The New York herald., 1850-06-10
RIua-ln.

Accounts received ON Friday, from Berlin, an
nounced attempt upon the life Of the King Of
Prussia happily unsuccessful. We extract from the
Berlin correspondence of the MorSing Chcnicie the
following interesting narrative dated the 22d inst
The King and Queen, having left Chsrloitenburg
this morning between eleven and twelve, arrived at
the Potsdsn station fow minutes after The latter
hour and quitting their carriage rested awhile In the
royal waiting room, attended by the aides de camp on
duty. The special train having been pushed orvard,
his Majesty giving his arm TO the queen Quilted the
waiting room, trareIsed the corridor and was In the
act OF deseendirg the fret m the three stone steps
which lead nom the passage TO the platform, where
cod the royal railway carriage when bis spur hit
tins against Che projecting rim Of the step caused bis
hAJesty TO clip or stsgger and at the same time 20
throw up the right arm in an angular position, as a
AT this Instant amAn In the uniform Of sergeant
Of artillery Who had been allowed TO advance close to
the consabs andtv sentrice who usually posted
either side pushed through them and the few by
ISLANDERS, STOPPED OF half kncl. dowa and draving
such deliberate aim that the ball struck the lover In
part OF the Kings forearm travssed the flesh be-
tween the kD and bone. without fortunately injuring
the latter and passed cut within an inch or 90 OF the
elbow lis Majesty staggered by spping IN the nrst
rssnce and then by the force Of the ball trsd with
IN three four feet oi his person lost Ia. balance but
was imnt disiely raised by Colonel Bonin and Coant
Naldrsce sidcs-de-camp IN waiting and was carried
into an adjacent room where he became extremely
iRint Tor iew seconds. bat quickly recovered Pro-
fe.scr Bonn, medical man Of sminence, CHANGING
fortunately 10 b. It the station the royal sufferer
ceived ant rsef and as The ball which had struck
sgauft the wall aud dropped cn the pavement vas
fohvth picked Up The professor asserted that he bad
iur,d the alarm OF the Queen vas SOMEWHAT dimin-
ishfd. The Kings surgeon, Dr Grimm, having ar
rived the rst dressing. spilled 10 ths wounds
snd his Maicsy vas removed, BY his own express de-
.irc, tech 60 Chsriottenburg.
"1Le conasllcs end tystsnders rushed upon the
currit f,llcd h M 20 the ground, and tore from hi
hand the stisnokiBg pistol stme assert that he ex
els m, d Long live liberty Others that he at frs
called cut. pretending TO be mad am Prince OF 81
ria Iarisry,' but that being somewhat roughly
hsndi,d and prssted he declared himself TO b. An en
.steeApt Of ARTILLERY native az weltzer discharged
IL Let Of OBJ last. he vpd
Uniform which be not entitled 90 wear, for the
purpoe oi gaHiig ntar,r access TO the royal person
which u sppsafed that he we'll known 20 be man
Of indG Gei,Dt character and sxcable disposition The
delivered into his hauds placed ~ closed post van and
ctnductsd 90 The new prison 81 hosht under strong
escort There be will be kept closel, watched
and dspriysd Of all means Of committing self dcstruc-
tion. lnttllirrse of this most defestabe crime at
trsctsd hundr ds TO the station which was however
quickly cleared Of al persons whose presence was not
required Hundreds upon hundreds collected outside,
animated with atprit II Indignation and disgust aud
they cbscrss wbsn IN the Of about threequ
ters OF hour the King sestcd in his chariot, and
supported by thai most hmisbe and excellent lady the
queen drove through the gstss their return 20 Char
- ghs tsn sppssr, to hsv. passed close within the
inner ,rd.Imis. and not to have injured nerve or
artery and only to have laccrssd the hesh the length
q two inches Ills Majesty In excellent spirits,
aud without any sppeatsnce ofsver Half past Nine
b-1he accounts up To 81 are most favorable The
King suffered little comparative pain when he retired
20 rect. ct nine O'Clock The snical bulletin. signed
~ DrH. tfin m ScfuhelD. ana LanEenbtck, connrm
the intelligence given above; and the Sfaafs .fnssgr
coTrtborstos In short cfBcis article signed by the
Minster Of the Interior, the principal TACT The three
eminent men sbtve mentioned. remain in attendance
upon his Majesty. Their Roys Highnesses, the Kings
brothers. pafssd the mis- ht at Cberi0ttenburg
The JffheEisphfsche Cosesponcers, Of the 22d nst-
ststts that Mst sefelore 70 native OF Totsjam, 81
years Of age. brought up In the Asylum for Soldiers
became iuna,ic snd vas eonns.d in n. hospital AZ
stanosu Evcntosiy dirchsrred rem that place he
he's nevertheless exhibited strong signs Of insanity
lie pretended tor zone time past that he vss the In
of chocolate End of gun cotton and he used TO
talk wildly shout obtaining the assistance of the Bsy
of Tuni.. for the purpose of fcur ding colony He
vss 10 the habit Of handing petitions % the King set
sng forth the principles Of his selenissses scheme