The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-13 00:00:00

FRANCE.

A douele military execution took place on the 2d
inst. at Blidab, in Algeria. The condemned men
were two Arabs, who had been convicted of an
attempt at assassination. On arriving at the place of
execution, the Arabs were placed on their knees in
front of two platoons of 12 men each. The first
platoon fired, and the Arab opposite them fell dead ;
the other, thinking his men had also fired and missed
him, jumped up and took to his heels. He had
already gained the foot of the mountain, when an
officer on horseback gave him a sabre cut and knocked
him down. He was then brought back, and under-
went his sentence.
The following are more ample details of the affair at
the fort of Ivry:—On the night of 7th inst. a shot
was fired at one of the sentries at the fort, and his shako
perforated with a ball. The night after, two other
shots were fired at the sentries of the 37th regiment
of the line in front of the bastion No. 4, but no
person was wounded. The soldiers, being on the
alert, at once issued from the guard-house, and all
fired in the direction which the sentinels pointed out
as being that from which the shot had proceeded.
A search was next instituted in the neighbourhood
of the fort, and not far off a man was found lying
on the ground with his right leg fractured with a
ball. Hedepiared his name to be Drouie, that h-
was a native of St. Leger (Yonne), and that he had
arrived in Paris only three days before. He pro-
tested that he knew nothing whatever of the first
shot fired from outside the fort, as he was going
quietly home at the time, and had no arms of any
kind about him. His version appeared probable,
as no weapon was discovered anywhere near him.
He was then removed to Bicetre, where his leg was
amputated, as already stated. Further search being
made, a group of seven men was suddenly come on,
and as the individuals composing it could not give
any satisfactory account of their presence at that
hour of the night (eleven o'clock), near the fort, they
were all taken into custody. One of these men
having asserted that they were going to a low wine
shop in the neighbourhood, noted for being the ren-
dezvous of a great number of bad characters, a per-
quisition was made on the premises and the proprietor
and two others arrested. The next day the wife of
the owner of the wine shop, a servant girl, and four
other persons of suspicious appearance, found in the
house, were taken into custody. It is believed that
the investigation of this affair will be intrusted to a
military commission.
The military commission established at the Palais-
de-Justice, which for the last fortnight had sus-
pended its sittings, met again on Tuesday. The trial
of the national guards of St. Germain, who art-
charged wiih having wished to favour the escape of
the military prisoners confined in that town will
commence on Friday before the First Court Martial
sitting in Paris.
A hawker, named Dibier, was on Monday con-
demned by the Tribunal of Correctional Police to six
months' imprisonment and 500 f. fine, for having
offered socialist and seditious publications tor sale
Charonne. Also a journeyman tailor, named Hum-
blot, to eight months' imprisonment and 16 f. fine,
for uttering seditious cries ; and another tailor, named
',Alarm, to a month's imprisonment and 100 f. for
applying insulting language to the Prince-President
of the Republic.
The Tribunal likewise tried a shoemaker, named
Lallemand, for having taken a soldier of the 6th Re-
giment to a public-house, and attempted to seduce
him from his duty by persuading him not to fire on
" his brothers." The offence was clearly proved, and
he was condemned to three months' imprisonment
and 1001. fine. Another workman, named Cnampy,
was condemned to thirteen mouths' imprisonment and
100 f. fine for having threatened in a public-house to
guillotine the aristocrats, and to " eat their noses."
It also condemned a girl, named Costa, to four
months' imprisonment and 16f. fine, for having ut.
tered seditious cries and horrible threats agains
Prince Louis Napoleon on the Boulevard des Cou.
ronnes.

The Cologne Gazette under date of Berlin, Btb,
says :—" We learn trom a source on which we can
rely, that France has opened confidential negotiations
with several of the states of Italy which do not ap-
pear to have any other object than to furm a confe-
deration of Italian States under the protectorate of
the French Republic. Up to tali] time these nego-
tiations, which are well known at Vienna, have not
interrupted the friendly relations between the two
Cabinets. On the contrary, the representatives of
Austria show the greatest consideration for the
French Government in their relations with its agents.'