The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-01 00:00:00

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We have received by Extraordinary Express the
Paris papers of yesterday, with letters from our cor-
respondent. We make from the latter the following
extracts :--

" PARIS, THURSDAY, JULY 30.
" Half an hour after I had sent off my dispatch
last night, I heard from an official source the principal
incidents of the attempt on the King's life, and the
leading details of the assassin's examination. As that
account only differed from mine in respect of the
age of the miscreant (who, I had been informed, was
only sixteen or twenty years of age), I did not deem
it worth an express to correct it. The main facts
were in your possession.
"I now forward you this day's papers with the
details.

"When you shall recollect that at the moment of
this diabolical attempt there were congregated in the
gardens of the Tuileries and their vicinity half a mil-
lion of people ; that the fêtes were drawing towards
their close, and everybody engaged in enjoying them,
you will not be surprised at learning that so few per-
sons were aware of the fact that the King had been
fired at. When I heard of it any attempt to obtain
authentic particulars was for the time out of the
question. Every official person—even the porters
of the hotels—were abroad. Hence the imperfect
nature of the first account.

" I mentioned last night that M. Guizot left Paris
at five o'clock for Lisieux. He stopped to dine at
St. Germans, whence he was to proceed to his
country seat (Val Rich, near Lisieux). He was,
consequently, within five leagues of Paris when the
express was sent for him, and came to town instantly.
He was present at the examination of the prisoner,
and returned to the Hotel of Foreign Affairs at
midnight. On arriving there he appeared flushed,
but otherwise as cool and tranquil as you have ever
seen him. He was to leave Paris at one o'clock this
morning.

"The King, Queen, and Royal Family proceeded
to Neuilly last night by the Rue Richelieu, Boule-
vard des Italiens, Rue St. Lazan, &c., for (as you
will believe) all the streets bordering on the
road to Neuilly (Champs Elysees), were choked
up by the people. It was a detachment of attend-
ants, and not a portion of the Royal Family, that
left for Eu last night. The King, Queen, and Royal
Family proceeded thither this morning.
" The intimation that the King had been fired at
will have first reached the inhabitants of Paris (with
perhaps 50 or 60 exceptions) this morning only,
through the newspapers. The effect of it upon the
public mind cannot yet be ascez tained, but the
details will, I am convinced, be read with horror.
The funds will, no doubt, decline ; but they will
rally, and with good reason, for the account of this
new attempt, so eminently calculated to show the
necessity for a Conservative Government, will turn
the scale at the elections, which will take place on
Sunday next.

FROM THE PAPERS.
"The country," says the Journal des Debais—
" Will not believe that such a crime could be again at-
tempted, and, nevertheless, such is the fact.
" The King was fired upon this evening !
" The visible protection of Providence, which defies the
pertinacity and fury of the assassins, has, for the seventh
time, preserved an existence so dear and so precious to
Fran ce.
"Neither the King nor any of the persons who surrounded
his Majesty were struck.
" This intelligence will spread a deep consternation
throughout the country; for our part, we can scarcely
restrain our emotion and sorrow.
" The following are the details we have been able to col-
lect respecting that inconceivable attempt :
"This evening, at half-past seven o'clock, at the moment
when the King, accompanied by the Queen and Royal
Family, amidst the acclamations of the people, presented
himself on the balcony of the Tuileries to
.hear the concert
two pistol-shots were fired upon his Majesty.
" The King, with the admirable sang froid which never
failed him under similar circumstances, reassured the Queen
and the Princesses, presented himself to the people, to re-
move their apprehensions, and then gave orders to continue
the concert.
"The two pistol-shots had been fired by the same indi-
vidual.
" The assassin was immediately apprehended by the per-
sons who stood near him. He offered no resistance. On
being interrogated, he declared his name to be Joseph Henri.