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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 300, 21 December 1870, Page 4

Alleged attempted Suicide of the Emperor I>apoleox. — The following, •which looks like a canard is from the J\ 7 cics of the World: — The Presse published at Vienna, gives the following extraoiuinary piece of correspondence from -Cassel :— " The Prussian Government has issued the sternest prohibition against the receipt, at the telegraph office of a -report of the circumstances which I shall ( t»o'.v relate to you from iiuihentic sources. In spite of ull attempts at concealment, yesterday the news spread like wildfire tli.'it Napoleou had or the 18th instant, aiade an attempt at suicide. The details ■of the affair, as communicated by the officer on (juari are us follows: — Napoleon, for uvo c!;iy?, exhi! i;ed a strange elevation of spirits, which, up to this time, had act been perceptible in him. He received, the last few days, several despatches nnd 'Setters from Paris and Hastings, spoke extremely little, aud for two days left, his room only once. This was about five cViock in the evening. He hud giveD OE'det's that sill despatches whic.h arrived sLould be brought to him immediately, wherever lie was. Two. which had just ■ coihe. from Hastings and Brussels, were accordingly tnken to him in tlie paik. He •read tin id, apd grew visibly {tale. He ii/c-n returned lo the caslle, and shut bim- ■ stli in his room. After they had seen or -iitard nothing of him for two hou'ts, Lis -ittiiriedinte atteudaiits bt'jiiiu to te altiuued. ..About 9.00 o'clock they resolved, on the pretext of Laving soinething important to

communicate, to ask for admission iv to his room. Prince Murat undertook the ta& k , but to his repeated knocks and calls no answer was retured. After half an hour they broke open the door, and found Napoleon lying on the floor in a deep Aj int. Two physicians were immediately fetched, »nd they succeeded, after an hour, in bringing Napoleon to himself. Everything here points to an attempt at suicide.- 1 , to which, of course, the officials will not agree. The Governor of Cassel made his appearance at a still later hour in ihe castle, which was in <he greatest state of confusion. The Governor did not leave till late in the morning, and has sent a long account of ihe matter to head-quarters. The whole population of Cassel weut out to-day to Wilhelmshohe to see Napoleon. He, however, 4in consequence of severe illness,' kept his room." The Presse evidently, and, it would appear, with reason, disbelieves the whole story. It remarks that, after Sedan, there is scarcely any b:id news which could effect the Emperor so severely.