The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-15 00:00:00

FATAL EFFECTS OF LOVE.

(EXTRACT-FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.)-_A lovely in.
teresting girl, about 18 years of ageaand residing with her pa-
rents in the neighbourhood of Vallenciennes, had formed an at-
tachment with a young Officer in the French firiny ; on
the affair being made known to her friends, they disapprov-
ed of the connexion, and the young Lady received 'the ihost
strict injunction never td see her lover again. All
.power-
ful Ileac, in this as in many other instanccs„ tritriiphad over
parental authority, and in spite of locks, hers, and a
)40con-
stant attendant, they , contrived lay the. a hitviation of the
hotWasually.devoteit to repose, nameta in ,tastla and enjoy,
that society which they deemed essential
„a o their existence;
these nocturnal -meetings had continued ti a long period un-
disturbed, when some immoral traits in tte. character. of the
young Officer having been discovered by the Lady, she with a
prudence not to be expected from her previous conduct, dis-
patched a letter to him requesting a discontinuance of his visits
in future, and also of all intercourse between them ; on the re-
ceipt of the letter it is reported that he became almost frantic,
and in bis frenzy so seriously injured the messenger who brought
it, thatlife was /Or some time-despaired of. For several days after
he observed a sullen gloominess, during which time it seems
that he formed and cherished one of the moot diabolical designs
that ever entered the imagination of man, and which' he sought
to perpetrate in the following manner :—Armed with a short
dagger, he surmounted innumerable obstacles, and finally sue-
ceedei in secreting. himself in a small anti-chamber which
communicated with the bed-room of his intended victim ;
fleeing waited a considerable time, and • supposing her asleep,
he advanced to the door and opened it with great caution,-
but immediately sunk back on observing. her kneeling at
her accustomed devotions. His inward sense of rectitude
struck forcibly to his heart, a convulsive tremor seized him,
and he leaned for support.against the wainscot; at this instant
he would have abandoned his design and lied, but there was
no passage but through the room in which she lay. Meanwhile
the " pangs of despised love" revived, and with a desperate
effort he again opined the door ; the most profound silence
reigned within the room, which a lamp. placed on a table near
the bed feebly enlightened ; . unsheathing the dagger he slipped
into the room, and with 4 trembling band drew aside the- cur-
tains; the object of
.his affection lay slumbering before him ; the
'
smile of innocence and, peace played upon her countenance;
he leaned over the bed, and deliberately pointing the dagger
to her bosom, he averted his head, and leaning down -his arm,
it glided to her heart ; a faint scream escaped her lips, and in
one motnent her soul ceased to inhabit its earthly tenement:—
The wretch stood transfixed with horror at the enormity of the
deed he had committed, and a momentary insensibility en-
sued. On reviving, his soul sickened with horror at the sight
of the blood oozing from the wound -through the bed clothes,
and seizing the dagger which had fallen from his hand on the
bed, he plunged it in his own bosom, and fell to the ground.—
llii groans brought some of the servants to the room, but they
immediately fled back again, on beholding the dreadful spec-
tacle,' and it was not until utter a considerable lapse of time that
assistance was procured. The abrupt relation of the heart-
rending event to the parents has had such an effect that their 1
lives are even now considered in imminent danger.—Thel
wretched man lingered for three days in dreadful agony, during I
which time he gave the above relation, and then died a victim
of his ungovernable passion.

fesstrtlt

The planets JUPITER and SATURN tsrat9 co be beautiful
and interesting objects every clear eveninglr. ising nearly approxi-
mate and simultanecusly in the East. ith teleScope of mo-
derate-power Jupiter's Satellites, .or Moons, are distinctly•per-
ceptible, as is also Saturn's Ring. Jupiter, rises this evening at
half-past seven, Saturn within a minute Cr two of that period,.
and their rising will be about 31 mlniitcs _ earlier each day till
the end of the year. On Tuesday, at 4 ininutes 3 seconds after
two in the morning, the first Satellite of Jupitez will immerge
into, an eclipse ; and at 12 minutes 28 second 3 after midnight on
the same day, the third Satellite of Jupiter will also immerge
into an eclipse, and emerge from the same at 31 minutes 17 se-
conds after two in the morning of -Wednesday.. . .
BURGLARY AND CtuELTY.,—Between one and two yes-
terda:y 'morning, an aged couple named Crosse, residing in the
Grangeoioad, near Star-corner, Bermondsey, • were awakened
by a strange rumbling noise, and in a moment or two.after, the
door opened, and two men walked cautiously into the room,
unfolding the slide of a dark lantern as they proceeded.
C., on observing them, uttered a loud shviek, on ,which the man
w:Lo held the lantern rushed up to the bedside, and with a pisttil
in one hand, swore to•murder her if she made coy noise; this
threat, however, was f's.r from intimidating her, and she began
to scream loudly, on which the robber struck her a blow on the
mouth with his fist, whieh drew blood. Ile then took a shawl
'off the line, tore it in strips, and with them bound the old -
woman's legs and arms to the bed posts, and gagged her mouth
to prevent utterance. Iris companion was all tile time rum-
maging the drawers; but failing in finding any grelitbooty, the
armed man went tip to • Mr. Crosse, and demanded to know
'where the rest of his property was, observing with many oaths,
that unless he told them, they would leave him murdered. la
vain the poor trembling old man protested his poverty ; • they
only answered him with blows and renewed threats. At letp.,,th
the villains left the house, carrying with them a small bundle,,
containing some exthei and linen, an old-silver watch, and two'
silver spoons.