The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-21 00:00:00

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GARIBALDI AND THE Swlfis.—A committee of
Swiss patriots having forwarded to Garibaldi, through
Major Ott, of the Federal army, a magnificent rise, re-
ceived the following letter from the General :—" Swisspa-
triots,—The generous gift of a rifle, which I have received
from you, through Major Ott, has been vel7 gratifying to me.
This manifestation on the part of the noble Swiss nation is a
brilliant recompense for the little I have been able to do in
favour of the liberty of the paples, and I shall be grateful to
you all my life. Italy aes with a firm and decided
step towards political inclarendence. The brotherly sympa-
thies of the sons of William Tell will be a favourable augurl
for the accomplishment of her destinies. Receive my thardog/
men of liberty, you who faithfully guard the holy kw" "
liberty. May the fraternity of the peoles be
h„ in:, II: : friendlyl°
h'eor oal
vain word, and may our two nations unite as the waters of
our rivers, and for only one family.—l am,
us statistics
gratitude, your friend GAnin&T,Dl
yo.
ung gentlemen of that
SMOKING.—The pupils of the Polyteocur?
in Paris ha recently recently furnished some
bearing on Memo. Dividing the
college into groups, the smokers and the
.enon-smokers,. it is
shown that the smokers have provinafeitlPLormtseives in
the
various competitive examinations far far
. , and not inconsiderskirs
theo the others.
rank,
a year, thethe average rank rankordsaisf
entering°but in
Not only in the examinations
smoke enjoyed a cerebral atmo-
sphere smokers in a lower
fallen, o
while
hhhee
iylsemht have to
mr e
hnpaai
constantlyothroughdid
sphere of the clearest kind.
HORRIBLE MIIRDERS.--A. dreadful
case
was
three days ago submitted to the Court of Assizes of the
Aisne. An entire family named Robert, consisting of the
father and mother, and their son and daughter, the two
attar aged respectively 38 and 25, were accused of four
cases of infanticide. They livid in the village of
Prouvais,
and it was a matter of general notoriety that the brother
and sister maintained, with the full knowledge of the Pe'
,
rents, an improper intimacy, and that the result of it was
the birth of several childrenall of whom
the judicial authorities instituted mysteriously dis.
appeared. At length the scandal became so great that
an inquiry, and then
the
Young woman made the horrible confession that
for ten years she and her brother had lived together as man
and wife, that she had borne not fewer than seven children,
and that four of them had been strangled immediately
birth by the brother, with the consent of herself andmother,
and in their presence. As to the other three children, two
she said wore born dead, and the third is now living, seven
years old. The dead bodies, she added, were buried in the
1 garden, and there the bones of three were found. Although
the woman did not accuse her father, it appeared
impos—
sible that he could be ignorant of these fearful crimes, and/
he was therefore included in the indictment, but the jury i
acquitted him. The brother and sister and the moth, .3r
being convicted of the murders, the two former were et in-
demned to death, and the latter, on account of her age , to
hard labour for life.