The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-15 00:00:00

RIOTS AT TOULOUSE.

Although the telegraph has announced that the emeute of
Toulouse has been put down, the local papers publish the fol-
lowing account of what is passing in that city :
" The military force called out yesterday (the Bth) was even
greater than that employed on the previous evening. As early
as seven, p.m., several detachments of cavalry covered place St.
Etienne; pickets of infantry were stationed at the entrances
into rues Boulbonne, [tignepcls, Fermat, and Croix- Baraignon.
General St. Michel, the Commandant of the division, on horse-
back and in full uniform, had proceeded to the Court of the
Prefecture with a strong escort, pace St. George's, an inter-
mediate point between allee Lafayette and the Hotel of the
Prefecture, was provided with 200 horse-artillerymen, and all
these divers detachments were headed by the Commissaries of
Police, wearing their official band; in fact, every thing seemed
to denote the fear entertained by the a ithorities of an expedi-
tion against M. Mahul.
" Precautionary measures, equally great, were taken with
respect to M. Plougoulm. Long before sunset all the avenues
of allee Lafayette were closed against the public, who bad been
already prohibited all the evening from that promenade. A
great many of the horse artillery secured the allee in every
direction to prevent any citizen from entering, and the residence
of our Attorne3-General was guarded by 1.50 horse.
" The police and troops having attempted in concert to dis-
perse the crowd between ten and eleven, and to effect some
arrests, a disturbance broke out simultaneously towards alive
Lafayette, when M. Plougoulm arrived at port St. Etienne,
which is in the vicinity of the prefecture.
"On this latter pint two barricatloes were erected ; one
preventing the approach of the troops by boulevard St. An-
toine, and the other cutting off any charge that might be made
from allee St. Etienne ; moreover a lamp-chain intercepted the
road joining porte Montauban to the faubourg.
"The resistance of the people, owing to the assistance of the
barricadses, lasted till midnight. About. one o'clock, and when
the people were retiring, the military broke into and laid waste
M. Arnaud's grocery warehouse, Cale Lasserre, Cafe Barconda,
and the inn kept by M. Pincent, under pretext of stones having
been thrown from them.

" We cannot state the amount of damage occasioned by this
proceeding; but be it what it may, we deplore far more the
misfortunes arising from a conflict in which several soldiers
were struck, and a great many citizens wounded. It is really
to be regretted that the obstinacy of M. Mahul is the cause that
the national guard is not employed in the room of the military.
We are sure, were this the case, the moat satisfactory results
would be obtained."

RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following calcula-
tion of the last weekly returns of twenty-nine railways, 951
miles in length, will, we believe, be of interest :--Number of
passengers on eighteen railways, 233,765, consequently the
total for the week mint be above 400,000. The receipts for
passengers on twenty-nine railways, 54,6771. 6s. 4d. ; ditto
for goods on twenty-two railways, 12,4281. 9s. 11d. ; total,
67,1051. 16s, 3d.' This is an average of 681 i. per mile per
week. The traffic, therefore, is certainly at the rate of more
than three millions a year, and carrying fifteen millions of pas-
sengers.—Railway Magazine.
The Commerce states that the Committee of
Artillery has been occupied in examining a new model of an
artillery waggon, so constructed that any inflammable matter
to be transported by it is perfeetly protectedfrom the effect of
shot or shells.

DISTURBANCE AT KILBURN.--A MAN
SERIOUSLY WOO NDED.—A few evenings since a fracas took
place at the Black Lion, Kilburn, between a number of Eng-
lish and Irish haymakers. The cause of dispute is unknown,
but the parties were so exasperated that, after being expelled
the house, they attacked each other in the road, and, armed
with rakes, pitchforks, &c., commenced a general and indiscri-
minate battle. The police, who behaved with judgment and
forbearance, had the greatest difficulty in quelling the distur-
bance, which caused considerable alarm to the inhabitants of
the village ; and threatened a fearful termination. As it is,
one man was taken to St. George's Hospital seriously wounded
(he is going on favourably), and many others were more or
less hurt. A gentleman narrowly escaped the thrust of a pitch-
fork in his attempts to allay the excitement.
The late Rev. Mr. Freeman, who unfortunately
met with his death in consequence of being thrown from his
chaise, near Slough, on Tuesday last, held, some years since,
the appointment of one of the Masters of Eton College. He
was a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, by the provost and
fellows of which he was presented to the living of Milton, about
five miles from that. town The last ex-fellow of King's, the
Rev. Mr. Cho:mondeley, also, unfortunately met with a violea
death. In January last he was accidentally shot by a boy in
the knee; and such was the fatal nature of the wound, arising
from the immense loss of blood the deceased sustained, that he
exp;red within a very few hours after the accident.
MAN DROWNED.—On Wednesday evening
week, as one of the Belfast steamers was on her passage
to BelfaSt, a young man, answering to the description of
Hume, who stands charged with murdering a hatter in
Glasgow, jumped overboard. On the alarm being given,
the steamer stopped, and hovered about for a considerable
time, but the unfortunate man was nowhere to be seen.
His hat, we learn, was picked up by tiii Boat of the
Lteauvz.—Edinburgh Advertiser,. •