The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-06 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The Moniteur, of this day (Thursday), an-
noy nces that the Emperor yesterday received M.
de Hubner, the Austrian envoy, who presented a
letter from his Sovereign.
The Moniteur also contains the following "The report has been spread that it was the inten-
tion of the Government to make a ❑ew levy of 100,40
men. The report is not exact. It is true that the Go-
vernment present to-day to the Legislative Assembly a
project of law for increasing the contingent of the class
of 1853. Every one will under,tand, that, under the
present circumstances, such a measure is directed by pru-
dence, and that it was necessary to take it before a revision
of the Council. But everything leads to believe that a
notable part of this effective force will remain at home,
as belonging to the reserve. The only object of the
present oroject is, in reality, to give the Government
the faculty of disposing of this contingent in the case,
little probable, that the honour and interests of France
should imperiously demand it."
It appears that the Emperor of the French has
written an autograph letter to the Emperor of
Austria, in which he calls on him to declare what
part he means to take in the war with Russia.
The mayors of the towns in the department of
the Drome have received notice from the Minister
of War to prepare accommodation for 25,000 or
30,000 troops, who are to form an army of obser-
vation on the Italian frontier.
The Emperor and Empress honoured the Vau-
deville theatre with their presence on Tuesday ,
night.
The Emperor has received a letter from the
Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar announcing the birth
of a Princess.
The Courrier du Havre says
" The War-office in England has caused inqui-
ries to be made here as to the number of horses
which could be conveyed every day to Paris by
railway. It appears that the railway has boxes
for 60 horses, but as they must be brought back
from Paris, the departures could only take place
every two days. It is possible that the English
Administration will divide the cavalry for the East
into several detachments, some of which will pass
by Dunkirk, others by Calais, and others
by
Havre."

•
Letters from Hayti to the 11th ult. state that
the Emperor Faustin. I. had addressed a procla-
mation to the people and the army, dated the 10th,
announcing that the differences between his Go-
vernment and that of France had been satisfactorily
arranged. This proclamation does not say what
the differences were, nor how they were settled ;
but, according to the letters, France had demanded
a pecuniary indemnity which the Haytian Govern-
ment refused to pay : whereupon she sent a frigate
and two small vessels to enforce payment ; but no
sooner did his Baytian Majesty hear of their arrival
than he presented the money.
The Three per Cents. opened yesterday at 62f.
50c., declined to 61f. 95c., and closed at 62f. 15c.
for the end of the month. The Four-anl-a-Half
per Cents. closed at 88f. 60c. ; Orleans Railway
Shares, 1,005 f. ex div. ; Rouen, 810 f. ; Havre,
400 f. ; Great Northern, 712 f. 50c.; Strasburg, 682 f.
50c. ;
New Shares, 510 f. ; Paris to Lyons 767 f.
50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 635 f. ; Western
of France, 540 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 480 f. ; Great
Central of France, 385 f. ; Lyons to Geneva 410 f.;
Bank of Credit Mobilier, 465 f. ,

Mexico.—Ad vices from Mexico state that, although
revolutionary- attempts continue to be made, they are
put down promptly by the severity of Santa Anna. The
outbreak in the province of Guerrero had proved more
serious than was anticipated, General Alvarez, who
had been for many years the principal man in the dis-
trict, having put himself at its head. A considerable
force, however, had been inAtantly sent for its repres-
sion, and fresh troops were being forwarded. With
regard to the treaty with the United States for the
sale of the Mesiila-valley, it was rumoured that certain
modifications required by the American Government
had been accepted by Santa Anna, and that the final
ratification would therefore soon take place. "Hence,
it is observed; "the Mexican Government will be amply
provided with money for some time, and if Mr. Doyle,
the British Minister, does his duty, the English credi-
tors may derive some benefit." Concerning the general
trade of the country, it is mentioned that the British
merchants at Mexico continue (1 (complain of the high
rate of duties on cotton goo d

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CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

Blackwood.—Although Map is, this month, OLD COURT,
Inore than ever political, and, therefore, consider-
(Before Mr. Baron Martin.)
leg the war and the consequent crisis, more than
George Vernon Herman, 35, stone sawyer, was indicted
Usually attractive, we cau scarcely examine its for the wilful murder of Jane Hennan.
contents for April with any degree of unalloyed Mr. Ryland prosecuted, and, Mr. Sleigh was counsel for
Pleasure or equanimity. We cannot turn over a the defence.
Page of it without thinking, painfully, because so It appeared, from the statement of the learned counsel
regretfully, of the disappearance of that giant-spirit for the prosecution, that the prisoner and his wife had
Who was so long the glory of the chief of the ma- been married for 13 years, and that for the last five they
gtziues. The death ot Professor Wilson will sadden had lodged in a house in Waterloo-street, St. Luke's, and
the hearts of the read'rs of Blackwood, readers that during the whole of the time they had been living
Who are to be numbered by thousands upon thou_ together they were on the most tender and affectionate
sands. They have not so soon forgotten the wit, terms, and that no quarrel was ever known to have taken
and the eloquence, and the poetic enthusiasm, and place between them. On the night of the 17th March,
thc exquisite taste, and the sweet and wise philoso- the prisoner and his wife were at the house of the mother
of the prisoner, and they left to go home about 11 o'clock,
rY by which the golden pages of the Noctes Am_
and at this time they were on the most friendly terms. It
rosiance, were front the first to the last distin-
pislied. Peace to the large heart, and the warm aopoittior,te,lmtohraet
wthaesysetehoenor
either of
to their own. house, and.
eintr until the follow-
,l'.aud, and the ample intellect from which mod, rn ing morning about eight o'clock,e when prisoner was
seen to go out of the house, and very shortlye afterwards
literature has received so many, and some of them
such priceless, benefactions. Peace to the manes of the the persons in the house, in consequence of something that
occht u rred, went into the pr isoner's room, wh a dreadful
royal dead—to the solemn lout gentle shade of King
sig presented itself, the unhappy woman ere
being in her
Christopher ! . bed with one side of her skull completely beaten in, and
Turtling our attention for a moment, perforce, her neck also dislocated from another blow. There Wa
to the contents of the April number of Blackwood heavy hatchet in the r. oom, covered with blood, and from
we would here at least constrain ourselves to glance the position in which the deceased was lying it appeared
e;ltsorily over the nature of the eight contributions. as though the dreadful injuries had been inflicted upon her
"ottr of these are political—each with its peculiar while she was asleep, and she did not appear to hale moved.
At a later hour in the morning the prisoner was found
excellence. "The Commercial Results of a War with wandering about completely drenched as though he had
Ain •
~ -Ala,,
(1 —tenn.., we cannot but conjecture, by been in the water, and he was making grimaces and danc-
no hand of the European Annalist—impresses the ing about like a maniac. and he was taken to the house
hind with a sense of the vast importance of the of his mother and put to bed, and Inspector Brennen
shortly afterwards took him into custody. The prisoner,
greatstruggle upon which England, in union with it appeared, had been in a lunatic asylum about six years
-Trance, has just adventured. " The Reform Bills
aaogtoe,da
inld
suchth an
aoshort tiin! before this trtahnestacthiiosn
motherhe had
?.f. 152 and 1854," interesting to the electors atextraordinary manner
4113, other time, will be regarded as somewhat un- wished him to be placed under restraint, butthe unhappy
attractive just now in the presence of events of such deceased entertained so much affection for him that she
Wonderfully larger importance. " The Blue Books would not be separated from him.
pottering and the Eastern Question" is a a -er )enned b onOue or two witnesses having been examined to prove
pthese facts, the jury expressed themselves satisfied, and ac-
illanifestl in no way deterred fromp Y
otteringoveer corklingly returned a verdict of not guilty, on the ground
those `• Y
e • Azure tomes," the examination of which ot insanity.
Was deprecated at the opening of the session by the The prisoner was ordered to be detained in custody dur-
,,
I,irst Lord of the Admiralty. "Tile Cost of the ing her Majesty's pleasure.
~
'Aialition Ministry," mot eover, is no other than an 1
4,1_8.
ti_ y is of the Secret and Confidential Correspon-
-071,ee. A chapter on " Chronological Curi-
cia_iittlies,,, is nothing else than a fine arts' criti-
r' .• In auo her sketch from one of Malta's
evievvel 9 we are introduc..d. to " The Puppets
of 11 '
a Nations," and in another are carried
pleast,lntly through a readable outline of " Life in
L'keeChara.' The charm of the number, however,
that of its four predecessors, is the fifth instal-
-1:1!ilt of " T le Quiet Heart," as charming a tale as
IWas.,,ever penned by the hand of a Scottish romancist.
i'lllt chose we the number with a sigh for the
oeieury of dear old Christopher North—the sage
,the, . oct‘s, the Poet of the Isle of Palms, the
w4rle, the minstrel the genial, the wise, the sto.d-
-t and gentle King Christopher !

DEPARTEThE OF SEAMEN FOR THE
BALTIC FLEET THIS DAY.

t Strategic Map of the Baltic. Gover. 1854.—A
here
arranged pocket inap of the character
elt'e iodic tted has within the last few days been
Ali.l°lied—a strategic map of the shores and islands
tile B dtic. In it are lucidly marked down
R the fortified and important places, harbours,
ria,Ports, naval stations, and the like notable lo-
tties__with the names of many of which the
f,,4.1i,b public ale likely I, efore very long to become
iii'nl!liarised. The chart before us, it is but
es;,,qlce to observe, has been compiled with
pedal- reference to the Prussian and Danish
r. niance maps, with particular regard to the
at,,'a'Y maps used by tht late Sir George Murray,
oir," without minute attention to the guidance
Colonel Jackson's Strategic Topography.

It being known that a very numerous draft of sea-
men for service in the Baltic and North Sea fleets would
proceed this morning from her Majesty's ship Crocodile,
from an early hour the Tower Wharf and Custom-
house Quay were thronged with persons anxious to wit-
ness their departure ; the volunteers numbering ninety,
all able seamen, wer,, mustered and inspected on the
deck of the Crocodile, by Commander W. Greet, R.N.,
who, having addressed ,hem in suitable language rela-
tive to the nature of the service they were about to
join, the boats (pinnace, cutters, and jolly-boat,) of the
ship were manned, and the brave fellows embarked amid
deafening cheers from their shipmates whom they were
about to leave, and the persons assembled on shore. In
the headmo,t boat was stationed the excellent brass
band of the Crocodile ; the passage up the river to
London-bridge, while being enlivened by numerous
favourite tunes, the most prominent of which were
" Cheer, boys, cheer," and "Jack's the Lad," the aqua-
tic procession was heartily cheered by the crews of the
vessels as it passed along. On arriving at London bridge
the men embarked on board the Mil steam-vessel for
conveyance to Sheerness, where they will be borne on
the books of the flag-ship until their services ate required
on board the Hannibal and other vessels fitting for the
Baltic. Their passage down the river was marked with
enthusiastic cheering, and when the steamer approached
the receiving-ship off the Tower, a simultaneous cheer
arose from each vessel, and which, being caught up by
the persons on shore and the crews of merchant vessels
on either side of the river, was continued until the
steamer was lost to sight.