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      Trial Op Lecomte For Attempting To Assas...

      ef the injustice done him was revived , and his resentment re-excited . M . Duvergier concluded with a short peroration , in which , admitting the crime to have been confessed by the prisoner , he called upon the Court to remember hU early good character , the isolated state in which tie had latterly lived , which was always injurious and weakening to the mind of man , and urged that the case of Lecomte was one in which indulgence was justice . Thc Procureur-Aeneral replied : —He maintained that there was a wide difference between the insanity admitted by the penal code and the state of mind in which it had been endeavoured to prove the prisoner to be , and , should the _C- _> art entertain aDy doubts as to . this , he requested the Peers to call to their minds the manner in which Lacomte lived at Paris after his retirement , employing _himsi-lf in reading and in writing what he intended to be made _unblic . ( Movement . ) . . ¦ of his

      M . Duvergier insisted upon the soun dness argument as to the intellectnal derangement of Lecomte , and protested that he entertained a sincere repentance , but was deu-rredfrom expressing it from false shame , fearing that it might besaid he had believed his conscience , to save his head . . , The President asked the prisoner if he wished to say _anything in his owu defenc-S # Lfcomte , after a moment ' s hesitation , said , So , Sir . The President _dedired the pleadings to be closed . TiiV prisoner was then removed . As he withdrew , he bowed several times to tbe Court . The Peers retired at half-past three to deliberate on the sentence . The sitting was resnmed at a quarter before six , when the Court condemned the prisoner to death , and ordered thathe shall be taken te the place ef execution in his shirt , with his feet naked , and his head covered with a black veil ; thathe shall remain exposedon the scaffold , while a huissier reads his sentence to him , and then be

      beheaded . Tbe Court rose at six o ' clock . Immediately after the sentence had been pronounced , JL Cauchy , the Registrar of the Court proceeded to Lecumte ' s prison , and read to bim the sentence . Lecomte _listened t » it with the _greatest composure . " It is well , " said t . e , "I have only to ask for one thing—to see the Abbe GriyeL" This ecclesiastic , who , during the last fewdays _/ hashad frequent conversations with Lecomte , immediately went to him . When the Abbe withdrew , the strait waistcoat , nsual on such occasions , was put on , the prisoner aiding the men in doing

      so-_ V / _ereadln & _eJ > roll : — "It issftid that the sentence of death , passed on Lecomte , met with only a few dissenting voices , amongst which was Viscount Victor Hugo . The latter , it is added , addressed the Court in a brilliant _speech , Jaud pleaded for imprisonment for life . Lecomte , it seems , was , previously to the trial , anxious only oh one point—his dress . ' His coat appeared to him by no means worthy of the occasion . * Can 1 appear in Court thus dr « ssed V said he . 'Let them kill me , but let them not humiliate me ! ' "

      EXECUTION OF LECOMTE . I send you an account of the execution of Lecomte , which took place this morning , contrary , I may safely say , to the belief and expectation generally entertained at Paris . It is from an early edition of the evening print , LaPatrie _z" The author of the Fontainblean attempt , Lecomte , suffered his penalty , this morning , at half-past five , at the St , Jacques Gate , where criminals are usually executed . _Lscomte had beeu apprised of it but this morning The chaplain to the Chamber of Peers , Abbe _Grirel , went to hira and affoi ded him the last consolation of religion . Lecomte displayed great firmness ; yet , on receiving the news of fhe rejection of his appeal to the King ' s clemency , and on hearing that the hour of his death had come , he experienced a nervous commotion , which he endeavoured

      to repress . During the fatal toilette be waa piously resigned . Conformally to the _sentence , Lecomte was in-Vested with along white shirt , and a black veil was pnt over his head . His grey coloured trowsers held to his waist by a handkerchief put round it . The funeral cortege setoutfor theplaceof execution , theprisoner being in a cellular vehicle , aad the Abbe _Grivel , whose holy exhortations he piously listened to , being by his side . The vehicle was preceded by a party of gendarmes , and followed by another strong one ofthe Municipal Guard . At half-past four all the avenues to the Luxembourg and Hue d'Enfer were guarded by troops . A battalion of the foot Municipal Guards , and of the horse of the same corps , surrounded the scaffold . A large number of town sergeants were also round the scaffold . Lecomte alighted from the vehicle with stoic firmness . He was bare-headed . He knelt , and long lemained in that posture , seemingly praying . He

      aftervrards rose and ascended the scaffold . At that awful moment his courage seemed somewhat to fail him ; but his strong organisation soon prevailed . Most surely he wished it to be said that he had died fearless . His temper , which led him to his crime , and which he displayed onhis trial , did not desert him at the fatal hour . On reaching the top of the scaffold Lecomte stood in front of the spectators , turning his back to the _grutflofine . He continued thus whilst his sentence was read , and the reading of it took two or three minutes . Whilst it was proceeding the Abbe Grivel whispered something to the sufferer , and soon presented te him the crucifix , which Lecomte repeatedly kissed . He next embraced his confessor with deep emotion , and surrendered himself to the executioners . His shirt and black veil were removed and his head was forthwith severed from bis body . Although the execution had been kept a secret upwards of 4000 persons were present .

      Lecomte having signed a petition to the King for mercy , and _wpreesingthe deepest regret for his crime , an opinion had gained ground tbat his punishment would have been commuted into perpetual banishment . M . Duvergier de Hauranne , his Counsel , had conveyed -the petition to the King , and it was submitted to tbe Council of Ministers , who came to the resolution unanimously uf allowing matters to take their course , as the case ot Lecomte in all its bearings did notpresent suScientgrounds for mitigating the judgment of the Court . Two hundred and tbirry-two Peers voted at his trial , of whom , it is said , 136 were for hiMondemnation to the legal penalty for parricide , 33 for simple infliction of death , and 3 fur imprisonment for life .

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      Death Of The Pope. A Telegraphic Despatc...

      DEATH OF THE POPE . A telegraphic despatch from the French Ambassador at Rome reached Paris on Saturday , announcing thatthe Pope died suddenly , between nine and ten onthemorning of the lat June . ** Gkegorf-XVI ., "Matjro Capeluri , " says the Journal des Hebats , " was born at Belluno , on the ! Sth September 1765 . A Gamaldolite monk , Capellari had rendered himself celebrated in his order by his ecclesiastical science and his deep knowledge ofthe ancient and moderulanguagesof the East . A reputation of doctrine and cf regularity which had spread beyunjithe _cluster , and the general regard entertained for his character , had secured to the humble rnouk _, long before he was summoned to thc sacred college , a consideratio , equal to that ofthe princes of the Church . In March 1825 , Leo XII . raised him to the dignity ofa

      Cardinal , and , soon after , he was placed at the head of ihe vast and important administration of the Propaganda , for which , by his African and Asiatic erudition , he was especially suited ; and the talents he displayed in it confirmed his great reputation for capacity . In the conclave of 1828 , Macro Capeixaei was one of the Cardinals most favoured by public opinion , and most violently opposed , in the conclave , by what is called the Austrian party . In the eonclave of 1831 , Cardinal Pacca , who was supported by that party , the leader of which was Cardinal Albani , had obtained nineteen votes at the ballot before last , and Cardinal Capbllari twenty-six , * but at the last ballot six or seven votes escaped Cardinal Albaki ' s influence , and Cardinal Gapbluri obtained the majority . He had been elected Pope on the 2 nd of February , 1831 , and ascended the Pontifical throne , mnler the name of Gregory XVI .

      The Siecle says the Benedictine friar whom the conclave of 1931 elected Pope is dead- The encyclical letter ie which he condemned the liberty of the press—the cruel acts of _repression which have desolated the Roman provinces , and which were so easy to calm by the introduction of reforms—tin- _, welcome given to the Emperor Nicholas—and lastly , the odious letter censuring the efforts which the unfortunate Poles made against their oppressorssuch are the acts wliich attach themselves to this reign , and which , in our judgment , do not suffice to recommend his memory .

      Melancholy Catastrophe.—An Awful And Fatal

      Melancholy Catastrophe . —An awful and fatal

      Circumstance Occurred On Uiverston Bands...

      circumstance occurred on Uiverston bands on _Thursday last . A party consisting of the following persons , y ' 12 ., Thomas -Moore ( the owuer of the vehicle in which they rode ) , Robert Benson , Thomas Tomlinsoa . Ellen Inman and Jane Inman ( sisters ) , from Ficukburgh ; Guy Crossdale , William Hanson , and Jane Sefton , from Cartmel ; and John Brooks , from HoJker , crossed the sands to Uiverston with a view of attending the fair , and after spending the day in that town set off on their return home in the evening followed by another cart , in the charge of a young man named Sutler , at no great distance behind them . Butler states they crossed the channel soon after ten o'clock , at which time the tide was ebbing out , and there was no great quantity of water . "Butler arrived safelyathome , andheard tbat Moore ' s party had not returned . Search was forthwith made , and the melancholy fact was soon ascertained thai

      the horse and cart had got into a deep hole near the * ' Black Scars , " and the whole of the nine unfortu- ' nate persons had perished . Bnjler says be never heard the least alarm given , but thought the party -were still before him , until he beard that they had not arrived on the _following morning . From this _circumstance it would almost appear that their deaths must have been _instantaHeoiis _, because tbe night was mild , and tbeir cries wouid have been heard at a great distance . How thiB tragedy occurred must , for ever remain a mystery , lt is supposed they had missed the road . The sufferers were all young people from twenty to twenty-five years of age . " Tiie bodies of the whole of the unfortunate party had been recovered , inquests have been held , and they were all interred in Cartmel Church on Sunday afternoon last . The multitude assembled to witness the " performance Of the last solemn rites over their remains far exceeded what had ever before beenseen iu the _roitic little town of Cartmel on any pxeviousoccasion .

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      _IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . - ( i _^ ttnue _^ Yfom mrJit pagi . );_ . ' to all that is passing > _rouM . hini if he could not see that he was now himself the Minister he described , — a Minister on sufferance . ( Loud cheers . ) He turned for support from one side of the house to the other ; one day dependent upon the aid of the gentlemen opposite , and another day looking for succour to his ( Lord G . Bentinck's ) friends on that side . ( Cheers . ) He had the confidence of none , and he had the certain support only of his gallant corps of . Janissaries ( cheers and laughter ) and of some TO renegades , half of them even ashamed of the votes which they had given . ( Cheers . ) When this , was the position of the Government , when such was its condition , so well deserved , it was time for them to speak out ; it was time for them to mark that debate by

      rejecting that measure ( cheers ) , * and , though he still had at his side his faithful Janissaries , he ( Lord G . Bentinck ) would ask him if he had the confidence of one honest man in the country or the support of one honest man out of that house ? ( Loud cheers . ) They were now told by the right hon . gentleman himself , that though he had changed there bad been nothing * humiliating in the course he had pursued ; thatit would have been really dishonest , that it would have been inconsistent with his duty to his Sovereign if , after having changed his opinions , he had concealed them . Bnt he ( Lord G . Bentinck ) __ was old enough to remember , and he remembered it with deep and heartfelt sorrow , that he ( Sir R . Peel ) chased and hunted an illustrious relative of his ( Lord G . Bentinck ' s ) to death , on the ground that though be had

      changed no opinion he was from the station which he then held , likely to forward the question of Catholic Emancipation . ( Hear . ) He could recollect that such was the conduct of the right hon . gentleman in 1827- In 1829 he told that house that he had changed his opinion in 1825 , that he had com * municatedhis change of opinion to the Earl of Liverpool ; but that , it proved , did not prevent him in 1827 getting up in the same assembly , and stating that the reasons he severed himself , from Mr . Canning ' s Cabinet was , that he could not consent to support a Government of which the chief Minister was favourable to the measure which in two years more he ( Sir R . Peel ) himself carried . ( Great cheering . ) Why , if he said that it was base , _dishonest and inconsistent with his duty as a Minister

      to his Sovereign to appear to maintain the opinions be had in reality deserted , did he not , by his own avowal that session , stand convicted before all of that which was base , dishonest and inconsistent with the duty of a Minister to his Sovereign ? ( Loud cheers . ) And when tbey recalled the facts of 1825 , 1827 and 1829 , it was clear that , though the right hon . gentleman had long sat on the stool of repentance , the country would not forget twice a twofold guilt in the same Minister . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Lord G . Bentinck ) thought it was now time for atonement te the insulted honour of Parliament , to the insulted honour ofthe country , to the betrayed constituencies of Great Britain . ( Cheers . ) It was known to . the world that treachery had been committed by the Minister ; hut it was also requisite it should be known that these Ministers did not represent or speak the voice of a free people . The agricultural interest might have received ita death blow ; domestic industry might suffer ; those who had trusted had

      bees betrayed ; bnt let not Europe , let not America , let not the world think that the people of England were participators in the crime of those who sat on the Treasury bench . ( Cheers . ) The time had _arriyed when tliose gentlemen , -who , however abhorring a traitor , had been glad to avail themselves of the treachery of the right hon . baronet to carry tbe measure they had consistently supported , were called upon to join them on that side of the house in marking their- condemnation of the conduct of Her Majesty ' s Ministers . Her Majesty ' s Ministers could no longer presume to insult the country ( cheers ) by holding their places ; and time was come when , by putting them , as they must be , in a minority , and driving them from power , atonement would be made for the political treachery of which they had been < ruilty , for the dishonour which they had brought on Parliament—upon the country at large ; and that also would be atonement for the treachery which they had shown to the constituencies of the empire atlaree .

      LThe Post says , "Lord George _Bknunck , throughout his terrible infliction on the Ministry , was cheered incessantly and vehemently . " We never remember to have seen an unfortunate Government so assailed by repeated storms of indignation , scorn , and undisguised contempt . Tbe enthusiastic cheering which followed the conclusion of the Noble Lord ' s speech lasted several minutes . " ] Mr . S . Hebrebt . —Sir , the Bill which has been tonight for the second time the subject of discussion in tbis house , has afforded an opportunity to some hon . gentlemen of throwing out against the Government charges which are not now heard from the same quarter for the firsttime , ( hear , hear)—charges which the noble lord ( Lord G . Bentinck ) considers he is licensed to make , ( " Oh , " from the Protection

      benches ;) charges couched in language seldom heard in this house . ( Loud and continued cheering , met by cries of" Oh " from the Protectionists , ) in language which this house , with a due regard to its character ought not to countenance ( cheers , ) language which I will not repeat , and in which I will not retaliate , ( Hear , hear . ) So long as I entertain selfrespect for my own character ( cheera ) , so long as I entertain respect for the character and the temper and the reputation of this house ( renewed cheers , and cries of " Oh , " from the Protectionists , ) I will neither impute to others motives by which 1 should myself scorn to be influenced ( loud cheere ;) nor will I , under any temptation whatever , be induced to import into this house- _^ into the senate of this country —terms and _language and insinuations which are

      better suited to some other arena ( loud cheers ) than that where gentlemen are collected ( cheers , and loud shouts of "Oh" from the Protectionist benches , ) gravely , calmlv , and deliberately , to discuss measures vitally affecting the great interests of this country . The noble lord says that we cannot be in earnest in pressing this measure ; and be founds that assumption upon the fact that new , in the month of June , when the noble lord has discovered that the days are long , we have only arrrived at the second reading ofthe bill . ( "Hear , hear , " from Lord G . Bentinck . ) I should like to know from what quarter this charge of delay could proeeed with less decency and justice ? ( Hear , hear . ) Night after night , not for purposes of argument , not for purposes ef reason , ior as sure as

      arguments had been met , and facts had been contradicted , the same arguments and the same facts were again repeated . —( Loud cries of" Oh ! from the Protectionist benches , which interrupted the right hon . gentlemen , ) Well , granting it was for argument , granting that in the whole course of your resistance to the corn laws you never dreamt of delay , granting that those discussions arose from an exurberance of eloquence quite irrepressible , I think the noble lord will recollect that , in consequence of these argumentative discussions ( a laugh ) , it was not possible for the Government to bring this bill before the notice of the house at an earlier period . The noble lord was once among the foremost fo call for the passing of this measure . Where was ' now all the indignation and horror which he formerly expressed at the frequency of outrage and assassination in Ireland ? Formerly , the noble lord had told the house , that if

      it delayed , even for a single day , to pass the bill , the blood of every man murdered in Ireland would be on the head of Ministers and of every member who supported them . On whose head was that blood to be now ? When the noble lord had answered that question , he would tell him , that the Government would persevere in this measure in spite of that factious combination which he had just wade with tbe party opposite , whose motives in opposing this bill he ( Mr . S . IlEKBEBr ) respected , and did not venture to blame . Was the noble lord aware ofthe rumours which were now about town , that some ofthe noble lords and gentlemen below the gangway had made an offer to Lord J . Russell to assist him in defeating tbis bill and in throwing out the Ministry , and that Lord J . Russell , with the manliness which belonged to his character , had treated that offer with that which it would not be parliamentary to call contempt ?

      This declaration elicited a loud and long call o ' " Name , name , " from the Protection benches , but Mr . S . Herbert did not respond to thecal ! , and proceeded at some length to vindicate the general principles of the . bill . The Marquis of Granby observed that , if Lord G . Bentinck had used language which was not often heard in that house , it was because Ministers had been guilty of conduct which was not often exhibited within it . The wretched remnant of confidence which he had still retained in Ministers , had been completely destroyed by tlieir recent conduct on the Poor Removal Bill . Mr . Ross then moved the , adjournment of the debate . Mr . John O'Connell requested , and Mr . S . Herbert gave , an explanation of some language which the former thought injurious to his absent friend , Mr . S . O'Brien . In reply to Mr . _Stafforu O'Brien ,

      Mr . S . Herbert observed that he had not spoken of the offer made to Lord John Russell as a fact . He had merely said that there were rumours about town to the effect which he had stated . If there was anything blameable in the matter to which he had referred ; it was not in the existence of those rumours , but in acting in such a manner as proved those rumours to be " correct . Mr . Elliott Yorkb considered Mr . S . Herbert ' s explanation to be anything but satisfactory , and in consequence asked Lord J . Russell whether any such negotiation as that to which reference had been raade , had been carried on between bim and any noble lord or gentleman on the Protection benches ? Lord J . Russell declared that no proposition to aid in throwing out this bill had been made to him by any noble lord or gentleman on the Protection benches . He then justified his own course in voting against the second reading , after supporting the firs treading ofthe bill . Lord G . Bentinck had come to this conclusion on grounds , satisfactory to himself ,

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      > and he ( Lord J . Russell ) had done the same ; but those grounds were public grounds , and there had been no private understanding between them . Mr . S . Herbert observed , that after the declaration ofthe noble lord , he owed it to justice io state that he was convinced of the falseness ofthe rumours to which he had adverted , and therefore begged leave to withdraw them . The debate was then adjourned . The other orders were then disposed of and the house adjourned at half-past one o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS-Wednesdat , June 10 . The house met at twelve .

      THE DANISH CLAIMS . On the order of the day being read , that the House resolve itself into committee for the purpose of taking into consideration the Danish claims , ¦ The Chancellor ofthe Exchequer explained the reasons which induced him to reiterate his opposition to this motion , and which he stated were principally founded on the opinions given by the law officers of the Crown . He concluded by moving , that the house resolve itself into the proposed committee on that day six months . Mr . Hawes repealed the arguments which he and others have so frequently urged in support of these claims . Mr . Cardwell supported the amendment .

      Colonel SiBiiioBP wished to call the attention of the Government to thc fact , that many of its members , who not long since he had seen upstairs were now present upon the floor of the house in readiness to vote in the direction the head of ithe Government desired . He held a list of a division on these claims in February , 1841 . ' His own name will be found there , as he trusted it always would , on the side of truth and justice . The ayes were then 127 , the noes 96 . He saw on that list the name of Sir G . W .

      Hope ; he was not now present—Fitzroy Kelly ( Solicitor-General , ) he is not present ~ Sir Howard Douglas , not in his place—Lord Elliot , who had gone to another place , of which he hoped it was not disrespectful to speak , with the title of Earl St . Germans , was not present . ( Loud laughter . ) He supposed all these persons were ordered to stay away . If such were the terms on which men held places in an Administration , the Lord deliver him from holding office ! ( Loud laughter . ) The house then divided , and there

      appeared—For the motion 58 Againstit 8 S Majority against the motion 27 PLACES OF WORSHIP ( SCOTLAND ) BILL , Mr . Fox Maule , in moving the second reading of this Bill , explained the grounds on which he brought forward so novel and startling a proposition , which , after all , was but a strong remedy for a very extra-Ordinary grievance . Having * described the circumstances under which the Free had separated itself from the Established Church of Scotland ; a schism in which one-third of the people of that country had joined , and owing to which 470 ordained ministers bad resigned livings worth upwards of two millions to themselves and their families ; he proceeded to state that in the towns the seceding congregations had " almost immediately been accommodated with ulaces of worship , either b y dissenting bodies or

      otherwise , but that m the country districts almost all of them had been compelled to resort to the open air to carry on their religious ordinances . __ He proposed to take from the proprietors of tbe soil in Scotland a certain portion of their land forcibly , and without their consent . He found precedents for such a measure in the Scotch Lighthouse Acts , and also in an act called Lord Roseberry ' s Act . By that act permission was given to the owners of entailed property to alienate it for precisely the same objects as those contained in his bill . He made , however , one important distinction between his bill and that of Lord Roseberry . He compelled the sale of land , whereas Lord Roseberry only permitted its alienation . The house had two alternatives before it ; either to pass this bill , or , by refusing it , to engender among the people of Scotland a spirit of discontent and hostility towards their landlords , which might hereafter be productive ofthe most disastrous consequences .

      Sir J . Graham admitted that ifc was not for the interests of religion that the evils , which Mr . F . Maule had complained of , should exist but he was afraid that if this bill were passed the social bitterness which existed in Scotland would be much increased , and all the evils which it was desirable to mitigate would be greatly aggravated . Without going into a searching criticism ofthe speech of Mr . F . Maule , he must ask him why , if he proposed the enactment of such a measure for Scotlaud , he was not prepared to extend it to England and Ireland ?

      Why , too , should it be restricted to Scotland ; and why to Christian congregations ? The spirit of toleration knew no such limits . He did not see why Mr . F . Maule should press his bill now , considering that it was at once an extraordinary , and unjustifiable , and an unprecedented measure ; and such being his opinion , he should move that it be read a , second time that day six months , ' Sir R . _Lvoxis supported the amendment . On the motion of Mr . Bannerman , the debate was ' then adjourned till Wednesday next .

      RAILWAY COMPANIES DISSOLUTION BILL . On the report of this Bill being brought up , A short conversation took place , and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Friday . The report of the Criminal Administration of Justice Bill was also brought up . 4 POOR REMOVAL BILL . Sir J . Graham said he hoped the hon . Member ( Mr . Borthwick ) would allow the Bill to be committed pro forma , to allow the moving of certain amendments . Mr . Borthwick assented , but gave notice of his intention of moving that the Bill should be recommitted to a select _csmmittee . Some private business was then disposed of , and the House adjourned at six o ' clock .

      HOUSE OF LORDS , Thursday , June 11 . CORN-IMPORTATION BILL . An animated conversation arose out of the presentation , by Viscount Combebmere , of a petition from Cheshire against the Corn Bill . The Marquis of Londonderry charged the Duke of Richmond with indulging in very spicy speeches . The Marquis of Salisbury charged Lord Londonderry with being the means of sending Mr . Bright into Parliament for Durham . The Duke of Richmond , in answer to Lord Londonderry , said , he did not sit in tlieir Lordships '

      House to bandy compliments . He had long served under the banners of Protection , and he always should do so . He had not changed his opinions , though others had . With respect to the opinions of the Noble Marquis ( Londonderry ) he believed that that noble person had given one hundred guineas to the Durham Protection Society . He thought the noble marquis would do right to adhere to the principles of that society . The Marquis of Londonderry , amid 9 t the loud laughter of the house , admitted thathchad _. _' preaented the Durham Protection Society with one hundred guineas ; but that was a long time since—two years

      ago . On the motion , made by the Earl of Ripon , to go into committee on the Corn Importation Bill , Earl Stanhope moved , as an amendment , that their lordships should gointoconimittee tbat day six months . The nobie earl at great length and with great ability , controverted all the arguments adduced , and exposed all the fallacies put forth as reasons for this measure . Never , he said , had so important a change been proposed to Parliament , supported by a string of such miserable arguments , and based on such fallacious assertions . In the amendment to the address moved in 1841 by Lord Ripon , and carried by their Lordships , it waa laid down as a maxim that in order to carry great and vital measures it was necessary the Government that proposed them should possess thc

      confidence of the country . But what man , except perhaps Lord Brougham , had the slightest confidence in Sir R . Peel ? If the principle of Protection was , as the Premier asserted , unjust and injurious , why had he not proposed to abolish it at once and altogether , not merely in corn , but in every species of manufacture * The agriculturists should have full and fair protection , or protection should betaken away equally from all native industry . If by this measure tne price of corn would be reduced even 6 s . a quarter , it would cause a loss to the English growers , on wheat alone , of upwards of four millions sterling , The Noble Earl drew their Lordships' attention to the value and importance of an agricultural population as the foundation of the national strength and dependence , and

      asked what would justify their destruction . This bill might bring ruin upon millions , especially those who had no other resource but their industry ; ami yet those who introduced it Lad not even _fowaed to themselves any definite ideas upon two of the most important elements of the questionfirst—what was a remunerating price to the British grower ; secondly , the probable price of foreign com . After exposing the fallacy lurking in the promise of a " large loaf" held out by the advocates ofa measure tlie avowed object of which was to reduce ihe wages of the labourer , and insisting upon the heavy losses whieh this experiment would inflict upon the owners and occupiers of land ,

      Lord Stanhope showed that rent was no element in the question , for if all rent were abolished , the price of the four-pound loaf would not be diminished | d . The argument ofthe Prime Minister , that , because we had a large amount of debt and a high taxation , commodities should be cheap , was irrational , absurd , and _contradicted by the experience ot all ages , which showed that where wages , and profits , and prices were low , the most oppressive and despotic monarch could not raise a large amount of taxation . Uis Lordship contended that the tenant-farmers , whom he vindicated from the imputation of deficiency of skill , would be unable to continue upou their farms if this bill passed , arid- must be driven into destitution and despair ; and he reminded their Lord-

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      ships of the popular commotions of 1830 _^ and 1842 . If thiB measure were really inevitable * , , " had bec ? me so from the base , sordid , and _pusillanintf usi conduct of those who had supported a measure _whwn in their conscience thev condemned j and the effect of this unwise concession would be to render the conflict between the agriculturists and the manufacturers fiercer than ever , for to talk of this being the end of agitation was absurd ; it was the commencement of a long train of evils . Ifc had been suggested that their Lordships must pass this bill , because it had

      been proposed by the Ministers , and agreed to by the House of Commons . Such an unconstitutional doctrine had never before been proclaimed in that house ; if it were true , the independence of that house was at an end ; its legitimate functions were useless , nay , injurious ; and there would be a general cry throughout the country for its abolition . It was the duty of their Lordships to reject this bill if they _iwished to preserve their political existence , unless they desired to dismember the British empire , disorganize the whole country , and surrender all its institutions to immediate destruction .

      The Earl of Radnor supported the bill , and repeated , at considerable length , all the usual League statements and arguments in favour of Free Trade . Lord Ltttelton and Lord Howden followed on the same side . _. The Earl of Wicklow and the Duke of Buckingham opposed the bill , On the motion of the Marquis of Exeter the debate was adjourned . During a portion of the sitting , Ibrahim Pacha , with his interpreter and suite , occupied the side gallery _« n the left ofthe throne . His Highness paid deep attention to the debate , and repeatedly asked of his interpreter explanations of the forms of proceedings . Tne cheers and cries of " Hear , hear , " seemed to amuse him particularly . HOUSE OF COMMONS-Thursday- . Jvxk 11 .

      LANDLORDS AND TENANTS ( IRISH ) BILLS . Lord Lincoln moved for leave to bring in three Bills—one to provide compensation to tenants of land in Ireland for improvements made in them ; a second to amend the law in respect to ihe power of ejectment and distress in Ireland ; and a third to provide for a short form of lease of lands and tenements in Ireland . The noble lord stated the principal provisions of these measures , which he , said were mainly founded on the report of Lord Devon ' s commission . Mr . S . Crawforb , Mr . John O'Connell , Mr . B . Osborne , and Mr . Wise , expressed their approval of these Bills as far as they went . Leave was given to bring them in . - 'HOUSE OF LORDS .-Friday , June 12 .

      The adjourned debate on the motion to go into committee on the Corn Importation Bill and the Earl Stanhope ' s amendment thereto , was resumed by the Marquis of Exkier , who promised the measure his undeviating opposition . Their Lordships had passed the second reading , not in consequence of any strong manifestation in its favour , but solely through the influence ofthe Duke of Wellington . The Earl Dleawarr likewise opposed the bill . The Bishop of St . David ' s supported the Bill . The clergy , he said , had studiously avoided petitioning Parliament on this question , or expressing their opinions , privately or publicly , upon it ; and there * fore it would be most injudicious for the Right Reverend Bench to make the clergy responsible for

      the rejection of the measure , on the plea that it would injuriously affect their incomes . He admitted that he had no great expectations of very beneficial results from the repeal of the Corn Laws ; but when he saw the majority of the leading men of both parties in the State concurring in carrying it , he felt confident that he was doing right in going along with them . The Bishop of Exeter agreed in the commendation justly bestowed on the clergy for their abstinence from interfering with the discussion of this question , but he . could not agree in the assertion that it was the duty of the Bench of Bishops to be reg ardless ofthe clergy in deciding upon this bill . It was because the interests of religion and of the poor as

      well as the rich were concerned , that the Right Reverend Bishops were called on to oppose the mea sure before them . Cheapness of provisions was not the great thing necessary for the poor labouring man , it was goodness of wages which really rendered bim the greatest benefit and most improved his condition . , The Earl of "Warwick expressed his entire opposition to the Bill . Agriculture , manufactures , and commerce were all in a flourishing condition , and it was most rash and infatuated to attempt so dangerous an experiment at such a time and without the slightest solid excuse . The Bishop of Oxford spoke zealously in favour of

      the Bill . He denied that the bench of Bishops were spiritually charged with the interests ofthe clergy in their lordships' house ; and he asserted that ifc was necessary that landowners should get rid of their mortgages . Lord Asuburton said , that it appeared nothing would , satisfy the Right Rev . Prelate less than { he rooting up of all landed property . His assertion brought to mind a cry raised during the French revolution— " We respect the rights of property , but then all property must change hands . " Lord Monteagle spoke at length in favour of the Bill , wishing that it had provided for a total and immediate abolition .

      Lord Stanley replied to Lord Monteagle . The sliding-scale had prevented great fluctuations , had provided for a sufficiency of supply , and bad produced _Weved prices . As to the invitation given to their Lordships to undertake a gratuitous experiment , with the hope that foreign nations might adopt similar experiments , it was perfect folly . With respect to the eftect of this Bill , Lord Stanley asserted , that should the price of corn fall the price of other commodities would likewise fall , and as the value of money would rise the moneyed interest would derive all the boon to be conferred by it , and the national burthens would be to the same amount increased . The Noble Lord warned their Lordships against holding out to the people fallacious hopes that would not be realised . In the course of twelve months there must necessarily be a dissolution of Parliament , and then should the expressed opinions of the constituencies be in favour of tbis

      measure , their Lordships could constitutionally and gracefully consent to it . But should they pass it now , by voting for it against their judgments , and by conceding to a one-sided agitation , the question would not be settled ; and should the decision ofthe country be the same as it was in 18 il , Would their Lordships , lhe _asked _. then remain consistent to their inconsistency , or would they again go round , and once more change their _opinions ? Earl Grey spoke in favour of the bill ; and Lord Brougham indulged in a great many facetious and personal observations , accompanied by comic gesticulations , that kept their Lordships for an hour , by the clock , in continued peals of laughter . The Duke of Richmond shortly closed the debate . Lord Stanhope ' s amendment was negatived without a division , and the motion to go into committee was carried , the committee being fixed for Monday next .

      Their Lordships adjourned at two o ' clock this ( Saturday ) morning . HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Jvne 12 . The adjourned debate on the PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND ) BILL , And on Sir W , Somerville ' s amendment thereton , was resumed by Mr . Ross , who opposed the bill . Mr . Monckton Milnes also opposed it , because the " Government on sufferance" by whom it was proposed had evidently not the power to carry it so as to render it of any effect . He thought , that circumstanced as the members of the Government were , a little relaxation of principle by an abandonment of this bill would make but extremely little difference to their character .

      Mr . Poulet Scrope , Mr . Reddinoton , and Mr . D . Browne likewise opposed the Bill . The Bill was supported by Lord Bernard and Mr . SuAff . The Right Hen . Recorder said he could not conscientiously object to the second reading of a Bill that he believed to be necessary , though he had no confidence in the Government that proposed it . SirR . Peel having repeated his statenieats that the Bill was necessary— thut it was not much more stringent than that earned by the Whigs , and assented to by the Irish Members , aud that it was accompanied with measures of permanent remedy for some of the social evils of Ireland , replied to the charges preferred against him by Lord _Gsoroe Ben ..

      tinck . He denied emphatically that he hud betrayed , ' Canning , or hunted him to death ; and retorted upon Lord George by asking him iii he believed him to be the _traitocrhe had proclaimed him to be , why he had followed him as a leader up to the psesentyear _? The "Premier , in conclusion , exclaimed that he had calculated the enmities and loss of friendship these measures would cost him , and lie was > prepared to bear them ; but if any one asserted thathe was actuated by impure and dishonest motives—that he wished to rob others of the credit of these measures—such imputation was as foul a calmany as ever was dioiated by a vindictive spirit . The debate was again adjourned to Monday . The other orders were disposed of , and the House adjourned . .

      Fatai Cart Accident.—On Tuesday An Inque...

      _Fatai Cart Accident . —On Tuesday an inquest was held at the London Hespital . before Mr . Baker , jun ., on the body of James _Falkner _, aged twentyeight , a carman . On last Monday week , the deceased was driving a horse and cart , belonging to his father , of Ilford , towards London , and had previously been drinking very freely . He had not proceeded far before he commenced beating the horse in a most furious manner , and while the animal was plunging he caught the shaft oi the cart , and he was Knocked down , and the off wheel passed over his body . He was picked up and conveyed to tbe hospital , where it was found he had received several contused wounds en his left side and arm . He lingered until Sunday evening , when he expired . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      A Family _Poisoneu by a Giazeo Dish . —On Saturday last a family in Berwick were exposed to an alarming accident from a simple cause . The mother of three children bought in the market place a large earthern dish , whieh she immediately put to use bysending it to the bakehouse with a quantity offish to bake . After thc meal had been prepared the entire family ( consisting ofthe mother , two sons , and a daughter ) partook of it , and shortly afterwards they became seriously ill , and exhibited signs of being poisoned . Mr . Lilly , surgeon , being sent for , applied proper antidotes , and they are now recovering . The eause is _supposed to have consisted in the material used for coating the ware not being properly mixed , and too great a quantity of white lead being used in the compound .

      The Chartist Co-operaiive Land Society has purchased an estate at Herringsgate , near Uxbridgc , under the management of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and are actively at work , dividing it into cottage allotments , and- building cottages . Thk is a great popular experiment , to which we shall from time to time call the- attention of our readers . —People ' s Journal . Three _PuasoNS _Drowjhjd off Battersea . Oa Thursday evening , between thc hours of five and six o ' clock , a most distressing occurrence , by _whicli three persons , a gentleman and two females , were drowned , took plaee on tho river , alongside- the Citizens' _sieam-boat pier , Battersea-. The following are tbe particulars t—A young gentleman , apparently not mora than tweniry-six years of age , was .

      proceeding down the riser , in what appeared to . bo a private boat , when about midway b etween the iron steam-boat pier and the nexi landing place , he took into the boat with him two females They were ail three conversing _together as the gentleman was rowing , but , whether owing to the strength of the the _twle , or from , ignorance ia steering a boat , it is unknown , _buUhe craft was- seen to pass under the chains of the iaoo steamboat pier . Upon getting clear of that place the pasty were told _w > get _farthsr ofif from the shore in order that the _nsxt pier might be passed ia safety . N _*> heed , however , was taken of the instructions , and on gaining the pier » the - boat was passing o * 'w the iron _cinain that sseures the dumb , lighters , when it was , overturned , and

      the three parties were precipitated into the river . I At tha very moment the accident occurred , one of tho steam-boats was making towards the pier , and the swell caused by the paddle wiieels carried tho two females away . Tho drags having been got , after about eight or ten minutes the gentleman was taken out , and instantly conveyed to the Red House where everything was done that the nature of his case would permit of , but without avail . Although search was made for the two females , they were net found . __ Who the parties wero cannot at present be ascertained . The male was very respectably dressed _, and he wor _* a . goW watch and chain , On " the collar ¦ ofa spaniel dog he had with him in tho boat was engraved " Geo . Clark , Ho . 1 , Priory , "

      Fatai Cart Accident.—On Tuesday An Inque...

      _ITns West Rimno Mtn-SuMMER Sessions vrin ? held a Skipton on the 30 th June , by _adSrS " - from thence at Bradford on the 1 st Si _? _S _* further adjournment from thence at Rotherham * vhe 6 th July ; when the new regulation _resDecti _^ appeals mentioned in the sessions advertisement r another column will be , acted upon . . *• * _DlSAt-yOINTMBST IM LOVE , ANU _AlIEMPIBn _SoiClDs-—On _Tuei-dajr , at noon , Mr . Morris , engineer to tho Kent _Waterworks , observed a tall , well-dressed j young man _suditenly make a spring , and throw hiin sell into the river . Fortunately Mr . Morris ' s dog ml on the spot , and , at the command of his master plunged into the wa +. er , and saved him from sinking Mr , Morns then ran tcv his boat , and by the time ft was brought to the spot A young fellow , who had ob . servedJ > he occurrence , plu-nged into the water , and with the aid afforded by Mr . Morris , the youth wad

      rescued from a premature _deaJb . Ou being removed into the house of Mr . Morris , the sufferer was dig ! covered to be a Mr . Charles Reeve *; , a member ofa respectable family of that name , _residing at Green _, wich . It appears that he had paid his * addresses to a young lady _namod Alexander , residing with her mother , a widow , in the _Lewisham-road _, during tha last two ye irs , and that about six months ago she intimated to him that she should be under the _necessity of breaking off the courtship , unless be reformed his habits . If his conduct was satisfactorily altered , she said she would then renew the acquaint _, ance . This he promised to do , but did not keep hits word . She then formally declined to receive his visits any more . Subsequently an intimacy took

      place between Miss Alexander and a young man , a master butcher , residing in Broadway , Deptford , and arrangements were made for their nuptials . This fact reaching young Reeve ' s ears he worked his feel _, ings up to a high pitch , and meeting Mr . f jovill in public company last week , lie committed a violent assault on the _persen of his rival . Tn consequence of this circumstance a warrant was applied for at the Greenwich Police-court against the offender , but young Reeve kept out of the way . Yesterday morning , Mr . Covill and Miss Alexander were married at St . Alphage church , Greenwich , and it is understood that Reeve wrote a letter directly afterwards and left it at the Mitre Tavern , _Deptford-bridge , in which he declared that his happiness and prospects

      were blasted , and as life would become burdensome be was determined to make away with himself . At the death of his father he became possessed of a considerable sura of money , which report says he has expended in a very extravagant manner . Accidents in Coal Mines . —The frequency and frightful character of these accidents render every probable suggestion for preventing them welcome , and worthy of notice . A paper oh this subject by the distinguished chemist , Professor Graham , appears in the current number of the Philosophical Magagine . The Professor , in the course of his remarks for preventing the explosion of the gas in coal mines , and of mitigating the effects of such accidents , makes two suggestions . The first has reference to the length of

      time which the fire-damp , from its lightness , continues near the roof , without mixing uniformly with the atmosphere . Now , it is very desirable that the fire-damp should be mingled as soon as possible with the general stream of air , because when diluted to a certain degree it ceases to be explosive . It is therefore recommended that means be employed to promote an early intermixture of _firC'damp and air ; and the smallest force is sufficient tor this purpose . The circulating stream might be agitated most easily by a light portable wheel , with vanes , turned by a boy , and so placed as to impel the air in the direction of the ventilation , so as not to impede the draught of the gas- The gas collecting at the roof undoubtedly often acts as an explosive train , conveying , the com * bustion , while its continuity would be broken by the

      mixing process described , and an explosion when it occurred , be confined , at least , in narrow limits . Secondly , no effective means exist for succouring the miners after an explosion has happened , although a large proportion of the deaths is not occasioned by fire or injury , but froni suffocation by the after-damp , or carbonic acid gas , which diffuses itself afterwards through all parts of the mine . The Professor therefore suggests that a cast iron pipe , from eight to twelves inches in diameter , be permanently fixed in every shaft , with a blowing apparatus above , b y which air could be thrown down , and the shaft immediately ventilated after the _explosion . It is also desirable that by means of fixed or flexible tubes thi 3 auxiliary circulation of air should be further extended , and carried as far as practicable into the workings .

      _ Singular Occurrence.—Saturday Morning ...

      __ Singular Occurrence . —Saturday morning about nine o ' clock , the pedestrians in Trongate-street , Glasgow , were somewhat surprised by the spectacle of a cart load of goods blazing at the foot of llutcheson-street , while the horse attached to it jogged on at its customary pace . On investigating thcinattcr . it was found that the carrier ' s cart or van , belonged to the Union Canal Company , aud that the fire had been occasioned by a box of lucifer matches having ignited amongst the other parcels . The goods on , thc cart were nearly all destroyed before the flames could foe , got uuder—the wood of the cavt itself was charred , but the horse was unharnessed'hefore receiving any injury *—Scotch Paper .

      _ Singular Occurrence.—Saturday Morning ...

      I LATEST NEWS FROM _PORTUGAL . _LrsBov , Junk 1 . —The panic has become universal The funds ha _ye fallen » further 10 per cent ., io per cent ., within a fortnight . The Palriota has published a supplement announcing that the Algarves bad at last risen and joined the general movement of the nation , and that the Governor of the Prorincebad retired on Albufera , where the troops were concentrated . This completes the rising of the entire nation with scarcely the exception of one isolated town . > ¦• J i' _*»' - ' - - - The Herdldo ( Madrid paper ) , of the 6 th of June , confirms a report which was previously current , that a revolutionary junta has been established at Coimbra , which has issued a circular , declaring that the revolutionists will accept of nothing short of perfect liberty for the people , a reduoiton of the army , and a constituent Cortes . It would appear that this junta is fully organised in every department .

      United States And Mexico. Thb Americans ...

      UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . THB AMERICANS AGAIN DEFEATED BT THE MEXICANS . The packet-ship Yorkshire has brought New Yorkpapers to the 19 th ult . Hostilities between the United States and the Mexican armies had continued ; and by the arrival ofa packet-ship at New Orleans o n the 9 th ult ., intelligence was received to the 29 th of April , from which it appears that a portion of the American soldiers had suffered another defeat between Point Isabel and Matamoras ; and that seventy volunteers , in attempting to reach

      General Taylor ' s camp , were routed and entirely destroyed . From the position of the two armies . it appears that General Taylor is entirely surrounded by tbe Mexicans , and his supplies cut on * . It would seem that there is not any desire on the part of the citizens of Louisiana to enrol themselves as volunteers in the cause of their country . In fact , it was necessary to have recourse te a conscription , in order to enable the executive authorities to raise the required number .

      FURTHER LOSS TO THE AMERICANS . ( From the New York Tribune of May 18 . ) We are under the painful necessity of recording another disastrous conflict between Point Isabel and Matamoras , in which seventy volunteers , attempting to reach General Taylor ' s camp from the former p ost , were routed and cut to pieces by an overwhelming Mexican force . The worst of it is that our men appear to have behaved badly , which will embolden the Mexicans in future encounters . Captain "Walker himself , as far as we can gather from his accounts , did net distinguish himself otherwise than in running , wherein he approved himself a match for Stannard , or " the American Deer" himself . He came in a-head of the remnant of his flying corps , and there can be little doubt that his "time" was the best on record . -

      The worst news wehave from the South is that of the departure of the steam-boat from Galveston for Brasso 8 , St . Iago , with sixteen Tolunteers for the relief of General Taylor , and the absolute failure of Louisiana to raise four regiments 2 , 500 men in all ) for the samepurpose without a resort to the conscription . This is most disgraceful to those who have so wantonly involved the nation in its present responsibilities and perils . If Texas does not rush to the rescue of General Taylor , we insist that she ought to be kicked out of the Union without ceremony . For

      her sake our Government has set up an unrighteous claim to the boundary of the Rio Grande ; for her sake our little army is now surrounded on the banks of the great Mexican river . We have to foot the bill at all events , and it bids fair to be a heavy one . If , in addition to this , we are to be subjected to conscription and dragged from our homes to fight for her unrighteous pretensions in that region of yellow fever , who among us will longer , look with favour on a connection from whieh _Tenuis reaps all the advantage , and we nothing but perils , calamities , and crime ?

      Warner's Inventions.

      WARNER'S INVENTIONS .

      The Following Extraordinary Document App...

      The following extraordinary document appears in correspondence laid before Parliament : — MR . WARNER TO THE EARL OF E 1 LE . _\ B 0 E 0 UGH . 27 , Southampton-street , Strand , April 21 , 181 G . As I am actuated solely by a desire to serve my country , I shall not apologise for ottering a few observations on your Lordship ' s letter of the 9 th inst ., to lor d Ingestre , in which you bring all negotiations with myself to an abrupt conclusion , because I will not submit to the arbitration of an officer who has already prejudged _jfy case . I wish not to be uncivil to any gentleman , nor to say any harsh words , but I do object to Sir Thomas Hastings , because hi ? mind is prejudiced against me , and in every quarter where he has influence he has disparaged my claims . Why is Colonel Chalmer , who has already been admitted into a portion of my case , superseded ?

      Your lordship may say that I hare no right to ask this question , that it is presumptuous in me to do so , and that it _ishny part implicitly and silently to submit to any course of investigation , and before any judges your Xordsbip may prescribe . "With all due deference I beg to _vemind your Lordship that I am not an officer in her Ma jesty ' s service , but a free individual , making an offer which I know , and others know , to be of the highest importance to this country , I believe , and others believe , that " I can easily destroy any fleet this country can send out to sea , render all the fortifications recently emoted useless , and all harbours aud rivers around this island impassable . "

      All I ask of your Lordship is for an impartial and not a prejudiced tribunal to try the merits of my inventions . If your Lordship is pleased to refuse my reasonable request , I must " appeal to the country ; and whatever evil consequences may ensue from publicity , which I have for years done my utmost to avoid , must be attributed to those who have driven me to this step . " ( Signed ) S . A . _"ffAiNEB .

      -Gtfw -Xtittlftgtnctt

      _-gtfw _-Xtittlftgtnctt

      "Worship Street. Suspected Child Murder....

      "WORSHIP STREET . Suspected Child Murder . —On Monday Elizabeth Saunders , a woman of respectable _apnearance , about 26 years of age , described as being married , but separated ft'om ! ht husband , and keeping a baker ' s shop for a Mr . Middleton in _Old-street-rosd _, was placed at thebar before Mr . Broughton , charged with feloniously concealing the birth of her child . It appeared that a woman named Towers , lodging in the same house , happened to enter the watereloset attached to it , and hearing a noise of rats in the cesspool was induced to look down it , when she was satisfied she saw something like the corpse of an infant partly submerged in the soil . With the assistance ofa long hook she succeeded in raising the substance to the surface , and her suspicions were varificd b y discovering that it was , in reality , a new born infant , but so gnawed and disfigured by rats , that it was impossible to distin . guish the sex . A policeman was called in , who conveyed it to the workhouse , and the remains were there

      submitted to the examination of Mr . Courtenay , the parish surgeon , who now stated that the body was in such a decomposed state , and so disfigured by vermin , the right fore-arm , in particular being entirely gone , that all application ofthe ordinary tests for the positive ascertainment whether it had been born alive or not was ' entirely useless . Three women lodging in the house with the prisoner deposed to noticing the fact of her personal appearance for some considerable time past tlie warranting the supposition that she was pregnant , and that mentioning their suspicions to the accused , she at one time stoutly and indignantly denied the accusation ; at another , said that it must be in a considerable advanced stage , ifitwereso ; and upon a third , that she either wished the supposition were true , or that she were dead . About seven days before the discovery of the infant ' s body one ofthe witnesses saw theprisoner greatly distressed and crying bit .

      terly , and shortly after , and ever since then , had noticed a very obvious diminution in tlie prisoner's appearance . One of the women also , named Caroline Burnham , stated that upon her mentioning her suspicions ofthe prisoner ' s condition , before the occurrence which gave lise to these proceedings , thc accused asked her to procure her . a book which would instruct her how to produce that effect her . self , or else to go to a druggist ' s aud purchase a draught for her which would induce abortion , but that the witness expressed her horror of such a proceeding , and refused to do so ; on which the prisoner told _lierchatsliehadalreadr gone to one druggist ' s for that purpose , butuiisuccessfullv , the druggist telling her that he should be held responsible for the result , The prisoner . in defence , emphatically denied all tliat had been stated against her , and earnestly protested that the infant was not hers . " She was re . manded . :

      GUILDHALL . _Attemft at Suicide . —On Monday , a woman about _thirty-nve years of age , mimed Margaret Kent , was brought before Mr . Alderman Challis , charged with attempting to drown herself , in . the Thames . —William Bowles , a policeman , stated timt in going round his beat about live o'clock on Sunday morning , he found tliepri » soner by the water side by Trig wharf , in Thames-street , apparently engaged in washing an apron . When she supposed he had gone away , she stepped back a few paces , and then rushed headlong into the water . He rati to her assistance , but she had got in beyond his reach , and out ot her depth . She sank , but came up again nearer to jam , and he then succeeded in catching hold : of her . She broke away , determined to pat an end to her existence , and went down again . When she came up . he succeeded in aragging her on shore , in a dying state . A- quantity of

      water came off her stomach and she rallied . —Mr . Alderman Challis questioned her as to the circumstances which liad excited her to the attempt .. —She stated that her hus . " baud , a labouring man , had left London in search of work , aud had obtained it . He hadpromised to remit her some money to assist her , but he had . not done so jet . But the immediate cause of the attempt on her life was the ahsence of her daughter , a girl twelve years old , who had packed up lies clothes and absconded . —A person , who was in the room , said he had traced the girl .. She was i » St . George ' s workhouse , in the "Borough . —Mr , Alderman _Ghallis said he would send for thu chilli when her mind , was quiet on that subject , aud she might be . trusted « itli , her liberty again . He would recommend her to go down ; and live with her husband ,, where he had obtained work-. It would be better for both of them . She -was re ' _maiidid tor care ,

      THAMES S _TREET . Fatal _Bsunken Frolic :. —On Monday * Henrv Brown , a shoemaker , was brought before Mr . Biillautine , _eliargtt _* With drowning William . Palmer in tlie Thames . It appeared lrom the evidence ,, that on Saturday afternoon , the parties , who are shoemakers , and another of the _sa"W _i-ratt , named " Maloncy ,. wont down to tlie Limehouse Floatmg Pior ,. wr the purpose of going to London in a steamer , and having paid their fares , thev weut on the outer , barge or dummy , and began , swearing at each other . Muloney struck , tiliu deceased ou the face in a _iui-ular manner , and they commenced _wmiugling about some money . The _prisoner-and deceased . i : au back a short distance ; along the _gang-vay , and returned sparring at each other . They continued this for sojuc time to thu annoyance of the other _persons on the pier .. The deceased pushed the prisoner * ami both nearly fell overboard , They were _admonish by the pier master * _3 fr . Lardiien , but they Sock no novx * _ofihimThe

      . _ycisoner asked ths deceased , if any one had _Misulted him , and said , if any person hail , done " so h < i « " >' very willing io . take his part The _doeeased lausbinglJ replied , no ou « had insulted . hiin . Directl y after this , d » deceased pointed to a man 5 a a "boat , a . few yards , off , una said , " Yes ,, that man has insulted me . " The prisoner then came Utfhind him , a * d pushed , him , _head-foieniu't . into the water . Ho sunk -almost immediately _^ and although _s . aoathook wus . put towards him , aud drags _Wi-ra _tln-oivu out , a quarteir of an hour elapsed before he wa * picked , up , dead . Vl _& en the prisoner was given into Ibi custody of Ucalc _, * police constable , he appeared ha " ' stups . il ; and , on _btiug informed lie had drowned his iViev . d he said , "I am awry for it may God forgive me . This * through the _effect of _drvuk . " He is a . very _mUeviiW object ; and , on being called upon for his defence , _wew'f 8 a . , u , _" w » s Vhe _uniutontioual . " Mr . Bullautiue committed him tor trial tor manslaughter .

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      n _« _^ ¦ Uttyn » _u , kot , m tho Citv of \\ estmiii 5 tPi' it in * _Umoe , in the same Street aiul Parish , for the I ' _topnetor , _"PEAKG-US . _O'COMXOH , Esq ., and _publishe _' _, by "William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , Bva « 3 _don-street , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Mary , K _«* V ington , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , So- l Great _Wlndmill-strect , liny-market , iu the CilS _Westminster . Saturday , June 13 , ISii " .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 13, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13061846/page/8/