The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-31 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.
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Monday,
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Railroads
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resolution as to a union. The project was agreed upon
several months ego by the respective Councils of Ad-
ministration. It consisted in a junction of the tw e un-
dertakings, taking the shares at the average price front
those quoted on the Exchange during several years, or
in other words, five shares in the Versailles and M.eudon
road are to have only an equal interest in the new Corn-
road. The meeting of the lastettsdeorpnuectoagnnfirermaetnetal
pany with three shares in the Versailles and St. Cloud
treaty by a majority of 234 to 1, and that of the
oritetpiekrrize4oospptoosiitiGo.n,
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injuryto th i
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to the cause of railroads in general in Fr ante,
a 3 it has occasioned loss to the shareholders of
each of these particular undertakings. The Governn tent
must be sensible from this result of the error committed
by the Legislature in authorising the construction of
two railroads for the same place. Before signing the
Treaty, the Directors of the two Companies obtained a
promise that a Bill should be presented for relieving
the United Company, for a certain number of }ears,
from' the payment of the interest and the sinking fund,
on the loan of 5,000.000 f. granted to the Versailles
and Mcudon road. By means of this relief, and the
eco,antry to be made by a concentration of the service,
and by- prolongations and embranchments, which will
reader tlio two stations in Paris more useful and profit-
the ,:,-,svn of Versailles and the Council-General
abic, the
,two undertakings may rise to prosperity.
et... Loire, have voted a subvention of
1,200,000 f. for the
Already
formation of a railroad from Ver-
of the Eure-
sailles to Chartres. With the concurrence of the,
country and the State, r; ante may now hope to rise
from the inferiority in which be has hitherto remained
as compared with other kingdoms in respect to railroads."
A young woman, named Marie Deca urcy, had been
living for some time with Julliard, a journeyman shoe-
malser, but became at length weary of
,his ill treat-
ment, and some time ago she left him. The.' man de-
termined to be revenged for her desertion, as, d three
days afterward,: lay in wait, as she came out of .a shop
where she worked, and induced her to go horse with
hint in order to take away some things which she had
left. Scarcely had she entered the room than Jellified
gave her a deep wound in the breast, but was pee.-
veuted `rpm completing his design of murdering her by;
the porters as of the house, who came on hearing the:
girl's screams. Julliard was arrested, and yesterday'
made his appeergeee before the Court of Assizes, by
which he was found guilty of a deliberate attempt at.
murder, and condep3n3ll to hard labour at the hulks for
life.
The Gazette des T,ihunaux says that Just-Brazier
and Colonibier arc reported to have acknowledged all
the facts imputed to them on their trial, and to have
made besides some impoetant disclosures. The exa-
mining commission of the Peers met again yesterday,f it
adds ; a new information has been set on foot, and se-
veral writs of arrest have been issued. The Gazette
des Tribunaux says that no decision has yet been come
to on the demand for mercy made by the prisoner'
under sentence of death.—The .Debals says, " Yester-
day, after the sitting of the Chamber of Peers, the cm-
miuing commission met at the Petit Luxembourg in the:
residence of the Chancellor, and decided that a supple-
mentary examination should take piece immediately.
It appears certain that revelations made by Colombier
and Just-Brazier have caused five or six arrests, which
were effected on Monday night."—" We a.se assured,"
says the National, '`that the head Registrar of the
Court of Peers went on Monday evening, at ff ,o'clock,
to the gaol of the Luxembourg, in order to anvounect
to Quenisset, Colombier, and Just-Brazier that their
punishment had been commuted to deportation.•
The France reports that, among the persons just .11:-
rested, is a gun-maker, who sold or remitted the pistoss
to Colombier.
On the 21st iret, the Prussian Ambassador at
Munich made an official communication to the Court
of Bavaria of the promise of marriage between Princess
Mary of Prussia, daughter of Prince William, uncle of
the King, and the Prince Royal of Bavaria. The
marriage is not, however, to take place before the
month of October 1842. The Prince Royal of Bavaria„
Maximilian Joseph, was born on the Bth November,
1811. He received his education in different Germ
Universities. Princess Mary of Prussia is the youngei
of the daughters of the uncle of the King of' Prussia..
She is only in her seventeenth year, having been born on
the 15th October, 1825. She is said to be exceedingly
amiable and beautiful. _

111. Delecluze has lately made a discovery among
the manuscripta of Leonardo da Vinci, carrying back a
knowledge of the steam-engine to at least as far back
as the lath century. He has published in the,Artisie
a notice on the life of Leonardo da Vinci, to which
he adds a fac simile of a page from one of his manu-
scripts, and on which are five sketches with the pen,
representing the details of the apparatus of a steam-
gun, with an explanatory note upon what he desig-
nates ender the name of the Architonnerre, and of which
note the following is a translation :—" Invention of Ar-
chi medeg.--The Architonnerre is a machine of fine copper,
Which throws balls with a loud report and great force.
It is used in the following manner:—One-third of this
intrument contains a large quantity of charcoal fire..
When the water is well heated, a screw at the top of
the vessel which contains the water must be made quite
t;ght. On closing the screw above, all the water will
escape below, will descend into the heated portion of
the instrument, and be immediately converted into a
vapour so abundant and powerful, that it is wonderful
to see its fury, and hear the noise it produces. This
machine will carry a ball of a talent in weight." It is.
worthy of remark that Leonardo da Vinci, far from
claiming the mr-rit of this invention for himself, or the
meo of his time, attributes it to Archimedes.

THE KING OF PRUSSIA'S VISIT

10 LONDON.

BERLIN, DEC. 19.—The invitation received by hit
Majesty the King to visit London, for the purpose of
acting as sponsor as. the christening of the infant Prince
of Wales, did not arrive wholly unexpected. Since the
commencement of his Majesty's reign the political rela-
tions between Prussia and Great Britain have pre-
sented the character of increasing friendly relations.
This amicable spirit was alike obvious at the execution
of the July treaty during the Whig Administration,
and during the negotiations maintained with the Tories
relative to the evangelical bishoprick in Syria. It it
not, however, absolutely certain that the King will ac-
cept the invitation of Queen Victoria ; for it happens
that at the period fixed for the christening of the Prince
of Wales some illustrious visitors are expected at the
Court of Berlin, and moreover the present is not the
most agreeable season of the year for a journey to
England.
Dec. 20.—His Majesty the King at first declined to
accept the invitation to act personally as sponsor for
the young Prince of Wales. But a second invitation,
conveyed in an autograph letter from Queen Victoria,
induced his Majesty to revoke his first determination.
It is now understood that his Majesty will depart for
London on the 17th of January. The King will pro-
ceed to Cologne, where he will take the railway, and
will pass through Belgium to Calais. At that port an'
English attain-vessel will be in readiness to convey him
to England. His Majesty's suite will occupy ten car.
riages. Besides Generals Von Natzmer, Neumann,
and Reeder, there are mentioned among the individuals
who are to accompany the King, Baron Alexander Vs)*
Humboldt, Count Von Stolberg and Bilbop Neander.
BERLIN, DEC. 22 —The departure of the King for
London is fixed for the 16th of January. His Ma-
jesty will sup on that day at Mage burg, reach Heiler,
and on the next day go to Hagen' -
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NEW POST-OFFICE ARRANGEMENT.--Yes-
letters,
terday afternoon, for the first time, a plate with the words
P°s"fficel" and the number of the house, in black
convenient places, as near as possible to the several re-
were affixed on the lamp-posts, and other most
cei ving- houses in the metropolis.
THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT
WESTERN Raii.wev.—The following sufferers, from the
severe injuries they sustained on the morning of Friday
last, arc in so exceedingly- dangerous a state that their
recovery is considered to be hopeless :—Thomas Haw-
kins—serious injury to the great toe, a portion of the-
bone having been removed. Eliza Barneslaceration of
Thomas Hughes—concussion of the brain.
the scalp
ESizabeth Carpenter, who experienced a severe contu-
• of the leg, is sufficiently far advanced towards re..
von
coveq, as to be able to leave the hospital in the course
of a ay. The slip at the Sonning cutting extends up-
wards of sixty yards in length. From the great precau-
tions adopted by the Company, no further danger at this
spot is now to be apprehended. Eighty men have been,
ever since the accident, employed by the Company in
making the necessary repairs to the slopes.
A rumour is very prevalent, and amounts to a
certainty indeed, at Ryde, that Mr. Sibthorp is shortly
going back there, and that he will commence his labours
as a Roman Catholic priest, a chapel being about to be
opened for him either at Ryde or at St. Helens. Ma first
sermon will be preached at Newport.
DISTRESS AT NOTTINGHAM.—We are sorry
to say that there.has been an increase in the number of
applications for relief, and that fresh tickets have been
issued by the Committee, calculated to relieve nearly
1,000 more persons. On Tuesday and Thursday, soup
was distributed as usual, 800 gallons on the former day,
and 1,000 gallons yesterday (Thursday): the amount of
bread distributed is about 1,000 stones. in consequence
of the.vititors reporting great destitution of clothing,
blankets, and bedding, we learn from a eircula-, which
has been addressed to the subscribers, that a proposi-
tion was made in Committee to vote 3001. from the relief
fund, and to raise further subscriptions towards purchas-
ing blankets and coverlets, to be lent as loans to such
poor families as will undertake to return them when
called upon to do su,, on payment of a halfpenny per
month for each blanket or coverlet ; which payments
are to defray the necessary expense of superintending
the distribution of the articles, and a uniform visite-
. tion to prevent them being pawned or sold.--7 Derbyshire
Chronicle. The sum of 2,5001. has already been contri-
buted to the charitable fund for the relief of the dis-
tressed poor in Nottingham.