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

CRIME IN FRANCE.

The Court of Assizes of Aix (Bouches-du-Rhone) has
Just been engaged in the trial of six men named Gerard,
Jean, Stematis Lewtakis, Gascoing, Treguier, and Crodo-
Peulis, on 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
Bailed from Marseilles for Sierra Leone. The mutiny took
place on the coast of Africa, about eighty leagues from
the Bissagos Llands. 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 circumstanc.'s against Gascoing, who was con-
demned to 18 months' imprisonment, and against Treguier
and. Crodopoulos, who were sentenoed to 12 months. The
other three were acquitted.
A tragical event has just occurred at Desport (Herault).
Two masons named Favier and Last el, 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 N lames (Gard), by a man named Thorne-
tin, upon a fellow-prisoner named Boyer, against whom he
eLtertained bitter feelings of hatred. The weapon used was
a knife, the blade of which broke at the third blow. Boyer
Was wounded in the arm only. The assailant was imme-
diately seized and placed in close confinement.

HEALTH OR H.R H PRINCE ALFRED —A tele-
gram received yesterday says :—His Roysl 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 ont 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 extinguished.
The t, 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 'oeen presented to the Legisla•
tive Body for dividing among all the charitable establish
/news the expenses of children who have been deserted
has been withdrawn.

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