Eastern times., 1855-10-04
From Paris.

THE ATTEMPT TO AssAssINATE THE
FRENCH EMPERoR.-On Saturday evening
considerable crowd was assembled In front of
the Italian Theatre, in consequence OF the in
iimatlon conveyed BY the words, by order,' on
the bills, that the Emperor would be present
to see Madame Ristori's last performance this
season. Notwithstanding reiterated orders
that considerable clear space should be kept
around the door of any place where the Empe-
ror alghts from his carriage, the crowd was al
lowed on this occasion to press very near to
the doors of the Theatre At quarter to
o'clock a court carriage and four horses arriy-
ed, which was very naturally supposed by many
to contain the Emperor himself, but in fact
there were in it only some of the Emprcss's
ladies Of honor. At the moment when the
coachman drew up along side the steps leading
to the front door of the Theatre, young man,
in blouse and grey cap, stepped forward drew
pistol from his pocket, placed the muzzlc al
most close to the carnage window, fired, and
broke the glass
immediately afterwards he raised second
pistol; but as he was in the act of firing. a
Sergent de rille struck his arm down, and the
charge entered the ground. An instant later
the man was seized, hand-cuffed, and lodeed
in the guard house ofthe theatre. The ladies.
as they stood on the steps of the doorway, on
descending from the carriage, audibly thanked
Providence that the Emperor had escaped
About five minutes after this occurrence the
Emperor arrived, and being struck by the
sound of unusually loud and prolonged cries of
'Viye FEmpereurp inquired the cause. On
being told what had happened, his Majesty in
stantly ordered the coachman to drive all
round the theatre. The Imperial carriage ac-
corlipgly, amid the cheering Of the public,
made the entire circuit of the Palace Venta-
dour before the Emperor alighted. On enter
ing the house the Emperor said, Let not a
word be said to the Empress. and keep back
the telegraphic dispatches
DIR. Conneau was Immediately despatched to
St. Cloud, where the Empress was, to take care
that the first part of this order was obeyed-
Before the Emperor reached his box the news
Of the event had spread throughoutthe theatre.
The report of the pistols was indeed distinctly
heard in the saloon, the windows Of which were
open, and where good many people had as
sembled to see the Emperor arrive. His Maj
esty was therefore received with great cheer
ing when he appeared in front of the imperial
box. A delay ofsome minutes occurred be-
fore the performance commenced This was
ascertained to be occasioned by Madame Ris-
tori having tainted away on hearing what had
happened. 1he idea that the Emperor had
run such risk, by kindly announcing his in
tention Of being present at her farewell, was
too much for her. She, however, soon recover
ed, and played Maria Stuarla and the COM
editta Of j. Gelosi Fortunati as admirably as
ever. The Emperor lett the house at halfpast
10.
The name OF the assassin is Camille Edward
Dleudonne Beelemare. lie is very young
man-from 20 to % years of age. There is
report that at the moment of being arrested, he
uttered an exclamation in the Italian language,
expressive Of regret at having failed in his OBJ
iject. But, according to another account, he is
a Partisan, and clerk to notary AT all
events it seems he speaks French very well=--
Another young man, about is, was it is said,
also arrested, but be protests his innocence.
1t is said that one of the ladies in the car
riage was slightly grazed, probably by the
broken glass.
At subsequent examination Of the assassin
before the Prefect, both his anteccdepts and
the result of the examination showed beyond
doubt that he was maniac. So say the
FrcHch journals.