The Sun. — 1845-04-08 (London, England)

POREZGN. Accounts from Switzerland announce the defeat of the free corps and refugees at Lucerne, and the complete dispersion of the assailants, who fled to their homes, leaving more than 600 dead and wounded at the gates of that town. The Piedmontese Gazette contradicts the report that the Sardinian Government intended directing troops towards the Swiss front*. Count de Pontois, the French Ambassador in Switzerland, took leave of the King of the French on Friday night, preparatory to his return to his post. The Marquis Ferrieres, who is secretary to the Chinese embassy, was to leave Paris on Monday, for China. He was to go direct to Macao.  Baron Deffaudis, the French Minister to the Court of Brazil, has left Brest, in the Erigone frigate, fon Ulla country. The Journal du Havre states that the works of the Rouen and Havre Railroad are in so forward a state, and are continued with such activity, that the road will certainly be open on the Ist of May, 1846. It adds, that the direct trains from Paris to Havre are to perform the journey in six hours and a half. The crime of murder is becoming as frequent in France as in this country. The Court of Cessation rejected on Thursday the appeals of four individuals capitally convicted by as many different Courts of Assize—namely, of Lachanelle, sentenced to death at Lons le Saulnier for the murder of a young woman ; of Coste, convicted in the Ardeche of a similar crime ; of Ducoudrav, condemned to death in Paris, for attempting to kill his wife; and of a woman named Leclerc, sentenced at Amiens for parricide. The appeal of another parricide, named Lacome, was also under consideration on the same day, but the Court adjourned without pronouncing upon it. The Impartial du Nord, of the 3d inst., states that the inhabitants of Leselle, near St. Amend, had risen, and proceeded to such acts of violence against the labourers employed on the railroad, which is to pass through their commune, that the Procureur du Roi of Valenciennes had been obliged to repair to the scene of riot with a body of Lancers.  vi a:017 AMY) tVOILICItt. A case of breach of promise of marriage was tried at Gloucester, in which the defendant, a farmer, named Stephens, attempted to cast imputations on the character of the plaintiff, a Miss Cooke. The evidence for the defence, however, was so grossly improbable, and so very disgusting, that the Lord Chief Baron before whom the case was tried, advised the counsel for the plaintiff not to cross-examine defendant's witness, and expressed his disgust in strong terms at the conduct of defendant and his witnesses. The verdict was for the plaintiff, with 1001. damages. The case of the Queen V. the Poor-law Guardians of Rochdale was tried at Liverpool. The action was to try certain issues raised on a return to a writ of mandamus. The point to be ascertained was—whether or not the Guardians had wilfully disobeyed certain orders of the Poorlaw Commissioners; and, if they had, whether they were not justified in so doing. The verdict was for the Crown, leave being reserved for the defendants to move the court above.  James Ha.slam, William Lee, and John Adamson, were indicted betbre Mr. Justice Coltman, for conspiring to procure the return of John Slater as town councillor of Bolton, by fraudu ent means. It appeared that the defendants had brought in persons from the country to peisonate voters. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty against all the defendants. A motion, however, was made in arrest of judgment, and the defendants were held to bail to appear at the next assizes. The 138th session of the Central Criminal Court began yesterday.