The Sun. — 1846-08-21 (London, England)

TIIE REGICIDE. rtrik,'hr of .a et Ctato a,.:- Jr Peers met on Tuesday, to receive the I. .Laplagne-Barris, on the case of Joseph the ree icicle: The report is a N'Cry )ut we select from it the following- as the most intereste extraete.- ~After stating that the. Chamber of Peers had a{ pointed a.'cOtirt fOr the trial-of Henry. for high tr",v9e. end, that a Committee had been- appointed to draw iip rt:Tok on tbe case, the report proceeds to give the following details of the attentat:— "On the of July, at half past seven in the even- 'fig, at the Moment when the concert of the Tuileries was commencing, and before the King, who on entering the balcony of the Pavilion de I'Horologe saluted the people, had taken his seat, two reports were heard, !aee'eding each other so rapidly that many persons in the ' neighbourhood thought there was • only one, A streak of smoke was observed extendi"g towards the balcony. The King with his accustomed firmness, refused to quit his place. The crowd, moved and indignant, saluted him again with the most enthusiaStic aLchunetions. The author of the attentat had been seen t,y several persons pointing the Pistols, and firing towards the balcony where the King wan standing. Ile had afterwards let the pistols fall quickly' bchind him, and put his hands in his pockets. He anseeted ac fast who aished to arrest It Was,not I; you see I have nothing,' at the same time oPeniug his cee, to show that he had no arms; but his denials were contradi:neci by those who had seen him nfiring, and by 111. Veyrenc, who picked up the pistols ""te was seized by M. Quentin, a shopkeeper's clerk, by the sergeant-de-ville, Legros, and by the drum-major of the 9th Light Infantry, who were standing by. The man was pale and trembling, and said several times, -uo not do me any harmi if you choke me I shall net be able to say anything. I shall say nothing.' Before the attentat the brothers Lecomte had observed the paleness and agitation of the accused, and that he always kept his hands in the pockets of his pantaloons. No attempt to rescue the accused Was made by the crowd ; but, on the contrary, the agents of the public force who had taken him into custody had some difficulty in saving him frcm the public indignation. Haying been taken in the Tuileries, he was searched, and seven Napoleons and six francs in silver were found upon him, besides a watch, and some Paper folded up in the shape of wadding. The person arrested declared his name to be Joseph Henry, aged fifty-one years, residing at Paris, at No. 8, Rue de Limoges, where he was a manufacturer of articles in Polished steel. He avowed himself the author of the attentat. In answer to questions put to him he declared that be had been induced to fire on the King by the great misfortunes which he bad suffered, and t for six years hen c to commit suicide, but his courage failing, he determined to commit a crime Which would oblige others to kill him. In answer to the question why he could have committed so abominable an act as to fire on the. King, he replied, "It was necessary to fire at some great personage. To fire is not to kill. If I had touched or Made a contusion, I should have been satisfied. In leaving home, I said to myself, fire, touch, or do not touch, it will come to the same thineg.' In answer to the question as to what his political opinions were, his answer was, To be an honest man, to my mind, all °Pinions are division.' Several further questions were Put to him, to which he replied, that he usually read the Siècle, that no one knew of his project, and that he fired on the King because he knew that, however slightly he touched his Majesty, he would be condemned to death; and that he had acted with premeditation, having Previously written and signed his plan. He said that the pistols were each loaded with a piece of iron and a*ong wadding of white paper. He added that he had Meditated the act before, and was prepared to execute it on the Ist of July in mourning guard, but that he was revented by the fear of bringing disgrace on the Nationl Guard.