The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-22 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONLON, THUBSOAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1867.

from the column on the Place Vendome, by a gen-
tlemanly dressed man, who precipitated himself
from the top of the column on Monday evening, to
the horror of the passers by. The body rolled over
twice in its fall, and struck against the iron railing
which surrounds the base of the column. The head
was fractured, and there was a mass of blood and a
portion of the brains on the ground. his limbs
were much injured. Death was instantaneous. The
body was taken to the Morgue, but has not yet
been identified. Many suicides have taken place
from this column. At one time they were very
frequent, and extra precautions were adopted to
prevent them, but th 6 individual in question con-
trived to evade the vigilance of the keepers.
During the stay of the Emperor and Empress at
Augsburg, their Majesties visited the house in the
Rue de la Croix, which was once inhabited by Queen
Hortense, the Emperor's mother.
The cures alleged to be effected by Dr. Jacob,
the Zouave, whom I mentioned the other day, are
so marvellous that one would hesitate to believe the
accounts if they were not given by credible wit•
nesses. Count Chateau Villard has sent an account
to the Patrie of a visit he made to the doctor, who
resides at No. 80, Rue de la Roquette. The Count
says he went with his wife, who wept at seeing so
many unfortunates. The letter proceeds thus :
"We saw there a lady who had brought her
daughter. The daughter was carried in, but when
she came out she was able to walk home with her
mother. I saw a man, whose neck was twisted and
who could not walk a step, but after the consulta-
tion he leapt about with joy amidst the crowd of
patients in the court-yard. We were introduced
into the room, which may be called the room of
miracles. I saw persons carried in suffering and
paralysed, and so ill that it was necessary to sup-
port them on their chairs. When the room
was quite full the Zouave entered and said,
Don't let any person speak while I interrogate
him, or I shall go away.' Perfect silence
prevailed. He went round to each patient
told him or her the nature of the disease, and,
without touching them, he said to the paralytics
Get up.' The paralytics did so. I was among
the number, and I got up without effort, although I
could scarcely move before. At the end of twenty
minutes he told us all to retire, which we did in
silence. My wife, more polite than I, wished to
thank him, but he imposed silence, and only said,
Other suffering persons are waiting for me. You
are cured ; let that be sufficient for you. Go.' All
the patients in waiting surrounded me, and
affectionately asked how I was. I was able to
walk to my carriage, which was at some distance,
although I could not walk to the doctor without
being led, and the pavement is so bad that a young
man of twenty may easily sprain his ankle. (The
count is quite truthful here, at all events. The
Rue de la Roquette is a most miserable street,
and the locality is replete with lugubrious
recollections. The executions take place there.)
Since the visit my wife has been perfectly well."
The Faculty affect to treat the Zouave doctor with
contempt, but the accounts of his cures are begin-
ning to create an extraordinary sensation in Paris.
Some more very interesting articles have arrived
at the Exhibition within the last few days, of which
I shall have occasion to speak. One is told that
there are seven wonders in the world, but the Ex-
hibition possesses an eighth wonder. When you
enter by the Pont de Yena, and turn to the left,
you always see a crowd of admirers, no matter
what is the hour. They are looking at the extra-
ordinary mechanism of the great clock constructed
by M. Detouche, of the famed establishment in the
Rue St. Martin. The mechanism may be seen
through the glass case, but the great dial is outside
at a distance of no less than 55 metres from the works
of the clock. The mode by which the communi-
cation is effected is a triumph of art and skill.
So skilfully contrived are the details that a
compensation principle is introduced, which coun-
teracts the effect of heat and cold upon the metal,
so that the time is marked with great accuracy.
Although M. Detouche has made some very costly
clocks and watches, he has very cheap and excel-
lent watches for the million. It is impossible to
buy a good watch so cheap anywhere else in
Paris. M. Detouche has some. splcoLlia small
clocks of peculiar construction in the clock depart-
ment in Gallery No. 3.
The storm yesterday made it cooler and more
pleasant to-day. The Exhibition has been again
much crowded. More English seem to come every
day. The English language to-day at all events was
more heard than the French.