The Sun. — 1846-12-11 (London, England)

SINGULAR. DELUSION.—The following remarkable instance of delusion is related in a letter from Nogentle-Rotrou (Eure- et-Loire):—" The widow of a wealthy farmer near this place had a daughter, for whom she had great affection, and who would easily have obtained a rich husband, for she is very pretty and will have a good fortune, but she had fallen in love with a young man of the place, without fortune; and as she did not dare to avow her attachment to her mother, she gave way to melancholy. The mother, convinced that some secret grief was preying on her daughter's mind, endeavoured to ascertain the cause, and at length it was avowed. Anxious for her daughter's recovery, the mother consented to the union, and the lovers were mar. tied. The young man went to reside with his motherin-law, obtaining made the mother'sa n exc e l gl eonotd grater.husband, andh This uwc ec ne et doe on for i inn whenu a efier e inorceceutri gr i, n and t oaks it p wa oaea, the arrest of a young man of bad whichssuevpeproasleedomdoetnodt hi bsne character. The day after the arrest an acquaintance of the prisoner's called on the mayor, to reveal the following extraordinary secret, which had been confided to him :-.-... The prisoner had, he said, told him a few days before. his arrest that he bad been offered 1,000 francs by the, widow above spoken of if he would murder her son-inlaw. He had consented, on condition of the money being paid beforehand, but this she had refused, and therefore the affair vk as, for the mcment, broken off. The widow. was sent for by the mayor, and interrogated. She confessed the truth of the charge, and when asked whither she had any reason to be dissatisfied with the conduct of her son-in .law, she said no, but that his good conduct and the happiness of her daughter were the effect of sorcery, and therefore she could not suffer him to exist. He possessed, she said, the secret of preparing three powders, which enabled him to make all persons happy in spite of themselves. This, she said, had been revealed to her by the cure of the parish. The cure being an enlightened man, the mayor did not think it necessary to put any question to him on the subject,s lto keep a but, regarding son-In-law the woman as insane, advised, the o strict watch over her actions.' DinGeeWltilnEgNTorAthssisocaisesToriaNtr—on Yesterday flume. rously attended.. The chair was taken by G, P. Parkin, GEeenAtLheAll; NthulartYlnuEaNl was held at the London Tavern, and was very Esq. Mr. Hewitt, the secretary, read the report of the directors, which was of a gratifying Lature, except only that a fraud to the extent of 1.,411. 13s. I Id. had been committed by a clerk lately in the employ of the association, but of this amount 500/. had been recovered from the Lureties. Daring the year, 58 members, holding 124 annuities, had jollied the association. The amount of capital on the 30th September last, was 202,443/. 125., being an increase during the year of 12,5891. 10s. 6c1., after the payment of 8,031/. 3s. 2d. The amount for distribution this year would produce the sum of 17/. ss. 2d. for every annuitant on the civil fund, and 81. 14s. 3d. on the military and nautical fund, which, being under the minimum recommended by the actuaries, the sum of 1(1. 10s. would be paid to each annuitant. The interest derivable from the invested capital would he found very nearly sufficient to pay all the annuities of the past year. Twenty-seven members on the civil fund and four on the military and nautical fund had died r during a n thepast v year.l a r r eTheWarren were erreep electedor t d was iadopted. ectors and lir. a. Wray d Captain vote of thanks being passed to theh airman and direc. tors, the meeting adjourned. At the Middlesex Sessions on Thursday, a number of indictments against individuals, most of whom were either Italian or French, for keeping disorderly houses at the West-end, were heard, and the parties allowed to stand upon their own recognisanees, on consideration); their 41)44 the nuisances.