The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-30 00:00:00

ITALY.

Roussell, who was not seen at the hotel, after the duel,
is supposed to have left by the Folkestone boat at four
o'clock on Saturday morning. The seconds returned
to tie hotel to supper, and excused, withoutet the
exciting
suspicion, the absence of their companions and
com-
missionaire. They returned to England by the Seine
on Saturday morning, at seven o'clock.
When the body of Petit was discovered, theMaireo-
f
it
ofthe commune of Pont-de-Briques fund thatwas be -
to
nd his jurisdiction, and this, as fresh information
the
news had
e
be given, led to considerable delay in forwarding newa to Boulogne.
The body was exposed yesterday at the hospital for re-
cognition- Petit appears to have been abort thirty years
of age, of miedle stature. His appearance is by no means
extraordinary His dress consisted of a brown paletot
coat, blue waistcoat, and puce coloured trousers. He
wore a pair of leetningly new shoes, and two shirts. His watch, money, and pap,,ra (if ho had any) are supposed
to have been secured by his companions. His adversary
Rouseell, who described himself as a surgeon, is said to
have been only twenty-four years of age, and of by no
means preposseasiee
aPecarance. At a late hour terday it was not not altogether decided whether the corpse
of the unfortunate man should be interred last night
or
this morning. At present there are various surmises
sng uas to the cause of the duel; but the affair is in-
volved in mystery.ery.
Apolitical reason is the one gene-
rally attached to it, but of a character which it would be
unwise to mention.

EARL'FITZIIARDINGE and FREE
cotIDE,
The following letter has been sent by Mr.
e, Earl
Fitzhardinge's land steward, to his Lordship's tenants
on the Berkeley estate:—
"Berkeley Castle, April. 1851.
" Sir,—l have to inform you, by the direction of
Earl Fitzhardinge, that the sum of will be returned
to you out of the half-year's rent due on the 6th of
April inst.
" This is considered by the practical men whom his
Lordship has consulted to be a fair and reasonable
abatement from the landlord towards meeting the diffi-
ccullttles arising from the present depressed state of agri-
u
ure.lt is undoubtedly fair and right that the
shouldland-
lord be called upon to contribute his share to-
wards meeting the present depreseion; he has now done
so; and I am authorised to state that should prices fall
abatements lower, future aunts will from time to time be
made, to equalize thee rents on this estate, and for the
further relief of
hayearuech as may hereafter be able to
prove that they
cornnzsonable grounds for complaint.
" In my daily
raieaations with the tenants of the
Berkeley estate, I find
nizilabouring under (what I
conceive to be) mistaken
to''susb with regard to the
claims they appear anxious
alludert to their landlord
for relief. I therefore propose to uto a few matters
which I think ought to be considerndaiflerently by un-
prejudiced farmers. I think that
their land-
for relief from other sources, as well as from
lord; and I shall endeavour to point out anti:le f the ad-
vantlges which appear to me to be the natural result of
the free-trade system; they are briefly these:—
" 1. The wages of agricultural labourers are already
lower by at least 5/. per annum for each a lebodied
man employed on a farm.
"2. Clothing, food, and almost all other necessaries
of life are much lower, enabling the farmer to maintain
his establishment at a cheaper rate than formerly; whip
the labourer is at the same time better ablo to live and
maintain his family by his exertions then when bread,
meat, and other articles were kept at a high price by lay.e
" 3. Tithes are becoming lovver annually through the
effe..es of the averages of the present low prices of corn
against the high rates of 1816 and 1847; and tithes
must remain low, when the high prices of those years
cease to affect the more recent averages upon which
tithes are fixed.

" 4. Poor-rates, highway-rates, church-rates, and other
payments are gradually becoming lower, and many other
of the various taxes which tend to oppress an occupying,

LATE FATAL DUEL AT BOULOGNE.
The following is a more detailed account of this affair
than that which appeared in oar paper of Wednesday.
It is from the Boulogne British Press :
BpULOGNE, MAY 26.—1 n our second edition of Satur-
day we gave some particulars of this unfortunate and
tragic affair, which became known in the town about noon
on Saturday. It was then currently reported that the
duellists were French and English respectively; this,
however, turns out not to be the case. The following
are the facts relative to the affair:—
On Wednesday last among the passengers from
London by the steam-ship Sine were four persons, ap-
parently Frenchmen, whr:se conduct on board exhibited
no particular animosity towards each other, but, if any-
thing, the roverse. These men were the duellists and
their seconds.
On reaching Boulogne they severally gave their names
as Joan Petit, George R ,ussell, Joseph Johanny, and
Deiir6 Guiffard. The two former were the principals in
the affair.
From what boa since transpired it would appear that
they came over expressly to fight a duel a wort; a duel
which is contintrA until one party falls; that ail the
conditions were stated in -writing; and that it was ar-
ranged that the men should first be set up at 25 paces,
and, if the shots were ineffective, that they should be
brought nearer to each other by five paces, with every
renewal of fire, uwil, if necessary, they should be placed
breast to breast; another condition was that one party
should provido tho weapons (pistols), and the other the
ammunition.

These men upon landing went in a body to the li4otel
Bristol et Douvree, a small house in the Ru.. &blequin.
Thursday wa. spent in arranging the preliminaries, and
the early part of Friday in procuring the arms. For
this latter purpose Russell, accompanied by his second,
visited the proprietor of the Val a'Andorre, at Core-
cure, representing that for the purpose of firing salutes
at a wedding in the country thy wanted some large
pistols, which they wished to hire. The proprietor
offered them a pair of blunderbusses, which that' re-
Jectt d, and finally purchased a pair of common pistols
for 35`..
In the course of Friday afternoon Roussell and his
friend wont by railway to Pout-de-Briques, and at four
o'clock Petit also, accompanied by his second, and the
commissionaire of the hotel, walked to Pont-de-Briques
by the road, the latter going with them without know-
ledge of their purpose, but as a guide.
Before leaving the hotel, Petit particularly ordered
supper for nine o'clock, and desired the-. some stewed
rabbit should be prepared for him. - He also treated his
party to beer three separate times while on the road.
Arrived at Punt-de-Briques, they were joined by the
other two, and the commissionaire was requested to show
them to the sanclhills in the neighbourhood of Condette,
about two miles from Pont•de-Briques.
Arrived there the nature of their designs became ap-
parent. The men were set up at 25 paces, and fired,
but without effect. They were then set up at 20 paces,
but without further result. They were then placed for
the third time, but at 15 paces, when Petit fell under his
adversary's fire, the bullet having entered his left breast,
just above the heart, and passed quite through his body.
The death of this unfortunate man must therefore have
been instantaneous.
It was now past seven o'clock, and the commissionaire
was dispatched to Pont-de-Briques for a doctor, with
whom, as also with the Maire of the commune, he re-
turned in about an hour. But the party had fled, dark.
ness had likewise set in, and it was only with great dif-
ficulty, and after an hour's search, that the body of the
deceased was discovered, lying upon his back, his feet
imbedded in the sand, his hands clasped together,
and his arms pressed upon his breast. His compa-
nions had left upon the ground an instrument for
probing the wound, and also a rapier cane. Upon the
person of the deceased were found his passport, a franc
piece, and a book of the laws of the first republic, in
which was inscribed the name " Jean Petit," and his
place of birth, " Roubaix, Belgium." Upon his breast
was laid a fine cambric handkerchief, in a corner of
which the initials " R. 8.," surmounted by a coronet,
are worked; this circumstance, simple as it is, by no
means tends to dissipate the mystery in which the
matter is involved.

The Corriere Mercantile quotes letters from Nice,
from which it appears that the agitation existing
there has degenerated into acts of open violence.
Signor GIOAN, one of the persons who had signed the
protest against the commercial reforms contemplated
by the Piedmontese Government, had been dismissed
flom. a judicial office be held. The exequatur had
been withdrawn from Signor AVIGDOR, consul of
Prussia, and Signor CARLONE, consul of Sweden ;
and the former had even been put under arrest.
Orders had been also given to arrest the latter, but
he had left home when the police arrived. These
measures gave rise to a serious disturbance on the
19th. The Communal Council was loudly cheered
by a large mass of people while leaving the Town-
hall, and Signor *TIME, whose arrest had been spoken
of, was accompanied home by a crowd singing
the Marseillaise, and giving loud cheers for the
free port. A number of workmen proceeded to the
prisons, and attempted to break open Ole doors, but de-
sisted upon Signor Avsonoa appearing at one of the
windows, and recommending them to disperse. At
this . moment a report of firearms was heard, but
the cause was not ascertained. The crowd then
moved bowards the palace of the Intendance, but was
met by a party of troops who dispersed it. At noon
the crowd on the principal square was dispersed by a
detachment of infantry, the legal summons not hav-
ing been obeyed. Some women and children were
severely bruised in the confusion. Towards evening
order was restored. On the 20th the police ordered
all the clubs to be closed ; the military posts were
doubled, and strong detachments of troops stationed
around the prisons. Orders were given to arrest
other persons, but it was found they had crossed the
frontier. The Intendant of the province issued a
proclamation, recommending the inhabitants to be
calm ; assuring them that the Government was de-
termitied to respect constitutional liberty, and to
examine the grievances complained of, but could not
give way to menaces or to sedition ; and advising
them to have the greatest confidence in the equity of.
the Government and the Chambers. The spring
session of the Municipal Council was closed on the
20th. On that and the following day public order was
not disturbed.
In its sittings of the 24th, the Senate of Turin
commenced the discussion on the treaties of com-
merce with Belgium and England.
The Giornale di Roma announces that, on the
17th,. his HOLINESS returned the visit of King Louts
of Bavaria. In the audience of the l4tb, the Holy
Father named the municipal councillors of severe
communes, according to the new law. Other DOLL
nations were made on the 17th.