The Sun. — 1867-08-08 (London, England)

AUGUST 8, 1867.  Magyars and Poles equally feel the necessity of LATEST INTELL writing energetically to oppose the menacing and dangerous manoeuvres of Muscovite despotism. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM We are happy to record the existence of this feeling, but we are desirous that it should be accompanied, particularly on the part of the Magyars, with the firm resolution to adopt a liberal and equitable policy equally:in regard to the Sclavonians, Tcheques, Croatians, and Servians, as well as in reference to the Roumains. To satisfy the just demands of those populations would be the best thing to shield Hungary and Austria from the machinations of Russia."  A very strange suicide has taken place at a furnished hotel in the quarter St. Martin. For some time a young gentleman, named Adolphe G-, from the provinces, had lodged there, and he dined regularly at the table d'hote. Two morning ago, as he did not come down to breakfast as usual, a servant knocked at his bed-room door. As he did not answer the door was broken open, and he was lying almost dead upon the bed, covered with blood. A doctor was sent for, who perceived that the young man had thrust about fifty large pins into his chest, the wouuds from which bled very copiously. He was not quite dead, but life was extinct in a few minutes. On his table there was a letter, in which he stated he wished to be interred decently, and that there was enough money in his purse to pay for the expense of the funeral. The letter stated that the life of the writer had formed a long series of suffering, pain, and sorrow, and that according to the proverb fatality had killed him gradually, as with the point of a pin. Taking advantage of the idea, he had determined to kill himself in a manner never perhaps adopted before. His life he said was not worth the pin which he employed to take it away, but he found it very piquant to die in such an extraordinary manner. Lastly, the writer expressly recommended that his body should be wrapped, not in a sheet, but in velvet, fastened with pins. The Brazil section of the Exhibition is curious and interesting. That great empire, which occupies a space equal to a fifteenth part of the terrestrial globe, is not remarkable for the extent of its industrial products, and those sent to the Exhibition prove rather the richness of the soil than progress in manual art and labour. Among the extraordinary products of the Brazilian soil is the palm tree (palmier carnuba), the varieties of which are in immense number. From this tree there are many products exhibited, the most important of which is wax. The tree attains a great height, and the fruit of it, which resembles a nut, is ground into powder resembling coffee, which, mixed with milk, forms a wholesome and nutritive beverage. The candles made from the wax of the tree, which are to be seen at the Exhibition, are not very white, but have a green tinge, betraying their vegetable origin. By way of compensation, however, they exhale an agreeable odour while burning, and as they last a long time they are very economical. Rope may be made from the fibres of the tree, and indeed they are put to an infinite variety of uses. The Marquis d'Hervey do St. Denys, Commissioner for China to the Exhibition, has contradicted a round-about story which has appeared in some of the papers, to the effect that one of the Chinese is a Frenchman, and that a creditor who saw through the disguise recovered a sum of money which was due to him by threatening exposure. The Chinese to be seen in this department are real natives of China. Neither the Imperial Commission nor the Chinese Commission would allow any deception to be practised upon the public. A book is announced for immediate publication with the title of " The Court of Rome and the Emperor Maximilian," which, according to the report prevalent in literary circles, will throw a light upon some of the causes which have led to the terrible fate of that Emperor, and the convulsed and insurrectionary position of Mexico. I shall not fail to inform you whether the work is calculated to justify the excitement which prevails respecting it. The French Academy has awarded the prize for poetry, for 1867, to the verses sent by M. Edouard Gamier. There were many competitors. It is not in Italy and Spain only that brigands practise their vocation. Some daring cases of highway robbery have recently taken place in France. The diligence from Marseilles to Digne was stopped near Aix. The brigands waited for it, and summoned the driver to stop. Instead of doing so, however, he whipped the horses into full gallop. The robbers fired at the diligence, but nobody was hurt. Another diligence was soon afterwards stopped near the same spot. The captain of the brigands fired at the postillion. The ball grazed his cap, and struck a traveller in the chest, who died almost instantly. The postillion put the horses at full speed. The robbers fired a second discharge at the diligence, which was pierced with balls in several places. It is almost incredible that th ere should be such acts in these times in France, where in general such care is taken of person and property ; but the fact is undoubted. The authorities have sent official notice of these acts of brigandage to the Prefect of the department, and the diligence which conveys the mails is now escorted by gendarmes. Aix is a very pleasant residence in the south of France, where in general there are plenty of English. While alluding to this subject of violence, it will be appropriate t o mention that, although the arrangements of the Paris police are excellent, the cases of violence and robbery in the night are very much every y in the papers. day accounts of odnar lonelyitnhge suburbspersonal e.f t. he Almost robberiesci t city at appeara te ve Last evening, between six and seven, there was a regular deluge of rain, which made sad havoc with the dresses of hundreds of ladies who had been to the Exhibition. To-day the weather has been lowering and unsettled, with occasional rain and a general menacing aspect of the meteorological elements. Should it please the clerk of the weather to give us a fine day on the 15th the awreillonbeanvuenryp magnificent, for recedentedly grand Ethienpperreopra'sratfioentse scale.