The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-09 00:00:00

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

A few days ago a slater, named Mary, residing at
Milli (Seine-Ft-Oise), having scolded his son, a boy of
14, for not going to his work, the lad sent out his sister
to buy some string, quietly sitting down to eat some
dried plums during her absence, and when she had re-
turned went into a garret, the door of which he bolted,
and, knocking a nail into the wall, fixed the string to it,
and round his neck, and hanged himself. The mother,
having been told by her daughter that the boy was in the
garret, called to him, and, receiving no answer, burst
open the door. He was by this time quite dead.
A Vienna letter says that the reductions in the Aus-
trian army will be carried to such an extent that 30,000
horses will be able to be offered for sale, and the Govern-
ment has decided that the sum arising from this source
shall be devoted to works of public utility, especially
railroads. The contractors for several lines, it adds, had
been forced to ask assistance from the State, and the Go-
vernment had promised to grant it.
The Marquis de St. Aulaire, Secretary of Legation at
Vienna, has arrived in Paris with dispatches.
Captain Leray, who recently commanded the French
squadron stationed off Tunis, has been promoted to the
rank of Rear-Admiral, a vacancy in the staff having been
occasioned by the removal of Rear-Admiral Martineng
to the Ist section, or the reserve.

The Gazette de France says—" The residence of the
Duke de Broglie, who returned to Paris a few days
since, is encumbered with visitors from morning till
night. Most of them are candidates for the Ministry.
The Duke of Orleans visited M. de Broglie, and had
a long conference with him. M. de Broglie has already
paid several visits to the Tuilleries."

M. Martin, a notary, residing at Hornoy, in the
Somme, three days since committed suicide by dis-
charging a musket into his mouth, after having unsuc-
cessfully tried several (Akar modes of self-destruction. He
was only 25 years of ag, and, as the state of his affairs
is not yet known, many persons who had placed confi-
dence in him are under great alarm.
The police of Hamburgh has discovered a band of
more than 200 thieves, all men, employed in the ware-
houses of merchants dealing in colonial produce. They
have been in the habit of carrying away only small por-
tions of goods at a time, and giving them to a man,
formerly a merchant's clerk, who disposed of them. At
the residence of this person immense quantities of these
goods have been found, with a book, in which are regular
entries to the account of each thief.

A money-changer, named Davanne, of the Passage des
Panoramas, who has been declared a bankrupt, has just
been sentenced by the Tribunal of Correctional Police to
three months' imprisonment. It was proved before the
Tribunal that the personal and household expenses of M.
Davanne were excessive, that his bopks were badly kept,
and that, at the moment of his failure, they could not
offer any exact account of his situation.
We find the following in the Memorial Bordelais :
"When we announced the failure of the house of A.
Balguerie and Co., we were far from expecting that the
Parts Journals ..would mention the catastrophe accom-
panied by assertions altogether incorrect, and which, had
they had any local information, they would have avoided.
For example, they have stated that this house was at the
head of the undertakings of the bridge at Cubzac, and the
Teste Railroad. It is, on the contrary, notorious at
Bordeaux, that the house has never had any connection
with the above-mentioned grand concerns, and never
exercised the least influence over them. We are happy
in informing our colleagues of the capital that the re-
spectable commercial houses wbo have been, and still
are at the head of these two great undertakings, are
now in possession of all the esteem and consideration in
which they have ever been held."
A BRETON WEDDING.—The Quimper Journal gives
a long account of the marriage of the daughter of a
wealthy farmer of Ploare, in that department, named
Penerez. The bride is said to have been dressed in a
robe of scarlet, embroidered with gold and silver, which
cost upwards of 500 f. 'The bridal party, including
friends and relations, amounting to five hundred, all
proceeded from the farm to the church mounted on horses
decked with ribbons and favours. Numberless oxen,
sheep, and calves, were killed for the marriage feast,
and the consumption of liquor was not less than six bar-
rels of wine, two of brandy, besides a great number of
casks of cider. The, bridal garments of the guests were
resplendent in colours and texture. The feast was kept
up for eight successive days, and even then was not
terminated, as, according to ancient custom in Brittany,
the table is constantly replenished with fresh viands until
the last which are put upon it remain untouched.
Letters are published in the Ministerial Evening Jour-
nal from General Bugeaud and General Lamorciere, by
which it appears that on the advance of General Levas-
seur's column from Oran towards Mascara, 26 douars or
villages—viz., 20 of the tribe of the Douairs, and 6 of
the Smelas, came and joined the French, with all their
flocks and herds. By this an accession was made to
the French force of 350 horsemen, well-mounted, and
more than 500 camels. These people possessed and
brought with them 254 tents, 3,000 oxen, and 7,000
sheep. They have all been quartered near Oran, and
are protected by the Freneh troops and the native
allies. Some of the tribe of the Amian had also come
over. Last year these people had all joined Abdel Kader.
M. Meilheurat has been re-elected a Member of the
Chamber of Deputies for Moulins, by 'll.BB votes out of
517. His opponents,-MM. Bureau de Puzy and Durye,
obtained 111 and 109 votes respectively.
Dr. Verity has arrived at his residence in Paris, hav-
ing been in professional attendance on Lord Granville,
during his journey to Nice.
A cart, containing a quantity of phosphoric matches.
was passing along the Rue des Fosses St. Victor, two
mornings ago, when, on reaching the front of the Gobe-
lies, the friction of the inflammable contents caused
them to ignite, and in a moment the vehicle was enve-
loped in flames. The inhabitants of the neighbourhood
came out with buckets of water, and extinguished the
flames ' • but the horse had a narrow escape, for the har-
ness had caught fire before he could be got out of the
shafts. The cart was saved, though greatly damaged,
but not a vestige of the matches was left.
The Courrier de Strasbourg states that Messrs. Hol-
linger and Adolphe, cotton manufacturers, at Ste.-Merie-
aux-Mines, have just been declared bankrupts, and that
M. Adolphe, who was the father of seven children, not
having the courage to bear up against his misfortunes,
blew out his brains on the same day that the house
stopped payment.
The King of the Netherlands has directed that, in
future, all public acts and writings in the Grand. Duchy
of Luxemburg shall be drawn up in the French lan-
guage, except such as have relation to the Germanic
Confederation, and the administration of the fortress of
Luxemburg.
The Commerce says :—M. Thiers and his leading
friends were present on Wednesday at the soiree of the
Duke d'Orleans. We are assured that the best under-
standing appeared to prevail between M. Thiers and
Count Mole during the evening.
We find the following in the Gazette of Upper Ger-
many, of the Ist instant :—" Accounts have been pub-
lished in some of the Journals respecting the financial
position of the elder branch of the Bourbons which are
wholly incorrect. The Duke de Bordeaux ha no other
revenue than that arising from Chambord. ThaDuchess
of Bury is in debt. The Duchess d'Angouleme possesses,
independently of what she saved before and after the re-
volution of July by the medium of the Duke de Blacas,
a capital of a million and a half of francs in the
Austrian funds, which was sent to Brussels at the period
of the flight of Louis XVI. The property which the
Duke de Blacas has purchased in Austria belongs to
the Duchess d'Angouleme, and if the Duke should die
she would probably end her days in Germany. At the
Imperial Court, where the Duchess d'Angouleme is the
object of the most delicate attentions, she and the
Duchess de Berri have the rank of Archduchesses. It
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Divine mercy for forgiveness, and, having received an
assurance that he would nbt persevere in his design, left
him. Hardly had he done so, however, when the man
threw himself into the water. The Cure immediately
and,hni after struggling
a trugg%!iantgery gforrsaoime.e„time with the
torrent, rescued

BANK OY BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.—
On Tuesday an extraordinary general meeting of the pro-
prietors of this Company was held at the (dices in St.
Helen's-place, Bishopsgate, to receive a proposition from
the Directors relative to the unissued
James John
mins, Esq., presided. A series of resolutions prepared
by the Directors were passed unanimously:, y whs ic
hallh it
b is
provided that the 2,741 shares not yet issued e
offered to the existing proprietors at the rate of one for
every six, two for every twelve, and so upwards, on con-
dition of their paying on or before the sth of January a
deposit of 10/ per share, and making further pay
Ist mens to
the amount of 404 per share on or before the of
they will be entitled tofaxrcetoco.e2i,etie
March, 1843, when
whole arrear of dividends, which will at that time amount
to 94 per share at the present rate of dividend, which is
iarrnibcdcadilly,
six per cent. per annum. The present number of shares
is 20,000, upon which 401. is paid, making the capital
subscribed 800,0001. A vote of thanks having b
heisTfl morn_
been
passed to the Directors the meeting adjourned.
Between twelve and one o'clock yesterdayCrhiattsrl,eswLasovienllt„hoe
lug,
street,a young Kensington man, named Gravel
climb-
ing over the pailings of the Green Park into p-
twhen,hesp i
itche
sr beingopuegrhforted
the intoxicated,inside 0
fh he
isslirePftedth,
depth of between four and five inches, and torebt"
by his whole weight hanging on the pilce,int to the
of
the
state of dreadful suffering to St. George's
wound of eight inches in length. lie was 0 a frightful
eonve...yed in a
Hospital,
_ _

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MESSRS. GREEN.
WOOD'S STEAM SAW-MILLS, CIIAPEL-STREET, CURTAIN-
noAn.--LOn Tuesday night, between nine and ten, a fire
broke out in the steam saw-mills, belonging to Messrs.
Greenwood and Company, in Chapel-street, Curtain-
road. Immediately after the fire broke out, the fire-
engines were sent for and promptly arrived. From
the combustible 'nature of the property on the premises,
the flames gained rapid ascendancy. The engines were
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ag,
the
ed
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fire,
r
got into active operation, and torrents of water were
h eleven o'clock the firemen
uemoc eawedee
but not before immense
g n o
The fire commenced in the
engine-house. The stock and premises are insured. At
eleven o'clock a dreadful accident occurred to a man as-
sisting the firemen. lie had both arms severely frac-
tured, and was conveyed in a cab to the London Hospital
in dreadful agony,