An abortive attempt to excte a revolt among the French
gar- rison at Strasburg was made on Sunday last, by Prince Louts NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, son of Louts, formerly King of Hol- land,and the lady now called the Dutchess'*; ST. LEU. It appears that the BONAPARTE faction is not yet extinct in France; and that it was hoped, if one of the great Emperor's family were to exhibit something of a daring and chivalrous spirit, the sold might be disposed to join him in an attempt to restore the Napo, leonic dynasty. Prince Louis, a Captain in the Swiss Artillery, was fool enough to lend himself to the designs of this broken-down party ; and went to Strasburg on Saturday night, w here he had lodgings with a Mademoiselle Ban. On the following day, he dressed himself t la Napoleon; and, accompanied by a Colonel VAUDREY, and another officer named PARQUIN, went to the Artil- lery-barracks; where the Colonel harangued the men, promised them forty francs each, assured them the Government of Louis PHILIP was overturned, and NAPOLEON the Second proclaimed Emperor in Paris. A few of the soldiers cried " Vive l'Enarereur r and followed the Colonel and Prince Louis into the streets; which they paraded, but without exciting any movement on tie part of the inhabitants. They arrested the Prefect, and General VOIROL, the military Governor. Louis attempted to gain over VOIROL; who only ridiculed and reproached him. He then went with VAUDREY to the quarters of the Forty-fifth Regiment, and commenced haranguing them; when Colonel TALAND1ER, commander of that regiment, having ordered the gates of the barracks to be closed and guarded, laid hold of Louis, tore off his epaulettes and decora- tions, and in a few minutes gave him into custody, accompanied by Colonel VAUDREY, and a few other leaders of the revolt. Soon after this was done, General VOIROL appeared at the head of a body of ',coops. It seems be had no difficulty, when Louis had left him, in convincing his Guards that they had been cheated. They became very indignant, and released their prisoner. Thus was this contemptible conspiracy quashed in a few hours. The Countess of LIPANO, Ex-Queen of Naples, who had lived in Paris for some time under the pretence of being occupied in law pro- ceedings, is suspected of being implicated in this affair, and also in the plot whose discovery prevented the review on the 28th of July. She has been arrested.
There was a rumour in Paris on Wednesday that a revolt had occurred at Grenoble.
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