The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-23 00:00:00

FOREIGN LDUCATIO:N.
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The following atrocious case may serve as a pendant
to the account of the school at Boulogne which appeared
in the Times last week, and it is to be hoped that it will
also serve as a warning to parents who think of sending
their children abroad for education:—
In the year 1836, a certain Mrs S. who had previously
kept a school in the neighbourhood of Chelsea, quitted
England, and went to Boulogne, with the alleged design
of opening a school there. This woman, on her arrival,
took the name of L., with the view, as she pretends, of con-
cealing her retreat froM her husband, to whom she
had been married more than twenty years, and by
whom she had had several children. Her family at
Boulogne consisted of herself, one of her daughters,
(married to a Mr. L.), and a youne- 'girl, Whom we
shall only designate by the name of Ellen. This young
girl had. been intrusted to her by a. gentleman who
has for many years held a situation under Government,
and who, having been acquainted with Mrs. S. from her
childhood, had implicit confidence in her, and thought
he could. not place his young ward llen in better
hands. At Boulogne Mrs. S. formed an acquaintance
with a Mr. and in the month of March, 1838,
she went with him to Folkestone, and was there
married to him, he being then jest 22 years of age.
Mr. S. was then, and still is, living in London. This re-
spectable schoolmistress had now three names. To Ellen's
guardian she was only known as Mrs. S.; to the bankers,
who paid her her quarterly bills, she was Mrs. L.; and to
a'l the world in France, who knew anything of her, she was
Arrs. B. About this time she received a second pupil, Selina
F., from England, the daughter of a respectable tradeS-
man ; and with these two pupils she went to Paris, and
opened a day school for poor children. About the
middle of February last a report was circulated that these
two children, aged respectively fifteen and fourteen, had
been prostituted, an inquiry was made, and the result
was, that Ellen, the elder girl, stated to two women
that Mrs. L. had taken her to the house of the Baron
de St. H., and there, in spite of her cries and resist-
ance, actually held her down on the sofa while the Baron
violated her person. The younger child, Selina, said
that she also had been taken by Mrs. Ia to the same
place, and a scene of horrors, such as cannot he penned,
took place between the unhappy child, Mrs. L., and the
Baron. An information was lodged ; Mrs. B. left Paris,
taking Ellen with her. Mrs. L. was arrested, and Selina
F. was taken by a charitable Italian lady. The Baron
was not arrested. A month passed over, and the per-
sons who had lodged the informations, finding that
every possible intrigue was set on foot by the Baron's
friends to stifle the business, applied to some English
gentlemen, who took the mattea up warmly. Mean-
while, M: s. B. had rammed to Paris, but Ellen, who
had known no other protectress than Mrs. 8., had been
so well tutored that she declared all her previous state-
ment to ba false. As soon, however, as it was known
that other persons ha:l taken up the business, Mrs. B. was
arrested, and Ellen was taken into the Ayslum for
British Orphans. There it was found that she had
been in every way neglected ; she could scarcely read
or write—she had had no kind of religious instruc-
tion, having never entered a Church but once since
she had been in Paris, and the only clothes she
possessed were the few rags she had on her ; she had
not even a change of linen. As soon as she was ex-
amined by the judge, after she had been thus removed
from the contact of her former acquaintances she came
nearer the truth once more—she declared that the Baron
had attempted a rape in Mrs. L.'s presence, but had not
succeeded. Her guardian's name being now discovered,
he was immediately informed of the business, and at
once went to Paris, and as soon as she saw him she told
him the whole truth, just as she had originally told it, and
added that her motive for concealing it was the desire she
had of saving Mrs. B. The other child never varied in her
tale ; yet the Baron was not arrested, and the duge d'ln-
struction, who had the case before him, told one of the gen-
tlemen who conducted the business, that many persons had
solicited in his favour, and among others he named one who
himself a Magistrate, and who even occasionally sits on
the bench as a Judge (juge suppliant). Mrs. S. alias
•B. has been set at liberty within these few days, the

Chambre du Conseil (which answers in some respects
to our Grand Jury) having decided that there was
not sufficient evidence of her complicity. The Baron
and Mrs. L. have been sent before the Police
Correctionelle, and are to be tried on Tuesday next.
The Baron is still at large I They have so managed
matters that their abominations are not called crimes,
otherwise they must have gone before a jury but they
have been fixed down to what they here call dells, little
peccadilloes, or frailties, which are brought before cor-
rectional courts. However, the matter cannot end here,
as the gentlemen who have taken the matter in hand are
determined to leave no stone unturned in obtaining jus-
tice, irrespective of the rank or condition of the parties.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SO-

CIETY.

Preparations, on a most extensive and magnificent
scale, are in active progress for the grand meeting of the
Royal! Agricultural Society on the 21st, 22d, and 23d of
next month. The assemblage of. noblemen, gentlemen,
and others connected with, or interested in, agricultural
pursuits, will assuredly be the greatest that ever yet oc-
curred in this, or, indeed, in any other country in the
world ; and the show of horses, cattle, and other live
stock, and .of roots, seeds, and instruments of husbandry,
will doubtless be of commensurate excellence, the pre-
miums and the honours of successful competition
being such, that every hill and valley in the United
Kingdom will ,be brought into requisition to send
their choicest and their best. We heartily congra-
tulate the members and friends of the Society on the
success which has hitherto marked their exertions to
promote the useful and most indispensable science of
agrioulture, and on -the still brightening prospects that
open to their view. Th'e.first great meeting was held in
Oxford, in 1837 ; the second at Cambridge, in 1840 ;
the third is appointed for, this town ,".• end the fourth will,
we -learn' be at Bristol. The show Stock, &C., is ad-
vertised for three successive days' but will probably:be
continued for a week. There will be two grand festive
entertainments on the occasion, if not, indeed, three,
should the- accoMmedations prepared, great as they areg
be found inadeqUate for the gratification of so large a
body ot.guests. The first is fixed for Wednesday the
21st of July. The show ground is hi. Windsor, in the
immediate outskirts of the town. It is nearly square,
being 550 feet in length, from north to south, and 491
in breadth from east to west. Its boundaries are tipper-
Parliament-street on the south ; Sandon-street (and
Falkner-square) on the east ; Canning-street en
the north ; and Bedford-street on the west. It is
nearly on a dead level, it is of a light sandy soil, for
the most part covered with grass. A better site
could not have been chosen, and the approaches to it
are wide and numerous, so that all confusion will be
avoided. The area will comprise no fewer than thirteen
very long sheds or tents, of woodwork, covered with
canvas, prepared on purpose, with wide avenues between
them, and so arranged that each department will be
separate and-distinct. • The portion appropriated to the
exhibition of implements of husbandry, &c., is on the
side next to Canning-street, and contains four sheds,
running parallel east and west, the whole width of the
ground, is 494 feet. These are each 16 feet wide, and
the pillars that support them, back and front, are 12
feet asunder. The avenues between are 20 feet wide.
The remainder of the ground is occupied by nine sheds,
running parallel from north to south, between Sandon-
street and Bedford-street. These are each about 500
feet in length. Five of them on the west side will be
fitted. for the reception of cattle and horses, and four
of them on the east side for sheep and pigs. The
avenues between these will be 39 feet' wide. Aecom
modations will also be
.made fur the exhibition of roots,
vegetables, graiu, seeds, &c. &c. The mrpeutry in
these extensive erections is good and uniform, and when
the sheds are filled with cattle, &c., and the avenues
crowded with spectators, the whole will. present a scene
of great individual as, well as national interest. The
quantity of timber required is necessarily immense, and
considerable waste is unavoidable. The Pavilion is by
far the largest, and most unique in design, that has ever
been constructed in this town. Though having ex-
teriorly twenty-four sides,- it appears, from the obtuse-
ness of the angles, and the great area which it covers,
to be round. It form is described within a circle of 123
feet in diameter. The height of the outer wall appears
to be about 14 feet, the next circle of pillars about of 35
feet, and the inner pillars about 42 feet. The roof will
rise above the latter in a conical form 12 or 13 feet to its
apex, so that the central elevation will be little, if at all,
short of GO feet. This building, as well as the erections
oa the show-ground, was undertaken by Messrs. Samuel
and James Holme, of Seel-street, tne only parties,
deed, in this locality, NA. ho could have undertaken a con-
tract of such magnitude.—Liverpool Chronkle.

LAUNCH OF THE TRAFALGAR

The only Commander present at Woolwich on Mon-
day, who was also present at the battle of Trafalgar,
October 21, 1805, was Commander Richard Douglas,
of her Majesty's ship Poictiers, now stationed at Chat-
ham. This officer who, bareheaded stood conspicuous
among his gallant comrades on the poop of the Trafal-
gar during her being launched, surrounded by many of
the "veterans" . from Greenwich, who were also with
Nelson on the glorious 21st, is the - " Douglas" who was
not only wounded at Trafalgar, but who distinguished
himself in the Achille, which captured four French
frigates, and who assisted also at the taking of Marti-
nique. &e. &e. The only Admiral present at the launch
who was also in the action, was Admiral Sir Henry
I)igby, now Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness.
The christening was performed, we believe by
the lady of Captain Honk, assisted by , some
younger members of his family. An incident worth
mentioning gave to the ceremony an interest as peculiar
as it was appropriate. In the morning the authorities
of the dockyard received from the Countess of Nelsoin
the present of a bottle of wine—a relic of the stock
which Lord Nelson had on
,board " The Victory ".
at
the battle of Trafalgar. This was the bottle _e of
bows
wine
ne
which, according. to the rites, was broken on th
of the magnificent ship when she received her
name.
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The hay harvest in the neighbourhood 4x
has pretty generally commenced, and upon low mois
meadows the crop is good; on the light soil, however,
the long drought has had a very serious ,andct in
many cases the quantity will be fall (me-d
halfo
the les3 tha
cold
of the last ten days, has also produced .a very sensible
alteration in the appearance of the corn, which must
suffer materially unless an immediate change takes place
in the weather.—lpswich Express.
HER -MAJESTY'S THEATEMa edmo
of bier
Rachel appeared. on Monday at this thratre.:—Erst
rcnewcd ex,,,,,semt.st—in the part of Marie Stt=t. It is.
naclkss .to repeat with what exedenee she. tied her-
self, ar.d the syranathy of royalty as well as that of a crowde4 j
ho
fully ittfsted it. "We trust that this accompliihad.'
aaru.ss will not I:roit herself to r.". 3, in a.dditioa the
part whiah she has a!rE•acly• suvtlined,b thzt ;he will Ilraw
-stillfurtUer upon the storeii of the Fmlch classic drama.