The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-24 00:00:00

LATEST PARTIC LTLARS.

The fire on board the Havre is now extinguished,
but the ship has sustained much damage below and
in the fore saloon. No further casualties have
occurred on board, but Captain Wight, of the
Company's steamer " Atalanta, while running to
his own ship for assistance, dropped down dead from
excitement.

The Attempt to Assassinate the Czar,

ST. PETEPSBURG, April 19.

The author of the attempt upon the life of the
Emperor is a young man of about 20 years of age,
named Olchewsky, such at least being the name he
gave to the police a few hours after his arrest. A
thousand conjectures are afloat respecting the
motive which impelled him to attempt so great a
crime. It is asserted that Olchewsky is a Russian
gentleman ruined by emancipation, while some
represent him to be a radical of the Nihilist sect.
According to others, he belongs to the bourgeois
class of Podolia (an old Polish province), and is
only the instrument of a vast conspiracy against
the Emperor's life. The accused declares himself
to belong to the lower classes, and he speaks the
dialect of the common people. Externally, his
dress bore out this statement, but it was found
upon searching him that he wore fine under linen.
His hands also are soft, and his language, in the
course of a long examination, becomes refined,
evidently from forgetfulness. He pretends not to
understand any foreign language; but when Prinee
Suwarrow, in the course of the first hearing, made
a few remarks in French to Prince Dolgorouky,
chief of the Secret Police, of great importance to
the prisoner, it was evident that the latter per-
fectly comprehended what was said.
At 1 p.m. to-day the Emperor gave audience at
the Winter Palace to the representatives of the
nobility and inhabitants of the metropolis, who had
asked permission to present an address congratu-
lating his Majesty upon his providential escape.
The address was read by Count Orloff-Davydoff,
marshal of the nobility. It said :
" Sire,—Under the present distressing, yet, at the same
time, consolatory circumstances, we, the marshals, de-
puties, and nobles of St. Petersburg, only fail to address
your Majesty in the name of all the nobility of Russia,
because every assembly of nobles will be jealous
of the right of expressing its sentiments in per-
son. But we come before your Majesty to-day, in the
name of the nobles and inhabitants of St. Peters-
burg, to express our profound affliction that a criminal
or insensate hand should have dared to attack your
Majesty's august and sacred person, so justly dear to us—
(loud and enthusiastic cheers)—and we offer up our fervent
thanks to the Almighty who has preserved Russia from
misfortune in saving your valuable life. Sire, permit us to
remind you at this moment that, three days after your
accession to the throne, when receiving in this same palace
the deputies of St. Petersburg, you told them you hoped
always to see the Russian nobility at the head of all good
bud useful undertakings. With God's help, the happy as-
piration of your Majesty shall be realised through many
years, to the satisfaction of your Majesty's paternal heart."
Renewed cheers succeeded Count Davydoff's
words. The Emperor replied :

" Gentlemen,—l thank you from the bottom of my heart
for the expression of your feelings upon this melancholy
occasion. Last year, at the same period, all classes testified
their sincere sympathy with me. If, after my trust in God,
anything sustains me in my difficult task, it is in especial
that devotion and those sentiments which are constantly
expressed towards me with so much unanimity under all
difficult circumstances, both by you, gentlemen of the no-
bility, end by all other classes. Again I thank you all erom
the bottom of my heart." Turning then towards the repre-
sentatives of the nobility, his Majesty added--" I reckon,
gentlemen, upon your cordially receiving among you the
peasant who saved my life yesterday, and who has been
raised by me to the rank of a noble. I think he has well
deserved the honour of being a Russian gentleman."
Long and prolonged cheers greeted the close of
the Emperor's speech. His Majesty cordially shook
hands with and embraced the marshal of the nobi-
lity, Kilo kissed his Sovereign's hand. Their Ma-
jesties walked to the end of the crowded hall amid
the most enthusiastic applause and demonstrations
of attachment, and then retired to their private
apartments.

The death of Mrs. Carlyle, which we announced
yesterday, took place on Saturday under very pecu-
liar circumstances. She was taking her usual drive in
Hyde-park about 4 o'clock, when her little favourite dog
which was running by the side of the brougham was run
over by a carriage. She was greatly alarmed though the
dog was not seriously hurt. She lifted the dog into the
carriage and the man drove on. Not receiving any call
or direction from his mistress as was usual, he stopped
the carriage and discovered her, as he thought, in a fit or
ill, and drove to St. George's Hospital, which was near at
hand. When there it was discovered that she must have
been dead some little time. Mrs. Carlyle's health had been
for several months feeble, hut not in a state to excite
anxiety or alarm. The Scotsman says the deceased lady
was the daughter of " the once well-known Dr. Welsh, of
Haddington, and, with gifts and graces of her own, she
inherited much of the force and penetration of her father's
intellect. She was worthy to be the life companion of
Thomas Carlyle."

INDIAN BURIAL—A daughter of Spotted Tail, one
of the chiefs among the Sioux, died recently at their
rendezvous on Powder River, some 260 miles from
Fort Laramie, Dakotah Territory. She was an inter-
esting girl, 18 years of age. She always had been
friendly towards the whites, and being often at the
garrison with her band she became warmly attached
to them. After the difficulties between her people
and the Government commenced, and she had been
obliged to isolate herself with her people from her
former friends, she began to decline in health, and
gradually pined away until she died of a broken
heart. She declared she could never enjoy life if
she was to be deprived of the opportunity of seeing
her white friends—many of whom had known her
from infancy—and remained a prey to melancholy
until she died. As her people, numbering several
thousands, were soon to start on a journey to the
Fort to hold a council with Colonel Maynadier,
commanding this sub-district, in reference to a
treaty of peace, she requested that her body might
be taken to the garrison and be deposited in its
final resting-place near the Fort. This was done
accordingly. Colonel Maynadier, with his staff,
rode out to meet the chief, who is a noble specimen
of an Indian warrior, and the funeral took place at
sunset. " Colonel Maynadier," says the chaplain,
" informed the chief that I would perform the
burial service in accordance with the Christian usage,
if he desired it. After a few moments he assented.
According to their custom four posts about 12ft.
long were inserted in the ground, on the top of which
a scaffold was laid, on which the coffin was to be
placed. Four Indian women laid her in, covering
her with a buffalo robe, and depositing her wearing
apparel with all the treasure she possessed. The
Colonel deposited a beautiful pair of gauntlets
to keep her hands warm during her journey. I
then proceeded with the burial service, which was
interpreted faithfully, and the expressive ' Ugh !'
uttered by the dusky warriors expressed their ap-
proval of the sentiments. The coffin closed, and, a
beautiful red blanket covering it, it was raised to
the scaffold. The heads and tails of her two white
ponies, which had been killed immediately after her
death, were nailed to the posts, and the idolised
daughter was prepared, according to their faith, to
ride through those fair hunting-grounds to which
she had gone apparelled as she had been on. earth.
00,
It was an affecting sight. The committing in
good
faith that sacred trust to the keeping
of their lated
foes, amid tears and wailings, shows an anxiety that
peace might be restored and preserved.,,—,Missouri
Democrat.