The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-08 00:00:00

FRANCE.

"The stay of the Court at Compiegne," says the
Sport, "is now drawing to a close. The weather
has been fine during the last week, and out of
door sports have been pursued with great spirit.
A shooting party assembled again in the forest
of Laigue, when about 1,200 head of game were
brought down by eleven guns. A hunt also
took place, followed by the curse by torchlight.
The meet was at the Puits-du-poi; and the
Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial
were piesent in chars-a-bane. Private theatricals
have also been given by the ' comedians extraor-
dinary of the Emperor,' as a portion of the guests
under the direction of the Princess de Metternich
style themselves. An interlude of Ombres Chinoises
is also said to have been a remarkable success,
the effects produced by electric light having been
marvellous. Among the scenes represented were
" The Sleeping Beauty," in which the part of the
Princess was filled by the Countess Pourtales, and
that of Prince Charming by the Duke de Mouchy.
The funeral service for the late Mr Dayton was
celebrated yesterday at
the American church, Rue
de Berry, the building and approaches being
thronged. The Emperor was represented by Baron
de Lejus, Master of the Ceremonies; the Duke del
Cambaceres, and Count de Baciocchi ; and Prince
Napoleon by General de Franconniere ; M. Drouyn
de Lhuys, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Lord
Cowley, and the other members of the diplomatic
body, were all in attendance with the principal
members of their legations. The coffin was placed
on the communion table and covered with the
United States' flag, which in its turn was
partlyconcealed by wreaths and flowers placed there
by the friends of the deceased. All the principal
citizens of the United States now in Paris were
present, as well as a number of Americans of the
South. Near Mr Dayton, sun of the deceased diploe
matist, were to be seen Mr Pennington, Secretary of
Legation; Mr Bigelow, American Consul; Mr Ass
pinwall, of New York ; and a great number of poli-
tical and literary men of France. A detachment
of the 65th regiment lined the interior of the chapel.
The service for the dead was read by the Rev. Mr.
Lamson, after which an address appropriate to the
occasion was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Sunder-
land, who, after touching on the early career
and distinguished services of the deceased,
referred to the events now in progress be-
yond the Atlantic, and declared that the United
States Government was resolved to maintain the
struggle to the last. M. Bigelow and M. Laboulaye
also spoke, after which the crowd withdrew in
silence. The body is to remain in the chapel until
Saturday, when it will be conveyed to Havre on
its way to the United States.
A fire broke out three nights back in a printing-
office at Valreas (Vauclase), and for a short time
persons in imminent
.he wife of the proprietor,
danger.place d a family
Mme. Jtber
and her six children were
asleep, the husband
ortheeoa ficorus the,
courageous geous house for the purpose of
boy guided his mo-
ther down d
of set:ei al
being absent, when the eldest son, a boy twelve
years of age, was awakened by a feeling of suffo-
cation. He immediatelyaroused his mother,
and on opening
leading to the stair-
case,
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part of the house
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all
tahretreatscaffold
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by the street door cut
was at that moment
ereeted in
effecting
some and could be reached from
the w
steps of a ladder
sisters,
placed
and
and
against the scaffolding, a
then returned five times
to carry down his little brothers and
thus saved the entire family. The fire in the house
was eventually got under without any great
damage.
Bounse, Dec. 7.—The ,
area has been firm, and
a fair amount of business done at an improvement.
Threes, for the Account, are
at 66f. 10c. Mobilier
is now at 930 f. Railway Market animated, with
an advance on some of the lines. The market con-
tinued looking up to the close, and left off as fol-
lows :-

11 per Cents. 94
Do. end month.... --

Italian Loan 65 40
Do. end month 65 75
Ditto Threes ..
New Mexican .... 50/
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes 45/
Home Debt
Deferred
FATS.

3 per Cents
Do. end month 66 25
Credit Mobilier - 938 75
Do. end month 940 --.

Bank Shares

Credit k onoier 1240 -_
Roman

BAIL

Cash. Account.
... o 875 857 50
Northern .............. 990 090
Lyons and Meditcrranean 880 ~ 882 50
Southern. ........... 687 50 • • 590
Western
.............. 507 60 •• --
Eastern .............. 492 60 .. 492 50
Sardinian .......... 317 50 .. 317 50
Austrian ......... 4..
445 -- .. 447 50
Lon.bard ............... 5u7 60 .. 511 25
North of Spain ..........
377 50 .. 378 75
Saragossa ..........
..
428 75 • • 425
Ditto to _Barcelona ..
..
.... 192 60 .. 195

EXTENII'I--- --, %., Tlvri r L
CIRCUMSTANCES.—The Court, of
Assives of tha Oise has just tried a farm labourer
named Poiteaux en a charge of having, on the 9th of Sep-
tember last, At Puy-la-Vallee, committed murder on the
person of his wife by stabbing her repeatedly with his pocket
knife. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had
been married for 25 years, and had by dint of hard work
and economy saved enough money to purchase a house
and severel patches of land at Puy-la-Vallee. But of late
years he and his wife had not lived happily together, and a
few mouths since the prisoner left home and entered the
service of a farmer at a neighbouring village, leaving his
wife to cultivate their own land. On his departure he car•
tied away some of his wife's
linen, which she in vain en,.
treated him to return. Irritated by his refusal to give up
her things, his wife sent him a letter on the 4th September
last, in which she threatened to give information to the police
of a robbery in which he had been concerned some time pre-
viously. This threat rendered him furious, and, after brood.
ing over it three or four days, he determined on vengeance.
For this purpose he lift his master's house late in the night
of the Bth, went home, forced an entrance into the house,
and stabbed his wife as she lay in bed.' The poor woman
started up and endeavoured to escape. at the same time im-
ploring him not to murder her--but he nevertheless kept
On stabbing her for a quarter of an hour, till she died from
loss of blood. The whole of this shocking scene had been
witnessed by a little girl,
11 years of age, his wife's niece,
who was so terrified that she durst not move till daylight,
when she informed the neighbours of what had happened.
The prisoner was immediately arrested. Ho did not attempt
to deny the crime, but pretended that he bad been actuated
by jealousy. It was proved, however, that his wife's con-
duct was irreproachable, and that the threat she had made
was the only motive for tho murder. The jury found the
prisoner guilty, but with extenuating circumstances, and
the Court accordingly sentenced him to hard labour for life.
—Galigilani,