Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-10-04
The Attemptto as sa'suate the French nmpo-

N~''~'N
From private sources the following particulars
have been obtained
On Saturday evening CON siderable crowd was
assembled in front Of be ltalinn 1hcatre,in consr-
quenee of the intimati ON conveyed by the words.
by order ON the bills, that the Emperor would
be present to see Mad me Ristori's last perfor.
nance this season. Not yithstaudu. tho reiterated
orders that n eonsdera BE clear space should be
sept aroanaed the door Of any place where the
Emperor aligbts from his carriuge,the crowd was
allowed on THIS oeeRsnn to press very near to the
doors of the theatre. VI quarter to . O'Clock
court carriage and four horses arrived, which
was very naturally supposed by many TO contain
the Emperor himself but In fact there were in it
only some OF the EmpreHss ladies' of homer. At
the moment when the eodchmau drew mp along.
side the steps leading to the front door of the the
atre, young man,in Il blouse and grey cap, step
ped forward, drew pistol from hjs.pockel, placed
the mu1xie almost close 10 the carriage window,
fred, and broke the glass.
immediately afterwards he raised second pis-
toll; but rs he was III the act Of firing, Sergsnt
dc vile struck his arm down,,A nd the charge en-
tered the ground. I'm instant alter the man was
seized, handcuted, and lodged in the guardhouse
of the theatre. The Indies, AS they stood on the
steps ef the doorway, on descending from the car
| riage, andibly thanked Providence that the En-
! pefor had escaped. About five minutes after this
! occurrence The Emperor had escaped. About five
| minutes after this occurrence the Emperor urri.
! we'd aud being struck by the sound of unusually
! loud and prolonged cries of "Nive FEmpercur -
| inquired the cause. On being told what had han
pened, his Majesty instantly ordered the coach
man to drive all round the theatre. The Imperial
carriage accordingl y amid the cheering Of the pub
! lie. made tho entire circuit of the Palace Ennta-
doar fore his Majesty alighted On entering
the house the Emperor said, ''Lot not word he
sad to the Empires land keep back the Geographic
| despatehes.h
DR.. Connenu was Immediately dispatched to St
| Cloud, whore the Empress was, to take care that
| the first part of this order was ob,vcd. Before
the Emperor reached his box the news of TN
event had spread throughout the theatre. The
report of the pistols was indeed distinctly heard
| in the saloon, the windows Of which were open.
and where good many people were assembled
to see the Emperor arrive. His Majesty was
therefore received with great cheering when he
| appeared in front of the imperial box \ delay
OF some minutes occurred before the performance
commenced. This was ascer,ainrd TO be ooca-
stoned by Madame Ri>tori having fuiuted away
ON hearing what happened. The idea that tie
Emperor had run such a risk, kindly announcing
his Intention OF being present Mt her farewell wa.
too much for her. She, however, soon recovered
and played Maria Stuarda and the" comedietta ol
}. Gelosi Fortanati as admirably as eyer The
Emperor left the house at half past 10.
The name of the assassin is Camille Fdwnrd
Diendonne Beelemare, He ism very young man -
from 90 to 25 years of aGe. There is a. report
that MT the moment Of being arrested h. uttered
an exclamation in the Italian language express
sve of regret at having failed in his object Bnt
according to another account, he is a Partisan
aud clerk to notary At all events il seems he
speaks French very we'll Another young man
, about Is. was, ii is said, also arrested. bat he
protests his innocence
II Is said thatone of the ladies' in the carri
age was slightly grazed. probably by the broaep
s glass.