The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-22 00:00:00

FRAN CE,

The trials at Bourges still continued. On Mon-
day, MM. Ledru Rollin, Marrast, and Vidocq were
examined for the prosecution.

ITALY.

General Chrzanowski, the Commander-in-Chief of
the Piedmontese army, has addressed to it the follow-
ing proclamation, dated Alexandria, the 14th :
" Soldiers,—The days of the truce have passed away,
and our wishes are granted. Charles Albert again comes to
place himself at the head of your braveranks. The armistice
is renounced, and the days of glory for the arms of Italy are
about to recommence. Soldiers ! This is the supreme
moment ! Soldiers! March to the battle which must be
to certain victory. Following the example of your
Princes, who fight in your ranks, and the voice of your
King, who leads you on, march, and prove to Europe,
that you are not only the bulwarks of Italy, but the
avengers of her rights. At the approach of your
arms the oppressed populations will change their cora-
plainings into cries of joy, and our brothers, once more
saved, will fly into your arms participating in the-in-
toxication of the triumph gained. Soldiers! the greater
your alacrity may be more prompt will be your victory.
The braver the battle, the sooner you will return into
the bosoms of your families, crowned with laurels, and
proud of having a free, independent, and happy country."
The following order of the day was published at
Milan on the 12th :
" Soldiers! Your most ardent wishes are fulfilled. The
enemy has renounced the armistice. A second time he
stretches out his hand to grasp the crown of Italy. But let
him be taught that six months have not in any degree
lessened your fidelity to your Emperor and King, or your
bravery in supporting him. Having come forth from
the gates of Verona, flying from victory to
victory, and driven the enemy back within his
frontiers, you generously granted him an armistice.
While declaring that he was preparing to make pacific
propositions, he was arming himself for renewing the
war. We are all armed, and that peace which we ge-
nerously offered him, we will gain by force in his own
capital. Soldiers I The conflict will not be long. It
is the same enemy whom we have beaten at Saint
Lucia, Somma Campagna, Custozze, Volta, and be-
fore the gates of Milan. God is with us, for our cause
is just ! Up once more, soldiers, follow your chief,
who has grown grey in arms, to war and victory. I
shall be a witness of your exploits. It will be the last in-
spiring act of my long life, as a soldier, if in the capital
of a disloyal enemy I can decorate the breasts of my
brave comrades with the insignia of their valour, gained
by blood and glory. Let our war-cry then be, Forward,
soldiers, to Turin 1' It is there that we shall find the
peace for which we fight. Long live the Emperor ! Our
country for ever. " BA DETZKY."
A letter from Rome of the 9th states that news
had just reached that city of the arrival of a French
war steamer at Ancona, and that several other vessels,
whose flag could not be distinguished, were in sight.
The same letter mentions a report of the death of
Garibaldi.

SALMON FISHING IN THE TAY.—The takes con-
tinue to be extremely sparse and unremunerating; in-
deed, a worse week than the last eight days have proved
could hardly be conceived. At the North Inch not a fin
has been turned over for these ten days, and many other
grounds are reported to have been equally unfortunate,
while the best luck hardly deserves to be mentioned.
Prices still remain the same as last week.—Perth
Advertiser.

DREADFUL CONFLAGRATION AT MERTON, SURREY.
—At a late hour last night (Tuesday) the retired vil.,
lago of Mertcn presented a most unusual scene of
confusion, owing to the outbreak of :a fire in sone
stabling, causing the total destruction of many build-
ings, farming implements, &c. The scene of destruc-
tion adjoins the Six Bells public-house. With all
possible expedition several engines had been taken
to the fire, and fortunately a good supply of
water was obtained. The loss is fearful in amount, but
happily no lives were lost. Its cEtuse was attributed to
carelessness. The following is an official account re-
turned to the various insurance-offices:—The farm-
buildings, public-house, and outhouses of Mr. J. Miller,
of Merton, Surrey; buildings (excepting public-house,
roof only damaged) all destroyed and contents therein,
of great extent in value. Insured'. in the Sun Fire-office.
GOLD IN FRANCE.—In carrying on works for im-
proving the bed of the river at Strasbourg, the engineers
of the Ponts-et-Chaussees, a few- days ago, turned up
some stones containing marks of metal. An examina-
tion having been me do by M. Kopp, chemical professor
in the Academy, was found that a piece of freestone
c,ntained large i-acrustrations of a yellow, ductile metal,
which turned o ut to be massive gold, with a little silver,
and some othr r metal, probably iron or copper. The
gold was not in thin flakes, like those which gold-seekers
find in th ssr id of the Rhine, but in dense massive bits,
and in large quantities in proportion to the quartz.
CALIFORY lAN GOLD.—Mr. T. H. Henry has
analysed r,o: Jae samples of this gold, and found in one
88.75 per cent. of pure gold, 8.88 of silver, 0.85 of cop-
per with, a trace of iron and P4O per cent. of silieious
residue.. In .another sample the pure gold was 86.57,
the sil ger, 12'4;3, the copper 0.29, and the iron 0'54 per
cent. It is found that the surface of the gold is purer
than the in teri or, and that before fusion, the metal ap-
pears nearer the colour of pure gold, and after fusion
it assumes the hue of a brassy yellow.—Herapath's
Journal.
TUE TOCK -INGTON MURDER.—Charles Kibby, who
lately killed ti 'le landlord of the public house at Toek •
ington, in Glou
mitted to take h. 'a trial for homicide, on the coroner's
cestershire, was on Monday night com-
warrant,