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IHE COUNTY OP LIMERICK ELECTION , A letter from Mr Smith 0 ' Brion has been received in Limerick , announcing his determination to accept the honour which had been conferred on him in his absence , anil take his seat in tha House of Cummonson the opening of the new Parliament . Piraoi . —A party ef men contrived to board a trading vessel off Achill-head , and were in the act of plundering her , when surprised by her Majesty ' s steamer tke Dasher . The plunderers were , of courBC , ordered to desist , when , instead of complying , a piece of iron was flung by one of them , which knocked off the cap of a pistol in the hands of an officer belonging ts the Dasher . The marines then fired and we understand that one man was shot dead , one wounded , and fiva made prisoner } . — Tyrawley Herald .
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Skt oikg a Thrbatbiusg Letter . —Henry Joseph ivillcrby , 18 , compositor , was indicted for feloniously sending a letter , threatening to murder Elizabeth Spriggs . The prisoner was tried in this court about eighteen monthB ago upon a charge of feloniously attempting to administer poison to a person named Clouter by sending a quantity of oxalic acid in a letter to nor , and upon that occasion it appeared that a _ great deal of alarm and excitement had been excited in Southwark , in consequence of a number of letters , all containing poison , having been sent to other persons . Upon that occasion the prisoner was convicted and _ sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment , and
wappearedthat very aeon after heobtained hi-liberty ae sent a letter to the mother of the prosecutor , in which he made a distinct declaration that he would murder her daughter , and that she should be in her grave before two months expired . When the prisoner was apprehended , he admitted having written the letter , but said he did not mean any harm . The doience set up for the prisoner was the same as on the former occasion , that his mind had been perverted by reading romances and extravagant tale 3 published in some of the cheap periedicals , and that he was merely desirous of being considered a hero , or at all events a very extraordinary person , and that he was not actuated by any real intention to injure theprosecutrix . Theory found the prisoner Guilty . The Recorder said that he considered this a very proper case to carry into effect the provisions of the act of parliament
passed in the last session , which gave the court the power to inflict a punishment of a particular'kind , which had been found very effectual in repressing another offence that had caused great public excitement , for offences of thisduscription . It was all very well for the prisoner to say that he did not really intend to hurt the prbsecutrix , but there could be no doubt that the receipt of such a letter was calculated to occasion great terror and alarm , particularly when it was recalleeted that the prisoner had not scrupled to makei use of a deadly poison upon another occasion , and it was very necessary that such proceedings should be put a stop to . lie then sentenced the prifiouer to bsfcepfc to hard labour for twelve months , and during that period to be once publicly whipped . 1 hough he might have fancied he had acted liko a hero , lie would find all his heroism end in a whipping atthecart ' Btail .
Robber t at Moses andSosb ' . —James Barry more , 28 , once in the police force , and Mary Ann Barrymore , his sister , were jointly indicted , the former for stealing , and the other for receiving as stolen , SO waistcoats , 50 silk handkerchiefs , and other goeds , tho property of Messrs Moses , tailors , to whom the male prisoner was servant . The male prisoner pleaded guilty , and was sentenced to seven years ' transportation : the female wa 9 acquitted . Kobbkry at Lord HARRiNGtoH ' s . —Matthew Roach and Wm . Wiltshire , were indicted for stealing a gold watch , five candlesticks , and a quantity of plate , value nearly £ 100 , fie property of the Earl of Harrington
, in his dwelling houSa . The commission of the robbery on the 12 th ult . was proved , and it was shown that on the same day the prisoners were employed as sweeps in the house in Whitehall-gardens . The defeaoe was rested uponthe question of identity , which the jury decided against the prisoners . The court passed upon each a sentence of seven years'transportation . Wiltshire most solemnly protested his innocenoe . He utterly denied all knowledge of the transaction . He refused to be removed from the dock , and so great was tke resistance he offered , that it required four turnkeys to carry him away ; h is cries were heard frem one end of Newgate to the other .
Threatening Lbiiers with Ihieni TO EXTORT MesET . —J <; hn lung , 44 , was Indicted for feloniously delivering to Eliza Lynn a letter , demanding money with menaces . The prosecutrix was a young lady of high respectability , and in the course of literary pursuits , she was a visitor at the reading room of the British Museum , where the prisoner wa 3 engaged in a subordinate situation , and on the 11 th of August , as she was entering the reading room , the prisoner handed her a letter , which contained insinuations of a most offensive and disgraceful character , and demanded £ 5 as the price of his refraining from making the circumstances alluded to known to her friends . Theprosecutrix indignantly treated the proposition , and immediately communicated the circumstance to
the authorities of the museum and to her friends . — Mr Ballantine , in addressing the jury for the prisoner , admitted the utter groundlessness of the insinualions suggested against the character of Miss Lynn , and said he had no doubt tnatshe was a young lady of Iiigh character , and deserved and enjoyed the esteem and respect of all who knew her ; but he submitted to the jury that the specific charges , or rather insinuations , contained in the letter did not amount to the offence contemplated by the statute . — The Recorder summed up the case , and the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Guilty . — The learned Judge , in passing sentence , remarked upon the enormity of the prisoner ' s conduct in attacking a respectable young lady in such a base and
unmanly manner , and said the prosecutrix deserved great credit for her firainess in taking the necessary steps to have the matter investigated . He then sen . tenoed the prisoner to be transported for seven yeaw . Assault asd Attempted Robbhrt . — Charles Rollins , 22 , was indicted for assaulting Myers Levi , with intent to rob him . On the 4 th August the prisoner went into the shop of Mr JacoD 3 on , a jewel , ler , in Oxford-street , and wished the prosecutor , who was the shopman , to bring some gold watches to the Boar and Castle Inn to show to his father . The prosecutor , accordingly accompanied him , and the prisoner asked him to go to the room where he said his father was , and , as they were going through the door , ihe prisoner struck him three violent blows on
the head with a Hfe . preserver , and at the same instar . t endeavoured to snatch the watches from him . The prosecutor , however , prevented him from doing so , and called out' Murder , ' and seized hold of the prisoner , who was eventually secured . It appeared that on the same . morning the prisoner had gone to the Boar and Castle , and engaged two rooms , one for himself , and ansther for a friend , and he then went cut and returned with tho prosecutor , the wholi proceeding beim : evidently a deliberate plan of robbery and violence : The prisoner , in answer to the charge , said he was nearly frantic at the time from distress anil disappointment , and he did not know what he did . ne was found guilty , and sentenced to bo transported for fifteen years .
Highway Robbery . —John Glisson was indicted for a robbery on Sarah Barnes , and taking from her person on th ° public highway a purse containing a £ 5 note , a cheque for £ 9 and some gold and silver coins . The robbery took place in the Walworthroad , absut eleven o ' clock on the evening of the 13 th of July . Three men were concerned , but they all got away . Next morning , as soon as the doors were open , the prisoner presented the cheque at Messrs Weston and Young ' s Bank , in the Borough ; and Mrs Barnes being there recognised him as one of the robbers , and he was given into custody . Before the magistrate , tho prisoner adduced evidence to . establish an alibi , and the magistrate dismissed the charge . The prosecutrix thereupon preferred a bill
jefare the grand jury at the Old Bailey , and on its bsing found , the prisoner was arrested . —Mr Parry very ably addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner , and said that his client had actually received tho cheque in payment of a debt , and he ( prisoner ) had gives the balance in cash . He contended that Mrs Barnes might be mistaken as to the person of the prisoner . The evidence to prove the alibi was then given . Several persons swore that from 10 o ' clock till 12 on the night in questiou the prisoner was at a beer-shop , some distance from the spot where Mrs Barnes was robbed . Several persons ( one oF whom came from Bath on purpose ) gave tUo prhoner a very good character , lie was the keeper of a coffee-shop in Tower-street , Borough . —The Common Serjeant put it to the jury whether they could believe tho prisoner ' s witnesses in preference to tke positive manner in whieh Mrs Barnes swore to the prisoner ' s pereon . Tho jury found the pri-GuiltSentence
soner y . , seven years' transportation . * atai . Affray—On Monday afternoon an inquest was held befo re Mr William Baker , at the Union Flag public-house , Whitechapel , respcating the death of William Currey , aged sixty-one years , I tailor , who died on Saturday , from injnries received in an affray with a man unknown . From the evidence of Thomas Peer , abookbinder . it appeared that on the 7 th mstant deceased was walking down Osborn-street , Whitechapel , whena man dressed like a cowkeeper , contrived to fasten a quarrel upon him and while so engaged , several more came up , and attempted to rob him . Daceaaed resisted , and in the scuffle was struolc and thrown heavily to the ground . He d , ed on the following Saturday , and the medical witness stated that death was caused by extravasa wL " ^ ' - brain « P » to «»< lbj external injuries . The inquiry was adjourned for the purpose the San P " P ortunity of discorenng
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MURDEE OF THE DUCHESS DB PRASLIN BY HER HUSBAND . The details of this domestic tragedy , and the , Innunerable rumours to which it has given birth , fill tho oolumnu of all the Paris journals . Wednesday waa devoted to tho examination of the premises , and of tho state of the corpse ; to the seteura of article ! likely to lead to tho discovery of the criminal ; to Investigations in tho hotel , and particularly In tho apartments of the DuUe de Prolia ; and to the examination by medical menofhisporson . Thursday the examination wag resnmeo " , whilst the embalmment of the body took phw , under the dtrectwmof it . Grannal . Two ot the clergy of the church of Madeleine had prayed by the corpso all
night . From the very first moment at which the officers of justice arrived in the hotel , a very grave fact was noticed , The ap . 'irtmenti occupied by tho duke and duchess aro situated on the ground floor ; by »» antechamber opening on the flight of steps , thero is a com . munleatlonatthe left with the boudoir , then with the duchess ' s bedroom ; at the right a little room precedes the bedroom of the duke , which touches the walls of the Btysee Bourbon . In examining tbe floor it w » s dlsoovered tbat a bloody trace marked the passago from the bedroom of the duchess to that of the duke . At the same time tbere was received the tostimony « f a domestic , who , attracted by the cries of the fcmme . de chambre , had , after useless efforts to open the door of the duchess ' s bedroom , cone round the hotel in order to
attempt to arrivo in time to render assistance to his unfortunate mistress , by entering at one of tho windotvB opening on the garden . The domestic declared that at the moment at which he arrived in the garden , he perceived aman&fthohMgto and appearanoe ot the duke , who , hearing the nalse of his footsteps , withdrew suddenly into tbe interior of the bedroom , abruptly quitting one of the windows which he had just opened , in order , without doubt , to make it be believed that it was by that issue that the murderer had obtained entrance . Among the objects found in the chamber , in which everything , an we have said , was in disorder , was a pistol loaded with balls , and bearing a percussion cap . This pistol , which has been recognised as belonging'to the Duke de Praslin , was not only staked with the blood into which it had
fallen , bat it bare on the butt-end fragments of flosh , and on the face and skull of the victim there - was found the trace of blows which retained the marks of the arabesques and hollow cbisellings which had been executed by the workmen . In presence of such indications , orders were obliged to be given that the Duke de Praslin should be kept in view , and the magistrates , after receiving from him his declaration as information , addressed questions to him of which tbe form and gravity were of a nature to make him understand that it was henceforth not merely as a witness that he was called , on for explanations . At the same time a perquisition was made in a private lodging , where papers calculated to establish grave charges were seized , and where it was at the same time discovered that papers and objects
of which the nature-could not be recognised had been quite recently destroyed by fire . Ob the clothes which tlie duke wore there wore numerous stains of blood , which , however , he said he had received in his contact with the body of the unhappy duchess , which he had pressed in his arms on arriving in her apartment at the moment of the discovery of the crime . It was also established that the hair found between the fingers of the duchess , and in the pool of blood in which her bod ; lay , was preeUely of the same colour and the name length as that of her husband . Tbe attitude of the duke during these painful investigations of justice presented , it it stated , a singular contrast with what it ordinarily was . Small in stature , nervous , energetic , proud , and of ex . trerae irascibility , he could not till tbea support a
contradiction , and would have considered a question aB offence . ; bat now he was cast down , depressed , and unable to find a word to protest against the horrible suspicion which 6 eemcd to rest upon him . The material facts once ascertained , it remained to seek what cause could have drawn into crime the man who seemed to be designated as tho author of it by so many horrible circumstances : It was ascertained that relations of culpable intimacy existed between him and a young lady , Mdlle , deLuzy , who , after having occupied during six years the situation of governess of the young children of tbe Duchess de Praslin , had about amonth'ago , been dismissed b y the duchess after some rather violent scenes , which , however , did aot prevent tke duchess from giving her a pension for life , A summons to appear
was issued against this lady , who is aged 29 , and who since leaving the Hotel Sebastian ! had placed herself is a young ladies ' school . It was ascertained from the declarations of the Duke de Praslin himself , that on ar . riving from his country seat , with the duchess , who oame in the same carriage with him , be had gone to pay a visit to Mdlle de Lnzy , before entering his hotel , It wag consequently important to examine her without delay , but the commissary ofpoliee , to whom the summons was entrusted , did not find her at her residence , and it was only a little later that he succeeded in finding her at tbe residence of one of her friends in the Rue de la CuaussSe d'Antin . When brought before the magistrates she underwent a long interrogatory , at the end of which sho wan conveyed to the Conciergerie , and placed in secret conSnemeat . As to the Duke de Praslin , he has been , since the moment at which the crime was discovered , kept confined in his bed-chamber . jand ,
acoording to the orders of the prefect of police , the chief of the secret poliee has not left him for an instant . The Duke de Praslin hat fallen into such a state of prostration , that such 6 erious feats were felt respecting his health as to cause his medical attendant , M . Louis , to be sent for , who , among other things , prescribed him a bath . In the investigation it was ascertained that the duke rauit have placed himself in bed , although he was completely dressed at the moment at which he arrived after the door of the duchess ' s bed-chamber Bad been broken open by the domestics , His bed , in fact , waB in disorder . In spite of all the search that has been made , it has been i mpossible , up to thi 6 moment , to discover tho sharp in » strument with which the wounds of the duchess were inflicted . In the drawer of a bureau , in a cabinet adjoining the fcedroom of the duke , was found the handle of a poniard , stained with blood , the blade of which appeared to have been broken off in the struggle .
On being interrogated as to his being in possession of this fragment of a weapon of which he had evidently made uso , the Duke declared that he could not give any explanation of the circumstance . The Duke de Pru 9 lin was removed from the Hotel SeWtiani to the prison of the Luxembourg very early on Saturday morning . He was in a private carriage , accompanied by tha chief of tha police de Burete , followed by two hackney coaches , in which were the examining magistrates and the commissaries of police . It is stated that the duke , before his removal , confessed his guilt to a relation of tho family . A couteau dackasae , with which the murder Is supposed to have been committed , and several napkins , have been found in a cesspool ,
After his removal to prison , be attempted to commit suicide , but failed . The vials were found in his bedroom , one containing nitric acid , another a white powder which has not yet been analysed , and tho third had contained the laudanum swallowed by the duke in the hope of putting an end to his existence . Every means are mow taken to prevsnta recurrence of these attempts . The agents of the police never leave the room where the duko is confined . Ho is still in a very dangerous state in consequence of the laudanum . The Fresse says : —
' By the side of the duke was a pistol loaded with ball ; but bo one knows fov what object it was charged , or if he intended using it against his wife . In this last hypothesis , he did not dare to do so , on account of the noise of the report . lie certainly struck his wifo with the but-end , to finish her , as has been proved . When interrogated on the point , he replied that he desired to defend his wife against a murderer ; hut on its being represented to him that there was no trace left of tho flight of this mysterioHB murderer , he remained silent , and hid his head in his hands . The duke is embarrassed to explain away tho scratches which are perceptible on his right hand , as well as the contusion on the leg . It is generally bo . lieved that , as the duchess was able to ring , she was first struck in bed , during her sleep , but that it was after
she had quitted the bed that tho decisive blows were given . The hairs left in tho bands of the victim , or fallen in tho snuggle , were brought together by M . Orfiln . At first It was supposed that the hair in the duchcis ' s hand , and those on tbe ground , fixed to the floor by the dried blood , were of a different colour , but when M . Orflla had washed them , it was evident that they belonged to the same person and the idea of differ , ent persons being engaged in tli 4 matter waa laid aside . This hair , besides , is altogether similar to that of the husband . Some water tinged with blood was found in a basin . Tbe interrogatory of the duke has as yet furnished no information respecting the crime , ne declares that he knows nothing of the guilty party . The KOverHess is of Italian origin , and belongs to a noble
family , Her name is Do Luzzl ( Laure ) , and not De Lusty . She Is still kept apart at the Conciergerie . She allows that sho was much moved and annoyed at being obliged to quit the duke ' s family , and separated from theyoung ladies whose education she had superintended . Sho explains in this way the language of a letter written by her to the Duke de Praslin , and seized araongit his papors . What is certatais . that tbe duchess took offenceaf the Intercourse subsisting between the governess and him , and without a high intervention would have demanded a regular separation . The duko , yielding to prudent advice , consented to the govorness being sent away ; and the duchees , in acknowledgement of this concession , settled on her & pension for Me . It is said that some of the royal family Interfered recently to reconcllo the duke and duchoss . The King , the Queen , and partlcularl
y Madame Adelaide , had a great affection for the duchess . The duke , who had beea an intimate friend of tho Duke of Orleans , was intimate also with the Duke de Homours , who invited him to all his hunting excuv . 6 ions . They thought the duke and ducheBS reconciled since Mddle de Luzzi ' s doparture . Marshal Sebastlani it is said , intended to sot out for Corsica only when as ' sured thathU daughter , was reeonciled to her husband * Tho rumour proves that letters have been seized at Ln » A which prove her influcce om the doke andthei Illicit intercourse . It is difficult to suppose that si , notwrnpromiseuin the dreadful charge h « ng „ 0 th " duke . It U also said that a warrant was issued aKalns another mistress of the duke ' s , residingTin the ?„ £ the 1 as ? f- th 6 ** " ** ^ Diablo 'act , ° ' JXfvi m 8 rm > the 18 lh > the 8 ae «« J Jf the Pdiccbavtagonce determined upon whom their s « pi .
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dons were to fall , they iu a measure evoked the tragical scene that had taken place between four and five o ' cluck ; and , the apartment having been examined , it is supposed , from the traces of blood , tbe state of tbe furniture , and the direction and shape of the wounds , that the tragical event was perpetrated aB follows : The Duchess ' s bed-chamber was lit by a faint night-lamp . The murderer entered quietly , and , armed with a knife , ho reached the bed where the Duchess was lying half asleep . The first Wow was thus directed to the neck of the victim , who instantly put her hands to her neck . The murderer then repeated the stroke , and the instrument Inflicted a wound on the UUlo fingw of Madame de Praslin ' s right hand , Ho continued ; Ha ' dame do Pr . islin sprang from her bed , half faintlns . and
attempted to seize the bell rope , which she could not at firBt reach , and two mark * of a bloody hand are impressed on the hangings of the wall « ear the bell-rope . At last she managed to ring tho hell . The monster then , seeing that his blows had failed to produce immediate death , repeated them with savage ferocity ; a struggle , hand to hand , took place between him and his unfortunate wife , who was strong , and whose strength must have been considerably increased by despair , and thelast thoughts of her father , her children , and of the life that she would not readily part with . She : hraw down furniture to make a noise , she opposed io the blows , when the ruffian struck at hazard , several object ) which bear
tracea of the weapon ; and finally , overcome by such violent efforts , she slipped and fell in her blood under the last blows of her murderer , whose weapon had broken in the struggle , and who despatched his victim by striking her with the stock of a pistol . At this moment , probably , a knock was heard at the door , and Madame de Praslin uttered the grotm wbieh preceded tbe rattles of death . When tbo servants entered , the Duciiess was no longer able to speak or make any signs ; but her eyes were still open , staring , and wild . She was conveyed to her bed ; but life was rapidly sinking , and the consciousness of what was taking place about her appeared to have completely vanished .
The Duke de Cholscul-Praslin , whoso name at this mo ment excites so sad s sensation , is the chief of the third branch of the ducal house of Choiseul , and tbe only member of it remaining— . the last Duke de Choiseul of the second branch , who died when governor of the Louvre , having left no male issue . The Duke de PrusliKwas born iu 1801 , and is consequently in his 43 rd year . Iu 1825 , he married Fanny , daughter of Horace Sebastiani , now marshal of Prance , and- of Aotoinette Fning ' oise Jeanne de Coigny , who died young , and who was the cousin of the jenne captive immortalised by tbe poet
Andre Clienler . By this marriage there are nine children—viz ., ' six daughters and three sons . He is the owner of the chateau and grounds of Yaux , near Meluc , where he is said to have expended twe millions of francs in repairs and embellishments , restoring it to its magnificence in the time of Us farmer owner , Fouquet , The late duchess was chorished by the poor of the environs of yaux , for her active and extensive benevolence . She vras born at Constantinople during the residence of her father in that city as ambassador from the Court of Prance ,
She ' did the honours' when her - father , Marshal Sebastiani , was ambassador to the Court of London . Madame de Praslin was his only child , and the consolation of his old age : She was tbe pride of her father , by the qualities which so eminently distinguished her , and by the virtues which made her bo highly respected ia the highest circles , whilst her charity caused her to be blessed by tbe wretched . By the laws of France , peers canonly be tried by their peers . Tho ordinance convoking the Chamber for that purpose , has bsen issued by the king , and all the preliminaries to a trial are in progress , The subjoined details of the attempt of the duke to commit Buioide , the circumstances connected ' with his remo val to prison , &e ., will be read with interest , They are from the QaxtUtsda Tribmaux : **
It is not known at what moment and ill what manner he was able to make the attempt , but it appears tbat by the sido of a phial , which contained nitric acid , there was found one which contained the laudanum . As boob as the first symptoms appeared , the inost active measures wer « resorted to , and the strongest antidotes administered , and the most dangerous effects of the laudanum were thus paralysed , without feslng completely neutralised . Frequent vomitings took place , and M . de PrasliH remained under the influence of a kind of stupor to Which perhaps may be attributed the ' Bilentand dejectad attitude which he preserved when under examination by the magistrates . The remedies applied by the medical men having somewhat restored the strength of the Duke de Praslin , it was thought that he might be removed from
his hotel . The royal ordonaance for convoying the Court of Peers , having moreover reached Paris , Chancellor Pasquier , in order to put an end to a state of things which , although conformable to former precedents of the court , was not tho less equivocal , of a peer , not under arrest , but yet gwd&atue , determined to issue a warrant for the removal of the duke . Oa Saturday morning at four o ' clook , one ef the ushers of the Chambar of Peers repaired to the Hotel Sebastiani with hiB warraiU he was accompaniod by Dr Andral , physician to tho Chamber , who had several times during the last three days visited the duke , at the request of the Chancellor , to ascertain his state of health . The usher having been introduced into the room where the Duke de Praslin was in bed , Dr Andral finding that the vomitings had ceased ,
and , although the patient was still in a state of great prostration , he might be removed without danger , informed him of the warrant that had been issued , and of tho Court of Peers having been convoked . Tha duke received the communication without utteriug a word , hut made an effort to sit up in his bed , as if to indicate that ho was ready to obey the injunctions of justice . His valet having dressed him , be was supported down stairs by two persons to the carriage of the Duke Dscazee , which was in waiting , and assisted into it . M . Elouin , chief of the municipal police , Dr Andral , and the valet went in the carriage with the duke . M . Ailard , chief of the police de sarete , MM . Bruzelin and Fruy , commlssariss of police , the usher of the Chamber , and four of the agents who hBd been stationed in the hotel from the dcy of the
murder , followed in two other carriages . Tbo carriages proceeded at a very slow pace , In consequence of thestate of the duke . The streets along which they passed were guarded by p . ilice officers charged to prevent any obstacle or impediment , whilst a body of sergens de ville , under the direction of an officer , followed at a certain distance . The passage from the Hotel Sebastiani to the Pulace of the Luxembourg was made in about an hour , following the quays and the streets , which were nearly deserted , or only peopled by workman proceeding to their daily labour , ami who perhaps little imagined that the carriages which passed in that slow and solemn pace , were conveying to prison a duke and a peer accused of the crime of murder . At six o ' clock the carriage stopped in the Rue deVaugiravd , before the prison of the Court of Peers
During the passage the duke , whose countenance was violentl y contracted and of deadl y paleness , had not ¦ poken award . On being asked to ali ght , he found himsen so weak that it was necessary to carry him to the chamber which had been prepared for him , and . which ia the same that was occupied by General Cubeires and M Pellapra . Ho was immediatel y put to bed by his valet who was permitted to remain with him for a short tim-During Friday and Saturday Mademoiselle deLuzy , who is still detained at the Conciergerie , underwent further exanimations by the magistrates , during which she protested with energy that no Improper connection had existed between her and the duke , if has been erro . utously stated in several journals that she is an Englishwoman . She was born in Paris , and the name of Luzy which had induced many journals to consider her as of noble Corsican or Italian origin , appears not to be her
real , or at least not her only name . She is in reality called Laure Desportos ; she is 29 years of age ; her ap . pearanceis most . elegant , hsr hair is light , and falls in graceful ringlets over her face , adding to the expression of mildness of her features , which are remarkably beautiful . Her cultivated mind , her character , her superiority as a governess , as a painter , and a nwsician , had , it is said , acquired for her while in the family of the Duke de Praslin a confidential position , at the same time that she had won tho affection of the children whose education she superintended . During her different examinations she haB always replied with perfect frankness and con . venance . It appears that sho is not to ha removed to the prison of the Luxembourg . It is said that the medical men who havo been appomttd to report on the state of the body of the unfortuuato Duchess de Praslin have found nearly thirty wounds or contusions .
The following precise details from the Prem Agekdk are written by a person evidently well acquainted with , the localities , and contain some statements that are obviously conjectural , and many additional facts : — On arriving at hishotel , the Duke de Praslin went with his two daughters to pay a visit to Mademoiselle de Luzy , who complained bitterly of havingbeen dismissed and a few days before the catastrophe she read to the ' young ladies a letter , in which sb . 0 Stated her feelings of regret at being separated from her dear children as she called them . The duchess , on heaving of this visit of her husband with her daughters , expressed her high disapprobation . At eleven o ' clock silence pervaded tha hotel , and no ^^ T ?^™^ four »» fl » »> omin
- . Vh , did the author of the crime await the dawn * It is explained as follows :-lt appears that every night a personemployed to clean the apartments and keep them in order , a trustworthy person , sleeps in one of thennt ™ chambers . A bell of lavge dimensions U ta ooZSS , tfrnL UrSOeaOU 8 ht 0 arousa « " > ^ olehouse atdTtL a maaUSedt 0 kavetlie hota everyday 2 » XJlK £ & 5 r ! hiB - ' A ^^ s&rs- « aa mm 8 d . ately u , ieatllBbBiU h „ sounded the bel
S 2 J ? ' ! h WaSda ^ P ^ allhe ; = b ! tore answering the summons . Meantime the murderer rdu °£ ting tl : ebl 00 dyde 8 a ' Thefirstmovemen o Ueduohtss was to ruA towards a door which opens from her alcovomito the othor apurtmsnte j tbat door was probabl y fastened . Marks of Wool show the efforts made by tho duchess to burst it open . A little beyond thero are marks of blood on some furniture . Tho duchess then , still avoiding the blows of tho assassin , rushed toivards the chimney-piece , where she pulled the bell for her waiting wom . sp , as also the bell coaununioating with the ante-ohambcr . The latter bell arousoc * one of tho
men servants , who ,- hastily slipping on some of his clothes , rushed towaro ' . * tho sleeping room of the duchess and heard her cries . Tte waiting woman , every nigbt before retiring to rest , us ^ J to bao ^ r op th « toy oftho
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bed-roeminaplace appointed for that ^ T ^^ key had been removed . The cries of tha a t' ^» now nearly ceased , and were replaced by CTo , e " hi man servant then made for the garden in « h L **>« getting a viow of the assassins . He saw « pe he thought ho btheld the duke retiring ? ' W from the window , which he wa » about to D , "S now returned to tho bedroom door , Wot ^ ' 8 « joined by the waiting woman ; The obstacle » v h * impeded his entrance before had been rein ! ^ whom ! The chamber was in the deepest oh $ The night lamp had been removed to an adjacem CUt'tJ ' leading t » tho duke ' s apartment . It was on t ( l 0 l & curing lights that they discoveredthtir unfortUna , pt <> - tress weltering in her blood , - which was flovrinfff * many wounds . Their first impulse was to can fn k into the yard , which brought up the concier ! ^ another servant . The duke came last ; bis first 8 t * ment was not , aB has been reported , to throw hi ° ' * on the body of his wife , on the contrary , he feign a * most singular nskonfchment . ' But how could thl . V E occurred V he said : 'it is incredible—It Is horrible i- ^' then assisted the servants in raising the bodv n ' t
duchess . Meantime the servuuts nad given informal : to justice , nud a messenger was seat to inform Qt ' Tiburce Sebastiani of tha horrible event . The m was preparing to attend a review at the Champ dj j [ ' he immediately threw off his regimentals , took a cab ***' proceeded to tho hotel . On beholding the mnui * n 4 remains of his niece the general fainted , and w » j time before he came to himself again . The duk 0 O 6 muined apparently unmoved . The first step taktn ' ii ' the police on arriving was to guard every issu 6 fr the hotel , and allow no one to leave it , and to Mamf how the assassins had effected an entrance . Mutra " * oould be discovered , everything was closed as usual , ^ Ailard , an experienced police officer , declared at ' om . '
that the blows were not given by the experienced hand of an ordinary assasBin . A pistol loaded wiihbali wa found on tbe floor , with fragments of flesh adiiurin ? t » the but-end ; the duke acknowledged the pistol to be his , and that he had brought it when be heard the criM of the duchess—but the fragments of flesh induced th officer to cross-question the duke . He first appear *» offendod at being questioned , hut without asserting hig innocence . He had en gloves : he was told to take then off , and the skin on his left hand was considerabl y ^ . cerated . The thumb bore the marks of teeth ; he was
told to undress , and his thigh bore the mark as if fr » tbe violent pressure of a hand ; there were also murlig upon his legs , which might have been caused fc _ stumbling against the furniture . On examining his apartment , some smouldering ashes were discovered , in which the silver chasings of a dagger hitt and part ' of a handkerchief were found . There were also some articles still wet from being recently washed . The foUo win * fact has not yet appeared in any journal : —When stripcord h is used to
ping , a , sucas suspend po * det jj ^ round the neck , fell from under his waistcoat , it had a nooso at the end . On being questioned , he « s . id fee could not say why he carried it on his person , and hidiD * his face in his hands , exclaimed , 'I cannot surel y flV clare I have killed my wife ! ' On examining the room it was found that the hamdU of the door in the alcove was unscrewed . It ' was . by Una door that-the duchess endeavoured to escape . The procureur at once placed him in charge of a garde de surete .
Up to Friday but twointruments connected with the crime had been discovered , the pistol and the cord . The knife with which the many stabs bad been inflicted had not been discovered , In a drawer , however , of a desk which had escaped observation , a dagger has been brought to light . . The blade had been recently waahed , but there were blaod-spoti on the hilt . It is still to be ascertained if tbe blade fits the wounds of the victim . The tollowing affecting account is given of the maantr in which tlie Duchess Dutvager de Praslin , who is nearly blind , has been made acquainted with the death of her daughter-in-law , whom she loved most tenderl y . She was
at first informed that her unfortunate daughter hart been murdered by robbers . Upon this she desired that her son might come to her , and they would mourn together . Expressing her extreme surprise that he did aot come t « her , it became necessary to make her graduall y and can , tiously acquainted with the truth . Upon this she sunk into a state of complete despair , At the time of the marriago of the Duke of Praslin he was 21 years of age , and Mile Sebastiani only 18 . Her . hand had beea promistdtothe Duke af Fitzjamec , hut a difference , upon questions of interest unfortunately put a stop to a union which in all respects was most desirable . We read in another journal : —
• Of the nine children of the unfortunate Duchess de Praslin , the eldest daughter is alone married . She is the wifo of a rick Piedmaatese geatleman , with whom she lives usually at Turin . The second daughter , aged 18 , eetouton the day of the murder to meet her grandfather , the marshal . The four others have been taken to their grandmother , Madame de Praslin . They are ignorant of the crim e imputed to their father . M . Ed . gard de Praalin , brother to the prisoner , was , when the murder took place , at the Chateau de Praslin , which has remained the property of , the eldest son of the family and where he this summer occupied a pavilion ; He has conducted there the tfc ' ree sons of the accused . Mdlle SebBStiani had brought to her husband in marriage npwards oflOO . OOOf . a-year , from the mother ' s side . She afterwards obtained as much more b y the death of an
aunt . M . de Praslin , on his Bide , possessed about as great a fortune . They had in addition to expect all the fortune of UsTshal Sebastiani and of General Tilimcs Sebastiani , the uncle , who has no children , aud their share of tbe fortune of the Dowager D uchess de Praslin Tbe body of the Duchess of Praslin was deposited at six o clock on Sunday morning , in the vaults of the Madeleine , her parish church . It was accompanied by her uncleB , the Duke of Coigni and Ganeral Sebastiani and two other members of her family . Mass was after ! wards celebrated . The mortal remains of the Duchets are to be interred after the arrival of Marshal Sebastiani who had left Geneva for Nice before receiving theae ' count of tba death of \\ is daughter . It is not expected tbat the trial of the Duke do Praslin will take place for about a month . l
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Merder at Littlb IlEiTos . —A shocking murder has been perpetrated in the township of Little ilffw DCa f *? 0 lt 0 n > . l * victim i 9 a ~ n con-SS ?? fV . , m u er ! dian ° f Me , the hand which dealt the fatal blow being that of her husbind , Robert Pilkington . Fer more than ten years they had mILT r ' . ^ cU other , in consequence , it is alleged , ot his brutalit y towards her . She kept house for her son , Jo ! : n Pilkington , farmer , who w unmarried , and occupies a house and land called Langshaw Fold Farm . The murderer was formerly a , tarnier , but , through , bis intemperate habits , has wen , tor some time past , compelled to earn his living as a labourer upon the neighbouring farms or quarries , iho prisoner went to the house in question about seven-o ' clock in the evening , but it would ap . pear that he was by no means a welcome visitor .
since the door was barred against him . There were in the houso , his wife , his son William , a younq man t 7 i ° « J ?« -j thefarm > ' aad an I ™* arrant PiilrSn » t ?? . Wget DcMl » alxmt twenty yean old . Pilkingtonsaul he merely wished to light his pipe , H T l ? Tlnlhl 3 son t 0 8 ° o « again « soon as he hmlK J f ' 51 ' ? admitted ; but once in the bTthefi ™ 'Phi ^ . ^ f t . and sat himself down tq ^^ R A ^ ff ^ ft toTavHhe'lrt ^ 0 ? , ' * ' A KMSi the latter to ™ iW h" ? togetlier > Persuaded Tkevreturn ^ f « ti b , er ; 8 h ° consented , and went . pffiSRii -h - T e first ) and fou " " » 0 elder hKdJw T . ting £ thefirc « a 8 th « y ^ d left K # s § sit § ativo , adding that Joha ( her son ! h ., rf . ! &
cuargeot the house . Immediately on this To seiz d a amall crow-bar , and struck the unfortunate woman ThefeifS , ° fewful bto « "SttoES lue girl interfered and attempted to take the wcanon away from him , but as if he had not done c » S Sow AK rw ° m her and £ Ste 2 R S ., ead - ^ u ^ ely . it appears , without SSt Z * m ^ TT inJUfy- Dr «* dful ! y alarmed , she at length rushed out of tho house towards those 01 tne nearest neighbours , some few hundred yards ' distance , and roused their attention by her screams or help , and tolling them that' Robert had 382 tke old woman . Several of the neighbours ran i 2 mediatelr to the spot , and found t £ poo ? cSti on the floor , speechlesa , senseless , and evidentlr dying . She was lifted up by the neirthn ^ f * &
S 2 u £ tS \ T W ?* buTwithont ine sngntest avail ; she yielded her last breith in a few minutes after they entered . TheTeSata ? of aooLft It ? , lssimi of the "wrier . When tEviS r » . by ^ ollicer ' he merely said that saying so M not make it so . lie waa btoueht M . f 1 L Or tho charfi « of assaulting tho girl in the first place , and committed to Kirkdale . JMHMsiYs Fire .-A most destructive fire occurred on the premises belonging to Mr J . Walker , organ builder . Fraucia-streoi ; , Tottenham Courtroad , on Monday morning . Tho manufactory and the timber stona occupied an area of ground coaei * aerably moic ttian an acre , and there was a large stock of organs on tho Bromises . In one
comDartment of the premises thero was a siugle organ , jurt completed , and to be sent to [ reland , almost as largo as that at Exeter Hall , valued at £ 1 , 000 , which was entirely destroyed . In the open space between the front shop and the back factory were piles of mahogany and other valuable woods , and owing to their contiguity to the titting-up rooms , the casting houses and metal Bhops , not more than five minutes elapsed after the discovery was made before every buildingi and all they contained , except the front warehouse , became wrapped in one immense sheet of flame . In
tho several workshops were upwards of fifty organs of various sizes , all of which vrero destroyed . The stock in trade alone destroyed was worth from £ 10 , 000 to £ 12 , 000 , and with the buildings that have been levelled with the ground , and the value of the men s working tools , the whole damage cannot ke less than £ 20 , 000 . Upwards of fifty workmen have been thrown out of employment , and have lost their tools . Many of the nsighbouriug houses were muol > injured .
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iingUuS , ' . ' « XORTnCMBBBLiND . Petwsed Thssm to Sir R . Pbbi ,. — A special , but private , meeting of the members of the Newcastle Ckamberof Commerce was held on M-nday , to consider the propriety of evincing their sense of the services renuered to hfe country by Sir R . Ptcl , an opiwriunity for suca an expression of feeling being likely to arise in conwquenee of the right hon . bawnet ' g visit to Wynyard , next week , to be present at the marriasc of the Earl of Portarliagton and Ladv Alexandria Vane .
DURHAM . Sukderlasd Shif builtixg Trade . — -By a parliamentary paper , we find that the number of ships built in the port of Sutherland , and the amount of their tonnage was in ISiS , 84 ships , 20 . 353 tons m 184 ! 116 ships , 29 543 tons ; ir 1845 . 139 shins 33 . 017 tons ; in 1 S 1 G , 151 shina , 43 . 93 * tons . It wHina * be seen tbat both a « to number and inn . nape , 1846 nearly doubles 1843 . ^ "H , £ £ ! -- ? , SMtoj mornms , as ihe train from the Kescastle
and Carlisle Railway was starting from the Scotswood station , two men imprudently jumped apon the steps of one of the carriages , and a'ter riding over the bridge one of them jumped off , and fell on the opposite line Be fow , however , he could recover himself anotker train " from Blayton , came up , and the iron ploupb . i n front ef the « faeebswept hmi off the line , bj which hS to * fortunately preserved . The man immediately sjot up , and walked deliberately away . uscAsiiiHE .
R . IPREBESIAHOXOF WoLTERHiMTTOJ ! . —ThC HoD C . P . villein who has had a double return-being tiectea for Soutb-Uncashire and Wolverhampton--has addressed the constituency of the latter place expressing hi ? intention to abide by the decision of the W olTCrhampton electors . They have accordingly aiet , but have come to no definite determinationleaving tbe question to be decided by a general meeting nf the electors , which will shortly be held . Mr Soebuck visited the town last week , and there seems every reason to believe that , should the electors decide on resiRuiugMrViliiera to South-Lancashire , Mr Roebuck will be the future member for wolverhampton .
T 0 KK 3 BIR 3 . AlTEMPrSO MCBDEES AKB SuitlDE BT A LuXATIC —A few days ag » . Joseph Robson , alanatic , confined ib tae liolbeck Wor&honse , committed a mnrder-© us assault upon two aged panpers named Samuel Gibson and Thomas Cooper , inmates of the same pl&ce . It appears that Robson waa not considered a dangerous lunatic , and although his conduct upon cae or two occasions , when excited , had been rather violent , yet it was not thought necessary to remove tim to an asylum . On the same day , he was placed in the * spinning room , ' and the twoa-cd paupers , Gibson and Cooper , were appointed to watch over him , in order to prevent kis setting fire to anything . So ' ason appeared quiet , nnd after the old men had been with him some time , and apprehending no danger , they fell asleep in their chairs . Soon after the
lunatic seized a fire shovel in the room , and commenced a most murderous assault upon the sleeping SKB . inflietinsa number of wounds of a frightful nature upon their heads and faces . Cooper , in protecting his head , reoeired a blow from tho shovel Bpr , n his right hand , the second finger of which wks bwken in so serious a manner that it had to be amputated at the lowest joint , and some of the bones of the hand removed . Before Robson could be seenred , he cut his throat—iaflicting a frightful gash and stabbed himself in Beveral places in the breast and arms , with a knife that he had borrowed , before the attack , from Gibson . Assistance was procured as soon as possible , and the three men were removed totheLseds Infirmary , and although the injuries they have received are of a very serious nature , it is not expected tbat any of them will prove fatal — Leeds Jfercurv .
WHWIOKSHIRB . & 0 BBEBT . —A daring and atrocious robbery was committed last treekat Birmingham , on the premises of Mr S : Losky , a cigar merchant . MrSt -kosky slept in the room immediatel y behind the 6 aop . He retired to reetabout half-past ten o ' clock en Thursday night , and fell asleep . About one in the morainf he was disturbed by a noise in the 8 ho ? , an < i oa calling out was immediately seized by thetaroatWman , whose figure he conld discern fcj the leable light which proceeded from tho back window . Mr St Losky grappled with his antagonist , and bath fell to the floor . Both parties cried aloud ior assistance , when a companion of the bur » lar rendered aid . Mr St Losky , by strangulation and nsavy blewsinflictedon the head , was unable to offer any further resistance to the violence of his assailants . The missreanta , as it is supposed , conceiving
nraraer was cemmitted , and that the cries of Mr St Losky had aroused some of the neighbours , made their escape through tie back door . After eeme time Mr St Losky was enabled to make his war to tae front door , and the police , when all was over , laving arrived , the premises were searched . It was then ascertained that the burglars bad packed np two carpet bags of cigars , ready for carrying off ; and tnat they had succeeded in possessing themselves of about £ 30 in cash , with which for a time they had escaped . Mr St Losky ^ person presented afri » htful
oojeet . llis head was dreadfully cut , and his nightshirt saturated with blood . He was immediately conveyed to thehospital . It appears clear that the burglars were parties above the usual run of such charactera . They left behind their cloth boots , of genteel make , French hats , one ef which was dressed with monrmng crape , ? nd two jackets , all of which were in excellent condition . Mr St Losky imagines he has several times seen the men in his shop , but the police have iiot yet obtained sufficient clue for tneir apprehension .
Skgblar Recovery op Mossy—Upon the arrival of the 7 43 p . m . train from London at the Rugby station , on Tuesday night , the inspecting officer found a small carpet bag in one of the compartments of a carnage ; noticing that there appeared to be no owner for it , the officer took charge of the bag , and made inquiries at the several carriages formic the train whether it belonged to any of the passengers out no claimant appeared , and the bac was consequently opened in the presence of Mr Grew , the station-master , when , greatly to the astonishment of the officials , a packet of sovereigns was found amongst thecontents . amounting to £ 270 in value . Mr Grew immediately had the bag tied np , sealed , and deposited in the desk , where it remained till the
arrival of the 8 45 p . m . train , when a claimant appeared for the property , which was delivered into his hand 3 upon his giving a description of the ba » and its contents . It appeared that the person to whom the property belonged had taken aticketattheEaston Station , and had his bag placed in theseatinthe carriage whereit wa 3 so fortunately found , but missing the train by some overei <; hthe followed in the nest , and was agreeably surprised at finding that the railway offiria ] 3 had takes bettercare of his tag than he had himself . Hh gratitude , however , was notpartiealarly overpowering , the only observation lie made being * It ' s all right , thank you ; had I lost it I should have been ruined ; ' alter which he made Ms exit .
Fatal RiitWAY Accioest . —An inquest wa ? held on Saturday at the Railway Inn . Rugby , before Mr G . C . Greenway , on the bady of G . Cousins , lately in the employ of the Midland Railway Company . On Haass the deceased was standing on the footplate of an engine whicn was moved along the rails between 30 and 40 yards , previous to shutting on to a side line . No one saw the deceased fall , but after tne engine had been stopped , his bo 3 y was found entangled among the machinery , his head being between the connecting rod and the wheels , and Ms ngnt arm and bDth less between the spokes . There was a fracture on the head , his neck was dislocated , las arm crashed , and both legs broken in two or three places . It wa 3 impossible to extricate him without putting the engine in motion , when the deceased fell from between the wheels . He was quite dead , and was removed to Mr Dudley ' s , the Railwav Inn . Some other evidence having been heard , the jury returned a verdict of accidental death .
SOTItSOHAHSHISS . XomssuiM . — Si 4 tk or Tbadb . — Misfortune presses very heavily upon Nottingham . Tho longconfrnued depression of trade is producing its effects . We are grieved to state that one of the first magnates in the town , and several othere who have been looked upon as men of wealth and snbstance . are labouring under difficulties and embarrassments , the issue of which , it 13 feared , will involve many more in the whirlpool of insolvency . The events of the last few days have spread surprise in many circles , and will be moat disastrous in their effects . —Ai * - tinjliam Review . BERKSHIRE .
Accident as tub Great Wesises Railway . — List week Mr Henry Lenauer , a travelling jeweller , was killed on this line nnder the following circum * stance * . He arrived at the Challow Marsh Bridge Crossing , at the time when tba afternoon down express train from I ' addington was coming at a rate of € 9 miles an hour . Some persons who were standing sear called oat to the deceased to Etop nntil the tram tad passed , but he took no notice , and attempted to cross the rails . In an instant tbe engine oau » ht him , arid hi 3 body was hurled to a diitance , and falling on the rails the whole train passed over him . He waa IitenSly catto pieces , and tha fragments wer «
scattered in all directions . On the train reaching the Tarrin gdoa-road station the engine-driver gave inlorraation ta Mr Steven , the snperintendent of that 8 tat : o 3 , waa immediately proceeded with a pilot engine to the spot , and , collecting the remains , conveyed them back to the station . The deceased carried a bos on his back , which contained upwards of £ 309 worth Of jewellery . At the inquest , it was proved by a respectable farmer , who had bought a watch of the deceased only an hour before his death , that he was perfectly sober ; and the engine-driver satc ^ i he saw the deceased same distance frem the ero&ng , when he opened the alarm whistle , and did
all he conld t » prevent the accident , but it was impossible to stop the train in time . The jury returned the Mowing verdict :- ' We say that the deceased met with his death by being struck by the engine of an express tram , while crossing the railway , and that n blame whatever Utaehes to the driver of the encine . We are , however , of opinion that the Great Western Railway Company ought to station a policemanat themte where the accident happened , there being a public road across the line for both carriages
A TnnsvEs Tric k—A market gardener , named Amos , hvins at Gravesend , was last week robbed of between £ 40 and £ 50 under the following circumstances :--Two well-dressed men had called at his shop nnder various pretences , and , on the day of the robbery , they looked in during h ' a absence , and begged to be allowed to write a letter . Mra Amos showed them into a parlour adjoining the sittingnom where thej stayed a short time . Just as they were leaving , the servant told her mistress the
drawer in the bedroom was open . Mrs Amos , knowing that to be the depositary of the cash , ran to the room and found a bunch of skeleton keys , with which the visitors had unlocked the drawer , and of course , the cash had vanished . The thieves , who are supposed to be the same parties who stole a large sum of money from a ' publicicu 3 e in the neighbourhood , got clear off , although the police were instantly on the spot Egyptian Wheat , —A grain of wheat , taken from an Egyptian mummy , having been sown this year in the gardes of Mr Cutbush , of the Gazette Office , Maidstone , has produced no loss than sixty-six ears .
SDS 3 BX . Mobb Sufpocatios bt Fobl Air .- —Last week the neighbourhood of Russell-street , Brighton , was alaymed by the report that two men were suffocated whilst removing some night soil . The report proved to be too ttue , and the two unfortunate peraons , whose names were Good and Smart , were taken out of the soil quite dead . A third person was dragged ont in a state of unconsciousness , and a moment more would have been fatal to him , but he has recovered . The deceased have each left a wife and family , who were entirely dependent upon them for support . vVert ukb x Whale As a man , named Jeffries , was psaching fish in Sidleshara mill-pond , he attempted to pull a sole through the meshes of the net with his teeth , when the fish darted into his mouth and throat , and before assistance could be rendered he was a corpse . Verdict' Accident death . '
Sigss of the Times , Jen . vt Lixo at BnicnroH . — The ' Swedish' nightingale sang on Monday at a concert given by Mr Wright at the Town-hall . * Onethird of the large room was appropriated for reserved seats at two guineas each , one-third at a guinea and a half , and tbo remainder at one guinea . The room was completely filled , aad the concert must have realised about 1 , 000 guineas . An adjaining room , from which scarcely a sight of the orchestra could be obtained , was nearly filled by 300 persons , at a reduced price . Persons from London , Chichester , Hythe , Portsmouth , Sandgate , Ryde , Cowes . Erith , Bedford , and even from Dieppe , were present at the concert .
HAMPSHIRE . Misbomosks sbveb comb sisotE . —As the Earl of Wilton and a party of his lordship ' s friends were coming up the Snlent , on their way to Cowes from a short cruise , owing to some cause not yet well understood , his splendid yacht , the Xarifa , ranon a led ; e of roiks near Sconce Point . Fortunately it is calm weather , er her chances of recovery would be small . Returning home to Cowes by land , mishaps still pnreded the noble earl , as th carriage was overturned , and himself and friends thrown out . No serious injury was sustained by any individiial of the party , which included the Countess of Wilton , the Marchioness of Aylesbury , Lady Chesterford , the Marquis of Aylesburv , and Lord Stanhope .
EOJIEKSETSHIRE . Sioppisg a Railway Tkaw .--As the down train leaving Bath at 2 69 p . m ., was proceeding towards Bristol last week , two men standing on a bank on the side of the line , a short distance from the Twer ton tunnel , hailed the engine driver by . waving a red handkerchief on rhe top of a stick . The red colaur being used as a dangerous signal on the railway , the driver immediately reversed the engine , thinking he was likely to meet with some obstacle by proceeding further ; and , having stepped the train , gave information to the guardof the circumstance . The guard accordingly asked the parties what they meant by the interruption ; when one of them said they bad no money , and wanted a lift to Bristol . Being now awake to the hoax , the guard humoured their object
by gmng them a seat in his own box , at the same time mentally regarding them as having , by their conduct , forfeited 'the liberty of the subject , ' and become his prisoner passengers , while they , in happy ignorance , congratulated themselves on their cheap trip . On the arrival of the train at the Bristol station , they were handed over to the care of Burton , pelice superintendent of the line , and brought before the magistrates on a charge of infringing a clause in the company ' s act of parliament , whereby they had rendered themselves liable to a penalty . One of them is an Irishman , named Quasick , and the other is named Thomas . Evidence to the above effect having been given , they were each fined 40 s . and costs , and in default of payment committed for one month eaoh .
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i * - Scotland . EDIKBOROn ; The National Association for Excise Reform having been charged with meditating the repeal of the duties which areat present levied on articles of home produce , ' have issued a declaration denying that this is their object , and asserting that their efforts as originally announced , are to be directed to 'the attaining of complete freedom for all excise traders ( with a due regard to the collection of the revenue , ) so that those whose trades and occupations are at present lettered by the excise laws , may carry on their business as free from government interference as their brother traders who ure not subject to excise restrictions at all . '
MonBter railway tripB are at present tho order of the day . Another cheap excursion to London is to be made m a few weeks , and for the gratification of the Londoners , arrangements are said to have commenced for a Scotch tour , whieh is to include the original Highland route of the Queen . Soae complaints have been made as to the lar » e balance m hand of the Edinburgh section of the Highland Relief Committee . Lately it was £ 85 000 , but that included ssmesums not remitted ; by lasl return the balance in bank was £ 45 000
Potato Crop ra Scotlasb . —Although the present appearance of this crop is healthy , and promises an abundant return , there is still so much uncertainty as to the ultimateBOundaessof the root , thafhitherto few sales have been effected , or , indead , have been offered to the public . At aroupof growing crop near Methven , last week , a trial was made of one field , and the result showed that confidence predominates over apprehension , for the whole was sold off , and brought from £ 25 to £ 27 per acre . This fully exceeds the price of 1845 , which was the highest ever
known here . There are , unfortunately , but few who will benefit by it ; as , on most farms , the breadth planted docs not exceed five acres . In several cases the famer has divided the risk with the speculator ; the one supplying the manure and the labour , and the other the Besd ; and halving the net proceeds . There are two exceptions to this characteristic caution onthepartofthe agriculturists in this quarter —oue in Strathmore , who has forty acres under potato crop at his own risk , and another in the Carse , with searly fifty . —Perthshire Courier .
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< - > JMtintr . DUBLIS . EiopEuwt—Witbin the last week considerable excitement was caused in fashienable circles in the city , m consequence of the elopement of a yonng married lady with an offieer belonging to an infantry regiment stationed in Dublin . The names of the parties , to prevent farther pain on such a Bubject , are for the present withheld . The injured husband is the son of a lady whose poetic talents have given her name a high place in English literature . It is said that up to a recent period the parties lived on the most affectionate terms ; butthatas tho lady seemed
to have a particular liking for the * red coat , ' Beveral biUets were exchanged , interviews took place , and the lady ( so report goes ) , in the absence of her husband , spent a good deal of her time in the officer ' s company . A few days since she eloped with him—the affair soon became known , and it is said the injured husband , by the advice of his friends , has aot as yet decided on taking any steD in the matter . The whereabouts of the fugitives is not at present sppken of . The lady , who resided in a fashionable street at the north side of the city , is described as young and very handsome . ' It was whispered yesterday that next term may reveal something regarding this unpleasant affair .
Repeal Associatios . —The weekly Meeting of the Association was held on Monday . Mr J . A . O'Neill ( the unsuccessful candidate for Kildare ) presided . The chairman , in an address of considerable length , vindicated his character from the aspersions which had been cast upon it during the reoent election , and attributed his defiat to tho allianoo of the Whigs witk the Torie « of the county , combined with intimidation , which had been extensively practised . Mr J . P . Somers , M . P ., Rct . G . Doyle , P . P ., and others having addreesfd ihe meeting , Mr John Reynolds , M . P ., addressed the meeting at some length , aU ( handled mther strongly Mr Gregory ' s want of punctuality in paying the Sheriff his share of the expenses , whilsthe insisted ( through his agent ) in that functionary not putting him ( Mr Reynolds ) in nomination till he lodged his share of the contingent Mr John O'ConneU haying addressed the meetine ai some length , the rent for the week was announce woe x 52 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1433/page/6/
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