The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-11 00:00:00

CRIME IN FRANCE.

The Court of Assizes of Aix (Bouches-dn-Rhone) has
just been engaged in the trial of six men named Gerard,
Jean, Stematis Lewtakis, Gascoing, Treguier, and Crodo-
Poulis, ou a charge of armed mutiny at sea. The pri-
soners formed part of the crew of the French merchant
vessel the Union of Ro.,coff, Captain Guillibert, which
sailed from Marseilles for Sierra Leone. The mutiny took
Place on the coast of Africa, about eighty leagues from
the Bissagos Islands. The mutineers confined the cap-
tain and the mate in their cabins, but by so doing de-
prived themselves of the power of getting provisions which
Were there locked up, and after remaining for thirty-
six hours without food, they took to the boat, and
landed on the island where they were plundered by the
natives, and then taken to Goree. The captain had arrived
there some days before, and on his report they were ar-
rested and put in prison, and afterwards sent to France for
trial. The prisoners in defence of their conduct said that
they had been driven to it by the cruel treatment of the
captain. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but with
extenuating circumstances against Gascoing, who was con-
demned to 18 months' imprisonment, and against Treguier
and Crodopoulos. who were sentenced to 12 months. The
other three were acquitted.
A tragical event has just occurred at Desport (Herault).
Two masons named Favier and Castel, brothers• in-law,
between whom some cause of irritation existed, met while
Out shooting water-fowl. After some altercation the men
fired at each other, when Castel was so severely wounded
that he died the same day ; Favier, who was also
wounded, but less severely, has been arrested.
An attempt at murder was made three days back
at the prison at /ismes (Gard), by a man named Thou:te-
lt; upon a fellow-prisoner named Boyer, against whom he
enter' ained bitter feelings of hatred. The weapon used was
a knife, the blade of which broke at the third blow. Boyer
Was wounded in tha arm only. [he assailant was imme-
diately seized and placed in close confinement.

HEALTH OF H.R H PRINCE ALFRED —A tele-
gram received yesterday says :—His Royal Highness
Prince Alfred is now quite convalescent. He is permitted
to take free out door exercise and his usual meals. The
disease has entirely disappeared.

The steam-frigate Cacique arrived at Toulon,
three days back, from Alexandria with 150 persons from
China and Cochin-China, by way of Suez. The passengers
are generally convalescents, or men who have obtained their
discharge.
A fire broke out three days ago on board the
horse-transport Var, now in course of construction in the
yard of M. Arman, at Bordeaux, and caused considerable
damage before it could he ex'inguished.
The essager of Bayonne of the 7th states that
several whales having been seen in the Gulf on the pre-
vious day, attracted great numbers of people to the heights
of Atalaye, near Biarritz. to witness the gambols of these
northern. visitors.

A bill which had been presented to the Legisla-
tive Body for dividing among all the charitable establish-
ments the expenses of children who have been deserted,
has been withdrawn.

By order of the Prefect of the Seine, the bridges
°f Issy and Billancourt will be open to the public from this
day,

A fire broke out in the night of the sth in the
large village of ➢lattrei, near Innspruck, by which twenty-
one houses and two churches were destroyed.

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., oo
Great Western, 5 er cent. red. pref., 1021 3i
North Staffordshipre, 22/
LINES LEASED Al.' FIXED RENTALS.
North Western, 17
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81
Great Luxembourg, 151
Recite and San Francisco (11m.), gun. 7 per cent., 18} 1

FO iIEIGN MINES.
Scottish Australian, 1

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Australasia, 84 3
Bank of Egypt, 271
Bank of London, 114
Bank of Queensland (lim), 81
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 22
Continental, 3t
London and County, 45
London and South African, 26}
London and Westminster, ni 6
National Provincial of England, new, 216
Oriental Bank Corporation, 574
Ottoman Bank, 42
Scinde, Punjaub, and:Delhi (lima, 31
Union of Australia, 511
Union of Ireland (lim.), 9f
MISC EL LANEOUS.
Australian Agricultural, 231
National Discount Company (lim.), 5}
Natal Land and Colonisation Co. (Um.), 5

In the Paris corn market during the past week
prices remained firm, and holders seemed generally averse
to make any concession. The four marks of flour were
quoted at 61fr the sack of 157 kilos; wheat, 34fr 250 the
hectolitre and a half ; rye, 20fr the 116 kilos; barley, 18fr
the 100 ; oats, 24fr 50c the 150 kilos.
Count tie Bois-le Comte, formerly French Minis-
ter at Florence, whose death has been erroneously an-
nounced by some of the journals, is in a state of health
which still allows hope to be entertained by his family and
friends.

A decree in the Afoniteur makes three promo-
tions to the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour,
and 12 nominations of knight. Another decree confers 20
military medals. The recipients are all in the navy, and
have been either wounded or have distinguished themselves
on the coast of Mexico.
M, de Lapparent, Director of Naval Construc-
tions at the Ministry of Marine, was lately received by the
Emperor, to whom he bad the honour of submitting his
method for the preservation of wood, especially adapted for
athpeplhieudllstro,fthe
vessels.
disinfectionThisand proceeding, which may also be
seasoning
of holds, consists
in a carboniz ,tion of the surface by the aid of a jet of
lighted gas ; the system is now employed on a large scale in
the English and French arsenals,