The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-20 00:00:00

THE PANTIN MASSACRE.

The following is the text of a letter received four days
ago by Edmond Troppman, engineer in the Imperial navy
at Cherbourg, from his brother, now in the prison of Mazas:
—"My dear Brother,—Do not reject these few lines, as I
have not the courage to write to our poor parents. Endeavour
to console them as well as is in your power. Tell them that
they ought not to consider me so culpable as th 2 journals as-
sert. You can assure them that I am not a murderer, as they,
perhaps, believe me at this moment, although I am accused
as such. I wish that you were not a soldier, so that you
might at least aid in solacing the distress with which our
family is overwhelmed, or that you could invent some-
thing which would produce a little money to enable them
to go to America; for in France they will never again
be at rest. In the United States at least they would not
be the mark of scorn. Do what you can to comfort
them ; for myself, I can do nothing but weep for them. If
anything happens in our family, you will be kind enough
to write to me. Ido not ask for news, for I know well in
what position they are. If lam downhearted it is only
on their account ; misfortune has fallen upon me, and I
submit. Embrace my parents for me, although they per-
haps believe me unworthy of that favour.—Your unhappy
brother, J. B. TROPPMANN."

This letter was forwarded to his sister Francoise with
the addition of the following few lines from Edmond,
who has always borne an excellent character in his service :
—" I at once replied,adjuring him to denounce his accom-
plices. I will send you his answer when I receive it. Tell
our parents that I still remain their devoted son,—E.
TROPP3LkNN. P.S.—Endeavour principally to console our
poor mother."

Tho bulustriel Alsacien publishes the following state-
ment :—" The elder Troppmann has remitted to the police
another letter ho has received from Paris, threatening
him and all his family with death if his son makes any
disclosures."

At Axminster a lad, taking aim in sport at his
sister and infant brother with a gun which was loaded,
though ho did not know it, killed the child and wounded
the girl in tho faco.

The Pall Mall Gazette publishes the following let-
ter from the Rev. Fhilip Freeman :—" I see it reported that
Archdeacon Denison stated at Leeds that I had written him
word that the Dean and Chapter of Exeter were speaking
out as one man against tho appointment of Dr. Temple.
The Archdeacon must have misunderstood me or been mis-
reported, as I could only speak of myself and some others
of the Chapter, not of the whole body."

An explosion took place at the blast furnace be-
longing to the Messrs. Darby, of the Brymbo Iron Works,
near Wrexham, on Friday afternoon, and terminated fatally
in three cases. A boy, William Jones, was killed on the
spot, and on Saturday night a man died from the injuries ho
received, and another man died yesterday morning. Both
the men were married. Two others are in a very precari-
ous state.

Another outrage by I o..chers occurred at Leicester
on Sunday morning. About ball• past seven o'clock a police-
man named Kendall met five men, whom ho knew to bo
poachers, each carrying full bags and nets, and armed with,
bludgeons and flails. On his speaking to them the men he-
knowledged that they had got a few rabbits, and two of them
at once commenced a savage attack on the officer, while the
rest ran away with the rabbits up a neighbouring public-
house yard. The policeman's staff was taken from him, and
ho was beaten on the head with it, knocked down, kicked
most severely, and left on the ground insensible. Warrants
have been issued against the poachers, who are knot'', tn t,),4
police.

The very extensive Distillery now being erected
at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the manufacture of
Irish whisky, by Messrs. DUN VILLE & Co., who have gained
a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be
called " The Royal Irish Distillery."