The Sun. — 1866-11-07 (London, England)

TIM SUN LONDON, WEDNESOAT EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1866.  on the Seine near the Pont de la Concorde excited great interest. The Prix d'Antomne was won by Gauloise ; nine boats were engaged. The Prize of the Rowing Club by the same boat ; Cendrillon second. The Prix d'Orsay by Pile-ou-Face. The Championship of the Seine, the great match of the day, was contested by two boats—Lutine, belonging to M. Frebault, of Paris, and Perseverance, belonging to M. Gesling, sen. The latter is a London-built boat. The struggle was a very severe one, and the victory was for the French boat and rowers. The triumph was hailed with as much enthusiasm as on the occasion when Gladiateur won the Grand Prize of Paris. The spectators and betters seemed almost mad with joy when Lutine was the first to reach the Pont des Invalides. These matches terminated the nautical season of the Rowing Club. The produce of the matches is to be devoted to the relief of the sufferers by the inundations. The winners of the prizes also refused to receive the amount to which they were entitled, wishing it to be devoted to the same object. A fish, supposed to be the sea fox, has been taken near the coast of Dieppe. It has a tail nearly a yard long. Its skin is fine, the belly is white. In many respects it resembles the dog-fish. A similar fish was taken in June, 1834, on the coast of Varengeville. The last member of the Army of Egypt, M. Antoine Charavay, died a few days ago at the age of 95. He left Paris as a volunteer to take part in the campaign in Egypt, and did not return to France till 1802, with the remnant of the great army. As a lady was passing a narrow street a day or two ago she received on her head the contents of a large jug of water, incautiously thrown by a young servant girl. The latter did not deny the act, and accompanied the lady to the Commissary of Police. As there was no malice the magistrate thought it would be only necessary to impose a fine sufficient to pay for the damage done to the lady's bonnet. The complainant refused to receive the money ; but, adds the Patrie, which gives the account, the lady said to the commissary " I have been inundated, but others have suffered more from the inundations than I have. I therefore beg you to hand the amount to the committee appointed to receive subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations." The death is announced of the eminent Italian tenor Cesare Sarti.  The warm, beautiful summer weather still continues.  The husband of Madame Chapuis, a young and favourite actress of the Theatre des Nouveautes, has attempted to murder her. He then committed suicide. The night before last he went to the theatre, and just as she received the intimation that her husband had something important to say to her she was about to go upon the stage. She hurried down to him, and he instantly stabbed her in the throat. Believing that he had killed his wife he then directed the weapon against himself, and his wounds are likely to prove mortal. No explanation has yet been given of the motive of the crime, but it is reported to be jealousy. The wound of Madame Chapuis is not very serious. A very curious case of animal magnetism or human electricity is authenticated by the writer of a letter to a Paris newspaper. lie signs himself as a M. Brunet, employed in the house of Messrs. Christoge, No. 56, Rue de Bondy. The letter states that a young girl of 13, Miss Dumesnil, is imbued with a fluid of an extraordinary attractive power, which attracts all objects of wood which surround her. Chairs and tables are instantly attracted towards her when she approaches near to them. She has only become possessed of this attractive faculty for the last three weeks. The phenomenon has been witnessed by many persons to whom she is known, and the Faculty will probably be called upon to give explanation in regard to it. The writer adds that a great personage has sent for the girl, to be convinced of the truth of the extraordinary accounts which have obtained publicity respecting her. The girl is employed as a wood polisher, and lives with her parents, who are poor people.