The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-01 00:00:00

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, Juno I—Fanny Lambert. steamer, from Malta ;
Earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy,
steamer, from Antwerp; Ocean, from Guernsey; Queen,
from Memel.

DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed—Sarali and Emma, from London, for Calcutta.

M. T. Bac, the well-known barrister, formerly
member of the Constituent Assembly and Legisl at ive Body,
has just died suddenly, of gout in the heait, at the age of 53.
FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT.---This (Thurs-
day) morning Mr. T. Cooke, the head-constable of
Newington, gave information to Mr. Carter, the coroner
for Surrey, that on the previous afternoon, whilst the com-
pany was returning from the Derby, and the roads were
crowded with vehicles, a girl, named Jane Gibson, nged
4 years, whose parents reside at New-street, Camden-street,
Walworth, was in the act of crossing the road, when a
brewer's dray came along, and the poor child stepped in
front of the horses, was knocked down, and run over. Sho
was picked up and taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where
she was examined by the house surgeon, who pronounced
life quite extinct. An inquest will be held on the body, in
all probability, to-morrow.

DREADFUL CASE OF BURNING.—A shocking oc-
currence was reported this (Thursday) morning.
It appears that a female named Watson, residing in Col-
lier-street, Southampton-street, Penton:vine, was standing
in front of the stove washing her children, when, owing
to her crinoline overhanging the fender, her clothes be-
came ignited, and she was quickly enveloped in flames.
Her screaming brought assistance, and the fire was ex-
tinguished, but the poor creature was so terribly burnt
that she was obliged to be removed to the hospital, where
she lies in a most precarious condition.

THE OLD MORGUE.—This building on the Quai
du Marche-Neuf is now completely pulled down.
It was erected in 1804, and during its GO years of existence
received 23,000 bodies, of which about one-fifth were
females. Like the Assize Courts, the Morgue has had its
celebrities. In the first must be placed Louise Leroux,
surnamed the Belle Ecailliere, whose body when exposed
on the marble slabs attracted all Paris to see it. The same
occurred in 1837 for the Bergere d'lvry, killed by a-man
named Ulbach, who carried his audacity so far as to go and
see his victim when exposed. During the events of the sth
and 6th June, 78 persons were carried to the Morgue.
Then might be witnessed families in tears seeking a hus-
band, a brother or a son, among the corpses disfigured
by horrible wounds. The catastrophe of the Champ-de-
Mars on the 14th June, 1837, on the occasion of the mar-
riage rejoicings of the. Duke of Orleans, also caused
numerous victims. Among 22 persons carried to the
Morgue was an individual in whose pocket were found a
dozen watches and a poignard. The outbreak of 1839
again sent to the Morgue a largo number of victims, the
majority of whom were not clainied; among the bodies
were recognised that of Jean Toures, who was condemned
by the Court of Peers, in the trial of April, to 20 years'
imprisonment, bat was restored to liberty by the amnesty
of 1837 ; that of Jean Fournier, who, in July, 18'30, had
hoisted the tricoloured flag on the towers of Notre-
Dame, and that of Guillaume °Met, on whore was
found
reserved fo
a papersta4rng that the conspirators in .case of
success him the post of .Prefect of Police;
under his waistcoat he wore a blue scarf with a gold fringe,
no doubt intended to serve as the insignia of his new post.
But of all the bodies brought to the old Morgue since 1801,
that ono which excited the greatest curiosity and the most
profound interest was that of young Joseph Anizet; whom
the murderer Eligabide, since become celebrated for the
crime, had killed at La Villette by smashing his skull with
stones; his body was carried to the Morgue, and all Paris
want to see it. The boy was designated as the "enfant
de Ira Villette." By a measure quite unparalleled in the
annals of the Morgue, the corpse was embalmed by the
Gannal process, and being dressed in the clothes worn by
the boy, was placed, not on the marble slab, but on a little
white bed, where it remained exposed for t wo months atid
a half. The murderer was condemned- cud executed at
Paris. The rooms in the interior of the funeral station of
the Marche-Neuf had also their illustrious guer:ts, among
others Were Duchatelet, formerly editor of the Palriote (.16
la ifeureze, and of the Siecle, who was found dead one
night at the corner of the Rue do is Hachette ; the actor
Lepeintre, the elder, who threw himself into the Canal
Martin after having seen Le Pentlzt acted ; the neor
lars, a foreign prince; and, lastly, Gei.,rd de ereal, 11ute,.
o
hanged himself at two o'clock in the mor.iingi the
'
do la Vieille-Lanterue, during a cold of 10 deg. Fahrenheit.
MADAME4TUSSAUD'S.—The exhibition, in Baker-
street, we are glad to find, continues to beunprecedentedly
attractive objects which
well attended ; indeed,
otherwise, considering the many
and to : which the spirited pro-
prietors
everywhere meet the eye,
ofthegroat outlay
purchasingthem. The principal attractive model?,
size, are the late President Lincoln, and Mr. Jefferson
Davis (the late President of the Confederate States.) The
model of John Wilkes Booth, the dastardly assassin of
President Lincoln, is 901;s4breC1 t 9 V) an authentic;