The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-18 00:00:00

)PENING OF THE MONT CENIS RAILWAY

The mountain railway which is to traverse the Alps
.bat separate Italy from France, and to improve the com-
munication with Italy, Egypt, and the East, was opened
for traffic on Monday, with perfect success. Two trains were
lespatched from each side of the mountain, at hours calcu-
lated to unite the existing services to and from France and
Italy, by the Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean line on the
one hand, and by the Italian lines on the other. The
service commenced from Susa by the despatch of
two trains at 6.30 a.m. and 7.40 a.m. respectively.
The first train arrived at St. Michel at 11.40 a.m., being five
ninutes before the time appointed, and the second at 12.53,
being two minutesbefore the time appointed. The acceleration
was gained iu the descent from Lausebourg,especially in the
distance between Modave and St. Michel, exact time having
been kept at the previous stations. The first train from St.
Michel was despatched at 1.15 p.m., and it arrived at
Susa punctually at 6.30 p.m.; and the second at 3.55 p.m.,
arriving at 9.10 p.m., the same two engines being uses
which bad pri v:ously brought the trains from Suss.
The receipts of the day from passengers were about I,loofr.
from Sc. Michel alone, the fares being 25fr. for first-class,
22fr. for second, and 18fr. fer third. The minimum fare
by diligence is 35fr. As to goods traffic, six trains can be
run per diem from each of the two termini ; but this
provision is at present in excess of the immediate require-
ments of the public. The diligences at present convey about
sixty tons per diem each way. There is, however, reason to
believe that this is a very inadequate expression of the actual
daily interchange.

Professor Plumptre writes that he has not ro-
pigned the professorship of Divinity at King's College, but
only the chaplaincy, and that he hopes to work for many
years with Dr. Barry, the new Principal.

Another attempted wife murder is reported—this
time from Ashton-under-Lyne. A man named Gregory,
who had separated from his wife, meeting her in the street!
on Tuesday, provoked a quarrel, in the midst of which he
shot her with a revolver.

Up to the 12th of June, 5,335 petitions, containing
538,382 names, have been presented to the House of Com-
mons against the disestablishment of the Irish Church, and
2,194 petitions, with 572,164 names, in favour of disestablish-
ment. In favour of the Suspensory Bill, 11 petitions, signed
by 1,381 persons, have been presented; and against, 13 pea-.
lions, with 558 names.

GROSS FRAIID.—A case which should serve as a
ivarning to parents advertising and answering advertise.
ments in the newspapers was brought before the Exeter
magistrates on Tuesday. A woman in London advertised
for a situation as nursemaid for her daughter, aged 14.
the advertisement was answered from Barnstaple by
a person representing himself as a schoolmaster, who,
moreover, undertook to adopt the girl. It appears that
apon this she was sent to Exeter without any inquiry
being made, and there she was met by a man who told
her that he was the person who had replied to the adver-
tisement. This man took her to a public-house, where
she found she had to sleep in the same bed with him and
his child, aged two years. He behaved improperly tol
wards her, but, according to her own account, she de.
fended herself, and the man left the house. The police
are now endeavouring to discover him, and the magic.
hates ordered that the girl should be provided with respec.
:able lodgings until her return to London.—Western Morn•
:,ug News.

ATTEMPT TO DROWN A SISTER.—A young mar-
tied woman na-ned Mirabeau, in easy circumstances, has
just been tried at Agen for attempting to drown het
sister, Marie Brouil, aged nine years, at Saint-Pardoux.
fzaac (Lot-et-Garonne.) The accused had been prompted
to the crime by motives of interest. She had tried to
induce her mother to make over to her some property in
return for a life pension, but the latter had refused, so
as not to prejudice the rights of her younger daughter
besides, the woman Mirabeau wished to obtain immediate
possession of an inheritance to which the sisters were
entitled, but which could not be divided until the majority
of Marie Brouil. To remove this impediment the prisoner,
during the absence of the mother, took the child to a well,
under the pretence of gathering some flowers which grevi
on the brink, and then pushed her in and left her to her fate,
The water was about ten feet dev, but Marie, on rising
to the surface, caught hold of a root of a tree, which pro,
videntially had grown through the crevice between twa
stones, and was thus able to prevent herself from sinking
for a considerable time, until at length her cries were
heard by some persons passing, and she was saved. Tin
woman Mirabeau was now sentenced to ten years' impri

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