The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-01 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Beyond the intelligence given in another column, we
are now enabled to explain a few more particulars
respecting the negotiation of peace in Lombardy. The
Central German Power sent, about a fortnight back,
plenipotentiaries into Lombardy to effect an understand-
ing between them. The overtures made to King CHARLES
ALBERT were well received, and on the 23d inst. D.T.
RADICE presented. to the Lieutenant of the German
Empire his credentials appointing him representative of
Xing CHARLES ALBERT at Frankfort. Thus the latter
Monarch was the first who officially recognised the Arch-
duke JOHN as Lieutenant of the German Empire. It is
on this more friendly feeling between Austria and Sar-
dinia that the former bases her hopes of concluding peace
without foreign interference ; but Baron WESSEMBERG
declared to Lord PONSONBY and M. DE REIZET that if,
at tfib expiration of the armistice of the 9th instant,
peaty were not concluded, Austria would have recourse
to the good offers of England and France. The news of
the intervention of the Central German Power will of
eourse interfere with the admission of M. BAUMER as
representative of the German Confederation at Paris.
The French Government raises some difficulties against
receiving hiln officially, under the plea that, except the
King of SARDINIA, no foreign Government has officially
recognised the new German Central' Power, and that
before she does so France wishes to consult the British
Cabinet.
The Marquis of Bloom, Minister of the Interior
of Tuscany, is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at the
Court of St. James's ; the papers had therefore erro-
neously attributed his departure from Italy to an extra-
ordinary mission to France and England.
It appears that amongst the insurgents transported to
Belle Isle is an individual who had been appointed a
sub-prefect U. SENARD, the Minister of the Interior.
General LE no, appointed Envoy Extraordinary
from the French Republic to the Court of St. Peters-
burgh, embarked at Ili ‘re on Saturday last for Brittany,
Where he is about to pass a few days to arrange some
private business, previous to his departure on his mission.
We are rejoiced, for a thousand reasons, to observe the
fowing announcement in the Bien Publique, proclaim-
lag a fact which must solace the wounded heart of LA-
iIkI:ITINS in the midst of ungrateful calumnies :
" M. de Lamartine has been elected a member of the
Council-General of the Saone et Loire by the two Can-
tons, north and south, of Macon. This double nomina-
tion will occasion a new election; an inconvenience which
the elee.tors did not hesitate to incur when they wished
to give to M. Lamartine, now out of power, the same
testimony of esteem and confidence that they had given
to him in other times."

HYDROPHOBIA.—SUPERSTITION.—A circumstance
which, his feared, may be attended with fearful results.
occurred a few days since, near the village of Marloes.
A dog, supposed to be in a rabid state, it was ascer-
tains i had a short time since bitten several animals, and
among others an ass, the property of a peasant in the
neighbourhood, who thought nothing further of the
matter, until the occurrence in question, and the ass was
as usual allowed the free liberty of a roadside pasture.
Unfortunately a poor woman and her son, a youth of
some nine or ten years old, had to pass through this road,
when the ass rushed at the boy, and the mother interfer-
ing, the infuriated animal turned all his rage on her, la-
cerated her in a most fearful manner, and ultimately
fasten el on her arm with the tenacity of a bull-dog.
Rer cHllltk soon brought a neighbouring farmer and his
servants to the spot, when the utmost exertions were I
obliged to be put in requisition to loosen the animal's
hold, and a walking stick with a large iron patten at-
taCEed to the end of it, had to be forced into his mouth,
and his jaws wrenched open, before the unfortunate
sufferer could he released from her dangerous position.
She was founorto have been seriously injured, but was
able to walk to her residence; and so strong a hold has
the genius of superstition among the peasantry of the
neighbourhood, that on the following morning she was
lrelped on her way to the churchyard of St. Edrin's, to
'eat the grass, which, it is believed, has the peculiar
property of being an antidote to hydrophobia.— Car-
marthen Journal.
MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 10 per mine, which, at the English Mint price of
3Z 175. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25.40; and the exchange at Paris on London
at short being 25 35, it follows that gold is 0.20 per
cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from
Hamburgh the price of gold is 433 per mark, which, at
the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.9; and the
exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.81,
it follows that gold ri- 0.35 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh
than in London.
PARISIAN STATISTICS.—There are at present 25,000
apartments to be let in Paris, chiefly those of which the
rent varies from 1,500 to 2,000 f. (601. to 80/.) There
are thirty-five new houses finished on the Boulevard
Beaumarchais, and they contain but thirty-five lodgers
—that is, one on an average per house. As a proof of
the depreciation of the value of house property in Paris,
it is sufficient to mention that a house in the Rue de
Beep produeing 3,000 f. (1201. a year) was lately offered
for sale at the upset price of 35,000 f. (1,4000, but could
find no purchaser.
BasErrr OF A BREEZE.—The other day a cau-
tious old farmer was about to select a day for adver-
tising the ronp of his grain. " I wish," said he to the
auctioneer, " that we may have a good breeze at the
roup." "A good breeze !" said the auctioneer, "what
connexion has the breeze wi' the roup ?" " Nair than
ye imagine," replied the other. " When grain's wavin'
wi' a good breeze, it looks a heap thicker—they see the
same heads twa-three times!"—Ayr Advertiser.
__ COLLISION ON THE PRESTON AND LANCASTER
RAILWAY.—The inquest arising out of this disaster
was resumed on Wednesday, when, after the production
of additional evidence, the Coroner briefly addressed
the juEy, regretting his inability to wade through
the .. 3`:s of evidence that had been given at that
late . abr. There were only two questions for their
consideration. If they believed that the deceased's
death was caused by accident, then it would be justifiable
or excusable homicide; but if by want of proper cau-
tion or with a felonious intent, then it amounted to
manslaughter. With much of the evidence that had been
given the jai/ had nothing to do, but had only to in-
quire when, how, and by what means the deceased had
met her death. The jury retired, taking with them the
voltiminous evidence. After they had been absent about
an hour, the Coroner, with his clerk, packed up his
papers, and suddenly left the inquest-room without say-
m7! Word. In a few minutes after Wright, the sum-
surMtle
anotfirr, made his appearance, and to the great
that the coroner court,
die of every person in announced
give their verdict
gone keine, and that the jury would
was _
w. some other time. This announce-
menturies of ~ *l'4
not
ti shouts of derisive laughter, and
Wagstaff said, return the verdict at once?" Mr.
to inform the perhapspublic, the
jury would have the kindness
that inquiry, when thew '° had taken great interest in
' turn the verdict? Wrighta•
ivould be in a condition to re- II
waited upon the jury, and on
his return said, " The•
c ve their vertime I dict
ad
on
'Wednesday week at tenjuorilwieck give their verdict on
'Wednesday week at ten o'clock, o whichll,
journ this Court."—(cries
of " L.'s
laughter.) all a farce!" and
-
Colarrrar. OF Pima IRISH REAPERS FOR THE
MVRDOR GE AN ENGLISH LABouRER. Sr.ui.
Court-house
: 'osf,
THIIRSDAW EVENING.—This day, at the
this town, Dennis Sweeny, Thomas Sweeny, Michael
Sweeny, and Thomas Maddam, were broughtiaeorethoef
bench of magistrates, charged with the wilful murder
Edward Swaine. The particulars have already appeared.
Ate days since the prisoners were arrested in Lincoln-
shire, principally in consequence of the admissions they
made to other reapers. On one occasion they were
heard to state, " That they had served three -- Eng-
lishmen out at St. Alban's, and they did not know whe-
the/ they left them dead or no." The witnesses spoke
positively to the four risoners being in the attack on
the deceased and the:k glish. The magistrates deter-
mined on committing four prisoners for trial on the
capital charge,. and id. e course of the afternoon they
were removed to the ertford County Gaol for trial at
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