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DETAILS OF THE OUTRAGE.

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DETAILS OF THE OUTRAGE. DEPARTURE OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH. The Press Association is indebted to the courtesy of the Standard for the following tele- gram from its correspondent at St. Petersburg, giving details of the assassination of the Em- peror of Russia:- ST. PETERSBURG, Sunday. [U STANDA.BD TELEGRAM.] The Emperor was assassinated this afternoon "ibell driving frdm a review on his return from the Rasvol. He was passing at two o'clock ong the road by the side of the Catherine Canal. He was seated in his carriage, accom- panied by the Grand Duke Michael. Round the carriage was, as usual, a strong escort of Circassian Guards. Suddenly, from the guard of the Michael Palace, a bomb of dynamite explosive of some kind was thrown. It fell under the carriage in which the Czar was seated, and exploded with tremendous fOlee. The carriage was greatly damaged, and for a lIlotnent there was wild confusion. The force of the explosion was so great that the windows of the houses on the other side of the canal were shattered for a distance of 150 Yards. Many of the mounted Circassians were hurled to the ground, as well as the horses of the carriage. Foot passengers passing by were hashed to the earth. Scarcely had the smoke cleared off when the Czar and the Grand Duke Michael struggled to their feet from the debris of the carriage, ap- parently unhurt. They had hardly risen when another bomb fell and exploded close beside them, this time With fatal effect. The Emperor's right leg was torn from his body. He received other injuries, and fell at -Ilee insensible. A Circassian, who had rushed forward to t.a8iat him, was killed on the spot; as was Person standing On the footway. The Grand Duke and several of the Circaa- BÏans, some police officers and others, were wounded more or less severely, and one of the fficerB of the escort and another trooper have 81noe died of their wounds. he Emperor was lifted and placed in an un- conscious state upon a sledge, which was at once driven to the Winter Palace. He lingered for an hour and a half, but all the efforts of the doctors to enable him to rally failed. The only word that passed his lips after being struck was the name of the Czarewitch. He Sank rapidly, and died at half-past three o'clock. The two men who perpetrated the crime were secured. The Czarewitch, now Alexander III., on issuing from his Palace after the death of the ^zor, was hailed Emperor by the crowd. lie was, contrary to his custom, surrounded by a strong mounted escort. The flags on the alace and public buildings have been lowered to half-mast high. It was some time before the news became t^nerally kn0Wn in the city, but as the tidings If16 ^Zar was badly wounded spread, great the 8 aSSernkled near the Winter Palace, and dee Czar's death was received with P emotion everywhere. The people are in a state of intense excite- lIlellt and indignation, and the soldiers, by ODa the Czar was much loved, are furious. The streets are crowded, and were there anything or anyone upon whom the populace could vent their indignation, serious riots might be expected. Every military precaution has been taken, and in the absence of any object upon which the crowd can turn its fury, it is believed that no trouble will take place. The diplomatic officers and the high military and civil officers hastened to the Palace to inquire as to the state of the Czar directly the fact of his being wounded was known. Telegrams announcing the terrible event have been sent to Foreign Courts, to the Governor-General of Provinces, and the governors of every town in the Empire. All private correspondence by telegraph in the b Tj|n°eS has been arrested. The effect produced bv the news of the assassination ia 1TY,_ immense, and the excitement among e rge foreign colony is very great. A year ago the event would have created less sensation, as the various attempts of the Nihilists to assassinate the Czar had prepared every one to expect the worst, but of late there has been a cessation of those attempts, and Nihilism was fading out from men's minds. The event therefore came as a sudden and unexpected shock. LATER. Further details of the assassination have now been made public. It is said that the shells were made of thick glass, and filled with nitro- glycerine. The assailants stationed themselves opposite sides of the road, one standing by archCana^' other taking his place in the ^ichetel "P 1 *eac^n§ into the garden of the standln^hw!8118? Was thrown b7 the man The ca • Si^e of the canal. offallincTnnS6.^8 m0ving fast> and instead in ifa ™ struck the ground a little m its rear. The back of the carriage was' en ou several of the escort were wounded, ,as was Colonel Draieffsky, of the police, who Was following close behind in a sledge. The Emperor nl1.t. out of his carriage and waked those around him where the shell eame from and who was hurt. The coachman im- plored him to get into the carriage at once, as this was not so shattered as to prevent its still being driven, but his Majesty, in his solicitude for the wounded, moved a paoe or two from the carriage. The assassin, who had already been seized by the Circassians, was struggling to point a re- volver, which he had drawn, at the Emperor, but it was struck from his hand. The Emperor had moved but a step or two from the carriage when the man standing in the gateway in the garden wall threw the second shell at his feet. It exploded as it touched the ground, inflicting the most fearful injuries, the right leg being nearly severed from the body and the left leg shattered. Colonel Drajeffsky was covered with wounds, probably occasioned by splinters of glass. The Emperor seemed to recover conscious- ness in some slight degree before death, as he motioned away the doctors, who wished tc attempt an amputation of his legs. His sons, the Czarewitch and Grand Duke Vladimir, were present by the Czar's bed side, as well as the young chilclrerf When all was over, the new Emperor drove back to his palace down the Neffsky Prospect, amid the sympathising cries of the people, a squadron of Cossacks accompanying and follow- ing him. He was deadly pale. The Czarevna, as great a favourite here as her sister in England, was with him, and although crying bitterly, she bowed repeatedly to the cries of the people. All officers have been ordered to their quarters. A Council of State is at present being held at the Anitchkoff Palace. IPRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.] LONDON, Sunday, 11 p.m. Nothing was known of the assassination of the Emperor of Russia in London till about four o'clock to-day. Then the rumours were confirmed to official personages almost simultaneously, and shortly before three o'clock to-day telegrams were reoeived at Clarence House by the Duke of Edinburgh, and at the Russian Embassy by Prince Lobanoff, stating that the Emperor of Russia had been seriously wounded by an explosion under his carriage. As to the reception of the news in London, up to seven o'clock this evening nothing was gene- rally known in Press circles. The first news of the terrible event reached Clarence House, but immediately afterwards the Russian Ambassador arrived at the residence of the Duke of Edinburgh with a telegraphic communication on the subject. It was at first generally reported that the Emperor had been shot dead, and in the absence of parti- culars, it was supposed on a railway journey. Subsequent telegrams, addressed almost every half hour to the Duke and Daohess of Edinburgh, gave details. It appears from these that the Emperor, accom- panied by the Grand Duke Michael, attended church in St. Petersburg this morning. On their return, the Emperor, as usual, held a military parade, and on his way to the Winter Palace, while passing in his carriage through the Michael Manege crowds of people occupying the sides of the way, an explosion took place under the Imperial car- riage. The Emperor jumped out at one side, while the Grand Duke Michael jumped out at the other side. The Grand Duke Michael escaped without any hurt, but on the Emperor alighting another explosion occurred, which completely shattered the lower part of his body. The Emperor was conveyed to the Winter Palace. The telegrams which arrived at a later period stated that there was no hope of the Emperor's recovery, and shortly before five o'olook the telegram announcing the death of the Emperor was received at Clarence House. From the moment at which the first intelligence j was received the Duchess of Edinburgh was for some hours in a hysterical condition. The Grand Duke Alexis, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were all at home at Clarence House, and had just finished luncheon when the first telegram arrived. The effect on her Royal and Imperial Highness was so serious that one of her medical advisers had at once to be called in, and the Duchess re- mained under his care, whilst the Duke, without waiting any more definite information, determined that the Royal and Imperial party should at once procced to St. Petersburg, and immediately proceeded to Charing Cross Station for the pur- pose of engaging a special train to convey the Royal and Imperial party to Dover. While there he learnt that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales were due to arrive at 4.15, and the Duke of Edinburgh remained and met his brother just outside the station, where he con- veyed to him the melancholy news. At this time the Duke of Edinburgh was not aware of the death of the Emperor, and the Prince accompanied him to Clarence House, where a telegram awaited them announcing the fatal news. The Press Association understands that owing to the effect of the firBt intelligence upon the Duchess of Edinburgh, beyond the death of her Imperial father no further details were conveyed to her. The Royal party, accompanied by a small retinue, left Clarence House at eight o'clock, and Charing Cross by the special train which had conveyed the Prince of Wales to London at 8.15 p.m. Prince Lobanoff, the Rus- sian Ambassador, Prince Dolgorouki, and on behalf of the Prince of Wales, Sir Dighton Probyn were in attendance at the Marlborough Club, with which the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the other male members of the Royal Family are associated, and of which the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia is an hon. member. Numerous inquiries were instituted by several members of the aristocracy. So numerous were they that the doors had to be clo&ed, and an official stationed outside to supply the information sought for. The news spread so rapidly that mem- bers of both the Reform and Carlton Clubs arrived in large numbers, and the latest telegrams were posted for their information. The Marquis of Salisbury and Sir S. Northoote were among the late callers at Clarence House and the Russian Embassy. Among the more noteworthy and comparatively recent attempts previously made upon the life of the present Emperor are those which took place in April, 1879, December of the same year, and February, 1880. Of these the first mentioned was an attempt made on April 14th, 1879, in St. Petersburg, when the Emperor escaped unhurt. At about eight o'clock in the morn- ing, when the Czar was taking his customary walk near the general staff office, a man standing opposite the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and near the Winter Palace, advanced towards the Emperor, and drawing a revolver from his overcoat, fired a succession of shots at his Majesty, home passers by and the police imme- diately seized the assassin, who, before finally submitting, fired another shot, slightly wounding in the cheek a person in the crowd. The attempted assassin, Alexander Solovoff, was im mediately handed over to the hands of justice, and it was ascertained that he was a school- master at Targpez, in the government of Ples- kan. Extraordinary police precautions were afterwards taken in St. Petersburg by Genera] Gourko, o; -1 the most stringent measures beink the posting of door-porters at every house in the city. On December 1st, in the same year, another memorable attempt was made upon the Emperor's life, while he was travelling from Livadia to Moscow. The result was the Wowing up of the luggage van of the baggage train, without any in- jury to life. This took place about three versts from Moscow, where a mine had been laid under the railway, and wires connected with it from the cellar of an adjacent house. Last year, on February 17th, the daring con- spiracy to blow up the Winter Palace, in which were the Czar, the Empress, the Duchess of Edinburgh, and other members of the Imperial family, was put into execution at the moment dinner was on the table in the banqueting hall, and the arrival of Prince Alexander was awaited before the Imperial party should take their seats. The Empress, still very feeble from a prolonged illness, was asleep in a remote part of the Palace, and it was stated that her slumbers were not disturbed by the explosion. This occurred shortly before seven in the evening, just as the Emperor, the Duchess of Edinburgh, and Prince Alexander were about to enter the dining-room. Beneath this apartment was the guard room of the Palace sentinels, and immediately under this again were a series of cellars. It was in this subterranean space that the explosion, which was oaused by dynamite, originated. In the guardroom were numbers of men of the Finland Regiment, of whom 10 were killed and 35 or 40 injured by the explosion and falling debris. A gap of 10 feet by six feet was made in the floor of the dining room, and there is no doubt that the accidental delay in the assembly of the Imperial family at dinner averted the complete suocess of the diabolical conspiracy. As it was, fortunately no member of the Emperor's family was even slightly injured. It was very generally rumoured on the Emperor's birthday in April last year that another attempt would be made on the Emperor's life, but the expectation was not verified. The Emperor Alexander II. Nicolaiwitch was born on April 29th, 1818, and succeeded his father, Emperor Nicholas I., on February 18th, 1855. He was married in April, 1841, to Maria Alexan. drovna, daughter of Louis 1-1, Grand Duke of Hesse. He will be succeeded by his eldest son, Alexander the Czarewittch, Hereditary Grand j Duke, who was born on 26th February, 1845, ) and who has held several important offices • of State, as well as high military positions. He has been Commander of the Imperial Guard of all the Cossack troops. The Empress was formerly the Princess Marie Sophia Frederique Dagmar, daughter of the King of Denmark, sister of the Princess of Wales, and was born on ■ November 14th, 1847, and was married on October 28tb 1866. The now Czarewitch is the Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovitch, who was born MaJoh 6, 1868, and already holds the rank of Chief of the 65th Moscow Infantry Regiment, and of the Reserve Infantry of the Guards.

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