The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-31 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

THE LAND TBANSPORT.—The poor woman whose case
has created so much interest was in attendance this
morning, by direction of the magistrate, and repeated
that every word which was in the newspapers concerning
her pitiable case was true. Her husband informed her
that the allowance spoken of was to be transmitted to
her every two months, payable in Loudon ; and so far
front having received his money daily in the Crimea, he
had, he declared to God, only received between six and
seven shillings since he had left England.
Mr. Arnold gave the poor woman his private card t )
take to the gentleman who came there yesterday, and
directed her to show him the letter she had in her hand
from her husband relative to his only having had th-
small amounts named since he left England, as there ap-
peared some mistake i❑ the matter.

SERIOUS DIoTURBANCES AT ANGERS.

An attempt at disturbance of a grave character was
made on Sunday at Angers by a considerable number
of men, having two ex-political prisoners of Belle-Isle,
named Chauvin and Guerin, not long since pardoned
by the Emperor, at their head. The Journal dc Maine-
et-Loire gives the following account of this strange
affair :—" The habitual calm of this town (Ari-
-1
goers) has just been disturbed by a wild attempt,
wnich, however, owing to the prudent mea-
sures of repression adopted, was confined to
only one quarter of the town. Oct Sunday af-
ternoon the police had been informed that a manifesta-
tion would take place in the evening ; and in conse-
quence a strict watch was kept up everywhere. Up to
midnight nothirg took place to ind'cate that the infor.
:nation was correct ; but at that hour three police agents,
in making their rounds, learned that some men were as-
sembling on the Mall. The agents proceeded quietly to
the spot, and found that about 40 persons were there
collected. The agents, crying out loudly for assistanc ,
at once rushed on the collected crowd, and being aide,
by several other agents who happened to be near
the assemblage was put to flight, and seven of
them taken prisoners. At about the same time two
attacks had beta made a little way out of Angers, one
on two gendarmes who occupied the post of Trelaze, at d
the other at a place called Les Plaines, between Angers
and the commune of Ardoisiceres. In the first case, oi.e
of the-gendarmes was taken irisoner by the rioter.,,
other contriving to escape. lii the second case, not less
than a thousand men, had assembled, armed with nitis-
.ets, pikes, axes, or sticks. These persons advanced,
shouting and singing itisurrectiounry song, and forcei',
he peaceable inhabitants to quit their houses and pro-
ceed with them. When they had arrived at the Made.
trice, they paused to combine their !nude of att,ick, but
the authorities had already adopted measures to I,affie
their designs. A bout two in the morning the troops
and the gendarmes, directed by the Prefect and b)
General d'Angell, in command of the military division,
had arrived at the extremity of the Faubourg Bressigny ;
and there the General gave orders to the troops to charge
the crowd and disperse it. That was done with suet
resolution that a number of the rioters were made pri-
oners, and the rest fled in every direction. The two
ringleaders, Chauvin arid Guerin, were amongst the
number of the persons taken into custody. A cart filled
with ammunition, gun-, and swords was seized and
alien to the mairie. Same shots were interchanged in
tins affair, arid M. Dubodan, substitute to the Procu-
feur General, was fired at with a pistol by one of tit,
rioters almost at arin's length, but missed. The prisoners
~,,ere immediately taken to a place of surety, and the
attempt was thus brought completely to a close. It is
impossible to coi.ceive what madness could prompt an)
number of men to hazard their lives in an affair like teis
in a town where there are plenty of troops, and where
the population only wants to be allowed to live indus-
triously and quietly,"

We have Cabul news to the 22d of June. The report
of the death of Kokulidil Khan, the Cuief of Candahar,
is not confirmed, but he is stated to be dangerously
and intrigue is busy.
The literary direction of the Quarterly Review is now
-aid to be in the hands of the Rev. Arthur Penrhyn
Stanley, the biographer and eon-in-law of the late Dr.
Arnold, who for some time has been one of the chief
contributors.
The new screw steam-ship Royal Charter, built at
Queensferry, Chester, for the Liverpool and Australia
Steam Company (for whom Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and
Co., of Liverpool, are agents), and which struck when
attempted to be launched on the 31st ult., was floated
off yesterday morning's tide, and was expected to arrive
in the Mersey last evening. The Royal Charter is con.
Qiderably larger than the Great Britain, belonging to
the same company.
ACCIDENT TO THE STEADIER ONDINE.—We learned
last night that this fine screw steamer, while on her pas-
sage from London to Dublin, sighted a vessel in distress
on the Wicklow banks, when she steamed towards her
for the purpose of towing her off On nearing the sailing
vessel she ran into her, and sustained such injury that
the captain found it necessary to put back fur the pur-
pose of getting the damage repaired.
DISCOVERY OF THE DEAD BODY OF A GENTLEMAN ON
WANDSWORTH COMMON.—lnformation has been given
of the discovery of a dead body of a gentleman on
Wandsworth Common, about 40 years of age, 5 feet 9
inches, dressed in a black shooting coat, speckled waiE4-
coat, light cord trousers, white shirt, marked " C.
Riuge," black hat, maker's name D. Cooper, Cross-
Areet, Golden-square. The body was taken to Wands-
worth Union to be owned, and the inquest held.

One of the latest effects of Austrian Influence in Swit-
zerland has been that the Lombard police forward
pt,lotographs to the Swiss authorities of persons who are
suspected of being politically opposed to the present state
of things in the Austro-Italian States, and who are ii.
consequence recommended to the especial care of the
Republican magistracy.
DEATH IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—The coroner ha,-
received information of a very distre,sing occurrence on
the London-bridge line of railway. An invalid get.tle-
man, named Ancell, took his seat in the seven a.m. Par-
liamentary train, to proceed to Brighton from the Lon-
don-bridge terminus, when, upon reaching the Threi,
Bridges station, he suddenly became faint, and almo. t
instantly expired.
,
aNTIQIIITIES FROM KERTCH.—A large quantity of ar-
ticles from the Kertch museum have found their way
into Southampton. They consist mainly of ancient
coins, pottery ware and glass, and metallic vessels. The
pottery and vessels are specimens of vases, lamps.,
bottles, pitchers, tear vessels or laehryrnatorix, of.
Etruscan, Greek, Roman, and other ancient workman
ship.
:1
Yesterday C o try o o LbT re
joaNg ot
the
TpEeErioPdatoonwNhciEchotrheCoacolNT:ra
the clergy of the province of Canterbury stefod °
CPanterbury.
at 12 o'clock his Grace the Archbishop
Chamber, Westminster, where, the
further prorogaed
having been gone through, his grace further
near. The entire
attended by his secretary, proceeded
utosustrfJoreniruasiailteiems
both houses until the 234 of Octotee.
priceedings lasted but a fewsruzinnitu
luOpt hfl:pr r oSxiien..r roa.
LEONE, ASCENSION,
GENERAL POST-OFFIOE.
AND TENERIFFE.—
Leone, Ascension,
,and
steam-vessel Thoodhound. Let-
per her Majesty'
f'
screwintended to be forwarded must be
tern and newspaperr-
h I'da'esty's steamer Bloodhound."
marked ~ per ..e jto Sierra Leone, 6d. •
MailTs
egneirliliffneeonmathdee
Teneriffe, ls. 10d. per loz. ;
Letters will be charged— , Ascen
is. ; and newspapers,
postage in each case must be
pre-paid.
ISLINGTON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY,—Mr.
Is. B. Jenkins, formerly secretary of the Marylebone
Literary and Scientific Institution, ,has been elected
sliclo.n each- —the posta,„
librarian of this society, in the place of Mr. Joseph
Simpson, who has resigned in consequence of having
embraced a favourable opportunity of
it is the intention of the committee andgmoienmbe going
intos t o x
.
busi-
ness at Tunbridge Wells. We are pleased to learn that
press their very high sense of Mr. Simpson's zealous,
re
faithful, and valuable services, by presenting him with
I a handsome testimonial on his tieputirc