The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-15 00:00:00

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

This Day,
between 8 and B. E. N. D. F. C. I. A.
9 a.m.
Nairn 30'42 42 41 E.S.E. 3 9 m. 3
Aberdeen
Leith 30.44 43 41 E. 3 9 o. 2
Berwick 3042 46 43 S.S.E. 2 9 r. 1
Ardrossan 3044 45 44 E.S.E. 2 4 f. 2
Portrush
Shields
Galway 3O 38 411 48 E. 4 9 f. 2
Scarborough 30.41 45 44 E.N.E. 3 8 m. 4
Liverpool
Yarmouth 3035 45 44 N.E. 5 7 in. 5
London 3O 33 44 46 N.E. 2 9 0.
Dover 3027 48 43 N.E. 7 7 0. 5
Portsmouth
Portland
Plymonth
Penzance ' 3012 46 45 E.S.E. 2 1 9 o. 2

LOVE, MURDER, AND ATTEMPTED
SUICIDE.

The following is a condensed report of one of the most
romantic and extraordinary cases of murder.and attempted
suicide that has ever happened ,in Paris. It is after all
simply an affair of two lovers agreeing to die together—a
catastrophe so corariton in France as tolle:in itself scarcely
worth recording. -But the circumstances of this case are
so remarkable, so thoroughly French," and afford so
much food for the moralist, .the .student of :Comparative
jurisprudence, and above all for the student of the problem
of death 'and its tailors; its, to stand forth distinguished
from othercauses celebres in the like category:" The lover
who killed . his mistress, . and. bey and All doubt intended
to kill himself, is >Corporal Rouard, gcthe 6th Regiment
of the line. was a well-conducted and intelligent
soldier, and his education. 'was fro far above the common
level, that he had filled the office of librarian 'to his regi-
ment. His age is 27... At the end of latt year, his seven
years'. term of service having expired, he voluntarily deter-
mined to serve for another term, and received the re-enlis-
=lA of I,ooof,- which in his case, as in that of many
others, has,leen in point of fact a, curse instead of a benefit
to. the recipient. Suffice: it to say that Rouard, like too
many others, finding himself in possession of a sum of money
such as he never. satv hefore, And never could hope to see
again, determined;aa'an Englilth soldier in like case would

be apt to do; to " krioc)i out life" with it as long as it lasted,
and to enjoy a koninuin bonum of sensuality, beyond his
wildest dreams. The story 'Of liis saturnalia iS,told by the
summary of the report of the advocate-general co the Paris
court-martial, before which he was brought on April 11,
and of which Colonel Pinard, of the 34th Regiment, was
president. The statement of this report was in every es-
sential particular borne - out by Rouard's statement on his
examination, and'hy the dying declaration of his mistress,
Denise Herbin.

On Dec. 2 last Corporal Rouard made the acquaintance
of Denise lietiblvi 'an lirtifidial flower maker, of the Rue
St. Denis—a pretty girl, seventeen years old—at the
dancing roortm-called the " Gitind 'Salon,'! in the Faubourg
Poissonniere. They took' a fancy to each other. Rouard
had a lodging in Paris, in which he installed Denise, and
he gave up to• her 'every moment that he could spare
from his military duties. LAs long as his re-enlistment
money lasted, which was only a few weeks, they led a joy-
ous life, and troubled their heads little about the future ;
but when the purse,was nearly exhausted the soldier per-
ceived that he was seriously in love with the girl whom he
had only thought to make his temporary mistress. He had
been guilty of deceiving her as to his' position in life; for,
instead of admitting that allitlie wealth he had in the world
consisted of his re-enlistment money; 'he had represented
himself as having some private income, and had promised

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to allow her permanently 50f. a month—a large supplemen-
tary revenue to an ouvriere of the Rue St. Denis. This mis-
representation made it the more painful for him to break
with Denise; which he felt it absolutely'necessary to do
It• was not till tho very last day of a leave of absence which
he had spent in her company, that he 'summoned cour-
age to broach-the subject.. Ile began by asking her the
question, "In what way d0,.,y0n love me?" She gave a
true woman's, answer—f' f love you.becanse 140
•love you;
if you abandon me I shall be found at the Morgue" (mean-
mg that she would commit suicide.) The idea of suicide
then rose in his mind. He afterwards repeatedly told her
that she must leave him ; but her'unvarying answer was,
" Where you go, I will and if you die, I will die
with you." The lovers titipngth agreed to die together,
They made up their clothes into separa6 bundles,
which they ticketed with the names of the re-
lations whom they intended to have them, 'and then
Rouard wrote three letters; one to his father, another to
his sergeant-major, and a third to a sister of Denise, an-
nouncing their intentions. While the above.preparations
were going on Denise asked Rouard what sort of death they
should die? •' We will die," he replied, "as we began.
We will die in a moment of happiness. We were first in-
timate at the Cadran Bleu, there let us finish our career.
In order that death may be prompt, and that no one may
come to rescue us, I will plunge the poniard into your
bosom, and I will then draw it out all bloody and stab
myself." Rouard says that by drawing this bloody picture
of death he hoped to frighten her and divert her from her
purpose, but that she, far from being daunted by his
words, flung herself into his arms in ecstacy, exclaiming,

"I could never have hoped for such an honour." At six
in the evening of Jan. 9 Rouard accompanied Denise to the
silo) where she worked, that of Madame Vielle, artificial
flower manufacturer, Rue Stt. Denis, and there she distri-
buted her working tools among the shop girls, kissed them
all round, took a solemn leave of them, and, raising her
hand in the way which French people do when they take
an oath, said, " I swear before God, and by the ashes of my
mother, that I am going to kill myself." The people in the
shop, who ha•l alwayslooked upon Denise as rather flighty
and eccentric, did net for a moment suppose that there was
anything serious in this oath. On leaving the flower ship
Rouard and Denise went to the Bal Robert, where they
danced till 9 o'clock, and then went to the Cadran Bleu, but
finding that establishment closed, they proceeded to Michel's
Restaurant, nearly opposite, and asked for a private room,
pens, ink, and paper, and supper. On the threshold of the
douse Rouard said to Denise, " Let me die alone ; I will tear
up thnlettar." She firmly persisted in the resolution to
die with him, ran to a post-office near, and threw the
three letters into the box, and then said, " Now you can
make no more objections; the persons to whom we have
written will know that I wished to die with you." On
entering the private room in the restaurant the poinard was
placed on the table, and Rouard said to Denise, " The
truth must be known after us—l should not like to be
thought amassassin." Thereupon Denise wrote, " I die
struck by the hand of my lover; I have ordered him to do
it because I wish to die with him ;" and she signed her
name. Rouard wrote underneath the following words—
" I stab my mistress because she wishes it. I die with her
because such is my will." After supper, and when the
minute hand of the clock pointed to eight minutes to 11,
which was the exact hour they had fixed upon for the com-
pletion of the drama, Rouard said, " The hour has come."
Denise then laid down upon a sofa, undid the upper part
of her Tress, and bared her bosom. Rouard took the
poniard, advanced towards her, and said, " It is yet time'
—meaning to ask if she would. change her mind. Sh
replied, " Go on; and, above. all things, don't make me
suffer." He then placed ono knee between her legs, pushed
up with his left hand her left breast, so as:to leave clear
the region in whioh he supposed the heart was beating,
and 'plunged the weapon into her body up to the hilt.
She heaved one sigh, closed her eyes, and remained
motionless. Rouard drew out the poniard, and, while
warm and bloody, as he had said, inserted the point into
his own bosom; he then placed the handle against
the body of ,Denise, and, folding his arms around her.
pressed her against it with all his strength. It is deposed
by witnesses (for Denise did not die on the spot) that she
subsequently affirmed, when in the hospital, that, "feeling
her lover tremble, she pressed herself against the handle of
the poniard as hard as she could, in order to help to drive

it home. After this Rouard fainted and fell oft the sofa.
When he came to himself, and sought to collect his ideas,
ho felt an acute pain in his breast, and found the poniard
sticking in it. Ho drew it out, laid it on the table, and
then sat down on the sofa where Denise was lying. It being
now late, the waiter knocked at the door of the room, and
Denise had strength enough to stretch out her hand from
the sofa and draw the , bolt. Both Rouard and Denise,
severely wounded in the lungs, were removed to the Hos-
pital Saint Louis, where Denise lingered 20 days, and died
on Jan. 28. Rouard has sufficiently recovered to take his
trial, but he is still very weak, and speaks with difficulty.
A case of the above kind invariably results in a trium-
phant acquittal before a French jury. A court martial,
however, might be supposed k be made of "sterner stuff."
In this case, however, the majority of the military tribunal
showed itself susceptible of those feelings which, though
admitted by no civilised code, generally give impunity to
crimes of this nature in France. Bollard was acquitted by
five votes against two. His mother, who was in court,
loudly thanked the judges, and there was a general shout
of applause.

. THE FRENCH FISHERIES.—The Moniteur con-
tains a long report to the Emperor from M. Coste, of the
Institute, "On the Organisation of Fisheries, as regards
the increas3 of the naval force of France." He begins by
stating that the production of oysters on the plan recom-
mended by him has taken such a prodigious development
that in the Ile do Re alone more than 3,000 men, who have
come from the interior, have already established 1,500
parks, 378,000,000 oysters,
of. These men
of
fthw
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produce
eof
from 6,
()awn
ouoaollfy a.
tolxu
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,oto 0! ohave also formed themselves into associations for the de-
fence of their common interests. Those associations and
others like them which could be formed on different parts
of the coast might, instead of confining themselves to the
production of oysters, establish parks for the production of
soles, rays, turbot, lobsters, crabs, &c. But the formation
of the parks woulinot only cost considerable sums, but
would necessitate the employment of vessels in which the
men could go out to sea to fish ; and that course again would
necessitate further outlay. As the men have hot the funds
to do all this, M. Coste suggests that advances shall be
made to them by what are called the Maritime Caisses de
Retraites, subject to the condition of their paying back 3
per cent. per month of the produce of their fishing, in
addition to the 3 per cent. which they are already boud to
ns
pay to the said Caisses, in order to obtain relief in sick-
ness or old age. He adds, that such a payment would not
oniotoofththeemv,
easneedle7poeurlked
&c., paid
time make manakye themway
proprietorsu rde
for by means of the advances. As several millions are
granted annually for tho encouragement of the Newfound-
land fishery, M. Coste submits that there is nothing un-
reasonable in what he proposes, and he affirms that, if his
suggestion be acted on, a vast increase would be made to the
maritime population, which augmentation would naturally
strengthen the Imperial navy. He likewise observes. that
the fishing associations which he wishes to see established
Would not only provide a large and constant supply of fish
for the inland towns, and thereby create an important
branch of trade, but might lead to obtainingfish, insects,
and plants in great quantities for manure.
Prince Christian of Denm
entered his 44th the h
year.
eir presump-
just
five to the throne, has