The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-04 00:00:00

.FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.
The Mayor of Pouille, near Nantes, who was sus-
pended from his functions for publishing the banns of
marriage between. his daughter and a person who had
been a priest, has been definitively dismissed from his
post by Royal ordonnance.
The Cour Royale of Limoges has just condemned two
Journals, the Gazette du Centre and the Progressif, for
libel upon M. Bourdeau, Peer of France. The Gazette
du Centre is sentenced to pay 6,000 fr. damages and
costs, and the Progress? 1,500 fr. damages and costs.
The prosecution was in the first instance brought before
the Tribunal Civil of Limoges, which declared itself in-
competent. On the appeal of M. Bourdeau to the Cour
Royale, that Court declared itself competent, and glue
the above decision.

A widow, at Cambrai, named Tbezin, had agreed to
accept for a second husband Dujardin, a gendarme. The
contract was signed, the banns published, and the day
fixed ; but as this happened to be the first anniversary
of the death of the first husband, his relations remon-
strated so severely with the )vidow on the indecency of
this proceeding, that she not only consented to post-
pone the ceremony, but broke off the match. A few
days since Dujardin went to visit the widow, and, after
a long interview, during which, no doubt he had vainly
endeavoured to bring her back to his wishes, two re-
ports of fire-arms were heard, and the neighbours,
rushing into the house, found the widow dead on the
floor, with a wound in her side from a pistol: A brace
of pistols were !yin.. on the floor, with the second of
which Dujardin had attempted to destroy himself. He
was, however, found alive in another room, with his
face terribly disfigured by the shot, and was carried
senseless to the Military Hospital, !where he remains
in imminent danger. Previous to these desperate tet
he had written to his Lieutenant, informing him that
he and his intended bride had determined to die together,
and recommending to the care of his officer his horse
and his two children, meaning those of the widow, one
of whom is eight, and the other only five years old.
Two sergeant-majors of the 60th Regiment fought
a duel at Brest, a few days since, with pistols. One ef
the adversaries was shot dead on the spot.
The Society for the Protection of Young Liberated
Offenders of the department of the Seine has just held
its last general meeting for 1841, at the Hotel de Ville.
Each patron rendered an account of the conduct of his
proteges during the past year, and the results were
highly satisfactory. After the reports were read, the
Society proceeded to the election of members of the
Council, in the room of those going out by rotation. M.
Berenger was unanimously chosen President. M. Jac-
quinot- Godard, one of the Vice-Presidents, who took
the chair on this occasion, announced that the King had
sent a donation of 500 f. ; the Queen, 200 f. ; Mme. Ade-
laide, 200 f.; the Duke of Orleans, 100 f.; and the Duchess
of Orleans, 100 f.

A person, arrested a few days ago on a charge of
fraudulent bankruptcy, was taken before the Commis-
sary of Police of the seventh arrondissement. The Ma-
gistrate, having occasion to quit the office for a short
time, left the prisoner under the charge of his clerks.
Scarcely had the Commissary retired, when the bank-
rupt also_ was missing, and the office was thrown into
great consternation, and a general pursuit was made in
every direction. The Magistrate returned, and found
his office vacant. Re was under the first effects of his
astonishment when the bankrupt walked in alone, and in
answer to questions as to where he had been, replied
that he had been to see his advocate, and was then en-
tirely at the Commissary's disposal. A few minutes
afterwards the clerks returned, and were as surprised to
find the fugitive returned as the Commissary had been at
the abandonment of his office.

A lady., returning home the night before last to her
apartment, in the Rue Ste. Anne, found in it a man,
busily engaged in making a packet of all the portable
articles of value. She was so much alarmed that she
sunk in a sort of stupor into an arm-chair, and thus re-
mained until the unwelcome visitor had made up his par-
cel, and left the room. His departure relieved the lady
from her temporary oppression, and knowing that he,
had three pair of stairs to descend, she called so loudly
for assistance that the porter heard her, and, seeing a
man hurrying to the gate, was in time to close it and se-
cure him. On being conducted before the Commissary
of Police he was recognised as an old offender, and has
been committed for trial.

A notorious thief, named Lucat, has just been arrested,
through the vengeance of a female, whose lover had been
denounced by Lucat, and condemned by the tribunal.
Lucat, who was in prison, after denouncing several of his
accomplices, made his escape, and Ibr a long time baffled
all the exertions of the police to discover him. This fe-
male, resolved on avenging her lover, disguised herself in
male attire, and frequented all the haunts of the thieves
in Paris, until she became acquainted with, and pretended
to join, a particular gang, from whom she discovered the
traces of Lucat. She now hung about the quarter in
which he lodged, until, seeing him in the street the other
day, she fell upon him, and, calling some persons to her
aid, he was taken into custody.
The day before yesterday, a female, 20 years of age,
threw herself from a window of the fifth floor of a house,
in the Rue St. llonore, near the Place Vendome. She
showed no signs of life when she was picked up. A per-
son who was passing was struck by the body as it fell,
but without any other injury than a few bruises. The
cause of this suicide, is not known, but it is reported that
the young woman in question had been locked in the
room against her will, on suspicion of having robbed her
employers, who are mercers.

A few days ago, as a diligence was crossing the bridge
at %%voile, in Holland, the flooring gave way, and let the
carriage, with the horses, driver, conductor, and 13 pas-
sengers into the river. Notwithstanding assistance was
promptly rendered, five of the passengers, including a
child,.were drowned; and one, a boy, only 12 years old,
had his skull so dreadfully fractured, that he died almost
immediately.
An extensive inundation was experienced at Mulhau-
see, a few days ago, when the waters of the 11l becoming
suddenly swollen by rains on the mountains, flooded the
lower part of the town, and caused a good deal of da-
mage. • No lives were lost.
The Saone Las again risen to a considerable height at
Lyons on account of the melting of snow on the hills,
but no apprehensions are entertained as yet of the town
being flooded.
The Governor-General of Algeria has addressed a
circular to the commanding officers of the different divi-
sions of the army, in which he announces that the system
of colonisation is about to be realised on a practicable
scale, under the protection of the continuous line of de-
fence, and states that two villages are already building,
one at Foussa, between Coleah and the sea, in an agree-
able position, with a good soil and good water ; the
other, between Blidah and Oued-el- Allek, a situation also
chosen for its advantages and the salubrity which it en-
joys in common with Foussa. Each of these villages is
to have two small fortresses, and to be surrounded with a
wall three metres in height. The ground is to be divided
into lots of 12 hectares (about 30 English acres), for each
family of colonists. The colonists, in addition to the
cultivation of their ground, are to receive pay for guard-
ing the blockhouses in the vicinity of the villages.
The M'oniteur Algerien of the 14th inst. contains an
account of several recent razing in Algeria. Four of
them in the mountains cast of Blidah, and on the right
bank of the Chiffa, by General. Changarnier, produced
2,000 head of cattle, several beasts of burthen, a quantity
of arms, &c., and more than 200 prisoners. The last of
these razias took place on the night of the 10th, and was
inflicted upon the Beni-Mecaoud, a very hostile tribe.
Another attack and razia, by Lieut.-Colonel Blangini,
produced 75 prisoners, 4 horses, 34 beasts of burthen,
490 oxen, 450 sheep, 600 goats, and a quantity of arms.
Fifty-two of the Arabs were killed, the loss of the French
was only two killed and three wounded. A few days
previously a razia' was made by 150 gendarmes on the
tribe of Beni-Mestina, near Oned-Korsoe ; 200 oxen,
800 sheep and goats, &C., were taken. Lieut.-Colonel
Morris had made a razia near Blidah, and obtained 300
head of cattle. The same journal states that a caravan
from Tunis arrived on the 23d ult. at Constantine, com-
posed of 100 mules laden with stuffs of silk and gold,
perfumes, and other valuable merchandise. General
Negrier sent out some detachments of cavalry to meet it,
but this was a mere precautionary measure, for it had
not met with the least interruption during its long march
through a great number of tribes.
The Gazette de France asserts that M. de Salvandy
has been recalled from Madrid, on account of his misun-
derstanding with the Regent. It will be remembered
that, before the French Ambassador went to Madrid, it
was stated that he would return for the opening of the
Session. A Madrid. letter, in the Phare of Bayonne,
says that M. de Salvandy, whose appointment as Ambas-
sador accredited him to Queen Isabella, communicated
with the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs on his ar-
rival at Madrid, and asked him to fix the day for deliver-
ing his credentials to her Majesty. The Minister, it
adds, admitted this demand, and it was only at a later
period that objections were raised. "In France," says
the writer of this letter, " during the minority of
Louis XV., the Duke of Orleans never raised pretensions
equal to those of Espartero, and from the time the King
was five years old all the Ambassadors presented their
credentials to his Majesty in person. M. de Salvandy is
said to have made all possible propositions for an ar-
rangement of this affair.'

A
young man, 18 years of age, of respectable family,
at Vermanton, in the Yonne, was caught, two days ago,
in the act of stealing a book of small value from a stall
on the Quai d'Orsay. On searching his apartment, 200
volumes were found, which he had obtained in the
same manner.

Some imprudent friends of a nephew of Colombier's
have been the cause of the young man's death, by a cruel
hoax. Although he was perfectly innocent of all con-
nection with the attempt of Quenisset and his associates
they made him believe that he was immediately to be
arrested as an accomplice. Dreading the same fate as
his uncle, he threw himself into the Canal Saint Mar-
tin, and his body was found yesterday near the sluice at
the Pont d'Angouleme.
The Gazette des Tribunaux says that the names of the
two persons who have been arrested in consequence of
the disclosures of Colombier and Just-Brazier, are named
Boullet and Rousselet. Numerous papers, it says, have
been seized at their residences. M. Jourdain, ex-
amining magistrate, has interrogated them. The Courrier
Francais states that Boullet is a broker in the vermi-
celli trade, and that Rousselet is a mechanician. A war-
rant is out against a third: individual, not yet arrested.
The Temps says—" The number of new political pri-
soners is stated to be eleven. On 'Wednesday afternoon
two fiacres, escorted by omuraissaries and officers of po-
lice, conveyed these prisoners to the prison at the Lux-
embourg, Most of them are represented by the guards
to have the appearance of persons in easy circumstances,
and several are deemed to be chiefs of the society to
which Quenisset belonged. Numerous warrants are still
out in different parts of the capital. It is now beyond
doubt, that the removal of Quenisset, Colombier, and
Brazier from the Luxembourg will not take place until
until after the_termination of this new process, in which
they will appear as principal witnesses for the prosecu-
tion. In consequence of these fresh arrests, the force of
municipal guards over the prison of the Court of I'vers