NEWS OF THE WEEK.
YESTERDAY week (April 29) a plot against the Emperor's life was discovered, or said to have been discovered, in Paris. A soldier and deserter of bad character, of the name of Baurie, was arrested, who is stated to have had documents on his person prov- ing his intention to assassinate the Emperor on that same day. The documents certainly prove the existence of a revolutionary conspiracy, and, if genuine, probably of an intention to attempt the Emperor's life. Iron bombs, or hand-grenades, manufactured under pretence of their being velocipede - wheels, have also been discovered, to the number of a score or so, very ingeniously made, and, as the Government alleges, far more powerful than Orsini's borabs,—but there is nothing, except the comparatively small number at present dis- covered, to show whether they were meant for the purpose of an individual assassination or for use in the streets against the dreaded Chaasepot. The man who had ordered these bombs, and in whose possession they were discovered, by name Roussel, was rescued by the mob without any real struggle with the police,--a suspicious circumstance, which at first inspired great doubts as to the reality of this (for the Government) timely discovery. On the whole, how- ever, there seems sufficient evidence of the existence of a dangerous conspiracy,—though, whether against the Emperor's life, or only against his authority, remains matter of some doubt. It is asserted by the Government that Baurie has confessed. But if the conspiracy had been a political manceuvre, that is exactly what might have been expected.
