The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-31 00:00:00

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

A journal of the island of Bourbon of the 9th
February gives the following news from the French
establishment lately formed at Nosse-Be, in the island
of Madagascar :—‘‘ A person of considerable influ-
ence amongst the Sakalavas, at Nosse-Be, named
Mangala, had, for some time, delivered himself up to
robbery, to the prejudice of the other tribes of the
island, and even of the Malgaches of the main land.
On the arrival of the French at Nosse-Be, Mangala
received them most cordially in the hope of continuing
his depredations under their patronage. But he soon
perceived that the French authorities desired to play
the part of protectors to all the Malgaches tribes, and
he met with a determined opposition to his course of
plunder. At last, after a robbery which he had com-
mitted, M..Gouhot, the commandant of the French
colony, went to arrest him, but he escaped, and, for
some time, was no more heard of. Intelligence was
brought some time after that he had returned, and
was, at that moment, holding a kabar, or council at
the habitation of the Queen of the Sakalavas, with the
design of revolutionizing all the tribes of the island,
and of driving out the French. M. Gouhot took a
few men, and proceeded to effect his arrest. He was
armed, and nearli a hundred men with him. In place
of giving himselt up, he shouted his war-cry, and at-
tacked the little body of French. After an obstinate
struggle, Mangala fled with his collar-bone fractured,
and after having lost some of his men."
On Tuesday last the small town of Berns, in the
Sarthe, was the theatre of an awful spectacle. At the I
sitting of the Court of Assizes for the department on
March 14, four men—Louvard, Belland, Drans, and
Chambrier—were convicted of the threefold crime of
arson, robbery, and murder. The first two were con-
demned to hard labour at the hulks for life, and the
remaining two to death. The Court further ordered
that Louvard and Bellant should stand on the pillory,
and Drans and Chambrier be executed at Berus,
where their crimes were consummated. Early in the
morning the scaffold and the pillory were erected
within a few paces of each other. An assemblage of
from 12,000 to 15,000 people gathered, from all the
surrounding country, round these preparations for the
exhibition of shame and ignominious death, and, not-
withstanding
their appearance in the centre, the scene
assumed all the aspect of a fair. Booths were
raised--tables were spread—tons of cider were
broached—and even games were set up. It required
all the firmness of the Magistrates, supported by the
gendarmes, and a detachment of troops, to prevent
still more scandalous proceedings. At eight o'clock,
Louvard and Belland were fastened in the pillory,
so placed that they could see the house of their vic-
tim, and Louvard that in which he had himself lived.
He appeared to be much overcome, but Belland dis-
played a disgusting effrontery in both gesture and
language. Having stood their time they were re-
moved. About twelve o'clock Drans and Chambrier

arrived in a post-chaise, under a strong escort. They
were accompanied by a young priest, who, with much
force, but mildness, endeavoured to bring the crowd
to a state more suited to the scene they were about to
witness, and then turned to the immediate objects of
his care. Chambrier was resigned to his fate, and in
a• moment expiated his offences. Drans, however,
was in a most pitiable condition. A livid paleness
overspread his countenance, and his limbs trembled so
convulsively that it required three men to carry him
up to the platform of the guillotine. In a few mi-
nutes afterwards the two severed bodies were lying to-
gether in one grave in an obscure corner of the ceme-
tery of Berns. The crowd, so thoughtless and even
licentious in the morning, overcome by the sad tragedy
they had witnessed, separated in solemn silence.
A letter from Naples says—" The project of a rail-
road from this city to Rome has received the approba-
tion of the Holy See. It is said that Naples is to un-
dertake the whole work at her own expense, and that
Rome will repay her share by annual payments. A
railroad from Rome to Florence is spoken of as certain."
The Helvetie states that a young peasant of the
Valois was a few days ago, whilst sitting in a field
eating his dinner, bitten by a viper, and that the effect
of the poison was so rapid that he died in two hours.
A scientific commission is said to be preparing to
start from Toulon to Asia Minor to make researches.
The Gazette des Tribunaux has the following:—
" A young woman, who had lived several months as
servant with a new-married couple, had: by her mild
and respectful manners and assiduity, entirely
gained their confidence, and made them treat her as
a humble friend. At length several articles of value
disappeared. It was difficult for the master and mis-
tress to suspect their servant, in whom they had so
much confidence, but at last circumstances convinced
them that she must be the thief, and they taxed her
with the crime. She displayed the utmost indigna-
tion, gave them warning, and spontaneously desired
that every seareh should be made among her things.
This was done ; but while her boxes and the closets
in her room were being examined, and in which, in
fact, some of the missing articles were found, the girl
got out of the room, hastened up to a higher storey,
and threw herself out of a window into the street.

The consequences were dreadful. She was taken vup
with both her arms and her skull fractured, and her
chest dreadfully crushed. She expired in a very few
minutes. Her mistress was so overcome by the
dreadful catastrophe, that she has ever since remained
inconsolable, accusing herself of being the cause."
The Assembly of the States of Baden was opened
the 23d inst. by the Minister of the Interior, in the
name of the Grand Duke. In the opening speech the
Minister announced that the States would be called
on to deliberate on a Bill for prolonging the railroad
to the Swiss frontier. The Budget would afterwards
be laid before them, the other Bills being reserved for
the next ordinary Diet. The first sitting was to take
place the following day.
A letter from Beyrout, 30th ult., in the Sud of
Marseilles, states that the Druse Chiefs, who were ar-
rested, are still in prison, and that the Christian Chiefs,
who had been invited by Mustapha Pacha to attend a
general assembly at Beyrout, had from mistrust re-
fused to comply with the invitation. The letter adds,
that Mustapha Pacha had received orders from the
Porte to abolish the protection which the European
Consuls have hitherto been permitted to exercise in
favour of certain ragas.
M. Kindt, the Belgian Commissioner in the nego-
tiations between France and Belgium for a treaty of
commerce, returned to Brussels some time ago. A
letter from that city states that his object in quitting
Paris was partly to confer with the Government, and
partly to ascertain from the principal manufacturers
of Beigium their views as to the concessions which
the French Government appears disposed to make.
The King of Prussia has returned! to Berlin, from

Schwerin. -
The Princess of Orange arrived at Stutgardt on
the 20th inst., on a visit to the Royal Family.
Akif-Effendi, the Turkish Ambassador to the