The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-20 00:00:00

A FEMALE FIEND.

The Court of Assizes of Paris tried on Saturday a
married woman named Pichon, for having, by ill-
treatment, caused the death of her daughter Augus-
tine, aged ten years. Before her marriage the woman
had two children, one of whom was Augustine. She
then lived at Havre, hut some time after she removed
with her husband to La Chapelle St. Denis. At that
time Augustine was quite healthy and strong. But
shortly after the arrival at La Chapelle, she began to
waste away, owing to her mother depriving her of
sufficient food, and treating her with horrible seve-
rity. Scarcely a day, it appeared, passed on which
the woman did not beat and kick her in the most
brutal way; sometimes, too, she pinched her with
the tongs, at others threw a clothes iron at her.
She allowed her nothing to eat except the crusts left
by her brother and sister ; only gave her scanty and
dirty clothing, and compelled her to sleep, even in the
coldest weather, in an underground shed in the
garden on a filthy mattress. At length the cruelty
became so scandalous that the neighbours interfered.
They found the poor child in a woful state; she was
reduced almost to a skeleton ; was literally covered
with burns and bruises, and there were severe cuts
and sores in different parts
of her person. She was
taken to the hospital, but died in a few days. Some
of the witnesses stated that they never saw in their
lives a more horrible spectacle than that presented
by the poor girl, and their evidence drew forth ex•
pressions of disgust and horror from the auditory ;
but the prisoner remained calm and indifferent. No
other reason was stated for her abominable conduct
than that she had taken a profound dislike to the child ;
but she was very good to her other child, and also to
the two children of her husband by a former wife.
The jury declared her Guilty. On hearing the ver-
dict she appealed to the judges for "indulgence."
The Court condemned her to death. She appeared
completely overwhelmed, and exclaimed " Ah, mon
Dieu! ah, mon Dieu !"—Gali gnani.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS:FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 15, 1851.

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*236
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 55
Tubercular Diseases ... ... 179
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 110
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 45
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... ... 168
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... ... 62
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 5
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 8
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... 3
Malformations... 3
Premature Birth ... ... 33
Atrophy ... ... ... ... ... ... 18
Old Age

Sudden ... ... ... 3
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ~. 26
Gases not specified ... ... ... ...

DEATUs FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corre-
Enumerated, sponding week
1851. of 1850.
West Districts... 376,332 . . 135 .
North Districts.. 490,441 .. 167 .
Central Districts 392,986 ... 170 .
East Districts ... 485,336 ... 212
youth Districts .. 616,545 ... 224

1,022
Deaths
in the
Week.
145
180
175
237
285

'Totals...-..... 2,361,640 ... 908 ... 1,022

Males ... ... ••• ... ... 529
Females ••• ... ... ... 493