The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-12 00:00:00

fHE SUN, LON ._;ON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1867.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FP.031 OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.
There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the
Tuileries. The Empress presided.
The Commission appointed by the decree of the
17th July last for the settlement of the Mexican
indemnities assembled yesterday at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, and commenced their labours. The
letters and documents which have been sent to the
Ministry were placed before the Commission.
'The Queen Mother, of Naples, died on Thursday
last at St. Albano. She was the daughter of the
Archduke Charles, of Austria, and married King
Ferdinand 11., on the 9th of January, 1837.
The Gazette, of Vienna, received in Paris, pub-
lishes the text of the treaty of Commerce and
Navigation concluded between Austria and Italy.
The Russian frigate General Amiral, from the
Piraeus, anchored at Cadiz on the 31st of July,
bound to Cherbourg.
The Minister of the Interior has issued a cir-
cular to all the Prefects respecting the celebration
of the Emperor's fete on Thursday next. The cir-
cular states that although the National fete is
always celebrated very joyously it will always re-
ceive additional éclat this year from the fresh glory
shed upon France and her Sovereign by the grand
results of the Universal Exhibition. it then re-
quests the prefects to assist.with the religious and
military authorities to take steps to render the re-
, joicings worthy of the occasion, and to devote the
greater portion of the funds voted upon the oc-
casion to the relief of the poor generally.
The annual public meeting of the five academies
will take place on Wednesday next, under the pre-
sidency of M. Lebrun, Director of the French
Academy, when the grand Council prize offered by
the Emperor will be awarded. Various interesting
speeches will be made by the most eminent mem-
bers of the academy. A paper will be read by M.
Renan, the author of the elaborate work, " The
Life of Jesus."

The death is announced of Madame Sardon, the
wife of the young author who has written so many
popular comedies. Madame Sardon had suffered
from a long and painful illness. The funeral ser-
vice took place yesterday, at the parish church of
St. Mary-le-Roi, and was attended by vast numbers
of actors and literary men.
Public attention is very much excited by a sen-
sational trial for murder before the Court of Assizes
for the Seine and Marne, some particulars re-
specting which I gave at the time of the
terrible occurrence. The accused is a mar-
ried woman, named Matilda Louise Frigard, who
is charged with murdering, on the Bth of May,
1867, at Fontainebleau, a widow named Marguerite
Dussart Mertens. In another indictment the pri-
soner is charged with fraudulently obtaining several
sums of money from the deceased by means of
forged documents, and also with abstracting from
her pockets two keys and gold and notes. It ap-
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that death was caused by suffocation, probably by
the knee of the murderess being pressed upon
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two keys from the pocket of the deceased, as well
a 3 some money, and then went to the house where
she bad lived in Paris (in the Rue de Laval) and
took away documents and money. The deceased
led an irregular life, and so did the prisoner, and
one of the imputations is that the prisoner received
a share of the money given by gentlemen who
visited the deceased. The widow Martens had a
sum of money to the amount of 31,000 fr. placed at
interest at the Comptoir d'Escompte, a great dis-
count establishment. By means of forged docu-
ments the prisoner contrived to obtain this money
from the bank, and it was proved that she had paid
part of it to purchase an hotel. She also sent 800 fr.
to her husband, and expended other sums in
jewellery. The evidence proved also that the
prisoner was in the habit of carrying a six-barrel
revolver and ball cartridges in her pocket. The ex-
planation of the reason for this which she gave to
the President was that she was afraid of an
Englishman [named Williams, who, with other
men, had once Attacked her in the street and en-
deavoured to murder and rob her. She said
this man was a very desperate character, and
was much wanted by the English police. On
further interrogation the prisoner suggested that
the murder was committed by this man Williams,
who had been seen, she said, near the spot where the
body was found. Besides, she added, he was very
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that the prisoner went to the Discount Bank, and
by means of a forged receipt in the name of the
widow, drew out the remaining 3,500 f. left there to
the credit of the deceased. The prisoner admitted
this fact to the President, adding that she did not
know of the widow's death at the time, but that she
drew out the money for her benefit, as they were
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The prisoner, in a loud and excited tone, replied,
" But, Monsieur le President, you know very well
that I did not kill this woman." The prisoner then
added that she did not positively accuse Williams of
killing the widow, but she wished energetically to
protest her own innocence of the murder.

The sitting of the Court yesterday was adjourned
after an examination by the jury of the document
alleged to be forged.
The Government has not yet received any posi-
tive information respecting M. Dano, the French
Ambassador in Mexico. It is supposed, however,
that he is retained as a prisoner by the Mexican
Government. The latest news respecting him from

the United States is of the 26th of July, when his
position is described as " very equivocal." Ile bad
requested Porfirio Diaz to give him the means of
reaching the coast with 250 other Frenchmen who
had remained at Mexico. Diaz had referred the
matter to Juarez, who replied that M. Dano must
wait until his arrival in the capital. There seems
little doubt that M. Dano is really a prisoner, but
it is supposed that he will be liberated on the arrival
of Juarez.

There has been a terrible catastrophe at Bor-
deaux. Some explosive materials in the cellars of
a house took fire, and several buildings were blown
up with no less than 80 persons. Some were killed,
and upwards of 30 were taken to the hospital. It
is feared that more victims will be found in the
cellars.

An artilleryman of the 10th Regiment at Vin-
cennes has murdered a young servant girl with
whom he was on very intimate terms. They had
passed the day together on Friday, and after a quar-
rel, the girl having threatened to leave him, he drew
a dagger from his pocket and stabbed her to the
heart. Death was instantaneous. The murderer
was arrested without resistance.

Count de Labedoycre, a Senator, died on Fiiday
last.

Yesterday and to-day have been settled, real
summer days, with uninterrupted sunshine and ex
cessive heat.

Another King has arrived in Paris, Orelie Antoine
the First, King of Avaccania and Patagonia, but as
he is a very poor King nobody takes any notice of
him. lie is so poor, indeed, that he has petitioned
the Senate to give him a pension. This he has done
in despair, having, without success, written to the
Emperor, the Empress, and the Imperial Prince,
and sent a memorial to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs. In his memorial he says that " the moment
he ascended the throne he endeavoured to establish
a strong central Government."

THE RAIL 1 Y ACCIDENT NEAR DUBLIN.
THE FENIAN TRIALS.

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DUBLIN, Sunday.
The coroner's jury found that the accident on the
Bray Railway was caused by some defect in the
permanent way, but that they had not sufficient
evidence to say what the defect was. The wounded
are progressing favourably, with the exception of
Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Jordan, and a man named
Donnelly, who are not expected to live. The
engine-driver and stoker are going on well.
Captain Moriarty was found guilty of treason
felony at the Kerry Sessions on Saturday, and sen-
tenced to twenty years' penal servitude. A witness
swore that it was arranged that Moriarty should
hang Father Mawe, P.P., Cahirciveen, for speak-
ing against Fenians from the altar. Thomas
Noonan was sentenced to ten and Reilly and
Goulding to five years' penal servitude.

The West Gloucestershire Election Riots.

On Saturday the magistrates sitting in Petty
Sessions at Dursley, were occupied in hearing charges
arising out of the late election for West Gloucester-
shire. In the first place there were five prisoners
charged with riot and attacking Sir George Jen-
kinson and the lion. Grantley Berkeley after the
close of the proceedings; and, secondly, Sir George
Jenkinson himself was charged with an assault
upon one of the yellow party.
The magistrates on the bench were—Mr. Purnell
(chairman), Capt. Moss, Col. Purnell, Mr. Ben-
gough, Mr. G. C. Hayward, and Mr. Forbes.
The first case was against four men, named
Andrew Kilmister, William Deane, Richd. Lacey,
Rowland Hill (a boy), and Henry Woodward, who
were charged with having, with divers other evil
disposed persons to the number of ten and more,
unlawfully and riotously assembled together to the
disturbance of the peace, and with having riotously
assaulted Sir George Jenkinson and the Hon.
Grantley Berkeley.
A great number of witnesses, chiefly members of
the police, were examined. They proved that after
the declaration of the poll, as Sir George Jenkinson
was leaving Dursley in a carriage or break, accom-
panied by the Hon. Grantley Berkeley and a num-
ber of ladies, they were followed by a crowd throw-
ing at the carriages eggs, sticks, sheeps'-heads,
stones, and other offensive matters ; that Lady
Jenkinson, other ladies, a little boy, and Sir G.
Jenkinson, were struck with
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Captain Kennedy, who was visiting at Sir George
Jenkiuson's, and accompanied him to the hustings.
He was near the Bell and Castle lan when Sir G.
Jenkinson's carriage was brought out ; but Sir
George's party were intercepted by the crowd, and
stones, bones, eggs, sticks, and rubbish were thrown
at the people in the carriage. lie was the last of
the party that got into the carriage, and could see
what took place. Lacey was one of the most active
of the crowd, and witness got hold of him and
handed him over to the police, having taken from
him a paper bag full of eggs. He was himself
struck with eggs and other missiles. Lady Jenkin-
son had her face cut, and another lady had blood on
her face. When be got up to the carriage, a little boy
who was in it was crying bitterly. He had been
struck in the eye. After he (witness) had given
Lacey into custody he was surrounded by a lot of
persons, and he had no doubt that, but for the timely
arrival of the police, he should have got a good
thrashing. At length the carriage drove off. At that
time he was standing on the hind step of the car-
riage. The crowd followed the carriage with various
missiles. He considered the conduct of the mob
was calculated to excite terror. He was not a very
timid man, but he certainly did think that lives
would have been lost. lie had been at elections
before in a military capacity, but never saw such
au excited mob. This was the first occasion on which
he had been an amateur assistant at an election.

Cross-examined—Did not see Sir George Jenkin-
son strike any person. Several broken mop and
broom handles were thrown into the carriage. One
would have struck him on the head, but he avoided
it by stooping.

Police-constables Hawker and Gough identified
some of the prisoners. All were recognised as
taking an active part in the riot except Deane.
crowd, and saw Hill pick it up and pitch it into Sir
Gough had seen a sheep's head " flying about " the
George Jcnkinson's carriage. Another policeman
proved an admission by Hill,
after his apprehen-
sion, that he had picked up the head and thrown it,
and that it fell in the carriage amongst the ladies.
For the defence it was alleged that this was no
riot, but only a common electioneering row, and
that justice would be fully done by calling upon
the defendants to enter into sureties to keep the
peace.

The bench considered there had been a disgraceful
and violent riot, and committed all the prisoners
except Deane for trial at the assizes.

Bail was accepted.

Thomas Ward, labourer, and militia sergeant,
then charged Sir G. Jenkinson with an assault by
striking him with a whip.
The evidence taken in the case showed that on
the morning of the declaration of the poll, a number
of yellows (Liberals) had assembled at King's Hill,
near Dursley, to meet the unsuccessful Liberal can-
didate, Mr. C. Berkeley, when Sir George Jenkin-
son drove up in a carriage. Ile was hooted, and as
his witnesses alleged, a boy ran in front of the horses
with a bushel, to make them shy. He cut at the
boy with his whip, which struck complainant on the
head. Ward denied that any boy with a basket was
on the road, and said the blow was aimed at him,
and that Sir George called them all a set of black-
guards. Two policemen deposed that Ward ad-
mitted to them that Sir George, though he had cut
at him, did not hit him with the whip.
The magistrates fined Sir G. Jenkinson 40s. and
cos! s.

FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE..--About one o'clock
yestorda2, morning a fire broke out in the stablo,-; belong-
mon were sleeping in the stables
ing to the Hautboy and Fiddle public-house, at Ockliam,
near Esher, Surrey. Two
at the time, aad before they could escape the place was
consumed. Thus they lost their lives. Two valuable
horses, the property of the postmaster at Esher railway
station, were also burnt. The origin of the calamity has
not been ascertained.

L A TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Aug. 12.

The Senate has adopted the first 17 clauses of the
Church Property Liquidation Bill, the first and
most important clause was passed by a large

majority.

BERLIN, August 12.

Count von Bismarck will preside at the first
meeting of the Federal Council on Thursday next.
His wounded hand is progressing favourably.