The Sun. — 1837-11-30 (London, England)

ATROCIOUS MURDER AND SEDUCTION.  (Abridged from the ,Gazette des Tribunaux of Friday). A frightful crime occurred in the commune of Martres de Riviere on the 14th of November. The following are some details respecting the crime and- its author :—Fifteen years ago, Jean Peyregne married Bertrande Bouche, of Labarthe de Riviere, a widow, with three daughters, all young. A short t;me after her second marriage the eldest girl, hardly turned fifteen, fell a victim to the incestuous seductions of the man who ought to have acted towards her in the light of a father. The indignation of the people of Labarthe was excited to the utmost by the knowledge of this crime. Almost all the neighbours rose e 4 masse, and determined to expel from their community a man capable of committing so scandalous an offence. This first impulse of indignation was put into immediate execution ; Peyregne was dragged to the boundaries of the district, and there, on being dismissed, he was threatened with worse treatment if he dared to make his reappearance. The seducer submitted quietly to this popular vengeance, considering it, doubtless, an act of justice. He retired to Martres, whither his wife followed him ; there she purchased, in her name, so:ne landed property, with the pro. duce of that she had disposed of at Labarthe. Meanwhile the unhappy girl who had been seduced had, by good conduct, repaired the consequence of her lapse from virtue, and at the end of the last year was married to Francois Beze, a young farmer living in the neighbourhood. The union was a happy one ; it was about to be blessed by the birth of a child, when, few days ago, the family's. happiness received a shock by the sudden death of the mother, Bertrand Bouche. The'division of the property renewed old grudges and occasioned violent disputes. The children of the widow's first marriage (including Madame Base) claimed their share of the year's productions. This Peyregne resolutely refused; a field of potatoes still remained to be cropped. On Tuesday, the 14th, Prat:gals Beze and the three girls proceeded there. They had turned up a few furrows when Peyregne presented himself armed with a musket. Having vainly given them warning to withdraw, the girls and other labourers observed him advancing towards Haze with his musquet levelled at him. The latter armed himself with a hedge-stake, with Which he parried a butt-end blow of the weapon. Furious with this resistance, Peyregne retired a few paces ; the unhappy Beze who immediately perceived his dangerous purpose, attempted to fly, but he had scarcely run nine or ten paces before a ball from Peyregne's musket brought him to the ground and ki:led him on the spot. '1 his crime of Peyregne (the murder of the husband of his daughter-in-law whom he had seduced) was committed in open day, under the ej es of a great number of labourers, who either from cowardice or surprise allowed him to snatch up his cloak, and escape to the mountains. Prompt measures were immediately taken by the judicial authorities of the district to arrest hint, but lie has not yet been taken. It is surmised that the murderer's intention was to cross the frontiers and seek refuge in Spain ; and in order to baffle that object, a description of his person has been sent to all the various custom offices established along the frontiers.  An officer in the Dublin garrison has advertised for a wife, and acknowledges he has no property, but can't think of taking a partner under 10,000/. The Woodstock (Virginia) Sentinel of Nov. 2, says;—" Partridges are so numerous in our vicinity, that they have actually marched into the stores of the village, offering themselves up willing sacrifices to the delighted merchant, There is scarcely a garden in town where they are not to be found ; and one morning this week we saw toveral sitting upon the market-house of this place." A considerable quantity of snow has lately fallen in the mountains of Burgundy, between Joisny and Chalons.