The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-17 00:00:00

EVENINC- EDITION

FUN, LONDON- TILIURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1841.

not be forced to let go until it was pierced through by a mar.
with a sharp pointed stick. Only a few drops of blood followed
the bite, and the woman continued her work, but in a very
short time her countenance became flushed, and she expe-
:ieneed a burning thirst, but went to bed without taking any
remedies. In the morning she was found dead, and the auti,p3y
of the body gave all the symptoms of death from the
poison of a venomous reptile, thus contradicting the opinion of
naturalists that toads do not possess any venomous qualities.
The body of a man, between 35 and 40 years of age, was
found dead in the Bois de Boulogne yesterday, and taken to
the Morgue. No doubt of his having committed suicide is
entertained, as a ball, which must have been discharged close to
his breast, had passed through his body, and a pistol was lying
close to his side.

The apprentice of a working jeweller; in the Rue St. Mery,
was found yesterday morning hanging by It's cravat from a
cloak-hook in the alcove in which his bed was placed. He had
been dead several hours. His head is said to have been turned
by reading the modern French novels and dramatic works.
We expected to find in the Messager the report of the expe-
dition directed against Tekedempt and itlaseara, but that Jour-
nal contains nothing respecting Africa. Our private letters
only confirm the telegraphic despatches announcing the return
of the expedition to Mostaganem. It seems that the arrange-
ment made by the commander-in .chief to have part of the
provisions carried by the cavalry, had the effect that the people
were everywhere able to retire on our approach, without fear
of being pursued, because no use could be made of the cavalry.
A decree of General Bugeaud, dated Mascara, May 30, and
published in the Moniteur Algerien, is of the following terms:
—All the inhabitants of Mascara, and those who are esta-
blished within 24,000 metres of that town, who have left their
houses to follow the enemy, shall forfeit all title to the pro-
perty of these lands, if they do not return within a month of
this date. After that time is past their property will be seques-
trated, and incorporated in the domains of the State. 1 hese
acts will not be valid unless they are countersigned by the
French authorities.

The same Journal contains long details of the military ope-
rations which took place in the expedition to Tekedempt, Bog-
bar, and Thaza.—Le Commerce.
BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, JUNE 15.

drat Highest Lowest Lest
Price Price. Price. Price
French 5 per Cents ll4 95 ... 114 95 ... 114 70 ... 114 70
4 per Cents 99 30 ... 99 30 99 30 99 30
3 per Cents. ex. div 77 5 77 Id ... 77 5 ... 77 le
Sank of trance

Lattitte hank. 1,0001. Shares 1065 ...1065 ...1065 —1665
,eigian ?tank, New lOl5 ...1015 ...1015 ...1015
5 per Cents.
Belgian New Loan lOl% ... 1 1% ... 10114 ... 10114
Dutch 2% per Cents. 534 ... 534 ... 534 ... 534
vanish Aciive ..,......
Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... 5%
ieapolitan lO2 40 ... 102 40 ... 112 40 ... 102 40
Roman . 10 % ... 1024 ... 102% ... 1024
....
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain
Versailles. L.P
IL 11 3,2 50 ... 322 50 ... 322 50 ... 332 50
lotion 460 ... 460 ... 460 ... 460
Jae.ins .. 457 59 ... 487 50 ... 487 50 ... 481 50
4tr3sburg to Bale 230 ... 230 ... 230 .. 230

BELGIAN IfUNDS—Bauessus, JUNE 15.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent ......
Loan of Thirty Minions, 4 per Cent. 92
3 per Cent. .....
Thirty seven ..... 76
(1840) 1063(1
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. Bl
Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent 9834
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ....... 74%
National Sfsciety
Exchange on London (short) ......... 11 95
—Brussels Papers, June 15.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JUNE
(Pieper Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cents. sow.. ....... ••••••••••••••
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares 1669
--Allgemeine &Ming, June 12.
HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JUNE 12.
Bills. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares 1665 1160

Anglo-Itussian Loan
10414 108%
Russian 5 per Cent. tst series, Cartificate
Inscription, lst Se:iGs lO2 101%
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
Series 914 .97m
Ditto in Certificates
New 4 per Cent. (1840) £lllB 674
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pe r Cent 5l 503
Ditto 5 per Cent
... --

Polish Bond*
144

New ticket ' ' ' )63%
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 75 74%
Ni. wegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cant...
Spanish, New 5 per Cents. lB%

SIR CHARLES NAPIER AND ST.
MARIE-LA-BONNE.
A LEGEND.
Showing how Sir Charles delivered out of the hands of Tory
recreants, the fair Virgin Marie.la.bonne ; and how the dam.
scl espoused him in return, and seated him in her House.

Fainting, hound, and bruised of limb,
Galled by chains and brambles grim,
Thus, in distress, cried Marie-la-bonne,
As Tory recreants dragged her on :
" Help, help, Sir Knight, for Jesu's sake,
These robbers would my freedom take ;
And bolts and bars about me draw—
And rule me with an iron law—
And starve me with their meagre bread-
0, tear me from their thraldom dread."
That damsel's voice—that perilous cry
Straight heard the Knight who rode hard by ;
Hight Sir Charles was the Champion's name,
He had battled in blood and fought in flame ;
A Knight, who stormed with his valorous sword,
The giant-hold of the Pagan horde,*
And crimsoned the whole of the Syrian sea,
With the blood of her infidel Paynimry.
Praise too was his, in that conqu'ring hour,
That Clemency tempered Sir Napier's power;
That midst of his conquest, haught and hot,
Blessedest Mercy neglected he not,
But saved with a soul heroic and just
Syria's maids from the soldiery's lust :
Therefore the ladies all love him well,
And their honey-sweet lips on his victories dwell,
While balconies glitter and handkerchiefs wave,
Wheresoever appeareth Sir Napier the brave.
But Sancta Maria! the cries of La-Bonne
Pained him at heart, and his spurs sped him on ;
True to his crest—to his lineage true—
" Readdy, aye readdy "t —he sprang on the crew.
The infamous, merciless, miscreant gang
Of plundering Tories, with harpy.like fang,
Who wrongfully sought to entrap and enclasp
Marie-la-Bonne in their murderous grasp :
To jail her up in their donjon-keep,
And thrustler low in its darksomest deep ;
To starve her alive, or Lave her but fed
On Spartan black-broth or " monopoly " bread,
'Stead of gladding her heart, as Reformers would do,
With the bountiful food that abroad there grew—
With the sweets of the World, and the whole World too.
Jesu Like wine it had gladden'd your heart
To have seen the astonish'd Tories start,
When down in the midst of their infamous gang,
Like a lightning-bolt Sir Napier sprang ;
How his broadsword adroitly the Torytnen cleft,
Smiting to right, and re-smiting to left ;
Never, I ween, was a totaller rout !
Yelling they fled from his thunder-strokes stout,
Till, praising his prowess, bright Marie-la-bonne,
Reposed in his warrior-arms alone.

Beauty to Bravery !—Marie-la-Bonne
(To finish the legend my Muse begun),
In gratitude gave to that chivalrous Knight,
Who saved her from Tory dominion and spite,
Herself—her sweet self !--with her golden dowers
Of People who loved her, her churches, and towers ;
And thus linked together in love and delight,
To her Hon SE most IMPERIAL led her true Knight.

St. Stephen's rejoice ! for Reform never gave
A champion more valiant than Napier the Brave.
* The Fort of Acre, hitherto accounted impregnable.
t The motto borne by Sir Charles's family.