The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-22 00:00:00

STRANGE HOMICIDE.

The following strange affair is related by the
cow eretedins, of the deusrtment of the Vienne :—" M.
Get.:iihomme, timeline of isdireet teen et Pleentartie,
Urban returnicg Acme from his rounds a few sights Imo,
lost kis way, near the village of Baint Summar la Fused li.,
end the sight being extremely dark, be wandered shoot for
a losg time without having the least idea of where he wee.
At lioris he yea hed the hamlet of Bouchet, mid he
&socked at the door of the first house be found. But it so
&sprout.' thst a band of beggars bad been sera hanging
about the village dories the day, end the occupiers of the
bottle were strata to epee the door, or eves to answer. M.
Geoid :somas called and knocked repeatedly, but sot only
Max no reply d, but it o villagers barricaded them-
solves in. 111 Oeetilhonsese went to the edjaewet house, but
Lv
e long time no answer was gives to hie shouts and
istrets. lesgth be was called oe to sate his name,
• bar. irritated at the stupid terror of the people, he re-
• &.reed • rude eraser This, combined with the hew
plies of his horse, increased their alma, and coneiric-d
• diets that he was tome ill-Inrentioned person. The head
or the family, a men named Henn..ma' actortiegly took
Ws gun, end. ereepirg out of the bowie by the back way,
atomised behind a wall at a short distance from the be-
nighted traveller. Then rale hie gun be threatened to
• blow out his brains if be did not say who he wee. M.
Chatiiisame, greatly eassperatad, answered is ()Bessie*
• Issausge, end c him a emend. The net thereupos
4•Renußed his Rue right at bin, sad the unfortunate gm•
glenean fail from his bor,o, dangerously wounded, crying
out—. What have you done t Y cave murdered the father
6f five ehildren.• Lying on the ground he implored swim-
suit, but, se it Is a popular bust in the sonotry diaries
4bst It is forbidden by law to leech sevens who may be
/head wounded or dead es the highway be ore the theses
justice shall arrive, no one would on ar.y soonest @smooch
bias. and he peeled the night in a state of dreadlel suffering.
At daybreak the peadarrserie, hearing of what had taken
101,13, had the unfortunate gentleman removed to a neigh-
s 8o ring hoses end renewed reediest a-skeane. for hiss, but
• lbe died in Me cony.* of a few hews. • judicial illy,.
tlg :ins into the eircemstaecis of the asee ha. been cons
sacred."
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FIRS A? MESSRS. MIMIC Lusarts.--Yeaferday
afternoon • Ire lardce OUI (le the premiers of Messrs. Myers.
She cowman. builders, Outldford street, Belvedere-rued,'
Lambeth. Nuristan, seniors arts qoickly oa the spot,
sad there twirl . plentiful supply of water, the fire, so far
ga rrgards Warr. Myers' pr. we..., wu crniflied to the
Workshop in which it originated. The building is questiolk
was lofty feet leog by twenty fret wide, and the first filar
wag buried eat, end the runt destrryed The sdj tieing
griming of 11r.B Gammon, builder sustained some damage
by fin end water. The ,•an,a at ;he fire is not Outwit.
Miran. Kern true insured in the West of Engle/id and
anuses revs, and Mr. 011•11U012 is the Monarch.

THE HEAVY INDIA MAIL—SOUTIIaItPION, Tura-
DAY Illoetotwe —Th. Saline bee err sett with the heavy
portant of the Etat lodic malls and 84 paseeetfere, swept
hrh3ta are roar hisraliderl ffi .rn. Ste his !naught a large
taro of silk, wool, elephants' teeth, &e. H.r dates ere—
Aleandria, Ant 7; Malta, Aeg. 11; Gibraltar. Ay. 16
Bea apolte the composes 'hive lades aad Iberia. The
Salton was estuntrd to leave Gibraltar on the lath.
THE CllOl.B.—AO immense breadth of corn has
been OIL Iltut•ltaomfas.y with the wheat 11 •, boy
Making his b:oe froia• forward, of morn soder the rout
Ilev-urab'af cirreis.ialees. As regards the ahartioter of the
anbaat atop, reports are coil, oda'. Przin a carets' e-aepo
tram of the at...aunts that reub as there EMU be no dwebt
eat the whist& are more Or he. .felted by blight sad
elould ; at Os nos time we aro trifs4 to state our envie-
Wm that co this subject • teed deal of teepees' sedate,
sad tt at the extent r (the ernd iaeonederably twa-
in certain inane/I.—saw: