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

RIOTS AT TOULOUSE.

Although the telegraph has announced that the emeute of
Toulouse has been put down, the 'peal papers publish the fol-
lowing account of what is passing in that city
" The military force called out yesterday (the Bth) was even
greater than that employed on the previous evening. As early
as seven, p.m., several flea Achim nts of cavalry covered place St.
Etienne; pickets of infantry were stationed at the entr,nces
into rues Boulbonne,'ltignepeis, Fermat, and Croix- Bat aignon.
General St. Michel, the Commandant of the d:eision, gn honer
back and in full uniform, had proceeded to the Court of the
Prefecture with a strong escort, Vete St. George's, an inter-
mediate point between allee Lafayette and the Hotel of the
Prefecture, was provided with 2400 horse-artillerymen, and all
these divers detachments were headed by dok cprnip *Firs pr
Police, wearing their official band; in fact, every thing seem ea
to denote the fear entertained by the authorities of an expedi-
tion against M. Alahul.
" Precautionary measures, equally great, were taken with
respect to M. Plougoulm. Long before sunset all the avenues
of allee Lafayette were closed against the public, who had been '
already prohibited all the evening from that promenade. A
gnat many of the horse artillery secured the aike in every
direction to prevent any citizen from entering, and the residence
of our Attorney-General was guarded by 150 horse.
" The police and troops having attempted in concert to dis-
perse the crowd between ten and eleven, and to eff,ct some
arrests, a disturbance broke out simultaneously towards are
Lafayette, when M. Plougeultn arrived at port St. Etienne,
which is in the vicinity of the prefecture.
"On this latter point two barricadoes were erected ; one
preventing the approach of the troops by boulevard St. An-
toine, and the other cutting off any charge that might be made
from allee St. Etienne ; moreover a lamp-chain intercepted the
road joining porte Montauben to the faubourg.
" The resistance of the people, owing to the assistance of the
barricadees, lasted till midnight. About one o'clock, and s;hen
the people were retiring, the military broke into and WA waste.
M. Arnaud's grocery vvarehcute, Case Lasserre, Cafe klarconda,
and the inn kept by M. Pincent, under pretext of stones having
been thrown from them.

" We cannot. state the amount of damage occasioned by this
proceeding; but be it what it may, we deplore far more the
misfortunes arising from a confl:ct in which several soldiers
were struck, and a great many citizens wounded. It is really
to be regretted that the obstinacy of M. Mahul is the cause that
the national guard is not employed in the room of the military.
We are sure, were this the c ase, the most satisfactory results
would be obtained."

RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following calcula-
tion of the last weekly returns of twenty-nine railways, 981
miles in length, will, we believe, be of interest :—Nun,ber of
passengers on eighteen railways, 233,765, consequently the
total for the week mu -t be above 400,000. The receipts for
passengers on twenty-nine railways, 54,6771. 6s. 4d. ; ditto
:or goods on twenty-two railways, 12,4281. 9s. 11d. ; to:al,
67,1051. 16s. 3d. This is an average of 6811. per mile per
week. The traffic, therefore, is certainly at the rate of more
than three millions a year, and carrying fifteen millions of pas-
sengerr.—Railway Magazine.
MENDELsSOIIN'S PIANOFORTE PLAYING.—
Solidity, in which the organ-touch is given to the
piano without the organ ponderosity ; spirit (witness
his execution to the finale of the 1) minor Concerto)
animating, but never intoxicating the ear ; expression,
which, making every,tone sink deep, requires not the
garnishinc, of trills and appogiaturi, or the aid of
changes of times, are among its outward and salient
characteristics ; but, within and beyond all these, though
hard to be conveyed in words, there into be felt a mind
clear and deep, an appreciation of character and form
which refers to the inner spirit rather than to the out-
ward details ; the same which gives so exquisitely a
southern character to the Barcarole and the Gondola
tune in Mendelssohn's Lieder ohne '1176&,. and its fresh,
Ossianic, sea-wildness, to his overture to the Hebriden •
Isles of Fingal") ; the same which enabled him, when
little snore than a boy, in the happiest` piciere-4 descrip-
tive music of our time, to illustrate Shalispeare's ex'qui-
.he fairy scenes neither feebly nor unworthily. Exectt-
ion without grimace, fancy cheerful and excursive, but
never morbid, and feeling under the control of a serene,
not sluggish spirit—l can come no nearer pleasing my
self in a character than by these words, which are still
`'ar from doing justice to their subject. One word more,
which is perhaps a halt-definition ; Mendlessohn's is
eminently manly music, and loses effect, beyond that of
almost any other of his contemporaries, when attempted
female hands.

ELGIN, JULY 9.—We are glad to learn that
the late genial rains and warm weather have had the
must beneficial influence on the crops in the upper parts
of Moray and Banffshiro. The growth in the corn fields
has been very rapid during the last ten or twelve days;
.ind the pastures, which before the rain were bare and
wown, are now rich and green. Potatoes generally pro-
nise an excellent crop; and we have not heard of any
ailures in the upper districts. Turnips, which, from
he cold dry weather at the time of sowing, made for
4ne weeks little progress, are nOw coming on finely;
and with a continuance of favourable weather, will make
close crop.—Edinburgh Courant.:
LIMERICK COUNTY.—A Correspondent writes
co say that Lord Morpeth is expected here as a candidate.
GOOD OUT OF EVIL—The skeleton of Cor-
der, the murderer, has beet placed in a recess of the museum
of the Suffolk Infirmary, Bury Si. Edmund's. It is covered
with a glass case, beneath which is a box t.,receive contribu-
tions. Every visiter is expected to put silver into this box,
which money is applied to the wants of the necessitous patients.
By an ingeniously constructed spring, the arm, of the skukton
points towards the box as soon as the visiters approach it. The
receipts are said to average about ant. per annum.
The Commerce states that the Committee of
Artillery has been occupied in examining a new model of an
artillery waggon, so constructed that any inflammable matter
to be transported by it is pettedly protected from the effect of
shot or shells,