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      Of th « iujostice done hhn was rc « r ed , « dJb » reseut" » t resetted . M . DavCr a r concluded . « itha-shon grinftm . in which , admitting the . crimeto' hw b « u confessed b , * e prisoner , he called upon the Court to jearember his « rfe gaod character , tlie isolated state xn irfcchhehadlaitwly lived , which was always injurious aa > i weakening to Uu miud of man , and urged that the ijsse of Lccomte was ouc in nhich in < lulg .-nee was justice . TheProcurear-Geaerai lephed : —He maintained that ¦ therewasa Tridcdiffc : enc 6 bttivtcn flic insanity adm : tcea ty the pens ! code and the stale of unnd in « hieh it mu . teen endeavoured to prove the prisoner to be . and , silomu the Coart entertain an * doubts u to this , he > «*«* £ the Peers to cdi to their minds the manner * *™» laconuelived at Park after his « tircm « nt c ^ PW MmsuU in reading and in wriuug what ae intcnde , to

      B « itt « l 0 thetateltaet «^ *«»^ 2 ^ ftlllc ; tat S ISS Sd believed hU conscKuce , to " roSSL * asfcrf « he prisoner if he wishedto S 1 J a lS \^ rnfoSs hesitation , said . , Si , SSent decided the pleadin to be closed The pr iLer « -as thru TlU 10 Vea - Ashewllhdre " ' ss 3 : ss- « i « w ^ ** " sitting was resumed at a quarter before six , when ths Court condemned the prisoner fc > death , and ordered that he shall be token t « the place of execution in las shirt , with Ms feet naKed . nml his bead covered with a Hack red ; tbatbe shall remain esposedon tbesraifeld , while a huissier reads hisseutence to him , and then be iiheaded . The Court rose at six o ' clock .

      immediately after the sentence had been pronounced , M . Cauehy , the Registrar of the Court proceeded to Xecomte ' s prison , and wad to bun the sentence . Lecomte listened to it with the great . st composure . " It is well , " taidbe / 'Ihave only to ask for one thing—to see the AbbeGriveL" This ecclesiastic , who , during » he last few days , has had frequent conversations with Lecomte , immediately went to him . When the Abbe withdrew , the strait waistcoat , usual on sneh occasions , was put on , the ¦ prisoner aiding the men in doing so-WereaHin H « . » roB . —* ' « Usaii ttat the sentence of death , passed on Lecomte , met with only a few dissenting voices , amongst which was Viscount Victor Hugo . ! Tne latter , it is added , addressed the Court in a brilliant speeebjaad pleaded for iniprisonmeut for life . Lecomte , it seems , was , previously to the trial , anxious only oh one foist—his dress . His eoatappeared to him by no means -worthy of the occasion . ' Can I appear in Court thus dressed ! ' said he . € Let them lull me , but let them not b umiliate me ! ' " EXECUTION OF LECOMTE . I send you an account of the execution of Lecomte , 'nhich took place this morning , contrary , I maysafely say , to the belief and expectation generally entertained at Paris . It is from an eariy edition of the evening print , LaPaitiei" The author of the Fontainbleau attempt , Lecomte , Kiffired his penalty , this morning , at half-past five , at the St . Jacques Gate , where criminals are usually executed . Lvcomle had been appr ised of it but this morning . The chaplain to the Chamber of Peers , Abbe Grivd , went to him and affo : ded him the last consolation of religion , iecomte displnjed great firmness ; yet , on receiving the news of the rejection of his appeal to the King ' s clemency , and on hearing that the hour of his death had come ; he

      experienced a nervous cinsmodon , which he endeavoured to repress . During the fatal toilette he was piously resigned . Confonnally to the sentence , Lecomte was in . Tested w : th a long white shirt , and a black veil was put ever his head . His grey coloured trowsers held to his ¦ waist by a handkerchief put round it . The funeral tortcge set oat fur iheplaceof execution , theprUoner being in a cellular Tehicle , and the Abbe Srivel , whose holy exhortations he piously listened to , bting by his Eide . The Tehicle was preceded by a party of gendarmes , and followed by another strong one of the Municipal Guard . At half-past four ali the avenues to the Luxembourg and Rue d'Enfer were guarded bj troops . A battalion of the foot Municipal . Guards , aud of the horse of the same corps , surrounded the scaffold . A large number of town sergeants were also round the Scaffold . Licomte alighted from the Tehicle with stoic firmness . He was bare-headed . He knelt , and long

      remained in that posture ,-seemingly praying . He afterwards rose and asemded tiie scaffold . At that awful moxient his courage seemed somewhat to fail him ; but Us strong organisation soon prevailed . Ifost surely he -wished it to he said that ha had died fearless . His temper , which led him to his crime , and which he displayed onhis trial , did not desert him at the fatal-hour . On Teaching the top of the scaffold Lecomte stood in front of the spectators , turning his b : < ck t o the guillotine . He continued thus whilst his sentence was read , and the reading of it took two or three minutes . "Whilst it was proceeding the Abte Grivel whispered something to the sufferer , and soon presented to him the crucifix , which Xee jinto repeatedly kissed . He next embraced his confessor with deep emotion , and surrendered himself to the executioners . His shirt and b ' ack Tell were rcmovid and his head was forthwith severed from his bofiy . AliLougu the execution had been kept a secret upwards of 4 . 000 persons were present .

      2 i £ coxntc Ii 2 . via ~ signed & petition t o the King for uitrcjf , and expressing the deepi-st regret for flis trime , an opinion had gained ground that bis punishment wonld lave bsen commuted into perpetual banishment . 31 . Duvergitr de Hauranne , his Counsel , had conveyed the petition to the Sins , and it was submitted to the Council of Ministers , who came to the resolution unnnimously of aUowws matters t » take thtdr course , as the case of Lecomte in all its bearings did notprestnt sufiicientgrounds for lUKiicatiug tile judgment of the Court . Two hundred and iLIrry-tivo Peers voted at his trial , of whom , it is said , ISO were for tisconutmmtlon to tu « legal penalty fur parricide , 33 for simple infliction of death , and 3 for imprisonment fur life .

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      DEATH OP THE POPE . A telegraphic despatch from the French Ambassador at Rome reached Paris on Saturday , announcing that the Pope di * d suddenly , between nine and ten on the morning of the 1 st June . " Gregory XVI ., M&uno GArEiiini , " says the Journal des . IfebaU , " was lorn at Belluno , on thelSthSeptember 1765 . A Camaldolite monk , Cipbllaki Lad rendered hin > self celebrated in his order by his ecclesiastical science and his deep knowledge of the ancient and modem lansaafesof the East . A reputation of doctrine and of regularity -which had spread beyond the cloister , and the general regard entertained for his character , Lad secured to the humble monk , long before he ¦ was summoned to tiie sacred college , a consideratio , equal to that ortueurjnc ? s of the Guurch . In March 1325 , Leo XII . raieed him to the di ^ nitv of a

      Cardinal , and , toon after , ha wss placed at the head of the vast anil important administration ,- of the Propa ^ aaua , fur whicii , by his African Jind Asiatic erudition , lie was especially suited ; and the talents he displayed in it confirmed hid great reputation for capacity . In tlia conclave of 1828 . . Mauuo Capkllabi was <« ie of die Cardinals most favoured by public opinion , an J m : » st violently opposed , in the conclave , bj what is call ? d the Austrian party . In the conclave yf ] 8 Sl , Cardinal Pacca , who wassupported by that i >; : rty , the iea-Jcr of v . hich was Cardinal Albani , had obtained ninceen votes at tup ballot before last , and Cardinal Caveumii twenty-six ; but at the last ballot six or seven votes escaped . Cardinal Albaki ' s inSucuce , and Cardinal Capellau : obtained the majority . He hnd fcetn ejected Po ;> e on the 2 nd of February , 18-31 , raid ssewided the Fontifieal throne , under the name of Gregory XVI .

      The Sicelc wiys the Benadictine friar whom the conclave of 1831 el-. cted lVpc is dead . The encyclical Jetter i > : which lie condemned the liberty of the press—tlic cruel acts 'if repression whi h have desolated the Rom : m provimes , and which were so cjssy to calm by the inuiiductum of reforms—the ¦ Bi'lcorne given to the Emperor ^ ichoiiis—and lastly , iU'i i- . dious letter ceissuj-ing the efforts which tue unf « rtunats Poies inndc against thtii * onpi'tssOl'S—£ ijtii are the acts wlileU attach themselves to this artigu , acd which , in . our iuUgmeut , do not suffice to recciumend his m morv .

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      ¦ IMM&J&V *^ - - l 'BaA iha name of the aecaser on whose in * flS ^ t had ^ relied , Still > WUst minute inauS haOeen . inade . > statement of the , hnnnurable gentleman vi ^ referred to the magistrates Kc coun try . An explanation had been veeemd from two Justices of the Peace , who said the party m this case , Waose evidence , had been fully relied on , wJig no more than a convicted felon ., no therefore did not believe the accuracy of the ^ tatoment referred to . He had sent down to Sir > J . laylor copies of the affidavits , aad had received that gentleman ' s positive as 3 uranceas to their falsity . He would not hesitate to'tett"the : honourable member for Athlone ( Mr . ' j : Collett ) that Sir Charles Taylor held her Majesty ' s commission at this present moment . ( Hear , hear . ) ' .. - ¦¦¦

      A conversation followed in which much warmth was displayed . The conduct of Mr . Collett in preferriDg those charges was condemned by Sir J . Graham , Mr . P . hcaoPB , the Soucitob General , Mr . Osbornk , and Lord G . Bbntisck , and was defended by Mr . Bright , Mr . Hume , and Mr . Waklby . The subject was then dropped .

      PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND ) BILL , SECOND READING . The Earl of Ltxcoln moved that the Protection of Life ( Ireiaud ) bill , be read a second time . Upon the Speaker putting the question from the chair , Sir W . Somerville 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 bad elapsed since the introduction of this measure , and after the successful issue of the last debate in convincing the people of England that it wag utterly inapplicable to the state of crime in Ireland , Her Majesty ' s Government would have abandoned it . He would not enter into the particular demerits of the

      { . resent bill , for those demerits had been sufficiently exposed already . It was the same bill which had been repeatedly passed during the last half century ; and yet the house was again called upon to apply it as a panacea to the disease incident to the body corl-orate of Ireland . Could they hope that it would be more successful now . than it had boon . formerly . ? No ; thty must go to the 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 « f 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 havealiowed a bill like the present to have been hung up for five months , as a subject for the government to play fast and loose with at its pleasure ? He reminded Lord G . Bentinck that oh the 22 ( 1 of March he had stated , on behalf of his party , that if there was not an urgent and immediate necessity for passing this bill , that party would not supportit , 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 . Bentiaek , without regard to its niontB , to call upon his Mends 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 . Bbkxjui 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 . Browne had left the house , otherwise there would have been a second count out on this " most pressing and vital measure . " Mr . B . Osborne supported the amendment , and charged the present Irish Secretary with being the most ignorant man that could have been chosen to undertake the arduous duties iie . ought to fulfil .

      Lord Lincoln exonerated himself from the charge of having intended to treat either Ireland or the Irish members with disrespect , by the silence which be had hitherto observed on this sulgect . He assure I the house , that however ignorant or incapable he might be on Irish affairs , he had always intended lo 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 when there were only three or four Irish members in attendance , lie thought that he should T ) e showing greater 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 aD hour when so thin an audience was present . lie then proceeded to defend the Government from the inconsistent charges ?; hich had been preferred against it . The Gorerninent had been accused by one party of having introduced this measure prematurely , and by another party of having delayed it too long . He thought , that the charge preferred against Alinisters for delaying the progress of the bill , after it came into the Uouseof Commons , proceeded with a very indifferent grace from the lips of Sir W . Sumerville , who , it he recollected rightly , had moved the postponement of the first reading of it to a distant day , aud had made himself a partner in the misconduct , if such it were , which he liad attributed to the Government .

      lie then procteJed to refute Mr . O'Connell ' s assertion , that the outrage aud murders which this bill was intended io check were . agrarian disturbances , traceable to the practice of depopulating estates , and to other circumstances connected with the existing relations between landlord and tenant in Ireland , by reading 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 theCiueat present ; and that , in pointvf fact , there was no social or domestic relation in life which was 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 ol his defence called upon Lord John Russell to explain how he reconciled it to himself to reject it altogether , after voting aa 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 mesisures for the amelioration of the social condition of Ireiaud , aud . referred to the biils which had been already passed this session ; and to those which he should have the honour of proposing , on Thursday next , as a proof that the Government was not inattentive to the wants of the people of Ireiaud in their present emergency .

      Mr . M . J . O'Coskell obserred that , if he could look upon this bill as a measure for the protection i > f life , no party considerations should prevent him from supporting it , ' , but-hitherto he had heard nothing which could induce him to look upon 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 disjested and carefully prepared , for a good bill on that subject would tend more even than a permanent coercion bill to put dovn agrarian disturbances and every other disorder of Ireland .

      Lord G . Bentinck reminded the house that he ^ nd the hieuds that surrounded him announced before Easter that they wouid support the measure provided ( he government promi 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 less vital character to have jireceilence of it , that they were not sincere or earnest i-i their belief of Us 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 readin <*

      four other government nights had been occupied with other business , besides the Corn Hill and the Tariff : and on four other nights the house bad been adjourned before eight o ' clock . It was evident , therefore , there was neither earnestness nor sincerity on : hc part , of Ministers in carrying this measure into law ; and the case had arisen when Hie Protection . arty could no longergive the government theirvotes on this bill . After advening to Lord Lincoln ' s statcsaent for . the . purpose of shewing their inaccuracy , his Lordship made a slashing attack on the Ministry which created great excitement , he said , it was a inockerj and insult to both parties in Ireland to br . audis ' u a measure of this kind before their eyes which the Ministers never intended to carry into law . For these reasons he , for one , should do his bi-Btto prevent this mockery und insult from being perpetrated . ( Cheers . ) The house had been told that the Ministers were as much in earnest about

      tins measure sistuey were about the Corn Bill . . How differently they had dealt with the two measures . ( Loud cheers from the Protectionists . ) All days ivere alike for the Corn Bill—" order" days , aud " notice" days—for that bill , which destroyed what the Ministers had so often pledged themselves to support . ( Cheers . ) The repeal of the corn laws was thrust through the house with the zeal of new converts . ( Continued cheering from the Protectionists . ) No opportunity—no time was to be lost in thiustinthat measure throiigii the house . Short holidays ' and short notice of holiday !?! ( Hear , lieur . ) They had been worked up to Good Friday eve , and they had had but a few days to recover irom their labour ( Jiear , hear . ) . But how was : it , Jiow different was it with theCoemon Bill ! They pretended totcllthcm they were equally eager to carry this measure ; but hI ' i h J-J lk ; , i ? wicked as he thought them , he did not believed they were quite so bad or

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      cuitesowicked-as . really-in their hearts tobe-persuadedthat the protection of life and propertv in Ireland depended upon thesuccessful p assing . oi this bill ( CheersO Had they been so persuaded , they surely would never have consented . to waste so much valuable time in proceeding with ' it ! ( Hear , hear . ) When the question ceased to be that of the Corn Bill , and became that of the Coercion Bill , then they were indulged with long holidays and short sittings ( laughter ;) and could there , 'therefore ,, be one man m the house , or one { man in the country ; ' fool enough to believe that Her Majesty's Ministers were in earnest with the Life and Property Protection Bill ? ( Cheers . ) If they were in earnest , then , he said , tne ooner they kicked out the Ministers on the measure 4 W » antf - ¦' .. ^^^*^'

      ( W ^ 4 fc ^ ft VIVJ ^ 4 ' rW ^^^^^* *^ ^ K V ^ —— »•¦ — — ^ * - ^ — —~ - " f . J V the better would it be for all parties , ( cheers ); and , having these views he should give his vote against the second reading of the bill . He would have greatly preferred that , instead of the amendment whlCB had been moved there had been an amendment of "No confidence . " ( Loud cheers . ) . Such an amendhe , for one , would have supported , and he trusted that ; when the gentlemen 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 lion , 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 wasnow himself the Minister he described , —

      a Minister on sufferance . ( Loud cheers . ) He turned for support from one side of the house to the other ; one day dependent upon the aid of the gentlemen opposite , and another day looking for succour to his ( Lord G . Bentinck ' s ) friends on that side . ( Cheers . ) He had the confidence of none , and he bad the certain support only of his gallant corps of Janissaries ( cheers and laughter ) and of some Id renegades , half of them even ashamed of the votes which they had given . ( Cheers . ) When this was the position of the Government , when such was its condition , so well deserved , it was time for them t o speak out ; it was time for them to mark that debate by rejecting that measure ( cheers ); and , though he still had at his side his faithful Janissaries , he ( Lord G .,

      Bentinck ) would ask him if he had the confidence ot one honest man in the country or the support of one honest man out of that house' ? " ( Loud cKeers . ' ) . They were now told by the right lion , 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 Catholic Emancipation . ( Hear . ) He could recollect that such was the conduct of the right hon . gentleman in 1827 . In 1829 he told , that house that ho had changed his opinion in 1825 , that he had communicated his change of opinion to the Earl of Liverpool ; but that , it proved , did riot prevent him in 1827 getting up in the same assembly , and stating that the reasons he severed himself from Mr . Canning ' s Cabinet was , that he could not consent to support a Government of which the chief Minister was favourable to the measure which in two years more he ( Sir R . Peel ) himself carried . . ( Great cheering . ) Why , if he said that it was base , dishonest and inconsistent with his duty as a Minister

      to his Sovereign to appear to maintain the opinions 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 ? ( Loud cheers . ) And when they recalled the facts of 1825 , 1827 and 1829 , it was clear that , though the right hon ; gentleman had long sat on the stool of repentance , the country would not forget twice a twofold guilt in the same Minister . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Lord G . Bentinck ) thought it was now time lor atonement ts the insulted honour of Parliament , to the insulted honour of the country , to the betrayed constituencies of Great Britain . ( Cheers . ) It was kno \ yn to the world that treachery had been 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 America , let not the world think that the people of England were participators in the erime of those who sat on the Treasury bench . ( Cheers . ) The time had arrived when those gentlemen , who , however abhorring a traitor , had been glad to avail themselves of the treachery of the right hon . baronet to cany the measure they had consistently supported , were

      called upon to join them on that side oi 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 aV large ; and . that also would be atonement for the treachery which they had shown to the constituencies of the empire atlarge ; ' ' . , ..

      [ The Post gays , "Lord Geohoe 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 jpeech lasted several minutes . " ] Mr . S . Hebbebt . —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 Government charges which are hot how . 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 language which this housej ^ witk a due regard to its character ought not to countenance ( cheers , ) language which I . will not repeat , and in which I , will not retaliate . ( Hear , hear . ) So Ion ? as I . entertain selfrespect for my own character ( cheers ) , so long as I entertain respect for the character and the . temper and the reputation of . this house ( renewed cheers , and cries of " Oh , " from the Protectionists , ) I will neither impute to others motives by which . 1 should myself scorn to be influenced ( loud cheers ;) nor will I , under any temptation whatever , be induced to

      import into this house—into the senate of this country —terms and language and insinuations which are better suited to some other arena ( loud cheers ) than that where gentlemen are collected ( cheers , and loud shouts of "Oh" from the Protectionist benches , ) gravely , calmlv , and deliberately , to discuss measures vitally affecting the great interests of this country . The noble lord , says that we cannot be in earnest in pressing this measure ; and be founds that assumption upon the fact that 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 . ) I should like to know from what quarter this charge of

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

      notice of the house at an earlier period . The noble lord was once among the foremost 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 hnd told the house , that if ifc deleaved , even for a single day , to pass the bill , the blood ot every man murdered in Ireland would be on the head of Ministers and of everymember who supported them . On whose head was that blood to be now ? When the noble lord had answered that question , he would tell him , that the Government would persevere in this measure in spite of that factious

      combination which he had just . ncaUe . with , the party opposite , whose motives in opposing this bill he ' ( Mr . S . Hkrbert ) respected , anil did not venture to blame . Was the noble lord awaws 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 . Uussell to assist him in defeating this bill and in throwing out the Ministry , and that Lord J . Russell , with the manliness which belonged to his character , had treated that offer with that which it would not be parliamentary to call contempt ? This declaration elicited a loud and Jong call o f "Name , name , "from the Protection benehes , but

      Mr . S . IIekbert did not respond to the call , and proceeded at some length to vindicate the general principles of the . bill . ¦• - The Marqu ; s of Guanhy observed that , if Lord G . Bentinck had used language which was not often heard in that house , it wj' . s because Ministers had been guilty of conduct which ivsts not often exhibited within it . The wretched remnant of confidence which . hij had still retained in Ministers , had been completely destroyed by-their-rccent conduct on the Poor Removal Bill . MivHosb . then moved the adjournment of the d . ebate ,:: , . ; . ;• , ' . >• . ?¦ : ¦ . ¦ •• ¦ ¦ : • .. '" ' ¦

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      - Mr . JoHiJO'CosNELLrequested , and Mr , S . Herbert gave , an-explanatiom of some "language . which the former thought injurious to bis absent friend-, Mr . 's . o Bifieh . - ; : ' ; ., ' - , ; ,. ;; i ;\ . ^ M . ^ M ¦ ¦ ¦ " - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ In reply to Mr . SunoB& . O'BHiHt - ; iV ^ Mr . S . HfiRBBM observedthathehad not spoken Of the offer made to Lord John Russe la ^ iact lie had merely said that there ; were ru ^ ahout town to the effect which he had stated ,-Jf . tti «» jw » anything blameable in the matter to ;\ vhich he had referred ; it was not in the existence of -those rumoura , but in acting in such a manner , as . proved th to be correct' ' ' ¦ . H . tf ^ fff ^ ' ^ " ^ - ^

      ose rumours .. „ . .. Mr . Etwoir Yobkb considered < Mr S . Herbert s explanation to be anything but satisfactory , and m consequence asked Lord J . Russell whether any such negotiation as that to which reference had beea made , had been carried on between him-and any noble lord or gentleman on the Protection benches ( LordJ . Russku , declared . that no propoaitiOH to aid in throwingout this bill had been made to him by any noble lord or gentleman on . thtt Protection benches : He then iustified his own course in voting

      against the second reading , after supporting the first reading of the bill .- Lord G . Bentinck had come to this conclusion on grounds satisfactory to himself , and he ( Lord J . Russell ) had done tlw same ' , but those grounds were public grounds ,, and there had been no private understanding between them . ' Mr . S . Herbert observed , that after the declaration of the noble lord , he owed it : to justice to state that ho was convinced of the falseness of the rumours to which he had adverted , and therefore begged leave to withdraw them .

      The debate was then adjourned . The other orders were thea disposed of and the house adjourned at half-past ono 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 if self in to committee for the purpose of taking into consideration the Danish claims , The Chancellor of the Exchequer explained the reasons which induced him to reiterate his opposition to this motion , and which he stated were ' principally founded , on the opinions eiven by the law officers of the Crown . He concluded by moyiog , thatthehome resolve itself into'the proposed committee on that day . six months . -1 ; % ¦ : : ¦ - ¦ . ¦¦¦> : _ , Mr . Hawks repeated the arguments which he and others have so frequently urged in support of these claims . ' . _ . ,-.,,......., . ; .., , . ....: r - ^ : ¦ Mr . Cabd ^ tbI / L supported the amendment ., . : -.

      Colonel Sibthorp wished to call the attention of the Government to the fact , that many of its mem * bers , who not long since he had seen . upstairs were how present upon the floor of the house in readiness to vote in the direction the head pf ( 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 oh that list the name of Sir 6 . W .

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

      For the motion 58 <; Againiitit ... „ .....:..... ; . 85 . Majority against the motion 27 Mr . Fox Maule , in moving the second reading of this Bill , explained the grounds on which he brought forward so novel and startling a proposition , which , after all , was but a strong remedy for a very extraordinary grievance . Haying described the circumstances under which'the Free had separated itself from the Established Church of : Scotland ; a schism in which one-third of tbe 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 for such a measure in the Scotch Lighthouse Acts , and also in an act called Lord Roseberry ' s Act . By that act permission was given , to the owners of entailed property to alienate it lor precisely the same objects as those contained in . hUML . He made , however , one important distinction between his bill and that of Lord

      Roseberry . lie 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 propesed the enactment of such a measure for Scotland , he was not prepared to extend it to England and Ireland ? Why , top , should it be restricted to Scotland ; and why to Christian congregations ? The sp irit 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 , heshould move that it be read a second time that day six months . ; , . , ¦ ; Sir R . Ikglis supported the amendment . -

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

      RAILWAY COMPANIES DISSOLUTION BILL . On the report of this BUI being brought up , A short conversation took place , and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Friday , The report of the CrimiBal Administration of Justice Bill was also brought up . POOR REMOVAL BILL . \ ' SlrJ . Graham said he . hoped the hon . Member ( Mr . Bortliwick ) would allow tho Bill to bo committed pro forma , to allow the moving of certain amendments . . • ; -: Mr . BoMnwicK . assented , but gave notice of his intention of moving that the Bill should be recommitted to a select csnimittee . . ¦ : ¦ ,:. ¦ ¦ Some private business was then disposed or , and the House adjourned at six o ' clock .

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      Wednesday . The question of the rate of support to be allowed from the funds of the Association was next discussed at considerable length . ; It was proposed , in the first instance , that the allowance should be one-half of the average earnings of the parties when in full employment . Several of the delegates from the lowpaid trades expressed their conviction that such a motion would drive their trades from the Association , among others , Mr . Wear , from Sheepshead , Leicestershire , framework-knitter , gave a graphic account of the misery endured by the trade to which he belonged , and " , to which the attenuated frame and getieral appearance of the speaker bore strong testimony , lie said that he had visited the houses of more than twenty families , in which he found that five persons and upwards slept in one bed . He himself had five of a family , and they rarely , if ever , tasted animal food , a :: d had often subsisted for a whole week on a stone of barleymeal ; and so short had they been run ,

      that he had often gone to bed on a Thursday afternoun in the vain hope of appeasing , by a recumbent posture and a little more warmth , the guawings oi hunger . His trade was driven to ' , the very lowest verge of existence , and to give them the half of their earnings would , in fact , consign them to utter destitution . The plan proposed would not do for them . Mr . Benett , of London , said , the more he heard oi the difficulties surrounding the question of strikes , as heretofore conducted , he was the more convinced that they must ayuitl that system altogether ; and , instead of attempting to keep men idle , they must set them to work . ( Loud cheers . ) If the frameworkknitters and other trades said they could not , live upon the sums proposed to be' glven ^ of what use would the Associatien be to them and similar trail us ? The best way . would be , to set' them to work by means of the capital of the Assectiition . ( Cheers . ) If they did not , he could not see of what use the Association would be to them , ' .- . . '

      It was moved as anamendment to tlie original proposition of one-halt of the average wages , that the allowance be five-sixths . After a long discussion , the whole subject was ultimately remitted to the select committee appointed tho previous day . Report to . be brought up tomorrow , at ten o ' clock . ., £ The conference then adjourned .

      Thdbsday . T . S . Duxcojibe , Esq ., took tlie chair at ten o'clock , and some preliminary business having been transacted , the committee brought ' tip their report , which recummenilod the following scale , and which had been calculated on the data of 2 il . per ceniiige on the average wages of tho trades comprised in the association : — '

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      Wages . Support Wages Support . i . ' ¦'<>¦ ¦ -i ¦ ¦"• - : ¦ V- ;'; - : i B . ' ;' d . ' 8 . ; ; ' . !''' . ' , ' - ! ... >• d . . ' V •¦••* , MMliilMM ^ 6 / ' 16 ' . ,. ««•»« It ** ..... »• - 10 8 8 ¦ ¦ :::.. M .....: i . li 5 0 18 -.-..-- - 11 4 8 .......... ; : „; ... ^ 6 ' 0 20 ;¦ ;; .............. 12 6 10 ; ... „ ..... ; 7 8 24 and above 14 0 The Committee farther recommended that ths Central Oommittee should apply ; these sums by employing the men when out of work , wherever practicable . - ' : ; \ ';¦ ¦ "" ;!" . . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ; . ' .,..,:, . , ; - : - After a short conversation , this scale was unanimously adopted . . | Wages . ^ SuppoW Wages , Support |

      It was then resolved , that all moneys belonging to the association be invested ata banker ' s , in the name and to the account of the National Association of United Trades , and that any cheque drawing out sueh ' moneysi or any portion of them , be signed by the'Pre'iideiit and Vice-President of the Association . Mr . Young said that in proposing the following'Vesolution he was desirous of bearing , testimony to the highly honourable manner in which the gentleman referred to had discharged his duties during the past year . As a member of the Central Committee he had had opportunitieB of knowing the facts , and he , on that account , cordially submitted the resolution > - " That the thanks of this Conference are due , and are hereby given , to . George Bird ,-Esq ., for his kindness in taking care of the funds of the Assoe / a-, tion and for ' the courtesyshpwn . by him , and thattne Secretary transmit a copy of this resolution to that gehilenian . " ' .. . .

      The Conference then proceeded to the election of the officers and committee | for the ensuing year . A ballot was taken , which resulted in the appointment 2 of the following as the Central Committee : — .,, ' Mbtbofomtan Mkmbers . —Mr . ' Williamson , tinplate worker ; Mr . Bond ; carpenter ; Mr . Allen , tinplate worker ; -Mr . Robson , ladies ' shoemaker ; , Mr . Green , Morocco leather finisher . ; '' ¦ , ' " ' '''' .. ' .., . Provincial' Mbmdbes , —Mr . Claugham , miner , Holytown ; Mr . Blythe , carpenter , Leeds ; Mr . Lynn , carpenter , Belfast ; Mr . Lenegan , handloomweaver , Wigan ; Mr . Jacobs , cabinet-maker , Bristol ; Mr . Gouldin , maker-tip , Manchester . . . T . S . ' DDKCOMBB . ' Esq ., M . P ., wa 3 unanimously elected President of the Association for the year ensuing , and in repljr said , that the continued confidence of the Association ! gave , him much pleasure , and so long as lie continued to be bo honoured , he ' wouW'proiris ' etViem his cordial assistance and SUpport to the utmost of the means in his power . ( Great . cheering . ); .. r ; : ¦ .: ' ; '•¦ ¦• • ¦ . n-y- ' * . ^ - '¦¦' -, y [ ¦¦ ' ¦ . ;

      Mr . Bush ; joiner , London , was elected vice-president , and Mr . Barratfc , secretary ; Messrs . Gimblett and Snellhouse , auditors . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ : A short discussion arose on the propriety of suspending the law which requires six months' notice of amendments on the laws , before these could be entertained . : . . ' The Chairman stated that though , perhaps , the notice now required might be too long ,.: it , was absolutely neceBsary . for the stability , prosperity , and satisfaction of the Association that some notice ' of any intended . alterations should be previously made known and considered . For these reasons he had throughout the conference been some ' w . hat . peremptory in rejecting all questions which' would interfere with this necessary and essential ' - " regulation ; ' i He trusted that the Conference would see the advantage of the Association would be most materially and substantially promoted . ( Cheers . ) ..: _ , . ; - , .- ; ; . :: ¦•

      Several suggestions were then made 38 to various improvements , which the chairman said had better be referredtb the central committee in writing . • The towns of Birmingham and Liverpool were res . pectively moved as places for holding the next eoaerence .. On a division , it was decided that it should be held at Birmingham ; _ . .. . ¦ . .- . , ; ¦ ; ! The CnAiRMAN then said that they had now gene through the routine business , . which the Conference could take up in accordance "with the rules . . It , was however , still open for the delegates to take .. Into consideration any measures which might tend to promote the elevation of the working classes . ' '

      Mr . Bxibson said that he regretted the rigid adherence to the rules had prevented them from fully discussingthe most important question which could be brought before them ; Much time had been occupied in discussing the machinery and regulation of strikes and turn-OUtS , They were , he was certain , all agreed upon the necessity of substituting employment for idleness , - reproduction of wealth for unprofitable consumption of capital . Mr : Robson then gave the details of an experiment of this kind , which they had instituted in London . ' The workmen in the employ of a large shoemaker ' s establishhientwere put on strike . The Association , of which their hon . chairman was also president , for the employment of labour , had taken the matter up—had opened a shop in

      Drury-lane—set the men to work ' at full wages , and though only a few weeJraafc work , they had already realized profits at the rate of 240 per cent ; per ' annum on the capital expended . —( Cheers . ) If they . ceKid effect this in one trade , or one town , why not in all . yMr . RoBsoy explained at some length the machinery of the association , which was a joint-stock company , with a definite ampuht of ' capital , shares of a prescribed amount , and properly constituteddirectors . To such a body ho objection could be madej whatever doubts- might be entertained of the constitution . of the other association . ' Not'thaf he had' any" doubts on that point , but he' did doubt that any permanent or real benefit could be realized without employing their own capital and labour reproductiyely ^ - ( Great cheering . ) ' '• ¦¦ •• ¦ . - ¦ . ' _" , . .

      The subject TO 3 yery warmly taken up by several delegatesi and discussed at great length . The feeling was in favour of the imode ' : of procedure recommended by Mr . ' Robson , and iseemed to carry with it the Entire sympathy and concurrence of the Conference ; " . ' ¦ - - " ¦ ' - . _ " . ' . . " : " .. ' .. /'¦! . ^ , . v-- ; ,. >¦¦ ¦¦ .. ¦¦ ¦ : ; Mr . Duneombe be ! n ^ eompe ) le <) , by , parliamentary ; business , to leave for London , bade ; farewell to the Conference , and ' . - : ' Jacobs , of Bristol , moved " That the thanks of this Conference are due , and . hereby given , to our Honourable Chairman , Thomas Slingsby Duneombe , 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 . Gentleman briefly returned thanks , and left tlie 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 make a l' jvy on . the members of the Association to support the building ' trade on strike in this district . ¦ . ' ¦ Tug speakers in support of this coursei argued that it was absolutely necessary , if the association was to secure the confidence or support of the trades , that it should sh ' ow : itself ready to assist the trades in an emergency like the present . Other speakers recommended a voluntaiy subscription among the associated trades as the best means of assisting the building trades . - :. ' It was ultimately resolved , that the Conference recommend to the Central Committee the immediate

      collection of a levy on tlie scale agreed to by the Con ; ferencefor 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 building trades , were at the , present moment on strike in this district . . , ; . ... Thenext resolution was unanimously passed without anyidiscussion : — 'Thatthe Central Committee be instructed to take , from time to time ; such a number of shares in the United Trades Association for the employment of labour in agriculture and manufactures , asthey niay 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 kiiown 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 after the 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 of thanks to the Central Committee for the last year was unanimously agreed to , and acknowledged by Messrs . Jones aud Green .

      Mr . ltoRSON _ moved the thanks of the Conference to the editor of the Morning Advertiser , and to the reporter of that paper for their able and accurate report of the proceedings of the Conference , which have appeared in tbat paper . ( Great cheering . ) The iiotion was put and carried unanimousl y Thanks were then voted to the Northern Star and several other weekly papers for their advocacv of the rights ot labour , and of condemnation upon these pornons ot the press which misrepresented the proceedings ofthe'irades ' Union ,

      Alter the transaction of some other business of a routine nature , a vote of thanks was passed to Mr . liush , for his conduct iu the chair , and the Conference tuen separated after a sitting of Rvedars .

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      ITU * / Wssi RiDiNOfMw-SpMifR Sbssions will u held at Skiptbh on the 30 th June , . byad jourumetit from thence at Bradford on . the , 1 st July , and h » further adjournment from thence at Rotherham oJ the 6 th July ; when the new regulation respecting appeals mentioned in the sessions advertisement ia another column will be acted upon , DiaAtMNJ-JtoT IM LOYB , AND AmSMPTEdSdICUs " -rOo Tuesday , at noon ; Mr . Morris , engineer to th 6 Kent . Wator-works , - observed » " tall , - well-dressed young nian suddenly make a spring , and throw him . self into the river . Fortunately Mr . Morris ' s dog wai on the spot , and ,, at the command of bis master ^ plunged into the water ; and saved him from sinking , Mr . Morris then ran for his boatand by , the time it | Tas ^ si , RiwMO | MtD-S 0 Mim SbsswnswUI U

      , was brought to the spot a young fellow , who had ob . served the occurrence , ' plunged into the ' water , and , with the aid afforded by Mr . Morris , the yeuth was rescued from a ; premature death . ' ¦ On being removal into the house of . Mr . Morris , the sufferer was dig , covered to be a Mr . Charles Reeve , a ; member of a respectable family of that name , residing at Greenwich . It appears that he had paid his addresses to a young lady-named Alexander , residing with her mother , a widow , in the Lewisham-road , during the last two years , and that- about six months' ago she intimated to him that she should be under 'the necessity of breaking og tliecOUrtshTp . unless he reformed his habits . , lfhis conduct was > satisfactorily altered , she said she would then renew the acquainU

      ance . This he promised to do , but did not keep his word . ' She then formally declined to receive his visits any more . Subaequcntly'an Intimacy took place between Miss Alexander and a young man , a master butcher , residing in Broadway , * Deptford , and arrangements were . made for . their nuptials . This fact reaching young Reeve's ears he worked his feel ings up , to , a high pitch , and meeting . Mr . Coyill in public company last week , he committed a violent assault on the perseri 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 oufcof the way . Yesteis 3 ay morn . ing , Mr . Coyill and Miss Alexander were married at St . Alphage churchGreenwich , 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 ae was defcermine < i to makeaway with himself .- At the death of his father , he became possessed of a considerable Bum of mo ' ney ' i which repor , t says . he hag expendedin * very ; extravagant manner . ; AccibESTs in CoAi ,., Mh \ ES . ~ The frequency and frightful character' of these r accidents . render every probable suggestion for preventing . them welcome , and worthy of notice / A paper oh this subject by the distinguished ohemist , Professor Graham , appears in the current number of . the : Philosophical 'Magazine . The Professor , in the course of his remarks for

      preventing the . explosion , pfthegas in coal mines , ana ot 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 hear the roof , without : mixing uniformly " with the atmosphere ' . Now . it is very desirable that the fire-damp should be mingled as soon as possible with the general stream of air , because when diluted to a certain degree it ceases to be explosive . ; It istherefore recoronierided that means be employed to promote an early ahtermixtur ' e of fire-damp and air ; and the smallest force . is sufficient for this purpose . The circulating stream might be agitated most easily by a light-portable wheel , with vanes , . turned by a boy , and so placed as . to impel the air in the direction of the veritiJation , so as not to . impede the draught of the gas- The gas collecting at the roof undoubtedly often acts as an explbsivo train , conveying the

      combustion , while its continuity would be broken by the mixing process ; described , and an explosion when ifc occurred , be confined ,, at least , in narrow limits . Secondly , ' no , effective means exist for succouring the miners after an ' explosion has happened , although a large proportion of the deaths is not occasioned . by fire or injury , but 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 ' shafts w'tn a blowing apparatus above , by which air could be thrown down , and the shaft immediately ventilated after the explnsroh . It is also desirable that by means of fixed or flexible tubes this auxiliary circulation of air should be further extended , and earned as far as practicable ioto the workings .

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      WORSHIP STREET . \ Suspected Child MuaDER . —On Monday Elizabeth Sauuders , a woman of respectable aptieanince , about 26 years of age , described as being , married , but separated from her husband , and Keeping a baker ' s shop for a Mr . Middleton in Old-street . road , wa 3 placed at thebar before Mr . Brouffhton , charped with feloniously concealing the birth of her child . 'It appeared that a woman named Towers , lodging in the same house , happened to enter the watercloset attached to it , and hearing a noise of rats ia tli 6 ; cosspool was induced to look down it , when she was satisfied she saw , something like the corpse of an infant partly submerged in the soil . With the assistance ofa Ions hook she succeeded in raising the substance to the suvface ,-: and her suspicions were varified by discovering ' that it was , in realityj a new born infant' but so gnawed

      and disfigured by rats , that it was impossible to distinguish the sex . A policeman was called in , who conveyed it' to" the workhouse , and tho remains were there submitted to the examination of , Mr .- Courtenajy the parish surgeon , who now . stated that the body was in such a decomposed state , and so disfigured by vermin , the right fore-arm , iu particular being entirely gone , tlmt all app lication 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- urisonei deposed to noticing the factef her personal appearance for some considerable time past the warranting the supposition that she was pregnant , and t hat mentioning then-¦ suspicions to . the accused , she at one rime stoutly and indignantly denied the accusation ; at another , siiid that it must be in a considerable advanced stage ,-it" it were so ; and upon a third , that she either wished the supposition were true , or that" she were dead . . . About .. seven day 3

      befovo tho discovery of tho infant ' s body one of the tvit-. ncsses saw the prisoner greatly distressed aiid crying bitterly , and shortly after , and ever since then , had noticed a ve ' rj obvious diminution-: inx tlie prisoner ' s appearance . One of tlie women , also , named Caroline Buriihuui , stated that upon her mentiouiiig her suspicions of the prisoner ' s condition , before tlie occurrence wUich gave . rise to these proceedings ^ the accused asked tier to proeuvd . lior a book wliich would instruct heFhow to produce that' eftect hers . elf i or else to go to a" druggist ' s and purchasea draught for her which would induce abortion , but that the n-ititess expressed her horror of such a proceeding , and refused to do so ; on whichtlie prisoner , told her that she had . already gone to one druggist ' s for tliat purpose , but unsuccessfully , tho 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 , ami earnestly protested that the infant was not hers . She was remandecL ,

      GUILDIIALL . Attempt at Suicide . —On Monday , a woman about thirty-five years ' of age , ' named Margaret Kent , was brought before Mr . " Alderman Challis , charged with utttanuting . to . ' dvown liersoli in the Thames .-William Bowles , a policeman , stated Unit in going round his beat about five o ' clock on Sunday morning , he found tho prisoner by the water side by Trig wharf , in Thames-street , apparently" engaged ' .. iu . washing an-apron . When sbe supposed hdh ' u'd gone away , sue stepped back a few paces , anil then rushed headlong into the water . He . van to her assistance , but she had got 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 . Sbe broke away , determined to put an end to . her existence , and went don-ii agwiii .. When she came Uu lie sueoeoueil ot

      in dragging her on shore , in a dying state ,, A quantity wuter came off her stomach and she rallied . —Air . Alderman Challis questioned her as to Ih ' e circumstances which had excited her to the attempt . —She stated that her husband , a labouring man , had left London in search of worki and had obtained it . lie had promised to remit her some money to assist her , ' but he had not done so yet . But tlie immediate cause of tho ' attempt on ' her life was the absence of her daughter , a girl twelve years old , who hnd l « icl . "ed up her clothes and absconded . —A person , whu was in the room , said he had traced tlie girl . She was i » St . George ' s worhhouso , in the Boi-ough . —Mr . AlUcrmatt Challis said he would send for the child when her mind was quiet on that subject , aud she might be trusted with her liberty again . Ho would recommend her to gu do" ' and live with her husband , where he had obtained work-It would hu better for botli of them . She was n-imuidtd for care .

      THAMES feTREET . Fatai Dkl-nken Pjsolic— On Monday , Henry Vronn , a shoemaker , was brought before Mr . JJa ' llantini ' , charged with drowning William rainier in the Thames . It appeared from the evidence , that on Saturday afternoon , the parties , who are shoemakers , and another of the same craft , named Matoney , went down to the Limehouse Floating Pier , for the purpose of going to London in a steamer , and having paid their fare * , - they went on tlie outer barge or dummy , and began swearing at each other . Maloney struck the deceased on the face in a jocular manner , aim they commenced wrangling about some money . The nrisoner ' and deceased ran back a short distance along tlie gangway , and returned sparriug at each other . They I'OUtinned this for some time to the annoyance , of the other persons on the pier . The deceased pushed the prisoiu » ' » and both nearly fell ' . 'overboard . They were admunislf by tho wier masterMrLardnerbut they took no notice

      , . , of him . The prisoner asketl the deceased if any oneluw insulted him , and said , if any person had done 60 lie » " «* very willing to take his pint . The deceasedliiu s ]" " ! replied , no onu had insulted hiin . JMreetly . ifter this , the deceased pointed to a man in ' ii hoar , a fe » v ynrds off , and said , "Yes , that man has insulted me . " The prisoner then c < iint ! behind , him , and pushed him , heaiUforemost , into the water . Ho sunk almost immediately , and although u boathook was put towards him , and drags « v «? thrown out , aqunrter of an hour elapsed before he was picked up ; deud . lVlien the prisoner was given into tlie custody ofiiealc , a poiicu constable , lie' appeared hall " stupid ; and , on being informed he had drowned his friciit ' i he said , "lam sorry for j t ; may God forgive me . Tliisi ' through the effect of drink . " He is a verv misernW object ; and , on being called upon for his defence , merely said , "It was quite unintentional . " Mr . lialltmtine committed him for trial for manslaughter .

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      ..- , MaymarKet , n City of Westminster » ue OiHee , in the same Street and Parish , for the Proprietor , PEAKGUS O'OO . N'NOll , Esq ., and publishe I l > y Watusi llKwiTT , ' 6 f Ho . lS , Clwrles ^ U'eet , Bra " don-street , Walworth , in the Varish of St . Mary , Xe *" : ington , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , No . I 6 , Great . Windmill-street , Kaymarkct , in the Clt > ¦ <> Westniiiistur . , : ' Saturday , Juiie 13 , lSiC .

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      • : «« B 5 gBO— LANDLO 11 D 5 AND TENANTS . Dablin , 9 June , 18 ± G . My dear Sir , —I was full of hope up to the last moment , that the trial would take place during the sittings after the present term . I had a luost resneeta-Ue Special Jury , and was therefore sure ofa triunnih . This withdrawal of the notice has grievously disappointed me . I do not understand if . Perhaps the Crown thought that the Jury would not answer its purpose . I had nothing to complain of , on the pan

      Of the law officers of the Crown , np to the period oi the withdrawal of the notice of trial . From the beginning up to the present time , I was treated with the utmost civility and courtesy , by those whose duly it was to prosecute . It is a strange proceeding , The prosecution should have been left in the hands of any Landlord who felt aggrieved . The Crown should not have meddled in the matter . Truly Yours , P . O . Iliggins . Peargns O'Connor , Esq . London .

      THE QUEEN V . O I 1 IGGINS . We understand that the government , at the last moment , has withdrawn the notice of trial in the case of the Queen v . O * Iliggins , which was fixed for the sittings after- ! his term . Of course we are not about to offer any opinion upon this case , more especially as the government may again proceed with the prosecution . - - We understand the Buckingham Protectionists were allowed fifteen shiJliags each for their attendance » t Willis ' s Rftoms , and not two guineas as stated in the « oteofAIay 25 .

      ¦ The Trades' Conference.

      ¦ THE TRADES' CONFERENCE .

      $Olto Xnulu' Seme;

      $ olto XnUlU ' seme ;

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      Fatal Cart Accibknt . —On Tuesday an inquest was held at the London Ilsspital . faofore Mr . Baker , jun-. oh the body of James Falkncr , aged twentyeight , a carman . On last Monday week , the deceased was driving a horse and cart , belonging to his father , of llford , towiircls London , and' hail previously been drinking very ' freely . . He hud not proceeded tar before he commenced beating the horse-in a most furiOUa ¦ manner , ' nnd while the animal was plunging he caught tlie shaft ot . tho cart , and he was knocked down , and tiic off wheel passed over his ^ ody . He was picked up and conveyed to the hospital , where it was found lie hid received several contused wound an his left side and arm . Ho lingered until Sunday evining , whun he expired . . Verdict , " Accidental death . " ' '

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      THE NORTHERN , 3 % Afl . _ ; ¦ _ ¦¦ __ A ' 'te-MLLHa ^ - 8 —¦ - ¦¦ ' " " " ' ¦"" ¦ fc ^ '

      Siitei Ithe It Fruited By Doogal M'Gowan, Of 16. Great Winuhrtu

      siitei ithe it Fruited by DOOGAL M'GOWAN , of 16 . Great WinuHrtU

  • 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/vm2-ncseproduct1370/page/8/