The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-24 00:00:00

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

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The Belgian Papers state that the English residents at
Ostend have had a grand dinne4 to celebrate the birth of
the Prince of Wales, Mr. Curry, the Consul, taking the
chair. After toasts to the Queen, the Infant Prince,
Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family of Eng.-
land, and also the healths of the King and Queen of the
Belgians, were drunk, with every mark of respect and
feeling, the 'President proposed one in honour of one of
tie guests, M. Frederic Stint Aniour, who three days
before had plunged from the leek of the steamer Menai
into the harbour, with all his clothes on, and, at the risk
of his own life; saved that of an old man, who had fallen
in, and must otherwise have been drowned. It was drunk
with loud acclamations.
The National de r Oust states that, a short time since,
a young man was admitted into the hospital at Bourbon-
Vendee with a swelling of the thigh, which required the
limb to be amputated. The surgeons of the establish-
ment had strictly enjoined that the patient should be
kept as free as possible from all excitement, but, shortly
after this operation was performed, they found him in a
strong state of mental agitation, which endangered his
life. It appeared that the patient, who was a Protes-
tant, had been worked on by the chaplain and Scours de
Charite of the establishment, who had endeavoured to
convert him to the Catholic faith, and had even induced.
him to receive the communion, according to the Roman
ritual, only a few minutes after the surgeons had left
him. The medical men of the' establishment have drawn
up a remonstrance, this Journal states, and transmitted
it to the Prefect of the Department.
A letter from Dusseldorff mentions the arrest of two
Post-office clerks at that place, on an accusation of hav-
ing abstracted 40,000 thalers in Treasury bonds, sent by
the Royal Administration of the town to the Treasury
of Berlin. They would have got off to America had
they not been denounced by an accomplice. In the desk
of one of them was found the packet of bonds, which
had not been broken open. This has caused the greater
sensation atDusseldorff, as the delinquents have hitherto
borne irreproachable characters, and are both men of in-
dependent means.

A letter from Metz states that M. Appert has organ-
ised a colony at Remelfing, for the reception and employ-
ment of liberated convicts, with the benevolent view of
preventing their being compelled, by the impossibility of
finding honest employment, to resume their evil courses.
A society, which already includes the names of some of
the first persons in France, has been formed in aid of
this importent-experiMent, and several of the criminals
confined in the central prisons have requested to he
allowed to subscribe a portion of their savings towards
the establishment. There are already fourteen liberated
convicts at Remelfing, and four others are to join in a
few days. Eighteen liberated convicts from the Bagnes
are to ba selected for the colony by the Naval Commis-
sioners.

AN HOSPITABLE COUNTRY.—" Yesterday," says the
Brussels Independent of the 18th inst., " took place the
expulsion.of H. Hagenberg, a Prassian by origin, who
was conducted to the French frontier. On the same day
was effected the extradition of C. Bnisson, who had
been claimed by the Procureur-General of the Seine."
The same Journal says that the number of foreigners
who have been either sent out of Belgium, or refused
leave to enter it, during the first eleven months of the
current year, is 1,359.
An old farmer, named Tarroux, died lately at Cro-
silles, in the Aveyron, aged 107. He was in the enjoy-
ment of his faculties to the last, and the week before his
death dug in his garden, and sowed a considerable quan-
tity of rye.

some excavations recently made near the Porte de
Bievre, on the Fontainebleau road, at Melon, several
Boman baths have been discovered in good preservation.

.The Incorporated Society of the Literary Fund
have sustained two severe losses within the last few weeks,
in• the deaths of Mr. ex-Alderman Birch, the senior
Member of its Council; and we believe the senior Mem-
ber of the Society itself; and of Mr. Itivington, the
well-known and respectable publisher, of St. Paul's
Church-yard. But, judging from the additions it
received last year, by the election into its Commit-
tee of such persons_ as the three last chosen—we
mean Lord Fitzalan, the Reverend H. H. Milman,
and the Reverend 1)r. Russell, the Rector of Bishops-
gate, it would seem as if the new blood infused. into
this most useful and least obtrusive of our public
institutions was, in every respect but length of services,
alone likely to increase its utility. Among the candi-,
dates already named for the two vacancies thus created,
we -areitold the following gentlemen have presented
themselves-I-The Rev. Dr. Major, of King's College ;
Mr. Samuel Lover, the poet, artist, and painter ; Mr.
Auldjo ; Mr. Charles Whiting ; and .Mr. James Walsh,
the Chairman of the Tower Hamlets Court of Session.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Tuesday 'night an
inquest was held at the Windmill public-house, Clap-
ham-common, Surrey, on the body of- George Trigg,
aged nine years. It appeared, from the evidence ad-
duced to the Jury, that between nine and ten o'clock on
Monday morning, a number of boys had ventured on the
ice on what is called the " Long Pond," on the Common.
The deceased was amongst them, and was very active
in juinping about and daring his companions to venture
as far on as he did, when, all at once, the ice, which was
very insecure, broke underneath him, and he in-
stantly went down, but lie rose again to the surface, and
for a time supported himself by resting his elbows on the
edges of the ice. A ladder and a rope were procured ;
but they were not of sufficient length to reach the de-
ceased, who, after a protracted' and distressing struggle,
disappeared. George Sower, aged 17, a groom in the
service of a gentleman residing in Brummers-road, Clap-
ham, in endeavouring to rescue the deceased, fell through
the ice, and would have perished but that he was got out
by means of the ladder and rope. On recovering him-
self 'a little the intrepid lad, although he had all his wet
clothes on, and a watch in his flib, again rushed into the
water, and, being an expert swimmer, made great efforts
to get hold of the deceased ; but was obliged, by the ex-
treme coldness of the water, to be again dragged to the
bank, when he became, for a considerable time, entirely
deprived of sight from the effects of the cold. The
body was got out after it had been about three-quarters
of an hourin the water. Verdict—" Accidental death."
Time Coroner said the humanity and courage of the lad
Souter deserved the strongest commendation, and he
hoped he would not go unrewarded. The deceased was
the son of labouring parents.
ROMANCE FROM AAt ERICA.—A young female,
possessed of great beauty, and most elegantly attired,
whose name appeared on the charge-sheet as Ellen Rosa-
lind Holmes, was brought before Mr. Duffy, at the Henry-
streetoffice, Dublin, by Police-constable 127 C, who stated
that at a late !lour- the previous night he was on duty
in Sackville-street, and hearing a noise in Eiephant-lane
he went to ascertain the cause ; he saw four or five girls
along with, or rather encircling the prisoner ; they were,
abusing each other, and causing a great disturbance ;
when they saw him coming they all, with the excep-
tion of the prisoner, ran away ; but the prisoner re-
fused to go, telling hinkshe . was a lady. though he was
hardly inclined to believe the statement in conse-
quence of her conduct; so the short and long of the mat-
ter was, that he took her to the station-house, anti
charged her with being disorderly in the street. The
prisoner, in reply to Mr, Duffy, stated that she was a
native of New York, where her friends, who she said
were highly connected, reside, and that about two
years ago a titled. English gentleman (she refused
to tell his name) was intr3duzed into her family ; he
paid her great attention for sonic time, and wanted her
to marry him privately ; but this she at first refused
to (It), him her father could give her a princely
dowry, and that she was willing to become
his wife with the consent of her parents. . He refused
his, and continued to prosecute his addresses with
tick zeal, that she, in a moment of weakness, was iu
ilueed to elope with him ; and, in order to prevent a dis-
covery, she put on male attire, and passed as his Lord-
ship's page. Ile:brought her to Europe, and visited the
" Eternal City " (Rome), where they passed some
months, 'and thence they travelled through Germany,
Spain, and all time continental countries ; at last they
came to the great English " Babylon" (London), where
she doffed her page's apparel, and was first introduced
into the first circles of society, where she passed
as the bride of her destroyer ; they came to Dublin
a short time since, when shortly afterwards he
departed, she knew not whither, leaving her in a very
distressed state, so far as her mind was concerned, but
with a tolerably large purse to support her. The occa-
sion of her being out so late was, that she had heard his
Lordship was stopping at Kingstown, whither she went
in search of him, but without succews, and, on her return,
she was attacked by a number of girls, from whom she
was obliged to defend herself in the best manner she
could she was willing to pay any penalty that might heimposedp()sed on her for the improper manner in which it was
stated she had conducted herself. Mr. Duffy said her
story, if true, was very strange, and ordered her to enter
into her own security to keep the peace, which being
done, the fair but unfortunate daughter of the " land of
liberty ''was at once discharged.
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Ayr,itoirmerly m
onutsiahiceln there,4thinstant, Mr. James
eight, months.aged 99 years and