Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-11-07
From the NJ Y Morning Signal Extra.
OF THE BRITANNIA!
TIN DAYS LATER!

The Steam ship Britannia, Captain Judkins, ar.
rived at Boston at o'clock vest, rtay morning, in
thirteen days thirteen and half hours from Liver
pjoh
The Brr,,ania brought out 60 passengers and an
Inner Sc letter bag.
ArrEMPT TO AssAssISATs LOUIS PHILIPPE.-
An attcmp, was made on the 18th ult. to assassin
ate Louis PHILIPPE, the following details of which
appear in the Journal des Debats:
"Last evening, at 55 minutes past 5 O'clock,
when the King returning to St. Cloud, accom-.
panied by TIE Queen and Madame Adelaide,
and was passing along the quay Of the Tuillerics,
an individual fired carhinc in the direction Of lhe
car'iog'.-Their Msjestics, who fortunately were
not injured, confined their journey. The assassin
had evidently chosen This position with the inten-
ZION of taking advantage Q.ke AHbaud) of the in
stan, that the King wonld salute the troops under
arms. The King, in fact, always salutes the guard
whether troops of the line or Narionc Gu .rd, ard
in So doing lets down the glass of the carriage and
advances forward. One of the Grenaders on guurl
Immediately seized the assassin who said, I" / am
not going away" He was then t,ken TO the
guard house. He confessed his crime, and declared
that hs name was Maius Darmes. He said that
he was native of Mirscilles, and had been for a
long time in Paris, and was employed as frottsw
lin polishing the floors Of apauments.) He was
clad in long frotk coat under whi he concealed
his carbinc the st ck of which was cxpensiysly
carved. He is i3 years of age.
He WAS scorchnI anI IN his narson ,vnrn n,J
two loaded pistol and pjinard. The carbine, which
had been cut short and loaded up to the muzzle,
had burst. The charge did not scatter, and the
carriage was but slightly struck. The assassin,
however severely wounded in the left hand
His carbinc loaded with several balls au slng,
The explosion was extremely loud. Que OF the
National Guard, of tie escort was sl ghty wounded
in the hand by slug One of the foJtmen, who
was standing behind ihe carriage, wounded in
the leg, The wound Is not dangerou., but the bal
has no, yet been extracted.
| Darmes, when arrested. burst into violent pa.
sion, and excl ind Cursed CaIbine |! had
taken good aim, hut overloaded it,"
The prisoner, Marius Dnmcs, aPpe lrs to be a
fanatic of the stamp of Louvel and Alibaud-so
says private letter. The intetrosatories he has
undergone has not elcit,d d from him any admission
tending to prove that he had any accomplices, or
that he was q hired assassin. Although suffering
from his wounds, he has throughout evinccd extra
ordinary energy, and TO this moment the only re-
gret he has manifested il, that Of not having ell CT
ed his criminal purpose. AT one question, put to
him by his nstructing judge, tears were seen to
flow into his eyes, d" Do not i'm gine' said Dyrmes
% that those tears Of repentance; if weep it is
from despair at having mi sed my aim." He was
heard TO excaim, on On other occasion, "llad |
killed the tyrant, Soliman Pasha would now
be free--the French fleet, united with that of
M,hemet Ali, would have sunk that of the ncen-
diaries of Beyrout, and Egypt would be freed.