The Sun. — 1866-12-20 (London, England)

ANTOINE W." As soon as the restaurateur had the honour of receiving the above letter he decided upon not waiting to enjoy the delight of seeing his cook in Zouave uniform, but he gave instant information to the police. The consequence was that just as the Zouave officer who was (not) to be was taking his ticket at the railway station at Lyons on his way to Rome,the police arrested him, and summarily disturbed his dreams of future greatness and glory by taking him to a police court, in order to enable him to enter into fuller explanations in regard to his " forced loan."  The Empress has sent 500 f. for the relief of the victims who were on board of the Evening Star. One of the literary journals says, that in spite of the supposed authenticity of the head of Cardinal Richelieu just interred with the remains in the Church [of the Sorbonne, M. Merimee, Senator, possesses a similar relic, and that he has also documents to prove that the head was really that of the great Cardinal. The circumstance may or may not support the adage that " two heads are better than one."  The nocturnal attacks in Paris seem on the increase, and excite unusual alarm. As a young man was passing along the Avenue Montaigne early on Monday morning three individuals rushed upon him. One of them had a knife in his hand and inflicted a slight:wound. A passer-by saw the attack and gave an alarm, which led to the appearance of the police. One of the assailants is a young man of 22, who says he is a groom. It is evident, from the knife with which one of the robbers was armed, that they were bent on mischief, perhaps murder. There have been two more suicides in Paris since Sunday.  The weather to-day hag been dull and rather rainy, but not cold for the season. The Seine still exhibits a tendency to rise.  The King and Queen of Spain have returned from their visit to the King of Portugal. They were enthusiastically received on reaching Madrid. A telegram from Copenhagen announces that M. de Blume, formerly President of the Council of Ministers of Denmark, died in that capital on Sunday. There has been an interesting meeting of the Administrative Council of the Central Society for preserving Lives in Cases of Shipwreck, under the presidency of Admiral Rigault de Genouilly. A report was read giving an account of the labours of the committee since the last meeting. Some interesting details were given relative to the machines destined to shoot arrows to communicate with vessels, according to the system of M. Delvigne. The number of stations for saving life is now 80. Various particulars were given in regard to the augmentation of the means of effecting that great object. M. Arthur Petit Didier, a shipowner, it was stated, had made great exertions to forward the object, and had formed many representatives in foreign countries, and also subscriptions amounting to more than 35,000 francs. A well-known thief, Charles V., in the exercise of his profession, has caught a Tartar, or rather two. The night before last he went into a wine shop in a lonely part of the Batignolles kept by Mdlle. Josephine. He took a glass of brandy and waited until she was alone. He then rushed at her and said, ",You are in a lonely place; no one can assist you. I do not like to shed blood. If you make any noise I will strangle you. lam the chief of the Thugs of Paris. Open your till and give me all your money." Mdlle. Josephine did not discover the propriety of the request, and instead of giving the Thug her money she seized him by the throat. He, however, after a violent struggle succeeded in throwing her down, and then went and took out all the money which the till contained. Josephine, however, got up again, and the struggle was renewed. Her cries brought a woman, a neighbour, to her assistance ; and they valiantly succeeded in binding the Thug hand and foot with cords, and waited until a policeofficer should pass. A sergent de ville soon arrived, and the two ladies consigned the Thug to his sympathetic and tinder mercy.  "