The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1866.

General Yusuf, commandant of the military divi-
sion of Montpellier, to whose illness I have already
alluded, has just died 9,t Cannes, after a very long
suffering. It was hoped that the beautiful climate
of that locality would have restored him.

The Siecle says:— " Our despatches this morning
do not confirm the report in circulation yesterday
of an open rupture between Prussia and Austria."
Viscount Talon was thrown from his horse last
Sunday at the Vincennes steeplechases, but his
injury was trifling, and he is now quite recovered.
The cashier of the branch bank of the Bank of
France at Poitiers has just absconded with, it is
said, a very large sum of money belonging to the
bank.

The Moniteur states that the Republic of the
Ecuador has concluded a treaty offensive and de-
fensive with Chili and Peru, and declared war
against Spain. Spain has recognised the Republics
of Guatemala, Honduras, San Salvador, Nicaragua,
and Costa Rica. A treaty of peace and friendship
has been signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
and by the representatives of the various Republics.
In consequence of the war between Spain, Chili,
and Peru, the Captain-General of Cuba has issued
a notice, that, until further orders, the entrance to
the ports of the island will be interdicted during
the night to national and foreign vessels of com-
merce.

A very old soldier, well known by the title of
Father Joseph, has just died at Passy, near Paris.
He was 112 years of age, and possessed the use of
all his faculties up to the last moment of his
existence.

Another drama, Gabriel Lambert, has been pro-
duced at the Ambigu Comique, from the Den of the
inexhaustible Alexandre Dumas, aided by Aned6e

de Jalais.

SIGNOR ETHARDO.—This spiral asceusionist, after
a most successful engagement at Day's Crystal Palace, Bir-
mingham, visits Cheltenham and Manchester, previous to
his reappearance at the Crystal Palace on Easter Monday,
where ho is engagod for the season.

THE ADMIRALTY.—We aro sorry to state that Mr

Henry Fenwick has resigned his place as one of the
Lords of the Admiralty. We regret that he has felt bound
to take this step by reason of the delicate state of his health,
as well as by not having a seat in Parliament. Although
not pressed upon the matter, he felt that he ought not in
delicacy to continue to hold a parliamentary office. There
will soon, therefore, be a new commission of the Admiralty
issued to supply his place, and also that of Admiral Drum-
mond, who is about to take up his command, and who will
probably be succeeded by Lord John Hay. Although
Lord Clarence Paget will soon be employed upon foreign
service, it is not necessary for him to give up Parliament
until his flag-ship can be got ready for the Mediterranean,
which will probably be not before May. He will be suc-
ceeded at the Admiralty by Mr. T. G. Baring, M.P. for
Falmouth. There will then bo at the disposal of the Go-
vernment a Lordship of the Admiralty and the Under
Secretaryship of State, which latter does not vacate a seat
in Parliament.—Observer.

AN ENORMOUS LAKE TROUT.--A splendid brown
trout of 121bs. 6oz. has been received for preservation by
Mr. IV. A. Hackett, of Patrick-street, Cork, from Capt. H.
A. Herbert of Muckross's gamekeeper. This fine speci-
men is 2 feet 6 inches in length, and 17 inches in girth,
is a male fish, and in the finest possible condition. A brace
of sea trout were found in his capacious stomach.—Cork
Constttution.
THE ROAD MURDER AND THE KENT FAMILY.—
It is stated that a violent article against Mr. and Mrs. Kent
in an Edinburgh journal has had a deep effect upon both,
and that Mrs. Kent has been seized with a paralytic attack
which deprived her of speech, and she now lies in a de-
plorable state. The additional calamity has sorely shat-
tered the unfortunate husband.

CONVICTION OF A WOMAN FOR THE MURDER OF
HER HUSBAND.—SENTENCE OF DEATIL—Mary Ann
Ashford, 44, was indicted at Exeter, on Friday, before Mr.
Justice Byles, for the wilful murder of her husband William
Ashford, by poisoning him in November last, at Clyst
Honiton, near Exeter. The trial lasted the whole day,
and did not conclude until late in the evening, when a
verdict of Guilty was found and sentence of death passed.
Mr. Kingdon and Mr. N. Slade were counsel for the prose-
cution ; and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Gox, appeared
for the defence.

THE PERILS OF MINERS.—TWO men went to a
pit top near Sheffield a few mornings since. The engine-
tenter was sleepy and refused to test the ropes, as re-
quired by law. The men determined not to descend, but
made the engineer believe they wore on the cage, when he
drew it up to the head gear instead of sending it down the
shaft. The men were thankful at their narrow escape from
death.

A LITTLE VIRGINIA SARCAS3I.—A Virginia
paper, the Petersburg index, finds its bile stirred by the
remark of • seine critic that Mr. Wells' Lifo of Samuel
Adams shows that that patriot had a larger share than
Jefferson in bringing on the Revolution. The index there-
upon "lets out " upon New England views of history, in a
style of which the following is a specimen :—" Our private
opinion and belief is that there are authentic documents
now in the library of Yale College —or will be there
when needed—to prove that Bunker Hill Monument marks
the sight of Babylon the Mighty, that Carthage was no
more nor less than Portland, Ostium, Nahant, and Boston,
in fact Athens ; that Homer was Professor of Belles
Letters at Harvard, and Palinurus a member of the Cam-
bridge Yacht Club ; that Priscian taught a grammar school
at Montpelier, and Archimedes was a private tutor of che-
mistry in Concord; that St. Peter was a Cape Cod
fisherman, and St. Matthew a collector of the internal
revenue at Stonington, that Phidias owned a brown stone
quarry in Maine, and Socrates founded the Atlantic
Monthly : that the Academia was the walk under the yew
trees at New Haven, and the Colossus of Rhodes a statue
which strided from Nantucket to Martha's Vineyard ; that
Plymouth Rock is all that is left of the Tower of Babel,
and the Connecticut Riven ran through Paradise ; that
Stonington is the site of Tyre, and Merrimac fast colours
the dyes that made that city famous ; that the old Temple
of Diana at Ephesus was not burned, but is now Fanouil
Hall, and that Herodotus and Wendell Phillips were the
same persons ; that the fable of Romulus and his brother
being suckled by a wolf (lupus) arose from the circumstance
that their mother was the lest Vermonter who looped her
dresses ; that Mercury was the ancient name of Ben.
Butler's family, and that, like everything else in New Eng-
land, tha family had gone on perfecting itself from the
start ; that the sun shines tix hours per diem more on that
favoured spot than on any other between the poles ; and
that Noah's family *were soinuch elated at an alliance with
the Websters of Massachasetts that they got up a dic-
tionary to commemorate the fact ; that St. Patrick was the
Head Centro of a Fenian ciao in Bangor, and St. Andrew
kept a distillery in Lowell; and, finally, that the millennium
will begin in Boston, and will not be allowed to extend
beyond its limits, except by a two-thirds vote of the tax-
payers of that heavenly city, excluding all who have at any
time iu their most secret tioughts expressed a doubt of the
propriety of hanging Jeff. Davis and Gen. Lee on a sour
apple tree." .

, La Madeleine, who is about to prepare him to re-
, ceive his first communion. The Prince is exceed-
, ingly popular with the French people. They are
pleased with his frank bearing and affability, and
the army take pride in the young soldier who pro-
mises to be so great an ornament of it. The Em-
peror takes every opportunity of bringing the
Prince into communication with all classes of so-
' ciety, a happy inspiration, which will enable him
from an early age to become acquainted with the
wants and wishes of the great nation over
which he is destined to reign hereafter, at a
period, however, it is to be hoped, far remote from
the present, for the desire of all France in regard
to their Emperor is " long may he reign."
On the 22d February last a dieree was issued ap-
pointing the Prince Honorary President of the Uni-
versal National Exhibition of 1867—not that he can
take any active part in the labours of the commis-
sion, but the appointment has a significance which
will not escape the perception of the French people.
A new circus is to be opened to-morrow evening
—the Cirque du Prince Imperial—under the imme-
diate patronage of the Prince. It is situated in the
Rue Malte, at the entrance of the Boulevard du
Prince Eugene, the locality formerly so well known
as the Boulevard du Temple, where the theatres for
" sensation dramas" are situated. It is a very hand-
some amphitheatre, and was constructed under the
direction of a skilful architect, M. Brevet. It will
contain 4,000 persons, all of whom will have a good
view of the spectacle, which will be semi-equestrian.
There is a circus in the Champs Elysees, the Cirque
de:l'lmperatricer and the Cirque Napoleon on the
Boulevard des Filles-du-Calvaire. Amphitheatres
for horse riding in France date from the reign of
Childebert, who inaugurated this description of
public amusement at Arles and Nismes. The foun-
dation walls of this amphitheatre at Nismes still
exist, and all travellers to the south of France visit
the spot with interest. In 1780 Astley had a circus
in the Faubourg da Temple, and three years after-
wards he entered into partnership with the well-
known Frenchman Franconi. Ducrow and some
English pantomimists exhibited in Paris in the year
1819.