The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-25 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, DEC. 3.—Tne average price of wheat
last week was 19f. 27c., that of Rye I If. 32c.
A letter from Antwerp, 21st Dec., says—" The Soho
steamer, from London, came yesterday at one o'clock
in the afternoon, as far as Lillo, but it could not come
up to the city on account of the ice. Captain Whit-
comb delivered the letters, end put to sea again ; it
is supposed to go to Ostend, and land the goods which
he brought. Sir Hamilton Seymour, the English Am-
bassador, had an audience of the King yesterday. The
Senate yesterday discussed the articles of the budget
of the department of foreign affairs to which it gave
its assent."

It seems that the Bavarian Government is very well
satisfied with the cannon which is ordered at the foundry
of Liege ; for scarcely has the first order for 150
been executed, when a second contract for 246 mortars
of different kinds has just been signed at Liege-by the
agents of the Bavarian Government. We learn that
many foreign artillery officers arc loud,in their praises
of the beauty and solidity of the cannon cast there.
BELGIAN k UNDS—BaUtistms, DIIC.
Actual Debt, 234 per Cent.
Rethschild's Loan, 5 per Cant
Loan of Thirty Millions, S per Cent. is
3 per Cent..........
Thirty-seven ......
Loan of City, 1832, .1 per Ccnt. 9O
Society ot Commerce, Csa per Cent llO
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent FS
National Society . ..... •..•
Exchange on London (short)
—Brussels Papers, Dec. 23.

COLD BLOODED MURDER.

(From the Gazette des Tribunaux.)
A landed proprietor, named Pierre Boisserie, was
charged with the murder of a managing farmer in his
employ, named Jean Paulard, under very aggravated
circumstances. The widow and children of the de-
ceased had alsobreught a civil action to recover damages
for the loss sustained by his death.
It appeared that Pierre Boisserie, the prisoner, pos-
sessed a small estate at Serveles, in the commune of
Cudare, and had employed a farmer to cultivate his
lands and share their produce, named Jean Paulard,
who had given up the farming -of the property since
the Bth September, and engaged himself to another
proprietor. There remained, however, some potatoes
and other matters still to be divided between them, and
Paulard was to go to Servales on a certain day to
arrange the division of the potatoes, and carry away
his portion. Previously to this it appeared that several
altercations had taken place between Paulard and Bois-
serie. On one occasion, indeed, they had come to
blows, and Boisserie was thrown down by his man, in
consequence of which a good deal of animosity had con-
tinued to exist between them. The sth of October was
the day fixed for the division of the potatoes, and on the
morning of that day, as if by presentiment that some-
thing would happen, Paulard went to th. Mayor of the
commune, and requested him to go to the potato field
and be present at the division ; but unhappily his other
avocations took the Mayor elsewhere, and he was
obliged to refuse compliance with the request of Pau-
lard. About three o'clock in the afternoon Boisserie
arrived in the field on horeback, followed by his ser-
vant and two witnesses, which he had had the precau-
tion to bring with him. Paulard had not yet arrived,
and when the propietor came to the ground, the only
person in Paulard's interest was his sister-in-law. Bois-
serie insisted upon proceeding with the business, but
the siiter-in-law objected on the ground of Paulard not
being present, and of his wish being that the division
should take place in the presence of the Mayor. She,
however, yielded to Boisserie, who urged that the division
should proceed, and one sack was filled and put aside for
Paulard, while a second was carried away into the house
by the master. Oil his return he found Paulard on the
ground, who complained and said all the potatoes ought
to be carried into the house before the division was made.
"They must be divided here," said Boisserie, " you shall
hare your share ; you have got your share already."
What do you mean by saying I have got my share ?"
said Paulard, advancing towards his late employer with
menacing looks. " Do not approach me." replied the
!anti- ; " for, believe me, if you do, and if you dare to
touch me, I am armed, and will blow your brains out."
Paulard then retired, went back to the potatoes, and
began to fill his baskets and empty them into the cart,
while Boisserie stood near hint with a pistol in his hand.
The next moment he fired and wounded Paulard in the
abdomen. He immediately took flight, and the wounded
man ran after him, but being mortally wounded, his
strength soon failed him, and he fell exhausted to the
ground. His wife, however, who was near him, pur-
sued the murderer, and would have overtaken him, but
his servant threw her down and fell upon her ; upon
which he returned and helped his servant to maltreat
the unfortunate widow—for widow she almost was by
this time, Paulard having breathed his last in less than
forty-eight hours af,er this time. Besides a widow he
left two very young children.
The prisoner was defended by M. Saint-Luc-Cour-
borien, a young barrister, who lately quitted the stage
for the bar. His brilliant speech called forth the well-
merited compliments of the Procureur-General and the
President of the Court.
The jury, after three-quarters of an hour's delibera-
tion, returned a verdict against the prisoner of guilty,
but with extenuating circumstances ; and the Court
sentenced him to six years' hard labour, the surveil-
lance of the police for life, and the payment of 5,000 f.
dainAges (dommages interets) for the widow and child-
ren of the deceased :-I,ooof. for the widow, and 2,000 f.
each for the two children.

LOSS OF THE BRIG LOCHIEL, OF

LONDON, ON THE NIAPLIN SAND.

Captain Benjamin Garrick, of the brig Lochiel, of
London, gives the following narrative of the loss and
plunder of his vessel :—'• The brig Lochiel, of London,
Benjamin Garrick, master, sailed from South Shields
on Friday, the 1 fth of December, bound to London,
and on the night of the 17th, at five r.m., during a gale
of wind at E. and by S., with thick snow storms, ran
on shore on the Alaplin Sand, about half a mile below
the Shear's Beacon, the beacon bearing south. The