The Express.
London, England, 1852-05-01 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY

&MP.— 8rew...001. R. V. Deemer. from We Mtb Y., to be 101.011d141
geld cam of a reersitiog district. vie Darist dee.
Ussrescress —Ueet F. tisvii.esti, from the STd Dm. Ode., to be
copt., witboet par.

—..sinunDINARY MURDER AND ANNIHILATION
or Till Boni.—The Bordeaux journals contain the follow-
ing horrible story :—At the end of October last a sum of
900 fr. was stolen from the house of M. Mann, an cirque' of
Hasa: the thieves being a public-house keeper and his
wife, a peasant, and M. Matto •servant. Alter the robbery
the thieves went to the public-house of the slurried couple,
which is situated at some little distance from the town, and
partook of breakfast. In that house lived a girl of the
town named Annette. Whilst the parties were at table
they complained bitterly that they had any been able
to steal 900 fr., though they knew that M. Mans W
10,000 fr. in his posse ..ion, that sum having been IeMIIM
with him the day before. On this Annette rep
for what they hail done. "I am only a lease tic,"
sad she, "aid yet I would never commit a robbery."
This declaration terrified the thieves, and to primed
the girl from denouncieg them, they resolved to laa
her. Meantime the gendarmes having obtained informable
at the robberit; coannenad a search after the thieves, owlet
day is two r they mode a descent in the pulalitobsun,
whit* was gas of notoriously bad cha Ome
four persons was arrested ea suspicion of
Not sowing Aaaette, the gendarmes asked
sane of her, sad the publio-boassi keeper rep
had bees spending ems days with her family,
afterwards loft for Bargianal. Things remained la this stabs
until Ewa* Monday, when the tumour spread in the town
that Annetta had been 'murdered. It appeared, cm
that the we age 4 batmen 19 sad 14. of the
keeper bad,tvlibligaggeg in the house with wale
We -
, II • 1111.1111.1111 P p'elg and Mid, " I
to set say*** cooked in that pot." " Why
se?" he was naked. " Bemuse It was in that
ley lather cooked Annette !" On this the
bilge left him, saying, "As your father killed
we will not play with you!" and they on the fol-
heft refused to allow him to join their plums. When
Me bay's strange remark was mentioned to the gendarmes,
they at once proceeded to arrest his father and mother.
They then called on him to tell all the knew. He said he
knew nothing, and denied that he had used the language
ascribed to him. The gendarmes, to (tighten him, placed
handcuffs on him, and thr,ateneil to convey him to prison.
He then made this statement: "On the evening after the
robbery I heard a piercing cry up stairs, and I went
up. 1 opened the door of a room, and saw the body of
Annette lying on the bed without movement. I wanted
to go in, but the persons who were there prevented
me; and the peasant, one of them, pu>hed me away;
sad, giving me four SOUP, said, We don't want
you; here are four sous; be off with you.' I
went sway. In the night the dead body of Annette was
conveyed down stairs, and her murderers deliberated
as to what should be done with it. Ono suggest d that it
should be placed in a hole to be made in the wall, and that
the bole should be plastered up; but this was objected to,
on the ground that freshness of the mortar would attract
attention, and that besides the corpse would cause a strong
stench. At length it was resolved to cut the body in
pieces, to separate the fleet' from the bones, to boil the
flesh in • pot, and give it to the pigs to eat, and to burn
the Mmes to ashes. This was done. The bones, to pre-
vent any smell, were steeped in quicklime before they
were burned. The pigs devoured the boiled flesh with vo-
racity, and some of them died after from excess. My father
and mother, the Kuria, and M. Mono's servant, took part
in this horrible affair." The law aulhoritics are now
making a searching investigation; they have already dis-
covered the clothes of the gal, and in the ashes of the grate
a human tooth. The ashes have been carefully collected,
and are to be analysed by chemists. The sensation which
the affair has created an the peaceable town of lams is
immense.

CLERICAL.

1, 1852.

s ea.
Roy. Charles James Starling, to Newton-upon-Trent
Vicarage. Lincolnshire; value, 1561., and residence;
patrons, Dowager Lady Kinloch and Mrs. Minster.
Rev. Bowyer Vous, Perpetual Curate of tit. Peter, Yar-
mouth, to the Chaplaincy of the Military Asylum, Yar-
mouth, Norfolk ; patron, the Secretary at War.
Rev. George John Dlouiheld, to North Tidworth
Rev. George If. Connor, to St. Thomas c., Newport, Isle
of St fight ; pat., the vicar of Carishrooke.
Rev. Robert Henry Dories, to St. Luke's c., Chelsea,
Middlesex.
_

Ile. Thomas Talbot Day, to the head latutership of Nutt-
'rich GINOIIOII7 School.

Rev. David Edwards (rector of Festiniog and Maea•
twrop), to be chaplain to the sheriff of Mellon. tl.shire.
Res. Charles Joseph Goodhart, to Park Chap. I, Chelsea,
Middlesex ; patron, Sir J. D. Paal, Dart.

NAVAL.
ADMIRALTY, APRIL 30. APPOISTMENTs.—
Lieutenant 0. M. Jackiwn ; Second Mn.dcr Goldsmith ;
and Masttrs-Assistant A. J. Dewar, to l'oreupine. Assist-
an:-Surgeon G. J. A. M'Cullagh, to Neptune. J. liellaway
confirmed Acting Boatswain, to Neptune.

!ARY COMMITTEES.

RAILWAY BILLB.—The committees on the follow-
ing bill' have reported them to the Irmo. :—ltaidern Union
and Oral Northers, Middieshoremh sad Oliosborough,
Load's sad North Wasters. aad Railway Passengers As.

larrtmantimr efalse have beset proved in
Mr. Bernal's anamittes :—St. Heleit's Om, London Oas
Light Company, Clarawn's Patent Flax Company, London
Corporatioa, Aberdeen Boys and (}iris Ilosuital, Imperial
Peat and Parabne Company, sod Portrush Harbour.
The committees Fitting yesterday were thcae on Preserved
Meats (navy), Indian Territories, Industrial and l'rovident
Partnerships, Customs, Outrages (Ireland), and Ventilation
and Lighting.
k carras AND PILL likasouk.—The committee report
the promoters have withdrawn this bill.

MONEY MARKET .

FRIDAIr EVENING.

The market for the home funds was weaker to-
day, the uncertainty that prevailed relative to the
details of the budget being made use of to depress
prices. An impression was also prevalent that
the government do not contemplate the
employment of any future surplus in tho pur-
chase of stock, an operation by which the market has
so long been benefitted. Consols for money were I
sold as low as 991, but a rally subsequently took
place. and the price closed at 99; to 3 both for cash
and the 11th May, being about „ worse than yester-
day. A parcel of Reduced Threes was again taken
off the market, at the price of 981, by the govern-'
ment broker. The official statement of business
comprises :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money,
993, 1,1; ditto, for account, 993, 1. Three per Cent.
Reduced, 981„ New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. 1001, „, 4, 4. Long Annuities, 1860, 63,
4; ditto, 30 years, 1859, 6 9-10 ; ditto, 1860,1
7 1-16, 7. South Sea Stock, 1103 ; ditto, New
Annuities, 983. Bank Stock, 2191, 2201.
The quotation of the unfunded securities is still I
falling. The March Exchequer Bills were for a time
dealt in at yesterday's reduced quotation of 680. to :
71s. prem., but closed only 675. to 70s. prem., being I
a fall of 4s. since last Saturday. This decline, fol-
lowing_so quickly the redaction of the discount rate
of the Bank of England, would tend to show that the
Bank action has had but very little effect upon the
value of money in the open market. The June bills
are quoted 625. to 6.55. prem. India Bonds are
marked at the reduced price of 80s to 82s. prem.
In the foreign stock market the settlement of the
account was brought to a termination in due course,
and few transactions were entered into for the new
account. The chief feature is the continued decline
in Peruvian stocks, traceable to the fear that the ,
monopoly of the guano trade hitherto practically en-
joyed by the Peruvian government may be interfered
with. Mexican Bonds were firmer, reaching 341. ,
It is stated in the despatches from Portsmouth that
H.M.S. Driver has brought in 68,141 dollars from
the Pacific on dividend account, but nu notification
of its receipt has been issued by Cul. Facia. It is ,
justly urged by the bondholders that on a point of
so much importance to them us the question of pay- '
ment or non-payment of their dividends, they ought
to be promptly informed of each successive remit- '
tance as it comes to hand, and of tho aggregate
amount available for the dividends standing at the '
disposal of the Mexican agency. In other stocks '
little change occurred, as will be seen by the annexed
list of actual transactions:—Belgian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 973, 3. Brazilian Five per Cents.
(Rothschild's), 99. Buenos Ayres Six per Cents.,
for account, 14th May, 783. Chilian Six per Cents.,
1023. Danish Five per Cents., 101!. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Ceuta., 62 ; ditto Four per Colt.
Certificates, 931 3. Granada Deferred, IQ, Mex-
ican Bonds, 341,, 1, .1; ditto, for account, 343 ; ditto,
New Three per Cents., 27 28. Peruvian Actives,
1011, 1001; ditto I)eferred Three per Cents., 601, 60,
611. Portuguese Four per Cents., 373, 38. Sardi-
nian Five per Cents., 97, 964. Spanish Old Three
per Cents., for account, 471; ditto, New Deferred
Three per Cents., 21;, 3. Venezuela Three-and-a-
Half per Cents., 49.
Another important remittance of Australian gold
is to-day reported to have arrived off the coast by
the Kate from Sydney. The amount is stated at
about 200,000/. Other vessels are shortly looked for
with further large supplies of the precious metal.
The quotations of foreign exchange to-day did not
vary much from those of last post, and the business
transacted was not important. Short Paris was a
shade higher, being done at 25.40 to 45 for short,
and 25.571 to 60 for three months. Amsterdanis
again showed a rising tendency, leaving off heavily
at 12.2 to 21. Hamburg continues in fair demand,
and was negotiated at 13.101 to 111.. Frankfort
remained at r2ii to 122. Isfils on :Way were dull,
but Genoa was somewhat -higher at 21.571 lb 623.
Paper on Sicily, Spain, and Portugal was dull at
previous rates, and the transactions effected were in
favour of buyers. Bills on Vienna were a shade
lower at 12.27 to 33, and on Theme 12.30 to 35, at
which rates but few transactions took place.

The account of the position of the Bank of Eng-
land for the week ending Saturday, the 24th of April,
is as follows:

,T for the week ending April 24,1851
ItT/4 kZ?.

Dent.— t
Other hactuitir t',1441.P.
Gold Cols and 831114 a 19,oss.rs
Alia bullion
• .
oo.rtr.ummt

firetultles
Wit
C 13.315 779
10,..Kn0 Cl 9
Not,.
Uold awl Sliver COID

[THREEPENCE.

THIS LAY.

This bring the day for the

Two o'CLott.
- of the half-

- , striking of ta.
yearly balance at the Bank of England, the transfer
edicts of that cstalllisluneut are closed for business,
and the day is consequently observed as a close
holiday on the Stock Exchange. We have heard
the price of Consols variously quoted at 99i to 1, but
of course this quotation is non-official, and cannot be
relied upon.