The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-06 00:00:00

CRIME IN FRANCE.

The Court of Assizes of the Bas-Rhin three days
ago tried a married woman named liaumesser, of
Elseheim, for the murder of her daughter. This
woman, who possessed a detestable reputation in
the village from the impiety and obscenity of her
language, and from the violence of her character,
took an intense antipathy to one of her two daugh-
ters, Jeannette, aged 21 years, and frequently ill-
treated her in the most shameful way, and often
threatened to murder her. On the 2d December
last the poor young female, who was at home with
her mother, was heard by the neighbours to cry
loudly for help from an up-stairs room, and the
neighbours afterwards heard a noise similar to that
which would have been occasioned by beating the
head of a person against a wall. One of the neigh-
bours sent her son, at boy of
_thirteen, to threaten
the woman, that if she did not cease ill-treating her
daughter, she would send for the police; bet the
woman in a furious rage turned the boy out of the
house, and fastened the door. He, however, looked
through the keyhole and saw her take up a large
knife and rush on her daughter; at the same mo-
ment he heard the latter cry " Holy Virgin ! pro-
tect me !" and then he heard a strange noise, which
he compared to that which would have been caused
by a calf having its throat cut. All at once the
noise ceased, but the woman was heard for some
time after moving to and fro in her house as if
busily engaged in some unusual operation; and
after a while she was seen to go into the yard to
wash some articles stained with blood. The neigh-
bours, after some hesitation, sent for her husband,
who was at work in the village ; and the woman, in
answer to his inquiries as to where Jeannette was,
said that she had had to correct her for some fault,
and that she had gone away; but would no doubt
soon return. The man was satisfied, and observing
nothing unusual in the housereturnedt• work. Two
days, however, passed away, and nothing was seen of
the girl. The gendarmes were then informed by the
neighbours of what had taken place, and they went
to the woman's house, to arrest her; but having
heard that she had been denounced she took to
flight across the fields. She was, however, pursued
capture
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up from a' hole near a windmill at some distance
from the village some fragments of flesh, and on the
hole being examined there were, horrible to relate,
found in it breasts, part of a trunk,' the legs, and
the intestines of a young female, also the fragments
of a skull—the feet and hands had disappeared,
probably from having been devoured by wild ani-
mals. The woman, hearing of this discovery,
related with revolting coolness that the remains in
question were those of her daughter' whom she had
murdered and dismembered •, and she detailed with
great minuteness the horrible operations ! Among
other things, she stated that after the murder she
had smashed the skull of her daughter to extract
the brain, and had burned the brain in the fire !
The jury declared her guilty, and the court con-
, demned her to death.

TILE BODI'GUARD OF THE EMPEROR

OF MOROCCO.

These famous black Cavaliers in a charge at first
advance slowly in a single line, then canter, and
then gallop, spurring on the horse to its last gasp,
meantime standing up erect on their shovel.stir-
rups, and turning from one side to the other.
Looking round will, an air of defiance, they fire off
their matchlocks, and throw themselves into various
dexterous attitudes, sometimes letting fall the
bridle. The pieces being discharged, the horses
instantaneously stop. The most difficult lesson a
barb learns is to halt suddenly in mid-career of a
full gallop. To discharge his matchlock, standing
on the stirrups, while the horse is in full gallop, is
the great lesson of perfection of the Maroquine sol-
diery. These cavaliers are sometimes called Spahis.
They are composed of Moors, Arabs, Berbers, and
all the native races in Morocco. They are usually
plainly dressed ; but, beneath the bournouse, many
of them wear the Moorish dress, embroidered in the
richest style ; wa hindi
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--
The defeat of the late Emperor's eldest son, Sidi
Mohammed, at the battle of Isly, where he com-
manded many thousand of these cavaliers, has
thrown a shade over the ancient celebrity of Moor-
ish horsemen. On that fatal day, however, none of
the black body guard of the Emperor were brought
into action.

In a country like Morocco, of widely distinct
races and hostile tribes, all naturally detestinr, each
other, the Emperor finds in them his only safety, and
this bodyguard places before us the character of the
negro in a very favourable light. He is at once
brave and faithful, the two essential ingredients in
the formation and development of heroic natures.—
Daily Director and Entr'acte:

LARKS FOREPICURES.—My wife wondered how
many of our beloved little larks would be devoured in Lon-
don alone in the course of this month. " Larks I" Yes •
our poor little musical larks are caught and boned and made
into dumplings, or stewed by dozens, by hundreds, and by
thousands—not every year, but from time to time, when
the fancy comes up again.—OnCe a Week,