The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-01

carriages. with number Of lanoers conducting
Tbe Emperor. being slightly indisposed, the
Viceroy was received at the Tuileries by the
Empress. He ie lodged in the Pavilion Marsan,
Since the INSTRUCTION" in the case Of Bere-
gowskt has been fairly commenced, we hear no
French criminal practice the "instr1ction'5
which precedes a trial 10 full and complete
investigation Of all the facts; based upon the
examination of witnesses and records; so that
when the prisoner is brought before the bar,
and this is read TO him. instead OF hearing, as
in the English practice formal. technical in-
dictment he listens TO a history of his life from
his youth up, and history OF the crime with
which he is charged frequently given with the
Then the prisoner himself is questioned. and
as much as possible made out OF his own testi-
mony against himself the theory of French
practice being entirely contrary to ours-that
prisoner charged with crime Is guilty, or that
he would not have been so charged. Then the
witnesses who have testified before for the pur-
pose of aiding In making up the "lnstruction"
confirmation OF what they have previously
stated. But there Is no cross .questiOding no
OF 6adgering permitted % on Inc
nesses is conducted entirely by the presiding
Judge, and the simple duty OF the prisoners
counsel Is TO make an appeal in his BEHALF and
to direct, on his part, the purely technical con-
duct Of his case.
II is said that the examining magistrates
have now In their possession history of each
single day OF BeregowskPs life from the time he
shot which, but for a fortunate combination of
chances, might have cost the LIE of one, IL not
two emperors. HIS trial, 1t Is supposed. will
take place in about two weeks, and 1t is said
that no less than thirty-six advocates, among
them some of the most distinguished men ofthe
IL is possible that this task will devolve upon
Jules FRvre, If he is well enough to attend to it,
Jules Favre defended Orsini, and, in this case,
as in that, his plea will probably be for mercy
on account of extenuating circumstances
Beregowsh will undoubtedly be convicted, but
no one imagines that he will be executed
When the forms of trial have all been gone
through with and the judgment rendered, it is
altogether probable that the Car himself will
ask the Emperor to spare the young fanatics
life. The Gar can well afford TO make the
request and the Emperor to grant it, and both
will be rendered much more popular by this
act of mercy to the hairbrained assassin, who
will probably be sentenced to imprisonment for
In connection with the attempt of the 9Th of
June all sorts OF extraordinary stories have
remarkable one published in one of the pro-
vinclal papers. II is prefaced by the statement
that while the Car was in Paris 10 was, through
the delicacy of the Emperor kept profound
secret; but that now he has gone, there is no
then continues as f9llows:-"One of the nroiec.
tiles intended to cut short the days OF Alex
ander the second hit Napoleon the Third; and
1t was only by kind miracle that the life OF
our sovereign was preserved. Instead of making
penetrating wound, the lead only produced
are told by a well-in1ormed person.
All of which, If there is in 1t a word of truth,
proves. @ Thai that the Emperor % SapoIeon. When Uns hs
"rides abroad" adopts the wise precautlon of
wearing shirt of mail. or something Of that
require something more even than "kind of
miracle" to cause a ball fired from pistol at q
distance of two or three feet to satisfy itself
with simply causinga Confusion" over mans
heart. Still IL is by no means improbable, and
has been often stated that Napoleon does wear
protection of this nature; and his crablike,
awkward movements in walking would appear
to give some consistency ss TO the assertion @ ~
Sth OF June, 1t is very certain that on Tuesday
last, when he and his imperial guests went to
Fontainebleau, they,deprived themselves of the
anticipated pleasure of an excursion in the
magnificent forest 1t is said that before leav-
ing Paris the Emperor was informed that some
suspicious persons had been seen about the
forest and upon arriving at the Chateau, instead
OF proceeding ng TO- TO carry out out IT, int Intended pro;
gardens, and amused there, without being in
formed why. 1t was not, indeed, until he
reached Kehl, on the other side of the Rhine,
that the information was given him. s
However much or little there may have been
in all this, 1t is very certain, although 50 ed in
more OF the journals, that two men, OIL Iole
and the other an Italian, were arrested The
that they are still here In confinement.
Nothing is said about the matter che
papers. for it is too bare subject but t.4ere is
about the fate of Macmillan. What must be
Napoleon's feelings at this critical hour, when
the life OF the man whom he forced into his
present trouble is trembling in the balanced
Although the Memorial DtpLonottqlte has
stated that the preparations at the Austrian
Embassy for the reception of the Emperor
Francis Joseph have never been for moment
delayed, 1t is now positively stated in letters
from Vienna that the Austrian Emperor will
not come to Paris until he Is positively in
formed that his unfortunate brother has been
sci al liberty, and is safe and sound. It would,
of course, be but hollow mockery and great
exhibition of carelessness on the part of the
Austrian Emperor at the present time to come
10 Paris and accept the hospitality of Napoleon,
when IL is considered that Francis Joseph him
self opposed the mad Mexican scheme from its
incipieDcy. II is not strange that he should
have arrived at this conclusion.
The Americans are making grand prepara-
tions for a Fourth of July celebration at the Pre-
Catalan.--N. Y. Herald OF to-day