The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-03 00:00:00

A FRENCH IMITATOR OF DOTE.

A grocer, named Lamy, of Chaumes, was a few days
ago tried by the Court of Assizes of that department, for
poisoning his wife. In 1843 he married a young woman,
named Renard, who was of a mild and affectionate dis.
position ; hut, being brutal and avaricious, he ill-treated
her mo.t 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 adul-
terous 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
o 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 connection became known,
not only to his wife, hut to all the village, and to the
girl's parents. After a while her father took her away,
and this plunged him into despair. If e then ill•
treated his wife more than ever, in order to force her to
beg that her sister might be sent hack. This the poor
woman after a while consented to, and on the 21st July
last Adelina returned. On the 24th the wife was seized
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 feur females,
who had gone to attend the woman in her illness, that the
man had prepared all the medicine for her himself, and
that he took great care to throw away all that she ejected
from her stomach ; the young woman Adelina, on her
part, confessed, after some nesi ation, that he had often
told her that her sister would not live long, and that
after her death he would marry her ; it turned out, more-
over, that the man having in his youth been employed
by a druggist, knew something about venemous sub.
stances, and had a certain quantity of poisons in his posses-
sion, teuether with a book called V.Pfistoire des Drogues;
lastly, it appeared from an examination of the woman's body
that she had died of poison. The man in his defence
denied his guilt, but being convicted by the jury, though
with extenuating circumstances, he was sentenced to
hard labour for life,

GLASS-HAICERS IN THE OLDEN TIIIE.—The glass-
makers of Murano were not classed among the artisans f
they received, as well from the Senate of Venice as
from several foreign sovereigns, many prltilegek re-
markable for the age in which they were granted. Thtts
the Venetian patricians might marry the daughters of
the master glass-makers without derogating in any marl•
ner from their dignity, and the children born from those
marriages retained all their quarterings of nobility. And,
further still, when Henry 111. went to Venice, in 1273,
he granted nobility to all the master glass-inakers of
Murano. It having been decided, by a resolution of the
Corporation of Murano, that a golden book, like the
Libro d'oro" of the Venetian nobles, should be esta
blished for registering the names of the original families
of Murano, the Senate confirnied the resolution on the
20th Aug., 1602. This book still exists in the archives
of Murano.

CONVENTION WITH HONDULAS.

(From the New York Herald).
The following convention between her Majesty
arid the Republic -of Honduras, relative to the
Mosquito Indians and to the rights and claims of
British subjects, was signed at London Aug. 27,
1856:--
" Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and the Republic of Hondu-
ras, being desirous to settle by means of a convention
certain points resulting from the territorial arrangements
which form the subject of another convention concluded
between them on this day, have named as their plenipo-
tentiaries for that purpose, that is to say,
" Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Hon. George Wru.
Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, a
peer of the united kingdom, a member of her Britannic
Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, Knight of ,;he
Most Noble Order of the garter, Knight Grand Cross of
the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, her Britannic Ma-
jesty's Principal Secretary of State f r Foreign Affairs ;
" And his Excellency the President of the Republic of
Honduras, Senor Dr. Juan Victor Herren, Minister
Plenipotentiary of the Republic to her Britannic Majesty ;
" Who, after having communicated to each other their
respective full powers, found in good and due form, have
agreed upon and concluded the following articles :
" Article 1. The Republic of Honduras engages not
to disturb the subjects of her Britannic Maje.ty in the
enjoyment of any property of which they may be in pos-
session in the islands of Ruatan, Bonaca, E ena, Utile,
Barbarete, and Morat, situated in the Bay of Honduras.
" Article 2. Her Britannic Majesty agrees to recognise
the mid channel of the river Wanx or Segovia, which
falls into the Caribbean Sea at Cape Gracia, s Dios, as
the boundary between the Republic it Honduras and
the territory of the Mosquito Indians, without preju-
dice, however, to any question of boundary between
Lthe Republics of Honduras and of Nicaragua.
I.4eflrb....sMgtbe gorytuito Indians have heretofore
possessed and exercised righis—fri Ina-dyes the territories
lying between the river Want or Segovia and the Ro-
man river, her Britann c M jesty agreed to recommend
to the Mosquito Indians to renounce any such rights in
favour of the Republic of Honduras, on condition of re-
ceiving from the Republic some reasonable sum by way
of annuity for a limited period, to be pa'd half-yearly, as
an indemnity and compensation far the loss and extinc-
tion of their interest in the said territory. When such an
arrangement shall have been acceded to by the Mosquito
Indians, her Britannic Majesty engages to recognise
the sovereighty over the said territory as belonging to
the Republic of Honduras ; and her Britannic Majesty
and the Republic will, within 12 months thereafter, ap-
point two commissioners, one to be named by each party,
for the purpose of determining the amount, the period of
duration, and the time, place, and mode of payment of
the annuity so to be paid to the Mosquito Indians as in-
demnity and compensation.
"And whereas British subjects have, by grant, lea,e,
or otherwise, heretofore obtained from the Mosquito In
dians interests in various lands situated within that ter-
ritory above described, lying between the river Wens er
Segovia and the river Roman, the Republic of Honduras
engages to maintain and respect such interests. And it
is further agreed that the commissioners mentioned in
the present article shall investgate the claims of British
subjects arising out of such grants or leases, or otherwise;
and all British subjects whose claims by the com-
missioners shall be pronounced well-founded and valid
shall be quieted in the possession of their respective in-
terests in the said lands.

" Art. 3. The Republic of Honduras further engages
to carry into effect any agreements already made and
now in course of being carried out for the satisfaction of
British claims ; and it is agreed between the contracting
parties that the commissioners mentioned in the preced-
ing article shall also examine and decide upon any British
claims upon the Government of Honduras that may be
submitted to them other than those specified in the ,pre-
ceding article, and not already in train of settlement.
" Art. 4. The commissioners mentioned in the preced-
ing article shall meet at Trnxillo, at the earliest conve-
nient period after they shall havebeen respectively named,
and shall, before proceeding to any bu-iness, make and
subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially
and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their
judgment, and accorling to justice and equity, without
fear, favour, or affection to their own country, upon all
the matters referred to them for their decision ; and such
declaration shall be entered on the record of their pro-
ceedings.
" The commissioners shall then, and before proceeding
to any other business, name some third person to act as
arbitrator or umpire in any case or cases in which they
may themselves differ in opinion. The person so to be
chosen as arbitrator or umpire shall, before proceeding
to act as such, make and subscribe a solemn declaration
in a form similar to that which shall already have been
made and subscribed by the commissioners, and which
shall also be entered on the record of the pr ceedings. In
the event of the death, absence, or incapacity of such
person, or of his omitting, or declining, or ceasing to act
as such arbitrator or umpire, another person shall be
named as aforesaid to act as arbitrator or umpire in his
place, and shall make and subscribe such declaration
aforesaid.

" Her Britannic Majesty and the Republic of Hondu-
ras hereby engage to consider the decision of the com-
missioners conjointly, or of the arbitrator or umpire, as
the case may be, as final and conclusive on the matters
hereby referred to their decision; and they further engage
forthwith to give full effect to the same.
" Art. 5. The commissioners and the arbitrator or um-
pires shall keep an accurate record and correct minutes
or notes of all their proceedings, with the dates thereof,
and shall appoint and employ a clerk or other persons to
assist them in the transaction of the business which may
come before them. The salaries of the commissioners
shall be paid by their respective Governments. The
contingent expenses of the commission, including the
salary of the arbitrator or umpire, and of the c'erk or
clerks, shall be defrayed in equal moieties by the two
Governments.
" Article 6. The present convention shall be ratified,
and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London, as
soon as possible within twelve months from this date.
" In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries
have signed the wile, and have affixed thereto their re-
spective seals,
" Done at London the 27th day of August, in the year
pf our Lord 1856. " CLA.RENDON.
" VR. HERRAN."