The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-06 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ... ...
...
Females es • •••

... ... 806

730

Total ••• ... ... „. ...1,536
*in this number are included 45 by Scarlatina, 36
by Typhus Fever, and 6 by Diarrhcea.

TEE NEW FLOATING GUNPOWDER
MAGAZINES AT LIVERPOOL.
(From the London Gazette.)
Office of Ordnance, April 30, 1852.
The following regulations (in addition to those pub.
lished in the Gazette of sth March, 1852), are to be
observed, in relation to the construction of the
vessels to be moored at the places under the
provisions of an Act of the 14th and 15th Queen
Victoria, cap. 67? sec. 6, intituled, "An Act to
repeal so much of an Act of the 12th year of King
George the Third, relating to the making, keeping, and
carriage of gunpowder, as excepts therefrom certain gun-
powder magazines and stores near Liverpool, and to
make certain temporary provisions, with regard to the
said magazines and stores;" also fixing the quantity of
gunpowder to be kept in such vessel. Any person failing
to observe these regulations
will be guilty of a misde-
meanour and punished accordingly.
Ist. That in vessels for the stowage of gunpowder a
clear passage
or wing shall be left between the powder
store and ship's side, in case of collision from other ves-
sels passing up or down.
2nd. That in addition to the wing passage round the
vessel a crown of planking shall be attached, of four
inches thick, fastened on the lower part of the beams,
for the whole extent of the powder-rooms, and that the
entrance scuttle shall be fitted with a pent-house cover-
ing on the deck, for a further security of the magazine
scuttles only.
3rd. That no cabins, with fire-places, can be allowed.
And the Master-General of the Ordnance is pleased
to allow that the quantity of gunpowder to be kept. in
the new floating magazines, at Liverpool, may be in-
creased from 10,000 to 15,000 barrels, of 1001ba. each.
By order of the Master-General,
W. COTTON.

HORRIBLE STORY.
The Bordeaux journals contain the following hor-
rible story :—At the end of October last a sum of
900 f. was 'stolen from the House of M. Mane, an
avonf of Bazas; the thieves being a public-house
keeper and his wife,
a peasant, and M. Mano's
servant. After the robbery the thieves went to the
public-house of the married couple, which is
situated at some little distance from the town, and
partook of breakfast. In that house lived a girl of the
town named Annette. Whilst the parties were at table,
they complained bitterly that they had only been able to
steal 900 f. though they knew that M. Mano had 10,0001.
in his possession, that sum having been deposited with
him the day before. On this Annette reproached them for
what they had done. " I am only a loose woman," said
she, " and yet I would never commit a robbery." This
declaration terrified the thieves, and to prevent the girl
from denouncing them, they resolved to kill her.
Meantime the
gendarmes having obtained information of
the robbery commenced a search after the thieves, and a
day or two after they made a descent in the public-house,
which was one of notoriously bad character. One of the
four persons was arrested on suspicion of being the thief.
Not seeing Annette, the gendarmes asked what had be-
come of her, and the public-house keeper replied that
she had been spending some days with her family, and
had afterwards left for England. Things remained in
this state until Easter Monday, when the rumour spread
in the town that Annette had been murdered. It ap-
peared on inquiry
that the son, aged between 13 and 14,
of the public-house keeper, had, whilst playing in the
house with some boys, pointed to a large iron pot, and
said,
" I shouldn't like to eat anything cooked in that
Pet." " Why so?" he was asked. " Because it was in
it my father cooked Annette!" On this the boys left
him, saying, " As your father killed Annette, we will
not play with you!" atd they on tho following day re-
rused to allow him to join their games. When the boy's
strange
remark was mentioned to the gendarmes, they
at once
proceeded to arrest his father and mother.
They then called on him to tell all ho knew. He said
he knew nothing, and denied that he had used the lan-
guage ascribed to him. Tho gendarmes, to frighten
Lhim, placed handcuffs on him, and threatened to convey
nim tt, prison. He then made this statement :—" On the
evenic after the robbery I beard a piercing cry up-
stairs, and I went up. I opened the door of a room,
and eaw the body of Annette lying on the bed Without

movement. I wanted to go in, but the persons who
were there prevented me; and the peasant, one of them,
pushed me away; and, giving: me four sous, said—' We
don't want yon—here are four sous—be off with you!'
I went away. In tho night the dead body of Annette
was conveyed down stairs, and her murderers deliberated
as to what should be done with it. One suggested that
it should be 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 cut the body in pieces, to separate the flesh from the
I bones; to boil the flesh 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.
Nlano's servant, took part in this horrible affair." The
law authorities 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 collected, and are to be analysed
by chemists. The sensation which the affair has created
in the peaceable town of Bazas is immense.

RECEPTION OF ROSAS.
With undeniable consistency Rosas has been received
with all honours under the Government whose head
rebuked the press for its strictures on the usurpation
and tyranny of Louis Napoleon. The Port Admire' of
Plymouth, Sir Jan Oraaaanney, who was so remiss and
backward in the deplorable case of the Amazon, was
all on the alert to receive and honour the deposed
tyrant Rosas. Zeal for humanity was not the thing
required for this occasion, and the peculiar zeal not for
humanity was not wanting. All tee authorities were in-
spired with the same zeal and nothing but sickness pre-
vented the District Commander of the Forces from pay-
ing him homage. ROS4e3 letter of recommendation are
writen in characters of blood, he comes to our asylum
with credentials of criminality hardly to be paralleled in
atrocity; a place of shelter was his due as an exile, but
that is not what has been assigned to him, but a place
of honour. Marvellous has been the eagerness of Eoge
lish gentlemen, high in military and naval authority, to
grasp the blood-stained hand. In remarking on the at-
tack on Ilaynau we raised the question whether the
frequent example of the honour paid by the higher
classes to unworthy notoriety of any kind might not ac.
count for the outrage against the Austrian savage, the
sentiment provoked in many an uncultivated but honest
nature being, "If no one will let this man know what
is thought of his conduct, I will. He shall not get off
with nothing but compliments and civilities." But there
could be none of this feeling if the sense of a malefactor's
offences was marked by the coldness and neglect of the
class of society with which his intercourse lay. The
Plymouth authorities doing honour to Roses, must suffer
much. in the comparison with the draymen of Bankside
mobbing llaynau. There was an honest sentiment at
the bottom of the one fault, there is nothing but guilty
sympathy in the other, unless it be servility to a Govern-
ment which is supposed to favour the instruments of
despotism in every part of the world.—Examiner.

THE FLIGHT OF ROSAS.
(FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.)
BUENOS AYRES, MARCH 2.—Since I wrote last we
have experienced a complete revolution, as you have no
doubt heard ere this from Rosas or tho officers of the
Conflict, which was to convey him to England. ln the
concluding part of my last letter I told you, I think, that
on Saturday, the 31st of January, the vanguard of Rosas's
army, consisting of some 6,000 men, was completely
routed by a email number of Ut coize's troops on the fields
of Alvarez, near the bridge of Marques, about 20
miles from here. The next day (Sunday) Roses led
his troops from their encampment of Santos Lugarez
(4 leagues from this) to a spot midway between the
village of Moron and the former place, little more than
a league from each, and there awaited the approach
of the. enemy, who was advancing straight towards
the city from the bridge of Marques. The Sunday
passed over in town very quietly till the evening,
when, the removal of some cannon into the fort
seemed to cause a little sensation. A general impres-
sion prevailed that a portion of the army had expo-
reenced some reverse the day before, but nothing cer-
tain was known upon the matter, nor as to the posi-
tions of the respective armies. onday passed in the
same way. People went about their ordinary occupations
as usual, and there were no indications of the approach-
ing change. About daybreak on Tuesday morning
(the 3d) a distant sound of cannon was heard, but did
not scene to create any sensation. At nine o'clock, how-
ever, a rumour began to circulate that a battle had
been fought on the plains of Moron, in which Roses
was defeated, and that his troops were in flight for
the city. Immediately the place assumed the appearance
of great excitement, which was increased by the firing
of three guns from the fort (by order of General Manzilla
the governor of the town), the signal of martial law.
Every shop was immediately shut, and the people con-
gregated in smell groups in the streets. About 11, ca-
valry soldiers, by twos and threes, came galloping through
the town, confirming the report of the defeat. As the
day wore on they continued to come in great numbers,
making the best of their way through the town towards
the south, dispersing immediately to their own
homes. At twelve the militia of the town marched
from their barracks, and were posted with arms
and ammunition on the flat tops of the
houses, ready to fire upon any troops entering the
city. Our house has a sloping roof, and therefore we
had not any of these gentry, but the house opposite had
a dozen, and so of others. At the entrances of all the
streets leading to the great square cannon were placed,
and trenches, about three feet deep, with a breastwork
formed of the earth and stones and yerba (a kind of tea
from Paraguay), sewn up in hide 3. These barricades
would have been little obstacles to the approach of in-
fantry, and would, perhaps, have made a Parisian laugh,
but they would have retarded the cavalry considerably.
All these measures looked as if an attempt was about to
be made to defend the town, but no such intention was
over entertained by Manzilla, who about 5 o'clock in the
afternoon, communicated to the foreign Ministers that
he had only 2,000 militia to oppose the invading army,
and therefore requested them to endeavour to make
to n(, (Palermo
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terms with the conqueror for the city. Accordingly,
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vessels-of-war were
landed and marched in detachments to the bank, custom-
house, and various public and private houses. The night
arranged. morning
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passed over quietly; during Its course the militia were
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withdrawn from the houses—a circumstance to be re-
gretted, as will afterwards appear. The only casualty
determined
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which took piaci; in the town during the day was one
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the Retiro Barracks, about a mile from the town,
whither ho had been taken by some persons who found
him lying in the road insensible. It is supposed that
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he must have fallen from his horse in a swoon from loss
of blood. He was immediately taken on board his
vessel, but died in about two hours from loss of blood.
Bat it is time I should give some account of the
battle, particulars of which did not reach us for some
days afterwards.
Rosas, as I said, led out his troops on Sunday after-
noon from their encampment at Santos Lugares to a
spot distant from it about a league. Here they remained
on Monday, the 2d, and that evening he formed his
line of battle. It was drawn ap on the edge of a gentle
slope, just raised above tho surrounding level country.
It is computed that he had from 20,000 to 25,000
men of all arms. Most of those, especially the cavalry,
were new levies, having been taken from their farms
only a few months before; some few of the infantry,
especially the blacks, who fought well, had long been
soldiers. Ho had nearly 100 pieces of artillery, but
they were badly managed. His old cavalry, to the
number of 13,500 men, had been stationed in detach-
ments along the river bank to the north of the province,
and, having been taken in detail, had nearly all been
cut off or dispersed by Urquiza's troops during their,
march; so that only about 1,000 crossed the bridge of
Micques under General Pacheco a few days before the
battle.
Rosas's line extended for about two miles on the edge
of a gentle slope—cavalry on the winks, infantry in the
centre, artillery in front and between the intervals.
There is not a tree or house on the field of battle, ex-
cept a house of brick and mortar, with a tower, called
Monte Caseros, which formed Rosas's extreme right,
and which he occupied in force, and a round pigeonhouse
of brick, about 70 yards from it. His arrangements
were very bad (his centre and left being evidently with-
out support), for he had no knowledge of strategy, as he
himself confessed, and he was so demented that he re-
fused to take the advice of any of his generals, some of
whom told him that he must lose the battle. Urquiza,
with a force of from 25,000 to 28,000 men, from Entre-
rios, Uruguay, Corrientes, Santa FiC, and Brazil, arrived
from the neighbourhood of Moron on the evening of
Monday, and bivouacked at a distance of about two miles
from the enemy. At daylight on Tuesday morning he
drew up his men in a line, opposite to Rosas's army, on
a
the edge of an opposite slope, at the distance of about
mile. He was inferior in artillery, but much superior
in the quality and discipline of his troops. The can-
nonading began at daylight, and as I said was heard in
town. Urquiza commenced the battle by outflanking
with his cavalry Itosae's left, which was completely
turned and routed, and it was some of these gentlemen
who came early into the town giving out that the
battle was lost, while their comrades were still
fighting. While this was going on Rosas's left
Urquine's centre and left, composed of Brazilian
and Oriental infantry, crossed the valley and took at
the point of the bayonet the two houses which formed
thus both
infant hryis
the strong position on Rosas's right, while Urquiza's
cavalry on the left completely surrounded the whole
of Rosas's
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a stand for a short time in a new position towards
their former left, but it was only for a very brief
space. Surrounded on all sides, they surrendered or
fled in all directions,
and the rout was complete. It was
difficult to gather exactly how long the battle lasted.
The real fighting began probably at 6, ex., and ended
near 12. Rosas was on the tower of the house for some
time, and then in the field; at length, seeing all was lost,
he took to flight, and, thanks to a very magnificent
horse, and the dust and smoke of the battle, he
succeeded in getting into town. After remainingfor
some time in the outskirts, he came in to Mr. Gore's
ok and re- ,
(the British Charge's) house, about four o'oo