The Sun. — 1860-11-26 (London, England)

IIIIE IN FRANCE.  'Didier, the man arrested on the charge of murdering and robbing M. and Mme. Rolland, of Remilly, near Metz, and who has been sent to the latter town for trial, has not only confessed his guilt, but has related all the circumstances of his crime. Two of them are singular :—The first is that he was for three days and three nights secreted in a barn, with a quantity of provisions which he had provided, waiting for a favourable opportunity for committing his intended Crime, and that on each night he inspected the premises ; the aext is that, finding on the third night the occasion favourable, he effected an entrance into the house, and on reaching the•dining room he fancied he heard a noise, and perceived what appeared to be a man in front of him ; be at once aimed a tremendous blow at the man's head with his hammer, but to his astonishment, it was followed by a noise of broken glass—he having struck at his image in a looking glass ! This noise, however, did not awaken the aged couple, and when he had somewhat recovered from the emotion which the singular incident occasioned him, he went and murdered them.  Among the cases submitted yesterday to the Tribunal of Correctional Police was one which, though only a public house brawl, excited some degree of interest on account of the names of the persons who figured in it—Talma, Boileau, and Cochin ; the latter that of one of the most distinguished advocates the French bar can boast of, the others, as is known, of the actor and the poet ; and the interest was increased when Talma stated that the renowned tragedian was his great uncle, and that he himself occupied a subordinate place (not as actor) in the administration of the Theatre Franeais. The affair was this: Talma and Cochin a few nights back, after playing at cards in a publichouse kept by one Martin, 28, Rue de Valois, got into a quarrel about the payment of the score. A policeman heard the noise, and as the hour was past midnight he told Martin to shut up his house. Returning shortly after be heard the two men still quarrelling, and he repeated his order, but Martin flew into a rage and struck him. He (the officer) seized the man to take him to the lock-up; whereupon Talma interfered and struck him also. In consequence of this. Martin and Talma were accused of assaulting a police officer in the discharge of his duty ; and Boileau and Cochin, i who had been present, were called as witnesses. After investigating the circumstances, the Tribunal acquitted Talma, and fined Martin 25fr. As two police officers were yesterday morning passing along the Rue des Vinaigriers they perceived a young woman throw herself out of a window on the fifth floor of a house. They hurried to her, and finding that, though dreadfully injured, she was still alive, they placed her in a litter to convey her to the hospital ; but before they had gone far she died. and they accordingly took her body back to the house. From inquiries made, it appeared that the female, who is twenty-eighty ears of age, had for some time practised shoplifting, and, having been discovered, was about to be arrested ; and that she was so distracted at the idea that a young man, who was her lover, should know of her disgrace, that she determined to commit suicide. In the account which was given of the extraordinary affair in the Rue de la Fontaine-Alolfere --the cutting of the throat of a seryant girl_ntuuede  Personnet, as she was in bed asleep—it was stated ' that the crime appeared to have been committed to facilitate robbery, inasmuch as half a dozen silver spoons and forks had been taken away. But it struck the police that, as the girl was asleep, the robbery might have been perpetrated without attempting to murder her, and that, consequently, the crime must have had some other motive than that at first supposed. Their view has been confirmed by the discovery that not even the articles in question were stolen, they having been found in a sewer of the house. The affair consequently is enveloped in mystery ; and until light shall be thrown on it, the policy have:placed in custody the girl's master and mistress, and their nephew. These three persons, however, profess that they are innocent.  The Court of Assizes of the Aisne three days ago tried a band of ten persons, six men and four women, all relatives, for a vast number of robberies of turkeys, geese, cocks and hens, rabbits, vegetables, grain, agricultural implements, clothing, etc., etc., from farm buildings at Cilly, Froidemont, Sainte-Genevieve, Lugny, Erlon, Hary, Harcegny, and other places, committed during the last three years. The trial lasted a considerable time, owing to the number of robberies alleged against the accused being not fewer than 74, and it being necessary to ascertain from 70 witnesses their respective shares in each one, but the details of the affair presented no interest. It was, however, stated, as a proof of the extent of their depredations, that they had stolen not fewer than 394 cocks and hens. The  jury, to whom as many as 550 questions were put, acquitted four of the accused and convicted the others, who were consequently condemned to from two years' imprisonment to eight years' hard labour.