Last Friday night between eight and nine o ' clock, on attempt
was made to murder a Frenchman, who calls himself Charles Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Normandy, and pretends to be the son of Louis the Sixteenth and Marie Antoinette. He had a house at Camberwell Green, and had also a residence at 21, Clarence Place, Camberwell. where be sometimes spent bis evenings. He was there on the night mentioned ; and having gone to the water-closet in his garden, was me: on his return to the house by a man who fired two pistols at his breast• but he pushed the pistols aside with his candlestick, so that two bullet entered his left arm, and two others lodged in the wadding of his coat. The assassin made his escape over a drain at the back of the garden, into George Street, Camberwell. The servants immediately brought assistance to the wounded man, and sent for a surgeon ; the bullets were soon extracted, and there is now no danger that his life will be lost. Desire Rousselle, a native of Brittany, who had lately been much about the soi-disant Duke, is the person suspected of this attempted assassination. He was found lurking about the premises on Saturday night, as if anxious to learn the result of the attempt, or to renew it. When teken, he said he wished to retain his knife, as that was the only weapon with which he could kill himself. The shoes be wore corre- sponded exactly with the footmarks in the garden. He, however, denies that he is the guilty person, and says he will prove that he was in bed at the time of the attack. The " Duke," On the other hand, expects to be able to identify Rousselle as his assailant. The pistols have riot been found, after a diligent search. From several seals and documents found mm Rousselle, it is supposed that he has served in the French and Belgian armies. It is also said, (but this he denies,) tb a he bad been condemned to death for aiding the Dutchess de Berri in her attempted insurrection, and had escaped. It does not appear that he had any grudge against the " Duke," or what his motive could be for seeking his life. The " Puke," it seems, had narrowly escaped asses- situation in France before he crime to reside in England. -.sal,
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