The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-29 00:00:00

LOVE AND MURDER.

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The Krenco xr saPers cutitaitt -the account of a.
triAl for molder, remarkable not ors), ft:Out the
circumstances which came oak evidoice; but
also for the•singularity of the verdict of the Jury
J4mcpft Mtn tlionmot,, a intim:yin/Au tailor, aged.
20, %vac charged with the murder of ~his finn,kle
cousin, iteilh Taverney, a lace-clio!.iev, ;1 :7,
residing her 'mother. The pi is,uncr,
neared, had courted the young woman, at.
first promised to marry him, but afterwArds wit Ii
drew her consent. The rlsonei ascribed her
inconstancy to a new eittoelrinent to it inip of
the 'name of tifit*:rnie Ott the 3d of July he
visited her at her .• mother's, 'who happened'
to be stb•cot and after having
.ell,itted is-4h, her
fmniliarly at an opus window, he all at truce laid
hold of her the arm, drew her into the chum
ber, crying, " 1 have killed Vilierme, re must
die together," and immediafely discharged a pistol,
which took effect' under her right breast..
unhappy young woman; though mortally woSiodet4
disengaged herself from his hold, and, uttering
piercing shrielti,,ran to-the window to call fn help,
where she. was seen. with her robe all smokinx
irom fire occasioned, by the wending of the pistol-
The assassiit;was seized, and the peer girl, after
eight days' cruel stack ing,:.expired of her venood.
When he body was opened', Some chewed slYan
shot were lontid near the. wound. Sinnfinnitot,.
the assassin, who had Cottle to her hous.proV,itled
with two loaded pistols and* dagger, immediately'
after firing. on the. girl stabbed himself with thk...l
dagger, but the ,wouliddid not prove triortal.
The confrontation of the mother Of dip young
woman With the 00m:otter, oa the trial, produced,
a heart.;rending.cifect on the- andience. The 1)1i--
tuner,: teivering bis Nee, burst into Theo
unhappy mother was excessively depressed. Stitt
related till the circumstunces which preceded the..
Crime. She had encleavoorel to pen“tade her
daughter in fav6tr. of Siounimnot. The even.
ing before 'the catastrophe, being ntlected by.
his glooMy and dejected mamier,, she said bee
daughter; ." See, it is you who are the cause of
his chagtin, and you will,p.erh-aps be the. cause
his destroction." " VOl4 Heed not
,fetsr," .replied`the young Womitn, .`!; meteare not so ready to ilts
tireinielves a Mischief." . •

Sitomonnot; in his.defeore. dzelarzd„that ha
procard and NI his consiti with ttis
iittentiim hcr !Aight if ,slie rettistll
len to his. od.tres,ses,
.11yi her rthew,;
he mi na loOger his otitA 'writer, his hitivdwes
1-40 titlrsil her the pitt.tol
whiett he titenOt tti destroy nirnbelf.
he „flay, itj their yeri4t, Acclaro tittani-;
trohsty that the loisotitir had eintnnittvd hottnetd6
0,4 the pet'4oti• 01 ncitte fraverl:ey itfitjo,
rite, ti lit volontkiry, bat but with pie-

The ent“t in corteltiel)ee c6itttemnerl the lire.
sutler to perpetu4l forced Lit:our, the pillory, atut
branding%

biiitillilottot bat' terved as one of the rouihlut
Guards of 13donaparte, also as one of Us*
Ft.:4141a.

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FRENCH PAPERS.

AUo. 25.—rthe Journal of the d'Or
bf the 20th contains an account of the first day's
proceedings at Dijon, in the trial of Major-Gen.
Veatft, Jean Louis Lrjeas, Royer, and Herhoox,
accused or having entered into a Conspiracy, Which
was put In train in the months which preceded the
month of March, 1815.
General Veauic was besides 'charged with having
been at Chalons to meet the usurper ; and with
having on the 15th of March, Ist, taken,.in the
name of the latter, the title of Lieutenant-General
of the 18th Military Division ; 2d, with having
issued a Proclamation to the inhabitants of the
. Division to excite them to revolt ; and 3d, with
having dismissed the functionaries faithful to the
lawful prince.
Bernoux is charged with having, at the same
period, accepted the functions of Mayor, which
.were confided to him 'by a General traitorous to
his King ; with having repaired to the hotel of
Marshal Ney in order to join the brothers Lejeas
and others, promoters of revolt ; with having ex.-
ereised the authority which the title of Mayor
gave him to second the measures of Ney, &c.
Lajeas with having,, by means of intrigue and
pecuniary seduction, contributed at the same time
to second the attempt of Buonaparte, shake the
fidelity due to the King, &c.
Royer, with having accepted the functions of
Prefect of .the Clite7d'Or, which were confided to
him by General Veaux, at a period anterior to the
20th March, and with having on that day pub-
lished a calumnious and incendiary proclamation
against the Bourbons.
There are others who figure as accused in the
process, but who have not appeared, viz. Ponlot-
Belnet. charged with having been among the first
to sing songs in praise of the usuepeE, and hoist
the three colours ; Chevalot and Wane, with
Laving distributed seditious proclamations, vo-
mited imprecations. against the' Bourbons ; and,
in fine, the woman Bonl6, a lemonade seller,with
having allowed her coffee-house to be made the
locus of revolt. '•
The first day's proceedings . were occupied in
bearing a number of 'witnesses.
The Nantes Journal of ..the 21st publishes an
"order of the Committee of Public Instruction, di-
tecting, in consequence of the spirit of insubordi-
nation and the abuses which have crept in among
the boardera of the Royal College of Nantes, that
• the college shall be broke up, and these scholars
sent home to their parents. This Edict
.contains
also regulations for the approaching re-nrgailiza-
tint' of the college, in which a Dew prObiSOr and
a new censor will be appointed.
Yesterday the Court of Correctional Police was
bccopied by the case of the Ahb Vinson, charged
with being the author of a pamphlet eistided The
Concordat explained to the King, and which has
beeOdentinneed as Containing matter calculated
to alarm the security and consciences of the pur-
chasers of national property.
They-write from Gibraltar, July 31, " The Si-
cilian frigate, La Christine, after having taken
board 400,000 Spanish piasters, set sail the 25th
instant- fur Algiers. This sum is destined for the.
bey for the ransom of Neapolitan slaves."
Prince Talleyrand will, it is said, leave Paris
after the fOic of the King.,
The bilicial Branch of the lifoniteur of August
25, contains a Royal Ordinance of considerable
length, comprising a new set of regolations fur,
the herring and maCkarel fisheries, in fotore,• di-
vided into numerous titles and articles; the pro•
minent one of which limits the duration of the
toning fishery in point of time, viz. Irma the Ist
sit September to the 15th of January.
FRANKYORT, AUG. 20.—The Prince Royal of
ilavaria, and other fOreigners of distinction, have
arrived here to hear Madame Catalani, but, un-
fortunately, indisposition prevents her at present
from giving her third and last concert. ft
MADRID, AUG. 12.—The Ex-Minister of the
Lardizahal, who was exiled to Valladolid
where he was under the surveillance of the Cap
tain-General of. the Province, has, it is said, re
ceived orders to proceed to the citadel of Pam
!Attila.

AUG. 14.—The Imperial family is now
itt the castle of Schtienbrunn ;, but it is preparing
to proceed to Hollitsch, in Hungary, where the
Water-bunts are very NUMMI. It will also visit
the stud at Kopsan, where there will he races with
foreign horses. Several Hnngarian Nobles have
already gone'off to make preparations, anti appear
with brilliankcy.
The abolition of the practice of selling estates
by lottery has been under consideration of the
Council of State) but the abuse still subsists. The
fine estate of Ceernowitz was lately gained by its
own proprietor, the Baron de Zesuey, in whose
lianas 26,000 tickets remained. The prize number
was not sold.