The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-18 00:00:00

MURDER IN FRANCE.

The Court of Assizes of the Meuse, sitting at St. Mich el
last week tried a man named. Vincent for the murder of Dr.
Guyot, of Houdelain-court, in December. It appeared
from the evidence that on the 26th of December Dr. Guyot,
went to St. Geoire to a visit a patient, and, leaving his
carriage there, he walked to Ribancourt, a neighbouring
village, whence he returned to Geoire about six o'clock,
and met at the entrance of the town a person named
Brandel, whom he knew. They walked together along
one street and then parted. A very short time after, the
doctor's body was found lying in the street, with the head
dreadfully mangled by blows with some heavy cutting in-
strument. As his watch and purse were found in his
pockets, it was evident that vengeance, not robbery, was the
motive of the crime. The next day a man named Cora-
pagnon, employed in repairing the roads, went to his supe-
rior in a state of great excitement, and told him that Vin-
cent, the prisoner, had confessed that he had murdered Dr.
Guyot, and intended to kill Dr. Hanin. Vincent, who
had already been suspected, was then arrested, and not
only admitted that he had committed the crime, but ex-
plained his motives for the act. It seems that the prisoner
belongs to a respectable family of St. Geoire, but has long
ceased to have any intercourse with his parents or rela-
tions, living quite alone. Being afflicted with an incurable
scrofulous disease, he brooded over it in solitude till he be-
came almost a maniac. Some time ago he consulted Drs.
Guyot and Hanin, who succeeded in affording him a little
relief, and he expressed his gratitude to them on several
occasions. However, thinking their tr,4ttment too slow in
its effects, he applied to a quack, who promised him a speedy
and radical cure, and assured him that his doctors had
adopted a wrong treatment. The prisoner then conceived
the most violent animosity against his first medical advisers,
and at last determined to avenge himself by murdering
both of them. He accordingly sharpened his pickaxe, and
purchased a pistol. On the 26th of Dec., finding that Dr.
Guyo:, was at St.Geoire, he waylaid him, and starting from
behind a wall he felled him to the ground with a plow of
the pickaxe, and struck him repeatedly afterwards. When
arrested he had a pistol on his person, and was actually
waiting for an opportunity to shoot Dr. Hanin. In court,
the prisoner persisted in his confession, and gave all the
details with the utmost minuteness. His counsel argued
that he was labouring under monomania. The jury having
brought in a verdict of guilty, with extenuating circum-
stances, the court sentenced the prisoner to hard labour for
life.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

ALNWICK, WOOLER, AND COLDSTREAM.

It is proposed to construct a railway through Glendale, to
connect those towns with the North-Eastern hallway, and
it appears the Duke of Northumberland has given permis-
sion to the engineers to make the necessar3. surveys through
his property for the proposed railway. Steps have been
taken to make the surveys, wish the view of submitting the
plans and sections to the Duke of Northumberland for his
approval, and also to the directors of the North-Eastern
Company.