Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-03-22
History OF the French Conspiracy.

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leon, Of France.
The latest declarations made By the &C.
cused " no are present 10 France, declarations
made under the pressure ot the accumulated
proofs against them, enables US to trace the
origin, and follow the DEVELOPMENT OF the
plot which ended in the attempt Of January
ii. Orsini himself says that he and Perm
talked of a-sassinating the Emperor as long
ago as the commencement OF 1891. Inc
project was communicated to Bernard, and
to the Englishman AlisoY; some ovrrtures
are said to have been made TO an %ltaiiaT,
named Carlo;ti. Ir Jure of that year UoutZ,
passing TIT Ugh Birmingham, sa" PER,
and received from him a letter OF recOmmen-
datiou Tor Ursini, vino was then IN London.
Surprising il to be true a. Gomez atirms, that
this was the first occasion on which he SAW
O sini. 1t cannot be doubted thet this recon-
%mendation given by Plerrl was connected
with the design then already in contempia-
ton. 10 O.tol err 1851 Gomez having met
Orsini and Bernard III a street. IN London,
the ftrner asked him to call upon him at
No. 2. Grafton street. During this visit
saws Gomez. 'Orsini told him that the Propb-
ct, (tneaning Mazzlni) was lOs'og bis power,
and that all hi. Efforts only ended IN getting
m n shot to DO purpose; snd then be pr
p ,sed Ia him 20 join III "a plan which he
(Orsini) had invented, to get up a r'sioS IN
~ltalv."
From this period they began to consider
how To get some she Is made with which 10
kill the Emperor. O:sini had a model made
in wood by a turner, bUt, being a foreigner,
IL was feared that he would not easily find Il
manufacturer in England who would make
the real shells, aud Consequently this task
was conidad TO the Engl,shmau AilsJp.-
Allsop applied to Mr.. Taylor, an engineer at
Birmingham. At the dlctatlOn OF Or-lni,
Bernard wrote a note continuing instructions
for Mr.. TAYLOR. This note, dated October
10th, 1857, is annexed 10 the proceedings. and
the details con'aruei in 1t correspond ex-
actly with the descriptions already gwen Of
the shells that were used On January IA
Four letters. written by AilsOp, were address
ed to TAYLOR to hasten the manufacture OF
the model" az they were called. These
letters are dated from G,uger's Hotel, where
ALISON vas st .ying in London, and bear date
the l7tb, l9'h, 2l-t and 23d OF November,
1857. In n subsequent letter dated Novem-
Der 2Sth, ALISON sent to Mr.. Taylor a post
ofice order for 60 is. Cd, in payment OF
the work be had done. Gomez, however, APP
peared 10 be somewhat mIstrusied by the
leaders Of tho plot. Orsini sent him to Biz
minebam, where PIerri was to watch him.
From Birmingham, Oh November 3, 1881,
G lmcz wrote to OrsiDi, a letter, IN winch lie
protests his devCtedncss, aud the terms OF
which, though envelOped 10 a CERTAIN dis
guise, sufficiently prove that ne fully knew
what was to te done. Now" he said, 81
wish to ask you, seigneurie. IL you think me
sufficiently worthy of confidence 10 fulfil the
mission vito which | am charged. Seigncnr
O-siui well knows that | am not II man to do
things for the sake OF gain; 1t Is not lor mo
ney that ! speak, but the feeling OF love
which | have always borne, and sill bear,
for our common country" The prisoner
Rudlo no less Spontaneously otf red bis con-
curIence. lie h,s himself explained that in
November, 1857, one CarlOtti, had asked him
Tor address, to give to Orsini, who might have
need OF him. Several weeks passed on with
out this communication being followed uD.
De Rudio addressed to UrsIni, who be
tLonght was at Birmingham, a letter, which
was opened by PERI. who took upon himself
10 answer it. Pierri's answcr which reach
ed Rudio on Chistmas day recommended him
TO be patient, and told him that he would
have q visit from q gentleman. De Ruiio,
on December 20, wrote another letter, INTEL
ded, doubtless, t. Inspire more confidence, in
which he tpld PERI to he On his guard
against Carlotti, and another Italian, born
at Plazz.. lie then spoke of solicitations
which be had received from a rival enter
prise" and in the course Of the instruction
he explained the meaning OF these express
sions. Il referred" he said, to 'Mauzzlni
and his friends. ! had, in fact, perceived
that Massartini and other well known MAJ
yinists we're paying attention - me-"
At the time when the CORRESPONDENCE ~as
going on between PIerri aud De Rudio, o.
sini. under the false name of AlIsup, had al
ready lett England for Paris. lie bad Oh
tanned in London a Belgium riSa :or Thomas
Allsop's passport on November "a. and a
French UtSa on the 18th. On the 18th we
ind him at Brussels. Gt the hotel de rbn-
rope, Place kpyale, No. /. 4 few days la
ter Bernard arrived at Brussels with a pass
port for Belgium, delivered on December I,
bv the French consul IN London. lie IL vas
who had undertakeu TO grE the sheils manu-
featured by MIR. Taylor brought to Brussels.
For this purpose he had recourse to NJ. Jo'.
George, whose brother keeps the Cafe Suisse,
on the piace de Ia Munnale at Rrusseis,-
joseph George came to Brussels by way OF
Ostend on Dec &, 1857. When he left Lon
dnp, Bernard mad handed TO him ten bali
shells 10 cast metal; that is to say, FIVE shells
divided into ten pieces, telling him at the
sal time that they were part ol i newly It.
vented gas apparatus, and that an f'glish'
man who lived at Liege, would come to letch
them at the Cafe Suisse. George did. IN fact
declare these things at the O'tend Custom
House as gas apparatus, he paid the duty
which Was asked !or; be expected III vain tue
EDglishman, whp was 10 come 10 the GAZE
Suisse: but one day Bernard presented HIM
sell there and took them away. Orslnl pass
ing as Allsop,l had told the people OF the
Hotel de PEurope that he Was goingt t Paris,
but be was waiting for a friend. IHIs TREND
vas no other than Bernard, and the moment
he arrived in Brussels, Aiisop prepared to
depart. He had bcughta horse OF an officer
Of the Guides, and be sent the shells to Paris
By the man who took the bore.
AT the request Of Bernard ond O,sini,
George mentioned the name 1T T. guero, one
of the walters at the Cafe Suisse. "a the llt1
of December, the horse having been placed
in a bog on the railway, Z'guero was, just as
he was stsrtins, told by George to take a
bag containing the ten bali shells 10 qneo'Ion,