The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-02 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Risorgimento of Turin states that the judge
cf the district of Avola, in Sicily, having espied some
British vessels of war approaching the coast, prepared
several tricoloured flags in order to place himself at
the head of a popular movement ; but that, being
denounced or discovered, he was arrested and taken
to Palermo. As for the British vessels, they had
made for Castelvetrano, owing to stress f weather;
upon which the population, thinking they came to
favour a movement, rose to the cry of " The Con-
stitution for aver ! Down with tyrants !" A com-
pany of the garrison was put to flight, and another
disarmed, but nevertheless the movement was soon
got under, and a court-martial named to judge the
ringleaders.
The Statuto of Florence of the 24th ult. says, that a
special commission has been named at Rome to con-
sidwr the Piedwontese question. It is composed of
Cardinals Antonelli, Lambruschini, Vizzardelli, Mon-
signor Santucci, and Canons Fioravanti and Pacifico.
The Nationale of Florence, of the 23d ult., was
seized on that day, in virtue of the new decree on the
press, for an article against it. So strict were the
orders given to the police agents that, in order to
prevent the reproduction of the articles under any
shape, the printing, machine was sealed for 24
hours, and the railtrain retarded an hour, in order
to seize the proscribed number. The Conservatore of
Florence is silent-on the subject of the new decrees ;
the Statuto expresses its sorrow at the course pur-
sued by the Government, and protests in the name of
the press against the allegation set forth in the de-
cree, viz., that the press had attacked publie order,
religion, and thir tranquillity of private families.
Letters from Rome state that Monsignor Amid,
Commissary-General of the Marches, has been di-
rected to proceed to Verona and negotiate with Mar-
shal Radetzky, in order to obtain a diminution in the
cost of maintaining the Austrian troops in the Roman
States.

3IURDER, ROBBERY, and ARSON

IN FRANCE

A triple crime (says the Conciliateur de l'Aude)
has been committed in the commune of Issel, be-
loe,g;eg to the arrondissement of Castelnaudary—
iturd -r in order to commit robbery, and arson to
deszroy ail proofs of the two former crimes. The pre-
sum-d culprits ale in the hands of justice.
Toe full° wing details have transpired :—ln the night
of Sept. 17, a fire broke out in the commune of Issel,
and destroyed three houses and a barn, notwithstand-
leg the strenuous efforts of the population to arrest
the progress of the disaste-r. The body of Franeoise
Enguin, a widow, was taken from amidst the ruins in
a state of semi-calcination. It was remarked that
none of the copper or iron utensils, with which the
housl of the widow was known to be furnished, could
be round, and a suspicion arose that they bad been
stolen. On the 20th September a ceremony took placeat
which the whole population of the locality were
anxious to be present; it was the burial of M. Ca-
banis, notary and mayor of the commune. Eugenie
Auriol, granddaughter of Fran eoise Enguin, recog-
nised upon the head of Angelique Fabre, who was
following the funeral procession, a coiffe which bad
belonged to her grandmother, and immediately pro-
ceeded to declare this fact to the adjoint, who sum-
moned Angelique Fabre to appear before him,
and questioned her as to how she became pos-
sessed of the coiffe. She replied that she had bought
it of a man named Guilhem, and that they might
search her house, for she was sure they would find
nothing but what belonged to her. The adjoint, taking
her at her word, proeeeded with the garde champitre
and several other persons to the house of Angelique
Fabre, where discovery was made of a bed with
furniture complete, ten chemises, seven petti•
coats, three jackets, two cauldrons, a saucepan,
and a multitude of other articles which were re•
cognised by her relations and neighbours as
the property cf the widow Enguiin All these
objects were deposited in the keeping of the mayor.
On the 21st the Procureur of the Republic, the inves-
tigating magistrate, and the Lieutenant of the
Gendarmerie repaired to Issel. Angelique Fabre was
brought before them, and, if our information be cor-
rect, there stated that the furniture found in her
house had belonged to the unfortunate widow, from
w horn they had been stolen under the following circum-
stances. Angelique cohabited with a man named Bas-
tonille, living in the commune of St. Paulet. Being
without furniture or linen, he asked her if she did not
know of a house where he could obtain some, and she
pointed' out that of the widow Enguin, a woman of
85, living by herself. It was agreed that she should
be robbed and murdered, and that, after removing the
goods, the house should be burnt. This plan appears
to have been carried into effect. The body of the
widow has been exhumed, but no positive traces indi-
cating the use of violence could be found, owing to
the calcined state to which it was reduced. Ange-
lique Fabre was committed to the House of Deten-
tion, and on the 23d Bistonille was arrested, and
forthwith confined in the same prison.