Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1852-06-16 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

MINAL.  a man, named Leiner, a stone sawyer, of Pontoise, lmjust been tried by the Court of Assizes, for forgery and murder. Ile had put into circulation not fewer than ,idozen forged bills of different amounts. When questamed by the examining magistrate, lie said be hail a horrible revelation to make, end lie proceeded to state that nearly a year before he lied strangled his wife, had thrust the dead body into a cask, and had deposited it ill trete which he indicated. The magistrate was for a inemenethilielerstruek at this statement, hut the prisoner aested greatly relieved at having made it, and he gave fail details of his crime with the greatest may fruit!. It 'Pleated that after about three years' marriage he hail a "WIC awl that shortly after its birth, his wife, with his Mosent, aceepted the situation of a wet nurse in the fa-41:1* a tradesman in Paris, named Illazioski, who had feet lost Ms wife in childbirth. The prisoner weut to see be Mfe feein time to tune; but having reason to suspect that an improper intimacy existed between her and lilaIteeki, lie iosisted that she should return home. After het return, they quarrelled frequently, and she often do-lel that she would return to Paris. On the tith of aafenther, 1850, he found her, he said, packing up her '4thal, and she told him that having made up her mind tf.at to line with hint any longer, she meant to go to Paris. Ile declared that she should not go, hut she said in a decided tone " You may kill me, if you please, but I will Ott remain with voul" Oil this, he seized her by the threat, and strangled her. He kept the body in his room for two days, and then having stripped it he forced it allo 5 cask, and conveyed the cask in a wheelbarrow to a cellar iti which he was accustomed to place his tools. The eallar was et seine distance from his lodgings, but lie wheeled the cask along the streets with the greatest eonin open day. , No sooner, however, was the murder perpetrated then rbecame seized with remorse. Ile neglected his work, 'Coke elf with his friends, abandoned his aged mother, to obeli he hail been very good, and treated his little child great brutality, though he had always before shown ..int treat nttention. Ile also took to drinking, anti spent " good deal of ttia time in public houses with girls of lied character. It wits observed that he was almost constantly "liffillg about the cellar, though 110 one could tell why. lad he was dreadfully agitated when any one approached It: Ile stated that he more than once got up in the night sorb the intention of burying the cask, but was amid Iliat the noise would lead to detection, lie committed the declared to obtain money for drink and debauchery. Ile "hired that he had contemplated the murder for some 'aaatits; that lie was not really sorry that he bad done it; 'rl Vint if die thing had net been done, he would do it. i "id that wife had given hint cause for jealousy, stud he considered that a sufficient justification. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty, end the court , ,adeamed him to death. He heard the aeutence without fee slightest onotion.  _ Mr. Charles Boucher has died at Montreal (U.S.) E the patriarchal age of 10Ii. He was married to three wives, with whom he had in all GO children ! He leaves to deplore his loss 43 children, GO grand-children, 13 great P grand-children, neph 71/ grand-nephews, 18 • ews, great end-nephews, and a large circle of friends, who assisted at,h,,u funeral, which took place on the Itl of April last, Withgreat solemnity. A portion of a regularly raaeadamisocl, road was discovered recently near Fairmount, Virginia (VS.), by the washing away of a hill-side. The road is about sixtin test wide, runs along the bank of the river, and the stone is broken to about the size used its the formation of Modern toads. In the bed of the 110 was found the stump of a chestnut tree, at least 150 gilts old, giving evidence of the existence of a population there at some former all'e or the world. ~launense quantities of railway iron are being t'.'ol,ed daily from Englaid and Ireland for America. sills iron is considerably heavier than that used for similar Purposes in this country. The select committee of the House of Commons Pn Accidents in Mines has been engaged for several days Ifirflfveatigating this deeply interesting siihjec!. A meeting • -xPerintenle has also been held at the Polytechnic Institution.