The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-04 00:00:00

FRENCH ROMANCE.

M. X—, a machinist and engineer, of
Paris, in an extensive and thriving business, was
left a widower, with two sons and two daughters,
as a protection for whom he took into his family
his mother-in-law, a highly respectable woman,
of an advanced age. During the last winter he
met with a man named Lacroisette, in great dis-
tress from want of work, and out of charity em-
ployed him in turning a wheel, giving him two
francs a day ; and, finding him intelligent and
industrious, he afterwards raised him to a better
situation in his manufactory, and gave hint
higher wages. M. X— having parted with
his cook, Lacroisette recommended his own
wife as capable of filling the place, and thus
contrived to be admitted himself into the
family. He had not long gained this footing,
when he took the base advantage of it to seduce
the eldest daughter of his benefactor, Mademoi-
selle Julie, a young lady aged sixteen, and who
was engaged to a young man with a fortune of
200,00efrancs. The villain induced the cre-
dulous girl to believe that her intended husband
was living in incest, and that if she married
him, she must lead a life of continued misery;
and at the same time that her father had secret
connexions, which could not fail ultimately to
effect his total ruin, and involve his family
in distress. In fine, Lacroisette prevailed
lupon the infatuated girl to run off with
him, taking with her a quantity of diatnonds
and ether valuables, and a sum of 2,000 f. They
passed the first night of the 'r elopement at Ver-
sailles, sleeping together, and on the next day
proceeded to Bordeaux, where
.they were soon
traced and taken into custody. Mademoiselle
Julie was placed in a convent, and Lacroisette
brought to Paris, and delivered into the hands
of justice. On Saturday he was arraigned be-
fore the Court of Assize, in company with a
man named Fauquet, whom the two delinquents
had admitted into their confidence. Lacroisette,
who is about 35 years old, on being interro-
gated by the Court, insisted that the young lady
made the first advances, and urged him to go
away with her, and that it was she alone who
took the money and jewels. Fauquet declared
that, being acquainted with Lacroisette, he
went occasionally to visit him, and soon per-
ceived that Mademoiselle X---- was enamour-
ed of his friend, and, being let into their
confidence, he aided their escape, but knew
nothing of the robbery. He received only 35
francs for his trouble. M. X— and his family
were present at the trial. Mademoiselle Julie and
her sister were elegantly dressed. The elder
wore a black veil, and sat with her head down, ap-
pearing to take no notice of what was passing, till
called upon to give evidence, when she rose, but
was so much affected that it was expected she
would faint. She, however, recovered, and, on
throwing back her veil, displayed beautiful regu-
lar features, with a profusion of chesnut-
coloured hail.. She related the story of her
seduction nearly in the terms we have given
above, but refrained from looking at Lacroisette,
who kept his eyes constantly fixed upon her,
though he made no observation whatever upon
her testimony. M. X— delivered his evi-
dence with great feeling; and, on some ques-
tion being raised as to the amount of the
property carried off, he said, " Good God !
what can that signify ? The wretch may take
the whole of my fortune, only let him restore
to me my daughter—my poor daughter !" Iu
the end, Fauquet was acquitted, and Lacroi-
sette found guilty, with extenuating circum-
stances. He was sentenced to five years' im-
prisonment, and to remain ten years afterwards
under the surveillance of the police. He heard
his sentence without any other signs of emotion'
than casting a reproachful look at Mademoiselle
X—.—Galignani's Messenger.

In the eighteenth century there were four
voluntary abdications: the extraordinary daughter of the
great Gustavus, Christine of Sweden, abdicated from
vanity; Casimir of Poland from a philosophical motive;
Philip of Spain from misanthropy ; and Victor Amadeus
of Savoy from caprice.—La Lanterne lllagique.
Thin as town is the private boxes at the
Adelphi present a good sprinkling of fashion. The
Duchess of St. Alban's box has been nightly graced with
nobility. Lord Sefton and family have also been present.
ANDOVER.--The inhabitants were alarmed
about one o'clock this morning (Wednesday) by a cry of
fire, stated to be at Apsley Farm, near Andover. The
engines were at once sent off, but arrived too late to save
the ricks of corn and hay, and outbuildings, which are still
burning. The fire, it is feared, is the work of an incendiary.
On the 14th ult., after a search of eight days
in the church of the Pantheon at Rome, the bones of
Raphael were discovered, enclosed in a deal coffin, under
the statue o: the Virgin. They were in such a perfect
state of preservation, and so little disturbed, that the height
of this eminent artist could be ascertained with precision,
and was found to have been seven palms and a half, or a
few lines more than five feet six inches (English). These
interesting relics were exposed to the public, and the skull
was equally perfect with the rest of the skeleton. C‘?":!:
quently the skull, which is shown at the Aeaderoyo°l
Luke, as having been that of Raphael, is suppositious._
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