The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-21 00:00:00

COURT OF ASSIZEg AT ROUEN

DELIBERATE MURDER.—The Court of Assizes at Rouen
was, a few days since, occupied with a trial of a man named
Pierre Gustave Ferry, on a charge of murder. The circum-
stances attendant on this cold-blooded crime excited the
attention of the public to a high degree, and the court was
consequently very crowded. The prisoner was throughout
the trial perfectly unmoved, and replied with calmness and
sang-froid to the questions addressed to him by the presi-
dent. During the whole proceeding he did not exhibit the
slightest feeling of sorrow for what bee d done. From his
own confession, it appears that, on ight of the 28th of
December last, he conceived the idea of murdering some one,
when his attention was fixed on the widow Toussaint, a vene-
rable old woman, 76 years of age, and who was generally
known by the appellation of the " Orphans' Mother,' in
consequence of being in the habit of frequently adopting
orphan children, and bringing them up at her own expense.
At the time of her falling a victim to the murderous attack of
the prisoner, she was residing with a man of the name of Doli-
tais, who had been left an orphan and had been brought up by
her from an infant. He chose the time when he knew this in-
dividual was absent on his usual avocations, when he felt
sure of finding his intended victim alone in the house. " I
went to the house," said the prisoner, " about ten minutes
past seven in the morning, but the widow was still in bed ;
I knocked at the kitchen door, she asked who was there, to
which 1 answered It is Pierre. lam come to borrow your
pitchfork to clean out the stable of your neighbour Romain
Brument.' She got up, came in and kitchen, and gave me
the fork, and then stooped down began picking up some
bits of stick tat were strewed about near the chimney.
While she was in this position, I laid hold of a cleaver that
was lying on a table and struck he
when I peated it three or
r a
reheav y blow with the
flat of it. She fell fromthe blow,
four times, and in about five minutes she was dead. I then
broke open the cupboard in the kitchen, threw out the linen
and articles of wearing apparel which it contained, and find-
ing a small bag containing money I put it into my pocket.
I afterwards found it to contain about 30 francs in silver. I
then opened other parts of the house and took all the money
I could lay my hands on, but do not recollect the amount. I
chatted with the old woman about five minutes before I
struck her, and stopped in the house about ten minutes after
she died, in examining the cupboards, drawers, &c. During
the whole of the previous evening, I had been haunted with
the idea that I must murder some one, and at first thought
of venting my violence on a man of my acquaintance, with
his wife and daughter, but something happened to prevent
this taking place. I then thought on the widow Toussaint,
and could not resist the impulse which hurried me to commit
the deed." This confession he made on being first taken up
for the crime, and repeated the same on his trial with the
most perfect nonchalance. After a deliberate examination,
the court pronounced a verdict of guilty, without extenua-
ting circumstances, and the president immediately passed on
him the sentence of death, an award which he heard with the
same indifference as he had shown throughout the whole of
the trial.

EmportsS.

WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA

John, (181) F Davis, from Barbadoes, 151 hhds 13 tees sugar,
Gibbs, Bright and co—is hhds do, W and J Thompson-4g puns 3g
hhds 14 brls molasses, order—P D
Protector, (274) J H Bowman, from Barbadoes, 425 hds 18 tcs
sugar, T Lee and cO-15 do, J G Oughterson-1 brl do, 1 cse a
clock, order—K D
Whitehaven, (150) B Turner, from Black River, about 160 tons
logwood, 4 tons ebony, J Cohen and Sons—K D
St. Mary, (221) .1 Whiteshade, from Anatto Bay, 168 hds 33 tcs
28 brls sugar, 32 pns rum, 3500 coker nuts, 304 tins arrowroot, 6
tons logwood, 40 o and c hides, J Hosack and co-55 hds sugar, 7
pns rum, J B Yates and co-2 brls sugar, 1 brl fruit, 200 tins
arrowroot, order—V D

SOUTH AMERICA.
Isabella, (221) T Smith, from Buenos Ayres, 2143 wet and 312
dry salted hides, 1250 dry and 65 salted ox do, 35 bales horse do,
order-2598 dry salted do, Jamieson Brs and co-851 dry ox and
cow do, Rowand and Dunlop-1785 dry ox do, G F Dickson and co
—ll6 do, J Downes-135 do, 2 dry horse do, 3 tons ox horns, 90
pipes 2 hhds 15 hf pipes tallow, 46 bales contents unknown, order
—lO bales contents unknown, Rowand and Dunlog—P D
Astrea, (208) J Stobie, from Buenos Ayres, 550 dry salted ox
hides, 100 casks tallow, C Holland-3335 wet 440 dry salted ox
hides, 91 casks tallow, C Tayleur, Son and co-1202 do, J Downes
and co-5 baies contents unknown, order-10 do, Robinson and co
—B4 do, Carlisle and co-25 do, Aguirre, Soltare and co-15,000
ox horns, C Holland—P D
Pampero, (267) J Roberts, from Buenos Ayres, 17 bales wool,
Hamlyn, Balman and co-64 do, J Green and co-64 do, s bales
skins, R Carlisle and co-53 pipes 3 hf pipes tallow, E Balman-
-4492 wet and 1387 dry salted ox and cow and 14 bales horse hides,
8 bales horse hair, 4 bales contents unknown, about 15 tons horns,
J Green and co—G D

William Carey, (248) T Glenday, from Buenos Ayres. 3 dry
hides, the master-70► dry ox and cow do, Rowand and Dunlop-
-563 do, J Downes-1500 wet salted do, 100 bales sheep skins, 2)5
bales wool, G Beley-19,730 ox horns, J Appleyard-203-pipes 6 hf
and 12 qr pipes tallow, order—P D
Lord Glenelg, (164) It Simpson, from Maracaibo, 100 tons divi-
divi, 88 hides, 14 bales tobacco, 57 tons fustic, 27 cases balsam co-
paiba, Leech, Harrison and co—Q D
Mary & Ann, (262) L Bruce, from Buenos Ayres, 1400 wet salted
ox and cow hides, E Busch and co-783 salted and 683 dry do, J
Appleyard-228 dry do, J Downey and Son-475 wet do, R Carlisle
and co-145 casks 167 serons tallow, Came and Telo-118 serous
do, C Holland-47 casks do, order-82 do, G M'Kenzie-12,000
horns, J Hess-14 bales wool, 5 bales horse hair, G M'Ker.zie-101
bales wool, E Br.sch and co-36 do, 1 bale horse hair, Wildes,
Pickersgill and co-25 bales sheep skins, G M'Kenzie-38,500 horn
tips, J Hess—P D
Helen Hamilton, (151) A Nicol, about go tons dividivi, 7hf pps
4 qr casks 40 brls balsam capivi, 55 dry ox and cow hides, W Rose
and co-4 bx plants, H Low-2 do, order—W D
UNITED STATES.

James Edward, (433) W Howard, from New York, 569 bales
cotton, Waddington, Holt and co-246 do, Melly, Prevost and co-
-184 do, C B Buchanan and co-93 do, V Poutz—V D
Agneda, (512) J Anderson, from Mobile, 165 bales cotton, Wad-
dington, Holt and co—lB do, Molyneux, Witherby and co—loo do,
T and J Sands and co-113 do, Phelps, Dodge and co-878 do,
order—Q D
St. Petersburg, (811) R Trask, from Mobile, 2961 bales cotton,
Baring Brs and co—P D
Jane Walker, (821) .1 Gilles, from Mobile, 1787 bales cotton, R W
Hallett and co-167 do, Reid, Irving and co-185 do, order-300
pces cedar, J Johnson-4 spars, 70 deals, exportation—Q D
Abercromby, (458) G Louttit, from Mobile, 151 bales cotton,
Wildes and co-4 do, Melly, Prevost and co-1000 do, Baring Brs
and co-7I do, Gibbs, Bright and c 0—143 do, W Smith and Sons-
-200 logs cedar, T W Smith and co—P D
Catherine, (371) C Castle, from Mobile, 1000 bales cotton, J D
Thornely and Sons-117 do, R Higgin-12 do, J T Crook-0 do, T
Mills and co-51 do, Richardson Brothers and co-1 box dried
bird skins, order—V D
Liverpol, (642) S Davenport, from New Orleans, 1917 brls cotton,
Purton, Palter and co-149 do, V. Poutz—W D
Samuel, (558) M Flemming, from Mobile, 935 bales cotton, order
—1 do, F Grundy-126 do, W H Gilliat-263 do, Molyneax,Wither-
by and co-348 do, Gibbs, Bright and co-1 brl hams, order—B D
• Platina, (355) W H Duncan, from New Orleans, 1262 bales cot-
ton, Purton, Parker and co—V D
Independence, (02) J M'Cappin, from New Orleans, 787 bales
cotton, R and G Benn-1009 do, Moon Brothers-19 do, H Mure
and co-31 do, J W M'Bride and co—W D
Mary, (344) J Redpath, from New Orleans, 542 bales cotton,
order-15 do, J Maury and Sons-19 do, J Eccles and co—ill do,
M'Calmont Brothers and co-62 do, A Dennistouu End co-160 do,
Rathbone Brothers and eo-87 do, M Blandin-180 do, Dent and co
—4O handspikes, 1 case cigars, order—Q D
Gen. Washington, (662) L Marbury, from New Orleans, 1070
bales cotton, V Poutz-738 do, Coilmann ar d Stolterfoht-30 do, R
Zwilchenbart and co-100 do, lmer, Paulet and co-25 do, Rath-
bone Brothers and co—K D
Ocean Queen, (568) W Wilson, from Savannah, 445 bales cotton,
Molyneux, Witherby.and co-655 do, order-157 do, R and G Benn
—67 do, Isaac, Low and co-60 do, V Poutz-216 do, T and J
Sands and co-40 deals, exportation—B D