The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-12 00:00:00

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FONEXON.
The King of 'the French visited Paris on Tuesday,
to preside at a Cabinet Council. His,Majesty, after
visiting the Standish Museum in the Louvre,•returned

in the evening to St. Cloud..
The Paris Moniteur contains the official returns of
the sinking fund during the third quarter of 1842,
from which it appears that the quantity of Rentes, 4
per Cent., redeemed during that interval amounted to
111,268 E, and that of the 3 per Cents. to 670,234 E,
making together 6,481,503 f.
The disturbances at Drucourt, near Bernay, were
at an end, and the troops dispatched to that village
to restore order had been recalled. 40 individuals
had been arrested, and 15 more or less dangerously
wounded. This is the usual result of these outbreaks
among the operatives.
The amount of the contract for the first saction of
the railroad from Paris to Belgium is 1,122,000 E,
of which about 400,000 f. are for the cuttings and
embankments; the rest is for works of art.
Pascal Fabre, who was condemned to death for
parricide at the Court of Assizes of Herault, was exe-
cuted at Montpellier on the 3d inst. He was informed
of the fatal news at ten in the morning. " I knew
that I should die," said he, " and my only fear is that
God will not have pity on me." Atter the fatal toi-
lette, the cortege was put in motion, Fabre sitting
calm and resigned, with his face covered with a black
veil, near. the Abbe Cellier. At the foot of the
scaffold the prisoner heard the sentence read without
emotion, and, after having embraced the confessor, he
was fixed on the guillotine. A single exclamation of
" Oh, God, have mercy on me," was heard from his
lips, and the knife fell. An immense crowd waa as-
sembled.;

The Havre Journal states, that the works for the
salvage of the Telemaque were progressing rapidly.
It was expected that the vessel, which was then lifted
to within a foot of the surface of the water, would be
definitively raised on Thursday.
The Cologne Gazette announces that the German
Customs' Union intended to resort to reprisals against
the trade of the United States.
The Augsburg Gazette, of the sth inst., states, that
" the object of the Prince de Joinville's voyage to
the Brazils is to form a matrimouial connexion with
the sister of the Emperor."
We learn from Stuttgard, Nov. 1, that the Com-
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies on the Railroad
question has decided on recommending that several
lines from the capital shall be constructed at the ex-
pense of the State. One is to be in the western di-
rection towards the frontiers of Baden, and to be ex-
tended as far as Heilbronn ; a second, to the east and
south, will pass by Ulm, and have its terminus at
Friedrichshafen, on the bank of the Lake of "Con-
stance ; a third, from Ploehingen, will pass by Reut-
lingen, and will be extended to.the countries of the
Upper Necker.
A mechanician of a little town in Bohemia has con-
structed an automaton which imitates perfectly the
human voice, particularly the soprano notes. It sings
several difficult airs with the greatest accuracy.
Shakes, runs, and chromatic scales, are all executed
with surprising precision. This automaton, in sing-
ing, even pronounces certain words, so as to be easily
understood. The inventor hopes to arrive at such a
point of perfection as to bring his machine to pro-
nounce all the words of the best operas.
A letter from St. Petcrsburgh, 28th ult., states that
the Emperor, immediately on his arrival, published an
ukase-declaring that all incendiaries accused of hav-
ing set fire to any property, are to be brought before
a council of war, instead of being tried by the ordinary
,ribunals.