Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-12 00:00:00

FRENCH DIDICDERER AND BIVGANDS.

1
may be remembend that some months aga,accounts-
were-girehef the arrest ofa man named dwaLleemipaitrue:fanrat)mouur:
der and, they crimes commit el ilantitmeudriredepsearr3t,amnaenlndt,,oftrfhotemhre.
Aisne, and of his having more than once eff cted his escape
`roln herison undermost extraordinary cfrournstaneAs and
thheeensirmeeee_ptitmaireesii.3
hiAs
amecaonicin7aiime:dirl,ln
the investigation- made by the authorities, it turner/ out
that they formed part 014 bind which had for a long time
eb.:iein3Fsininthtle hdebpaitrtmofenetosmomf tit`teinSgomrm%bbaPel Aims,. After
a white thotrestof theband,.l2'in number, were taken into
cuss n•dy. Yesterday the trial of these fonrte- n persons
coin mo ceelfh-efore the Coart of Assizes of the Aisne, and
excited extraordinary iaterest. It is expected to last
several days,as the iffinces of which the prisoners are accu-
sed are numerous, and as not fewer ft an 136 witness's have
baeu eumm seedao give evidence. The indictment, which
is of very great length, begins by giving a brief de.cription
of the•diff•renteprieoners. tai iemaire, the chief, it said
that though o•:-1y 25 'years of age,. he is a most desperate
critninni. and took real plea sire in the perpetration of
crimes 'which were attended with danger; he thangbt
n(111113:4 rat murithr, and declared that tt wou'd murder
a thou-hand penal without caring a straw 1"• linget was
described as a most dangerous malefactor, possessing great
skill in cutting Irides through walls, aid the peculiar
fac ilty of seeing in-the dark as well aS•in thedieht ;be had
no hesitation, it was-added, 'in committing murd r when
'it would f &Lute robbery. The• third piisoner, a man
natred Bourse, 48-I,a-s of age, was represented to have
paned not fewer than 30 years in prism. The four h, the
nice! chief of the band, sh,ce i s -,-7.1s he who planned the
ex •c lion of most orthe erlin-s, wain pablir-houee lie -.per;
named Villet, of Vitt, who in early life served
in .the Royal Guard at the Restnritien, and was
Pm/foyer.] in the stables of A•larshal Mtrmont. He
was eleseribel as of considerable interigence, with
rat cunning, and of a very p•-.rnpans style
of epoch, or.e rf his most f,equent expressions " since
his arrest hating been.: I defy all the seven sages of
Greece an 1 ail the magicians of Egi,ept to Trove me
guilty !" an 1 anhher being : Henri is a murderer, his
h ad taPlon4s to Jupiter With Vil'et. were ass-mi.-oer!
his • cafe, daughter, .an / son, and a cotsin earned Jean,
alt of wren he eves •al'ageti to have d awl Fro crime.
The other pris ner, who Are the aife of 7.logtt,- a
carpenter num d Ma', a brickmoker natn. (1. Looache,
a we :yet named Prevost, a• dener in rahbit slei.:s named
Caron, and a tradesman n ttned Penn', are stated to be of
indifferent characters. The ind con nt go- s on to detail
the 11.1TiOni crimes allorged to have, been- eoramitted by the
b end, and the pre ti-e >hare each bad in them, t n the 27th
of Jure, 1832, Hugot and Posner Viler,. son of Valet,
cominiteel a burglary in the house of a- farmer nimed
Bourse,' of V ely. In Se 'tember of the same year two
incendiary lires occurred at Viely and Wiencourt l'Egaippe,
and it was alleged that they were occesi-ned by Villet
and his eon, their r -user' being to defraud insurance
companies either f r their oryn • direct pr- fe, or for the
henelit cf pees ens who owed !hem manes,. and by whom
they hoped to be paiti. The next crim' was the murder
en the 30th or N)veraticr 13,5,2,,0F one Ctlareti n, rt Vnly,
an I it was alleged to have ben committed. by Nrilet and
his tiouein, their abject being to poorness theme lees of a
canri-lerable en -n of min y the victim had: Tao irdict-
ment then detailed a long series of robberies and
burglaries at Pa' viliiers, Lign,ere-n. Raineval
13eaucourt, kltrbonLieres, Thor!, Montdiilier, and not
fever 'than 29 other villages ; the booty consis; ing of oxen,
ctothiae, lintl, tools, agrtceltural implement-, va ions
-sums iii notes and gotd,. &c. In each of these crimes
hie Or ether ethe primer( par iaipated, ci- h r as p9rpet-
!stators or as receivers of the batty. The ilex' crime in
(hranotoical order w e murder at B. r i-conrt, on' the
sth of December, 18 ofa fanner named Discharrins, and
the see ling fahirn him of a lane su-n in gold and notes
which he ha 1 received at a fair in the town. l his rn trier
was m rked by ex:a:en:in a-y an lac'ty on the part of the
p rod .ators. After c incl piing his,. 111.•i-,ess at the fair,
Deist) mps went w.th his see,. at about six oterek, to a •
oaf , in the outs'iirs of ihe town, an 1 after drinking with
Wm and a fr end f r about half an honr went oat He
never refumed, and oa being sought tir was net found.
"I he next in )riting his dead bury ev.hi :Ese verod in a sheep
pen at a sit art i tanne from the house;; he hal, it a aloe :ref
beth sudd-nly felled to the ground by a trawl-I+,ls blow
or the hark of the h nel, an I 11.4 then been stamp d on
until his skull was little na.irs than a mass of j .11Y. This
murder w he, it was areged, commit ed by Bou.aa, L :ire,
and fig 4t, mad it w- s ad-led, Vittet and his wife h been
privy to it, and had received pa t of th 3 stolen moyy.
R datne.ies at la:boissie.e, Liboos, re, and Buuchoir,,
ssseited to have b en criumitted by Lemaire, llngot,
Villet, and Pill e, were next dehailed. The last erhne
mentioned in the in lien-nem t was the murder of a coupler
named Thery, of Lis Falits, on t:'.o• Gals of tpril, 185 g,
couola were found lying deal with their s!ruila
nashtd ia a m >st frigh ful manner-; the drawers and
closets in their hoes e hul been ra tsacke I rn I their more
valuable content; had been taken away, hut hilts and other
s•curities to the am.mnt of 16,935 f, had, though they Ind
evidewly been natirnino I by the- mar lerers, been lest, no
dauht b erase an attempt to pat them in.° oircalatiort
might have IA to e'e,ec ioa. This an trier and rebsersr
tuned cot on i, recigation to b :ve been to-nrnitted by
Ilugot an i Lemair'. Thl in liatment c )naludni by s a-la-
ming up the crimes alleged to-have b ea c nninT teti by
each of the amused ,i.e 2-rnurdrrs and 42 rehheries
or burglaries;. Hagen 2 murders and 54 r.,b'nerie or
burglartos ;. Douse, 1 murder and 1 robi:el ; Vilet I
murder, 2 inc mdiari fires, and 29 robberies ; Prosper- •
V.ll at, 2 iacen,tiary fires a-id I robbert: ; Jean: Vi:lett, I
:cite deei
ving s
rand robbery;
go
ds
the.
After accused,
i
vast us w
s rOabs read
e
the court acjournel for the iaterrogatory of the priseaers.—
Galig,za no.'s Messenger .

GRAND .NoitTli or SCOTLAND. RAILWAY.—The directors. ,
of this railway propose to decl re a dividend c f 5 per cent.
on the it preference stock. and a divi 'end of 41 per cant-
on the original share-, at the meeting to he hcl f nt xt week.-
The revenue account of the cornnatty shows this year art
increase on net receipts of .C 10,300 over those of the
y ar.
Joientes' STatx.r.,--Du•ing last reek 1,498 joirera have
been out 01 st.rik,i in Glasgow. IVO understand tip-A the
mas'crs roposed to make a red.latila in the pay f their
men, which cccas;one l the strike. We are happy to be
able to state that the mas e s here agreed to romethit:g
like a comp cruise' and the• they intend to off r 51. p r•
hour, which is only id less than the men contetrl for. It
is to be lived tnat the operatives accept ct this half-
way mettirg and resume their work. It has invariably
been found that rrikes tell most against the .wicker, anti
they should reflect that at ;hie seas in an attempt nt strike
is tint* snieidal:— Glasgow Daily Hail.
" Pus "' I.v Disr.bnes.—Lust week the Farmers' bar- ,
rTers met at Ta di lig`on, and soon found a hire. Puss raa
fy the railway, hotly pursuel by the hounds. She had ,
reached Vae hruniel and Littlehampton station, end was..
perplt x.ed as to which course to tike. The train 'awe about
to s arf,, the omn;ba,es hal arrived, and the place was in..
soma c,mmotton. Puss found herself heated and sought
refugfr in the garclen of the sta ion master; but this aff,r-
ded but little prot ellen, as he hou-de were fast approach-.
ilg. The don. oft e station-master's hou v being open,,
11.2 immediately et tiered without any cost moray, an I rushed;
upet,irs into a bedr, 4). n. Rene was a little girl evgagect
in ter eomeatic entice, and she was naturally fr'ghter,ed to,
see a b ire scampering round the room. She Crtisni• dput,.
and the poor at imal made for the window. The gi:', how-
eve- having recove, el nor selc-poisessioo, ought the hare
in her hand.,. and called for assi:wlei. The s'atiot.--L-a,:sterr
was soon them',, d feud that the ei l was to let.
puss r, beoaaie sc,rafc',ed so oh ,minably." Bat as she
bad a .ce,!eded in holding on until assisticca 1. .it arrived,.
the hire WAS cap'ured The hounds and th 3 hunts.
men were some allot disappointed to find that puss bad
come to such an ignot&nowi end, and man Irft in search or
other game.—West Sussex G4sette.
MARliik.3.ll Yam:tuns ONE HUN )RED. TE1..13i& AGO.—
The 'as of marriage h d kith r o been s r loose that all
kinds of hurried and clandestine uni ;us cocld be formed
all over Englan I with more faci'ity than tley are now at
Grelna•ge n. Nu nalee or publication of. banns was
rt coired, no licence was looked fir, and auy, person might
platform the ceremony bny time or In any p..ao', wi, boat
consent of parents or any otter SOitions
whatever; and :he we st or the m st needs of :he clergy
would often forward- ti e most rash or disgraceful marriage
for the sake of a pait,Y fay'. Toe great temple of the
pseudo
Ilsm,n was the Fl?et P. isoLi. Pers)na confined
ford
inbt th
sereougn. mut
tilolsf7m: and f,r th
idled withze andsminal i
chargetoacc of w
e , wouldt
marry tb,
shillings, any, condo that presented th msev.veasi,
"In walking along the street la toy youth,''' says,
n
iitwPoeneim7san
pennsdtadeenedbtnwb,e
by the
tht
hilateihr,kr,e:
e..si:liged,:terbironienaAreogx:,
reotesa
iltgoiirp,:tgh?wht
iifissihirpoinlyleploioteu.ds ttob,al
lawless
wphlleaeavassee
dosfpttravalow eel
wee
svt
hung up the frequent sign of a male and female, hezut con-
figure, clad in a tattt red undernew.h. A dirty fellow invited youwiitti.llll,;,ewprtirtstoerin
face, and ready to couple you for a dram gin or r' II of
tob teco." T put a stop to these oiling aliases, a bill was
Prepared by the judges under the auspir,a3, of 1,1 Claancel-
plaid night-gosaX,lwaitlPi"aileatt.ye
for Hardwieke, and brought into tf 4e Upper fivuie•
It
provided that all marriages should henceforward take place
either by banns published on three successive Sundays, or
;;ha,ntdutiheatnt odtchuerr
bmanagese
sghroaunitdedbeinnaidy,eagrii,liacrhme
paanrnseonr
trauspoited ?or small years.—Knight's, ruytoria
History of Eng 10,44