The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-10 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

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(FP,OM OUR OWN COIIRESrONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.
Some additional particulars of great interest have
transpired relative to the odious attempt to assa.esi-
nate the Emperor Alexander. An eye-witness says
that as the Court equipages were returning by the
Avenue de Longchamp several private carriages in
advance obstructed the way and compelled the Im-
perial carriages to proceed slowly. All of a sadden
a pistol was fired at the carriage containing the two
Emperors and the Grand Dukes. A captain of the
Paris Guard, M. Lubet, rushed forward and seized
an individual. At the same moment another cap-
tain of the same regiment, M. de Presle, who was
riding up the side avenue, jumped from his horse to
assist his colleague. They both held the assassin
firmly. Then began a fierce struggle between the
two officers and the surrounding multitude. The
crowd, indignant and exasperated, rushed upon the
murderer. A thousand voices cried, "We must
kill him !" and every arm was raised to seize, stran-
gle, and tear him to pieces. It is impossible to de-
scribe this scene of exasperation and just fury. The
two officers disputed the possession of the prisoner
with the crowd. One of them had his epaulets torn
.off. The violence of the struggle was such that one
of the officers was separated from the assassin, but
his colleague, aided by several persons, retained his
hold of him. They were nearly 'suffocated, such
was the pressure. The group were forced towar.is
the other side of the road. The officer and the men
who assisted him continued their efforts to defend
the murderer, 7.,h0 nearly fainted. He lost a good
deal of blood from the wounds he received when the
pistol burst, and the hands of these who held him
were covered with blood. In the crowd the thick-
ness of the grass rendered progress difficult, and M.
de Presle was compelled to relinquish his grasp of
the prisoner for a moment. The crowd again cried
out, " Hang the murderer to a tree," and made an
attempt to carry their threat into execution. A
trumpeter of the Guard, however, had been sent for
assistance, which arrived just in time to prevent the
execution of the design. The Guards of Paris at
length succeeded in forcing a passage and surround-
ing the prisoner, and he was dragged into a carriage.
If assistance had not arrived precisely at this junc-
ture, assuredly Lynch law would have been executed
' upon the assassin. The scene of violence bad lasted
for 20 minutes.

While this strange struggle was proceeding in a
corner of the wood-, vociferous acclamations arose
around the Imperial carriage, and more than 200,000
voices protested against the flagitious act by the
cry of Vice l'Empercur. The guilty man was con-
ducted to the Prefecture of Police, under au escort
of the Guards of Paris.
It has been said that a lady was wounded, but it
is now believed that the ball only slightly grazed
the top of her head.
Berezouwki is a mechanic, and was employed in
the shop of M. Gouin, a metal chaser.
" You have a chance, the Emperor is not hurt,"
said one of the agents in the carriage. At this news
the assassin seemed nearly choked with rage, and
appeared as if thunderstruck. As a Polish refugee,
Benezouwki received a share of the assistance given
by the French Government to his countrymen in
want. When sixteen he took part in the insurrec-
tional campaign in Poland. He quarrelled with his
father because the latter espoused the Russian
He does not exhibit any repentance for his
crime, but, on the contrary, he says he only regrets
one thing—that he did not succeed. ale is evidently
a fanatic. ire prepared the balls himself.
As soon as the assassin arrived at the Prefecture
he was interrogated by the Prefect of Police, in the
presence of the Procureur• General, the Procureur-
Imperial, the Minister of state, the Minister of
the Interior and Count Schoweloff, aide-de-camp
to the Emperor Alexander. M. Gonet, the Judge
d'lnstructor, is charged with the prosecution.
After the examination of the prisoner, whose
answers were in conformity with the disposition
he . had evinced during his journey, several wit-
nesses were heard. At two in the morning he was
transferred to the Conciergerie, where he is under
special surveillance.
There was a touching scene at the Tuileries on
the return of the Emperor. The Empress, who
arrived first, knew nothing of what had happened.
On entering the room the Emperor in a word
acquainted her with what had taken place. Hex

cause.