France with a crime
which can be so easily and so righteously avoided'
The KING'S repression of liberty—':is disregard of
his solemn oaths—his contempt for the will of the.
people-, nerve the arms, strengthen the hands, and steel
the hearts of the assassins who seek his life.

From the correspondence of several eye-witnesses we
learn, that on his way, to and from, the Chamber on
Tuesday, the King of the FRENCH was suffered to
pass without the slightest, demonstration of pleasure cr
respect by the people. The men all remained covered,
and as mute as if they had suddenly been struck dumb.
His MAJESTY'S reception by the Peers and Deputies

was, however, as cordial as could be manifested by
such grave personages. The following is a copy of

the Royal Speech :

• SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.
4 GENTLEMEN OF THE CHAMEER OF PEERS AND OF TILE

ISER OF DEPUTIES,
" France reaps the fruit of her courage and her wisdom.
'ler institutions are becoming strengtbened, her prosperity
is increasing, and, in assembling you this day, I hive but to
congratulate myself and you on the success of our efforts for

•
the happiness of our country.
" I receive from all Foreign Powers the most pacific as-
sorms.ces. The peace of the world appears for I,,ng
secure from every attack.
Our diplomatic relatc.nA with the United States of
America have beca r;:somcd. The treaty of the 4th of
JulY, 1-531., is in exevatoti, and I have reason to expect that
nothi:ag will further trouble the excellent harmony which has
so )01;- and so happily subsisted between the two nations.
" A momentary diiference had arisen between France and
Switzerland. Satisfactory explanations have been given to
us, and that intimate friendship by-which the two countries
have been united for so many centuries is at this moment re-
established.

" The Peninsula is still disturbed by fatal dissensions.
Serious events have shaken the institutions of Madrid and
Lisbon, and Spain has been incessantly desolated by civil
war. Still closely united with the King of Great Britain,
I continue to cause the treaty of the quadruple alliance to
be executed with religious fidelity, and in conformity to the
spirit in which it has been dictated.
" I entertain the most sincere dthe for the consolidation
of the throne of Isabella 11., and I trust that the Constitu-
tional Monarchy will triumph over the perils with which
it is threatened. But I applaud myself for having preserved
France from the sacrifices, the extent of which cannot be
appreciated, and from the incalculable consequences of any
armed intervention in the internal affairs of the Peninsula.
France reserves the blood of her children for her own cause,
and when she is reduced to the painful necessity of summon-
ing them to shed that blood in her defence, it is only under
our own glorious colours.that the soldiers of France march
to battle.

"We have experienced painful losses in Africa. They
have deeply afflicted my heart. Aly second son has shared
the sufferings and dangers of our brave soldiers, as his bro-
ther had done before him. If success has not attended the
efforts of our soldiers, at least their valour, their perseve-
rance, and their admirable resignation, have worthily sus-
ta;.ned the honour of our banner. You will feel disposed,
with me, to insure to our arms in Africa the preponderance
which ought to belong to them, and to our possessions com-
plete security.
"An attempt has threatened my life. Providence has
averted the blow directed against me. The testimonies of
affection with which France has surrounded me are the
most precious reward for my labours and my devotion.
" An attempt at insurrection, equally senseless and cri-
minal, for a few moments astonished a great city, whose

repose, however, was not disturbed by the event. It has
sprved only to display the fidelity of our brave army, and
rthe good spirit of the population.—(Renewed acclamation.)
" The impotence of so many guilty efforts begins at length
to weary the passions, and to discourage their audacity. Time
has already calmed many animosities, and daily softens the
duties which cireumstanceshave imposed on my Government.
" I have been enabled to follow the desire of my heart in
pardoning men struck by the arm of the law. I have been
occupied only with those who have acknowledged their
empire. It is thus I have thought myself at liberty to exer-
cise the most precious right conferred on me by the charter,
without weakening any of the guarantees of order, or any of
the principles of our legislation.
" Independently of the laws which have been already pre-
sented to you, and which will again be submitted to your
deliberations, you will have to occupy yourselves with several
bills, some of which concerns my family, the others being
intended to bring our legislation to perfection.
" Our finances arc in the most satisfactory state. The
public revenue will exceed the ordinary expenses of the State.
Measures conformable to the wish manifested during the last
session will be proposed to you as soon as the return of the
abundance of capital will permit my Government to do so.
" The commercial embarrassments which have been felt
in other countries have exercised but a feeble influence on
our internal prosperity. We have to deplore, in some lo-
calities, sufferings which we are endeavouring to assuage.
I have reason to hope that they will be but momentary, and
that an increase of wealth will everywhere insure the wel-
fare of the population.
" To arrive more expeditiously at this happy result, and to
endow France with the advantages promised to her by the
progress of the sciences and of the national prosperity, I have
given orders that an important mass of public works to be
undertaken shall be submitted for your deliberation. Al-
ready the sums which you have voted for the improprove-
ment of the roads in the west have changed the aspect of
that country, and destroyed the germ of civil discord. In
the 'zourse of this session the roads remaining to be formed,
t'ne navigation of the rivers, the establishment of canals,
ports, and railroads, will be the objects of important propo-
sitions, as well as those monuments and public institutions
which attest and still further augment the greatness of
France.
" Let us continue, Gentlemen, in the same course : it is
thus that we shall succeed in founding upon a solid basis the
happiness of our country. Sustained by your loyal support,
I have been enabled to preserve France from new revo-
lutions, and to save our institutions, confided to me as a sa-
cred deposit. Let us give increased union to our efforts,
and we shall from day to day witness the extent and the
consolidation of order, confidence, and prosperity—we shall
obtain all the benefits which a free country, dwelling in
peace, has a right to expect under the aegis of a national Go-
vernment."

There is nothing very tangible in this document,
save what ',nay be inferred from the paragraphs respect-
ing t2de war in Spain, and the late unfortunate expedi-
',ion against Constantine. The conclusion of the fiat
is tantamount to a declaration that Spain is welcome to
make the most she can of his MAJESTY'S expressions
of kindness—the full extent of what she may expect
in the shape of aid from France ; while the second is
equally explicit respecting his MAJESTY'S determina-
tion to humble the pride of the Arabs. France is so
careful of the blood of her citizens, that, in the lan-
guage of the KING, she cannot shed it in a cause so
foreign to her as that of establishing liberty in Spain,
and delivering the Peninsula from the sanguinary
horrors of an unnatural civil war ; and yet the same
tender SOVEREIGN invites her to pour it out in tor-
rents in the arid wastes of Africa I

The news from the North of Spain is not impor-
tant. Bilboa still holds out, despite the united efforts
of the Carlists ; and the cowardice, treachery, and in-
capacity of General ESPARTERO. The following
telegraphic despatches, which we copy from the Mom-
teur, contain the latest intelligence received in Paris
up to twelve o'clock on Tuesday :

" Bayonne, Dec. 22, Two o'Clock.
(Received by telegraph at Tours, and thence transmitted
to Paris by courier.)
" Gomez arrived at Durango on the 17th, having left
his division, from 4,000 to 5,000 strong, at Orduna ; and
Cabrera with another force on the right bank of the Ebro."
" Espartero repassed the Nervion on the 18th, where
he was followed by Villareal. They now occupy, on the
right bank of the river, the same positions which tkey
did from the Ist to the Bth."

" Bayonne, Dec. 22, Eight o'Clock, P.M

" The first part of the basis of the Constitution—which
establishes tile Two Chambers—was voted at Madrid on
the 17th."

" Bayonne, Dec. 23, Eight o'Clock,
" The Commissary of Marine to the Minister of Marine.
" M. Ray has written to me, under date of the 22d, that
on the 19th and 20th Espartero, with 22 pieces of cannon,
passed, by a bridge of boats, to the right bank of the river.
He has, besides, thrown over a bridge, in case of a re-
treat. A decisive engagement, it is said, will take place on
the 24th.
" Bilboa still firmly holds out."

Letters from Durango announce the arrival of Go-
AtEz at the head quarters of DON CARLOS, after
leaving the great bulk of his troops at Orduna on the
Ebro. The treachery of ALA ix enabled him to escape
without difficulty.

Letters and Papers from Madrid to the 20th ult.
have been received. The Cortes were proceeding
with the reform of the Constitution, and had agreed to
the establishment of a second Legislative Chamber.
Generals INBEIno and NARVAEZ were both in the
capital on the 19th. The accounts received from
tl►e provinces were generally unfavourable. The
army is in a frightful state of insubordination ; and
money is wanted in all quarters.. The details will
be found in the correspondende from Madrid, which
we copy from the columns of a Tory Morning Con-
temporary.

The anti-Church-rate agitation proceeds bravely.
Hardly a clay passes without bringing with it some
testimony of public indignation against the most exe-

erable of all taxes—that which eo►ttpels tie to via,

late the sacred dictates of conscience. The public
feeling is now thoroughly roused on this question ; the
public mind has become alive to the enormity of a
system which, in fact] reexignities rio diflerence between
modes of faith, hut which, according to the avowed
principles of its advocates, would force the Christian to
support Mahometanism, :ttmet arty, .other.
not excepting cven w 0.6 )43::e'
T.!, it Tr the :';Viii of every human being to
God in the way that seems to him the best, it
is no less his right to he exempted from the involuntary
support of those modes of worship which seem
best to others. The Horatian rule is here strictly appli-
cable—Hans verdant pctimusque damnsque vicissi»t.
The great meeting of the rate-payers of Manchester
—which we announced a little while ago—took place
on Monday last. It was numerous and respectable,
and its proceedings, the report of which we regret the
crowded state of our columns obliges us to postpone
till to-morrow, full of interest. Some truly excellent
speeches were delivered, and a series of resolutions
strongly condemnatory of the conscience-violating tax
passed. One of the speakers, Mr. J. B. SMITH
introduced the following happy illustration of the in-
justice of the Church-tax, which seems to have oc-
casioned no small merriment ;—" In a certain parish
a Quaker barber received one day a note for Church-
rate for the year 1835-ss. 6d. He called upon
the Clergyman of the parish with this note, and said,
Pray, friend, what dost thou mean by this note ?'
Mean ; why it is for the Church-rate ; don't you
see.' ' Yea, friend ; but what is that for?' Why,
for the repair of the Church, and for the de-
cent maintenance of public worship, to be sure.'
Well, friend, but what have I to do with that. I
don't attend thy Church.' Oh, that don't signify ;
the church is always open, and it is your own fault if
you don't come. Besides, its the law, and you must
pay.'—' Well, friend, I take leave to tell thee that I
think that a very unjust law that obliges me to pay
for a ministry and a religion which I don't attend.
Fare thee well.'--A few days afterwards the barber,
by way of straightening accounts with the par-
son, sent his reverence a note. Dr. to Timothy
Broadbrim for shaving and haircutting for the year
1835, ss. The receipt of this note by
the parson very quickly brought him to the shop, in
no good humour either. ' You scoundrel, what do
you mean by sending this note ? You never cut my
hair or shaved me in your life." Nay, friend, but
thou knowest my shop was always open ; and it's
thine own fault if thou didst not come to be shaved.
—(Shouts of laughter.)
We are blind to the injustice which we practise on
others, but how quickly we perceive it when it is at-
tempted to be practised on ourselves. TINIOTUY
BROADBRINT here. completely caught the Parson in

his own trap. •
An Anti-Church-rate Association was also formed
at Manchester to co-operate with the Metropolitan
Association. This is the true way to agitate, and
cannot fall to succeed.