The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-08 00:00:00

FRENCH MORALITY:

A very shocking case was yesterday submitted
to the Tribunal of Correctional Police. Some time
ago, the Procurcur Imperial received a complaint
from a wealthy tradesman named Baud, 62, Rue
Menilmontant, to the effect that in June, 18,57, he
and a female named Royer had entered into a .cim--
vention, by which the latter allowed her daughter,
a girl of seventeen, to become his dame de com-
pagnie for his whole life, on payment of 500 fr.
down, and on a promise that 6,000 fr. should be paid
after his death, but that the girl, after stopping
with him some time, had left him; he therefore
prayed that measures should be taken to make her,
and her mother, and a man named Mar,-,nde who
lived with the mother, pay back to him the 500 f.
and various other sums which he had given them,
and restore the promise to pay the 6,000 t ; also
that they should all be condemned as swindlers.
On investigation, it appeared-that a regular agree-
ment to the effect stated had really been come to
between Daud, on the one hand, and the woman
Royer and the man Marande, on the other, and that
in virtue of it the girl had become the mistress of
Daud, though he is more than forty years her
senior. It further appeared that on the day on
which she was given up to him, to make his
neighbours believe that he was married, he gave a
grand wedding feast at a restaurant, followed by a
ball, and that at this feast and ball the girl ap-
peared in bridal attire, with a wreath of orange
blossoms on her head, and attended by brides.
maids, whilst her mother and the man 'Marinade
acted as parents generally do on such occasions.
Not only were the 500 f. stipulated for duly paid,
and the promissory note for 6,000 fr. given, but the
man, in addition, after taking the girl to his house,
gave her a gold watch and chain, various articles
of clothing, and different sums f money, and he
also gave or paid for the woman Royer and Marande
sums of 50fr., 70fr., 175 fr., and 180 fr. After a while,
however, this last-named couple became clamorous
for more money, and as Daud refused to give it, the
girl at length returned home to her mother. On
the whole, Daud, according to his own account,
paid 2,690 fr. The promissory note for 6,000 fr.,
which was seized, was a singular document, as it
ran thus :—" I will pay after my death, to the order
of Mme. Royer, the sum of 6,000 fr. as a recompence
for Mlle. Royer being my dame de compagnie during
the whole of my life. If my life only lasts a single
day, still the 6,000 fr. shall he legitimately due,
and in case I only keep Mile. Royer a single day I
will pay the 6,000 fr. at once as a recompence for
her future prospects being probably compromised."
On discovering these facts, the public prosecutor
took no notice of the complaint of Baud, but had
him, Marande, and the woman Royer arrested and
yesterday the three were brought to trial, the last
two on the charge of what the law calls "'exciting
to the debauchery of a girl under age,' and Daub
as their accomplice. The girl was called as a wit-
ness, and she stated how she was sold to the old
man, and described the pretended marriage feast ;
also how, after staying with him a year, she had left
him. The reason she assigned for leaving him was
that he had tormented her with his jealousy, and
she did not appear to feel any humiliation at her
situation. The mother made no attempt to deny
the charge; Marande, who has lived with the woman
30 years, though she has a husband alive, pretended
that, not being the girl's father, he was not respon-
sible ; Baud, whose conduct the president called
" ignoble," and infamous, said he thought there was
h
ie tribunalgwr
on gin condemnedtak
the womangamistressand
paying
her. Royer
to two years' imprisonment and aof. fine ; Marande
and Baud each to a year's imprisonment and the
same amount of fine ; the woman besides to ten and
each of the men to five years' interdiction of civil
.hts.

A CHILD SENT BY RAILWAY IN A 'TAMPER.
On Thursday morning last a small hamper, addressed to
leer.; - 811111 o n Inn,o the oSalisbury,"non and was despatchedo
South-Wes-
tern tve
s
f:-Zst.heLledVattrt
tern Railway by the 11 o'clock t •
rain. On
takearrivins at Salis-
bury, at 2.15 p.m., it was taken in the parcels delivery cart
as above directed, but the landlord declined to vit as
Mrs. Ledbetter, who formerly kept the inn, did not then
reside there. The hamper was therefore taken to her house,
and on bei •
ng opened a fine child, apparently about six
months old, was disco- ered quite dead. On examination
its legs were found doubled under it, but no marks of 'vio-
lence were visible. The child had the appearance of being
asleep, and from that part of the night-gown in which it
was dressed being wet immediately under the chin, the
supposition is that the poor little thing was placed in the
hamper alive. The hamper and its contents were at once
placed in the hands of the police authorities.
THE OUTRAGE AT BLACKLANDS.—We regret to
record the death of William Bradden, Esq., at his seat at
Blacklands, near Plympton—the unfortunate gentleman
who was the victim of the daring attack made upon him at
midnight in his bedroom, at 131acklands, last year. He
died rather suddenly on Sunday evening last, surviving
just over 12 months the brutal violence inflicted upon him
on the above occasion. Deceased was universally respected,
and esteemed for his kindness and liberality.—Pirn"t4
Journal.
;
GRAIN IMPORTED INTO HuLL.—Dar.ng the la t 0
fortnight the following accounts of duty leave
'3%771 paid
ran.
foreign corn imported into Hull :—£3Blll.
f Tie • £219 ils.
of wheat :—£1,214 18s. on 24,298 qrs. )
1;1 L;
of beans .
on 4,381 qrs. of oats ; £lO5 16s. on 2 q
£147 Ss. on 2,945 qrs. of
£137 Ils. on 2,341 qrs. of peas;o
759 cwt. of wheat flour -
Indian corn ; £2Ol 15s. 50. on ,
flour. Total o a uy,
aid £lO 2s. lid. 539 cwt. of potato
£2,418 17s. 7d. rRi uewih
M. Birkel, a farmer residing at q (Bas.
Rhin), had a now cask in his barn which he intended to
before doing so, he wablied it out with
fill with wine, but
'brandy, and then put a lighted match in it, and closed down
the bung. Scarcely had he done so when the end of the
-ask flew out with a loud explosion; a bright flame ran
along the wall, reached the inflammable materials in the
barn, and before the fire could be extinguished the bttilding
and all it coataiaci 11.49 destroyed,