The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-05 00:00:00

WE DNE►S DAY

ands aw the body of Annette lying on the bed without
move ment. I wanted to go in, but the persons who
wert, there prevented me; and the peasant, one of them,
pus lied me away; and, giving: mo four sous, said—' We
don 't want you—here are four sous—be off with you!'
Iw. )nt away. In the night the dead body of Annette
was conveyed down stairs, and her murderers deliberatel
as t o what should be done with it. One suggested that
it should bo placed in a hole to be made in the wall, and
that the hole should be plastered up; but this was ob-
jected to, on the ground that the freshness of the mortar
would attract attention, and that besides the corpse
would cause a strong stench. At length it was resolved
to cat the body in pieces, to septra.e the flesh from the
bones; to boil the flash in a pot, and give it to the pigs
to eat, and to burn the bones to ashes. This was done.
The bones, to prevent any smell, were steeped in quick
lime before being burned. The pigs devoured the boiled
flesh with voracity, and some of them died after from
excess.. My father and mother, the peasant, and M.
Mann's servant, took part in this horrible affair." The
law a utborities are now making a searching investiga-
tion; they have already discovered the clothes of the
girl, and in the ashes of the grate a human tooth. The
ashes have been carefully cAlccted, and are to be analysed
by chemists. The sensation which the affair has created
in the peaceable town of Bszaa is immense.

NEW YORK COMMERCIAL NEWS.
The commercial advices from New York this week
describe continued steadiness in the stock-market and
uninterrupted activi'y in the general business of the
country. Quotations on the wh )1e show little alteration,
but the tendency has been towards an advance. The
amount of railway bonds supplied from all quarters (and
in some cases at low prices, which shoild excite caution)
prevents the rapid accumulation of capital that would
otherwise be felt, but money, nevertheless, was becom-
ing more easy every day, and it was difficult now to
obtain 5 per Cent. All attempts to get up Californian
gold mining companies had proved more or less abortive,
and this peculiar field was still likely to be left open to the
more sanguine speculators of the London share-market.
On the other band, the less glowing enterprises connected
with improvements at home and the establishment of
steam and telegraphic communication with more distant
parts appear to be forwarded with the greatest ardour.
The Morse line of telegraph between Washington and
New York had just declared a quarterly dividend at the
rate of 12 per cent, per annum, although they are sub-
jected to active competition, and adopt a scale of charges
which, as compared with those in England, are merely
fractional. The arrangements for the proposed Indus-
trial Exposition appear to be in progress, but there
seems little enthusiasm on the subject, and it is stated
that the whole expenses, including the cost of the
building, are not to exceed 40,0001., which is to be raised
by a joint-stock sub,cription. A collection was being
made for the sufferers by the recent fire in the Swedish
West India island of S'. Barthomolew. The latest
advices from Mexico were to the 2d of April. The
representatives of England, France, Spain, Russia,
and the United States had, it is said, made a re-
monstrance against the exceptional lowering of
duties at the port of Matamorae. In order to coun-
teract the smuggling temptations which gave influence
to the revolutionists under Carvajal on the northern
frontier, the Mexican Government made a great reduc-
tion at Matamoras, lowing Vera Cruz, Tampico, and
other ports, to exact the customary high rates. It was
consequently contends 1 by the various Foreign Minis-
ters, on behalf of the merchants of their respective
countries interested in the trade of the ports thus in-
jured, that the exemption should not bo continued, and
that either the old charges should be restored at Mate-
mores, or that all should be equally reduced. The
reply of President Arica was, that the question could
only be decided by Congress. The mining industry
of the country was in an improving state, chiefly
in consequence of the better supply of quick-
silver. Immigration also appears likely to increase, and
an extraordinary contract is alleged to have been en-
tered into by the Belgian Government " for transporting
50,000 Belgians to the interior of Mexico," where they
are to receive either lands to settle on, or employment
from proprietors according to certain stipulated condi-
tions. There was nothing new from the frontier, but the
Texan accounts, in stating everything to be quiet, used
the phrase, " and will remain so for a short time," as
if the pause were a mere matter of temporary arrange-
meet. It is also added, that Brownsville, which is the
border town where Carvaj el'a sympathizers chiefly re-
sort, is filled with strangers who profess
.themselves
bound for California, but whom the Mexican autho-
rities regard as pirates. From Hayti the last
dates were to the 28th of March. &mit-AR/Re, the
black Emperor, was to be crowned as Faustin the
First on the 11th of April. It was expected that
about a hundred thousand persons would be present
at the festivities, and all business was to be sus-
pended for about a fortnight. There was nothing new
from California, but the tide of traffic between that state
and New York was uninterrupted, and the demand for
conveyance was as tetive as usual. Another steamer
has been withdrawn from her intended service across the
Atlantic, to meet ihe wants of the Nicaragua route, and
the 'Yew York Express gives the following account
of the steamers at present on that line:—
" We see it stated that the steam-propeller Pioneer,
originally built to run between this Port and Liverpool,
and after one trip withdrawn, has been chartered for
the Nicaragua route, to run on the Pacific side, pro-
bably to take the place of the North America, lost.
We understand that Captain Vanderbilt will soon leave
for Central America, on business connected with this
gigantic enterprise, of which he is the prime mover. The
Vanderbilt line now comprises seven first-class steamers,
as follows :—Northern Light, Prometheus, Daniel
Webster, Pacific, Brother Jonathan, Independence,
and S. S. Lewis, In addition to these, another
steamer, making the eighth, is now about half com-
pleted, and the keel of the ninth, to be about the size
of the late North America, is on the point of being
laid. The Accessory Transit Company of Nicaragua
has six steamers running on the river San Juan and
i
Lake Nicaragua, n conuexion with the above steamers,
and a seventh will be completed this month at San Juan.
Thoir names are as follows:—Central America, Sir
Henry Bulwer, John M. Clayton, Joseph L. White, E.
H. Miller (not named), Director."