The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-02 00:00:00

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

The Siecle contains the following :—" The Duke
and Duchess Decazes gave a splendid soiree last week
at the Luxembourg, on the occasion of the drawing of
the lottery for the shipwrecked marines of La Teste.
The company consisted of persons of distinction, be-
longing to the corps diplomatique' and peerage. All
of a sudden, the gentleman usher announced some
names, vulgar enough to excite surprise. The com-
pany turned round, and beheld five persons sailing up
the room—three ladies and two cavaliers, the former
dressed in tartan merinos, with large bonnets of blue
and red, whilst the gentlemen were in frock coats and
grey trousers. On they came, saluting right and
left with imperturbable gravity, and at last took their
seat in fine fauteuils at the head of the room. What
could this mean ? Was it a hoax, or merely some

mistake on the part of these good people! The.
Grand Referendaire at last approached, and inquired
to what circumstance he was to attribute the honour

of their visit. They exhibited the lottery tickets
which they had purchased, and announced that the
drawing was to take place that evening at the residence
of the Duchess Decazes, and stated, good easy souls,
that they had considered it as an invitation."

On the •eve of his death, the late Count Perregaux
delivered to Mme. Lacombe, in token of his gratitude
for her long attachment to him, and her unremitted
care and attention, a stock receipt for 240,000 f., pro-
ducing 10,000 f. a year. On the day after the Count's
death, Madame Lacombe sent the document to his
two sons, reminding them that their father had re-
peatedly-promised to insure her a future maintenance.
The sons, however, lodged a charge against her of
fraudulent spoliation ; but of this, on trial, she was
honourably acquitted. She, on her part, commenced
a suit against Messrs. Perregaux, for an investment of
the -24,000 f. stock, which the tribunal on Saturday
ordered, but limiting her interest in it to the receipt
of the dividends during her life, the principal revert-
ing to the Count's family after her death.
Last week a labourer, named Pipart, residing at
Boissaut en Balaze, says the Auxiliaire Breton, went
to examine a wolf-trap which he had baited. On
arriving, he found a large wolf held fast by one of the
hind legs. On seeing him, the animal made some
-violent efforts to escape, and at last succeeded in tear-
ing away the trap. Pipart pursued him, but seeing
that he was likely to escape, and being armed with
a gun, he took aim and pulled the trigger ; the piece
flashed in the pan, and the wolf returned and attacked
his adversary ; he bit him in the leg, threw him down,
took him by the ' throat, and began tearing him.
Pipart's dog came up at the moment, and flew at the
wolf, which he forced in the end to make off. Pipart
received 13 severe wounds, and the wolf remained
possesior of the trap.
The Journal de l' Ouest of Nantes state that a credit
of 10,000 f. has been opened to the Prefect of the
Loire Inferieure, by the Minister of the Inte-
rior, for the purpose of transporting from
Nantes to Montevideo such, Spanish refugees
as decline availing themselves of the amnesty
allowing them to return into their native country,
but may be willing to go into one where their mother
tongue is spoken, and where they will consequently
have a greater facility in gaining a subsistence. The
allowance for the passage of each individual is only
100 f., but as it is a measure of charity, the Journal
del' Ouest states that the shipowners have shown a dis-
position to concur in it.
The grave-digger of a village, near Valenciennes,
lately lost his wife, and so jealous was he of the ho-
nour of his post, that it was with difficulty that he
could be prevailed on, after digging her grave, to
yield his place to another to let the coffin down into
the trench, and cover it with, earth.
A letter from Rome, April 17, announces that the
Pontifical Council has decided that a Neapolitan vessel,
seized some time back for having more bales of goods
on board than were specified in the bill of health, is to
be released. This vessel belonged partly to French

merchants, and ft is owing to their energetic protes•
tations and the representations of the French Ambas•
sailor, that the matter has been brought to a close
Cardinal Lambruschini, the 'Secretary of State, has
transmitted to the Minister of Finance an order to.
restore without delay, the bales that were seized, be-
longing to the French merchants. •
A fourth man, named TroUillet, has been arrested
on suspicion of having been an accomplice in the
murder of the coachman Cataign. He was one of
the party present at the public-house, in the evening,
when the pocket-book of the deceased and its contents
were exhibited by Barra, alias Delicat. It appears
that these two malefactors have been guilty of several
night robberies since the murder, and even in the neigh-
bourhood of the Buttes Saint Chaumont, where it was
committed; for, on their being brought up together
to be confronted and examined, they each wore round
their necks coloured handkerchiefs, which were
recognised by the persons from whom they were stolen,
and which were still marked with the initials of the
names of their right owners. Trouillet, as well as
the three other prisoners, is a well-known old offender.
The following details are given relative to the per-
son mentioned, in a journal of Monday last, as
having absconded from Paris with 200,000 f., and
being arrested at Vienna, after passing through Ratis-
bon. It is stated' that he was a banker or merchant,
named W., who left Paris for Meaux on the 18th
ult., to meet the Strasburg mail, in which he had en-
ard a place by the-name of Reutter. On the day
before his departure his partners, 'en commandite, had
placed in Ws hands 24,000 f., to meet bills which Were
coming due. When his flight becanie known, his
creditors, who had made him a bankrupt, in the hope
of discovering the direction 'he had taken, opened a
letter that came to his addresS, and found it to be from
his mistress,
.promising to meet him at Rotterdam,
and thence cross over with him to England:. Upon
this one of the creditors set off for London, and
another to Frankfort, thinking that the fugitive might
either go to America, or to the north of Europe. Be-
ing made acquainted with the exposure of the above-
mentioned letter, and convinced that he would be fol-
loweot to London, he, with the lady, took the road to
Frankfort. The person who went to Frankfort, imme-
diately on arriving there inspected the registers kept at
the hotels of the travellers who alighted there, and
found an entry, in the handwriting of ,W. of a M.
and Mine. Collin, who had on that day taken their
departure for Aschaffenburg, and followed them
there. At this place they assumed the names of M.
and 'Mme. Durand, by which they went on to Wurz-
'burg, where they became M. and Mme. Reutter. Hence
they were traced to Ratisbon, where they. resumed
.the name of Collin, and passed on to Vienna. At this
capital their pursuer arrived four hours after them.
Having obtained the assistance of the police, the bank-
rupt and his companion were soon discovered at
one of the principal hotels. W. had suffered his
beard to grow, put on a wig, tnd wore spectacles.
in the -hope -of' sufficiently disguising himself, but
it was useless, for he was easily recognised, and
committed to prison. The 7,000 f. he had with
him were impounded ; but he refused to disclose
where he had deposited the remainder of the large
sum---now said. to be ,300,000 f. —with which he
had absconded. While waiting for the formalities to
Warrant his being-sent back to France as-a fraudulent
bankrupt, he will be made answerable to the Austrian
criminal laws, for entering and travelling in the coun-
try with the three false passports.

The following account of the circumstances at-
tending the death of Marshal Clausel are given in a
letter from Anterive, written on Friday last, .which
we find in the Journal de Toulouse—" Marshal Clan- 1

sel had been unwell for some time, suffering from the
gout in his feet. He passed through the day on IV u.l fl
-
nesday tolerably well, taking a walk in his chamber,
eating his dinner with tolerable appetite, and taking
part in conversation with his friends until they left him
to go to bed..., His valet attended him as usual, and left
him to get some repose also. At two o'clock the valet re-
turned to the bed room to see whether his master
wanted anything, but finding him in the same posi-
tion as \Oen he first left him concluded he was sleep-
ing tranquilly, and went hack to his own bed for two
hours more. At four o'clock the man went into his
master's chamber again, and was surprised to see that
he had not stirred in the least. On touching the
Marshal he found his body quite cold, and soon ascer-
tained that he was dead. He probably expired at
about 12 o'clock. The actual cause of his death has
not been ascertained, but it is generally believed to
have been a stroke of apoplexy."
On the 15th January last, Lemard, a labourer, was
going from St. Cloud to Reuil in search of work,
when he fell in with a soldier, of whom he asked the
way, and who replied, that he was going to Reuil, and
would accompany him. On their way, they stopped at a.
public-house and drank, Lemard 'paying for the wine.
To do th:s he produced a purse, in which there were
3f., and showed that he was in possession of a watch.
On leaving the house, the soldier, under pretence of
shortening the way, led Lenard by a by-path into a
quarry, and there knocked him down, rifled him
of his watch, his purse of 3f., another purse con-
taining two napoleons, and five 5f.-pieces, and also a
copper token, on which was the name and address of
a wine-dealer. Having got all this booty, the soldier
left his victim in the quarry, and fled. Lemard ent
to the watchmaker, of whom he had purchased his
watch, and obtained its number. He then laid

his information before the gendarmerie of St.
Cloud. After a time, the police learnt that the
soldier belonged to the 39th Regiment of Infantry,
and steps were taken to ascertain which of the men
were absent on the day of the robbery. Suspicion,
or rather conviction, fell upon a man named Lambert,
who, before he was in the regiment, had been i.npri-
soned for twelve months as a thief, and had since
been punished several times for breaches of discipline.
It was further learnt that after January 15 he had
slept two nights out of quarters without leave, passing
the time_ at Reuil with women of loose character,
upon whom he expended 40fr. In consequence of this
misconduct, he was drafted into one of the regiments
in Africa. Being brought back, he was on Saturday
tried before the Court-martial, and, being found guilty,
was condemned to two years' Imprisonment, and
public degradation.
The Museum of Narbonne has just been enriched
by some interesting discoveries of antiquities made
near that place by the Archaeological Commission,
Among them are numerous funereal urns and lamps
of marble, glass, lead, stone, and terracotta ; phials of
perfumes ornamented with various and most curious
emblems, and other designs, Roman, Egyptian, and
Gallic. On some the glazing remains perfect, although
they must have lain buried at lest eighteen centuries.
The names of many of the artists who made them
are still legible upon the urns—some having
Roman and other Gallic terminations. Among
the other objects are a golden Phallus ; a
diota; some amphorae ; an ex voto, represent-
ing the finger of grace of the Vestal virgins;
fibulae, or clasps ; buttons ; iron keys ; dice ; needlea
pins for the hair; metal mirrors ; fragments of musi-
cal instruments, and a probe for sounding wounds.
Near several of the tombs, which contained these re-
lics, were found a great many oyster-shells, the fish
having, no doubt, been eaten at the funeral feasts. To
these are to be added an antique head or the Indian
Bacchus in bronze of Roman workmanship, in perfect
preservation ; a Janus Bifrons ; an amulet of lead of
the god Fascinus, similar to those attached to chil-
dren to preserve them from the Evil Eye ; a small
statue of Minerva with the aegis • a bronze Mercury
in very fine style; a head of Trajan, and some un-
known busts.
The Gazette des Tribunal= contains the following
almost incredible account :—Two days ago, during
the absence of a man who resided at Vincennes, where
he carried on a trade, in eggs, butter, &c., which he
purchased at the farm houses for the purpose of selling
them again in Paris, moaning sounds were heard in
his house, and, as it was known that he had been
absent nearly a week, the Mayor, accompanied
by some gendarmes and a locksmith, entered
the premises, where they found two young girls, one
fourteen and the other ten years of ago, chained in a
sort of dog-kennel, by the neck, with a pail before
them, all the water of which they had drunk up, and
without food, having eaten all that had been gives to
them when their father left his home. The poor
girls, who were nearly dead from hunger and thirst,
and very badly clothed, were immediately set at
-iberty and provided for, and a warrant issued against
Le father.

IRELAND. - REFORM. - SIR
ROBERT PEEL.

At a late meeting of a wardmote of the London
Repealers, to which Mr. Thomas Steele, of the County
Clare was invited, just as that gentleman was about
rising to speak, a paper was put into his hand, in-
forming him that there was a Police Inspector in the
room.

Mr. Steele, who is a member of the National
Complete Suffrage Union, and who took an active
part in the Conference at Birmingham, immediately
exclaimed—" I am informed by this paper that there
is a police inspector in the room, and I am very glad
of it, for I hope he will lose no time in communicating
to the Prime Minister our opinions of his conduct."
I cannot find language sufficiently powerful
(said the speaker) to express my indignation—
a sentiment in which, I am quite sure, you all
participate—at the tone and spirit of derisive
levity with which Peel, secure in his majority
of Tory misrepresentatives of the people, had the
insolence to treat the late motion in the House of
Commons for inquiry into the state of the electoral.
franchise, a subject of such supreme and solemn inte-
rest emanating from the National Conference at
Birmingham, which was presided over by that admir-
able patriot and friend to human nature, Joseph
Sturge, and which was brought forward and sup-
ported in the House of Commons in the most per-
fectly temperate and respectful form. I was present
in the Speaker's gallery, and could not be mistaken.
Gentlemen (continued the Speaker) it was with
great sagacity and political acumen, said by a
French statesman before the first revolution, "we
had better take care to represent the people, for
unless we do so, the people may take it into their
heads to represent themselves !" The people of
France did soon after represent themselves, and
in direful form of representation ; and to such
an organic popular representation are the slave
classes of England awfully and rapidly approaching,
unless means shall be taken by wise and good men
to prevent it, and which can only be done by creating
a union between the working slave classes, who are
unrepresented; and the middle classes, who poSz,ess the
dective franchise, so that the great organic change
may he made in O'Connellite fashion, and not
Robespierrean ; not by blood and violence and
convulsion, but by purely legal and constitu-
tional means, in gradual and peaceable. progression.
The millions of the people of Ireland, under the
guidance of the peaceful, moral regenerator O'Connell,
have thrown themselves, heart and soul, into the
movement of the Reformers of England and Scot-
land. The Irish seek justice for themselves, by the
restoration of their domestio Legislature, but they
would be unworthy of justice, unless they gave their
fervid aid in obtaining justico for their fellow-vassals,
'the slave classes of England and Scotland.
Several other gentlemen then addressed the meet-
ing, and Mr. Steele, amidst loud cheering, stated
that he would, this day, at the Corn Exchange,
Dublin, have a resolution moved expressive of the
feelings of Ireland on the subject on which he bad
spoken, and declaratory of her union with the Eng-
, -fish and Scottish Reformers.