The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-30 00:00:00

PRO A THE FRENCH PAPERS.

Four •
C.._
.prtsoners were tried, yesterday, before the
44u,irrectional Police, for having in their possession arms
~,i'„glitipowder, and having manufactured the latter
treutcut authority. They were, Ory, a tailor—his mis-
tress, a dressmaker, named Merard—Feret, a wheel-
torigdilt---and Poncelet, a boot-maker, who had been
ttfta. condemned to banishment, for being concerned in the
for
tihr of the
Rue des Prouvaires, and pardoned in 1836,
,e courage he displayed when the prison of St.
Wiest
Was on fire. A fifth person, named Blancvillain,
4sirleluded the accusation, but he has not been
tovraon,
karetield' Vhen Quinesset's affair was pending,
made at the residence of suspected.
had
dajeoetn Poncelet's some cartridges were dis-
gtionned ,; at Feret's, utensils used for manufacturing
Nvuer at the woman Merard's, some bullets,
aridar-„-7,44„titY of gunpowder, and some pistols;
a small quantity of gunpowder, some
tiev:tarki moulds. There were besides, over his chim-
atibi or three globes, covered over with an inflam-
to4 itiatter, and filled with oil of petroleum. These
Ertl , nes, of which the effect would be dread-
-1 4:ere stated by the officers of the Crown to
Ory,,ended by the prisoner to aid the insurrection.
1114 ueelared that he had purchased the arms
in great distress.
from a man, named Benoit, who was
Iles"-'4,t distress. As to the globes, he declared that
tliQt;"ded proceeding to America, and selling
as 1.;,5° One of the governments of the New World,
toithll2g likely to be of great service in maritime
telt, a's ; for the globe, containing the oil of petroleum
ig.i)ound round with twine and tow, covered with
by f4,'larilm able paste, which takes fire by a shock or
Icoilrl,'etion, like that employed in chemical matches,
When broken, by • being thrown immediately,
ence burning, and set fire to a vessel, or any
Ic4o-` ,f3hject it was discharged against. Feret ac-
tlar%‘Liedged having manufactured the powder, but de -
511,,,q4, that he sold it to sportsmen, or proprietors of
tothi 'llg galleries. The woman Meraid said she knew
tad brig of the things found at her lodgings—they
PNCe,en left there, she said, by Ory; and Poncelet
Ive,:l-lued that the five cartridges seized at his house
itg given him by the porter to fumigate his lodg-
Oi; do and the woman were acquitted, whilst
it .and Feret were each condemned to 18 months'
44,„?°nment, 16f. fine, and to pay 3,000 f. to the
kaigillistration of Indirect Contributions, and to re-
liter' for two years under the surveillance of the po
illancvillain was condemned by default to two
illipris tand 1 000 f. fine.
onmen , ,

thif-'7-33 SPOKEN WlTH.—Heart of Oak, for New- I 1,3'
41fri—and, 14th inst„ lat. 51, lon. 21 ; Joseph Hume,
to'Liverpool, with loss of sails, and supplied with
ktri',„siena' 17th inst., lat. 48, lon. 16, by the Magistrate,.
2/11, t'd at Liverpool. Barbadian, Jamaica to Liverpool,
sth lat. 26, lon. 79 ; Elizabeth, from Honduras,
12C,st., lat. 41, lon. 57 ; Royal Oak, from Honduras,
lifk,iftt• 45, lon. 41, by the Liverpool, arrived at Liver-
kt, Sophia, Newfoundland to Demerara, 7th inst.,
yl 11, ion. 43 ; Ellisons, for Bermuda, 9th, lat. 43, lon.
"Y the Nancy Munro, arrd. in the Clyde. Boyne
sPort), London to Halifax, 11th inst., lat. 50, lon.
I.4u3'' the John White, arrived at Limerick, Amelia,
ty the Elizabeth
to Newfoundland, 14th inst., lat. 51, lon. 14,
Elizabeth Miller, arrived at Kinsale. Brothers,
Wl',‘-qersburgh to New York, 7th inst., lat. 65, lon. 4,
133' the Lady Hood, arrd. at Stornoway.
41,

„
ISITATION.—TEIE CROPS.—On Friday,
4015th instant, the neighbourhood of the Island, for
etil!tthree miles round, was visited by the most dreadful
Ter storm ever recollected by the oldest inhabitant.
miptlt two o'clock in the afternoon the fine blue sky,
tad(ili wore such a pleasing aspect up to that moment,
tosidenlY became dark and cloudy—so dark that one
PN” scarcely discern his own hand. The most terrific
°f thunder, accompanied by vivid flashes of light-
and tremendous hailstones, ensued, the latter as
Ve as pigeons's eggs. This was followed by a water-
ctlitj as if the cataracts of heaven had opened, which
s:;° for two hours and a half, leaving a flood that
un -7,1 away all before it. The destruction committed
t tae fit for the sickle is really heart-
,t. tld,. corn crops
; the fine fields of corn, particularly oats, are
tasCall thrashed out of the ear. Even green oats did
IN"caPe ; there was one field of oats of fifty acres,
kr-4ing to Mr. Bolton, which was fit to cut ; and by
tih wore than half of which is lost—indeed, every field
14,;e the shower fell has suffered incalculably. From
te`-I,`rias we have made since the above particulars
att,;(l us, we are happy to say that no injury has been
t4`4,._41,ed by the crops except in the neighbourhood of
Island ; hut. it is melancholy to reflect on the pri-
N:3l3s which this awful visitation must impose on the
ris:;„11.1' class of sufferers in that district. The accounts
other parts of the country are of the most
egg character.-14rexford Independent
tsiVle Duchess of Orleans, says the Alsace, in the
feßst of her violent affliction, did not wish to let the poor
at, "Irasbourg, though deprived of her presence, be also
Ivii'l"red of the benefits which she had intended for them.
to i elk she heard that the Duke of Nemours was going
ilsPeet the troops, she charged him to dispense pecu-
.ar
tis •)' assistance for her to several charitable and educe-
sh 4,41 establishments in the town. The Prince requested
,tt,•°t. rrefect to transmit to him a list of the benevolent in-
-13e-I,lll°ns, in order that the wishes of the Princess might
eir,'°nlplied with. It was remarked that on this occa-
e, as well as all others which had reference to the
Ittivelless of Orleans, the Duke of Nemours experienced
Ti,s',l3,le emotion,. which he did not attempt to conceal.
is i 'crince, as well as his brothers, bear to their sister-
4..laNy a fraternal affection, which the frightful blow of
13 has only increased.
The Cannier de Lyon states that the ancient con-
test between the allopathic and homeopathic practice has
full:ng up again in that town. "In 1826,"
. says this
('
" the two parties were also at
.wa.r, and the
I:lllopathists in order to p.rove the superiority of their
Pita]l° d, demanded' and obtained that a ward in the hos-
should be placed under their direction. They made
fuck,.,,rapid work of it, that the administration was in a
plays obliged to withdraw from their care the few
%eats that remained. Some days back a person
itgeeted with hydrophobia was brought to the hospital,
remedieste aiinpathists after having administered various
as,,t aeknowledged they could do nothing in the
h,,‘-• The homceopathists then came forward in triumph
tC"., administered one of their celebrated imponderable
41,14 Microscopic globules. The effect was almost instan-
taneous, for the patient—died."
On Saturday last a man and his wife, living in a
cottage in the Quartier des Chartreux, near Marseilles,
ivent out at an early hour in the morning to work, leav-
ialgirdths the
their three children, the oldest of whom was only
:I'r Years old, in their beds. Some few hours after-.
dwelling burst into flames. The eldest child
i;.„4s, awakened, and was able to get to the outer door, and
°is cries alarmed the neighbours, who immediately
t'
'lnn% .broke open the door,and saved the frightened
rd, but found it impossible to enter one step into the
elling which had become a mass of fire. When the
few
parents returned home to breakfast, which was in a
lew
ma minutes after, they found all their little property de-
ea oy":1, one of their younger children dead from suffo-
reitli°n• and the other almost entirely consumed by fire.
4- e calamity was caused by the ignition of' a beam
nrdag into the chimney of a fire-place, in which there
tad been a fire on the preceding day, and which had
no doubt smouldering all day, and had burst into
flames on the admission of a current of air.
GROnSE.—Friday forenoon the steam-ship Dun-
dee,i Captain Kidd, arrived at Hoare's Wharf, Wapping,
r°.lll Dundee. with upwards of 200 boxes of grouse,
e, Telly shot on the moors in Perthshire. She had about
L'‘. passengers, many of whom were sportsmen already
returned from the carnage amongst the feathered tribes
'Scotland, where the heather is now in full blossom, a
fine
specimen of which has been, it reported, trans-
tutted to Windsor Castle as a nosegay to the Queen,'
Preparatory to her Majesty visiting her heather-clad hills
CHRISTIANA, AUGUST 15.—1 n framing the new
Tariffof Customs, the following has consistently fol-
lowed the most liberal principles with respect to impor-
tation and exportation. The import duties on man
articles are considerably reduced. The export duties are
'likewise diminished in some cases, for instance on deals
and square timber ; on fish, especially on herrings, and
cal coffee. Fees on quarantine papers, transit duties,
and'Severld charges nu ships are abolished. In a word,
' we are much pleased with the new tarif, and foreign
countries will have no reason to complain of it.

On Tuesday, no fewer than six bodies of men were
found in the Seine, and taken to the Morgue. All of
them, except one, were in a state of putrefaction, show-
ing that they must have been in the water at least eight
or ten days. One of them had the hands tied behind the
back. The Morgue has been crowded ever since, but
We do not learn that any of the deceased have been
recognised.
The metropolis was yesterday afternoon, at half-past
.kur, visited by a tremendous shower of heavy rain,
accompanied by thunder and lightning.