New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-20

PEuAL.
PARIS Thursday, May 10, 1870.
The Emperor viii visit the Chambers on Saturday
next and receive the official announcement of the
vote on the Plebscitum. He will then deliver an
address, which, it is said, will be an expression OF
gratitude to the people and promise to fulfill all
liberal aspirations. The ceremony on the occasion
will be similar to that of the opening OF tho Chaln-
bers. The Senators, Deputies members of the Cabi-
net high officials Of the Government, and principal
dignitaries of the Court, will be present.
The police made several more arrests to-day Of
persons believed 10 be connected with the alleged
plot Some houses searched and more bombs
found.
The Prince Imperial fell from velocipede to-day
and sprained his foot.
The Duke de Gramont. the newly appointed
French Minister of Foreign Affairs is known to be
anti PrusSian in feeling and policy
1t is reported that the Italian banker Cernuschi
will not receive permission to return TO France
THE PARIS PLOT.
IFROM OR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
PARIS May 5.-The soft entTeaty Of the Emperor
has prevailed the judicial austerty OF the
Keeper of the Seals and at last we have the whole
story about all the plots that is, the Government
story. The Journal O6ciel de rEmpire Francois de-
votes of its entertaining columns to TINS TO-
nance. First we have letter to the Emperor from
M bilNicr, VINO HOuOI 10 De, Win tho hi'0'
profound respect Sire, the most devoted servant of
Your Majesty The signature strikes me as the
truest part of this epistle of which word by-and-
by. NJ. Olivier for various reasons, among which
the acquttal of Prince Pierre Bonaparte is unac-
comtably omitted, advises the Emperor to convoke
the High Court of Justice TO inquire into the plots
The Emperor who is well-knOwn to have no mind
of his own, but TO be the mere tool of Olivier fol-
lows meekly the advice of his new Mayor of the
Palace. The reasons for the cOnvOcatiOn, and the
official narrative of the plot, set forth by the At
torney-General, NJ Grandperret, and occupy about
six columns of print. 1t seems to me- on atentvely
reading the same that shall be able to state all its
material allega lions in considerably less space.
do Mt wish to do injustice to the abilities OF Nj.
GrandpeITet. He has made the most of his case
That was his business and, considering the short
time allowed him before the Plebisctum, he could
scarcely be expected to spin more than six columns
out of the raw-I may say extremely raw-material
supplied to him by the police.
Of NJ GTandperret's six columns, let me say at
once that five are wholly devoted to the beginnings
and developments of what is called the plot OF Feb
ruary and to matters happening long before that
Az they have apparent connection with the
present alleged conspiracy and plot the substance Of
them shall be abridged The authorities have long
been aware says NJ. Grandperret that ardent revolu-
ionsts had ayailed themselves of public meetings to
organize an instruction and prepare an attempt
against the life of the Emperor. Considering that
no public meeting can be held without the presence
of commissary of police, either the ardent Tevolu-
sionists or the police must have been very stupid
huring all this long time Secret meetings were also
held Secret or not the first hint the police got hold
If was given by the tTeacheTy of certain NJ Nerdler,
who notified to the police the 28th of January last
that he had been present at these meetings. and SYM
pathized with their purpose, TILL from revolution, 1T
proceeded to assassination. Verdicr describes at
length the meetings at which he was present Ills
account makes them revolutionary only but ne goes
on 10 say there two Committees who agreed 10
lassassnate the Emperor at the time that they
were TO make the Revolution He does not pretend to
have been present at these committee meetings nor
savs whence he got his intelligence. Afterward,
Verdier went TO Belgium, whence he wrote TO the
Eqppel that his pretended confessions were false.
NJ Grandperret insists they were actually made by
yerdier in presence of two officials. Even II they
We're if is ridiculous to attach any weight to the
statements of man who thus contradlcts himself
The names given by Verdier are those OF men utterly
unknown.
On the 10th February three days after the arrest
of Rochefort the police seized, among others, NJ
Godinot and Godnots confessions are added TO those
of Verder His evidence relates solely to CONVERSE
tons among his comrades about revolution. In re-
MY TO his question what arms they had, fontalne
said they had bombs and nitro-glycerine. Fontalne
WAS among the prisoners 1t appears, therefore that
the police were warned early in February that
,evolution was to be effected by bombs and bottles
of ntro-glycerine and they had in their hands the
man who knew all about it. Yet it is only last week
that they found the bombs (which were then but just
manufactured and the bottles of nitro gycerine are
still undiscovered SO much for GOdinots testimony
After Godinot comes Guerin. lie goes back 10
Jniv 1860 when Dupont ARRESTED Feb. 1O) said he
bad an iufallible means of killing the Emperor ;
the same being piece of ntrOglycerlne as big as
pea On the strength of this, and OF five revolyers,
and five boxes Of cartridges produced by Fontaine al
Dupont's house Sept 16, and Of four more reyovers
obtained at the end of that month, this formidable
hand swOre 10 make a revolution Oct 70. For no
reason given. they abandoned the revolution, but
agreed early in October to proceed solely against the
Fmperor. Thence to Dec. there is gap in Guerins
evidence. On the 9th they held meeting and
tailed the matter over. Other meetings foi-
lowed FINALLY, on the evening Oh Jan.
H. the chiefs net at Petian's house to con-
cert what Their attack on the Emperor by
No means. hut ",ghat course to adopt in respect to
the burial Of Victor Norw They decide to go armed
where To the Tuileriesl Not at all but to
the house of the dead" From this to the events at
the funeral the transition is easy, and 80 we have
for the first time the of Flourens brought upon
the scene There is no pretext that he privy to
the pretended meetings of Guerin All the more you
will admire the ant Of NJ. GrandperTet who has con-
triyed to place in uxtaposon facts and names that
had not the smallest relation the with the other
He goes Oh 10 tell the story of the funeral of Victor
Noir. when as all the world knows NJ. Flourens did
his best to set a revolution in motion, and failed.