The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-16 00:00:00

MURDER IN FRANCE.

The Court of Assizes of the Loiret on Saturday
tried a man named Lachau, of Olivet, for the mur-
der of h;sfathPr. In April last, the prisoner's mo-
ther di,d, and the mau accused his father of having
appropriated a certain portion of her property to
which he conceive I himself t, be entitled, and as
the old man refused to give it up, he complained of
him t o the Precut eur Imperial of Orleans ; but on
investigation it appeared that there was no. ground
fur the complaint and it was dismis,ed. This exaspe-
rated the man, and he conceivel a deadly animosity
against his father. lie frequently said, " Since the
Procureur Imperial will not do me justice, I must
do it myself I must kill my father, and I will then
kill myself !" On the 13th May, he said to some
persons that that was the last day he had to live, for
that he meant to murder his father and then com-
mit suicide. The persons in question advised himnot
to think of anything of, the kind, but he said, in a
rage, " He will not give me what belongs to me,
and this very morning be sold some planks which
are my property ! I must kill him, and will do
so this very day !" Some hours after old La-
chau, who was a mason by trade, returned home
in his cart, and as he, with the assistance of his
daughter, was unharnessing the horse, the pri-
soner came up and began abusing him for having.
sold, the planks. The old man retorted angrily,
and either struck his son or seized him by the
collar ; on which the prisoner, dragging him into-
a shed where there was a carpenter's axe, seized
the axe and raising it above his head as if to
strike called on him to give up the property he
claimed. The old man refused, and the prisoner
then struck at h'm with all his might ; but the
daughter seized his arm and he missed his blow.
The old man took to flight, and the prisoner purr
suing, struck him three time with his axe ; one
blow sliced off part of the face, and the other two
were so grave that in three hours the old man
died, without speaking a word. The son went up
to his room, which was in his father's house, and
quietly proceeded to place his papers and accounts
in order ; he was so engaged when the officers of
justice arrested him. Tire jury declared him guilty,
and the court sentenced bim to death—the execu-
tion to take place in the form fixed by law fur par-
ricides ; namely, to walk barefooted to the scaffold
with a shirt over his clothes and his head covered
with a black crape.

MAR,KET NEWS.—(This Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the week ended July 16, 1857, made up from the Re-
turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in
England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter.

WITSIAT 1 BARLEY I OATS RYE BEANS I PEAS
63.1 10(1 375 Sd 27s 2d I 40s 6d 145 s 4d 43s lid
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES.
waxier ataLay 1 OATS 1 RYE 1 BEANS 1 MAN
61s 3d 385 Ild 26511(1 40s 6d 44s lld 43s Od
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.
Wheat, 75,992; barley, 1,280; oats, 3,413; rye, 15;
beaus 2,190 ; peas, 352 quarters.

MEAT MARKETS.
NJWGATI AND LEADIENHALL. 1: o
1 to 4s 4d ; Pork,he trade ruled dull
as follows :—Beef, from 21, 8d
ete
; Mutton, 3s Od
4s 6d ; Lamb, 4s fid to .5s 6d; Val 4,
3,6 d 6d to 4s 6d per Blbs, by the carcase.
SOUTHALL, July 15.—The show of stock here to-clay was
seasonably large, and the trade generally ruled bea atv
drooping prices. Beef, from 3s 0,1 to 4s 4(1; Mutt,;;,' '
4d to 49 84; Lamb, 59 Od to 6s Od ; Veal, 44 Od to 48,8,13;
Pork, 3s 6d to 4e 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, July 15.—To-day's market was well supplioa
and the trade ruled dull, as follows :—Beef. from 3s Od to
4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ;
Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8,1 P• Pcrk, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per 81bs;
Btu:skiing calves, 21s to 28e each.