The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-20 00:00:00

FREN CH PAPERS.

PARIS, Ocr. 17.—The letters and journals of ga"A raid
d,
dated to the 18th, which we received this morning, prove
that we formed a right idea of the movement of Gen.l.
That chief, who, in fact, entered Cordova, remained there
from the Ist to the 3d of October. The national volnoei
teers had entrenched themselves in the ancient palace is.
the Inquisition, and in another building, called the Cerra°
The authorities took refuge there with them. The tree
sures and the gold and silver utensils of the rich Calle"!
of Cordova, and many articles of value, were also earriie
thither. Among other measures adopted on the spur of
of
moment was that of arresting and conveying to the eaglet,
the Inquisition, all the principal inhabitants of the city
o,
serve as hostages in case of need. Gomez soon became sho
sible that he should be exposed by protracting his stay,
system is not to prolong an attack ; when he meets with
" c.
sistance be does not persist, and it is doubtless in COn5
st.
quence of the information which reached him of the reed
cube that awaited him in Seville that he recalled the advnee.,
guard, which be had at first sent forward to that ei'v';
To have turned back by the way he came, he would be et
been equally exposing himself, because he would have rilne.
Alain, who, it is known, arrived on the 6th at Annug-ia
On the other hand, by turning towards Toledo, he, wile
have met with Rodil, who passed through that city on
7th. The road to Estremadura was closed against bin,l-1
M. Martin. There remained, therefore, the road to uri,
nada ; and it was that which he took. However, Que.„s°,Y,
has bad time to put himself on his guard ; and Get.'" `,ewho cannot have been ignorant of this, will doubtless °it,
resolved to turn to the kingdom of Murcia, whence the 1.„.„
turn to the kingdom of Valencia will be easy for
Journal du Commerce, Oct. 19.

ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday afterno°lle;
about one o'clock, as a gentleman of the name of
was walking through Hyde Park, his attentiay. 0191,1 i
tracted by the rather singular demeanour of a, "fashiee9l,
attired female, who, as if in a state of profotr,,d naelarieb°;;;f
walked backwards and forwards along 't7ne . outer elf the
the small grove on the rising ground nt the right ja"
Serpentine towards Kensington. The lady stopped ,1,-,tdis.
tervals, uttering exclamations, which, on account of ir
tance of the auditor, mold not be overheard. At 1:7311%
after having seen her thus promenade for upwards eixnarl
an-hour, Mr. James, thinking that something extraer`!ll she
must be the matter, approached her ; but no sooner tin the
perceive him advancing than she dashed her bonnet e°,,ter•
ground and ran with frantic gesticulations towards tbel"b.-ciag
Fortunately Mr. James anticipated her fatal design, anu, tine
very swift on foot he reached the bridge of the Sett° act
soon enough to grasp her garment as she was just inoaf'
of taking the deadly plunge. For a time she some' :ac'
thing but grateful for the rescue, and refused to give 31'1101
count either of her connections cr of the circumstances ivicol
had instigated her towards the perpetration of such a
Ites' woo
ful deed. Poverty evidently was not the cause, for s
dressed in the most expensive morning costume of ti `wilily
and on the left hand she wore two diamond ring's: warit'
around her neck hung a heavy gold chain of aricien'et is 9'
manship, to which was suspended an agate cross es chain,
gold Areanthus border, apparently coeval with th te"
ding a small gold watch, having the name of " ltnbicrof, G
per
neva, maker," upon the dial. After a great deal r be
suasion the young lady, whose age did not aPP„eark gad
above eighteen, was prevailed upon to leave the her
artake at a pastry-cooks' of some refreshment, vithlexhausted
strength much needed. She then Iv_ _wet;
sighs and floods of tears said that her name was ejjvrher°
that she had lately come from a northern counti,__a re'
her family and connections were both wealthy 010 visit
spOotable, and was, by her father's desire, about r
and 10
the Continent, in company with her elder brother; the Pa:
newly-married wife, but that no 'sooner had she I,eltulic west
ternal roof than her sister-in-law treated her witairissionea
scornful reserve, hinting that she had been con' 11Ii5s
to keep an espionage over herself and her hush' 1 to take
Serjeant added that her brother having refuse
She be;
any notice of this sudden change of behaviour, ,'
act to
came so grieved and afflicted that she determinedanring to
accompany her relatives any further ; but twt
loch to
face her father, whose stern authority she seemeddto an es
r-.
dread, she had made up her mind to put an en no long%
istence, the miseries of which she could endure__ _ of the
Before Mr. James left her she seemed fully sensill_,d pro
rash act he had prevented her from committing,. nit'ingaiti.%
mised, under any circumstances, never to atteln.ro...tioat.t°
proceeded tiu,reliatiof
0.n.u.. -the City
having then most gratefully expressed her
her deliverer, she called a coach and
where she said she had a cousin, an caliper' at deal
Miss Serjeant's story was corroborated by a gr:nceS, sn!,s.
unlooked-for evidence. Among other circutnsla_. she
distressed foreigners happened to pass the doerdf, of
hay tet th°
about to step into the coach, she divided a
amongst them, and conversed fluently with, .
an .4
Italian language. .„.,_rotte
A few days ago two thieves, named .I.)u,_
&Bien., suspected of exercising their caning at tc_Avdtteoler
in Paris, were taken into custody. They not,ottilla",,:eceild
the latter, about "i^len
the charge, but gave Rochette as the ...Am* bolo,
of the stolen goods. Search }";;Ing made atsvatc-
ov
ging o
,pera-glasses, &c., were seized. • vas et ntb
Banbury' tb s
Sunday, as the curate of _
rties, 0 you
party
the bans of marriage between•several
Paead ; the par
church forbade them in the first case r
the fickle swain hituqelf: articles,. such 0$ gold