The Sun. — 1842-05-09 (London, England)

PARIS, MAY 7.—A rumour prevailed yesterday that a conspiracy to murder the King had been discovered, to which, however, little credence was attached, -the more especially from the silence observed by the Government Journals last night, and the absence of all allusion whatever to it by any of the journals ' of this morning. I find, however, upon inquiry, that the fact is but too true, that a discovery has been made by the police, which leaves no doubt of the existence of a plot not only to murder the King, but to involve in the same fate as many members of the Royal Family as •should be with his Majesty at the chosen moment for putting the atrocious plan of the conspirators into execution. It appears that during the summer months the King is in the habit of driving out from Neuilly in a large open caleche, accompanied by the Queen and other members of the Royal Family. Upon such occasions the carriage is unattended by a military escort, and the horses are driven at a merely ordinary pace. These circumstances seem to have suggested the idea of an infernal machine, and one has been invented of a simple character, being in form an ordinary sized ball, calculated to burst upon falling, and to shatter everything near it with irresistible force. The principal material is said to be a fulminating powder of a very powerful character. The instruments for working, the materials, and some balls, were found upon premises adjacent to Considere's wineshop in the Rue Montmartre. This Considere has been *vice tried for complicity in plots to murder the King, and each time acquitted. He was one of those tried in connection with Quenisset. Considere has been arrested, with seven others. This conspiracy will load, in all probability, to more stringent laws. The police authorities complain that they have no preventive power—they say that, no matter how strong the moral certainty may be on their minds that marked and suspected persons are planning wickedness, yet that they cannot interfere ; and then when the. plot comes to light, people ask what were the ? Of what use are they ? And what has been done with the secret service money voted for preventive objects ? Upon the other hand, the abuses' to which so dangerous a privilege might give rise cannot be lost sight of. Up to Thursday night the police remained in ignorance of what was hatching. " On Sunday evening last the King sat at an open window looking upon the garden of the Tuileries during a whole hour, while a musical band was performing below in honour of his fete day. The garden was densely crowded, and it was observed that the greeting of the multitude was of an unusually cordial character. The public mind has latterly, thanks to a wise and moderate Government, been so calmed and regulated, that a return to loyal feelings appears to have talen place, and the discovery just made will excite horror and disgust universally. • The Chartist petition, which excited some curiosity, no longer attracts attention. The dangers just discovered at home from regicide ruffians have destroyed all interest, if any existed, in the proceedings tif the malignant and cowardly demagogues of the other side of the water."