The Sun. — 1846-07-01 (London, England)

WESTMINSTER HALL STILL IN DANGER. An instructive corollary on our quotation from the Times'in last impression, respecting the wooden erections surrounding Westminster Hall, has occurred at Bristol, where the extensive military barracks, now approaching towards completion, ran an imminent risk of immediate destruction by the conflagration of a collection of wooden buildings which surrounded them.—The  A horrible case was brought before the Court of Assize of Chartres on the 20th. The circumstances, as proved by the evidence, are as follow :—At the end of 1844, Louis ' Clairet, a soldier of the 2d Regiment, obtained an indefinite congd, and returned to the house of his brother, a labourer, but with a property of his own, at La Plesse. Louis Clairet was well: received by his brother Jacques, although his conduct had been very bad, and he had been detected in adultery with the wife ofJacques. This crime had been forgiven, and the two brothers worked top ether as labourers on a neighbouring farm. One evening, in January last, as they were returning home from labour, Jacques in front, and Louis some paces behind, a pistol, loaded with entail shot, was fired, and the charge struck against the head and shoulders of Jacques, but, the shot being of small size, no mortal wound was inflicted. Jacques turned round, and, not suspecting that his brother was the criminal, called to him for aid, but Louis Clairet ran off. Jacques recovered, and still pretended to have no suspicion of his brother, but .ue authorities made inquiries, which convinced them mat he only could have fired the pistol, which was found near the spot, and which belonged tr Louis Clairet, and had been purchased by him ono-four days before the attempted murder. It was ~:so ascertained, soon after the arrest of Louis, that he had previously endeavoured, but in vain, to rirchase some arsenic, and failing in this mode of A. etting rid of his brother he resolved to shoot him. Not long before the attempt, Jacques Clairet had been induced by his wife to make a will, leaving to her the whole of his little property; and there was reason to believe that this was done by her in anticipation of his death. Several witnesses were called, and amongst , who did every thing in his power them Jacques exculpateClairet, his brother, but the proofs were too strong for his g.,aernsity to be of any avail. The prisoner could say very little in his defence, for he could not bring a to witness to disprove that he had purchased the pistol, and was compelled to admit that he had endeavoured to obtain arsenic; but this, he said, was at the request of his sister-inlaw, and for the purpose of destroying rats. He was found guilty, but with extenuating circumstances (the verdict of nine jams out of ten, from the increasing dislike to the infliction of death, no matter how heinous the crime), and was sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for life.—French paper.  CA.  rst day of ro other*  ut the list nature oi rhe pair' hese, And were en' ()portionthe eonher races  Wag COW' utatost  ATION  irple) 0  reen) 0  MeEnv& ntinuing um.pire, circl.lllr  f---,.;, 0  low) I 2  Red) 0  and off fellow rd s rowed and as a stern Finch's or four  led) 1 'ple) 2 ii!e) 0 ite) 0 !eh) 0 'ed and be two m went d him. Ind the le most fully in sperate closely part Of  ue) 1 )w) 2 ies) 0 ik) 0 ;ion in kward kismet g with to OA E hung nt out ng the lashed Crab n, but eemed owing  four well  i) 1) 2 e) 0  j 0 0 0 lte at henl•  ) ) ) o ) o ) 0 , Nral  I ) 2 ) 0 j 0 fine hey, me; ame Airs, • the ,ove hey )ost ow,  ma: qty vad