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London, England, 1829-06-09 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1829.

TRIAL FOR MURDER IN FRANCE.

A trial, on a charge of murder, has excited a
very extraordinary degree of interest in the town
of Nanci and its neighbourhood, as well from the
nature of the facts adduced as from the singular
deportment of one of the witnesses. The trial
itself occupied three whole days, the eighth,
ninth, and tenth of last month. Seventy wit-
nesses were examined, and the following facts
were elicited in the course of the proceedings.
on the eleventh of December last, a cooper, of
the village of Ilattigny, passing through the
forest of Blamont to visit a wood-cutter with
whom he was in the habit of dealing, discovered
in the pathway he was traversing, a dead body,
the head of which was covered with blood. It
was at once recognized as that of Jean Joseph
Verrier, a man of about 54 years of age, who
from the weakness of his intellect had acquired
in the vicinity the soubriquet of Le Boa. It
was evident that this unfortunate person had
perished from the blow of a bludgeon which lay
near him, bloody and splintered ; while a lea-
them girdle, in which the murdered man had
been accustomed to carry his money, lay at his
feet cut open and empty ; a few yards further
off was a faggot of green wood, which he had
cut and bound up for carriage. Suspicion soon
pointed towards Jean Louis Albeher, who had
married the sister of the deceased, from the no-
torious ill-will which existed between the parties,
and from the circumstance of the latter being in
right of his wife sole heir to Verrier, who was a
bachelor, and who had several years ago made
over all his property to his brother-in-law, on
condition of being boarded and lodged by him
for the remainder of his life. Albeher was ac-
cordingly arrested, and put upon his defence be-
fore the Court of Assizes de la Meulthe, when
several witnesses deposed to having heard the
prisoner frequently use menacing expressions
respecting his brother-in-law, and declare his
anxious wish to be fairly rid of him. Others
spoke to the alarm frequently manifested by the
deceased at Albeher's supposed intentions to-
wards him, and ojie deposed to having heard
him say, " if ever I am found dead you will
know who was my murderer." It was also in
evidence that he had lately purchased a pair of
pistols for the avowed purpose of defending him-
self. It was proved that on the 10th of De-
cember, about one o'clock in the afternoon,
Verrier had mentioned to one of the neighbours
that Albeher had for the first time that year
desired him to go into the wood and cut a
faggot,—adding that he should do it, as, "if he
did not, he should get a scolding ;" and that
he was seen between two and three the same
day directing his steps towards the wood of
Blamont, whence he never more returned alive.
An hour after, a farmer, residing on the
skirts of the forest, heard two men in conver-
sation with each other, and cutting wood.
near the place where the corpse was discovered
on the following day. At half-past four
the same evening two inhabitantS of a neigh-
bouring village passing through the wood saw
Verrier making up his faggot, and another man
similarly engaged about 20 yards off, dressed in
blue, but at too great a distance for them to be
able to identify him. In the last place, Albeher
was seen, just before nightfall, returning from the
wood of Blamoht (whither he had been unknown
to his wife), carrying a faggot, and coming in a
direct line from the spot where the body of Ver-
rier was afterwards discovered. There were
other suspicious pieces of circumstantial evi-
dence adduced. When told of his brother-in-
law's death, the accused had expressed himself
almost exultingly, and had appeared particularly
anxious to know how far justice would interfere
in the disposal of his effects. Catherine Le
Blanc, the wife of Nicholas Frische, having
been accidentally close to Albeher's house on the
evening of the 11th of December, in order to
avoid some cows that were passing, overheard
the prisoner say to his wife "he never stirred
after the first blow ;" an expression the more re-
markable, as the medical men who examined the
corpse had deposed that the wound on the head
of the deceased had been inflicted by a single
stroke. A still more important witness was a
child, not quite fourteen years old, who deposed
to having heard expressions pass between the
prisoner s wife and her cousin Marguerite
Andre, which would have left little doubt of the
guilt of the accused, and of their own privity to
it, at least after the fact.
The woman Andre, who had absconded, but
had been discovered and brought back by the
police, was then put in the witness-box; but in
spite of all the endeavours of the Court, the
Counsel, and even of the prisoner himself, not
one word could be extracted from her. This
was at first ascribed to obstinacy, but it was at
length apparent that terror had completely de-
prived her of her senses, and that she was not
in a fit state to answer any questions. She was
taken out of Court, but being brought in again
about two .hours afterwards, declared, in a low
voice, that she was ready to be sworn. All the
testimony, however, that could then be drawn
from her was, that " if she had ever held the
conversation alluded to, she retracted her words."
The whole of the third day's sitting was occu-
pied by the arguments of Counsel, which lasted
till night ; when the Jury, after an hour spent in
consideration, brought in a verdict of " Guilty,"
by a majority of seven to five. The Cour then
retired to deliberate, and on its return, at one
o'clock in the morning, pronounced that it coin-
cided in opinion with the minority of the Jury.
The prisoner was, of course, acquitted.

BILIOUS COMPLAINTS ATTENDED WITH
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have to deplore) is at length discovered. The testimonies
of the most eminent Physicians of the East Indies and of
this country, as DICK, FLEMING, YOUNG, JOHNSON, AINS-
LIE, KINGLAKE, REECE, SULLY, BLUNDELL, and others,
clearly establish the important fact that the Chirayita herb
not only deterges the Liver and promotes the secretion of
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wholesale and retail, by SANGER, 150, Oxford-street;
MILLER, chemist, Bristol; Alome and Co, Hull;
HITCHCOCK, Taunton ; HAT, Portsmouth ; HArtf4s,
Birmingham.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

DIVIDENDS.

An account of the total numbers of persons to whom a
half-year's dividend on Three per Cent. Consols became
due on the sth of January last; specifying the number re-
spectively of those whose dividend for the half year did
not exceed 51., 10/, 501. 100/. 2001., 3001., 509/,
1,0001., 2,0001., and the number of those whose divi-
dend exceeded 2,000/. ; a like account of the dividend-
on 'Three per Cent. Reduced, payable on the 10th of Oc-
tober last ; a like account of the dividends on Three and
a Half per Cents., payable on the 10th of October last ;
a like account of dividends on Four pet Cents., payable
on the 10th of October last; a like account of the divi-
dends on Long Annuities, payable on the 10th of October
last; a like account of the dividends on New Four per
Cents., payable, on the sth of January last; and'a like ac-
count of the dividends on Three per Cent. Annuities,
anno 1726, payable on the sth of January last ; with a
total of the number of persons under each head.
Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities, payable sth
of January, 1829--not exceeding Si., 27,252 ; 10/,
12,877; 501.,--31,426; 100/, 9,360; 2001., 6,211 ;
300/, 2,194, ; 500/, j,452 ; 1,0001., 817 ; 2,000/,
228. Exceeding 2,0061., 76.—Total, 91,896.
Three per tent. Reduced Annuities, payable 10th of
October, 1828— not exceeding 5/., 10,378 ; 10/ , 4,651;
50/., 11,553 ; 100/ 3,482 ; 200/., 2,121 ; 300/., 758 ;
500/., 484 ; 1,000/., 227 ; 2,0001., 91. Exceeding
2,000/, 33.—Total, 33,778.

Three and a Half.per Cent. Reduced Annuities, pay-
al•le 10th of October, 1828—not exceeding Si., 6,659 ;
101., 4,315 ; 501., 10,131 ; 1001.,2,950 ; 2001., 1,611;
;5001, 418 ; 5001., 283 ; 1,0001, 128 ; 2,0001., 39.
Exceeding 2,0001., 17.—Total, 26,881.
Three and a Half per Cent. Annuities, 1818, payable
Oth of October, 1828—not exceeding 51., 228 ; 10/.,
187 ; 501., 509; 1001., 181 ; 2001., 119 ; 3001., 80 ;
5001., 39; 1,0001,35 ; 2,0001., 6. Exceeding 2,000/,
6.—Total, 1,400.
Four per Cent. Annuities, 1826, payable 10th of Oc-
tober, 1828—not exceeding 5/., 1,058 ; 10/_, 572 ; 50/.,
1,160 ; 100/., 342 ; 2001., 209 ; 3001., 80 ; 5001., 60 ;
1,0001., 21; 2,0001., 9. Exceeding 2,000/., 2.—To-
tal, 3,513.

Long Annuities, payable 10th of October, 1828—not
exceeding 51., 9,671; 101., 4,062 ; 50/., 8,504 ; 100/.,
1,669; 2001., 825 ; 3001., 239 ; 500/., 134 ; 1,000/.,
50!2,000/., 9. Exceeding 2,000/., 2.—Total, 25,165.

New Four per Cent. Annuities, payable sth of January,
1829—not exceeding Si., 29,779 ; 10/., 15,417 ; 50/.,
33,884. ; 1001., 7,791 ; 2001., 3,863 ; 3001., 1,056 ;
500/, 622; 1,0001., 222; 2,040/. 54. Exceeding
2,000/., 16.—Total, 92,704.
Three per Cent. Annuities, 1726, payable sth of Ja-
nuary, 1829—not exceeding Si 129 ; 101. 86 ; 501.,
200 ; 1001., 47 ; 200/., 21 ; 300/., '7 ; 500/, 2 ;
1,000/., 1 ; 2,000/., nil. Exceeding 2,000/., nil.—
Total, 499.

Totals—Not exceeding 51., 85,154 ; 10/., 42,167 ;
50/., 97,673; 100/., 25,822 ; 200/., 15,046 ; 300/.,
4,812 ; 500/., 3,076 ; 1,000/., 1,501 ; 2,000/., 436.
Exceeding 2,000/., 152. Grand Total, 275,889.
WILLIAM DAWES, Acct. Gen.
Bank of England, June 2, 1829.

THE ARMY.

INDIA.
GENERAL couzur MARTIAL.

Head-Quarters, Camp Koesnee, Dec. 23, 1828.

At a General Court Martial held at Bangalore, on the
3d day of November, 1828, Private William Shaw, of
his Majesty's Royal Regiment, was arraigned on the fol.
lowing charges. viz. :
"Private William Shaw (Ist), of Captain Macdonald's
company his Majesty's second Battalion, Ist or Royal Re-
giment of Foot, confined by order of Lieut.-Col. Wether-
all, commanding, on the lollowinl: charges, viz. :

Charge Ist.—.•:" For deserting from his regiment on the
22d of September, 1828, and not returning until brought
back by an escort on the 26th of the same month, it being
his fourth time of desertion."

2d.—" For making away with, or losing through neg-
lect, about the s nne period, the following articles, viz ,
three pair of nankeen trousers, three dress shirts, one pair
of regimental boots, one suit of fatigues, and one Combly
great coat."
Upon which charges the Court came to the following
decision:— _ _

" The Court, having maturely weighed and considered
the evidence in support of the prosecution, and the pri-
soner not having adduced anything in his defence, is of
opinion :
Finding on the First Charge.—" That the prisoner is
Guilty."
Finding on the Second Charge.—" That the prisoner is
Guilty."
Sentence.—" The Court, having found the prisoner
guilty to the extent above stated, doth sentence him, the
said private 'William Sliaw, his Majesty's Royal Regiment,
being born of European parents, to be traasported beyond
the seas for the term of fourteen years."
Approved and confirmed,
(Signed) G. T. WALKER, Lieut.-Gen.
Madras, Nov. 12, 1828.
The prisoner, William Shaw, -is to be immediately
forwarded under an escort to the depot at Poonamallee,
there to be confined until he is delivered into the custody
of the civil power.
The foregoing is to be entered in the? general order book,
and read at the head of evtry regiment in his Majesty's
service in India.

By order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief,
WILLOUGHBY COTTON,
Acting Adjutant-General of his Majesty's
Forces in India.

A singular trait in the history of the brute
creation is to be observed here just now. Two lambs who
had lost their mother, were put into the same field with a
cow which grazes there. The little animals immediately
began to suck the cow's udder, who, far from manifesting
opposition, quietly suffered them to do so, and has become
so fond of them, that she will not allow any person to ap-
proach the place where they are. It is a curious thing to
see the " !armies " following the cow every where, and to
hear her lowing for them when they lag behind. Had the
animal lost her offspring it would not have been so much
a matter of surprise, but she has not been in calf for some
time.— Strathmore Journal.

A lady, from Brighton, in travelling to Lon-
don in the hinder dickey of one of the stage coaches on
Sunday last, bad her pocket picked by some juvenile de•
predator, who had clambered up to the seat unnoticed by
her. Her purse would have been abstracted, but fortu-
nately, as she partially sat on it, one half of it only,.bysorne
sharp instrument, was cut away, and with it three sove-
reigns and a half; the other end contained Bank notes to
the amount of twenty pounds. The robbery took place
between Croydon and London, but was not discovered
until the lady reached town, when the circumstance of
some lads making themselves very busy about the carriage
recurred to her. It is not the only circumstance of the
kind that has happened of late; and the present will serve
as a caution to stage coach passengers.
HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.—(Extract of a letter
from Armagh, June 2. )—On Sunday night last, or rather
Monday morning, the house of M'ARDLE was burned
down. Some dispute had occurred between his son and
others in Portadown on Saturday. To revenge this feud
a number of men,
from ten to twenty, approached
111`Aantes (the father's) house, and attempted to break
into it. He resisted ; he was cut with a hatchet on the
head. In this state he got a bayonet, and stabbed one of
those who attempted his life. On this the party retired,
but returned and set fire to his house. Those in the house
came out to save themselves from being burned, they also
endeavoured to arrest the flames, but on their attempting
to do so they were fired at with guns from the hills. In con-
sequence they were obliged to desist, and the house was
committed to the flames. We understand that examina-
tions were sworn before a Magistrate by M'ARDLE, the
father, against two persons, and against four men by
WARDLE, the son. The police were in attendance, hut
the persons sworn against are still at large. We have
heard some strange things which we refrain from stating,
but we shall keep our eye on the case of this poor man.
To say he is a Catholic is immaterial, and his persecutors
and burners out of house and home are not. There must
be something very wrong in this neighbourhood among
some of those who have the peace of the country com-
mitted to them,.....Dubun Morning Register,

DISSOLUTION of the BRITISH CATHOLIC

ASSOCIATION.

On Tuesday last the members of the British
Catholic Association assembled in their rooms, in
rhorney-street, for the purpose of adopting resolu-
ions, and finally dissolving the Association. His
Grace the Duke of NORFOLK in the chair.

The proceedings were very extraordinary, but
inch as might have been expected from a body, many
of the most influential members of which have been
always decidedly opposed to the Irish system of
agitation. . _

-After the transaction of some preliminary busi-
ness, the thanks of the meeting were unanimously
and warmly voted to Charles Butler and Edward
Blount, Esqrs., for the.emineut services rendered by
those two gentlemen to the great cause of emanci.
pation.

A resolution was then adopted for the better secu-
rity of the papers of the Association, and the greatest
possible impatience was manifested to dissolve the
Association without further circumlocution.

Mr. ITDERmoT caught the eye of the Chairman,
and said that before the meeting came to a determi-
nation to be extinct, he would take the liberty to
address a few words to them on a subject which na-
turally presented itself whenever the question of Ca-
tholic Emancipation was introduced. He meant the
gratitude due to Mr. O'Connell, for the glorious ex-
ertions which he had made for the settlement of that
great question. It was needless to repeat the in-
stances of enthusiastic labour by which Mr. O'Con-
nell had distinguished himself in the cause of religious
liberty, and the admirable expedients which had been
suggested and acted upon by him in the struggle to
attain the great end which had at length been at-
tained. The liberal and enlightened press of the
country had very fully testified to the unity and efforts
of Mr. O'Connell, who had never once flagged, and
whom the English Catholics were bound to respect
as the great promoter of Emancipation. Whatever
might be said to the contrary, the English Catholics
would now, if it had not been for the exertions of
Mr. O'Connell, be still lying down in the degrading
attitude of disappointed petitioners. To dissolve the
Association without paying such a man the compli-
ment of the thanks of the British Catholics would be
very unworthy a body of enlightened men, who had
a just sense of the immense benefits which were now
open to them by this grand amendment in the British
Constitution, Mi. M'liermot concluded by moving u
resolution of thanks to Daniel O'Connell, Esq.
These observations were received with an evident
feeling of dissatisfaction by several gentlemen in the
room, but the majority heard them with unmixed
pleasure.
Mr. RossON, of the bar, seconded the motion in
two words.

Lord STOURTON, after a pause, rose to disapprove
of the motion. Mr. O'Connell had certainly exerted
himself in the cause of emancipation, but he (Lord
Stourton) did not know upon what grounds the
British Catholic Association could vote him their
thanks. His Lordship did not very clearly state
the grounds of his objection, but we understood him
to state that the Duke of Wellington had mentioned
that his Majesty would much rather not be addressed
by the British Catholic Association, than receive
any token of their gratitude or approbation, and that
the objection to Mr. O'Connell sprung out of that
feeling upon the part of his Majesty. His Lordship
expressed a strong wish that the mover of the reso-
lution would withdraw it, as it really was not one
which should be entertained there.

Mr. D'ARcY MAHON, jun., spoke most warmly in
favour of the resolution. He trusted that the meet-
ing would not follow the example of the Cisalpine
Club, and black-ball him, by refusing to give him
the thanks to which he was so much entitled. The
club to which he had alluded had acted accerdiag to
the true spirit of the Conventicle.
The meeting seemed to be greatly annoyed by
the use of the word " Conventicle," as applied to
the Cisalpine, many members of which were present.
The CHAIRMAN hinted to Mr. Mahon that it
would be much more agreeable to the meeting if he
would be so good as to confine his language within
the vocabulary of decency.
Mr. MAIION declared that he was as well able to
judge of the propriety of language a%ithe Duke of
Norfolk, or any other gentleman hi that room.
Mr. T. MURPHY supported the resolution. He
declared that if thanks were due to the King and
his Ministers, and the supporters of Catholic eman-
cipation in Parliament, they were due a hundred-
fold to Mr. O'Connell.

Mr. M‘DERmoT in the end altered his motion,
by associating with the name of Mr. O'Connell,
those of the great Parliamentary advocates of the
measure, and then the resolution was carried by
acclamation. After which, the Association was
dissolved.

Lord STomroN, it is necessary to say, men-
tioned that he retracted his opposition to the reso-
lution, as it appeared to have a tendency to injure
Mr. O'Connell to deny him a vote of thanks after
the agitation of such a question.