The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-27 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the
following as to the atmospheric situation yester-
day :—" This morning the state of the atmosphere
is Eir,-uar to that of preeedzg days ; strong pressures
are extending over Centra. Europe, and winds from

the E. or N.E. blow over England, France, and
Italy. The sky is generally clear over that portion
of Europe. At the North-East and South-West of
this region there exists two lines of gales or storms.
At Haparanda the barometer has fallen to 757
millimetres, and the winds have veered to the S.W.
In Spain the sky is generally cloudy or rainy." In
Paris yesterday the sky was resplendent, but the
heat was as great as ever in the afternoon, though
the morning and evening were a little fresher. At
two p.m. the thermometer stood at 25-3 Centigrade
(77 6-10 Fahr.)
The military tribunal of Paris has just tried a
musician of the 2d Regiment of Chasseurs named
Tilmant, aged 43, charged with having, at Chartres,
on the 9th May last, caused the death of a woman
named Matouzet, with whom he had cohabited for
several years. The evidence given on the trial
showed that the prisoner, who had always been a
good soldier, became acquainted with the woman in
1862, while she was in the service of the keeper of
the canteen of his regiment. Their acquaintance
lasted, with slight interruptions, caused by the pri-
soner's extreme jealousy, till 1863, when the woman,
having learned that he was in the Hospital,
sent him word that she would have no more to
do with him. On Tilmant's rejoining his regi-
ment, however, he terrified her into receiving
his visits by threatening to murder her, and at
last did so by shooting her with a pistol, inflicting
a wound of which she died six days later. Immedi-
ately after committing this crime he discharged a
pistol into his own mouth, but the ball only broke
his jaw. In his defence the prisoner said he had
acted under the influence of ungovernable jealousy,
and that he greatly regretted that he had failed in
the attempt on his own life. The tribunal found
the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced
him to ten years' hard labour.
The Court of Assizes of the Seine has just tried
a Dutchman named Theeuwissen, a printer by trade,
aged 43, charged with bigamy, he having married
a young woman named Discours, at Marseilles
in 1864, while his first wife was still
living at Brussels. It appeared from the
evidence that the prisoner, ,vho is a native of
Breda, in Holland, was first married at Brussels
in 1846 to a Belgian woman named Hazings,
with whom he lived till 1859, and had four children
by her, all now living. In that year he deserted his
family, came to Paris, and found employment in the

printing-office of M. Lahure, who some time after-
wards discharged him, on learning that he had aban-
doned his wife and children. The prisoner then
went to Marseilles, and was engaged by a printer as
machine man at Bfr. a day. He there became
acquainted with the young woman Discours, and
married her in August, 1864, although she had an
illegitimate child. In October he left Marseilles
and came to Paris, followed by his second wife, who,
on learning that he had another wife living,
denounced him to the police and he was arrested.
The two marriages having been clearly proved,
the prisoner stated in his defence that he thought
his first wife was dead, as he had written to her four
times from Marseilles and received no answer. Evi-
dence was however produced which left little doubt
that the prisoner knew the woman to be still alive ;
the jury therefore found him guilty, but with ex-
tenuating circumstances, and the Court sentenced
him to five years' imprisonment.
A young woman 'named Apollonie Fort has just
appeared before the Correctional Tribunal of Paris
in opposition to a judgment pronounced against her
by default in Feb., 1864, on a charge of swindling,
in complicity with a young actress named Besnier.
It appears that Mile. Besnier was engaged to perform
at the Delassements-Comiques in 1863, that she oc-
cupied an expensive apartment in the Rue Ponthieu,
and lived there in high style until November in
the year above mentioned, when she captivated a
Wallachian boyard, and left Paris in his company
without paying any of the tradesmen who had given
her credit. The latter accordingly lodged a com-
plaint with the police against her and two of her
servants, one of whom was Apollonie Fort, charging
them with swindling, by obtaining goods under false
pretences. The accused was tried by default in
Feb., 1864, when Mlle. Besnier was condemned to
18 months' imprisonment and Apollonie to 12 months'
as her accomplice. The latter now opposed this
judgment, and as the evidence against her proved
that I. rni-no;pation in. her mistress's rrauas was
less than had been supposed, the tribunal reduced
her punishment to three mouths' imprisonment.
A melancholy occurrence has just taken place at
Bourthie (Aveyron). AM. Breil was out shooting
when he mistook a young man who was sitting be-
hind a hedge for a badger and shot him dead.
M. Paul Vinel, banker of Sables-d'Olonne
(Vendee), has committed suicide. The motives are
unknown.

The Patric describes some recent improvements
in artillery :—" It is now admitted (it says) that
the progress made in artillery during the last ten
years originated in France. After th© Emperor's
new howitzer, came rifled ordnance, which is also
due to his Majesty's persevering efforts. This great
invention was promptly adopted by all Europe.
England was one of the first Powers to give a
favourable reception to rifled cannon ; but, as with
ironclad vessels, a great diversity of system soon
arose. The English Government, in the presence
of conflicting opinions, made numerous experiments,
and some years ago appointed a committee to exa-
mine and test all the different modes of rifling em-
ployed for heavy ordnance. This commission, after
carefully studying the new cannons invented in
England, acknowledged that the French gun had a
deservedly high repute throughout the world, and
expressed the wish to examine and test that also.
The English Government acceded to the demand,
and a cannon rifled on the French system was made
and tried. The members of the commission, having
to limit their experiments to the mode of rifling,
fixed uniform conditions for the weight and form of
the projectiles, and also for the charge of powder.
The guns submitted to experiment were all muzzle-
loaders. The labours of the commission have ex-
tended over three years, and the result is embodied
in a very voluminous and most interesting report,
which has just been submitted to the Secretary for
War, and which states that the cannon rifled after
the French system is in every respect superior to the
others. We are happy to record this signal testi-
mony to its excellence. The report in question,
drawn up with great care and impartiality, accom:
panied by all the tabular statements of the firing, is
to be laid before Parliament."

The improvement which we noticed yesterday in
the health of M. de Grammont-Caderousse, and
which had given his friends a hope of his ultimate
recovery, was but transient. The young duke ex-
pired yesterday morning.
The Courrier du Gard says that three persons had
been attacked by cholera at St. Giles (Gard), but
that sanitary measures had been taken, and there
were great hopes that the malady would not
spread.

BOURSE, Sept. 26.—Two o'Clock.—Very little
business has been done since the opening. Threes,
for the Account, have declined 10c., their present
quotation being 68f. 30c. Credit Mobilier Shares
are at 827 f. 50c. The Stock of the Italian Loan
continues weak at 65f. 65c., showing a decline of
20c. Comptoir d'Escompte Shares have declined
7f. 50c., viz., to 992 f. 50c. There is a demand for
Mexican at 52k., and the New City Bonds at 471 f.
25c. Three o'Clock.—The market closed at the
following quotations :

41 per Cents 96 25
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 6B 321
Do. end month 6B 32i
Credit Mobilier „, 826 2a
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3595
Credit Ponder —
Italian Loan 65 55
Do. end month 65 70

Ditto Threes —
Roman 75
Mexican Loan 52
Do. Bonds 338 75
Russian -
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred

rem
Cash. Acct.
845
... ... 1087 50
... 872 50
563 75
... 547 50
- ... 533 75
245
- ... 410 -
456 25
... 212 50
312 50

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona, •.•
Roman..„ 222 50
iiiii Hum ..