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KORTnUVBERLiND . PnOFOSKn Dikser to Sm R- Pjjsx . —A special , but private , meeting of the members of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce was held en M « nday , to consider the propriety of evincing their sense of the services rendered to his country by Sir R . Peel , an opportunity for such as expression offeeling being likely to arise in consequence of the right hon . baronet ' s visit to Wynyard , next week , to be present at the marriage of the Earl of Portariiagton and lady Alexandrina Vane .
DURHAM . SrjsnKHLiKD Shipbck , ok « TR « ffi .--By aparliaxfier . tarj paper , we find that the number of ships built in the port of Sunderland , and the amount of thtir tonnage wts in 1 S 4 S , SI skips , 20 . 353 tons ; in 1814 . 116 ships , 29 . 542 tons ; ii » 1845 . 139 ships , 38 . U 17 tons ; in lSiS , 151 ships , ^ . StST tons . It trill thus be seen that both as to number and tonnage . 1 S 46 nearly doubles 1843-MiBactJUH-s Escape . —On Sunday rnornin-r , as the train from the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway was starting from the Scotgwood station , two men imprudently jumped upon the steps of one of the carriages , and after riding over the bridge , one of them jumped off , and fell on the opposite line . Before , however , hecould recover himself another train from Blayton , came up , and the iron plough in front ofthe wheels swept him off the line , by which his life * a s fortunately preserved . The man immediately jpt np , and walked deliberately away .
IMSCiSHlBE . Repbesksiation of Wolvsuhamptos . —The Hon C . P . Viix-fiBS , who has had a double return—being efccled for South-Lancashire and Wolverhamptonhas addressed the constituency of the latter place , expressing his intention to abide by the decision of the Wolverhampton electors . They have accordingly jaet , but have eome te no definite determination ; leaving the question to be decided by a general meet ing of the electors , which will shortly be held . Mr Boebnck vie-ited- the town last week , and there seems every reason to believe that , should the electors decide on resigning Mr Viliiers to South-Lan--eashire , Mr Roeback will he the future member for "Wolverhampton .
TOKKSHTRE . Attempted Mubbers asd Suicim nr a Luxinc . —A few days ago , Joseph Robson , alunatie , confined ia the Uolbeck Workhouse , committed a murderens assault upon two aged paupers named Samuel Gibson and Thomas Cooper , inmates ofthe same place . It appears that Robson was not considered a dangerous lunatic , and although bis conduct upon vps or two occasions , when excited , had been rather riolenr , yet it was not thought necessary to remove Mm to an asylum . On the same day , be was placed in the * spinning room , ' and the two aged paupers , Gibson and Cooper , were appointed to watch over Mm , in order to prevent his setting fire to anything . Pvofesou appeared quiet , and after the old men had been with him some time , and apprehending no danger , they fell asleep in their chairs . Soon after the
lunatic seized a fire shovel in the room , and commenced a most murderous assault upon the sleeping men , inflicting a number of wounds of a frightful nature upon their heads and faces . Cooper , in projecting his head , reoeived a blow from the shovel open his right hand , the second finger of which was broken in so serious a manner that it had to be amputated at the lowest joint , and seme of the bones of the hand removed . Before Robson could he secured , he cut his throat—inflicting a frightful gash , and stabbed himself in several places in the breast and arms , with a knife that he had borrowed , before the attack , from Gibson . Assistance was procured as soon as possible , and the three men were removed to the Leeds Mrmary , and although the injuries they have received are of a very serious nature , it is sot expected that any of them will prove fatal—Leeds Mercury .
WJBBICKSBTBE . : Robbbbt . —A daring and atrocious robbery was committed last week at Birmingham , on the premises of Mr St Losky , a cigar merchant . Mr St Losky slept in the room immediately behind tha shop . He retired to rest about half-past ten o ' clock on Thursday night , and fell asleep . About one in the morning he was disturbed by a noise in tho shop , and on calling out was immediately seized by the throat by a man , whose figure he could discern by the feeble light which proceeded from the back window . Mr St Losky grappled with his antagonist , and bath fell to the floor . Both parties cried aloud -for assistance , when a companion of tbe burglar rendered aid . Mr St Losky , by strangulation and heavy blows inflicted on the head , was unable to offer any further resistance to the violence of his assailants . The miscreants , as it is supposed , conceiving murder was committed , and that the cries of Mr St Losky had aroused some of the neighbours , made
their escape through the back door . After seme time Mr St Losky was enabled to make his way to the front door , and the police , when all was over , "having arrived , the premises were searched . It was then ascertained that the burglars had packed up two carpet bags of cigars , ready for carrying off ; and that they had succeeded in possessing themselves of about £ 30 in cash , flth which for a time they had escaped . Mr St Lciky ' s person presented a frightful object . His head was dreadfully ent , and his night-Blurt saturated with blood . He was immediately conveyed to the hospital . It appears clear that the burglars were parties above the usual run of such characters . They left behind their cloth boots , of genteel make , French hats , one ef which was dressed with mourning crape , and two jackets , all of which were in excellent condition . Mr St Losky imagines he has several times seen the men in his shop , but the pob ' wbave not yet obtained sufficient clue for their apprehension .
Sisgclas Recovery op Md-set . —Upon the arrival of the 7 45 p . m . train from London at the Rugby station , on Tuesday night , the inspecting officer found a small carpet bag in one of the compartments of a carriage ; noticing that there appeared to be no cwnerforit the officer took charge ofthe bag , and nadeinqairiesatthe several carriages forming the train , whether it belonged to any . of the passengers , but no claimant appeared , and the bag was consequently opened in the presence of Mr Grew , the station-master , when , greatly to the astonishment of the officials , a packet of sovereigns was found amongst tha contents , amounting to £ 270 in value . Mr Grew immediately had the bag tied up , sealed , and deposited in the desk , where it remained till the
arrival of the 8 45 p . m . train , when a claimant appeared for the property , which was delivered into his bands upon his giving a description of the bag and its -contents . It appeared that the person to whom the property belonged had taken a ticket at the Boston Station , and had his bag placed in theseatinthe carriage where it was so fortunately found , but missing the train by some oversight he followed in the next , and was agreeably surprised at finding that the railway officials had taken better care of his . bag than he had himself . His gratitude , however , was not particularly overpowering , the only observation he made being ' It ' s all right , thank you ; had 1 lost it I should have been ruined ; ' after which he made bis exit .
Fatal RiawAT Accident . —An inquest was held on Saturday at the Railway Inn . Rugby , before Mr G . C . Greenway , on the body of G . Cousins , lately in -Hie employ of the Midland Railway Company . On Friday the deceased was standing on the footpiateofan engine which was moved along the rails between 30 and 40 yards , previous to shutting on to a side line . No one saw the deceased fall , but after the engine had been stopped , his body was found entangled among tho machinery , his head being between the connecting rod and the wheels , and his riglit arm and bsth legs between the spokes . There was a fracture on the head , his neck was dislocated , bis arm crushed , and both legs broken in two or three places . It was impossible to extricate him without putting the engine in motion , when the de--oeased fell from between the wheels . lie was quite dead , and was removed to Mr Dudley ' s , the Railway Inn . Some other evidence having been heard , the jury returned a verdict of accidental death .
hOrnSOHAMSHIttE . NornscHAM . — State op Tbake . — Misfortune presses very heavily upon Nottingham . The longcontinued depression of trade is producing its effects . "We are grieved to state that one of the first magnates in the towu , and several others who have been looked uponasmen of wealth and substance , are labouring under difficulties aud embarrassments , the issue of which , it ii feared , will involve many more in the whirlpool of insolvency . The events of the last few days have spread surprise iu many circles , aud will be most disastrous iu their effects . —NettUighaai Review .
BSRK 3 HTBE . AccroEST os the Gkeat Westsbs Railway . — Last week Jfr Henry Lenauer , a travelling jeweller , was hilled on this line under the following circumstances . He arrived at the Challow Marsh Bridge Crossing , at the time when the afternoon down express train from Paddington was coming at a rate of 80 miles an hour . Some persons who were standing near called cut to the deceased to stop until the train bad passed , but he took no notice , and attempted to crpjs the r ails . In an instant the engine caught him , aim his body was hurled ta a distance , and falling on the ' rails tiie wholo train passed over him . He was
Iite *& y cat to pieces , and tho fragments were scattercfl in all directions . Oa the train reaching the Pawingdon-TO-aA station the engine-driver gave information to Mr Siavcn , the superintendent of that station , who imta . ;" jiately prooocded with a pilot eggge is the sr-ot , asd , collecting the remains , con--iff-erf them back to tae station . The deceased carlied a box oa his back , which contained upwards of £ 800 worth of jewellery . At tha Inquest , it was proved by a respectable fann * r , who had bought a watch ofthe deceased ouly an hoar before his death , that he was perfectly sober ; and the engine-driver stated he saw the deceased some distance from the Crossing , when be opened the alarm whistle , and did
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all he could to prevent the accident , hut it was impossible to stop the train in time . The jury returned the following verdict : — ' We say that the deceased met with his death by being struck by the engine of an express train , whilecrossing the railway , and that no blame whatever attaches to the driver of the engine . We arc , however , of opinion that tbe Great Western Railway Company ought to station a policeman at the gate where the accident happened , there being a public road across the line for both carriages and horses /
REST . A Thieves' Trick . —A market gardener , named Amos , living at Gravesend , was last week robbed of between £ 40 and £ 50 under the following circumstances : — 'Two well-dressed men had called at his shop under various pretences , and , on the day of the robbery , they looked in during his absence , and begged to be allowed to write a letter . Mrs Amos showed them into a parlour adjoining the sittingriom , where they stayed a short time . Just as they were leaving , the servant told her mistress the drawer in the bedroom was open . Mrs Amos ,
knowing that to be the depositary ofthe cash , ran to the room and found a bunch of skeleton keys , with which the visitors had unlocked the drawer , and of course , the eash had vanished . The thieves , who are supposed to be the same parties who stole a large sum of money from a public-house in the neighbourhood , got clear off , although the police were instantly on the spot . Eoipiiah Wheat . —A gram of wheat , taken from au Egyptian mummy , having been sown this year in the garden of Mr Cutbush , of the Gazette ^ Office , Maidstone , has produced no loss than sixty-six
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SUSSEX . Mobe Suffocation ot Fokl Air . —Last week the neighbourhood of Russell-street , Brighton , was alarmed by the report that two men were suffocated whilst removing some night soil . The report proved to be too true , and the two unfortunate persons , whose names were Good and Smart , were taken out of the soil quite dead . A third person was dragged out in a state of unconsciousness , and a moment more would have been fatal to him , hut he has recovered . The deceased have each left a wife and family , who were entirely dependent upon them for support . Wert like a Whale . —As a man , named Jeffries , was poaching fish in Sidlesham mill-pond , he attempted to pull a sole through the meshes of the net with his teeth , when the fish darted into his mouth and throat , and before assistance could be rendered he was a corpse . Verdict 'Accident death . '
I SlGKB OF THE TlMES , JbHSY . Lnt » AT BbiGHTOK . — The * Swedish' nightingale sang on Monday at a concert given by Mr Wright at the Town-hall . Onethird of the large room was appropriated for reserved seats at two guineas each , one-third at a guinea and a half , and the remainder at one guinea . The room was completely filled , and the concert must have realised about 1 , 000 guineas . An adjoining room , from which scarcely a sight ofthe orchestra could be obtained , was nearly filled by 300 persons , at a reduced price . Persons from London , Chichester , Hythe , Portsmouth , Sandgate , Ryde , Cowes , Erith , Bedford , and even from Dieppe , were present at the concert .
HAMPSHIRE . MlsrOMUNKS KBV 8 R OOME SINGLE . —As the Earl of Wilton and a party of his lordship ' s friends were coming up the Sclent , on their way to Cowes from a short cruise , owing to some cause not yet well understood , his splendid yacht ,. the Xarifa , ran on a ledge of rocks near Sconce Point . Fortunately it is calm weather , or her chances of recovery would be small . Returning home to Cowes by land , mishaps still pursued the noble cari as his carriage was overturned , and himself and friends thrown out . No serious injury was sustained by any individual ofthe party , which included the Countess of Wilton , the Marchioness of Aylesbury , Lady Chesterford , the Marquis of Aylesbury , and Lord Stanhope . SOJiESSBTSHHVE .
Stopping a Railway Tbaht . —As the down tram leaving Bath at 2 50 p . m ., was proceeding towards Bristol hut week , two men standing on a bank on tbe side ofthe line , a short distance from the Twerton tunnel , hailed the engine driver by . waving a red handkerchief on the top of a stick . The red colour being used as a dangerous signal on tbe railway , the driver immediately reversed the engine , thinking he was likely to meet with some obstacle by proceeding further ; and , having stepped the train , gave information to the guard of the circumstance . The guard accordingly asked the parties what they meant by the interruption ; when osc of them said they bad no money , and wanted a lift te Bristol . Being now awake to the hoax , the guard humoured their object
by giving them a seat in his own box , at the same time mentally regarding them as having , by their conduct , forfeited 'the liberty of the subject . ' and become his prisoner passengers , while they , in happy ignorance , congratulated themselves on their cheap trip . On the ' arrival of the train at the Bristol station , they were handed over to thecare of Burton , police superintendent of tbe line , and brought before the magistrates on a charge of infringing a clause in the company ' s act of parliament , whereby they had rendered themselves liable to a penalty . One of them is an Irishman , named Quasick , and the other is named Thomas . Evidence to the above effect having been given , they were each fined 40 s . and costs , and in default of payment committed for one month each .
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• fiMXBUBOH- ; , Tha National Association for Excise Reform hav . ing been charged with meditating' the repeal of the duties which areat present levied on articles of home produce , ' have issued a declaration denying that this is their object , and asserting that their efforts , as originally announced , are to be directed to ' the attaining of complete freedom for all excise traders ( with a due regard to the collection of the revenue , ) so that those whose trades and occupations are at present fettered by the excise laws , may carry on their business as free from government interference as their brother traders who are not subject to excise restrictions at all . '
Monster railway trips are at present the order of the day . Another cheap excursion to London is to be made in a few weeks , and for the gratification of the Londoners , arrangements are said to have commenced for a Scotch tour , which is to include the original Highland route ofthe Queen . Some complaints have been made ns to tbe large balance in hand of the Edinburgh section of the Highland Relief Committee . Lately it was £ 85 , 000 , mit that included seme sums not remitted ; by last return tho balance in bank was £ 45000 .
. Potato Chop ra Scotusb . —Although the present appearance of this crop is healthy , and promises an abundant return , there is still so much uncertainty as to the ultimatesoundaessof the root , thatlhitherto few sales have been effected , or , indeed , have been offered to the public . At a roup of growing crop near Methven , last week , a trial was made of one field , and the result showed that confidence predominates over apprehension , for the whole was sold off , and brought from £ 25 to £ 27 per acre . This fully exceeds the price of 1845 , which was the highest ever
known here . There are , unfortunately , but few who will benefit by it ,-as , on most farms , the breadth planted does not exceed five acres . In several cases tbe farmer has divided the risk with the speculator ; the one supplying the manure and the labour , and tbe other tbe seed ; and halving the net proceeds . There are two exceptions to this characteristic caution on the part ofthe agriculturists in this quarter —one in Strathmore , who has forty acres under potato crop at his own risk , and ant-ther in the Carse , with nearly Bttv . —Perthshire Courier .
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DCBUN . EtorEMESf—Within tho last week considerable excitement was caused in fashionable circles in the city , in consequence of the elopement of a yonng married lad ? with an officer belonging to an infantry Mgitaect stationed in Dublin . The names of the parties , to prevent further pain on such a subject , are for the present withheld . The injured husband is the son of a lady whose poetic talents have given her name a high place in English literature . It is said that up to a recent period the parties lived on the most affectionate terms ; but that as tho lady seemed
to have a particular liking for the' red coat , ' several billets were exchanged , interviews took place , and tbe lady ( so report goes ) , in the absence of her husband , spent a good deal of her time in the officer ' s company . A few days since she eloped with him-the affair soon became known , and it is said the injured husband , by the advice of his friends , has not as yet decided on taking any step iu the matter . The whereabouts of the fugitives is not at present spoken of . The lady , who resided in a fashionable street at the north side of the city , is described as' young and very handsome . ' It was whispered yesterday that next term may reveal something regarding this unpleasant affair . Repeal Associa-iios—The weekly meeting of the Association was held on Monday . Mr J . A . O'Reili ( the unsuccessful candidate for Kildare ) presided .
The chairman , in an address of considerable length , vindicated his character from the aspersions which had been cast upon it during the recent election , and attributed his defeat to tho alliance of the Whigs with the Tories of tho county , combined with intimidation , which had been extensively practised . Mr J . P . Somers , M . P ., Rev . G . Doyl e * P . P ., and others having addressed the meeting , Mr John Reynolds , M . P ., addressed the meejtins at some length , and handled rather strongly Mr Gregory ' s want of punctuality in paying- the Sheriff his share of the expenses , whilst he insisted ( through his agent ) in that functionary notrputting him ( llr Reynolds ) in nomination till he lodged his share of the contingent . Mr John O'Connell unviug addressed the meeting at iome length , the rent for the week [ was announced tote £ 52 . .. _ . .
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THE COtJNTT OF HMBRICK EtEOWON . A letter from Mr Smith O' Brien has been received in Limerick , announcing his determination to accept the honour which had been conferred on him in his absence , and take hia seat in the House of Gammons on the opening ofthe new Parliament . PiBAcr . —A party of men contrived to board a trading vessel off Achill-head , and were in the act of plundering her , when surprised by her Majesty ' s steamer the Dasher . The plunderers were , of course , ordered to desist , when , instead of complying , a piece of iron was flung by ono of tham , which knocked off the cap of a pistol in the hands of an officer belonging te the Dasher . The marines then fired , aud we understand that one man was shot dead , ono wounded , and five made prisoners , — Tyrawky Herald .
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Sekwho a Threatening Letter . —Henry Joseph Iullerby , 18 , compositor , was indicted for feloniously sending a letter , threatening to murder Elizabeth Spriggs . The prisoner was tried in this court about eighteen months ago upon a charge of feloniously attempting to administer poison to a person named Cfouter , by sending a quantity of oxalic acid in a letter to her , and upon that occasion it appeared that a _ great deal of alarm and excitement had been excited in Southwark , iu consequence of a number of letters , all containing poison , having beensent to other persons . Upon that occasion the prisoner was convicted and sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment , and itappeared that veryseon after he obtained hi * liberty he sent
a letter to the mother of the prosecutor , in which he made a distinct declaration that he would murder her daughter , and that she should be in her grave before two months expired . When the prisoner was apprehended , he admitted having written the letter , but said he did not mean any harm . . The dafence set up for the prisoner was the same as on the former occasion , that his mind had been perverted by reading romances and extravagant tales published in some of the cheap periodicals , and that he was merely desirous of being considered a hero , or at all events a very extraordinary person , and that he was not actuated by any real intention to injure the prosecutrix . The jury found the prisoner Guilty . The Recorder said that be considered this a very proper case to carry into effect the provisions of the act of parliament passed in the last session , which gave the court the
power to inflict a punishment of a particular kind , which bad been found very effectual in repressing another offence that had caused great public excitement , for offences of this description . It was all very well for the prisoner to say that he did not really intend to hurt the prosecutrix , but there could be no doubt that the receipt of such a letter was calculated to occasion great terror and alarm , particularly when it was recollected that the prisoner had not scrupled to make use of a deadly poison upon another occasion , and it was very necessary that such proceedings should be put a stop to . He then sentenced the prisoner to be kept to hard labour for twelve months , and during that period to be once publicly whipped . Though ho might have fancied he had acted like a hero , he would find all his heroism end in a whipping at the cart ' s tail .
Rcbbert at Moses and Sons ' . —James Barryraore , 28 , once in the police force , and Mary Ann Barrymore , his sister , were jointly indicted , the former for stealing , and the other for receiving as stolen , 50 waistcoats , 50 silk handkerchiefs , and other goods , the property of Messrs Moses , tailors , to whom the male prisoner was servant . The male prisoner pleaded guilty , and was sentenced to seven years ' transportation ; the female was acquitted . Kobbkrt at Lord Harrinoton ' s . —Matthew Roach and Wm . Wiltshire , were indicted for stealing a gold watch , five candlesticks , and a quantity of plate , value nearly £ 100 , the property of the Earl of Harrington ,
m his dwelling house . The commission of tbe robbei y on the 12 th ult . was proved , and it was shown that on the same day the prisoners were employed as sweeps in the house in Whitehall-gardens . The defence was rested upon the question of identity , which the jury decided against the prisoners . The court passed upon each a sentence of seven years' transportation . Wilt * shire most solemnly protested his innocence . He utterly denied all knowledge of the transaction , lie refused to be removed from the dock , and so great was the resistancehe offered , that it required fourturnkeys to carry him away ; his cries were heard from one end of Newgate to the other .
Thbeatexiko Letters , with Intent to Extort MexET . —Jehu King , 44 , was Indicted for feloniously delivering to Eliza Lynn a letter , demanding money with menaces . The prosecutrix was a young lady of high respectability , and in the course of literary pursuits , she was a visitor at the reading room of the British Museum , where the prisoner was engaged in a subordinate situation , and on the 11 th of August , as she was entering the reading room , the prisoner handed her a letter , which contained insinuations of a most offensive and disgraceful character , and demanded £ 5 as the price of his refraining from making the circumstances alluded to known to her friends . The prosecutrix indignantly treated the proposition , and immediately communicated the circumstance to
the authorities of the museum anr to her friends . — Mr Ballantiae , ia addressing Use jury for the prisoner , admitted the utter groundlessness of the insinuations suggested against the character of Miss Lynn , and said he had no doubt that she was a young lady of high character , and deserved and enjoyed the esteem and respect ot all who knew her ; but he submitted to the jury that the specific charges , or rather insinuations , contained in the letter did not amount to the offence contemplated by tbe statute . — The Recorder summed up the case , and the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Guilty . — The learned Judge , in passing sentence , remarked upon the enormity ofthe prisoner ' s conduct in attacking a respectable young lady in such a base and
unmanly manner , and said the prosecutrix deserved great credit for her firmness in taking the necessary steps to have the matter investigated . He then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for seven years . Assault and Attempted Robbery . — Charles Rollins , 22 , was indicted for assaulting Myers Levi , with intent to rob him . On the 4 th August the prisoner went into the shop of Mr Jacobson , a jeweller , in Oxford-street , and wished the prosecutor , who wasthe shopman , to bring some gold watches to the Boar and Castle Inn to show to his father . Tho prosecutor , accordingly accompanied him , and the prisoner asked him to go to the room where he said his father was , and , as they were going ^ through the xloor , ihe prisoner struck him three violent blows on
the head with a life-preserver , and at the same instatt endeavoured to snatch the watches from him . The prosecutor , however , prevented him from doing so , and called out ' Murder , ' and seized hold ofthe prisoner , who was eventually secured . It appeared that on the same morning the prisoner had gone to the Boar and Castle , and engaged two rooms , one for himself , and another for a friend , and ho than went out and returned with tho prosecutor , the wholt proceeding beini , ' evidently a deliberate plan ef robbery and violence : The prisoner , in answer to the charge , said he was nearly frantic at the time from distress an- ! disappointment , and he did not know what he did . He was found guilty , and sentenced to be transported for fifteen years .
Highway Robbery . —John Gliason was indicted for a robbery on Sarah Barnes , and taking from her person on tun public highway a purso containing a £ 5 note , a cheque for £ 9 and some gold and stiver coins . The robbery took place ia the Walwovthroad , absut eleven o ' clock on tbe evening ofthe 13 th of July . Three men were concerned , but they all got away . Next morning , as soon as the doors were open , the prisoner presented the cheque at Messrs Weston and Young ' s Bank , in tbe Borough ; and Mrs Barnes being there recognised him as ono of the robbers , and he was given into custody . Before the magistrate , the prisoner adduced evidence to establish an alibi , and tho magistrate dismissed the charge . The oiosecuira thereupon preferred a bill
before the grand jury at the Old Bailey , and on its being found , tho prisoner was arrested . —Mr Parry very ably addressed the jury on behalf of tho prisoner , and said that his client had actually received the cheque in payment of a debt , and he ( prisoner ) had given the balance in cash . He contended that Mrs Barnes might be mistaken as to the person of the prisoner . The evidence to prove the alibi was then given . Several persons swore that from 10 o ' clock till 12 on the night in question tbe . prisoner was at a beer-shop , some distance from the spot where Mrs Barnes was robbed . Several persons ( one of whom came from Bath on purpose ) gave tbe prisoner a very good character , lie was the keeper of a coffee-shop in Tower-street , Borough . —The Common Serjeant put it to the jury whether they could believe the prisoner ' s witnesses iu preference to the positive manner in which Mrs Barnes swore to tho prisoner's person . Tho jury found the
prisoner aunty . bentence , seven years transportation . Fatal Affray . —On Monday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr William Baker , at the union Flag public-house , Whitechapel ^ respecting the death of William Currey , a < rcd sixty-one years , a tailor , who died on Saturday , from injuries received in an affray with a man unknown . From the evidence of Thomas- Peer , a bookbinder , it appeared that on the 7 th instant deceased was walking down Osborn-street , Whitechapel , when a man dressed like a cowkeeper , contrived to fasten a quarrel upon him , and while so engaged , several more came up , and attempted to rob him . Deceased resisted , and in the scuffle was struck and thrown heavily to the ground . He died on tho following Saturday , and the medical witness stated that death was caused by extravasation of blosd » n the brain , produced by external injuries . The inquiry was adjourned fur the purpose of affoiamg the police ntt opportunity oi" discovering the ruffians .
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The King of Sweden has convoked the diet ef that kingdom for the 15 th of November , and a bill k 1 the reform of the national representation will be th efirst measure submitted to it . There has been this year an exhibition of paiatinga at Hobart Town , ¦ b
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of ^ S ND DB m 3 LIN BY HER HUSBAND . .., - . The details of this ^ trag , ^ J ™ » orablertt « eurs to wh cb i . has B £ " ' wa , decolumns of all the Pans journals . Wfl ™ ' . ,.. oted to the examination of the y ^' ,. % 1 , ™ state of the corpse ; to the seUure of articl" Utajy to lead to tbe discovery of the criminal ; to » W «™" , tu hotel , and particularly in the apartment of tb Dukede Praslia ; and to the exaininatum tw - ^^ men of hi . person . Thursday the ennmatton •»•««• snmed . wbiUt the embalmment of the body took phc » , under tbe direction of M , Grannal . Two ol the olertf ofthe church of Madeleine had prayed by the corpse all officers
niuht From the very first moment at which the of ius ' tlce arrived in the hotel , a very grave fact was noticed The apartments occupied by the duke and duchess are situated on the ground floor ; by on ante , chamber opening on the flight of steps , there is a com . munieationatthe left with the boudoir , then with the duchess ' s bedroom ; at the . right a little room precedes the bedroom ofthe duke , which touches the walls ofthe Btysce Bourbon . In examining tha floor it was discovered that a bloody trace marked the passage from the bedroom of the duchess to that of tbe duke . At the same time there was received ' the testimony of a domestic who attracted by the cries ofthe femme-decliambre , had after useless efforts to open tho door of the duchess's b-droom , gone round the hotel in order to attempt to arrive in time to render assistance to his unat of the windows
fortunate mistress , by entering one openingonthe garden . The domestic declared that at the moment at which he arrived in the garden , he perceived amanef the height and appearance of the duke , who , hearing the noise of Ms footsteps , withdraw suddenly Into the interior of the bedroom , abruptly quitting one of the windows which he had just opened , in order , without doubt , to make it be believed that it was by that issue that tbe murderer bad obtained entrance . Among the objects found in the chamber , in which everything , as we have said , was in disorder , was a pistol loaded with balls , and bearing a percussion cap . This pistol , wblcl i has been recognised as belonging to the Duke de Praslin , was not only staked with tha blood into which it had fallen , but it bore on the butt-end fragments of flesh , and on the face and skull of the victim there was found the trace of blows which retained the marks of the arabesques
and hollow chisellings which had been executed by the workmen . In presence of such indications , orders were obliged to be given , that the Duke de Praslin should be kept in view , and the magistrates , after receiving from him bis declaration as information , addressed questions to him of which tbe form and gravity were of a nature to make hlro understand that it was henceforth not merely as a witness that he was called on for explanations . At the same time a perquisition was made in a private loflging , where papers calculated to establish grave charges were seized , and where it was at the same time discovered that papers and objects of which the ntture could not he recognised bad been quite recently destroyed by fire . Oa the clothes which ihe duke wore there were numerous stains of blood , which , however , ho said he bad received in his contact with the body ot tho unhappy duchess , which he had
pressed In his arms ou arriving iu her apartment at tbe moment of the discovery of the crime . It was also established that tho hair found between the fingers of the duchess , and in the poolof blood iu which her bod ; lay , was precisely ofthe g ame colour and the same length as that of her husband . Tbe attitude of the duke during these painful investigations of justice presented , it is stated , a singular contrast with what it ordinarily was . Small in stature , nervous , energetic , proud , and of ex . treme irascibility , he could not till thea support a contradlttion , and would have - considered a question an offence ; but now he was oast down , depressed , and un . able to find a word to protest against the horrible suspicion which seemed to rest upon him . The material facts once ascertained , It" remained to seek what cause could have drawn into crime tbe man who seemed to be designated as the author of it by so many horrible circumstances : It was ascertained that relations of
culpable intimacy existed between mm aud a young lady , MdUe . deLusy , who , after having oscupied during six years the situation of governess of the young children of the Duchess de Praslin , had about a month ago , been dismissed by the duchess after some rather violent scenes , which , however , did not prevent the duchess from giving her a pension for life , A summons to appear was issued agilust this lady , who is aged 29 , and who silica loavlur ' -he Hotel Sebastianl had placed herself ia a young ladies' school . It was ascertained from the declarations of the-Duke de Praslin himself , that on arriving from bis country seat , with tbe duchess , who oame in the same carriage with him , he had gone to pay a visit to MdUe deLuzy , before entering his hotel . It was consequently important to examine her without
delay , but tbe commissary of poll « e , to whom the summoos was entrusted , did not find her at her residence , and it was only a little later that he succeeded in finding her at tho residence of one of her friends ia the Rue de la Chaussesd'Aotin , When brought before the magistrates she underwent along interro ; atory , at the end of which she wa « conveyed to the Conciergerie , and placed in secret confinement . As to the Duke de Praslin , he hasboen , since the moment at which the crime was discovered , kept confined in his bed-chamber ,-and , according to the orders of the prefect oi police , the chief of the secret police has not left him for an instant , The Duke de Praslin has fallen into such a state of prostration , that such serious fears wore felt respecting his health as
to cause his medical attendant , M . Louis , to be sent for , who , among other things , prescribed him a bath . In the investigation it was ascertained that the duke must have placed himself in bed , although he was completely dressed at tbe moment at which he arrived after the door ofthe duchess ' s bed-chamber had been broken open by the domestics . His bed , in fact , was in disorder . In spitflofnll the search that has been made , it baa been impouibla . up to this moment , to discover the sharp Instrument with which the wounds of the duchess were inflicted .. In the drawer of a bureau , in a cabinet adjoining tbe bedroom of the duke , was found the handle of a poniard , stained with blood , tbe blade of which appeared to have keen broken off in the struggle .
On being interrogated as to his being in possession of this fragment of a weapon of which ho had evidently made use , the Duke declared that he could not give any explanation ofthe circumstance . The Duke de Praslin was removed from the Hotel Sebastian ! to the prison of the LuKcmbourg very early on Saturday morning . He was in a private carriage , accompanied by the chief of tbe police de surete , followed by two hackaey coaches , in which were the cramming magistrates and the commissaries of police . It is stated that the duke , before his removal , confessed his guilt to a relation of the famil y . A couteau deefcasse , with which the murder is supposed to have been comtnltted , aud several napkins , have been found In a cess , pool .
After bis removal to prison , he attempted to commit suicide , but failed . The viols were found in his bedroom , one containing nitric acid , another a white potvder which has not yet been analysed . and tho third had contained the laudanum swallowed by the duke in the hope of putting an end to his existence .. Every means are bow taken to prevent a recurrence of theso attempts . The agents of the police never leave the room where the duke is confined . Ho is still la a very dangerous state in consequence of the laudanum . The Presse says : —
'By the side ofthe duke was a pistol loaded with ball ; but no one knows for what object it was charged , or if he intended usln j it against his wife . In this last hypothesis , ho did not dare to do so , on account ofthe noise Of the report . He certainly struck his wife with tbe but-end , to finish her , as has been proved . When interrogated on tbe point , he rep lied that lie desired to defend his wife against a mutderer -, but on its being represented to him that there was no trace left ofthe flight of this mys . terloas murderar , he remained silent , and hid his head In his hands . Tbe duke is embarrassed to explain away the scratches which are perceptible on his right band , as well as the contusion on the leg . It is generally believed that , as the duchess was able to ring , she was nr « siruuh iu bar ! , during her sleep , but that it was after
she had quitted the bea A at tho decisive blows were given . The hairs left in tho h 9 uo » 0 f the victim or fallen in the snuggle , v » ere brought together by u . Orfila . At first it was supposed that the hair in tbe duchess ' s hand , and those ou the ground , fixed to the floor by the dried blood , wereol a different colour , but when M . Orfila bad washed tbem , it was evident that they belonged to the same person and tbe idea of different persons being engaged ia tlu nutter was laid aside . This hair , besides , ia altogether similar to that of the husband , Some water tinged with blood was found in a basin . The interrogatory of the duke has as jet furnished no information respecting tho crime . He declares that he knows nothing of the guilty party . The governess is . of Italian origin , aud belongs to a noble
family . Her name is De Luzzt ( Laure ) , and not D * Luzy . She Is still kept apart at the Conciergerie . She allows that she was much moved and annoyed at being obliged to quit tho duke ' s family , and separated from tbeyoung ladles whose education she bad superintended . She explains in this way the language of a letter written by her to the Duke de Praslin , and seized amongst his papers , What is certain Is , that tbe duchess took offence at the intercourse subsisting between tbe governess and him , and without a high intervention wouli * . have demanded a regular separation . Tbe duke , yielding to prudent advice , consented to the governess being sent away j and the duchess , in acknowledgement of this concession , settled on her a pension for life . It Is said that some ofthe royal family interfered recently to reconcile the
duke and duchess . The King , tbe Queen , and particularly Madame Adelaide , had a great nffectlon for the duchess . The duke , who had bee » an intimate friend of tho Duke of Orleans , was intimate also with the Duke de Nemours , who invited him to all his hunting excur . sious . They thought the duke and duchess reconciled since Mddle de Luzzi ' s departure . Marshal Sebastian ! , it is said , Intended to sot out for Gorsica only when assured that his daughter was reconciled to her husband . The rumour prevails that letters have been seized at Luzzi ' s which prove her inno ; nee over tho duke and tbeir illicit intercourse . It is difficult to suppose that she is not compromised in the dreadful charge hanging over the duke . It is also said that a warrant was issued against another mistress , of the duke ' s , residing in the Raa do Varenncs , but who was not found at her residence >
La Paine gives the following as the probable facts ol the case;—During the morning of the 18 th , thesagaoitj of the police having onw datexmiaed upon whom iusJv argil
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clous were to fall , they lu a measure evoked the tragical scene that had taken place between four and five o clock ; and , the apartment having been examined , it is sup . posed , from the traces of blood , the state of the furniture , and the direction and shape of the wounds , thatthe tragical event . was perpetrated as follows : — The Duchess ' s bed-chambor was lit by a faint night-lamp . The murderer entered quietly , and , armed with a knife , he reached the . bed where the Duchess was lying half asleep . Tbe first blow was thus directed to the neck of the victim , who instantly put her hands to her neck . The murderer thea repeated the stroke , and the instrument inflicted a wound on the little finger of Madame de Praslln ' s right hand , He continued ; Madame de Praslin sprang from her bed , half fainting , and
attempted to seize the bell rope , which she . could not at first reach , and two marks of a bloody band are impressed on the hangings of the wall near the bell-rope . At last shfl managed to ring the bell . The monster then , seeing that his blows had failed to produce immediate death , repeated them with savage ferocity ; a struggle , hand to hand , took place between him aud his unfortunate wife , who was strong , and whose strength mast have been considerably increased by despair , and the last thoughts of her father , her children , and ofthe life that she would not readily part with . She > hnw down furni . ture to make a noise , she opposed to the blows , when tho
ruffian struck at hazard , several objects which bear traces of the weapon ; and finally , overcome by such violent efforts , she slipped and frll In her blood under the last blows of her mutderer , whoso weapon had broken in the struggle , and who despatched bis victim by striking her with tkestoclc of a pistol . At this moment , probably , a knock was heard at the door , and Madame de Praslin uttered the groan which preceded the rattles of death , When the servants entered , tho Duchess was no longer able to speak or make any signs ; but her eyes were still open , staring , and wild . She was conveyed to her bed ; but life was rapidly sinking , and the consciousness of what was taking place about her appeared to
have completely vanished . The Duke de Ghoiseul-Prailfn , whose name at this moment excites so sad a sensation , is the chief of the third branch of the ducal house of Choiseul , and the only momber of it remaining—the last Duke de Clio-ism ! of the second branch , who died when governor of the Louvre , having left no male issue . The Duke de Praslia was born iu 1801 , and is consequently in hfs 43 rd year . In 1825 , he married Panny , daughter of Horace Sebastiani , now marshal of France , aad of Antoinette Frangaiso Jeanne de Colgny , who died young , and who was the
cousin of the jeune captive immortalised by the poet Andre Chenier , By this marriage there are nine children—viz ., six daughters and three sons . He is the owner of the chateau aud grounds of "faux , near Melun , where he is said to have expended two millions of francs in repairs and embellishments , restoring it to its magni . licence in the time of its former owner , Fouquet , The late duchess was cherished by the poor of the environs of Vaux , for her active and extensive benevolence . She was born at Constantinople during the residence other father in that city as ambassador from the Court of France .
She 'did the honours' when her father , Marshal Sebastiani , was ambassador to the Court of London . Madame do Praslin was his only child , and the coosolation of his old age : She was the pride of her father , by the qualities which so eminently distinguished her , and by the virtues which made her so highly respected in the highest circles , whilst ber charity caused her to be blessed by the wretched . By the laws of France , peers can only be tried by their peers . The ordinance convoking the Chamber for that purpose , has been issued by the king , and all the preliminaries to a trial ore in progress , Tbe subjoined details ofthe attempt of the duke to commit suicide , the circumstances connected with bis removal to prison , < fcc „ will be read with interest . They are from the Gazettes des JriSunatu ::
—It is not known at what moment and in what manner he was able to make the attempt , but it appears that by the side of a pbial , which contained nitric acid , tbero was found one which contained the laudanum . As socn as the first symptoms appeared , tbe most active measures were resorted to , and the strongest antidotes administered , and the most dangerous i-ff-. cta of the laudanum were thus paralysed , without being completely neutralised . Frequent vomitings took place , and M . de Praslia remained under tbe influence of a kind of stupor to which perhaps may be attributed the silent and dejected attitude which be preserved when under examination by the magistrates . The remedies applied by the medical men having somewhat restored tbe strength of tbe Duke de Praaliu , it was thought that he might be removed from
bis hotel . The royal ordonnance for convoVing the Court of Peers , having moreover reached Paris , ' Chancellor Pasquier , in order to put an end to a state of things which , although conformable to former precedents of tbe court , was not the less equivocal , of a peer , not under arrest , but yet gardea vue , determined to issue a warrant for the removal of the duke . 0 » Saturday morning at four o ' clock , one of the ushers of the Chambsr of Peers repaired to tho Hotel Sebastiani with his warrant ; he was accompanied by Dr Andral , physician to the Chamber , who had several times during the last three days visited the duke , at the request of the Chancellor , to ascertain his state of health . The usher having been introduced into the room where the Duke de Praslin vim In bed , Dr Andral , finding that the vomitings had ceased ,
ana although the patient was still in a state of great prostration , he might be removed without danger , informed him ofthe warrant that bad been issued , and of tk « Court of Peers having been convoked . Tha duke received tbe communication without uttering a word , but made an effort to sit up in his bed , as if to indicate that be was ready to obey the injunctions of justice . His valet having dressed him , he was supported down stairs by two persons to . the carriage of the Duke Dtca 2 cs , which was in waiting , and assisted into it . M , Elouiu , chief of the municipal police , Dr Andral , and the valet went in the carriage with the duke , M . Allard , chief of the police de surete , MM . Bruzelin and Pruy , commissaries of police , the usher of the Chamber , and four of the agents who bad been stationed in the hotel from the d : > y of the
murder , followed in two other carriages . The carriages proceeded at a very slow pace , in consequence of the state of the duke . The streets along which they passed were guarded by pihce officers charged to prevent any obstacle or impediment , whilst a body of sergeus de vilie , under the direction of an officer , followed at » certain distance . The passage from the Hotel Sebastiani to tbe Palace of tbe Luxembourg was made in about an hour , following the quoys and tbe streets , which were nearly deserted , or only peopled by workman proceeding to their daily labour , a » 3 who perhaps little imagined that the carriages which passed in that slow and solemn pace , were conveying to prison a duke and a peer accused of the crime of murder . At six o'clock the carriage stopped in the Itue de Viiueirard , before the prison ofthe Court of Peers ,
During tho passage the duke , whoso countenance was violently contracted and of deadly paleness , had not spoken a word . On being asked to alight , he found himself so weak that It was necessary to carry him to tbe chamber which had been prepared for bim , and which is the same that was occupied by General Cubcircs and M . Pellapra . He was immediately put to bed b y his valet , who was permitted to remain with him for a short time . During Friday and Saturday Mademoiselle de Luzy , who Is still detained at the Conciergerie , underwent further examinations by the magistrates , during which she protested with energy that no improper connection had existed between her and th < s duke . It has been erro ncously stated in several journals that she is an Englishwoman . She was born in Paris , and the name of Luzy , which had induced many journals to consider her as of noble C «) rsican or Italian origin , appears not to be her
real , or at hast not her only name . She is in reality called Laure Desportcs ; she is 29 years of age ; her appearance is most . elegant , her hair is light , aud fails in graceful ringlets over her face , adding to the expression of mildness of her features , which arc remarkably beautiful . Her cultivated mind , her character , her superiority as a governess as a painter , and a musician , bad , it is said , acquired for her white in the family of the Duke do Praslin a confidential position , at the same time that she bad won the affectioa of the children whose education she superintended . During her different examinations sbe has always replied with perfect frankness and eonvenance . It appears that she is not to bo removed to the prison of the Luxembourg . It is said that the medical men who have been appointed to report oa the state of tho body of the unfortunate Duehess do Praslin have tound nearly thirty wounds or contusions .
The following precise detail * from tbe Presse Agricole , are written by a person evidently well aequotuted with the localities , and contain some statements that are obviously cjDJectura ] , and many additional facts : — On arriving at bis hotel , tbo Dulte de Praslin went with bAstwadattgh-vMS to . pay a visit to Mademoiselle de Luzy , who complained bitterly of having been dismissed ; and a few days before the catastrophe she read to the young ladies a letter , in which she stated her feelings of regret at being separatedfroin ber dear children , as she called them . Tho duchess , on hearing of this visit of her husband with her daughters , expressed her high disapprobation , At eleven o ' clock silence pervaded the hotel , and nothing iaterrupted it till half . past four in the morning .
Why did the author of the crime await tbe dawn ? It is explained as follows - . —It appears that every night a person employed to clean the apartments and keep them in order , o trustworthy person , sleeps ia one of tho antechambers . A bell of largo dimensions is in connection with this room . largo enough to arouse tho whole house if sounded , ' This man used toh-ave tho hotel every day at day-break . As soon as ho was gone tho murderer entered the apartment of the duchess . She was asleep ; tho first stab was aimed at tbe heart but the blow missed and struck too low . The duchess immediately pulled tho bell . ropo , which sounded the boll m tho sloping room of hwfmme de ehambre . The latter perceiving that it was dajlight . putoii all her clothes he !
fore answering the summons . Meantime the murderer was completing the bloody deed . The first movement of the duchess was to rush towards a door wuicb . opens fromhor -alcove / intothe other apartments ; that door was probably fastened . Marks of blood show tho efforts made by tho duchess to burst it open . A little bejotid there are marks of Wood on some furniture . Tba-duchess then , still avoiding tha Mows oi the assassin , rushed towards tho chimney-piece , where sbe pulled the bell for her waiting woman , as also tho boll communicating with tbe antechamber . The latter bell aroused one ofthe men servants , who , hostily slipping on some of his clothes , rushed towards the sleeping room ofthe duchoss and heord her cries . The waiting woman , every night before retiring to rest , used to bang up the key ofthe
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bed-room to a place appointed for that i , nrpo ,. 7 ^ key had been removed . The crl «» 0 f the d " ch ** now nearly ceased , and were replaced by j ^ i man servant then made for the garden ] , Um J " 58 , ^ getting a view of tho assassins . He saw „ * " * t $ W he thought ho beheld the duke retirin g n ° ' V from the window , which he was about t 0 oD ClI '* * - < h now returned to the bedroom door , nhtr L "* joined by the waiting woman . The ob & tae - , f *"< impeded bis entrance before had been tMW ) " ™ W whom ! The chamber rras in the deep * t ok B ? The night lamp had been removed to an aejacen t y * leading te the duke ' s apartment . It was onljOB r 00 Bl curing lights that they discovered tbeir m . fortanate - ° " tress weltering in ber blood , which was fl 0 ffi „ . ' many wounds . Their first impulse was to call t i v * into the yard , which brought u ? the concier ™ P another servant . The duke came last ; his first m ment was not , as baa been reported , to throw hlm ° , » on the body of his wife , on the contrary , hefei gned !? most singular astonishment . ' But how could ftj , 7 occurred ? 'he said : ' it is incredible—it is horrible fb " then assisted the servants in raising the bod y < , {«/ duchess . Meantime the servants had given informal ; ,,
to justice , and a me « senger was sent to inform OeuetJ Tiburco Sebastiani of tbe horrible event , Tbe gene *| was preparing to attend a review at the Champ de n he immediately threw off his regimentals , took a cab , a J proceeJed to the betel , On beholding the OutilajJ remains of his niece the general fainted , and was ^; time before he came to himself again . Tbe duke « malned apparently unmoved . The first step taktn bv the police on arriving was to guard every issue fr ^ tbe hotel , and allow no one ta leave It , and to exumba bow the assassins bad effected on entrance . No traces could be discovired , ertrythlng was closed as usual , y AUavu , an experienced police officer , declared at on tl that tbe blows were not given by the experienced hand of an ordinary assassin , A pistol loaded wjih ball Ba , found on the flow , with fragments of flesh adhering to the but-end ; tho duke acknowledged the pistol to be his , and that hehad brought it irhen be heard the ctfej of the duchess—but the fragments of flesh induced tha
officer to cross-question tho duke . He first appeared offendod at being questioned , but without asserting hia innocence . He had en gloves : he was told to take them off , and the skin on his left band was consldeiabl y 1 ^ ceraled . The thumb bore the marks of teeth ; he wag told to undress , and his thigh bore the mark as if from the violent pressure of a hand , there were also nwrla upon his legs , which might have been caused by stumbling against the furniture . Ou examining bis apartment , some smouldering ashes were discovered , ia which the silver chasings of a dagjer hi . t and part ofa , handkerchief werefound . There were also som earticle *
still wet from being recently washed . The following fact has not yet appeared in any journal - -IVften strippin ? , a cord , such as is used to suspend powder horns round the neck , fell from under his waistcoat , it had a uoose at the end . Ou being questioned , he said he could not say why he carried it on his persoa , and hiding his face in his hands , exclaimed , ' I cannot surel y de ! dare I have killed my wife . " On examining tha room , it was found that the handle of the door iu the alcove traa unscrewed . It was by ttiia door that the duchess ea » deavoured to escape . The procureur at once placed , him in charge ot a garde de surete .
Up to Friday but two intruments connected with the crime had been discovered , the pistol and the cord , Tha knife with which the many stabs had been inflicted had not been discovered . In a drawer , however , of a desk wbicb had escaped observation , a dagger has been brought to light . Tbe blade had been recently waabed , but there were hlood-spots on the hilt . It U still to ba ascertained if the blade fits tha wounds of the victim . The following affecting account is given of the manner in which the Duchess Dowager de Praslin , who is nearly blind , has been made acquainted with the death of her daughter-in-law , whom she loved most tenderly . Sbe was
at first informed that her unfortunate daughter bad been murdered by robbers . Upon this she desired that her sou might come to her , aud they would mourn together . Expressing her extreme surprise that he did not come to her , it became necessary to make her gradually and can . tiously acquainted with tbs truth . Upon this sbe sank into a state of complete despair . At the time of the marriage of the Duke of Praslin he was 21 years of age , and Mile Sebastiani only 18 , Her hand bad beea promised to the Duke ef Fitzjamer ., but a difference upon questions of interest unfortunately put a stop to a union which in all respects was most desirable . We read in another journal : —
'Of the nine children . of the unfortunate Duchess de Praslin , the eldest daughter is alone married . She is the wife of a rich Piedmontese gentleman , with whom she lives usually at Turin . The second daughter , aged 18 , set out ou the day of the murder to meet her grandfather , tbe marshal . The four others have been taken to their grandmother , Madame de Praslin . They are ignorant of the crime imputed to their father . M . Edgard de Praslin , brother to the prisoner , was , when tha murder took place , at the Chateau de Praslin , which has remained the property of , the eldest son of the family , and where he this summer occupied a pavilion . He bas conducted there the three sons of the accused , Mdlle Sebastiani had brought to her husband in marriage ap . wards of 100 , 000 f . a-year , from the mother ' s side . She afterwards obtained as much more by the death of an
aunt . M . de Praslin , on his side , possessed about as great a fortune . They had ia addition to expect all the fortune of Marshal Sebastiani and of General Tiburce Sebastiani , the uncle , who has no children , aud their share of tho fortune of the Dowager Ducu « ss de Praslin . Tbe body of the Duchess of Praslin was deposited at six o ' clock on Sunday morning - , in the vaults ol the Madeleine , ber parish church . It was accompanied by her uncles , tbe Duke of Coigni and General Sebastiani , and two other members of her family , ilass was afterwards celebrated . The mortal remains of the Duchess are to be interred after the arrival of Marshal Sebastiani , who bad left Geneva for Jfice before receiving the ac . count of tbe death of bis daughter . It is not expected that tbe trial ofthe Duke de Praslin will take place for about a month .
Mbrder At Lima Ueato.V.—A Shocking Murde...
Mbrder at Lima Ueato . v . —A shocking murder has been perpetrated in the township of LittJa fleaton , near Bolton . The victim is a woman considerably past the meridian of life , the hand which diait the fetal blow being that of her husband , Robert Pilkington . Far more than ten years they had lived apart from eich other , in consequence , it is alleged , of his brutality towards her . She kept house tor her son , Jobn Pilkington , farmer , who is unmarried , and occupies a house and land called Langshaw Fold Farm . The murderer was fnrraerly a farmer , but , through hia intemperate habits , has been , for some time past , compelled to earn bis living as a labourer upon the neighbouring farms or quarries . The prisoner went to the house in question
about seven o ' clock in the evening , but it would appear that he was by no means a welcome visitor , since the door was barred against him . There were in the house , hia wife , his son William , a young man ( who also Jived on the farm ) , and an Irish servant Cirl , named Bridget Dean , about twenty years old . Pilkington said ho merely wished to light his pipe , and on promisinghisson to go outagainas soonasto had lighted it , he was admitted ; but once in the house , ho refused to leave it , and sat hinuelfdowa by the firo . The milk sold from the farm is taken round in contrary directions by the son , William Pilkington , and the 3 revant girl . It was time to take it , and William set off with his , but the girl , as if apprehensive of something occurringand unwilling
, to leave the man and his wife together , persuaded the latter to go with her ; she consented , and went . 1 hey returned to the house first , and found tho elder Pilkington still sitting by the fire , as they had left him , and alone . The unfortunate woman had taken ott her bonnet on returning from taking tiie milk round , when her hu . band asked her if she were going to be master . To which she answered in the aifirm » ative , adding that John ( her son ) had left her in charge of the house . Immediately on tliis he seized a small crow-bar , and struck the unfortunate woman to the ground with two fearful blows upon the head . The girl interfered and attempted to take the weapon away from him , but as if he had not done enough rnischiefi he wrested it from her and struck her too a
blow on tho head ; fortunately , it appears , without producing any serious injury . Dreadfully ' alarmed , she at length rushed out of the house towards those of the nearest neighbours , some few hundred yards ' distance , and roused tbeir attention by her screams for help , and telling them that ' Robert had killed the old woman . ' Several of the neighbours ran immediatelv to the spot , and found tho poor creature on the floor , speechless , senseless , and evidently dying . She was lifted up by the neighbours , and means were adopted for her restoration , but without the slightest avail ; sho yielded her last breath in a tew minutes after they entered . Tho perpetrator of tho murderous act was arrested in little more than an hour irom the commission of the murder . When
accused of the crime by the officer , he merely said that saying so did not make it so . lie was bioucht up on Monday , on the charge of assaulting the girl itt the first place , and committed to Kivkdale . KxrsNsrvs FiRE .-A most destructive fire occurred 011 the premises belonging to Mr J . Walker , organ builder , Francis-street , Tottenham CourU road , 011 Monday lnornkig . The manufactory and tbe timber stores occupied an area of ground considerably nvwe than an acre , and there was a large stock ol organs on the premises . Iu ono compartment ot the premisea there was . * single organ , just completed , and to be sent to Ireland , almost as largo i as that at Exeter Hall , valued at £ 1 , 000 , wftch was I entirely destroyed . In the open space between tbe front
shop and the back factory were piles of mahogany and other valuable woods , and owia ^ to their contiguity to tho fitting-uprooms , the casting houses , and metal shops , not more than five miuutcs elausod after the discovery was made before every bui ) d * iiig » and all they contained , except the ftont warehouse , became wrapped in ono immense sheet of Hame . In the several workshops were upwards of fifty organs of various sizes , all of which were destroyed . T'ha stock in trade alono destroyed nras worth from £ 10 , 000 te £ 12 , 000 , and with the buildings ' that have been levelled with the ground , and tho value of the men ' s working-tools ,- the whole damage cannot ba loss than £ 20 , 000 . Upwards of fifty workmen have been thrown out of employment , and have lost theis tools . Many o $ the neighbouring houses , wera &•*& iwuretii
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28081847/page/6/
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