The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-07 00:00:00

TIM SUN LONDON, WEDNESOAT EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1866.

on the Seine near the Pont de la Concorde excited
great interest. The Prix d'Antomne was won by
Gauloise ; nine boats were engaged. The Prize of
the Rowing Club by the same boat ; Cendrillon
second. The Prix d'Orsay by Pile-ou-Face. The
Championship of the Seine, the great match of the
day, was contested by two boats—Lutine, belong-
ing to M. Frebault, of Paris, and Perseverance,
belonging to M. Gesling, sen. The latter is a Lon-
don-built boat. The struggle was a very severe one,
and the victory was for the French boat and rowers.
The triumph was hailed with as much enthusiasm as
on the occasion when Gladiateur won the Grand
Prize of Paris. The spectators and betters seemed
almost mad with joy when Lutine was the first to reach
the Pont des Invalides. These matches terminated the
nautical season of the Rowing Club. The produce of
the matches is to be devoted to the relief of the suf-
ferers by the inundations. The winners of the
prizes also refused to receive the amount to which
they were entitled, wishing it to be devoted to the
same object.
A fish, supposed to be the sea fox, has been taken
near the coast of Dieppe. It has a tail nearly a
yard long. Its skin is fine, the belly is white. In
many respects it resembles the dog-fish. A similar
fish was taken in June, 1834, on the coast of Varen-
geville.
The last member of the Army of Egypt, M.
Antoine Charavay, died a few days ago at the age
of 95. He left Paris as a volunteer to take part in
the campaign in Egypt, and did not return to France
till 1802, with the remnant of the great army.
As a lady was passing a narrow street a day or
two ago she received on her head the contents of a
large jug of water, incautiously thrown by a young
servant girl. The latter did not deny the act, and
accompanied the lady to the Commissary of Police.
As there was no malice the magistrate thought it
would be only necessary to impose a fine sufficient
to pay for the damage done to the lady's
bonnet. The complainant refused to receive
the money ; but, adds the Patrie, which gives the
account, the lady said to the commissary " I have
been inundated, but others have suffered more
from the inundations than I have. I therefore beg
you to hand the amount to the committee appointed
to receive subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers
by the inundations."
The death is announced of the eminent Italian
tenor Cesare Sarti.

The warm, beautiful summer weather still
continues.

The husband of Madame Chapuis, a young and
favourite actress of the Theatre des Nouveautes, has
attempted to murder her. He then committed sui-
cide. The night before last he went to the theatre,
and just as she received the intimation that her
husband had something important to say to her she
was about to go upon the stage. She hurried down
to him, and he instantly stabbed her in the throat.
Believing that he had killed his wife he then directed
the weapon against himself, and his wounds are
likely to prove mortal. No explanation has yet
been given of the motive of the crime, but it is re-
ported to be jealousy. The wound of Madame
Chapuis is not very serious.
A very curious case of animal magnetism or
human electricity is authenticated by the writer of
a letter to a Paris newspaper. lie signs himself as
a M. Brunet, employed in the house of Messrs.
Christoge, No. 56, Rue de Bondy. The letter
states that a young girl of 13, Miss Dumesnil, is
imbued with a fluid of an extraordinary attractive
power, which attracts all objects of wood which sur-
round her. Chairs and tables are instantly attracted
towards her when she approaches near to them.
She has only become possessed of this attractive
faculty for the last three weeks. The phenomenon
has been witnessed by many persons to whom she
is known, and the Faculty will probably be called
upon to give explanation in regard to it. The
writer adds that a great personage has sent for the
girl, to be convinced of the truth of the extraordi-
nary accounts which have obtained publicity respect-
ing her. The girl is employed as a wood polisher,
and lives with her parents, who are poor people.