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      Daring Outrage On Her Majesti On Saturda...

      sMU beliable at the discre tion of the court before which tue said persohshall be so convicted , to be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years , or to be imprisoned , with or without hard labour , for any period not exceeding three Year * and during the period of such imprisonment to be publicly or privately whipped , as often aud in < = ueh manner and form as tlie said court shall order and direct , not exceeding three . " _-nnS _^ - _^ fa ? '* h at if the sentence oftrans-? ntn _^ ° f - paSS _? _* - _L - ° _gg _i » g cannot be carried _^ n _^ f Utl 0 n ; t 0 l nihct such a _necessarv _puuishmuit _, the court must pass the nunimuni sentence .

      Middlesex Sessions Tuesday , Mat 22.—The...

      MIDDLESEX _SESSIONS Tuesday , Mat 22 . —These sessions commenced this morning at _Hicks ' s Hall , ClcrkenwcU-grcen , before the usual authorities . " ° " The calendar contaiiis a list of sixtv-ei « ht _c-ises felon " _WWch _Mty-seren a « _mdictnfents for Ixd ' ecexi Assault _ur a Policemax , a \ b _Pkr-S ° ° L f 1 _^ _** ssEs .-WiUiainJennings , a police-constable , who , at the last _sitting of the court , was convicted of having committcd ° an indecent assault upon a little girl named Wingrovo , was brought up for jud < rmeut . The court had deferred passing sentence on the prisoner , m order that the police mi ght make _inqumes ; as to what connexion , if any , had existed between him and a witness named James Lane , who was called for the defence , and who swore that the

      prisoner was an entire stranger to him . Hi s _evioence was , that he was near the spot where the « irl said the offence w ; is committed , _having been to visit a niece of his who lived in Wellington-place , _Tictona-grove . He said that he asked the prisoner who was on duty there , the way to Ids residence ! and it was by that means the prisoner found hiin afterthe charge was made against him . _. Inspector Tarltox , 2 f division , said that he had instituted inquiries , and he had ascertained that the Witness Lane had not visited lus niece in Welling ton-place at all for the last eighteen months , aud that on the Tuesday preceding the trial of the prisoner ( who was hailed ) they wore seen together in the "Victoria-grove oxnaiing _' tbe localityand measur

      , ing the ground , so that the witness might be able to describe it on the trial . Lane was also at the police-court when the prisoner was bailed , and a my intimate friend of his { Lane ' s ) was brother-in law to the prisoner , and was bail for him . The learned Jcdge said the result of the inquiry was very imich like what he had anticipated that it would be . The witness it was now proved had committed gross aud wilful pcrjurv in this case . Sow , looking at this faet-tbat the defendant at the time he had committed this assault was one of the policeforce , and , moreover , that he was also on duty , and that he had called a perjured witness to speak in his behalf , with the full knowled ge that what that "wiinesswas about to swear was altogether false

      , it was impossible , under such a state of circumstances , but that the Gourt should visit the defendant with a punishment of some severity . The sentence upon him therefore was tbat he * be imprisoned for the period of three mouths in the House of Correction , and tbatbefbre-his' liberation he find security for his future good behaviour . Robbery . —William Langley , a well-known member of the " swell-mob , " was indicted for having robbed a lady of the name of Webber of a purse containing three sovereigns , a half-sovereign , and three _half-erowns . It appeared that the prosecutrix and a female friend were walking in the neighbourhood of St . John ' s Wood on the evening of the 28 th of April , and upon arriving at a lighter part of

      the road than they had just been traversing ' , the former observed something glisten by her _sideT She looked round with quickness , when she saw her purse , which was worked with steel beads , in the hand of a person whom she fully believed was the prisoner at the bar . As soou as she turned round the man ran off , leaving the purse behind him , but he was pursued by her Mend , and eventually the prisoner was overtaken and secured by a young man who joined in the pursuit . The identity * of the prisoner was proved , and the jury thereupon returned a verdict of " Guilty . " The learned Judge , in passing sentence , stated that the prisoner was a wellknown incorrigible thief , and was one of those whose practice it had been to lurk about dark corners and avenues on the watch for ladies . He was

      yery much too perfect , and too much accpmplishcd in his avocation to be allowed to remain in this country and therefore the sentence upon him was transportation for ten _jcars .

      Important Decision Tlnder The Factor? Ac...

      IMPORTANT DECISION _TLNDER THE FACTOR ? ACT . A bench of magistrates at Dewsbury , in Yorkshire , have given a _unatdmous decision against the relay Systran . The adjudicating magistrates on the bench were Air . Insham , of JJiake-hall , chairman ; Mr . J . 3 . Greenwood , and Mr . W . 11 . _Wheatley . Colonel Pollard and Mr . Kalph , both West llidisg magistrates , were also present , but look no part in the _procredinss . The court was filled with millowners and otherslnterected in _thepMnt at issue . The parties charged were Messrs . "Wilson and Pinh , cotton-spinners , of Liversedge . and the offence laid against them was preferred by Mr . Bates , sub-inspcetor of factories , who charged them with employing a yonng woman , named Ann Flint , under eighteen years of age , formore * hantenhou-s , on the 27 th of April last . Mr . Saunders , theiuspeetor of factories for the Toikshire district , conducted the rase on the part of the prosecution ; Messrs . Wilson and Pink were defended by Ah- Waits , solicitor , Dewsbury .

      Mr . Saunders , in stating the case , said—The second _secfh'n of the act commonly called the Ten Hours Act , directs that no young person shall be employed more than ten hours in any one day , except in certain cases as provided . There are two clauses in the 7 th Victoria , chap . 15 , to which I beg respecfully to call the attention of the bench—viz ., the 2 Cth and 52 nd sections The words of the information are , "that Ann Flint was employed for im-re than ten hours 5 such space of more than ten Hours beim ; reckoned and computed according to the mode prescribed by the said act , " and this mode is laid down in the two sections to which I have referred . The 26 th section provides , "that the hours of work of

      young persons _^ hall be reckoned from the time when any child or young person shall _finst begin __ to work in the niorn _' ng in such factory ; " and the 52 nd section provides , " that the time of beginning work in the morning , which _=-hall be stated in any notice _hsel un in tlie factory , signed by the occupier or his agent , shall be tahen to He the " time when all persons in ihe factory , except children beginning to work in the afternoon , began work on any day subsequent to the date of such notice . " This exception is important , because it expressly excludes from the _operation of this notice the oh _' y class of persons who mny work as a relay class in the afternoon—viz ., dii- _'drcn under thirteen years of age wlr > have attended school in the forenoon . De

      calledllr . _li-iies , who said , that he was at Wils-n and Pink ' s factory on tlie 2 / th of April last , and found the notice now produced hung uj > in the mill , lie knew it again from having put his initials upon it . They were _ihen there , He saw there the notice as to the hours of work of all young persons employed on that day a * follows :- "Friday-From six to _ehrht ; from h ; df-past eight to one ; from two to half-past live . " John Ashworth , in the employment of Messrs Wilson and Piulc , proved _, that Ana Flint worked at their factory « m the 27 th of April ; that she came at eight o'clock in the morning , went out to dinner atone o ' clock , came ba _* _-k at two ; worked till four ; came back at half-past Mir ; and worked till eight at night . ., M r . Watts then addressed thebencn at consideraV . e length , _contending that the witnesses had proved that bis clients had employed Ann Flint no more than ten hours on tiie day in question , aud that was the time allowed by the Ten Hours Act

      _3 Ir , Ingham ( the chairman ) said—This is a case as to the construction of an Act of Parliament ; and it is not as to whether any person really worked more than ten hour .- - , but whether any ? erson working certain 2 i « . urs is to be deemed to have worked more than . ten hnvivs in the opinion of the justices . _ Therefore , if there is any tiling false in our conviction , it is in the law , not us ; we act as we ihink the law requires us to do ; wc are quite agreed ; unanimously in fact , all three of us—sad ' we deemed Ann Flint to have worked more than ten hours in one day . _a-id therefore we convict these parties in the penalty of . £ 3 .

      Loss Of Two Hull Whalers The Hull Vessel...

      LOSS OF TWO HULL WHALERS The Hull vessels sent to Greenland this year have been very unfortunate in their fishing ; but" this is unimportant contrasted ; . with tho intelligence wc have to convey of the total loss of the William Ward and the ' _Pledge , ' of this port . The former was a barque of 205 tons , and a crew of forty-five men ; the latter , a smack of tlurtv-ohe tons , and a crew of nineteen men . ¦'¦ .. A letter has been received by Mrs . Gravill , wife Of Captain Gravill , of the William Ward , which contains the further details of the loss of that vessel . It is dated the 7 th instant , om board the Dublin of . Peterhead , lat . CO deg . N . . The ..-writer states that the loss of the William Ward occurred on the 24 th March , in a tremendous gale from the

      N . E .. _amongst henvv ieo . in Int . XI _rlno- * m min X _ . N . E ., amongst heavy ice , in hit . 47 deg . 30 min . N _., and long . 10 deg . W .. "Every . precaution , " observes Captain Gravill , "had been used for hei safety , having sent down topgallant yards , and struck -mizen-topmast , and close reefed the topsails , on the morning of the above day , while it was calm . The gale commenced about three a . m . most terrific , for we had to stow away all but the closcreefod _main-rtopsails . The frost was very severe , with constant thick weather . Tho Traveller , of Peterhead was in company . We had all hands on deck attending to the braces which wo could scarcely haul through the blocks , for , the frost ; many of the men ' s faces" were frost-bitten , and although not above the deck , it was impossible to make the men hear without the trumpet . . The shipbeinsramongst

      heavy ice , with a tremendous sea , about three p . m . hove down upon the weather side of a heavy ' stream * ( of ice ) with no possibility of getting clear . We were , therefore , compelled ' to let her go into it . Her larboard side was soon stove fore and aft , and , before Ave got through , tho water was up to the hold beams . Our situation was now most alarming , there being no ship to be seen ; we had lost sight of the Traveller some time before . Our condition was aggravated bv the continued severity of the frost , and many of our men suffering under its inflictions , but we got the ship ' s head to the eastward , and all hands were cmployed at both pumps . We cut away the mainmast to keep the vessel from turning on her beam ends . In this condition we continued until two days

      afterwards , when , in the morning , there was a cry , fore and aft , 'The ship ' s going down head first . ' I fave orders to cut away the foremast , which being one cased the ship greatly , auu every exertion was made to keep her above water , the men dropping off from the pumps'daily , through fatigue and having their feet Irost bitten ; and so we remained , from the 24 th until tho 20 th , constantly at the pumps , and with the water sometimes in the cabin . On the morning of the 29 th wc could only muster twenty-ei ght at the pumps out of forty-five hands , but , through the intervention of an ever-watchful Providence , a shi p hove in sight , and , with difficulty ,-made us out to be a wreck , as we appeared to be like a large heap of ice , but the mizeii-mast being still standing , convinced the other ship ' s crew that

      it was a vessel in distress . They , therefore , bore down to us , and proved to be the Fairy , of Dundee , Captain Robert Kery- who with the . feelings of a father and a friend , sent his boats immediately to our relief , and took us all from the wreck . The weather proved moderate that - morning , but as the sea ran high , we were compelled to keep to the pumps up to the last moment , until his boats got alongside for us . We then got all the sick up as well as we could , amounting to eighteen at that time . ~ Some wc were obliged to carry on our backs to the side , and lower into the boats , their feet being very much frost-bitten , and their legs wrapped up in pieces of blankets . It took the . greater part ot the day to get ns all out , and the Fairy had only time to save three boats after we were all on board .

      The ship ( the William Ward ) was filling fast , and a gale increasing , before midnight the Fairy was obliged to come under a close-reefed main-topsail , and foresail , so that had we not been taken off before that storm I greatly doubt whether any of us would have been left , as the poor men wore giving up every hour . Loth mvsclf and the crew will never forget the kindness to the sick , and the attention paid to us all by Capt . Ker and his ship ' s company . I left the Sarah and Elizabeth a little more than a week ago , to come home bv the Dublin , Capt . _Mackie . lie has about 8 , 000 seals , about 115 tone . He had given up all hope of ever getting out of the ice , as it is a heavy ' pack , ' and there is no ' young ice' to shelter them . Many ships are stove , and those that havo escaped consider it a

      miracle . The smack Pledge is lost , but the crew saved . Some of them are on board the Dublin _, lam afraid there is another vessel lost , as-1 have been told of a main boom . that was picked up . It appears to have been a . brig . The smack Turk , Brown , had about 400 seals , buCshc is stove . I know vcrv little about the Hull ships , but heard they wore all badly off . The Sarah and Elizabeth had loO seals when I left her , but I hope they will all do well . The Traveller is very much stove , as are also the Resolution and many more . 1 am sorry to say many of our men have lost the toes off their feet , and I am afraid some of them will lose" their feet . Poor Arthur had lost five toes , last time I saw him . I intend landing , at Shetland , as I think wo shall be better able to get home . Young Lcc , Smith , Tather , and Robinson arc with me . " A letter lias also been received from the mate of the Pledge , and is , we believe , the only communication which has arrived from that , vessel . The

      master is still at Greenland . It is dated as the above , and , after briefly stating the loss of the Pledge on _theSSth ult ., contains : the following particulars . addressed to the owner;— " Sir , I have to inform you of the wreck of Jho Pledge in , Greenland . On the 12 th of April it was blowing a heavy gale , and we were completely disabled , v having no scam from ice-knees down to keel , no mainboom , no mainsail ( the mainsail haying blown to ribbons ) and water by this time in ' the lower bed cabins , and g aining on us . The Traveller of Peterhead , being in company with us , was under close-reefed topsails . Wc hoisted our ensign to the Traveller , and the captain sent two boats and took us on board . On the 28 th of April wc _camb on board the Dublin of Peterhead ( mate , second mate , cook , and rest of the crew ) , leaving the master and two _boj's . till . morning . It was then blowing- fresh , and , coming on thick during the ni ght , we lost sight of the Traveller , and left the master . —Your obedient servant , Husky _Taoir , late mate of the Pledge . " —lhdl Advertiser .

      ; : Surrey Adjourned Sessions These Sess...

      SURREY _ADJOURNED _SESSIONS These sessions commenced on Monday at the Sessions-house , _Kcwington-causcway , before Thomas Pucklc , Esq M and a fall bench of magistrates . Ixchease op Crime and _Waxt or Educ . _itiok . — - The calendar contained the names of seventy-nine prisoners for trial , thirty one of whom could neither read nor write , twenty read and write imperfectly , twenty-live read imperfectly , and only three could road and write well . A Lucky Escape from Traxsfoktatiox . —Henry Lee , 24 , was indicted for stealing at Lambeth a coat the property of William - Webb . —The wife of the prosecutor said on the morning of the 21 st ult . she was standing ' at the parlour window , when she saw the prisoner pass the house several times . The hall door was open , and suddenly she heard some , one leaving the hall . She then saw the prisoner run past with the coat under his arm . She ' - instantly gave the alarm , hut the prisoner escaped . _^—Mr .

      Koumson , on behalf ot the prisoner , contended , that the witnesses must be mistaken as to their identity , as hc _° was instructed to deny the , charge . —The jury , after a few minutes'consultation , returned a verdict of'" Guilty . " —The prisoner was afterwards indicted for stealing two-coats , the property of . Thomas nawkins , a tradesman in the borough . This _was-a case similar to the above , and the jury' found him "Guilty . "—Mr . Kcene , the governor of the gaol said the prisoner had been four times'in his custody , for re-examinations , but to his _knowledge had hot _heoiv convicted . —Tho chairman , told _tlio prisoner that he had been a lucky fellow ; had he been only twice summarily convicted ho would have been transported , as there could be no "doiibt that he was an old offender . Prior to the passing of the new act , such , no doubt , would have been his fatej but as a warning to him , the court would sentence him to twelve months' hard labour in Brixton House of Corrction . _;

      Peiin'icious Ixflviixce Op Privilege.?.....

      _PEiiN'icious IxFLViixcE op Privilege . ? .. —The , human character could not have been ' more effectually _degraded than by giving a man absolute' ; power . Birth , riches , and all the extrinsic advantage that , without any mental exertion , exalt . a man . above his fellow ' s . sihk'him in rcahty below them . _Inpro-j portion to " his weakness , he is . played . . upon . by t > designin < r men , until he loses all traces of humanity That tribes of men should quietly follow such a leader is truly extraordinary . Where shall we find men who , educated in slavish dependence , andene _rrated by luxury ' and sloth , will stand forth to assert moral

      the ri <* tit of man , or to claim the privilege of DCin f , ' . vh 6 should havcbiit one road to excellence ? Servility to moharchs and ministers , whose deadly grasp stops ' the progress of the hiiman m . ihd _, " isnot vet instinct ... Let not men , then , in the pride of power imitate the arguments of tyrannic kings and venal ministers , and . asse > t < that woman ought to be subjected to man because she has always ,, been so . When man , governed by reasonable laws , enjoys his natural freedom , let him " desp ise woman if she do not share it with him ; . but , till that glonoijs period arrives let hini not , ' in descanting on the folly of the other sex overlook his own . —Mary . Wolkionicraft ' * _Rightsbf Woman . . -, ; - • _-,. ¦ ,: v _-., - ¦ ' ¦ _epiiatH W . A COUNTRI CHURCHYARD . ' "As you are now , so , once was me ; ' - "As I am now , " so you must bo . ; Therefore prepare to follow me . Below which a wag had written" To fellow you I ' m not content , Megs I Kngw which way you went .

      ¦ ¦¦ Monday, May 21: . "" - Iiouse. Of L...

      ¦ ¦¦ MONDAY , May 21 : . "" - IIOUSE . OF LORDS .-FiniNG at the _Qukes-. ¦ liieMaiquis of Lansdowne calied _atten-ion to the unfortunate' occurrence '' - which had _happeiv _.-d on _Saturday , when , said his lordship , " an odious and disgusting , but at the same time an absurd and cmtemptible attempt had been made upon the person of the sovereign . " -: The inquiry which had followed clearly est blished that there were no circumstances which would , justify in this instance a commitment for _hiuh tieason . lie therefore should n . ; t propose to the House to go up to the throne with any expression of sympathy for the Queen , or of abhorrence of tha attack . He should leave the law to take its course , believing that the act of 1842 would be found _singu-arly applicable to the . case , and trusting the wretched culprit would receive the _degrading and contempt inspiring punishment he so richly merited .

      Lord Stanley expressed his approval of this course , and Lord Brougham observed thit , under any circumstances , he should have objected to au address , because the culprit had not been ( ried , and any address must assume his guilt . But as to _tllia _, Loul _LANSDOWNE . said that an address would have referred to the character of the offence and not to the person ot the offend er ; and the subject dropped . Works of art 1 s Rome . —Lord l _* Kor en am said thathe _iiaa received a letter from- Manzoiii , who was m this country , and who would have petitioned their wr dships if such a course would not hare been informal , solemn ' y stating , in the most positive and distinct terms , that the reports in the Frendi and English newspapers , as well as in private letters , that he bad brou ght away works of art from Rome , was entirely without foundation . He thought it due to M . Manzoni to take the earliest opportunity ot making this statement .

      - The Land Improvement and Drainage ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time ; and the stauding orders of the House having been suspended , it was also passed through , committee , so that it may be ; read a third time and receive the royal assent immediately . ¦ , ' ¦ ¦¦' _¦" ¦ ¦¦ _NAyiGATiON Laws —The House then went ioto committee on the navigation lawB . Lord Stanley rose to bring forward amendments of which he had given notice , and the House , which was noisy at the time , was immediately , hushed into silence . Heobservfd emphatically that he _considered " reciprocity '' for our own trade ought to be preliminary to any advantages which Great Britain bestowed on the trade of foreign _countries . The

      principle of the governmerttywas to abandon the navigation law and then to retaliate on other nations which did not follow the example . His principle , on the other hand , was to maintain the navigation law , but to reciprocate the advantages which other nations might be anxious'to extend to us . This distinction embodied the line of policy adopted by Mr , Iluskisson . He denied that , without reciprocity , they should surrender ho more than was ibsolutely required by the exigencies and for the advantages of commerce .. Ths country cried out to them to take this course . All the naval men , all the commercial menand all who were connected -nith shipping

      , throughout the country were urging thjem to avoid the rash step they were at present taking . Ministers were acting _against the sense of the country , and they knew it . ( Loud opposition chesrs . ) He protested aaainst the principle' of " retaliation" which they proposed to adopt . It would be _a'difficult principle to carry out ; it would be an invidious , hostile , and uncourteous policy it _woukl be a policy under which we must make sacrifices without the power of _tesuming our rights . Ueleft it to the Hous « to decide , then , between " reciprocity" and " retaliation . " and concluded , amidst loud cheers , by moving his amendment to Clause 1 . '

      Earl Gar . _r commenced by observing that the altera ' th . would '" 'hiake nonsense of the whole bill , and was evidently only pvoposed in its present thape in the hope _c-f catching the stray votes of noble lords who felt the difficulty of again taking a division on a question of principle which had already heen decided . Lord Staidey shrunk froin comin _; ' to close quarters ; ( Ministerial cheers . J He wanted them to adopt a principle of " lecipvocity . " But would " reciprocity" answer the objects of the British merchant ? By a system of reciprocity , instead of the trade of the world being open to us , we should only have open to us the trade of some particular nations , and then only in articles tlie produce of those countries . The question , ther efore , Jay between absolute restriction or a free ' system . If we continued to insist _iipnn the former court of policy , it was matter of certainty that other nations would follow the example , and a great benefit would be lost ,

      not only to ourselves , but to the world at large . He reminded them of the fable of tlie dog and the shadow , and urged them not ' to throw away their own trade while sfasping after that of others . Lord Stanley , bad'refrained that night from referring tc the colonial trade .. He had done wisely . Ilis . prnposal with regard to the colonial trade was futile _, lie was absolute _ly going ' , by . his amendment to clause 0 , to create a protection iu favour of the United States as regarded the trade of the St- Lawrence . ( Hear , hear . ) This was not what Canada wanted ' . Canada wanted the European vessels ' which brought out emigrants to be able to take back , corn and timber . ' And whilst the noble lord permitted United States ships to convey the ' produe ' eof Canada to Europe , he afforded' no single . inducement for United SPates ships to go to Canada to get it . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble earl concluded by expressing his belief that the opinion of the country was not a . ainst this measure , and by urging , the House not practically to rescind their vote upon the second reading .

      , Lord _Whauncxiffe , from the cross-benches , expressed his intention of supporting the government . The amend ment of Lord Stanley was entirely at vmianee wi h the whole spirit and purpose of the bill , and it was impossible for any one ' who had supported the second reading to vote to-night in favour of the alteration . He , dissented altogether from the clause affecting the Canadian trade , ; and with ' regard to foreign trado , Lord Stanley ' s poPcy seemed to make restriction ' the rule , and relaxation the exception . One great evil of the present navigation law was its . _extraordinary complexity : Lord Stanley , instead of simplifying it , would make it more complex .

      The Karl of _Harrowby ( the brother-in-law of the last speaker ) combated his &> guments . He thought there were many peers who had voted , for the second reading who were by no meaii 3 prepared to pass tlie bin without modifications , or to abandon the navigation law intoto ,. without obtaining some reciprocal advantng ' cs from b'her couutries . He thought tbe " complexity" referred to was more in his noble friend ' s imagination than it would prove , to be in operation . Noble ' lord _9 ought to . recollect the vastness of the step they were taking , This was not a measure from which they could ever retreat . Once _passe-J , tlie _. v could never draw back . "Who demanded

      the measure ? The _people — the merchants—the shipowners—the sailors of the nation ? Not one of them ! . ( Oh . ) If they did , why did ' they not say so ? ( Opposition cheers . ) By hydraulic pressure a petition for the bill had been _squeeztfd out of Liverpool . Ifchad J 43 _sifrna ' ures : no more . ( Laughter . ) They had not established that with safety the present system could be abandoned . They proposed to give away a vast fade . "Were they to make so greata sacrifice without making an effort to obtain sorse reciprocal advantage ? He hoped that by adopting the _amaidirient their lordships would de ide that question in the negative . . .

      ' Earl Granviixk made a discursive speech , in the course of which he ; again defended-Mr . Porter and . his statislici from Lord Brougham ' s assaults . Lord Colchgstbh . followed , condemning the bill , but adding nothing new to the arguments in opposition to it . ' - '' " ' The . Marquis of Clanmcarde addressed himself to the statement of opposition peers tliatthe people were opposed to the bill . -. When they talked of meetings against the bill , what ' , let liim aslv _, came of the gr eat meetings in the City , to attend which so many noble dukes migrated from the west to the east , and found themselves ' _unsupported ? The . bill came up recommended by a' majority of the representatives of the seaport tnwns , and was riot that , a circumstance entitling it to considera ! ion ? ' ' . ¦' . . ¦ ¦ ¦" . '

      Ihe debate had flagged for some , time , when Lord Brougham , rose , to give his reasons , as he said , for supporting the amendment . He commenced by ridiculing Earl . Granville ,,. whose speech ,: he said , made men forget the passage , of . time , unless they roused themselves ., to look at the clock , i _: His defence of Mr . Phi ter _. uad only one fault , it was too candidit admitted too many of his ; failings . . Mi ' . Porter ' s life had been one of errors , and the greatest error of all-was that he . was detected . He . was a : fallible mortal , and , more especially fallible in respect of figures , and most , of all in respect of the magician . ( Loud laughter . ); Hethen adverted to the petitions against the bill , and . to ; that presented from Liverpool in its favour . r . _Ten-eloventks of . that town had signed against it ; the petition of the . one-eleventh had been got up at a hole-and-corner meeting , upon which he cast ridicule'rTlie noble" marquis said that

      a , majority of the members of seaport towns were iu favourof the bill . . Was the member , for . IIull , ( Mr _, liaiues )? On ths contrary , if not misinformed , he had voted against thebill , although a memberof the government . ( Hear , hear . ) Where was the Lord Mayor .-of ; Lmdon ? He was as good a Whig as any in England , but he had not voted once with the government on .. this question . ¦ ¦ . What was the majority ? Last year it was .: 117 ; this . yearit had . dwindled down .. to , oi , . in- _spitejof all the exertions of the . government . „ The ., noble > lord then , entered ; into : an argument to show , the advantage ., _-of the :. ' reciprocity" project . : ' ¦ : ¦ He begged them to consider-what prodigious interests they were placing at stake by this ill-advised and illdigested measure . He saw from the appearance of the House what prodigious efforts had been made ; he saw that precautions had been taken which were more than unprecedented ; he saw peers _faumnuned

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      from far and _near-from every quarter of the nation ; he saw a right rev . prelate just enter the House ( to vote , he hoped , with the oppositi' _-. n )—( a luigh)—who had not heard a word or" the debate ; he saw present the representatives of the Sovereign abroad-come , he supposed , to represent the opinion of . their countrymen in foreign parts in opposition to the opinion of their countrymen at home . It would seem as if the fate of a constitution , and not' thi fate of a government , was at stake . He then gave a glowing account of the rise and progress of the navigation law . and of the mercantile and national marine which had grown up and been fostered by it . Onall occasions un advocate of free trade and an opponent of needless restrictions , he was , nevertheless , with , _AdaiB Smith , ft supporter of the _navigation laws _. more important by far than wealth—nay , more important even than trade itself—was the defence of the nation .

      Earl Fitzwiiliam remarked on the discursive character of L'ird _Brougham ' s speech , and owned himself a convert upon tl _j is subject . With reference io our boasted superiority at s ; a he asked if . the nation did not owe more to the Almighty power that had beneficently _arrayed our coasts and havens than to any navigation law that ever was devised . The noble Earl was followed by the Earl of _Eflbnborougii , who aOdressed himself to the technicalities of the amendment , pointing out what would be its practical _opera'ion . The Marquis of _Lassdownb then rose and spoke with ali the skill of . a practised debater . He commenced by rever in * to Earl Grey ' s add ; ess , which had remained _ei-tirely unanswered . lie pointed out

      that there was a wide difference of principle bet . vee . il the bill and the amendment . Whilst the government sought to remove every possible restriction , retaining none but such as _weva _absolutely necessary , the noble lord _proposed to keep up all restrictions , removing those alone from which he was driven by the force of circumstances . The amendments which the noble lord had moved were completel y at variance with all the principles ' upon this subject which lie had previously laid down . He wished to Fatisfy Canada : he desired that no favour should be shown to the United States . But whilst __ he entirely failed in carrying out the first object , his amendment to the sixth clause would effectually accomplish the

      second . The noble _uvirqiin then adverted to the allegation that the sense of the country was against the bill . It wag a matter , he said , of history , "lint no one measure of commercial reform had ever been introduced into the British parliament tint had been popular with the _chvs _. whom it specially affected . It was said that Liverpool was against the bill , but at Glasgow , he learnt from a Tory paper , the merchants were calhd together last Saturday to petitiori ' against this b 11 , and only 150 persons attended , of whom there were nothalf-a-dozeii connected with shipping . He then . told a . good story of the pilots of the Ty ne , and concluded by adjuring their lordships to adopt the bill and reject the amendment . Their lordships then

      divided—Contents—tor the amendment ... 103 Non-contents—against it ... ... 116 _Majority for the povernment ... —13 . The majority was considerably larger than appeared to bo expected , but it elicited no _expression of feeling . IIOUSE OF COMMONS .-A new writ was ordered for Sutherland , in the room of Sir D . Dundas , who has accepted the office of Judge-Adv ( cate-General _, void by the appointment of Mr . W . G . Ilayter as one of the joint Secretaries of the Treasury .

      Firino atthe Queen . —Lord J . Russell , before moving that the order _ofthedaybe rend , observed that it appeared to hini to be desirable , in order to allay apprehension in connexion with the attempt represented to have been made on her Majesty ' s life , that , he should inform the House that , although it was true that a pistol had been discharged at her M » jesty , there was no reason to accuse the person who had discharged it of a treasonable attempt on the Queen ' s life , and that the crime was more remarkable for its baseness than its atrocity . Had the

      attempt been one of a different character , he was sure that he would have had the cordial and unanimous _assent of the House to an address to her Majesty congratulating her on the _preservation of so valuable a life . ( Cheers . ) Her Majesty , under circumstances well calculated to inspire alarm , had acted with her usual coolness and fortitude . ( Cheers . ) [ The noble lord , in delivering this brief address , . ' ¦ poke _^ in a tone of voice so tremulous as to betoken considerable agitation . lie was loudly cheered while making his communication to the House . !

      Mr . J . _O'Conkeli . _beg-. _'ed permission to say , that if anything could aggravate the misery of his unfortunate country , it was the reflection that the miscreant charged with this _outrage was an Irishman . During the wildest excitement of " popular phronsy in Ireland , be believed that no one harboured the slightest idea of personal insult to the sovereign , arid even now he believed that misfortunes would be forgotten in the general hurst of cohgratulatirn at the fact that her Majesty had escaped this base attempt . The hon . member ' s _obsetva'ions were , also interrupted by _loitd cheers during their delivery .

      Health of the Metropolis . — -Sir _G-. G _i _; inreplied to Sir W . Clay , that there would not beany public health bill introduced for the metropolis during the present session , the first report of the commission having be n mainly carried out by the consolidation of the Commissioners of Sewers , and the _ge-neral survey . He could not say when the final report wrfuld be ready , the labours ' of the commission having been very much increased by the outbreak of cholera in different parts of the country . ' AgriculturalDistress . —Lord John Russell answered Mr . Grantley Berkeley , by stating that the government had no special measure in contemplation for the relief of agricultural distress , neither was it intended to reduce the income tax chargeable on farmers . -

      _KAFFin War . —Tlie Chancellor of the Exchequer , in answer to Mr . V . Smith , stat : d , with respect to the _account of the money spent in the Kaffir war , which the Commissioners of Audit had pronounced to be unintelligible , that he had sent tlvm back to the colony lor revision , and until the amended accounts were supplied , he could take no further steps in the matter . Encumbered Estates ( Ireland ) Bill . — -The House then went into committee on the s . iid bill , some of the earlier clauses occasioning debate , efforts being made to elicit from the government who the commissioners under the bill were to be , but which proved _unsuccessful .

      The Solicitor General stated the _official . irran !* ement , to be as follows : a chief commissioner with a salary of _£ 8 , 000 a vcar , and two other commissioners with salaries of £ 2 , 000 ; a secretary , some clerks , and one or two messengers ; tho whole expense , which would not be large , to be defrayed out of the public exchequer . That it was not proposed to create any office for the purposes of valuation under the bilf ; and , with reference to travelling expenses , should mch a necessity arise , which was not anticipated , then only the actual expense incurred to be repaid . On arriving at clause 19 , ; Mr . Turner moved a proviso , to the effect that no order of sale should be made on the application of any owner or encumbrancer , the value of whose interest was not equal to tbe amount of the encumbrance ; nor unless the whole of the encumbrances amounted to two-thirds the . value of the estate .

      . The _SoLicrroit-GENiiRAL opposed the amendment , as it would involve the , necessity of a previous inquiry as to the respective values of the estate and the encumbrances , which in-the depressed state of landed property in Ireland , was perhaps nor / not worth mare than half its amount , as compared with the period when the mortgages were effected . Af ' tera conversai'on , Mr . Grogan _sugyested that estates encumbered to the extent of " one-half" be substituted for "two-thirds- " : Mr . _Tuhner having assented , the oommittce divided ,- when the amendment altered as suggested was negatived by a majority of 57 , the numbers 9 to G 6 . The _remaining- clauses were then agreed to , the House resumed , end the report was ordered to be received on Thursday . The other business on the paper was summarily disposed of , proforra & , and the House adjourned at eleven o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , Mav 22 . ; : HOUSE OF LORDS . —Episcopal Ciiuncii in Scotland . —Lord BuouGnAM presented petitions from members of the United Church of England and Ireland , temporarily settled in' Scotland , involving questions of doctrine , as between two bodies aud their ministers , both of whom professed the episcopalian religion , but whoin Scotland were sectarians ; and who diffcrred with respect to the use of the liturgy . The arguments in reference to these petitions were purelv of a relig ious character / and were participated in by ' Lord Brougham , the B shop of Salisbury , the Earl of Suffolk , the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Bishop of Gloucester , tbe Dtike of Ar-# yle , the Bishop of Exkteu , the Bishop of Cash el , the Earl of Minto , the Duk e , of Buccleuch , the Bishop of Oxford , the- Earl of . Harrowby , Earl Powis , and the Earl of Galloway . '

      Lord Brougham , who had originated the discus ; ston , finally put it to their lordships , whether they ! had not had quite enough of the matter . ( Laughter . } The real grievance - < was , that an English- clergyman having resided some time in : Scotland _, could not , on his return to England , get alicence to preach , being thus worse off than the Romanist priest , whose ordination was recognised in the church of England . The English clergyman , under such circumstances , it appeared , being looked upon by certain ri ght rev . prelates as merely a schismatic from _Unchurch of Scotland ; :: ; . ' .. "v '; _- _v- . _'' ' ¦¦ - '< . . : ; . _r - . ¦ - < . , The petition was then ordered to lie on the table . - The Navigation Bill . —The Marquis of Lansdowne said , that at . that late hour he would not proceed with the navigation bill , but postpone the committee . Lord Brougham : To I his day six months ? ( A laugh . ) _TheMarquwofUKSDowNE . ; To Thursday next

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      —¦ with the understanding that there shall be no pcti _t-ons discussed . ( Laughter . ) Their lwdships then adjourned , at ten o _" clock , to Thursday . IIOUSE OF COMMONS .-A new writ was ordered for South Warwickshire in the room of ¦ Mr . E . J . Shirley , who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds . . RtiFNDLY Socicties . —Mr . P . _Scropb asked the lion , member tor North Wilts -whether the _Frh-ndly Societies Bill which he had introduced would'have the effect which was apprehended in some parts ot the country of depriving a'l such societies of the

      management of their own affairs , and of taking _possesion of their funds for the use of the government . Mr . Sotheros admitted that much alarm bad srisen among persons not conversant with acts of parliament because in one clause of the bill the Commissioners for tho Reduction of the National Debt were mentioned , and that consequently they feared their funds were to be applied to that object . It was hardly necessary for him to say that there was no foundation for tlie apprehension . " On the contrary , the object of the bill was , to give friendly societies proper control over their affairs , by empowering chem to call for and examine their _accounts whenever

      they deemed it necess . iry for the purpose of ascertaining their solvency . Ballinaslok Workhouse . —Mr . Reynolds put some questions to Sir G . Grey on the . mbject of the poor in Ballinasloe workhouse , referring to the alleged fact of cholera and typhus having carried off 1 , 150 of the inmates , asking _whether the commissioners had received instructions to inquiro into this frightful system ? . '¦ ¦ - Sir Gkorgb Grey denied that _there was anything frightful in the system . The mortality refened to had arisen from cholera , and was in no way connected with the workhouse system further thin that the houses were used in the emergency to mitigate the virulence of the epidemic . Thb Derbt Day . —On the motion of'he Marouis of Granby , that the House should not sit on Wednesday ( the Derby Day ) ,

      Mr . A glios by opposed the-motion , and an ' animated debate ensued , « hich terminated in a division in favour of a holiday , the numbers being 1-33 to 119 . Duration of Parliament . —Mr ! T . D'Evncourt then rose to move for leave to introduce a bill to shorten the duration of Parliament , lie trusted ho would not be charged with impropriety if , instead of waiting tho result of agitation , he thought the preferable course was to bring this question before the House now . ( Hear , hear , ) It was a question which at the time of the _Revolution of 1 GS 8 occupied a considerable share of attention ; and in the Bill of Rights it was declared to be the right of the people of England that Parliaments should frequently assemble . In 1694 the question was brought more

      into shape , and the Triennial Act passed , though , as he would afterwards show , unnecessarily repealed . It could not bo said that this question had been pressed unnecessarily ; on the contrary , he had been blamed for being too lax regarding it . He had suffered two Parliaments to go by without bringing ' it forward , precisely for the same reason that the peoplo had during that period not petitioned the House on the subject , viz ., because they did not believe there was any disposition on the part of Parliament to give a favourable consideration to the proposal . Whether tho present Parliament would show a more favourable disposition remained to be seen ; and therefore , after a period of twelve years , he had deemed it his duty to bring it forward as a question of public right . ( Hear , hear . ) By " publie

      right he meant that Parliaments should not eontinue loiurcr than was sufficient to secure " their responsibility to the people . ( Hear . ) Formerly the people of this country enjoyed by practice and habit sessional parliaments . That habit and practice continued up to the time of the Tudors and Stuarts , when there took place a gross usurpation on the part of the Crown . In 1604 , as he had already stated , the Triennial Act was passed , being intended to secure the country from the disadvantages that had flowed from the Long Parliament . The preamble of that bill recognised frequent parliaments as warranted by the ancient law of the kingdom . It continued in operation for twenty-two years , and he believed there were no statutes that more adorned the statute-book , or had greater regard to

      tlie dignity of parliament and the liberties of the people , than those passed during this period . But the Rebellion of _lTlo was made a pretext for putting an end to the _Triennial and passing the Septennial Act , for it was supposed that at tho " next election an attempt would be made , on the part of those who supported the cause of the Pretender , to return men who would endeavour to change the dynasty , and restore the Stuarts . The passing of tlie Septennial Act , he contended , was a complete coup d ' etat- an . act of revolution _; because , nothing could be move outrageous than that a Parliament elected for three years should vote its own continuance for seven years , lie then proceeded to show that the main grounds assigned for its-passing were

      unjustifiable ; viz ., that Triennial Parliaments occasioned more expense than Septennial , and that they were destructive of the peace and security of go _vci-nmont . These were mere pretoxts , The Septennial Act , however , became the law of tho land ; and , so disgusted did the people of England becomo w _\}\\ its working , when they found the great difference there was between the conduct of their represencatives under it and their conduct under the Triennial Act , that a motion for its repeal was made in the House of Commons in 1734 , and supported by Mr . Pultoncy and others , which motion was rejected in a House of more than 400 members by a majority oi only 03 . The Septennial Act continued to produce so much mischief , and excited so strong a . feeling in the public mind against it , that at length a cry

      was raised for a general reform of parliament , and the question of shortening the duration of parliaments became merged in that of a general reform in the representation of the people . Then-form which was contended for consisted of two branches , tho one being the amendment of the representation _, of tiie people , and the other being an increase of tho responsibility of members by more frequent parliaments . The declaration of the . " Friends ot the People , " with Lord Grey , at their head , recognised this as the legitimate division . Well , . in March , 1831 , his noble friend ( Lord J . Kussell ) , on introducing the Reform Bill , knowing _that the whole nation expected both branches of reform to be embraced by the bill , thought it- needful to explain that the question of the shorter duration ' of parliaments had been considered by his Majesty ' s Ministers , but that upon the wholo they thought it would be better to leave it to be broutrht before the

      House by any members who might choose to take it up , than to bring it in at the end of a bill regulating matters totall y distinct . ( The right hon , member hero rend tlie passage in the noble lord ' s speech relating to the subject . ) The friends of short parliaments , though naturally disappointed at the omission of that branch of reform from the bill , felt much consoled by the prospect of having it discussed by itself at a future time . He ( Mr . T , D ' Eyncourt ) accordingly brought the question forward in 1833 , again in 1834 , and again in 1 S 37 . The noble lord opposed the motion on all those occasions ; but lie ( Mv . D'Eyncourt ) had never had the benefit of tho noble lord's op inion whether ho reall y thought seven years a- / ic term for thcdurationofparliumch . fr or not . * All the opinion the noble had sriven was

      that he would not vote for his motion , because ic did not state the term to which parliaments should bo shortened . His ( Mr . I > _'Enycoui-fc ' s ) answer had always been that he was willing to leave ( hat point to the decision of the _Houso itself , but that , if forced to name a term , he should of necessity adopt that which had been sanctioned by the constitution previously . Would the noble lord ' tell hiin whothoi _' he agreed in that opinion ? ( Hear . ) In 18331 ns motion was rejected by a majority of only 40 . In point of fact , it was lost by the weight of the Administration—because , but for the votes of the Ministry and its adherents , his motion would have been carried . He begged the nouse to notice , also that his motion was not met by a direct negative , but merely by the previous question . In 1834 his

      motion was rejected by a majority of 50 , and'in 1837 by a majority of only : nine . ( Hoar , he _.-ir . ) The question had * remained in that position till the present moment . Tho House might rely upon it , however , that the absence of petitions and the want of public meetings out of doors to urge tlie question upon the attention of parliament afforded no evidence whatever of the want of interest in this question on the part of tho public . The question was one upon which interest was always felt , and which would continue to bo urged upon the House at all times of public excitement , until at length they mi g ht be forced to consider it under circumstances which might be painful to deal with . They would therefore do more wisely to consider it now , before any such painful necessity arose . ( Hear , hear ;)

      He asked how was it-possible to ascertain public opinion clearly aud satisfactorily unless by means _^ bf frequent elections ? ' Now _qtiostions of importance must always arise within tho course of three or four years , upon which there - could- not possibl y have been any previous understanding between representatives and their _constituencies , and when this happened , as it frequently did , the consequence was that many constituencies under the present system were unrepresented , ; if _notf absolutely misrepresented , - . with : regard to such questions . - If the House wished tosocure a universal'feeling of agreement between the _^ Crown , and _people , there was rib

      means so sure of effecting this ¦ as frequent parliaments . By these means they would at onco increase the confidence of the people in their representatives , and diminish- _-thel-corruption and-influence which wore at present almost unavoidably ' ' and imperceptibly exercisedby ' go vernmeht over members _., There was : nb : bther country' in' _Eufopejiwhich ' had ' sd long parliaments as we had . ' Why'should-we be behind others countries ? If the noble lord should say he was in favour of fivoy oars as a good and wholesome term , as far _ashe ( Mr . D'Eyncourt ) wasindividua 1 ! y concerned ho should be perfectly ready to concur ; but , until he heard some proposition of that kind

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      ADULTERY AND ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE IS PARIS , Several weeks-ago a case of adulterv , accompanied by three attempts at homicide , took place in the house of a gentleman named Caraby \ o 80 Hue d ' _-Ar-jou St . Honore . The three ' principal actors in the drama-M . and Madame Caraby and M . de Coetlogon—were arrested , and after an _in-Mm ° i V thc J ud " ial authorities , were ordered . or trial before the Court of Assizes . The _fi-il commenced on Monday last . Madame Caraby-was the first to enter the dock _, _tuu C " _* 3 fc _J ' eais of ' handsome

      ? . _^ - , age , very , _dS-J _5 _r i _? i ejes ; sb _« _^ as ' iashionablv Xr _^ _Si ? er _* bsmi _**•» placed beside her ; he is ol middle stature , with large moustaches . De Coetlogon came next ; he is good looking , with moulaches , and was attired in black . * In answer to the usual questions , the female prisoner said that she is twentv-eight vears of age , and was born at Xew Orleans ; " the husband said his name is CalLxte Caraby , his age thirty-six , his position in . life that of a rentier , and his place of birth New Orleans ; the other prisoner said his name is Uippolyte E . A . de Coetlogon , his age twenty-nine , and was formerly an officer in the army .

      The indictment set forth that the Carabvs were married iu 1 S 39 , and had four children ; their marriage was one of inclination—indeed , it was a runaway match . In _lSi-3 they went to live with the wife ' s mother at Chalons-sur-Saone ; but in _18 i 7 returned to Paris and took an apartment in the Rue d'Anjou St . Honore . The husband _thought his wife ' s conduct in society was not becoming , and this led to dissensions between them , which ended in their living separate , though under the same roof . Caraby did not suspect his wife of being unfaithful to him until the 27 th of February last , when he heard Annette Fernet , the cook , say to her , " 1 can hold up my head , and you cannot . " The next day the bonne of the children , Louise Becu , in

      reply to some observation he made to her respecting his wife , said , "Mou Dieu ! I wish to say somethin g to you , but I dare not ! " When pressed by him to explain herself ; she stated that she had often seen a man in her mistress ' s bedchamber ; and she adde d ' , "If you would wish to surprise him there , you must take precautions , for he is armed ! " Caraby , in a state of great agitation , went and purchased a brace of pocket pistols , and caused them to be loaded in his presence . Caraby then went to his mother ' s house , and begged his brother Eugene to accompany him home . He told him his suspicion . Eugene went to the Commissary cf Police to get him to go to the nouse to obtain formal proof , of the commission of the adultery ; but , as that

      functionary was not at home , he kuocked up the concierge of his brother ' s house , and told him to be on the watch . Eugene then joined his brother , who at that time had with him another brother , named Etienne . The three brothers arranged with the servant Louise that she should watch her mistress ' s chamber , and give a signal when she should see the lover enter it . The apartment occupied by the Carabvs was on the fourth story of No . 89 , Rue d'Anjou , and it had a balcony on which the windpw of Madame Caraby ' s room and of two other rooms opened . At about a yard from one end of the en > trance was the window of a garret , which garret De Coetlogon rented . It was from this garret that he was in the habit of passing by means of a gutter ,

      into Madame Caraby s bedroom . At about eleven o ' clock on the ni ght of the 28 th of February , Louise being , as just stated , on the watch , heard a bell ring in the room of Madame Caraby , which was responded to by another bell in the garret ; presently she saw a man pass along the balcony into the bedroom of her mistress , and close the window . She immediately informed the three brothers ; they waited for about a quarter of an hour , and then Caraby , putting on his great coat—in the pockets of which were his pistols—went by the balcony to the window of his wife ' s room . He was followed by his brother Eugene and Louise ; Etienne went to the door of Madame Caraby ' s chamber . Caraby saw that two lights were burning on the table , but the

      emotion he felt prevented him from distinguishing anything in the room . Eua : ene , however , saw , a man dying hi bed by the side of Madame Caraby , and reading a newspaper . Caraby ran for his National Guard musket , to break open the window . On his return , almost at the same moment , he broke two panes of glass , and cried " Open ! " The man who was in bed jumped out , and advancing to the window , said , " Give me time to dress myself I " He then returned to consult Madame Caraby . The husband heard her distinctly say , " Take your pistol and shoot him . " ( "Arme toi , et _tiresilr lui . _'" ) Coetlogon disappeared for a moment behind the curtain ,, and then opened the window ; but as soon as Caraby made a step to enter , he discharged a

      pistol at hiin and wounded him iu the arm . Thereupon Caraby pulled one of his pistols from his poekct , and discharged it full in Coetlogon ' s breast , seriously wounding him . Coetlogon stepped on the balcony , but , owing , to the darkness , Caraby could not distinguish him . Presently the latter heard another report of a pistol , and rushed into a room to avoid his assailant . Louise saw the man pass from the end of the . balcony to the garret . Caraby ' s brothers finding - that . he was wounded , sent for a doctor . Caraby , his brothers , and the doctor descended the staircase . On arriving at the foot , : a young man named Borgognon , who had been passing the evening with an English family residing in the house , was descending tlie staircase . The wife

      of the _concierge , on seeing him , cried , " . There he is —the assassin ! " and Eugene Caraby exclaimed , ' ' It is he ] I recognise him ! " Borgognon was immediately roughly seized by the brothers , and all his remonstrances were disregarded . At length Caraby , excited to fury at the sight , of the man he considered the accomplice of his wife , discharged his pistol in his face , whereby his jaw was smashed . Uorgognon was then dragged to the office of the Commissary of Police , - and was subsequently conveyed to the Hospital Bcaujon . It was only the next day that his innocence was proved . Whilst this was passing Madame Caraby had disappeared and followed Coetlogon from the balcony to the {¦ arret ' , and thence to his residence in the Ituede

      rUnivcrsile . The next day she went home to her family . The indictment concluded by statin" that the charge against the woman Caraby was that of adultery ; against Coetlogon of being an accemplice in the adultery , and of having on the 28 th of 1 ' ebruary committed an attempt of homicide on the person of Caraby ; and against Caraby of an attempt at homicide on the person of Borgognon . In the course of her examination by the President , Madame Caraby admitted that a criminal intercourse had existed between her and Coetlogon ; and in reply to other questions , replied as follows : Had you not a signal to summon Coetlogon to a rendezvous ? I rang a bell , and M . Coetlogon replied in the same way . —On the 2 Sth of February vou notified to him in that manner that he could

      come ? Yes , Sir . —What time was it when became to you ? Half-past eleven o ' clock . —You were in bed ? Yes . —I > y the side of your child , aged two years ? Yes ; he was in the little bed which I made for liim whenever M . de Coetlogon was to come . I made this bed with a pillow on two arm-chairs . —Do Coetlogon got into bed to you Yes . —You heard your husband cry on the balcony , " Open , open ' I have witnesses ? " 31 . _Ds Coetlogon had been 20 minutes with me when I heard —( here the accused paused for a moment , and then , bursting into tears , exclaimed)— "But I beseech you , M . President , to spare me this recital . " The statement she had made to the examining magistrate was _accordingly reau . —Did you pronounce the words , " Take your

      pistol and shoot him ? This is infamous ! " IfM . do Coetlogon had wished to kill my husband ; he might have done so . He had a four-barelled pistol , and mv husband fled before him . Coetlogon had told mc that he had pistols , but that they had no percussion caps . I did not see his pistol en the 28 th of February . It is false that I said " Take your pistol and shoot him \ " Coetlogon asked me what he was to do . I said " Do what you will . How can I tell ' —how can I tell V lie cried , _"IVait until I am dressed . " - When he went towards the window . he had the pistol behind his back , and it was pointed towards the ground . I heard a report when his pistol was still iu that position . I did not remark that Coetlogon was wounded . He fired in tbeair . The answers of M . Caraby-to the questions put by the President were in accordance with the facts

      stated hi the indictment . i The third accused ,. M ., Coetlogon , acknowledged that it was not _tfiTaftcra long and persevering pursuit that he had succeeded in seducing Madame Carabv . He denied that he had been the first to fire . He declared that he had- not fired at M . Caraby at all , and that his wound must have been occasioned by the rebound of the ball after striking the wall . ,.- ¦ _/" ¦ - ¦ - ' . Witnesses were then called . ' - « ~ V Annette Fernet ; the cook ,-said that M . Caraby had struck and kicked his wife in her presences They , did not live happily together . M . Borgognon described how he was wounded on descending the staircase of Caraby ' s : house ; but heasserted , to the astonishment of tbe Court , that it was not the accused Caraby , but his brothor Etienne . ; who had fircdon him . " -

      On this Etienne cried , " "Isolemnly swear to God that this is not true . " Another brother , Eugene , declared that the p istol was really fired by the accused . Several other witnesses wero examined , but their testimony added nothing to the _infoi-mation already g iven . .. . ,- ¦ , After speeches from the publie prosecutor and the counsel for the prisoner , r _, . i _..: The President summed up , and , after about an hour ' s deliberation ,-the jury returned a verdict of " Guilty" on the charge * of adultery , and "Not guilty" as regarded all the other charges . 31 . Caraby was consequently immediately set at libertj _' i and the Court condemned Madame Caraby and Coetlogon , for the adultery , eaoh to two years' imprisonment , and the latter to l , 000 f . fine .

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      General Post-Office , Mat , 1819 . —Many newsp apers addressed to _Xew South Wales and 2 Cew Zealand , having recently been posted unpaid , it hiis become necessary to repeat the announcement that the packets heretofore conveying the mails between this _cosntrv and Sydney , _Xew South Wales , have been discontinued , and that all newspapers for the colonies above mentioned , being now tr ansmitted bv private ship , are liable to a postage of one penny each , which postage must be paid in advance , or the newspapers canuot . be forwarded . ¦¦ _-. Bad Health fox Twenty Teahs . —Immediate Belief bt Holwwat * s _ntiA-Extract of a letter from _tete _GeorgeJWor , cm-ate of-tfevagh Lctterrkenny , Oungnt _, Ireland . Slav 2 , l _« _-5 :- "To _lVofcssor-Holloway . Dear Sr ,- \ Yithin _* a short distance of my bouse , resides a small _fcnner , whofor mere than twenty years had been in a WW state of health ana never got but a moment ' s reuet . _wrs .

      _^ I'rior procured a box of your pills for him , which did him so much good that I heard him say that for twenty-six years previouslv he never ate his food and enjoyed it so much as since taking _yonrinlte _^ agned ) Geobge " "OB . The Teeth . —These organs are alike essential to health and beauty . It is therefore to . be Tegretted that they are _s > liable to decay . Yet it is a feet which cannot he too _ndd y known , that if , directly a black ! speck is seen in a _towh , it be filled with Bbam « " s _Examel , the decay will he arrested , pain escaped , and the teeth preserved to ripe old "SB- Ifpeople allow their teeth to decay until the nervous _P _" " ** is wholly exposed , it gaunot be wondered at that they fi _»< l it difficult to ease or cure that terrible pain , the '" _Mh-ache . "A stitch in time saves nine" —and upon _tt " Principle , the use of JJbaxde ' s Evamel will prove a " _*"« " Mesang to all who give it a trial where decay has made Ms appearance in the teeth .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 26, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_26051849/page/7/