The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-14 00:00:00

RIOTS AT TOULOUSE.

The Messager officially announces that the disturbances a'
Toulouse have ceased, and that the municipality is proceeding
to make the objectionable surveys of doors and windows ordered
by the Minister of Finance. 'f he following is a continuation
of the account of the entente given by the Toulouse papers :
" The divers reports in circulation yesterday (the 7th) oc-
casioned a military force, twice as strong as the one employed
the evening before, to be employed to prevent hostile manifes-
tations of any importance.
" A: early as eight the side walks of the Alice Lafayette
were closed against the public, who were obliged to circulate
in the carriage read; and the left walk, on which resides M.
Plougoulm, was provided with more sentinels than is the rail-
ing of the Carrousel, which defends the entrance of the palace
of the Tuileries, at Paris. The residence of the Attorney-
General was, moreover, specially guarded by •2:5 horse soldiers,
and so great was the vigilance displayed on the occasion, that a
stranger might have thought it was intended to preserve a
monarch from the fury of a revolted people.
" The precautionary measures taken on another point were
equally great. Place St. Etienne, long before sunset, was
invaded by about 200 horse soldiers, to prevent the circulation
of the people, and all the streets leading to the Prefecture
were stopped up by large bodies of troops.
" All this, however, did not prevent a charivari being given
to M. Mohul and another to Al. Plougoulm : they were even
greater and better kept up than on the previous evening, and
it must also be owned the exasperation of the authorities and
the conduct of the troops were more deplorable than ever.
"As it is necessary, in order to be just, to give every one
his due, we must say, that it grieved us much to see the
lamps broken, because so doing is always a
gratuitous mis-
chief and a blameable act. The thing, besides, commenced by
so inoffensive and so calm a band, that it really seemed as if
the young men who threw the first stones had been paid to
give riotous example.
" The greater part of the charges with the bayonet or at :1111
trot, with drawn swords, were execute,i (this we certify) with-
out the indispensable somrnations having been made at the
proper moment.
" This illegal act and revolting cruelty gave rise to nume-
rous wounds, which principally fell on persons not at all con-
nected with the chartvarz, and who had not dine to get out
of the way of the military. The wounds which have been
pointed out to us are the following :
" A child, between nine and ten years of age, who was
standing near the cafe Reulet, on place St. Etienne, was bar-
barously struck several times with the butt-ends of their mus-
kets by several soldiers, who looked more like madmen than
anything else ; and when they were reproached with such an
act of unnecessary barbarity by some bystanders, they jocosely
replied, `Children must be corrected whilst they are young.'
" A young man grievously wounded on place St. Etienne,
whom the commissary of police would not allow to be at-
tended, although two soldiers, who had been slightly hurt by
being struck with stones, had been most kindly treated and
assisted by some of the inoffensive inhabitants.
" A barber, wounded in the back with a bayonet and having
a sabre-cut on his left arm, both of which injuries he received
while flying before the military who were charging, without
having matte any sommation.
" A lady and her husband knocked down on leaving the
Theatre des Varietes to return home. We do not know
whether they are wounded, but the lady had her bonnet cut
through by a chance stroke of a sabre.
" A young man bad his head sadly injured by the horse of
an artilleryman in a charge made on place Rouaic, more than
500 yards front the Prefecture.
" A man named Fortunet, a cook, employed by M. Berges,
traitcur, rue Tripure, wounded through the right arm with a
bayonet in a charge made on place lioulbonne, by the tirailleurs
do Vincennes who had no police-officer at their head to make
the necessary sommations. This man, who had finished his
day's work, was going home quietly, and had taken no part
whatever in the disturbance.
" A student in law had his cheek laid open by a sabre stroke.
" We . could enumerate varicus other accidents, but' shall
not do so, as they do not present any thing of a serious nature.
In addition to all those sinister events, it appears that
above sixty
.persons , have been arreved. We shall soon see
what becomes of the prisoners, and whether M. Mohul in-
tends to treat the town of Toulouse as a town of war under
his control, and its inhabitants as if they were under mill-
,ary law."

A SUPPOSED LUNATIC —Monday, a gen
tleman named Cameron, residing at No. 3, Wardrobe-place
Doctors'-commons, called at the Fleet-street police station.
and requested the advice and assistance of Inspector Fos-
berry, under the following circumstances :—Mr. Cameron
stated that a gentleman was then lodging at his house whose
conduct was that of a maniac, and his impression was, that
he had escaped from some lunatic asylum. He took the lodg-
ing on Saturday evening last, and the moment he had gained
access to the room intended for him to sleep in, he com-
menced talking loudly and mos: incoherently. Imagining,
however, that he was under the influence of liquor, he was
admonished, and he became snore passive, and at the usual
hour he ( Mr. Cameron) and his family retired to rest, from
which, however, about the middle of the night, they were
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from him but a wild and vacant stare. He, therefore, called in
Police-sergeant Munday, No. 304, whose presence appeared,
for the moment, to quell him, and he was induced to retire to
his room, but could not be persuaded to take off his clothes and
go to bed. He kept to his room the whole of the following day
( Sunday). When, however, night came on, and they had retired
to rest, they were again aroused from theirs lumbers, and their
incessant loquacity and vociferat ions of their noisy
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the house. Inspector Fosberry immediately sent SerjeantNlunday
to the unfortunate gentleman, who at once canserr ed to go with
him (the sergeant) to the station• house, where on his arrival,
it was quite evident that he was in an unsound state of mind, and
the probability is, that he effected his escape from his.keeper
or from some lunatic asylum. Upon searching him, a valuable
gold repeater, with gold chain and seals (on the seal is the
motto "Ad mortem fidelis"), a gold eye-glass 13 sovereigns,
and a double sovereign were found. Upon questioning him,
he said that his name was Edward Pearce, and that he was
72. No reliance, however, can be placed upon this. His
dress is that of a much faded suit of black, and his right boot
has got a large hole upon the instep. He has grey hair, a
fair complexion, and is about five feet ten inches in height.
He was ultimately sent to the Compter for safety, in the hope
that his friends, or those who may have had the care of him
may be discovered.