The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-21 00:00:00

MURDER IN FRANCE.

A grocer named Lamy, ofChaumes (Seine-et-Marne),
was a few days ago tried by the court of assize of that
department for poisoning his wife. In 1848 he marrieds
young woman named Renard, who was of a mild and
affectionate disposition, but, being brutal and avaricious,
he ill-treated her most grossly and deprived her of
common necessaries. She, however, never lodged a
complaint against him, but was an object of pity
to all her neighbours. Not content with constantly ill-
treating her, he established an adulterous connection
with a married woman in the village, and took no pains
to conceal his conduct. About two years ago, his wife's
sister Adelina, then aged 17, went to live with them as
servant, and he conceived a violent passion for her. In
May last he succeeded in seducing her, and before long
their scandalous connection became known not only to
his wife but to all the village, and to the girl's parents.
After a while her father took her away, and this plunged
him into despair. Ho then ill-treated his wife more
than ever, in order to force her to beg that her sister
might be Rent back. This the poor woman after a while
consented to, and on the 21st July last Adelina returned.
On the 24th the wife was se.zed with violent vomiting,
which continued for a week, when she died. Suspicion
of foul play being excited, inquiries were made, and it
was stated by three or four females who had gone to at-
tend the woman in her illness that the man had pre-
pared all the medicine for her himself, and that he took
caresgtroematach;
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woman,away all
Adelina,tltsheeeejechteer part,dfrom hercon-
fessed, after some hesitation, that he had often told her
that her sister would no: live long and that after Jur
death he would marry her ; it:turned out moreover that
the young man, having in his youth been employed by a
druggist, knew something of venomous substances, and
had a certain quantity of poison in his possession, toge-
ther with a book called " L'Histoire des Drogues ;"
lastly, it appeared from an examination of the woman's
body that she had died of poison. The man in his de-
fence denied his guilt, but being convicted by the jury,
though with extenuating circumstances, he was sentenced
to hard labour for life.
The court afterwards tried a young woman named
Messier for attempting to murder her husband. The
circumstances set forth in the indictment were very ex-
traordinary. It appeared that in 1854 she married her
cousin, but in doing so she declared that she did not, and
never could, love him. They took up their residence at
Les Ecoliers, where her husband had a good farm, and
in the course of a short time she got into intrigues with
more than one of his carters. The husband soon became
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accusation against her was
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Siln consequence of the illness of
Signor ini,
Pasquale" was performed'at Drury-lane Theat Lorre " Don
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nesday evening, instead of " II Barbiere. on" The Wed
oera
went off capitally. There was a very full and fashionable
audience.
EXPLOSION OF A POWDER PACTORY.—The Powder
manufactorrof Bouchet, near Corbeil (Seine-et Oise),
one of the most important establishments of the kind
an explosion took place in the grind-
belonging to the Government, has just been the scene
of a serious accident. About four o'clock in the after-,
manipulated, and by the force ,of
noon of Monday
ing-house, where about 100 kilogrammes of powder and
saltpetre were being
men employed on the premises.
which the whole building was completely thrown down.
A fire immediately afterwards broke out, but it was
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that he
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so seriously bine died on the following day,
and two others now lie in an almost hopeless state.
The cause of the accident is not known.