The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-14 00:00:00

RECENT HISTORY, OF ASSASSINATION.

The following curious list of all the attempts at
political assassination that have been made since
1850 will be read with interest after the nefarious
attempt last Thursday :
The Queen of England.—Queen Victoria can
count four attempts on her life. On June 28, 1850,
she received a violent blow with a stick from one
Robert Plate, a retired lieutenant of the 10th Hussars.
The Kings of Prussia.—ln May, 1850, the late
King of Prussia received, as he was mounting a
railway carriage, a shot from a holster pistol of large
bore, in the fore arm ; the assassin, Sefelage, of
Wetslow, cried out as he fired, " Liberty for ever !"
The life of the present King of Prussia was in dan-
ger at Baden on the morning of July 14, 1861. Two
pistol shots were fired at him by Oscar Becker, a
law student at Leipsic. The regicide declared that
he wished to kill the King, because he was not cap-
able of effecting the unity of Germany.
The Emperor of Austria.—On February 8, 1853,
' at Vienna, Francis Joseph I. was struck with a knife
in the nape of the neck. The murderer's name was
Libenny, of Albe, in Hungary, aged 20, resident at
Vienna, and a tailor by trade.
The Duke of Parma.—On March 20, 1854, Fer-
dinand Charles 111., Duke of Parma, returning from
an excursion, was hustled by a person, who at the
same time stabbed him in the ablomen, left the
poniard in the wouud, and subs:quantly escaped.
The Duke expired in cruel torture in 23 hours.
The Queen of Spain (a second attempt).—On
28, 1856, as Queen Isabella was passing in her car-
riage along the Rue de l'Arseual at Madrid, a young
man named R tymonn Fuentes drew a pistol froni
his pocket, and would have discharged it at her head
had not his arm been caught, and his weapon taken
from him by an agent of the police.
The King of Naples.-0a December 8, 1856,
while Ferdinand 11. was reviewing his troops at
Naples, a soldier named AgCSira3 Milano struck him
with his bayonet, and at a later period Garibaldi
honoured the memory of the regicide.
Napoleon 111.--In October, 1852, when Napo-
leon, who was on the eve of becoming Emperor, was
at Marseilles, there had been prepared an infernal
machine, formed of 250 gun-barrels charged with
1,500 balls, intended to go off all at once against
the Prince and his cortege. But the attempt was
not carried out. On the sth July, 1853, a fresh
attempt was made to assassinate him as he was going
to the Opera Comique. Twelve Frenchmen were
arrested as concerned in the conspiracy. On April
28, 1855, Jean Liveraui fired two shots at the Em-
rptieror
1857,in tTheibGairdanl
i7B
lalrvtoe 13out'3tio, of
thend Geri: lal imPsCAMEeI Yfsrte from..
England to Faris to assassinate the Emperor, •bat
were diEcovered, arrested, tried, and punished. Oa
the 14th January, 1858, Orsini, Goines, Pieri, and
Rudio threw their, murderous shells at the Emperor
of the French, and shed the blood of a great num-
ber of honest citizens in Paris. On December 24,
1863, Greco, Trabucco, Imperatore, and Scaglioni,
who bad come over from London with the intention
of killing the French Emperor, were arrested in

The Queen of Greece.—On September 18, 1862,
the Queen of Greece, directing public affairs in the
King's absence, was returning from a ride on horse-
back, when she was fired at, without effect, near the
palace, by Aristides Donsios, a student, aged 19
years.
Victor Emmanuel ll.—ln 1850 au attempt was
made on the life of this Sovereign, and Count
Cavour gave an account of it in the sitting of
April 16.
President Lincoln.—On April 14, 1865, at the
theatre of Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Presi-
dent of the United States of America, was _assas-
sinated by Booth.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

&nerd's. and New Zealand, via fiouthamptol.....June 19.
Ditto. via Marseilles Juae t 3.
Ditto, via Panama ••
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video July 1.
Ditto, by French packet
Cape Verde. by Brazil packet . July 4:
Cape of Good Hope. Asoension. and St. lielena June 47.
Chins, Penang,, and Singapore, via Southampton—June 19
Ditto, via Marseilles ...... 13.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton June 13.
June 13.
India, via Southampton
Ditto, via Munn es ...................... ....Jane 13.
u
Malta, Egypt, &a. ......... .................. ~,,June 13.
Ditto, Marseilles.. ............................ June 43.
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Southampton. ............................... June 19.
..... Jane 13.
Ditto, via Manse les .....................
.June 13.
Newfoundland ........ .............
Portugal .......................................... July 4.
Ditto, by private ship t 3 Oporto
Ditto ditto to Lisbon
United States, Canada, Ciii,ornia, kc., I,y British
packet
,ins 9
Ditto, by United States picket
Ditto ditto (New York
D.tto ditto (New York)
Ditto ditto (Baltimore)
Ditto, by Canadian pietet
West Coast 31 Ai rioa. Madeira, awl Teneriff ul-
y
Webt lades and Pacific ',except Mexico and Balla-

mss)
Cub I and Mexico
Bah% nas, via New Yolk
Bermuda, via Halliax

June 13.
June .8.
June 27.
. . July 3.

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Under the heading " The Mormons and the
Universal Exhibition," the Liberte has a long account of
two Mormon representatives Who have just arrived at
Paris, and with whom the writer has visited the building.
One of the envoys is the second son of Brigham Young ;
the other is a man named Richards, who, beforo
leaving.
for Europe, was President of tile. Emigration Committee.
Brigham Young, junior, though not, yet thirty, Las two
wives and a large family, while- hiictimpanie,n.l4i four
wives and 22 children. Neit,ber of the representatives can
speak a word of French, but our Paris contemporary ap-
pears neverthless to have extracted from them a good deal
of information,