, 1870-05-17
TIE FRENCH CONSPIRACY.

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tufo 81 PF0t0e-TA1 Expected Gil.
max OF the P1ot-Tho Emperor nnd
+ H1n Adv1seK1.
Toward the close OF the Eouzso On Frilay,
there vas fan whicn indicated grave tnmur9
vaguely said to haye related 70 IN attempt on
the Empero1's life but as these reports xze
sons on The Place paid little attention to tho
news, taking it for granted that Spectators in
terestcd in fall IN stocks wero 1T the bottom
of it. During the evening, however, hess
rumors gained ground, and one Of the senai-
official journals stated it had it from the best
authority that the police had that morning
captured = suspected individual from London
whom they had watched for several days, and
who had nads full confession OF
his intention OF assassinahng the En-
siion journals published the next morning
articles setting forth these rumoIs as mere
mAnHnyTe OF tho government to aid IN its
PIe1iscit7ry campaign BY frightening the pub
Lie, and especially tie pubEs Of the provinces
Yeste1day morning, however, the Journal Off
eiel published = note, confirming tho state
ment ct the nI1est OF an individual from Lon
don, adding numerous precise details as to the
personality OF the man. and the place and cir
cutustAncea Of his arrest. Since details of Ill
vestigztion, I can give the following cnnfrma:
tory account OF them. smcs tho commence
meat Of the judiciary instruction az to the plot
against the Empire, the police have kept i
watch over certain suspicious individuals,
pointed out as being in Communication with
persons a1ready under arrest. It VAS remark
ed that several Of these persons left in sue
cesHion for London, to which nlace Mr. Gus
tave Fou1ens had gone tho day before he was
10 have been arrested
N. Flourens was one OF the most violent
laadera of the ipsurectioD1 movement. On
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secret police agents were despatched at once
to London; and there, aided by those vino re-
side permanently in that city, and by the Eng
iah police, they very Boon Hera able to follow
the inhiBues Of large band Of cosmopolitan
revoluionists, whose aim it wss to asssssinato
the Emperor, and to organize vaat insu11ec-
ton for the sth Of alay. Incendia1y rerela-
tona Of this nAture were heard at = bauquet
given in London to Monsieur Gustave Flour
ems. A day or two sinca the French police
were notified that one OF the members OF this
society named Beaury hsd left London uta
southampton. and was On his way to Paris ria
H4rre, with criminal intentions. The de-
scrption Of the man having been sent to the
French authorities, it was found that
sa bssn as s1sesea came once Seaee Tse fo9
theft, and who had enlisted Us q volunteer,
and was one Of = band Of seven deserters
from tho Seventh Battalion Of Chassears a
Pied, who had been pursued IN vain up to the
been arrested at once, the police preferred to
leave him free, in order to watch his move
ments, knowing him to be in communication
with ceEtain suspected parties, and with aview
to obtaining possession OF compromising let
ters which they had reason to believe would
6oon came to him. In effect 8 letter WAS in
te1cepted at the General Post Office addressed
to him, and copy WE made OF it, although it
was written in cipher, to which the authorities,
however, have not yet the key Soon after
Beau1y came to ask for the letters. Il Wis Ut
tho Post Office that he first discovered that he
was followed In order to elude the vigilance
of the police, BeauIy's advisers, AMONG whom |
was Flourens, told him to avoid furnished !
lodgings, which 1ro always well watched, |
and to 60 ont % little as possible in the day !
time. He therefore passed bis nights in houses |
Of l1-fame, with women he met in the Streets |
It appears that he had the audacity to acknowl- |
edge to one OF those women that be was de- |
serter. The next day he received 3 letter from |
E1ourens, which wss found On his peraor at |
the time Of his arrest, and the comparison of |
this letter with the one written in cipher ap-
pears to establish th8t the latter Has also from |
The hand Of FIourens. On the 29th, Boaury |
sent to London letter or te]egraphic despatch |
thus morded: "This evening, the 29th, the |
surgical =, amputAdon will take place. I am
ready" The police then decided to arrest him |
The a1eat Was accomplished without great dif- |
fculty. He WAS found IN Possession Of a sum |
of money, FlourenB' letter, rough copy OF |
the one he had sent. and q si1-bar1el revolver. |
Even N the presence Of the lnstncting
Judge, he denied his completely, but the
Judge hxving proved to him that he WIS
Well-ipfo1med Is to his antecedents as well as |
that Of his Accompices. it appears that he enc |
ed BY making q full confession. In consequence I
Of this several persous were arrested, and
these arrests were irnmediAta1y followed by |
others Of persons more OF less compromised
Tho first who WAS taken up after his avowa1
was certain Protot-not Protat, who is an
honorable advocate Of Paris, well known in the
literary world As an author Of witty verses, but
hono1a Of the robe, residing IN the quarter OF |
the Temple, the moss commercial part of Paris, |
and in ihe Rue Braque, = atreet only few |
hundred yards long, and occupied almost eH |
clusively by leather and akin dealers, who t1ade
principally with America and Russia- This |
person mas much more difficult to secure. He |
Is endowed with hercu1ean strength, thanks |
to which and to the aid Of revolver,
he very nearly nd himself Of
the police: It vas only o~iog to the pres
port coehe,e OF the house and prevented him
from going out, TINT he Uas takeu. Thcro were
found upon him papers OF = mort compromis-
ing natn1e for several other persons. After
wards. The nelics proceeded to arrest man
named Ror=sei, Who, It the first attempt to
seize, male his escape by calling mob around
him with the cry, t. Friends, they ate arresting
q Republican but he was taken yesterday
evening. At lis house were found 1arge
number Of bombs Of 4 new model, and FIRE
arms and 1eyolvera Of all sorts, neH kind Of
powder, which at fi1s. waa believed to be uaan-
ufsctured With picTate Of potash, but which,
from experiments made :his evening, proves !
to be composed Of something still more rio-
lent. Arrests continue, and I learn thus In
slant from authentic sources that the authorl-
ties yesterday evening had 100 bombs in their
possession, and that the government acquired
f9A$ fhoYn q CAT r. |
sGl hidden in Paris.
According to proofs already in hand, there
appear to be two plans for the innurrection,
both forming part Of the plot Of January.
ALI had in view the assassination Of the En-
peror and the Prince Imperial, but tho latest
The 8th OF May, the day OF the pleoisciiun-
The entire wing Of the Tui1eries occupied by
The Emperor mas to have been blown up, and
Epr this purpose an immense quantity OF ex-
plosiYe matter is still said to be concealed in
Paris. The Pa1isian COMMITTEES Of the For
sign Society QnteruationaD, OF which have
already spoken, which WaB once before dis
solved on account Of judiciary prosecution,
lave Just been arrested. Several parsons be-
onging to La NarselHatse hare also been ar
stating that the runor OF the plot Was an IN
Tendon OF the government to influence the
1otinR. :
: NJ. Olivier and his colleagues insisted res
e1day that the Emperor should not appear in
oubhc drives until these dangerous times
thou1d end The Empress joined her entrea-
les to those. Of the Ministers, but the Empe-
or, after consulting an hour with the Prefect
II Police, decided to 60 out with the Empress
Q the Kois de Bonlogne, where they rcuained
O see the return from the races. An incident |
occurred yesterday at the races which gave riso
0 great many false 1umors. An English
nan, supposed to be connected with tho con-
piracy, WIS arrested in tho weighing-Hng.
.he t1ue cause of the gentlemau's arrest was
is appearance in his shirt sleeves. III
Details from the French Papers.
THE ARREST.
Tho EazeHe des TTtb1ndu1 gives the follow {
ag particulars OF tho Arrest :: "Wishiug doubt
ess to receive his Last instructions and to make
ersonh observations as to the spirit OF tho Il I
1o1klng quarters. BeAury went on Friday
aosning early to The :Fsubourg ST. Antoine I
nd to Bellevi1le, and returned toward
sc1ock Hia cah drnfa last hut ha fhonuht /