The Sun. — 1861-05-16 (London, England)

MURDER IN FRANCE.—An account was given in January of an old man, named Huet, of Carrieres-SaintDenis, having been murdered in his house, an isolated one, in which he lived alone, and of his drawers and closets having been ransacked of everything of value—also of the police baying subsequently arrested at Rueil, a journeyman butcher, named Ballagny, on suspicion of having committed the crime. Yesterday this man was brought to trial for the murder before the Court of Assizes of the Seine-et-Oise. It appeared that on the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of January, nothing was seen of old Huet, and that no answer was given to knocks at the door : but that in the night of the latter day, one of the villagers going home late saw a light in his cellar. She cried " Thieves 1" and a number of the neighbours assembled, Th 3 doors being locked, one of them got a ladder and prepared to enter by a window ; and at the same moment a man was seen to jump over the garden wall and take to flight across the fields. He was pursued, but could not be captured. The house having been entered, old Huet was found lying dead at tho bottom of the stairs, with his skull smashed in by blows from a blunt instrument, and with his cravat tied tightly round his neck. The state of the drawers showed that he had been murdered for the sake of robbery, but what was taken could not be ascertained ; it is supposed, however, that part of the booty was a sum of 3,000 fr. The police on inquiry learned that late in the night in question a man had gone to a house of ill fame at Rueil, and had remained there until the next morning. This man resembled the one who had been seen to run from Huet's house, and the police soon ascertained that he was Ballagny. Moreover, a bundle containing articles in dress was found in Huet's garden; it had evidently been abandoned by the man who had taken to flight; those articles, one of which was a goat-skin coat, were recognised as 1301 lagny's. Ia presence of these facts the man not only :I:ma no attempt to deny his guilt, but he gave details of the, crime ; among other things he said it was in the evening °I the 10th that he had committed it, and that he had remained in the house, eating, drinking, and sleeping until the night of the 12th. The jury declared him guilty, an on Court co4dexaneci lute to deutli.  CIVIL BILLS (IRELAND). Mr. MAGUIRE moved for returns, from the clerks of the peace cif the several counties and counties of cities iY Ireland, of the number of civil bills entered for hearing in the courts of the assistant barristers, or chairmen, for the five years previous to the let day of January, 1851, distinguishing the number of the same decreed, dismissed, and nilled in each respective year. Of Civil Bill ejectments entered for hearing in the courts of the assistant barristers, or chairmen, for five years previous to the Ist day of January, 1851, distinguishing the number of same decreed, dismissed, and nilled in each respective year; of the number of civil bills entered for hearing in the courts of the assistant barristers, or chairmen, for the five years previous to the Ist day of January, 1861, distinguishing the number of same decreed, dismissed, and nilled in each respective year ; and, of the number of Civil Bill ejectments entered for hearing in the Courts of the assistant barristers, or chairman, five years previous to the Ist Jan., 1861, distinguishing the number of same decreed, dismissed, and nilled in each respective year.— Ordered.