THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.—A CORRECTION. [To THE EDITOR OF THE
"SPECTATOR."] SIE,-411 an article in the Spectator of September 14th, en- titled " How to Deal with Anarchists," you state :—" The Emperor of Austria has reigned fifty-two years, has taken only ordinary precautions, has hunted, shot, held reviews, and visited his friends, and has never received a wound." In the year 1853, while the Emperor, accompanied by an aide-de- camp, was leaning over one of the bastions on the old walls of the city of Vienna, an attempt to assassinate him was made by a journeyman tailor, who succeeded in inflicting a stab wound on his neck, but was prevented from doing further harm. The miscreant was soon after tried and hanged. The city walls were subsequently demolished, and on the spot where the attempt on the Emperor's life took place the magnificent Votivkirche was erected to commemorate his escape from the assassin's hand.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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