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      Trial Of Lbcomte For Attempting To Assas...

      —^* -- ** . *" -- *" -. * - ^— - ^— - ^—— - * - *^ - **• ¦ — " — ya . ' f - " . ; ' — - . ^^ - , Of " fiiV-l ujustice-dxjue him was revived , and hU resent- ] meat re-suited . M . Duvergier concluded with a short peroration , in which , admitting the crime to have hi en confessed by the prisoner , he called upon the Court to remember Lis early good character , the isolated state in which he had latterly lived , which was always injurious and weakening to the mind of man , and urged that the case of Lecomte was one in which indulgence was justice . The Procnreur . Ceneral replied : — -He maintained that there was a wide difference between the insanity admitted by the penal code and the state of mind in which it had been endeavoured to prove the prisoner to be , and , should the Cuurt entertain any doubts as to this , he requested the Peers to Call to their minds the manner in which Xacomte lived at Paris after his retirement , employing himsi-li in reading and in writing what he intended to be made public . ( Movement . ) of his

      H . Duvergier insisted npon Hie soundness argument as to the inteUectual derangement of Lecomte , and protested that he entertained a sincere repentance , but was defcrredfrom espressing it from false shame . fearint that it might be said he had believed his conscience , to save his head . . „ , ., „ ,, „ ,.,. The President asked the prisoner if he wished to saj anything in his own defenc-1 Leomte , after a moment ' s hesitation , said , ho , Sir . The President declired the pleadings to be closed . ThE prisoner was then removed . As he withdrew , he bo wed several times to the Court . The Peers retired at half-past three to deliberate on the sentence . ... . The sitting was resumed at a quarter before six , when the Court condemned the prisoner to death , and ordered that he shall be taken t » the place of execution in his shirt , with his feet naked , and his head covered with a blr-ck veil ; that he shaU remain exposed on the scaffold , w"ile a huissier reads his sentence to him , and then be

      oe'dcaded . The Court rose at six o ' clock . Immediately after the sentence had been pronounced , V .. Ciuchy , the Registrar of the Court proceeded to Xesomte ' s prison , and read to him the sentence . Lecomte lttfen ^ a to it with the great st composure . " It is well , " said be , "I have only to ask for one thing—to see the Abbe drivel /* This ecclesiastic , who , during the last few dsys , hashad frequent conversations with Lecomte , immediately went to him . When the Abbe withdrew , tho strait waistcoat , usual on such occasions , was put on , the prisoner aiding the men in doing

      so-Wj . read in the Droit : — " It is said that the sentence o £ Jesih , passed on Lecomte , met with only a few dissc . dng voices , amongst which was Viscount Victor Hugo . The i-itter , it is added , addressed the Court in a brilliant 5 * 3 tJ ? cc . | and 2 > leadedfor imprisonment for life . Lecomte , it seems , was , previously to the trial , anxious only on one point—his dress . His ooatapprared to him by no means worthy of the occasion . ' Can I appear in Court thus dressed ! ' said he . ' Let them kiU me , but let them not humiliate me ! ' "

      EXECUTION OF LECOMTE . I s-nd you an account of the execution of lecomte , which took place this morning , contrary , I may safely say , to ice belief and expectation generally entertained at Paris . It is from an early edition of the evening print , LaPatric : — " The author of the Fontaiubleau attempt , Lecomte , sui & red his penalty , this morning , at half-past five , at th = St . Jacques Gate , where criminals are usually esec :: red . Lccomie bad been apprised uf it but this morning . Tic iaaplain to the Chamber of PeerSj Abbe Grivel , went to him and aftoided him the last consolation of religion . Leoo-ate displayed great firmness ; yet , on receiving the Daws of the rejection of his appeal to the King ' s clemency and on hearing that the hour of bis death had come , he e ^ risaeed a nervous commotion , which he endeavoured

      to repress . During the fatal tnilette he was piously resigned . Conformauy to the sentence , Lecomte was invested with a long white s ' : irt , and a black veil was put © verbis head . His grey coloured trowsers held to his waist by a handkerchief put round it . The funeral oo ' l ' .-je- set outfor the place of execution , theprisoner being in p cellular vehicle , and the Abbe Srivel , whose holy exhortations he piously listened to , being by his side . Thr ve ' . jj-le was preceded by a party of gendarmes , and f « ll-. w !» d by another strong one of the Municipal Guard . At iiaif-p-tsi four all the avenues to the Luxembourg an ;" i Sue d'JBnfer were guarded by troops . A battali ? u « f the foot Municipal Guards , and of the horse of iae same corps , surrounded the scaffold . A large number of town sergeants were JuSO lOUUu the sca & Id . L ? comte alighted from the vehicle with stoic . firmness . He was bare-headed . He knelt , aud long i emaLied in that posture , seemingly praying . He

      afterward- ; rose and ascended the scaffold . At that awful moment his courage seemed somewhat to fail him ; but his strong organisation soon prevailed . Most surely lie wished it to be said that he had died fearless . His temper , which led him to his crime , and which he displayed onhis trial , did not desert him at the facal hour . On leaching the top of the scaffold Lecomte stood in front of fhe spectators , turning his back to the guillotine . Ht continued thus whilst his sentence was rend , and the reading ofit took two or three minutes . Whilst it was proceeding tlie Abbe Grivel whispered something to the suSirt-r , and soon presented to him the crucifix , which Lee j ; nte repeatedly kissed . He next embraced his confessor with deep emotion , aud surrendered himself to the ex ? eurioners . His shirt and Wads veil were reraovtd aud his head was forthwith severed from his body . Although the execution had been kept a secret upwards ot 4300 persons were present .

      Lecomte having signed a petition to the Xing for mircy , and expressing the dec-pest regret for his crime , an opinion had gained groand that his punishment would Lave been commuted into perpetual banishment . JL Duvergier de Hauranne , his Counsel , had conveyed the petition to the King , and it was submitted to the Council of Ministers , who came to the resolution unanimously of allowing matters to take their course , as the case of Lecomte in all its bearings did uotpresrnt sumcientgrounds for .-oi abating the judgment of the Court . Two hundrec " and thirty-two Peers voted at his trial , of whom , it is said , 13 G were for his coudemn-.. tion to the legal psnalty for parricide , 33 for simple infliction of death , and 3 fcr imprisonment for life .

      V The Northern Stak, ^ June 13 1*46 ^

      V THE NORTHERN STAK , ^ June 13 1 * 46 ^

      Death Of The Pope. A Telegraphic Despatc...

      DEATH OF THE POPE . A telegraphic despatch from the French Ambassador at Rome reached Paris on Saturday , announcing that t ;; e Pope died suddenly , between nine and ton omiemorning of the 1 st June . " Gregory XVI ., JLkcao Capsia & ri , " says the Journal des Bebats , " wjs born at Belluno , on thelSth September 1765 . A Or . maldolite monk ^ CiPELLini had rendered hin .-self celebrated in his order by his ecclesiastical science Hud bis deep knowledge of the ancient aud modern languages of the East A reputation of doctrine and of regularity which had spread beyend the cloister , and * the general regard entertained for his character , had secured to the humble inouk , long before he wr-s summoned to the sacred college , a considerat . o , equal to that of the princes of the Church . In March lb" 25 , Leo XII . raised him to the dignity of a Cardinal , and , soon after , he was placed at the head ol

      the vast and important administration of the Propusanda , for which , by his African and Asiatic erudition , he was especially suited ; and the talents he displayed in it confirmed his great reputation for capacity . In the conclave of 1828 , Macro Gapj 3 i . i . aiu wss i-ne of the Cardinals most favoured by public opinion , and most yiolently opposed , in the conclave , by what is called the Austrian party . In the conclave of 1831 , Cardinal Pacca , who wassupported by that party , the leader b .: vhichwas Cardinal Altus ! , had obtained nineteen rotes at the ballot before last , and Cardinal Capeuam twenty-six ; bat at the last bal-ot six or seven votes escaped Cardinal Albaxi ' s inSue-ice , and Cardinal Gapjjllam obtained the majority , lie had been elected Pope on the 2 nd of February , 1831 , and ascended the Pontifical throne , enrfer ihe name of Gregory XVI .

      Tie Siecle say- ? the Benedictine friar whom the eaaii & venf 1831 elected Pope is dead . The encyclical letter is which he condemned the liberty of the press—the cruel acts 'if repression whi h have desolated the Roman provinces , and which were so easy to calm by the introduction of i-efoi'in-i— -tin welcome given to the Emperor Nicholas— -and lastly , the tdious litter censuring tbe efforts which the unfortunate Poles made against their oppressorssucli are the acts which attach themselves to this reign ; aud which , in our judgment , do not suffice to TeGSniniend his in-mow .

      Melancholy Caiasinorni..—An Awful Aud Fata!

      Melancholy CAiASinorni .. —An awful aud fata !

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      " H . sck bears , " and the whole of the nine unfortunate persons had perished . Uuler sr . ys he nt-vei li-avdth * . least alarm given , but thought the parly were still before him , until he heard that they hud n-. t arrived on the followin-r morning . From this cir . iiinstance it would almost appear that their deaths n » t hav . bsen instantaneous , because the niuht was mt'd , and their cries would hare been heard at a gi-: at < li * -t-iuce . IIow this traaedy occurred inns ' , l ' or evtv remain a mystery . Jt is supposed tliey had ni-sied tha road . The sufferers wore an young people from twenty to tweet / -five years of sge . Tut b- ' -nies of ibe whale of the unfortunate party lind bfvii recovered , inquests have been held , and they Wtie all Interred in Carlmoi Church on Suu * l . i . v afWncoa la «< fc . The multitude assembled to witm-s the performance of the List solemn rites over th-jjr remains far exceeded what had ever before be ? s seen in ihe rustic little town of Cartmel on any prtviousotcaaion .

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      IMPERIAL FAKL 1 A . V 1 ENT . ( Cmtimied fromour Vstp 3 ge . y . _\ Graham , Mr . P . bcnopE , the Solicitor Gmsun . Mr . Osnons ^ and Lord G . Besiisck and was defended bv Mr ! Bright . Mr . Hume , and Mr . ViaKlbt . The subjec t was then dropped . PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND ) BILLi 1 " 1 ""

      r SECOND READING . The Earl of Lincoln moved that the Protection of Life ( Ireland ) bill , be read a second time . Upon the Speaker putting the question from the chair , Sir W . Somkrville rose to move as an amendment , that it be read a second time that day six months , lie had hoped that , after the time which had elapsed since the introduction of this measure , and after the successful issue of the last debate in convincing the people of England that it was utterly inapplicable to tho state of crime in Ireland , Her Majesty ' s Government would have abandoned it . lie would not enter into the particular demerits of the present bill , for those demerits had been sufficiently

      exposed alreauy . It was the same hill whub . had beta repeatedly passed during tbe last half century ; and yet the house was again called upon to apply it as a panacea to the disease incident to the body corporate of Ireland . Could they hope that it would be more successful now than it had been formerly ? No ; they must go to tho root of the evil . The body of the Irish people was full of wounds , and covered with putrid sores and ulcers , and the disease under which it was labouring was a dislike to the law of the land . Until they made them love that law , by rendering it impartial , there would be neither health , nor peace , nor contentment in that country . He then called the attention of the house to the slow progress of this bill through both branches of the Legislature . He contended that , in allowing this delay , if the bill were necessary , the conduct of the government was

      without excuse . Supposing that similar crimes had been prevalent in Yorkshire and Durham , would English members havealioweda bill like thepresent to have been hung up for five months , as a subject for ihe government to play fast and loose with at its pltasure ? He reminded Lord . Cr . Bentinck that on the 22 d of March he had stated , on behalf of hie party , that if there was not an urgent and immediate necessity for passing this bill , that party would not support it , because they admitted it to be most unconstitutional . Now , did this delay of three months show an urgent and immediate necessity for this bill ? If it did not , then he called upon Lord G . Bentinck , without regard to its merits , to call upon his friends to reject this bill , on account of the extraordinary conduct of Ministers , who , if their pretexts were true / ought not to have lost a moment in converting it into

      law . Mr . Bernal seconded the amendment . During the course of his speech , Mr . D . Browne twice moved that the house be counted , and each time there were found barely sufficient members present to make a house . When Mr . Bernal had done speaking there were not forty members present , but then Mr . D . Biwvne had left the house , otherwise there would hava been a second count out on this " most pressing and vital measure . " Mr . B . Osbokne supported the amendment , and charged thepresent Irish Secretary with being the most ignorant man that could have been chosen to undertake the arduous duties he ought to fulfil .

      Lord Liscolx exonerated himself trom the charge of fiaving intended to treat either Ireland or the Irish members with disrespect , by the silence whicli lie had hitherto observed on this subject . He assure . ) the house , that however ignorant or incapable lie might be on Irish affairs , he had always in tended to speak upon this bill , and to explain his own -views- and those of the Government with respect to it ; but when an attempt was twice made within ten minutes to count out the house , and wben ^ there were only three or four Irish members in attendance , he thought that ho should be showing gi-sater respect to the people of Ireland by endeavouring to postpone to a later hour of the evening those observations which he wished

      to address to it as Secretary for Ireland , than by making them at an hour when so thin an audience was present . lie then proceeded to defend the Government from the inconsistent charges Kliich had been preferred against it . The Gorernment had been accused by one party of having introduced tin s measure prematurely , and by another party of having delayed it too long . He thought , that the charge preferred against Ministers for delaying the progress of the bill , after it came into the Iiouscof Commons , proceeded with a very indifferent grace from the lips of Sir W . Somerville , who , if he recollected rightly , had moved the postponement of thefiret reading of it to a distant day , and had made himself a partner in the misconduct , if such it

      were , which he bad attributed to the Government , lie then proceeded to refute Mr . O'Connell ' s assertion , that the outrage and murders which this bill was intended to check were agrarian disturbances , traceable to the practice of depopulating estates , and so other circumstances connected with tho existing relations between landlord and tenant in Ireland , by read big a mass of criminal returns from the five counties to be affected by this bill , which showed that , though in their origin many of the disturbances might have been connected with land , that was not the case at present ; and that , in point ol fact , there was no social or domestic relation in life yhichwas free from the system of terror now enforced on individuals in Ireland . He then proceeded

      to defend the present bill in its various details , and in the course of his defence called upon Lord John Itussell to explain how he reconciled it to himself to reject Jt altogether , after voting as he had done for its first reading , and after declaring that he intended to amend several of its clauses in committee . He denied that the Government had introduced this bill without accompanying it with corresponding measures for the amelioration of the social condition of Ireland , and referred to the bills which had been already passed this session ; and to those which he sfloufd have tlie honour of proposing , on Thursday next , as a proof that the Government was not inattentive to the wants of the people of Ireland in

      their present emergency . Mr . M . J . O'Connell observed that , if he could look upon this bill as a measure for the protection '• flife , no party considerations should prevent him from supporting it , but hitherto he had heard notuing which could induce him to look uoon it in that light . Referring to the measures by which this oppressive bill was to be accompanied , he expressed a hope that the Landlord and Tenant Bill , which Lord Lincoln was about to introduce , would be well digested and carefully prepared , for a good bill on that subject would ' tend more even than a permanent coercion bill to put down agrarian disturbances and < jvery other disorder of Ireland .

      Lord G . Bestisck reminded the house that he and the friends that surrounded him announced before Easier that they would support the measure provided ihe government proved their sincerity and earnestness by pressing it forward as a measure demanded by an extraordinary emergency ; but that , should it appear , from the conduct of the government in allowing other measures of leas vital character to have precedence of it , that they were not sincere or earnest i ' ¦ their belief of its necessity , the Protection party would not feel themselves justified in granting to the government the unconstitutional powers that would be conferred by this bill . Since the Easter holidays , on one government night , no house was made ; and since the bill had received a first reading other

      . ' our government nights had been occupied with ^ ther business , besides the Corn Bill and the Tariff : ; md on four other nights the house had been adjuiuned before ei ght o ' clock . It was evident , there-£ *« . ' , there was neither earnestness nor sincerity on & e part of Ministers in car-ying this measure into law ; and the case had arisen when the Protection jiarty could no longer give the government their votes on this bill . After adverting to Lord Lincoln's statement for ihe purpose of shewing their inaccuracy , his Lordr-hip made a slashing attack on the Ministry which created great excitement , he said , it was a mockery and insult to both parties in Ireland to brandish a measure of this hind before their eyes which the Ministers never intended to carry

      into law . For these reasons he , for one , should do !; is bt-stto prevent this mockery and insult from beiuir perpetrated . ( Cheers . ) The house had been told that the Ministers were as much in earnest about this measure as they were about the Corn Bill . How -iitfereutiy they had dealt with the two measures . ( Loud cheers from the Protectionists . ) All days a ere alike for the Corn Bill— "order" days , and '" notice" days—for that bill , which destroyed what ihe Ministers had so often pledged themselves to support . ( Clieers . ) The repeal of the coin laws was liirust through the house with the zeal of new converts . ( Continued cheering from the Protectionists . ) No opportunity—no time was to be lost in thrusting sliat measure through the house . Short holidays

      nod siiort notice of holidnys ! ( Ilear , hear . ) They iad Ocen worked up to Good Friday eve , and they had had but a few days to recover from their labour . ( Hear , hear . ) But how was it , how different was it with the Coercion Bill ! They pretended to tell them they were equally e . iger to carry this measure ; but , bad as he tho . ight them wicked as'he thought them , he did not believed they were quite so bad or ouitoKowiekod as really in their hearts to be persuaded that the protection of life and property in Ireiand depended upon the successful parsing of this bill . ( Cheers . ) Had they been so persuaded , they sure , v would never have consented to waste so much

      valuable time in proceeding with it . ( Hear , hear . ) W ' .-eii the question ceased to be that of the Corn Bill , and became that of the Coercion Bill , then they were iodiiJgi d with Jong holidays and short sittings Oauuhler , ) and could there , therefore , be one man in <; , e Louse , or one Jman in the country , fool enough to I' * Tit-vc that . Her Majesty ' s Ministers were in earnest > rkii the Life and Property Protection Bill ? ( Cheers . ) If they were in earnest , then , he said , the sooner they kicked out the Ministers on the measure . . he better would it be for all parties , ( cheers ); and , having these views he should give his vote against the . « ccmid reading of the bill , lie would have greatly preferred that , instead of the amendment which

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      had been moved there hud been an amendment of " No confidence . " ( Loud cheers . ) _; Such an . aniendhe , for one , would have supported , and he trusted that , when thegentlemen on the Treasury bench found they were no longer able to carry a government measure , they would think it high time to retire . ( Cheers . ) They used to be told by the right hon . baronet at the head of the Government that he would never consent to be a Minister " on sufferance" ( hear , hear ); and he must indeed be dead to all that is passing around him if he could not see that he was now himself the Minister he described , — - a Minister on sufferance . ( Loud cheers . ) He turned for support from one side of the house to the other ; one day dependent upon the aid of the gentlemen

      opposite , and another day looking for succour to ins ( Lord G . Bentinck ' s ) friends on that side . ( Cheers . ) He had the confidence of none , and hehad the certain support only of his gallant corps of Janissaries ( cheers and laughter ) and of some 70 renegades , halt of them even ashamed of the votes which they had given . ( Cheers . ) When this was _ the position of the Government , when such was its condition , so well deserved , it was time for them to speak out ; it was time for tftem to mark that debate by rejecting that measure ( cheers ); and , though he still had at his side his faithful Janissaries , he ( Lord G . Bentinck ) would ask him if he had the confidence of one honest man in the country or the support of one honest man out of that house ? ( Loud cheers . ) They

      were now told by the right hon . gentleman himself , that though he had changed there had been nothing humiliating in the course , he had pursued ; that it would have been really dishonest , that it would have been inconsistent with his duty to his Sovereign if , after having changed his opinions , he had concealed them . But he ( Lord G . Bentinck ) was old enough to remember , and he remembered it with deep and heartfelt sorrow , that he ( Sir R . Peel ) chased and hunted an illustrious relative of his ( Lord G . Bentinck ' s ) to death , on the ground that though he had changed no opinion he was from the station which he then held , likely to forward the question of Ca « tholic Emancipation . ( Hear . ) He could recollect that such was the conduct of the right hon .

      gentleman in 1827 . In 1829 he told that house that he had changed his opinion in 1825 , that he had communicated his change ofopirtioH to the Earl of Liverpool ; but that , it proved , did not prevent him in 1827 getting up in the same assembly , and stating that the reasons he severed himself from Mr . Canning ' s Cabinet was , that he could not consent to support a Government of which the chief Minister was favourable to the measure which in two years more he ( Sir It . Peel ) himself carried . ( Great cheering . ) Why , if he said that it was base , dishonest and inconsistent with his duty as a Minister to his Sovereign to appear to maintain the opinions he had in reality deserted , did he not , by his own avowal that session , stand convicted before all of

      that which was base , dishonest and inconsistent with the duty of a Minister to his Sovereign 1 ( Loud cheers . ) And when they recalled the facts of 182 S , 1827 and 1829 , it was clear that , though the right hon . gentleman had long sat on 'the ' stool of repentance the country would not forget twice a twofold guilt in the same Minister . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Lord G . Bentinck ) thought it was now time for atonement te the insulted honour of Parliament , to the insulted honour of the country , to the betrayed constituencies of Great Britain . ( Cheers . ) It was known to the world that treachery had bem committed by the Minister ; but it was also requisite it should be known that these Ministers did not represent or speak the voice of a free people . The agricultural interest might have received its death blow ; domestic industry might suffer ; those who had trusted had been betrayed ; but let not Europe , let not Amerien , let not the world think that the people of

      England were participators in the crime of those who sat on the Treasury bench . ( Cheers . ) The time had arrived when those gentlemen , who , however abhorring a traitor , bad been glad to avail themselves of the treachery of the right lion , baronet to carry the measure they had consistently _ supported , were called upon to join them on that side of the house in marking their condemnation of the conduct of Her Majesty ' s Ministers . Her Majesty ' s Ministers could no longer presume to insult the country ( cheers ) by holding their places ; and time was come when , by putting them , as they must be , in a minority , and driving them from power , atonement would be made for the political treachery of which they had been guilty , for the dishonour which they had brought on Parliament—upon the country at large ; and that also would be atonement for the treachery which they had shown to the constituencies of the empire atlarge .

      [ The Post says , "Lonn Geouoe Bentinck , throughout his terrible infliction on the Ministry , was cheered incessantly and vehemently , We never remember to have seen an unfortunate Government so assailed by repeated storms of indignation , scorn , and undisguised contempt . The enthusiastic cheering which followed the conclusion of the Noble Lord ' s speech lasted several minutes . " ] Mr . S . HKRBEKT . —Sir , the Bill which has been tonight for the second time the subject of discussion in this house , has afforded an opportunity to some hon . gentlemen of throwing out against the Govern * ment charges which are not now heard from the same quarter for the first time , ( hear , hear)—charges which the noble lord ( Lord G . Bentinck ) considers

      he is licensed to make , ( " Oh , " from the Protection benches ;) charges couched in language seldom heard in this house , ( Loud and continued cheering , met by cries of " Oh " from the Protectionists , ) in Ianguage which this house , with a due regard to its character ought not to countenance ( cheers , ) language which I will not repeat , and in whieb . 1 will not retaliate . ( Hear , hear . ) So Ion ? as I en tertain self , respect for my own character ( cheers ) , so long as J entertain respect for the character and the temper and the reputation of this house ( renewed cheers , and cries of " Oh , " from the Protectionists , ) I will neither impute to others motives by which 1 should myself scorn to be influenced ( loud cheers ;) nor will I , under any temptation whatever , be induced to

      import into this house—into the senate of this country —terras and language and insinuations which ari ? better suited to some other arena ( loud cheers ) than that where gentlemen are collected ( cheers , and loud shouts of "Oh" from the Protectionist benches , ) gravely , calmlv , and deliberately , to discuss measures vitally affecting the great interests of this _ country . The noble lord says that we cannot be in earnest in pressing this measure ; and be founds that assumption upon the fact that now , in the month of June , . when the noble lord has discovered that the days are long , we have only arrrived at the second reading of the bill . ( " Hear , hear , " from Lord G . Bentinck . ) 1 should like to know from what quarter this charge ol

      delay could proceed with less decency and justice ? ( Ht-ar , hear . ) Night after night , not for purposes ot argument , not for purposes of reason , for as sure as arguments had been met , and facts had been contradicted , the same arguments'and the same facts were again repeated . —( Loud cries of" Oh ! from the Protectionist benches , which interrupted the right hon . gentlemen . ) Well , granting it was for argument , granting that in the whole course of your resistance to the com laws you never dreamt of delay , granting that those discussions arose from an exurberance of eloquence quite irrepressible , I think the noble lord will recollect that , in coi . sequenco of these argumentative discussions ( a laugh ) , it was not possible for the Government to bring this bill before the

      notice of tbe house at an earlier period . The noble lord was once among the foremost to call for the passing , of this measure . Where was now all the indignation and horror which he formerly expressed at the frequency of outrage and assassination in Ireland ? Formerly , the noble lord had told the house , that il it delayed , even for a single day , to pass the bill , the blood of every man murdered in Ireland would be on the head of Ministers and of every member who supported them . On whose head was that blood to be now ? W hon the noble lord had answered that question , he would tell him , that the Government would persevere in this measure in spite ef that factious

      combination which he had just iwade with the party opposite , whose motives in opposing this bill he ( Mr . S . Herbert ) respected , and did not venture to blame . Was the noble lord aware of the rumours which were now about town , that some of ' the noble lords and gentlemen below the gangway had made an offer to Lord J . Uusskll to assist him in defeating this bill and in throwing out the Ministry , and that Lord J . Russeu , with the manliness which belonged to his character , ' had treated that offer with that which it Would not be parliamentary to call contempt ? This declaration elicited a loud and long call o * "Name , name , "from the Protection benches , but

      Mr . S . Herbert did not respond to the call , and proceeded at some length to vindicate the general principlesofthe . bill . The Marquis of Grasby observed that , if Lord G . Bentinck had used language which was not often heard in that house , it was because Ministers had been guilty of conduct which was not often exhibited within it . The wretched remnant of confidence which he had still retained in Ministers , had been completely destroyed by their recent conduct on the Poor Removal Bill . Mr . Ross then moved the adjournment of the debate . Mr . Jons O'Connell requested , and Mr . S . Herbert gave , an explanation of some language which the former thought injurious to his absent friend , Mr . S . O'Brien . ' In reply to Mr . Stafford O'Bnirs

      , Mr . S . Herbert observed that he had not spoken of the offer made to Lord John Russell as a fact . lie had merely said that there were ' rumours about town to the effect which he had stated . If there was anything blameable in the matter to which he had referred : it was not in tho existence of those vumoiirs , but in acting in such a manner as proved those rumours to be correct . Mr . Elliott Youkk considered Mr . S . Herbert ' s explanation to be anything but satisfactory , and in consequence asked Lord J . Russell whether any such negotiation as that to which reference had been made , had been carried on between him and any noble lord or gentleman on the Protection benches ?

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      I Lord J- . Russell declared that no proposition to aid in throwingaut this hill had been made to him l . v any noble lord or gentleman on the Protection benches . He then justified his own course in voting against the second reading , after supporting the first veadinff of the bill . Lord G . Bentinck hatfeome to this conclusion on grounds satisfactory to himself , and he ( Lord J . Russell ) had done the same ; but those grounds were public grounds , and there had been no private understandin g between them . Mr S Herbert observed , that after the declaration o ' f the noble lord , he owed it to justice to state that he was convinced of the falseness of the rumours to whicli he had adverted , and therefore begged leave to withdraw them . . _ ' , The debate was then adjourned . The other orders were then disposed of and the house adjourned at half-past one o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS—Wednesday , June 10 . The house met at twelve .

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

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

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

      appeared—For the motion 58 Against it 85 Majority against the motion ..... 27 Mr , Fox Maulb , in moving the second reading of this Bill , explained the grounds on which he brought forward so novel and startling a proposition , which , after all , was but a strong remedy for a very extraordinary grievance . Having described the circumstances under which the Free had separated itself from the Established Church of Scotland ; a schism in which one-third of the people of that country had joined , and owing to which 470 ordained ministers had resigned livings worth upwards of two millions to themselves and their families ; he proceeded to

      state that in the towns the seceding congregations had " almost , immediately been accommodated with places of worship , either by dissenting bodies or otherwise , but that in the country districts almost all of them had been compelled to resort to the open air to carry on their religious ordinances . He proposed to take from the proprietors of the soil in' Scotland a certain portion of their land forcibly , and without their consent . He found precedents tor such a measure in the Scotch Lighthouse Acts , and also in an act called Lord Roseberry ' s Act . By that act permission was given to the owners of entailed property to alienate it for precisely the same objects as those contained in his bill , lie made , however , one important distinction between his bill and that of Lord

      Roseberry . He compelled the sale of land , whereas Lord Roseberry only permitted its alienation . The house had two alternatives before it ; either to pass this bill , or , by refusing it , to engender among the people of Scotland a spirit of discontent and hostility towards their landlords , which might hereafter be productive of ' the most disastrous consequences . Sir J . Graham admitted that it was not for the interests of religion that the evils , which Mr . F . Maule had complained of , should exist but he Was afraid that if this bill were passed the social bitterness , which existed in Scotland would be much increased , and . all the evils which it was desirable to

      mitigate would be greatly aggravated . Without going into a searching criticism of the speech of Mr . F . Maule , he must ask him why , if he propssed the enactment of such a measure for Scotland , he was not prepared to extend it to England and Ireland ? Why , too , should it be restricted to Scotland ; and why to Christian congregations ? The spirit of toleration knew no such limits . He did not see why Mr . F . Maule should press his bill now , considering that it was at once an extraordinary , and unjustifiable , and an unprecedented measure ; and such being his opinion , he should move that it be read a second time that day six months . Sir R . Inglis supported the amendment .

      On the motion of Mr . Bannermas , the debate was then adjourned till Wednesday next .

      RAILWAY COMPANIES DISSOLUTION BILL . On the report of this Bill being brought up , A short conversation tools place , and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Friday . The report of the Criminal Administration of Justice Bill was also brought up . POOR REMOVAL BILL . Sir J . Graham said he hoped the hon . Member ( Mr . Borthwick ) would allow the Bill to be committed pro forma to allow the moving of certain amendments . . ' » , ' . Mr . Bortuwick assented , but gave notice of his intention of moving that the Bill should be recommitted to a select committee . Some private business was then disposed of , and the House adjourned at six o'clock . HOUSE OF LORDS , Thursday , Juhb 11 .

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

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

      ago . On the motion , made by the Earl of Ripon , to go into committee on the Corn Importation Bill , Earl Stanhope moved , asan amendment , that their lonlshipssliouldgointocominitteethat day six months . The noble earl at great length and with great ability , controverted all . the arguments adduced , and exposed all the fallacies put forth as reasons for this measure . ( Yevcr , he said , had so important a change been proposed to Parliament , supported by a string of such miserable arguments , aud based on such fallacious assertions . In tho amendment to the address moved in 1841 by Lord Ripon , and carried by their Lordships , it wag laid down as a maxim that in order to carry great and vital measures it was necessary the Government that proposed them should possess the

      confidence of the country . But what man , except perhaps Lnrd Brougham , had the slightest confidence in Sir R . Peel ? It ' the principle of Protection was , as the Premier asserted , unjust and injurious , why had he not proposed to abolish it at once and altogether , not merely in corn , but in every species of manufacture ? The agriculturists should have full and fair protection , or pr otection should be taken away equally from all native industry . If by this measure the price of corn would be reduced even 0 s . a quarter , it would cause a loss to tho English growers , on wheat alone , of upwards of four millions sterling . The Noble E-. ui drew their Lordships' attention to the value and importance of an agricultural population as the foundation of the national strength and dependence , and ashed what would justify their destruction . This bill might bring ruin upon millions , especially those who had no other resource but their industry ; and yet those who introduced it had not even formed

      to themselves any definite ideas upon two of the most important elements of the questionlivst— -wliat was a remunerating price to the British grower ; secondly , the probable price of foreign corn . After exposing the fallacy lurking in tile promise of a "large loaf" held out by the advocates Of a measure the avowed object of which was to reduce the wages of the labourer , and insist , ing upon the heavy losses which this experiment would inflict upon the owners and occupiers of land , Lord Stanhope showed that vent was no element in the question ,, t ' ov if all vent were abolished , the ' , irice of the four-pound loaf would not be diminished 3 d . The argument of the Prime Minister , that , because we had a large amount of debt and a hi gh taxation , commodities should be cheap , was irra » ional , absurd , uiuUvntvadiuted by Qui experience ot all ages , which showed that where wages , and profits , and prices were low , the most oppressive and doayotic monarch could not raise a large amoun t of taxation .

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      His Lordship contended that the tenant-farmers , whom he vindicated from the imputation of deficiency of skill , would be ., unable to continue upon their farms if this bill passed ,, and must be driven into destitution and despair ; and he reminded their Lordships of the popular commotions of 1830 and 1842 . 11 this measure were really inevitable , it had become so from the base , sordid , and pusillanimous conduct of those who had supported a measure which in their conscience they condemned ; and the effect of this \ mwise concession would be to render the conflict between the agriculturists and the manufacturers fiercer than ever , for to talk of this being the end of agitation was absurd ; it was the commencement of a long train of evils . It had been suggested that their Lordships must pass this billbecause it had

      , been proposed by the Ministers , and agreed to by the House of Commons . Such an unconstitutional doctrine had never before been proclaimed in that house ; if it were true , the independence of that house was at an end ; its legitimate functions were useless , nay , injurious ; and there would be a general cry throughout the country for its abolition . It was the dutv of their Lordshi ps to reject this bill if they . wished to pre erve their political existence , unless they desired to dismember the British empire , disorganize tb * whole country , and surrender all its institutions to immediate destruction . The Earl of Radnor supported the bill , and repeated , at considerable length , all the usual League statements and arguments in favour of Free Trade . Lord Ltxiklton and Lord Uowdbs followed on the

      same aide . The Earl of Wicklow and the Duke of Buckingham opposed the bill , , _ On the motion of the Marquis of Exeter the debate was adjourned . " . ' n '" - During a portion of the sitting , Ibrahim Pacha , with his interpreter and suite , occup ied the side gallery wi the left of the throne . His Highness paid deep attention to the debate , andrepeated / y asked ot his interpreter explanations of the forms of proceedings . The cheers and cries of " Hear , hear , " seemed to amuse him particularly . HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY , Jvtrn 11 .

      LANDLORDS AND TENANTS ( IRISH ) BILLS . Lord Lincoln moved for leave to bring in three Bills—one to provide compensation to tenants of land in Ireland for improvements made In . them ; a second to amend the law in respect to the power of ejectment and distress in Ireland ; and a third to provide for a short form of lease of lands and tenements in Ireland . The noble lord stated the principal provisions of these measures , which he said were mainly founded on the report of Lord Devon ' s

      commission . •• Mr . S . Crawforb , Mr . John O'Connell , Mr . B . Osbornb , and Mr . Wm , expressed their approval ol these Bills as far as they went . Leave was given to bring them in .

      United States And Mexico. The Americans ...

      UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . THE AMERICANS AGAIN DEFEATED BY THE MEXICANS . The packet-ship Yorkshire has brought New York papers to the 19 th ulfc . Hostilities between the United States and the Mexican armies bad continued ; and by the arrival of a packet-ship at New Orleanso n the 9 th ult ., intelligence was received to the 29 th of April , from which it appears that a pori \ tfti of the American soldiers had suffered another defeat between Point Isabel and Matamoras ; and

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

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

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

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

      The Trades' Conference.

      THE TRADES' CONFERENCE .

      Thorsdav. Mr. Jacobs, Of Bristol, Moved ...

      Thorsdav . Mr . Jacobs , of Bristol , moved "That the thanks of this Conference are due , and hereby given to our Honourable Chairman , Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., for his able , impartial , and praiseworthy conduct in the chair , The motion was carried by acclamation , and the Conference gave three times three hearty cheers , and one cheer more . The Hon . Genxle . « a . v briefly returned thanks , snd left the hall amidst loud applause . FRIDAY . The chair was taken at nine o ' clock , by Mr Bush , and the Conference took up the question of the propriety of recommending to the Central Committee to makeal'ivy on the niembm of the Association to support the building trade on strike in this district .

      The speakers in support of this course argued that it was absolutely necessary , if the association was to secure the confidence or support of the trades , that it should show itself ready to assist the trades in an emergency like the present . Other speakers recommended a voluntary subscription among the asso ciated trades as the best means of assisting the building trades . It was ultimately resolved , that the Conference recommend to tho Central Committee the immediate collection of a levy on the scale agreed to by the Conference for the support of the trades who are out in consequence of resisting the masters' document . It was stated , that nearly 1 , 000 men , of various build ing trades , were at the present moment on strike in this district .

      The next resolution was unanimously passed without any discussion : — 'That the Central Committee be instructed to take , from time to time , such ' a number ofshares in the United Trades Association for the employment of labour in agriculture and manufactures , as they may deem advisable , on condition that the said Association shall provide employment for hands dependent on this Association in proportion to the sum so invested . The necessity for making known the objects of the Association to the trades generally having been mooted , the following resolution was proposed :- — " That this Conference recommend to the Central Committee immediately alter tho close of the Conference , to commence an active agitation with the view of bringing in all working men who do not belong to this Association , throughout Great Britain and Ireland . " The resolution was unanimously adopted .

      A vote ol thanks to the Central Committee for the last year was unanimously agreed to , and acknowledged by Messrs . Jones and Green . Mr , Rouses moved the thanks of the Conference to the editor of the Morning Advertiser , and te-the reporter ef that paper for their able and accurate report of the proceedings of the Conlerence , which have appeared in that paper . ( Great cheerin » ) The motion was put and carried unanimously . I hanks were then voted to the Northern Star and several other weekly papers for their advocacy of the rights ot labour , and ot condemnation upon these portions of the press which misrepresented the- proceedings of the 'trades' Union

      Alter the transaction ot some other business of a routine nature , a vote of thanks was passed tc Mr Bush , lor his conduct in the chair , and tL Conference then separated after a sitting oi' five days

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      was held at tie London Hespita , before Mr Biker ' juii on the bod y of J ame / l ^ kncr , agej \\ * ' - ! onift 3 £ J , Ti an mt > ^ "Ewg to his lather , b ( . f «« . ft l . o « ,. « , J y i i . 1 , iV " uot proceeded far furLV , ™ h to a most KhTS T \ w ilJc t , w Mima ! was plm . dnj ; down ft * f | „ ^ ^ C 1 U'C > and llC W ! lS kll 0 C ^ v . i ' i . i , tlCcl ^ " : l : 1 W *« l over his body . He Z . t fated , ? " wnvey . cd to tho ' hospital , where it was omul ho had receiv ea several contused wounds en his lelt side and arm . He lingered until Sunday evening , when he expired . Verdict , "Accidental

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      J | The West Riwno Mm * Summer Sessions will be held at Skipton on the 30 th June , by adjournment from thence at Bradford on the 1 st July , and by further adjournment from thence at Rotherham on the 6 th July ; « rhen the new regulation respecting appeals mentioned in the sessions advertisement in another column will be acted upon . Disappointment in Love , axo Attempto ) Suicide . —On Tuesday , at noon , Mr . Morris , engineer to the Kent Water-works , observed a tall , well-dressed young man suddenly make a spring , and throw him . self into the river . Fortunately Mr . Morrises dog was on the spot , and , at the command of his master , plunged into the water , and saved him from sinking , Mr . Morris thin ran for his boat , and bythe time it

      was brought to the spot a young fellow , who had ob « served the occurrence , plunged into the water , and , with the aid aftorded by Mr . Morris , the youth was rescued from a premature death . Oh being removed into the house of Mr . Morris , the sufferer was discovered to be a Mr . Charles Reeve , a member of a respectable family of that name , residing at Green * wich . It appears that he had paid his addresses to a young lady named Alexander , residing with her mother a widow , in the Lcwisham-road , during tha last two ye rs . and that about six months ago she intimated to him that she should be under the necessity of breaking off the courtship , unless he reformed his habits . If his conduct was satisfactorily altered , she said she would then renew the

      acquaintance . 1 his he promised to do , but did not keep his word . She then formally declined to receive his visits any more . Subsequently an intimacy took place between Miss Alexander and a . young man , a master butcher , residing in Broadway , Deptford , and arrangements were made for their nuptials . This fact reaching young Reeve ' s ears he worked his feelings _ up to a high pitch , and meeting Mr . Covill in public company last week , he committed a violent assault on the person of his rival . In consequence of this circumstance a warrant was applied for at the Greenwich Police-court against the offender , but young Reeve kept out of the way . Yesterday morning , Mr . Covill and Miss Alexander were married at St . AJphage church , Greenwich , and it is understood

      that Reeve wrote a letter directly : afterwards and left it at the Mitre Tavern , Deptford-bridge , in which he declared that his happiness and prospects were blasted , and as life would become burdensome he was determined to makeaway with himself . At the death of his father he became possessed of a considerable sum of money , which report says he has expended in a very , extravagant manner . Accidents in Coai . Mines .- —The frequepcy and frightful character of these accidents render every probable suggestion for preventing them welcome , and worthy ofnotice . A paper on this subject by the distinguished chemist , Professor Graham , appears in the current number of the Philosophical Magasine The Professor , in the course of his remarks for

      preventing the explosion of the gas in coal mines , and of mitigating the effects of such accidents , makes two suggestions . The first has reference to the length of time which the fire-damp , from its lightness , continues near the roof , without mixing uniformly with the atmosphere . Now , it is very desirablethat the fire-damp should be mingled as soon as possible with the general stream of air , because when diluted to a certain degree it ceases to be explosive . It is therefore recommended that means be employed to promote an early intermixture of fire-damp and air ; and the smallest force is sufficient for this purpose . The circulating stream might be agitated most easil y by a light portable wheel , with vanes , turned by a boy , and so placed as to impel the air in the direction of the ventilation , so as not to impede the draught of the gas- The gas collecting at the roof undoubtedly often acts as an explosive train , conveying the

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

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      Worship Street. Suspected Child Murdeb.—...

      WORSHIP STREET . Suspected Child Murdeb . — On Monday Elisabeth Saunders , a woman of respectable appearance , about 2 S years of age , described as being married , but separated from her husband , and keeping a bate's sliop for a Mr , Middleton in Old-street-road , was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughto ' n , charged with feloniously concealing the birth of her child , U appeared th . it a woman named Towers , lodging in the same house , happened to enter the watercloset attached to it , and hearing a noise of rats in the cesspool was induced to look down it , when she was satisfied she saw something like the corpse of an infant partly submerged in the soil . With the assistance of a long- hook she succeeded in raising the substance to tho surface , and her suspicions were varified by discovering that it was , in reality , a new born infant , but so gnawed and disfigured by rats , that it was impossible to distin . guish the sex . A policeman was called in , who conveyed it to the workhouse , and the remains were there

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

      bitterly , and shortly after , and ever since then , had noticed a verj obvious diminution in the prisoner ' s appearance . One of the women , also , named Caroline Burnham , stated that upon her mentioning her suspicions of the prisoner ' s condition . 'before the occurrence which gave rise to these proceedings , the accused asked her to procure her a book which would instruct her how . to produce that effect herself , or else to go to a druggist ' s and purchase a draught for her which would induce abortion , but that the witness expressed her horror of such a proceeding , and refused to do so ou which the prisoner told her that she had already gone to one druggist ' s for that purpose , but unsuccessfully , the druggist telling her that he should be held responsible for the result , , The prisoner in defence ,. emphatically denied all that had been stated against her , and earnestl y protested that the infant was not hers . She was re mandu-d .

      GUILDHALL . Attempt at Suicide . — -On Monday , a woman about thirty-five years of age , named Margaret Kent , was brought before Mr . Alderman Challis , charged with attempting to drown herself in the Thames . —William Bowles , a policeman , stated that in going round his beat about five o ' clock on Sunday morning , he found the prisouer by the water side by Trig wharf , in Thames-street , apparently engaged in washing an apron . When she supposed lie had gone away , she stepped back a few paces , and then rushed huadlong into the wilier . He rail to her assistance , but she had gut in beyond his reach , and out of her depth . She sank , but came up again nearer to him , and he then succeeded in catching hold of her . She broke away , determined to put an end to her existence , and went down again . Yvjien she came up he succeeded in dragging her on shore , in a dying state . A qiiiiiifity of

      water caiuc off her stomach and she rallied . — . Mr . Alderman Challis questioned her as to the circumstances which had excited her to the attempt . —She stated that her husband , u labouring man , had left London in search of work , aud had obtained it . He had promised to remit her some money to assist her . but he lind W * done so yet . But the immediate cause of the attempt on her life" was the absence of her daughter , a girl twelve years old , who had put-Iced up her c-luthes and absconded . —A person , who was in the room , said he had traced the girl . She was ia St . George ' workhouse , in the Borough . —Mr , -Uderiuan Challis said he would send for the child when her mind was quiet on that subject , and she might be trusted wit / t hcrliberty again . He would recommend her to "o down and live with her husband ,, where he had obtained work .. It would be better fur both , of them . She was remanded lor cure .

      THAMES fcTREET . Fatax Buunkejs Fuouc-On Monday , Henry l-- <™ ' »'» a shoemaker , was brought before Mr . ' . B . illaiitiue , rfiavgwl with drowning "W illiam Palmer in the Thames . It appeared irom the evidence ,, that on Saturday afteriiM '" , the parties , who are shoemakers , and another of the same milt , limned Maloiiey , wcutdown to tlie Liuieuouse Floating Her , tov tht purpose of going to London in a steamer , and having paid , their faros , they went on the outer barge or dummy , and . began swenrimr at each other . ihdoneT struck the deceased on the facc " in a jocular manner , and they commenced wrangling about some moiwy * 'flic If ' soner and deceased run buck a short distant - UUII S tlie

      gangway , and returned starring at each other . They i ' , * tuiued . this for some time to the annoyance of the other persons on the pier . The deceased , pushed the prisoner , and both nearly fdl ovsvboard . 'i-bev were ad mui-isUea by tlie pier master , Mr . L-. udner , bat thev took no notice of him . The prisoner asked the deceased ' if any oW ! ha « lnsultcdhim . and said ,, if nuv person had ( lone so n « wj » very willing to take his part . Tho dereiiscd l » iig | " » S-y replied , no one had insulted bin i . Directly after tluf , tlie deceased pointed to a uian in : \ bo'it , it few yards oft , ami saW , "Yes , that imm has h , suited me . " The V >™» £ then ciiine behind him , and i . ushed him , he . id-- »* i «¦• * » ; » into the water . lie sunk vhuost immin-i . -i-e-. y , •» " ¦' lthoujrh a boathuuk was tmt r .. w : irtUs him , » ml - llu > ° .

      thrown out , a quarter of « n hour elapsed brture >™ picked up . dead . When t \ ie prisoner was given Ultolit custody of IJeale . a police constable , lie W" ! , ^ stupid ; and , on bt-inif inf orinod lie hud drow ned hi » tieni . he said , " 1 am sorry for- k- mav God forgive me . i « i >; . through the effect " of drink' ' lie is a very » " ^ i . iU object ; and , on ud . i |; called upon for Ills ; lU h- iiU ; « ' >^ said , "It was quite ^ . intentional . " Mr . Bal-antim . com * mitred him for trial 7 br liiiiiislaiyhter .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 13, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13061846/page/8/