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Political Assasstnations.

Attempted Political Assassinations.
The UnHa Cattohica gives the follow
ing curious list of all the attempts at
political assassination that have been
made since 1850:
Queen Victoria can count four at
tempts on her life. On June 2S, 1850,
stick ST. ffiie0siiY6ah ffiie0siiY she a Hyj8lapt blow. .witha
Lieutenant of the Tenth Hussars.
In May, 1850, the late King of
Prussia received, as he was mounting
railway carriage, a shot from a
holster pistol of large bore in the
forearm the assassin, Sefelage, of
Wetzlow, cried out as he fired, /" Lib
erty forever" The life of the present
King of Prussia was in danger at
Baden, on the morning of July ii,
1861. Two pistol shots were fred at
him by Oscar Becker, law student
of Leipsic The regicide declared that
he wished to kill the king because he
was not capable of efFecting the unity
of Germany.
On February Is, 1858, at Vienna,
Francis Joseph L, was struck with a
knife in the nape of the neck. The
murderer's name was Libeny of Abe,
in Hungary, aged twenty, resident at
Vienna, and tailor by trade.
On March 20, 1854, Ferdinand
Charles III, Duke of Parma, return
ing from an excursion, was hustled by
an individual who at the same time
stabbed him in the abdomen, left tho
poignard in the wound, and subse-
quently escaped. The Duke expired
in cruel torture at the end of twenty
three hours.
On May 2S, 1856, as Queen Isabella
was passing in her carriage along the
Rue del Arsenal at Madrid, young
man, named Raymond Fuents, drew
pistol from his pocket, and would
have discharged it at her head had not
his arm been caught, and his weapon
taken from him by an agent of the
police.
On December 8, 1856, whilst Fer
dinand Ii, was reviewing his troops
at Naples, a soldier, named Agsiras
Milano struck him with his bayonet,
and, at later period, Garidbaldi hon
ored the memory of the regicide.
In October. 1852, when Napoleon
III, who was on the eve of becoming
Emperor, was at Marseilles, there had
been prepared an internal machine,
formed by two hundred and fifty gun
barrels, charged with fifteen hundred
balls, intended to go off all at once
AGAINST the Prince and his cortege.-
But the attempt was not carried out
July 5, 1853, fresh attempt was
made to assassinate him as he was
going to the Opera Comique. Twelve
Frenchmen were arrested as concerned
in the conspiracy. On April 2S, 1890,
Jean Iiverani fired two shots at the
Emperor in the Grand avenue of the
Champs Elysees. In 1857, Thibaldi,
Bartolotti and Grill came from Eng
land TO Paris to assassinate tho Empe'
ror. but were discovered, arrested
tried and punished. On January l4
1858, Orsini, Comes, Pieri and Rudio
threw their murderous shells at the
Emperor of the French and she'd the
blood of great number of hones
citizens in Paris. On December ~
1863, Greco, Trabucco, Imperator'
and Scaglioni, who had come ovel
from London with the intention o
killing the French Emperor, were ar
rested in Paris.
In September 1s. 1862, the Queer
of Greece, directing public affair
during the kings absence, was re
turning from ride on horseback
when she was fred ut without effect
near the place, by Aristide Donsios,
student, aged nineteen years.
u In 1858 an attempt was made Of
tho life Of Victor Emmanuel III, an'