The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-14 00:00:00

FRENCH POLICE CASE.

A. M. V—, aged 36, formed towards the end of 1846, an
intimate liaison with a young woman, whose mother kept a
furnished lodging-house. A child was born, and the liaison
continued, but the young man's family would not allow him
to marry the girl. At length, however, in December of last
year he married her. The newly-married couple took up
their residence in the Avenue des Champs Elysees, received
a good many visits, and gave many parties. They also got
into the way of giving balls once a week, and it was at one
of the'm a young actress of the Odeon accidentally set fire to
her dress, and was a good deal burned. On Tuesday last,
M. and Madame V— held one of their usual receptions, and
the latter, though not very well, danced to one o'clock in
the morning; after which she seated herself at a card-table,
and complained of a violent head-ache. Her husband also,
for some time past, had not approved of the balls, only
appeared for about an hour in the salon, and then retired
to his own room, in which he fastened himself. At five
o'clock every one withdrew. One of the guests apologised
to Madame V— for having stopped so late. " You have
rendered me a service," said she, "as for three nights I
have not closed my eyes, and I shall not hr bleep
',Why ...A. Lake a drive in a carriage ?" asked a
lady. "Take a drive ! Why, if I did so, my husband, who
is already very jealous, would say fine things of me. In
fact, if I were to go out at such an hour, even with you, I
should have ceased to exist before the evening." In the
course of the day, M. V— went out several times. At four
o'clock he began writing in his room. The femme tle chamOre
noticing that he was pale and agitated, asked him if she should
carry his Ltter for him.. "No," he replied, "I will carry it
myself. Go away. The servant obeyed. When liehad concluded
his letter, he went to the boudoir of his wife. He found her
seated near the window, occupied in embroidery, and having
her little girl, aged six, seated by her side. It is not known
what took place between them, but in the course of a few
minutes, the child was heard crying to the servant, "come,
come! I don't know what papa is doing to mamma." 'l'he
' femme de cnambre hastened to the room.
_She fonnd

Mdme. V— lying on the floor, and her husband lying over
her. When he saw her he rose, threw a poignard which
was covered with blood, into the middle of the room, and
saying, " I am going to the commissary of police," went
away. Madame V—, who was covered with blood, said,
" Louise, help me to rise—l will see if I can walk." The
femme de chambre endeavoured to raise her, but was unable
to do so. "Ah !" cried the mistress, " I am lost " A
medical man Was sent for and one soon arrived. He found
that Madame V— had received two wounds near the heart,
and others much graver in the loins. In moving her, an
internal hemorrhage was brought on ; she vomited blood,
and in a few moments expired. In the meantime M. V—
had taken a cab and had caused himself to be conveyed to
the commissary of police, of the district. On the road the
feverish energy which had possessed him gave way, and
when the cab stopped he was unable to alight. The cabman
informed the commissary that the gentleman in the cab had
told him to drive to his office, but that he feared he was
dead. Two persons aided M. V —to alight, and conveyed
him before the commissary, " I have just murdered my wife,"
said M. V—. " She deceived me with several persons whom
she received. I have killed her, and constitute myself a pri-
soner !" He then fell into a state of profound discourage-
ment, and not another word could be got from him.
Another journal says that M. V— is a partner in a com-
mercial house at Marseilles, and that his wife was formerly
an actress at the theatre of that city.--Galignani.

THE POST OFFICE, THE RAILWAYS, AND THE

GLASGOW MERCHANTS.

The hint-Lbroad enough certainly for even the North
country—with which the following document agreed to by
the Glasgow merchants concludes, will no doubt bring the
railway companies "to their senses" before the time spe-
cified. Here is the history of the annoyance and the de-
claration. A good deal of annoyance continues to be felt
by commercial men connected with Glasgow and Manches-
ter at the present postal arrangements. In the early part
of the year the Manchester Commercial Association repre-
sented to the late postmaster-general that less time was
given after high change on market days at Mpchoter tto
post ieuers ft cia.6ow than might reasonably e amoram.
'Some of the post-othee officials objected to any change, bit
their opposition was set aside, and the departure of the post
was changed from the middle of the afternoon till late in
the evening. Then came an obstruction by the railway
people, who took off the evening mail train altogether, so
that letters have recently had to be posted by half-past one
in the afternoon. In other words there is no communica-
tion with Glasgow after the Manchester market is over, at
two o'clock in the afternoon, until the following day, so
that the commercial parties are in a worse position than be-
fore. Whether the Glasgow mercantile community suspect
the change has been the result of collusion between the
post-office and the railway companies, or not, they are now
disposed to take strong measures to counteract the move-
ment, as will be seen by the following document, bearing
their signature, and a copy of which found its way to Man
chester on Saturday :

" Glasgow' Dec. 8, 1853.
" We, the undersigned, being merchants and dealers who
regularly send and receive cotton, wool, goods, yarn, or other
merchandise, by railway, to and from Liverpool mid'Lanca-
shire, finding ourselves greatly annoyed, and our business
retarded and interrupted, by the very unreasonable time
that elapses between posting of letters in these quarters and
the time of their arrival here, as well as the great irregu-
larity of such arrival ; and further, understanding that the
late alteration of the mail trains was made at the instanct of
the railway companies, and not by order of the postmaster-
general, we do hereby resolve :
" That, unless measures are taken by the railway com-
panies to arrange their mail trains so that letters posted in
Manchester and Liverpool—say by four o'clock, afternoon—
shall arrive in Glasgow not later than seven o'clock next
morning, we shall, from the Ist of January next, give in-
structiOns that all our goods shall be forwarded by steamer
via Liverpool, and we shall continue this arragement until
the railway company see fit to comply with our reasonable
demands ; of all of which we now give intimation to the
railway companies that are concerned."

DISORDERLY CONDUCT AT THE WORKHOUSE.-A great
lazy fellow named John Benson, was sent to prison for 21
days for breaking two squares of glass at the workhouse.
ROBBERY OF CIGARS.— A boy named Robert Cranshaw,
who stated that he was a factory weaver, was charged with
having, the previous morning, about half-past 9 o'clock, stolen
a box of cigars from the shop of Mr. Goodman, cigar and
snuff merchant, Market-street. To be imprisoned for 21
days, with hard labour.