The Sun. — 1842-05-20 (London, England)

ADISTERDA 31, MAY 17.—We have received from Han; burgh the following accounts, dated May 13, which are of the highest importance to the mercantile world Among the 1,760 houses reduced to ashes, are 19 sugar-houses, of which 13 refined only colonial sugar. The Assurance Companies have began to advance money to those sufferers by the fire who are in the most immediate need of assistance. What may be considered as most wonderful, payment has not been refused of any bill of exchange—not even by houses that are totally ruined by the fire. Confiience is visibly returning, though discounts on good bills does not exceed four per cent. Since the day of the fire, above 300 ships have come up the Elbe ' • 15 were consigned to one house alone, which never before had so many consignments at once. The imports, of one clay, were 10,00 chests of Havannah sugar, and 20,000 bales of coffee. The loss might have been threefold greater had not the continued prevalance of the east wind, for 35 days, prevented all arrivals. Magazines and warehouses were not to be had—the rent has risen ten-fold, and the wages of the workmen in the manufactories are tripled. Baron Renjers, Member of the Household to King William Frederick, has just arrived from Berlin. His Majesty was daily recovering his strength.  At the last sitting of the Court of Assize of the Vaucluse, a man named Louis Montjalard was condemned to death for murder, under the following circumstances :—Montjalard and Eugenie Saignon were_ both domestics in the service of M. de Ponson, Mayor of ltustrel, in the Vaucluse. A too close intimacy took place between them, and Eupenie became enciente. Louis, alhamed of such an intercourse with a girl who was plain in her person, and who had been. previously guilty of a similar weakness with another and also fearing the resentment of an aunt from whom he had expectations, earnestly entreated Eugenie to conceal her condition. About ten o'clock in the night of September 19, Louis induced Eugenie to walk out with him, under the pretence of getting her some grapes ; but, leading her to, the brink of awell some little distance from the house, lie suddenly pushed her in. She fell to the bottom, but, rising again to the surface of the water, caught by a projection, and sustained herself. Believing, it to be an accident, she calledtoLluoruisd a ha to helpev y her stone ou down t ; upon but, insteadSoi; he hurled sed it its object. The determine" her, went back into the house, and her. of doing This m man then left brought a loaded carbine, which he discharged at the poor. girl, who was thereby wounded in the shoulder, but still had strength enough to keep her held. Finding no other means of killing her in the well, he helped her out, and immediately put an end to her life, by beating her brains out with the butt-end of the gun. Returning once more -to the house, he dressed himself and fled, but met an acquaintance, to whom he confessed what he had done. Being arrested, he made an explicit declaration of all the circumstances to the examining magistrate, and was committed for trial. The Princess Louise of Baden, eldest daughter of the Dowager Grand Duchess Stephanie, and wife of Prince Gustavus Vasa, died lately at Nice, in her 31st year.  A