The assassination with which King Amadeus has been so often
threatened has at last been attempted. As the King and Queen were returning at midnight on Thursday from their country seat to the Palace, five men fired into the carriage. Fortunately none of the shots took effect. One of the assassins was immediately killed by the guard, and two others were captured, so that the instigators of the attempt will probably be discovered. In Prim's case all inquiries failed, and the impunity of the assassins has probably emboldened their imitators. It is just conceivable that the object was not to kill, but to terrify the King,
and especially the Queen, into quitting Spain. Other- wise it is difficult to conceive that even Spanish assassins would have attempted to murder a woman guilty of nothing, and not unpopular, whose death could not in the smallest degree affect the
ptogress of events. It should be noted that the Italian Court is alarmed at the position of King Amadeus, and has despatched General Cialdini to Madrid to report upon the general situation of affairs.
