The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-01 00:00:00

ASTOUNDING ATROCITIES 07 4 PRRYCH

HUSBAND.

A cruel caw of wife poisoning has just been tried
at the Court of Assizes of the Seine. The accused, named
Ringard, a telegraphic clerk at Boulogne, near Paris, was
married in 1864 to his cousin, Marie Jaunet, who has
since borne him seven children. He, however, very
soon commenced a course of neglect and ill-treat-
ment, and as early as 1866 pursued with his mei-
duities his sister-in-law, at the same time express-
ing to her the satisfaction he should feel e
death of his wife. The primmer had the reputation of
being a bed husband and a bad Lather ; &sof his children
have died, and the disease of the last at these I. attributed
to want of proper treatment. The wife bore for a long
time with patience the Blume and infidelity of her
husband, but in 1866 she was forced to fiy for refuge to
her
.patents, and was about to take steps to wooers a
judicial separation, when her husband induced her to
return to her home. His conduct did not, however, im-
prove ; he formed • connexion with. a dew, a young
woman of light character. He frequently threatened to
poison his Wl* and coos before soddavoared to emery oat
his threat. The wife was in such coasted -fear that she
had secretly written a letter in pencil to her sister, to ask
the latter to take charge of her children should she die tm-
fairly. On the 23rd of May last Wine. Ruigard and her
son, aged five, were soddenly seized with violent pains in
the stomach, accompaaied by every symptom of poison-
ing. The child was shortly ieved by vomiting,
and ultimately recovered, but the mother gradually
became worse and expired the same afternoon. The hus-
band manifested the utmost indifference, and did not even
go to see her when told that she was dying. A post-
mortem analysis of the contents of the stomach showed
the presence of I considerable quantity of cyanide of
potassium, is tonics] substance used in photography, which
art Ringard practiced at his leisure Dour, Do WO
poison was also found in some liquorice water
which the mother was accustomed to drink, and
of which she had partaken, with the child,
that morning. On one occasion Ringard had
said to his own son, "We will poison mother and put
her in a hole, and then send for another mamma who will
be better than she." The evidence, however, showed
that she was a woman of kind and gentle disposition, and
by her needlework aided considerably in supporting the
expenses of the household. The defence made was that
the woman, being unhappy with her husband, had com-
mitted suicide, but this hypothesis was not admitted by
the jury, who gave a verdict of guilty, but with extenuat-
ing circumstances. The prisoner was sentenced to hard
labour for life.—Galigment.

TIIE EARL OF RODEN.—Much anxiety (gays the
Dublin Evening Mail) is felt in behalf of the Earl of
Roden. His physician, Dr. Maconchy, has been travel-
ling on the Continent, but has been telegraphed for.
Great gloom prevails around Tollymore Park, -the gates
whkh are closed against all visitors. His son, Colonel
the Hon. Strange Jocelyn, has arrived. A slight change
for the better was announced on Saturday.

The liberals at Bolton achieved a great municipal
victory yesterday. Their candidate was returned by 651
against 627, although the Same ward last year elected two
conservatives hy a majority of 300.

00MMENCIMENT OF PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.—
('ram DST.)—This morning the season for partridge
shooting commenced. Birds arq it is believed, plentiful,
Partridges were sold in London, young 'Si Pimp
cmdition, at 64. to Be. per brace; and of birds at 4s. ed.
to ss.

THE CAbMts's Sninre.—(This DST.)-71id
effect of the order *mad by the directors of various
railway companies—viz., that privileged cabs, no matter
to what station they belong, may ply for hire
at any metropolitan railway terminus—has been to
increase the supply of cabs at all the stations.
At 2 o'clock this morning all the non-privileged cabs in
the streets were taken home, but long before the pre-
reribed hour for commencing business-11 o'clock—
numbers of the IMMO clam of cab were plying for hire in the
ttreets. Outside the various railway termini this morning
groups of cabmen really on strike were taking down the
numbers of cabs whose owners and drivers were working
them before 11 o'clock.
ARREST OF TILE LECTIIIIEA 11111101 IT.—Mr.
Murphy, the ketwter, was arrested in Manchester yes-
terday evening. Ile was to have commenced a series of
addresses in a room in Cooke-street, Stretford-road, last
night ; but the magistrates, upon the necessary informa-
tion, prohibited the lecture, and granted a warrant for
Murphy's apprehension. He was taken into custody
upon his arrival from Bolton at the Victoria station, but
was subsequently liberated upon undertaking to appear
at thepo 'lice-court this morning.—Menclinew floansiner.
A FLIGHT AND A FALL.—The Gazettes del
/Vac, of Florence gives an account of a new attempt
at Hying. An engineer officer had invented an apparatus
consisting of a pair of large wings made of talc and moved
rapidly by cords attached to a man's feet. The inventor
was so certain of the nicoess of his lame that he laid a
wager with some of his brother officers that he would
cross at Acqni the Bormida, a wide but shallow river, in
the air. He commenced his flight, and at first all went
well, but suddenly he fell on the pebbly bed of the stream
breaking an arm and a leg. He us now in • fair way
of recovery, and determined to recommence his experi-
ments.

BROWN BESS 'V. THE SNIDER.—The Reeieks
ifilitar, of Lisbon, contends that the perfecting of fire-
arm; far from increasing the mortality in battles, has, on
the contra' y, diminished it, and alleges the following in-
stances:—' At Andreas the French lad 14 per cant. and
the Austrians and Prusians respectively 14 and 30 per
cent. of their soldiers. At Moscow the French loss was
37, while the Russian loss was 44 par cant. At Wagrant
the casualties were, among the French, 13, and
amongst the Austrians, 14 per cent. At Bautzen
the French lost 13, the Russians and Prussians
14 per cent. At Waterloo the losses of the Allies were 31
and of the French 38 per cent. Then coma the contrast.
At Magenta the French lost but 7 per cent. of their troops,
and the Austrian per oentage did not exceed 8, while at
tiolferino the losses of the combatants ware 10 and 8 per
cent. According to the report of General Bosencrana,
which caused some surprise at the time it was published.
20,000 discharges of cannon put only 728 men hors de
combat, and out of 2,000,000 musket shots no more than
13,330 took effect. It thus took 27 balls and 150 bullets
to disable each soldier.

HEAVY SNOWFALL IN EICOTLAIYD.—A correspon
dent of the Times, writing from Biddle Lodge, Braemar,
on Friday last, says, "We were yesterday visited with a
severe snow storm, which lasted some hours. The cold
was intense, and the tops of all the hills were covered
with snow to a considerable depth, some of which, after
the lapis of 24 hours, is still remaining on them. A vio-
lent gale of wind from the N.W. has prevailed for 48
hours. It is many years since so heavy a 1411 of snow has
been seen in this district in August."