The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-21 00:00:00

MILITARY INFLUENCE IN FRANCE.

TIME that FRANCE has PASSED in WAR FROM the
THIRTEENTH to the EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

In the fourteenth century, forty-three years of war : i. e.
five of civil war, thirteen of war off the territory, twenty-
five of war on the territory, of France.—ln this period there
were fourteen great battles,—among others, that of Cour-
trai, where the Flemish won four hundred pair of spurs from
the French knights ; and that of Poictiers, where the King
of France was taken prisoner.
In the fifteenth century, seventy-one years of war : i. e.
thirteen of civil war, forty-three of war on the territory,
and fifteen of war carried out of the territory; of France.—
In this period there were eleven great battles—Agincourt,
Castillon, and Montlhery were among the number.
In tt.o Qixteentu -mar a e-
forty-four of war off the French territory, eight of war on
the French territory, and thirty-three of civil and religious
war.—ln this period there were twenty-seven great battles.
In the seventeenth century, sixty-nine years of war : i. e.
eleven of civil war, fifty-two of war carried off the French
territory, and six of religious war.—ln this period there
were thirty-nine grcat battles.
In the eighteenth century, fifty-eight years of war : i. e.
one of religious war, six of civil war, and fifty-one of war off
the French territory.

Thus in the space of five centuries we have
Civil war
Religious war
On the French territory 76 years.
Off the French territory

Total
During which time were fought one hundred and eighty.
four great battles.—Front H. L. Bulwer's France.

MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.

A person, named Pearson, a labouring man, at Randy-
land, near Brampton, has been committed to Carlisle gaol,
charged with the murder of his wife. It appears that Pear-
son, in company with his wife, reached home on Monday
night, the former being intoxicated. Some time after they
entered into the house, the neighbours heard a great noise
proceedirrs from the room they occupied. Pearson was
using very violent language, and in a short time after blows
were struck by the prisoner, and cries of " Murder !"
heard. The neighbours interfered, but their attempts were
frustrated by Pearson declaring he would serve them in
the same way if they offered to speak to him. Compara-
tive quietness appears to have followed this, and it seems
that the deceased had been preparing to go to bed when
Pearson again attacked her with a stick. The neighbours
were again aroused, and, on getting to the door, found the
deceased outside of the house, quite naked, and in a pitiable
state from the bruises she had received. She was then in-
vited into the house of one of the neighbours, to keep out
of Pearson's way. She, however, declined doil, so, and
again went into her own room. There she had not re-
mained long, as she was seen early in the morning, still
quite naked, in a field about twenty yards from the house,
by an individual from Brampton, who had occasion to pass
along the road, and who heard Pearson telling her, in an
Angry manner, to get up and go into the house. It appears
she obeyed him, and with difficulty reached the bed, and
in a short time she was found lying there dead, her body
presenting a shocking spectacle from the brutal treatment
sho had received. The principal wounds were on the head
and neck, and from these the blood was flowing copiously,
and had stained nearly every article in the room. Pear-
son, on the result of his conduct being communicated to
him, betrayed the most hardened indifference ; and while
the corps was being laid out, was engaged in drinking from
a bottle of spirits he held in his hand. An inquest was
held on Thursday, and a verdict of " Wilful Murder'
brought in.

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The great improvements introduced the Forest of
Dean by the making iron there, has given a stimulus to the
neighbouring works, which will probably be felt on Thursday,
when the Lydbrook ;yorks, on the confines of the Forest, are
to abide the uncertain izte of the hammer. The re-action
which has taken place in the iron trade during the last year,
and the extraordinary and steady rise which has taken place,
will surely be influential with our me ied men. It is conti-
guous to the rail-road, and in direct comuainication with the
rivers Severn and Wye.

A negociation is at present on the tapir between
Messrs. Robert and Severini, the directors of the Italian Opera
in Paris, and the assignees of Mr. Chambers, for the King's
Theatre in London. The only question in dispute between
the parties is, we understand, the extent of time for the dura-
tion of the lease. The assignees wish to limit it to one year,
a term to which, with some appearance of justice, Messrs.
Robert and Severini decidedly object as unreasonably short.—
French Paper.
THI WEATIIER.—As a proof of the extraordinary
mildness of the season, it may be stated that a gentleman who
resides in the Coburg-road, leading out of the Old Kent-road,
dined on green peas, gathered from his garden so late as Sun-
day last, Oct. 19. This gentleman has pe, in full bloom
and pod, in an unsheltered part of his garden.as
CAPTURE OF A HAWK.---Yesterday morning,
about eleven o'clock, the hawk, which for forty years has been
the terror of the vicinity of St. Paul's Church-yard, in conse-
quence of its having destroyed smaller birds of all descriptions,
fell from the dome of the cathedral opposite the front of the
Crown coach-office, St. Paul's church-yard, in consequence of
old age. Mr. Pope, the landlord, who is upwards of 60 years
of age, and has been acquainted with the haunts of the hawk
in the dome of the cathedral for the period above-mentioned,
having recovered from his surprize, seized and secured the
once-considered sacred bird, which is of full-growth, encaged,
and placed it in one of his apartments, where ho intends exhi-
biting it to the public gratuitously. During the after part of
the day the house was crowded to excess, to witness this un..
expected and desirable curiosity.