The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-01 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

The ship Albatross has arrived in the river, with
dates from Australia to the Ist June, 60,0001. in gold
dust, and 1,060 tons of copper ore.-7'inzes.

Messrs. Thorntons attended at the Foreign•office
yesterday on the subject of the claims on Portugal.
Mr. Conyers had an interview with Mr. Secretary
Walpole yesterday at the Home-office.
_EI, DARING HOUSEBREAKING AT KENTISH TOWN.--
of the patlouxr
° _Monday information was sent round from the central po-
lice station, Scotland-yard, to the several metropolitan police
ofa w 11 aye' :
division; of the following daring robbery, which took place
o,ll,F!ideayro afternoon last, at the residence of Mr. Dolan, No.
public under his arm, was observed stepping out
il'avnng (Drove,
bvoe, Kentish-town. About four o'clock a man,
hihwa window, from which he descended into the
empty the
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intoen there,bis
pocket,li e wasaf
tseere
which
ht
iocherahep
contents
the box
and housemaid sand made a precipitate retreat. The cook
not aware of what hiand the house at the time, but they were
that a man had got
out taken place till they received word
nation was then made, of the parlour window. An exami-
the box containing theu,pv?ln which it was discovered that
silver table forks, dessert s oole of the plate, consisting of
it appears, must have got (I))veornaB,l,34c., was stolen. The thief,
that he had an accomplice, a ack wall, and it is supposed
as a
walking to and fro in front of the lianan was a long while
the plate were "11. 0. D. The man who
The initials on
got out of the
window had on a black frock coat and blac
was about five feet eight inches in height, waistcoat. Be
complexion, and bad bushy whiskers.
We have to record the death of the Hon. Mrs. C.
Knox, relict of the late Archdeacon of Armagh. She was
suddenly seized whilst on a visit to her son, the bey.
Thomas Knox, rector of Lurgan, and rapidly sunk, till it
pleased God to remove her to a better world. She has left
four sons, including the bishop of the diocese and the vicar-
genera
• lof Down and Connor, to lament her loss.
FISHING EXTRAORDINARY.—A singular capture
WE'S effected on Tuesday last by Mr. Willic,m Sproat, of
Ambleside, in Lake Windermere. On the previous evening
he had sot a night-line in the lake for the purpose of catch-
ing pike, and on going early in the morning to bag his
slimy game, he was not a little astonished to find a fine
cormorant, or scarf, fast to one of the hooks, it having
dived down in 10 feet water, and swallowed one of the small
fish with which it was baited. The bird is now stuffed, and
exhibited at the Salutation Inn, Ambleside, with the mode
of its •
curious Optlgg appeildedo,PreeOlt Chronicle.

TULE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Moniteur contains a report of the Minister of
Marine to the PRINCE PRESIDENT regulating all the
details of the internal service on board vessels of war.
It has been drawn up by a commission of eminent offi-
cers, and been approved of by the Council of Ad-
miralty. It comprises 1,584 articles, divided into
eleven chapters. One of these chapters is relative to
preparation for combat, another on the arming of
boats, and another on measures to be taken against
boarding. The articles of the new Code have been
sanctioned by decree of the PRINCE PRESIDENT dated
the 28th, and are to be published in the Bulletin des
Lois.
The resolutions by the General Councils regarding
the form of the government of France are not yet
quite completed. The Moniteur gives seven more
such resolutions. The Aude calls for " stable and
definitive institutions in harmony with the manners,
the history, and the wants of the nation." Corsica,
of course, gives "its energetic adhesion to the grand
act of the 2d December, and prays that the Govern-
ment may be established on definitive conditions of
stability.', Creuse declares that the Republic is
incompatible with French ideas, and demands that
hereditary power be revived in the person
of the Prince Louis NAPOLEON BON ..PARTE.
The Council of the Deux Sevres expresses gratitude
and promises adhesion to the acts of the PRINCE
PRESIDENT. Finisterre simply votes thanks. The
Council of the Eastern Pyrenees warmly promises
adhesion to the acts deemed necessary by the Go-
vernment ; and La Vendee declares its devotedness
and concurrence in the great work of regeneration
undertaken by the PRINCE.
A decree of the PRINCE PRESIDENT approves of
the by the city of Paris to the State of the
lar lgeestOting
square in the Champs Elysees for the construe..
tion of an edifice destined to serve for national exhi-
bitions, public ceremonies, and civil and military
fetes. It also approves of the convention by which
the Minister of the Interior has conceded, on certain
conditions, the construction of the edifice to MM.
ARDOIN and Company. Another decree contains
certain enactments relative to the election of cham-
bers of commerce; declares that every trader aged at
least thirty, and having been in business at least five
years, and that retired traders and manufacturers
duly domiciled shall be eligible ; and directs that new
chambers shall be elected within six months.
M. CUAMBOLLE, ex-representative, who was 3n-
. eluded in the recent amnesty, has returned to Paris.
Galignani has the following :
" General Haynau is still in Paris. On Sunday he
dined with a large party at the house of a great capi-
talist. There were several French officers and other
persons of distinction present, and, in the course of the
evening, ono of them, whilst paying some compliment to
General
flaynau on his military skill, which, be said,
had been serviceable not merely to his own Sovereign,
but also to Europe in general, alluded delicately to the
report which had been circulated against him on the
subject of the ill-treatment of a female. General Haynan
replied as follows:

" I had intended to leave to history the task of doing
me justice, but I am thankful to you, sir, for giving me
this opportunity of contradicting an infamous calumny.
It is quits true that a female was flogged, The Countess
on the abdication of the predecessor of my Em-
peror, in order to express her joy, had a figure
representing him dressed up, and with her en-
tire household went through the farce of in-
terment, with the most outrageous insults to
that illustrious personage. The captain chef
d'escadron, who was in the place, hearing of the
affair, arrested the Countess, and ordered her to bo
flogged. This is true, but I declare, on the honour of a
soldier (sus men honneur comme militaire), whieh I hold
sacred, that when this occurred I was at a distance of
sixty leagues from the place, and when I heard of it ex-
pressed disapprobation of the conduct of that officer, and
placed him under arrest.' After some further expana-
lions, General Haynau observed that he had been
spoken of as a severe and harsh man. He would admit
he said, that he had shown severity, but it was in the
conscientious performance of his duty. He was at the
head of brave troops, ardently devoted to their Sovereign,
and it became him to act with energy as the best means
of bringing
to a close a war in which they had so many
difficulties to contend with. I regard war,' he added,
as the greatest scourge that can be inflicted on humanity,
and consider that a severity which is likely to hasten the
trumph of one of the contending parties is the best sort
of humanity that can be practised.' He then alluded to
the charge that had been brought egainst him of having
in cold blood ordered at one time the execution of 18
persons. These persons, he said, were condemned by
the military tribunals, after a patient examination into
the charges against their , He had nothing to do with
their condemnation. He hel the power, indeed, of pre-
venting the execution, but the circumstances were not
such as to make clemency consistent with duty. An
example was necessary, and he allowed justice to take
it. nrnra R,

The Bourse %vas agitated, and the price of Govern-
ment securities declined. Railway shares were more
firm. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 105 f.
5c., and closed at 104 f. 75e. for the end of the month;
the Three per Cents. closed at 75f. 80e.; Orleans
Railway Shares, 1,430 f.; Rouen, 870 f.; Havre, 370 E.;
Great Northern, 658 f. 75c.; Avignon, 4881. 75c.; Bale,
306 f. 25c.; Paris and Strasburg, 662 f. 50c.; Paris and
Lyons, 771 f. 25c.; Lyons and Avignon, 590 f.; St.
Dizier to Gray, 530 f.