The Sun.
London, England, 1833-08-30 00:00:00

During the excesses in the South of France
CALLOT d'llEalsozs was sent Commissioner to Lyons, for
the purpose of executing the horrid vengeance of the Ja-
cobins. The Commissioner had previously been his-ed
at Lyons, where he made hie appearance as a tragic actor,
and when he heard the report of the cannon which were
sweeping down the helpless Lyonnois, he exclaimed,
" Celt vast rnieux que leers in:filets—Vire la Repub-
lique!"

A novel scene is to be exhibited speedily on
the Thames, above bridge, by Peveral f: males, not to ex-
ceed 20 years of age each, relations of watermen, who are
to row for a prize. They are to be attired in handsome
silk jackets, differing in cialiiur, and are to wear fancy
head-dresne, and the novelty will, no doubt, be very
attractive. They have been practising for some days past
early in the morning, but as private as possible, and are
♦ery expert in using and feathering the oar. The maiden
victors may reckon on soon having " jolly young water.
men" for their husb Inds.

FONQUET, Bishop of Toulouse, having
proved himself a furious persecutor of the Albigenses,
the people of Toulouse, who favourel that sect, drove
him out of their city, and as he passed the walls they
shouted, " What ho ! Bishop of Devils !" "Right," re-
plied Fonquet, "tor I am your Bishop."
At the Theatre de la Gahee, in Paris, on
Saturday, during the performance of a piece calle I The
Four Elements, i%lademoiselle Maris, as she was descend-
ing in a car, in the character of Aright, fell upon the
stage from a height of nearly thirty feet, in consequence
of the breaking of the cords by which it was slung from
the machinery above. She received some serious injuries,
but hopes are entertained that they will not prove fetal.
On a trial for the murder of a lady about 12
years ago, in Paris, which commenced on Monday, the
skeleton was produced in Court, for the purpose of show-
ing, from the state of the vertebra, and a rope fount] also
in the grave, that the death had been effected by stran
gulation.
THE WEATHER.—There has been a sudden
and most happy alteration in the weather fur the last two
days. The heavy gale has taken off, the cold and
blighting winds have ceased to blow, and we are again
visited with gentle airs, and enlivened by the cheering
beams of a svarrn son. The harvest, we are gratified to
say, gives promise of being one of the most abundant with
which we have been blest for many years.—Dullin Mail,
of Monday.
MEMORY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT--A
tablet, six feet square, is about to be placed in the rotunda
of the New City Hall, in Albany, inscribed to the me-
mory of the great Scottish poet and novelist. It is in
alto reliero, and on the left side represents Genius, hold-
ing in the right band the vital torch, and pointing with
the left to the medalion of SCOTT, and directing History
and Blography (the figures of which are underneath) to
record the fame of the great Poet and Author. On the
right of the statue of Genius is the national plant (the
Thistle), and in the back ground the emblem of Perpe-
tuity (the Pyramid.) It has other appropriate devices;
and under the whole is a salad marble table, with the in-
scription, " The Citizens of Albany to the Memory of
WAvisfs Yvrtk