The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-08 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1867

conduct.
The CZAR received a most enthusiastic reception
from the crowds when going in an open carriage to
pay a visit to his sister the Grand Duchess MARY
of RUSSIA, and the Emperor NAPOLEON also met
with many marks of welcome when he was passing
the Exhibition. The ball which was given at the
Prussian Embassy was very brilliantly attended,
cncl the Imperial guests were warmly welcomed
upon their happy escape. The assassin seems to
have exhibited the greatest coolness upon the occa-
sion, and when he was upbraided with attacking a
guest of France he admitted that he had been un-
grateful towards France, but declared that he bad
not put the EMPEROR NAPOLEON to any risk, be-
cause he said that a " Polish bullet could not go
astray ; it must go straight when aimed at the
CZAR." He wished to deliver the world from the
CZAR, and the CZAR himself felt the remorse which
must weigh upon him. Ile had not informed any one
of his intention to assassinate the Emperor of Russia,
and had kept his secret from the fear of being
betrayed. It is, indeed, fortunate that this exciting
affair has had no worse termination, and the conse-
quence will doubtless be that the CZAR will leave
Paris, having met with far more cordiality and
expressions of goodwill than seemed at all likely at
the commencement of his visit, and thus his infu-
riated antagonist will have rendercd him an un-

conscious service.

There seems to be little doubt" that the unfortu-
nate Emperor of MEXICO is actually in the hands
of his enemies, although his life has not as yet
been sacrificed. At least we must believe it to be
so if we accept the information confidently pub-
lished in the New York journals yesterday, and
transmitted by the Atlantic Telegraph. The
Liberals, it is said, have left Queretaro for the city
of Mexico, and the Emperor MAXIMILIAN will be
taken to the capital as prisoner of war. Whatever
the actual position of the unfortunate Prince, or
the temporary success of his adversaries, two things
seem to be certain—the empire founded by the
French is at an end, and the prospects of Mexico
itself are tumultuous and uncertain. The old story
of anarchy and bloodshed, of violence and plunder,
will, we fear, be rehearsed pretty often before
anything like a settled Government can be again
expected in Mexico. What part the American Go-
vernment may play in the drama is as yet un-
certain. There is never wanting a party in favour
of annexation, while at the present moment the
American Government has enough to do in
administering the affairs of its own States. The
Washington Cabinet has, it is said, been using
every effort to protect the person of MAXI3IILIAN
until his embarkation, but this intelligence is dated
a week back, and comes to us through Vienna. The
position of affairs is most complicated and un-
certain, and if the Americans, so much nearer
hand, cannot obtain reliable information, we need
not wonder that we, across the Atlantic, are left in
doubt whether MAXIMILIAN is alive or dead, whether
Queretaro is in the hands of the Imperialists or of
the Liberals. According to the New York journals,
LOGADO and VEGA are organising an army in
Sinaloa, to resist the authority of JUAREZ, so that
the Mexican soldiers of fortune are likely to have

enough opportunities for action. •
The American news itself is not altogether en-
couraging. Attorney-General STANBERRY has de-
fined the disfranchising clauses of the Reconstruc-
tion Aet as excluding all participants in the rebel-
lion who were members of Congress, members of
State legislatures, State officials, militia officers,
or holders of any office under the United States,
also members of the rebel COngress, and rebel
diplomatic representatives. The Act does not dis-
franchise rebel county, municipal, judicial, or tem-
porary State officers ; but even with these excep-
tions it is manifest that the Act under this reading
will exclude almost every man of position, ability,
or character among the Confederates. The South-
ern district commanders will, it is expected, admi-
nister the Reconstruction Act as interpreted by Mr.
STANBERRY. It can hardly under such circumstances
afford much relief or satisfaction to the Southern
people. They have not even any security that the
Radicals who predominate in Congress will admit
their representatives to the National Assembly,
unless, indeed, the wholesale disfranchisement of
all public-spirited and independent Southerners

should enable Radical members to obtain seats for
the ex-Confederate States !

Mr. TREVELYAN is determined apparently to
conic forward as a reformer, or rather as an advo-
cate of those who have substantial grievances to
complain of. After bringing under notice the
whole question of promotion by purchase in the
army, he has now turned his attention to the sister
service, and has brought forward a case of much less
importance, and much more limited interest, yet one
that deserves to be treated with some consideration.
Mr. TREVELYAN. last evening called the attention
of the House to the old seainen who, prior to the
year 1814, paid the Greenwich 6d., and said that

The sad affair which startled the 'Parisians on
Thursday forms, as might have been expected, the
chief topic of conversation in all circles. The
Illoniteur, in its official account, etates that the
affair took place while the review was being held,
and an immense crowd was. assembled. The Em-
oror of the FRENCH run a great risk as well as the

Emperor of RUSSIA ; and, indeed, all in the imme- the old seamen whom he represented believed they
diate vicinity were in danger. The ball struck the had it claim on the country on account of that pay-
head of the horse of the groom in waiting, who was ment. It Watt. discontinued in the year 1844, but
at the door of the carriage. The weapon burst, notwit. hstar.ding the lapse of time the old seamen
being overloaded, and wounded the hand of the concerned have not forgotten their claims, and an
would-be assassin. The crowd was most infuriated, agitation :has lately sprung up in the north-eastern
and had not the police interfered the unfortunate ports respe sting it. Petitions have been got up, and
man would immediately have paid the penalty of his in a very sl tort time the signatures of 430 old men
crime. According to this statement no one was were affix ed to one at Shields, the lowest
hurt with the exception of the Pole. Another ac- term of senrice of any of them being thirty-three
count says that the assassin purchased a double- years. The petition at Sunderland was signed byl
barrelled pistol on the previous day. If true, there thirty-three men, whose average age was sixty-six.
seems to have been some oversight in this circum- The sum in question is, as Mr. TREVELYAN observed,
stance escaping the detection of the police, espe- a very modest one, the money paid by these men
cially as the man was a Pole. The two Emperors having b
fen only 6d. a month, and their numbers,
displayed the greatest calmness and presence it is evident, from the lapse of time since all pay-
of mind, the Emperor NAroLEoN remarking with a ment ceased, beingnecessarily very limited. But this
smile, " Sire, we have been under fire together," to 1 is just ono of the cases in which our officials are
which the CZAR replied, " All destinies are in the seized with their periodical fits of economy and pru-
hands of Providence." The Emperor NAPOLEON dence. Advantages and disadvantages must be
has conferred the cross of the Legion of Honour strictly weighed in the balance, rash expenditure
uon the groom RAINBEAUX, whose spirit and must be deprecated, dangerous precedents avoided
p
energy have been so serviceable. It appears that he in the case of a few hundred old men who have
observed the movement of the Pole when he came passed their lives in the public service. It is just the
forth from the crowd, and caused his horse to opportunity for a wise display of care of the public
make a sudden bound, and thus placed it money, and the hundreds thus saved will go towards
between the sovereigns and the assassin. building a new target for an experiment fifty times
The horse died the same night, and we may gather repeated, or towards putting a new bow on some
some idea of the risk run by the illustrious occu- costly vessel that will not accomplish the requisite
pants of the carriage from the fact that the blood speed. 'Whatever the exact law of the case, England
from the wound in the horse spurted on to the can surely afford to be generous in these petty
uniforms of the CZAR and CzAREWITCII, and the matters, for petty they are to the national exche-
Emperor NAPOLEON'S uniform was soiled by the ex- quer, though all-important to the old seamen. It is
plosion of
,the pistol. The cortege was ordered to in this way that we disgust men with our services,
proceed at a walking pace, and nothing could exceed both naval and military, and every such case of
the collected manner of the Sovereigns. It is said that disaffection and disappointment will counteract
some persons had entreated the CZAR to return home among the old sailor's associates and belongings the
at once, but that he very wisely refused to do so, effect of fifty bounties.
declaring that he would not shorten the period of
his stay in Paris. The exciting event has caused
the greatest indignation everywhere, and the Temps
of last evening published a letter that was signed
by several Poles expressing the " sorrow" and "re-
probation" which they experienced at the infamous
attempt just made upon the life of the CZAR,
and General ZAMOSKI also publishes a letter, in
which he states that he and his countrymen feel
sorrow and " profound indignation" at the assassin's

A very general feeling of regret will prevail
through Europe at the receipt of the sad intelli-
gence of the death of the Archduchess MATILDA.
" In the midst of life we are in death" could not
possibly have been more forcibly illustrated than
in the case of this young Princess who has met with
a sad end so prematurely. She was endowed with
the rarest gifts, and all seemed to smile upon her,
when, by a mere charm, she was suddenly
reduced to a state of suffering, from which
death only released her. The heir to the
throne of Italy is, indeed, to be pitied for
having been suddenly deprived of his fair bride, and
for the cloud now thrown over his brilliant pro-
spects. The Emperor of AUSTRIA is also deserving
of all sympathy and all sorrow, for it would almost
seem as if he was never to meet with success for
himself, or to see fortune smile upon his relatives.
The coronation, to which so many hopes were
directed, will be celebrated under most melancholy
circumstances, and a moral is pointed to those
who lock to kings and princes as those
who enjoy the fairest gifts of this world.
FRANCIS JOSEPH is forced to appear in State, and
to mingle in scenes of brilliancy and gaiety, while
his wishes and thoughts must tend in a very dif-
ferent direction. There are many circumstances
just DOW which conspire to make the Austrian
Royal family unfortunate, and which, for some
time to come at least, must thro,v a gloom over all
things. It is to be hoped that the unfortunate
EMPEROR will find some consolation in the improved
state of his relations with his subjects, a result
which has not been obtained without great sacrifices
on his part, which deserve recognition and respect.

CORRESPONDENCE FROA PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Friday Evening.

Last evAling vague rumours were circulated of
an attempt to assassinate the Emperor of Russia,
but at first they were not generally believed. The
fact, however, proves to be too true. Th,3.3lunileur
makes this announcement of it : _

" After the grand review, hi honour of the foreign
Sovereigns, and ia the presence of an immense
crowd, animated by indescribable enthusiasm, an
individual, who says he is a Pole, fired a pistol at the
carriage, which was about to return to Paris with
the Emperor Napoleon and the Emperor of Russia,
and his two sons. The ball struck the bead of the
horse of the equerry on service riding at the carriage
door. The pistol burst in the hands of the assassin,
who was arrestel. by the crowd. It was necessary
for the police force to interfere to protect the
assassin from the fury of the people. Nobody was
wounded.

"The Marquis de la Valette, Minister of the
Interior, sent the following account of the infamous
attempt to the Prefects, and it Was also posted up
in various parts of Paris :
"At the conclusion of the review in the Bois de
Boulogne, near the grand cascade, a pistol was fired
at the carriage containing the Emperor Alexander,
the Emperor Napoleon, and the Grand Dukes of
Russia. The assassin was immediately arrested.
He says his name is Beregouski, and that he is a
native of Volhynia."

The Journal des Debals gives a some,what diffe-
rent version. It says :

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repeated at times all the way to the Tuileries. The
pistol burst in the hand of the of the assassin, and
carried away three of his fingers. A woman was
wounded. A horse was much injured on the head
by the ball. During the evening crowds
0 of persons
of all ranks inscribed their names at the Tuileries
and the Elysee."
Ancther account says :
"After the troops ha'l defiled, and at the mo-
ment of the passage of the carriage in which were
the Emperor of Russia, the Emperor Napoleon, and
the two Grand Dukes, a young man fired at the
Czar, at a distance of five paces. The pistol ball,
however, hit the horse of the officer who was riding
by the door of the carriage. The young man was,
of course, immediately arrested. He is a Pole, a
native of Volhynia, hardly twenty years of age,
and is a journeyman mechanic. He was taken to
the Prefecture of Police, where he underwent his
first examination, exhibiting much self-possession
and indifference. He declared that he had not con-
fided his project to any one, and consequently that
he had not any accomplices. On the observation
that he might at the same time have killed the two
Emperors, he declared that he only wished to kill
the Czar, and that be had nothing but feelings of
gratitude towards France and her chief."

The Constitutionnel says :
" All Paris was indignant last night. The whole
of France will be indignant to-morrow (to-day.)
Before leaving his Empire, to become the guest of
the Emperor, the Emperor Alexander had. signed a
decree of amnesty which promised to lead to the
commencement of a new era for Poland, and it was
on the next day that, in the name of Puland,-there
was a wish to strike a blow at him. With a feeling
worthy of a great heart and a great sovereign, the
Czar would not take any personal precaution. Ile
had no fear to show himself with his breast unco-

vexed, under the safeguard of that loyalty which is

one of the traditional vir'i,ues of our country. To
make an attempt upon his life under such circum-
stances is not only the most odious of crimes, it is
the most abominable cowardice. The people who

witnessed the attempt considered it in this light,
and it was with difficulty that the assassin was
withdrawn from their just auger. What remorse
and what a lesson for those men who Mame the
imagination and excite the public mind, but keep
themselves out of danger."
Even in Paris, where grand sights are very fre-
quent, there has perhaps never been such a splendid
spectacle as that presented at the review at the
Bois de Boulogne yesterday, enhanced too by the

presence of so many Royal personages. The united
ilaA TEST INTELLIGENOB•
force consisted of 57 battalions, 61 squadrons, and •
16 mounted and equipped batteries. The troops I (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
were under the command in chief of Marshal Can-
robert. Marshal Count Regnaud de St. Jean d'An-
geley commanded the.troops of the Imperial Guard.
The infantry was formed in close column by
regiment, and by battalion in close column by divi-
sion, and presented 28 heads of columns extending
to a vast distance. The cavalry was also formed in
close column by regiment. The artillery of the
guard of the line occupied the extreme end of the
ground. The Emperor, who was accompanied by
hii military household, Marshal Niel, Count Ran-
don, Marshals MacMahon, Duke de Magenta, and
Bazaine, arrived in company with the Emperor of
Russia, the King of Prussia, the Czarcwitch, the
Prince of Prussia, the Grand Duke Wladiniir, the
Prince Louis of Hesse, and the Prince of Ilesse
Cassel, and was received by the Marshals just men-
tioned.

The Emperor of Russia was accompanied by the
distinguished personages of his suite, and by his
aides-de-camp and those of the Grand Dukes.
The King of Prussia was accompanied by Count
Bismarck, tha Count de Goltz, and other illustrious
individuals.
The moment the troops perceived the Emperor
Napoleon they burst into loud acclamations, and
presented arms. The flags were lowered and the
drums boat.

The Sovereigns and their suite successively passed
in front of the lines of infanty, artillery, and
cavalry, and then took their stations in front of the
tribunes. There were assembled the Empress of
the French, the Prince Imperial, the Princess Royal
of Prussia, the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia,
the Princess Louis de Hesse (Princess Alice), the
Princess Matilda, the Princess Eugenie, the Grand
Ducal Princess Maria, Duchess.of Hamilton, Prince
Lucien Murat, Prince Joachim Murat, and the
brother of the Taicoun. The defile was conducted
with admirable precision and effect. Each regiment
of cavalry, after having in defiling passed the
tribunes and nearly reached the extreme end of the
ground, formed into " head of column to the right"
and trotted rapidly into close column. Nothing ,
could be more imposing than this mass of squadrons
halting successively close to the Sovereigns, and
then taking a new direction, galloping rapidly,
but with precision. The troops made the air resound
with repeated cries of " Vive l'Empereur." The
thousands of spectators reiterated the cry.
The most competent military authorities speak
in very laudatory terms of the appearance of the
troops and the admirable manner in which all the
evolutions were performed..
The Illoniteur in its bulletin says :—" We regret
to have to announce the death of her Royal High-
ness the Archduchess Matilda, daughter of the
Archduke Albert, who expired yesterday from the
effects of the lamentable accident which occurred to
her a few days ago."
The Princess Royal of Prussia (our own English
Princess Victoria) seems to have " a hand open as
day to melting charity." The Princess, accompa-
nied by Lady Cowley, and without any suite, went
on Tuesday to the Lariboisere Hospital, and visited
all the details of the establishment, contributing
largely to its funds. The Princess went to the beds
of several German and French patients, and spoke
to them in words of affable and consolatory sym-
pathy.

FRANCE.

PARIS, June 8.

The Moniteur of this morning says in reference
to the late attempt on the life of the Czar :—" All
France has been profoundly moved at the news,
and from every town and commune addresses ar-
rive or are announced, testifying the public indig-
nation and the attachment of the people."
The same paper publishes the text of addresses
from Roubaix, Charleville, and Meziere energeti-
cally condemning the attempt.

The King of Prussia, on the evening of his arri-
val, went to the Elysee to pay a visit to the Em-
peror Alexander. His Majesty had not returned,
and the King of Prussia waited for him a few mi-
nutes. On his arrival the two Sovereigns had a
long conversation with each other. The King of
Prussia has already been to the Exhibition. He was
accompanied by M. Bismarck, M. Rouher, and M.
Le Play, the President of the Imperial Commission.
The Emperor of Russia has been to the Theatre
du Palais Royal to see the Vie Parisienne.
The Prince and Princess of Prussia went, a few
evenings ago, to the Theatre Lyrique, to see "Romeo
et Juliette," and expressed to the director their
great gratification at the performance.
The visit of Count Dismari: to Paris gives to some
of the ram is papers the opportunity of saying smart
and carious things about him. One paper sal•s that
the day of his birth, the Ist of April, seeths iudica-
tive of his desire to make April fools of people.
The Count is in his 521 3ear, having been born on
the Ist of April, 1814. His diplomatic career only
dates from 1857. His first essay was at the Lega-
tion at Frankfort. He then went as Prussian
Ambassador to Vienna. In March, 1859, he was
appointed Ambassador at St. Petersburg, and
in 1862 he fulfilled the same post at Paris. He did
not, however, retain it long, for on the 221 Sept.,
1862, he assumed high political functions, and was
appointed President of the Council of the Prussian
Ministry.

THE REVOL7 OF
ROUM E CIRCASSLIAIAN COLONISTS

a Belgrade journal, in its number
of the h
The following details of this affair are given by
:—." The Circassians, to whom the
Turkish Government had allotted lands at Kossovo
t TeTi(/ ory
19th Dan,may
Pole and in other communes of the districts of Pris-
tina and Prizrend, having determined to abandon
their colonies and return to their own country,
commenced by burning their cottages and destroying
their crops by turning their cattle into the fields,and in
pillage. The mudir, taken quite
apprehensive of a serious conflict,
othfetabie peginanniunbg of May they set out in the direction
Danube.
On Tuesday, May the 7th, they
arrived at the large town of Prokuchlie, which
iutinhnemaywedabrie:gtealy n
ddlatoespatched a Tartar to Nich to inform
the authorities there of the arrival of such
troublesome guests. The caimaican of Nich,
Suleyman Pasha, on receiving this intelligence,
assembled 400 cavalry, and proceeded post-haste
to Prokuchlie, whence he succeeded in expel-
ling the emigrants, who fled towards Nich.
The Pasha accordingly ordered the immediate de-
struction of all the bridges on the Morave excepting
those of Marmor (an hour's distance from the
Servian frontier) and of Tchetchin (near Tur-
wingrad), which he occupied with his cavalry. On
the Sth, the caimacan had the bridges replaced, and
the emigrants, about 400 families, encamped
near Marmor, a short distance from the Turkish
troops. It is said that they have asked per-
mission of the Serviau Government to cross
the Principality,
in order that they may reach
the Danube, but it is doubtful whether they
will obtain leave. The presence of this savage
horde caused a great sensation in all the villages
situated on the Dobritch, the villagers being afraid
of violence, especially when other emigrants should
join their countrymen. It is true that a regi-
ment of cavalry is watching the movements of
these children of Caucasia ; but such a force it is
evident will be far too small when other bands
arrive from the interior. Meanwhile, it is diffi-
cult to foresee the sequel of this incident, the
Circassians being unwilling to return to their
colonies, and the Turkish
Government being
unwilling to allow them to continue their peregri-
nations. Besides, it appears certain that all the
mountaineers who have been located there for the last
two or three years have also resolved to return to
Russia, and have already burnt down their dwell-
ings. They profess that they have suffered a great
deal during
their sojourn in Turkey ; the climate,
the mode of life, and the privations have caused
such a mortality among them that their number,
we are assured, has been reduced one-half.

FLORENCE, June 8.

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