The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-21 00:00:00

The Gazette des Tribunaux says:--
“ It was at Fontainbleau that he provided himself with
his gun and ammunition. Both the barrels of his carabine
were loaded, the one with three slugs, the other with a
charge of large shot. Lecomte, when be left Paris, and also
when he was arrested, was dressed in black. He wore at his
.h,utton-hole the ribband of the Legion of Honour. At Fon-
Lainbleau he procured a smock-frock; which he put on over
his clothes, so as to enable him to enter the preserve with-
out exciting suspicion. He was an excellent shot, and it ap-
pears that the cause which so happily prevented his
attempt from succeeding was, that at the moment that he
pulled the trigger one of the faggots on which he stood
yielded to his weight, and thus deranged his aim. Lecomte
was born at Beaumont (Cote d'Or), and is unmarried. A
commissary of police has made a thorough search in the
house in which he resided in the Rue du Colyssee. His
fowling-piece, which he had not taken with him, was found
there. Various papers were seized and plated under seal ;
among others, many letters directed "ro the King,' although
he has never presented or addressed any appeal under any
form whatever to his Majesty."
On Saturday evening there was a grand reception at
the Tuileries. Upwards of 800 persons, consisting of
members of the corps diplomatique, of Peers, of Deputies,
of military officers, of members of the Nati fltil Guard,
and of the Royal Household, were received by his
MAJESTY. The reception lasted until eleven o'clock.
The KING, the QUEEN, and the Princess ADELAIDE,
seemed deeply affected by the deep and respectful sym-
pathy of those present.
The Constitutionne/ states that two couriers were dis-
patched from Paris to London on Saturday and Sunday,
and that one of them is the bearer of an autograph letter
from the KING of the FRENCH to the Queen of ENGLAND,
informing her of the attentat of Bontainbleau, and
assuring her of the safety of himself and the Royal

On hearing the news of the attack, Lord PALMERSTON
immediately addressed a letter to his MAJESTY, through
the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aram 20.
Butch Rhenisk, 634—East Indian, 34—Great Nortk.ra 4.f Franca
Constitatod, 14i—Lauvaiu and Jemappe, 14—Namur and Liege,
14—Oyer Yssel, 2%1 dls.—Rouen and Havre, 29—Sambre and
Meuse, 434..

THE " NO HOUSE" of LAST NIGHT.
The following Members were present in the House of
Commons at four o'clock yesterday, when 38 Members only
being in attendance, the House was adjourned:—
Eight lion. S. Herbert
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Mr. Duncan ;on r
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Captain Plutnridge
General Lygon Mr. Fuller
Mr. Neville Mr. W. B. Collett
Mr. Cardwell Mr. Protheroe
Mr. Greene
Colonel L. Hay
Mr. J, S. Wortley Mr. Ord
Lord Mahon
Lord Advocate
Mr. M. Sutton Sir H. Douglas
Attorney-General , Mr. Finch
Colonel Verner Lord Barrington
Sir B. H. Inglis Mr. Wakley
Mr. Ricardo Mr. Frewen
Mr. Corry Sir W. Jollitre
Mr. Masterman Captain Lindsay
Lord E. Bruce Mr. Hawes
Sir J. Flower Mr. Young.
Colonel Peel

Last evening only thirty-eight Members were present
in the House of Cornmons at four o'clock. Thus, at the
most busy period of the session, and when a question of
vital importance to so many thousands is obstructed by
the Irish Repeal Members, another night is entirely lost
throtigh their perverse and mysterious conduct. The
Government was not to blame, for there was a large
proportion of official Members, as well as general sup-
porters of the Government at their post; there were
also several Liberal Members, but the Repealers kept
away in a body. So masked was the scheme to obstruct
business, that not one even was suffered to enter,
and one wou!d have sufficed to enable the SPEAKER to
announce the necessary complement of 39. It would
seem that the increasing starvation and fever in Ireland
have no effect upon the members of Conciliation-hall,
that they prefer playing tricks upon the Governmenr,
and attempting to throw ridicule on the Commons of
England, to the furtherance of measures calculated to
feed the hungry and, relieve, the distressed. They seem
bent, for what purpose we cannot divine, to excite
English prejudices against them, and thereby rear ad-
vantages that a Tory as well as a Whig Government
would willingly confer upon their country.

DISSOLUTION OF
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We believe that we can with co announce an early,
MEN T.
if not an immediate dissolution of Parliament This will
explain why no steps have been taken to provide seats for
the Colonial Secretary, the Irish Secretary, and the seatless
Lords of the Treasury and Admiralty
accelerated the dissolution are
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Whigs calculate upon a majority after July, arnd'ethey feel
strong enough to refuse any terms to Sir Robert Peel and
his faithless and degraded one hundred and twelve 1 By dis •
solving before July, Sir Robert will deprive the Whigs of
their anticipated advantage, and he is, perhaps, weak enough
to expect (for to what lengths will not the flattery of self-
love go ?) a recovery of the confidence of the country party,
after the Lords shall have thrown out his Bill, as they cer-
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and there is not a moment to be lost. The constituency that
themout at once for their men. The canvass has alread
to look for an early, if not an immediate dissolution. Let
begun on Use other side (though ofcourse secretly and shabbily),
will not dismiss any one of the 112 will brand themselves as
the votaries of perfidy. Even the Whig or Radical must be
preferred before the traitor. An amusing game this that Sir
Robert Peel and Lord John Russell have been playing,—in
courtship for the good graces of "the League,"—a travesty
of the old opera of "Acis and Galatea." Lord John addressed
his slender pipe to the Cobdenites, and almost wins the prize;
then Polyphemus Peel, stung with jealousy, flings oxen and
sheep, with timber and stacks of corn, at the head of his
rival in the arms of his mistress. The diminutive lover,
however, still prosecutes his shrill addresses to the nymph.
and so the contest is prolonged—to end, however, we hope, .
differently from the opera, for though we have no objectipm to see the Galatea league crushed, we cannot spare Lord
John, or afford a triumph to the Minister, who, though
tainly one-eyed as a politician, is anything but single-min
eer-
-a problem for Doctor Wigan. Once more, however,ded
warn our readers to prepare for a general electioneailyrief
not as we believe immediate. The Ministers last, night omitted
to form a House. This is significant, and tends to confirm
our expected coup d'etat.—Herald.

STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT. —. Yesterday afternoon,
Charles Kemp, en engineer, ma, Jed on board the " Crick"
over the side of the vessel to fasten one of the screws of the paddy-box. At this moment there were several other steamers passing by,
which caused a considerable swell of the water, thus moving the
" Cricket," and the poor fellow was dislodged from the paddle-boX,
and got suddenly Jammed between the wheels. Assistance baying
arrived, he was rescued in a state of insensibility, and taken to
the Charing cross Hospital, where he remains in a very precarious
slate.
—*Died at Gibraltar, on the 19th of March, on his way
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to Malta for the recovery of his health, Captain Sir W. Macgregor,
of the 92d Highlanders, beloved and respected by alliwbo knew him.
He never recovered from the effects of a coup de soleil, received at
the storming of Chingkeangloo, having returned to China overland
before his health was restored, on hearing his regiment, the 18th,
was to be again active/3, employed. He was the son of Sir Patrick
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whole morning undisturbed, and completed his arrange-
ments, not only for the commission of the crime which he
contemplated, but also for e=cape, which he calculated he
should be enabled to effect. Oa searching the inclosure
faggots were found piled up against the wall in such a man-
ner as to form a series of stages, thus forming a sort of ladder
to facilitate his ascent of the wall, which was directly oppo-
site the point from which he made his attack. But for the
energetic conduct of Millet, it is probable the assassin might
have escaped, Jumping from the wails of the inclosure he
would descend into the f.Test, where, from his perfect ac
quaintance with the localities, he would have had a good
chance of baffling pursuit."
The following additional particulars are from the Con-
stitutionnel :
" We have already announced that the Duke de Nemours
the Prince de Joinville, and the Duke de Montpensier, were
out hunting when the event occurred. This statement was
correct, and we have received the following details :—At his
last visit to Fontainbleau the King expressed his desire to
join a hunt at his next .coming. M. H. Greffulbe, who has
such a complete hunting establishment, was invited by his
Majesty and the Princes to come and dine with the Royal
Family on the 15th, and hunt in the forest on the 16th. The
King, therefore, proposed to view a boar hunt during his
drive; and, in fact, the chase passed within fifty paces of
the spot where he stationed his carriage. The boar made a
double, and posed a second time beaue his Majesty. The
King alighted nimbly, saying to Count de Montalivet, laugh-
ing, Why don't you do as I do?' His Majesty was imme-
diately surrounded by about 200 of the country people, in the
midst of whom he remained some time. 'When the King
gave the order for returning to the palace, Millet, who rode
in front, did not take the alley which led most directly to
the palace, but a side one, which comes out at the Parquet
d'Avon. If the ordinary one had been taken Lecomte would
have faced the carriage, and have had a full view of it as it
came towards him. Another providential circumstance was,
that the assassin expected the King to be placed at the back
seat, whereas his Majesty was in front. This it was that
compelled Lecomte to fire in a hurry, and, perhaps, saved the
life of the King. The young Duke of Wirtemberg, hearing
the reports of the gun, cried out, Hark! they are saluting
grandpapa.' It was on their return from the chase that the
Princes first heard of the attempt that had been made. The
King during the dinner and throughout the evening showed
the greatest sangfroid, the most perfect tranquillity."
MILLET has been rewarded by an excellent appoint-
ment in the royal stables, and has also had a gold medal
presented to him. Colonel BEunvEa, the brother of the
celebrated orator, was on duty accompanying the royal
carriage at the time the attempt of LECOMTE was made,
and aided most effectually by his activity and coolness
in the arrest of the criminal. Colonel BERRYER Cam-
mands the regiment of Guards in garrison at Fontain•
bleau. LECOMTE was brought from Fontainbleau to
Paris on Saturday and lodged in the Conciergerie in
the same cell formerly tenanted by FIESCIII, ALIBAUD,
and DARSIES. He has been frequently interrogated, and
according to the Journal des Debuts, when the magis-
trate spoke to him of the crime which he had committed,
he exclaimed, " It is not a crime to shoot at the KING
it is an attenta" "It will be remembered,"
continues the same paper, " that the regicide
DARMES protested against an accusation of
a former theft which had been introduced into
the indictment against him as an insult, saying that he
might have committed an attentat, but that he was in-
capable of a crime." He still maintains that he has no
accomplices, and the papers which have been seized at
his domicile relate solely to his complaints against the
administrator of the Crown forests.