The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-27 00:00:00

SUN, LUNDON, SATURDAY!, EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1866.-

house,ltaking an umbrella with him. He wandered
about the town the greater part of the night, when
some policemen entertained suspicions about him,
arising from their seeing a labouring man walking
about on a fine night with an umbrella. He refused
to say where he lived, and they arrested him as
a rogue and vagabond. When taken to the station
some questions were put to him, upon which he
with great indifference confessed his crime. "As
you must know everything," said he, " I am not a
vagabond. I am better than that. I have just
killed my mother with a chopper." The terrible decla-
ration, which was thought to be a joke, proved to be
too true. The prisoner gave some further explana-
tions about the murder, and said his mother died
without uttering a word. An incident is related to
prove that the greatest criminals, however hardened
in crime, are affected when confronted with their
victims. Flarmoy's sister, a very respectable
woman, had the evening before brought her mother
some meat and two bottles of wine. When placed
before his mother's corpse he seized one of the
bottles and tried to kiss it in an attitude of venera-
tion, but the police prevented him. The mob were
ready to kill him on his way to prison.
An interment, which was very numerously at-
tended, has just taken place at Montmartre, that
of Mrs. Egerton Smith. Mrs. Smith recently died
at Neufchatel, in Switzerland, but, according to her
last wish, her remains were brought to Paris to be
interred there. Her daughters and son-in-law and
many friends attended the funeral. Mrs. Smith was
the widow of Mr. Egerton Smith, the founder of
the Liverpool Mercury. The homage rendered in
France to the widow of an English journalist
proves forcibly that there is an entente cordiale be-
tween England and France in literature as well as
in politics.
The lioness which caused such sensation the other
' evening at the Cirque Napoleon has brought forth
a lioness and two lions, all of which are very
lively and in fall health. They are suckled by a
dog. The lioness in question has long been noted
for her ferocity. A short time ago she killed one
of her keepers. Physiologists say that the mode of
suckling has great influence upon the character of
an animal. If this be so, these young ones will pro-
bably be as violent and vindictive as their mother,
but nevertheless the proprietor has already received
liberal offers for them from several quarters, with
the idea of trying to bring them up as domestic
animals, like cats for instance. Edmund Kean had
a young lion which strolled about the house, and

was very tame and caressing. As it grew up, how-
ever, and began to taste meat, its natural charac-
teristics began to manifest themselves, and Kean,
thinking it likely to prove a dangerous companion,
sold it to the late Mr. Cross, who then had a mena-
gerie at Exeter Change, exactly opposite to The
Sun office. The late Marquis of Waterford had also
a young pet lion, which also became too savage to
keep in the house.

The Emperor's speech was transmitted to Bor-
deaux in 30 minutes, to Brussels in 33 minutes, to
Dover in 35 minutes, to Havre in 28 minutes, to
Lille in 30 minutes, to Lyons in 13 minutes, to
Metz in an hour, to Nantes in 28 minutes, to Rouen
in 38 minutes, to Strasburg in 53 minutes, and to
Toulouse in an hour. It may be well to explain that
the speech was divided into four portions, and each
portion transmitted simultaneously by four wires.
An unusual occurrence, a military execution, has
taken place at Lille. The culprit, Jacques Eyrard,
a soldier of the 10th Regiment of the Line, was
condemned to death for having, while in garrison
at Amiens, stabbed his sub-lieutenant with a
bayonet, for having imprisoned him for two days
for misconduct. Eyrard met his fate with entire
resignation, and was very attentive to his religious
duties. He received the sacrament the night be-
fore, and was very calm and pious, expressing deep
regret for the crime he had committed. The execu-
tion took place in the citadel, in the presence of a
regiment of cuirassiers and a part of the 47th and
57th of the line. The prisoner marched resolutely
and courageously to the spot. The drums beat,
and the culprit kneeled and embraced the priest, the
Abbe Delannoy, who was much more affected than
he. An officer bandaged the eyes of the prisoner,
but he tore off the bandage, and again embraced
the priest. He took off his cap and kneeled before
the platoon. The officer gave the signal, and Eyrard
was dead instantaneously. The regiments defiled
before the corpse by companies.