The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-16 00:00:00

INDIA.

The following telegram has been received from
Malta, dated January 14, 10.30 p.m. :
" AL VA A NDRIA, J. 11.
.
" The Euxine sailed for Marseilles this after-
noon with the Bombay mail of the 24th ult.
" The victory obtained by General Hope Grant
over the fugitive Gwalior mutineers at Sheorapore,
where they had commenced crossing the Ganges,
is stated to have completed the dispersion of that
body of rebels.
"There is news from Delhi to the Bth of
December. A column had marched with stores
to Allyghur.

"The trial of the Nawab of Jhugurt has com-
menced.

" The Punjaub and the Madras and Bombay
Presidencies are tranquil.

"The Bombay import-market is generally
lower. Cotton had not declined.
g‘ Exchange, 2s. 2id. for credit bills. Govern-
ment and other securities without change.
" Freights continue depressed.
" The Vulture, steam frigate, with about 200
men of the 71st Highlanders, reached Alexandria
yesterday. The Princess Royal, with the remain-
der of the regiment, is hourly expected.
" The Company's steamers Punjaub and Feroze
are due at Suez to-morrow. The destination of
the troops is not yet known.
" The Nubia starts to-morrow, towing the
Alma to Aden, with passengers and mails for
Calcutta. The Pottinger leaves to-night for Bom-
bay."
Our correspondent adds—`• The foregoing came
to hand by the Euxine, from Alexandria, which
leaves early to-morrow morning for Marseilles,
whence the Vectis arrived early this evening.
" Strong south-easterly winds have for some
days prevailed.
" No local news."

THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.

PARIS, FRIDAY.

A most determined and skilfully-planned at-
tempt upon the Emperor's life was made last
evening, as his Majesty, accompanied by the
Empress, was going to the grand opera in the
Rue Lepelletier. It was known in the day time
that their Majesties were going to M. Massol's
fitrewell benefit. At about 8 o'clock their Majes-
ties and suite, occupying several court carriages,
went to the theatre in considerable state, escorted
by Lancers and Gardes do Paris a Cheval. The
gay cortege passed along the Boulevard des Ita-
liens, which, the weather being mild, was crowded
with after-dinner promenaders and people taking
their coffee outside the cafes. The line of flags
borne by the Lancers, and preceded by the court
carriages bearing many ladies of the court in full
evening dress, was scarcely seen to wheel round
the corner of the Boulevard towards the Opera-
house, before a tremendous explosion was heard
an explosion so loud as to throw the whole
quarter into a state of alarm. It was heard dis-
tinctly throughout the whole line of the Boule•
yard des Italiens, and startled the inhabitants of
the Rues Lepelletier, Laffitte, Grange Bateliere,
Taitbout, Chauchat, and even the Rue de Pro-
vence. Just as the imperial carriage drew up to
the peristyle of the Opera a large hand grenade,
thrown, it is supposed, from one of the houses
opposite, fell upon the pttvemeut within a few
inches of the vehicle, burst with terrible force, and
flung deadly projectiles in all directions. Two or
three seconds afterwards another shell of the same
kind struck the roof of the imperial carriage
before the Emperor and Empress had had time to
alight. A third quickly followed, launched with
deadly aim, and bursting as effectively as the
former two. This closed the murderous cam-
paign. Their Majesties escaped—and their
escape is almost miraculous—with the slightest
possible scratch from splinters of broken
glass ; they have each a little mark on the
nose. But the Emperor's hat was knocked to
pieces by the projectiles, so that he was literally
within an inch of his death. General Roguet,
one of his Majesty's aide-de-camp, who was in
attendance, received a wound on the neck. One
of the horses of the imperial carriage was killed
on the spot, and the carriage itself was very much
battered. A great many persons were wounded,
and many of them seriously. There has certainly
been some loss of life, but no accurate information
can yet be obtained as to the extent.

The consternation which this dreadful event
must have occasioned among the Court party and
the company
on the steps of the Opera-house may
be le
conceived.
was
Besides the noise of the explosion,
there
the rattle of the broken glass which fell
like hail both inside and outside the house. At
least 200 panes of the glass doors must have been
broken. Some of the lathes stepping'out of their
carriages found their white satin shoes steeped in
pools of blood.
The Emperor and Empress, who both showed
admirable presence of mind throughout, resolved
at once not to cause additional alarm by counter-
manding the performance. They proceeded to
their box, and in a few minutes, re-appeared of
the peristyle, to ascertain the fate of those who
had accompanied them. His Majesty is reported
to a
t oLaverl
feeling encouraged the
Empress, who felt the
a an to shrink from danger,
natural
o f aw
and hesitated to leave the carriage. He said to
her, " Let them see that we have more courage
than they." Having ascertained that none of the
wounds inflicted were likely to produce any im-
mediately fatal result, his Majesty returned to the
Imperial box, and the curtain rose as if nothing
had happened. The news spread like wildfire
through the town, and in the course of the even-
ing many high officers of state called at the
theatre, and had audience of the Emperor in the
ante-room of the imperial box. Among them was
M. Chaiv d'Est Ange, the Procureur-Imperial.

Several arrests have been made.
Their Majesties remained at the theatre till
nearly 12 o'clock. A great crowd was in wait-
ing on the Boulevards to receive them, and they
were bailed with very genuine cheers.

A few minutes before the attempt, M. Hebert,
•f the police, met, at the corner of the Rue Le-
pelletier, an Italian named Pierri, whose return
to France had only been ascertained on Tuesday
night.

On the arrest of Pierri he was found b have
about him a six.-shot revolver, a grenade similar
to those that exploded, and a poignard.
In the course of the night, thanks to the re-
searches of the police, the authors and accomplices
of the attempt were arrested.
The Emperot's Lee was slightly scratched by
fragments of glass.

attended a
At 12 o'clock tha Imperial family
solemn mass, with the Ministers of State.
The conspirators are Italians ; four have been
arrested. They came from England, and belong to
the sect of assassins.

Of the 60 persons who are wounded, 11 lie in
a dangerous condition ; some have been removed