The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-13 00:00:00

ATROCIOUS MURDER.

GRENADA, MARCH 20.—The Chancery of Grenada
have just passed a final judgment upon a case, the circum-
stances of which strongly recall to our minds the affair of
Fualdes, which a few years ago occupied the attention of
all Europe. Jorge Serapio Olivera, a young man, 24
years of age, resided with his parents in the city of Me-
rino, in this province; Maria de Jesus Ahlama, a girl of
about 16, lived with her mother in the same town. Oli-
vera conceived a passion for the young girl, and symptoms
of pregnancy were discovered after a short intercourse.
The family of the seducer was wealthy, that of Maria, ob-
liged to trust in some measure to their own exertions for
their support, so the family of Olivera refused to consent
to a marriage ; but as the period of Maria's delivery drew
near they relented, and a day was fixed for uniting the
young people; from that moment Maria was frequently at
the house of her future husband's parents, and sometimes
even spent the night there. Throughout the evening
of the 21st of January, 1825, she remained at the
house of Olivera, and not having returned to her
mother at eleven o'clock the following day, the
latter went to inquire for her. At the house of Olivera
she was told, that not only had Maria not slept there that
night, but that during the whole of the preceding day she
had not entered the house. The unhappy mother wite,
however, assured by all the neighbours that they had seen
her daughter there, and that she had not left it. Informa-
tion of this was immediately given to the Alcalde, and Oli-
vera, his parents, and his sister, were in consequence taken
into custody, and every means of communication between
them was carefully guarded against.
A brother of Olivera, a Child of about eight years of age,
WIV, examined, from whose testimony the following circum-
stances were elicited. He had seen Maria enter the house
the evening in question ; she remained and supped there,
after which he was put to bed, but was awakened again
by a noise in the room next to the one he was sleeping in ;
he there saw his father, mother, and brother, holding some-
thing that lay stretched upon a table ; his brother held a
knife in his hand, and his sister was stirring something in
a tureen in the same way that people stir the blood of a
pig that has just been killed. " What are you doing
there ?" said the child. "We are killing a young sow,"
answered the father. "Do young sows wear red stock-
ings ?" asked the child again. " Yes; go to sleep," was the
short and hasty reply of the father. Shortly after the boy heard
his mother say, " We had better kill the brat, for if he has
heard or seen any thing he may be the means of discovering
the affair!" Upon this he WaS so frightened, that he drew the
bed-clothes over his ears, and when his parents came again
to the bedside, he pretended to have fallen asleep again.
Some days afterwards a spot was discovered in a field
near the town, where the ground had evidently been re-
cently disturbed, and upon examining it, the murdered
body of Maria was discovered with her throat cut ; a few
drops of blood were also perceived upon the floor of the
room which the child had pointed out, and moreover the
mantilla of Maria was found in the house.

The prisoners were hereupon conveyed to Ugijar, where
they were separately examined. Their testimony was con-
tradictory, and the explanations they gave highly impro-
bable ; and after a trial, which lasted for upwards of a year,
they were condemned, on the 28th of February, 1826,
to be hanged, and then to be each quartered, and their
quarters to be hung up in different places in the environs
of Mecina.

By the Spanish law, it was necessary that this judgment
should be confirmed by the criminal tribunal of the
Chancery .of Grenada, who, when the case was brought
before them, ordered the :prisoners to be delivered into
their hands, and a new trial, equally protracted as the
first, followed. In 'this second trial, Jorge Serapio
Olivera, acknowledged himself guilty of the murder,
of which he declared his parents and sister entirely in-
nocent, except that out of affection for him, they had
assisted him to conceal it. On the night in ques-
tion, he said that Maria remained in the house, and
as she was pregnant by him, and was, moreover, on the
point of being married to him, his parents allowed them
to sleep together. That in the bed-room they had a vio-
lent quarrel ; and that, in a moment of exasperation, he
had committed the crime of which he stood accused. His
parents hearing the struggle, came to the room, but the
door being locked they could not enter, or they would
have prevented the deed. That on the following day he
himself carried the body and buried it in the spot where it
had been found ; and that, in compliance with his en-
treaties, they had consented to conceal the crime. In con-
sequence of this confession, which was corroborated by
the declarations of the other prisoners, the original sen-
tence was confirmed with respect to Jorge Serapio Olivera ;
and his parents and sister, as a punishment for having as-
sisted to conceal the crime, were condemned to be present
at the execution, and to pay the expences of the proceedings.

. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
SMITHFIELD MARKET.
The market of this day having been throughout scantily sup-
plied, and numerously attended by buyers, each kind of prime
meat commanded a brisk sale, Beef, Lamb, and Veal, at from
2d. to 4d. per stone beyond, Mutton and Pork at about Monday's
quotations. In prices of middling and inferior meat no alteration.
PRICES PER, STONE OF SLBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS.
s. d. to I. d. s. d. to is. d.
Inferior Beasts ...... 3 4 3 8 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0
Second quality ditto 310 4 2 Prime small ditto 6 2 7 4
Prime large Oxen... 5 0 5 4 Large coarse Calves 4 4 5 0
Prime Scots, 5 4 5 6 Prime small ditto 5 8 6 0
Inferior Sheep 4 2 4 6 Large Hogs 4 6 410
Second quality ditto 410 5 2 Small Porkers 5 2 5 6
Coarse-woolledditto 5 2 5 6 Suckling Calves 12s to36s. each.
SouthdownWethers 5 6 5 8 Quarter old Pigs 10s to 16s. each.
SUPPLY, AS PER CLERIC'S STATEMENT.
Beasts.lS
Sheep and Lambs.' Calves. Pigs.
295 7,480 215 ( 100
There were no good short-horned Milch Cows in the market;
very middling ones produced, with their small calf. from 20/.
to '221 each.

NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS.
At per stone, by the Carcass.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
Beef 3 0 4 4 Veal
Niutton 3 6 e, 10 Pork 3 8 5 8
Lamb 6s. Oct. to is. Od.

......... F 401191)
SM2A
Veal
s. d. to g. d. d. to s. d.
4 8 ft 0
Mutton .. 5 4 Pork 4 0 5 0
Suckling ..... ********** 4 4
ves from 14s. to 345. ; Quarter old Pigs Os. to 14s. each.

RKET.-April 11.

Supply rather limit

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and trade brisk.

The
quantity of powder on board the Com-
Mr
", When she blew up off the Pile of Foundrey, was ten
tons, Packed in 200 barrels. The vessel contained a quan-
tity of heath brooms, and theSe were discovered to have
caught fire. The men having escaped, the only living ani-
mal onboard was a dog, the shattered remains of which
were
found half a mile from the place. A pocket-book,
with hank notes and memorandums, was picked up more
than a mile off, upon the sands; and, what was singular,
it was scarcely at all injured from its uncommon transit.
The shock was felt at Chap and Clitheroe, distant above
30 miles. At Mostyn, the shock was distinctly perceived.
The explosion was heard 50 miles from Foundrey.

A. few days ago, a strong, healthy young man
called at the house of a respectable tradesman in Stourport,
and solicited charity; being refused, he became very abu-
sive, and afterwards sent the following infamous note :
" MY Dear Infernal Scoundrel I write these few lines with
a 'Pectly expectation in bearing of your misfortune in break-
ing of your neck or some precious joint about your body—
You remember on Wednesday night the 21st March a
Man solicited your benevolence for something to pay his
Lodgings—and your reply was that you would get him one
free of expence—l caution you to look sharp for the future
—I have made the Birmingham Coves acquainted with
your rascality and you will be sure to catch it if it was 10
years to come go & hang yourself out of the way." The
Magistrates have since given orders for the apprehen-
sion of all vagrants passing through Stourport....... Wor-
cester Journal,