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BUIUMH . Sn _Susderued Ship _huildwo Trade . —Bj a parliamentientaiT paper , we find that the number of ships _milsuilt-in tba port of Sunderland , and the amount of _Iheirheir tonuago wa 3 iu 1 S 43 , S 4 _sdiips , 20 . 355 tons ; in 1 S 44 S 44 . 116 skips , 29 . 542 tons ; ir IS 15 , ISO ship s $ 8 , 018 , 017 _toni ; ia 1 S _10 , 151 ships , 43 , 937 tons . It "i ll ; ill llr . is be seen that both a * to number and _tonpgeipge _, 1816 nearly _dauble ? 1813-M ] MiBiCDLons _Escxps . —On Sunday _morniuf as fefee tbe train from the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway _vaasaaaiartitig from the Seofswood station , two men mprnpra & ntly jumped Hpon the steps of one of the _Hrriirriase * _, and after riding over the _bridge oneof uenaem jumped off , and fell on the _opposite line Be _mre , are , however , heconld recover himself _anther train " ; omom Blayton _, came up , and the iron _ploujra i n front thetbe wheels swept him off the line , by which * his life ia ? fas fortunately preserved . The man _imnsedJaWp nt wt up . and walked deliberatel y sway 7 mmemtel y
_liKCisniSK . _SiSirrasEsiATiaxGF WoLTi _& mwTos . —The Hod .. P . P . villsbb , who haa had a double return—beinc _icctected lor South-Lancashire aad Wolverhamptonits as addressed the constituency of the latter place _^ repressing bis intention to abide- bv the decision of tie Me Wolverhampton electors . They Lave accordingly _( et , et , bat have come te no definite determination ; _sawwing the question to he decided by a general meet \ igtg of the electors , which will shortly be held . Mr . ae ' flebttclc _visited the town last week , aud there _iscems every reason to believe that , _dioald the _elee-Drsirs decide on resigning Mr _Yiliiers- to South-Lan-• i 3 h 3 hire , Mr Roebuck will be the future member for _itoVol-jerhampton .
TOfiKSBIBE . A ATTEMPTED MdBDEKS ASH SbICIDS 3 _T A LuXATJC . -A-A few days ago . Joseph Hobson , a lunatic , confined [ a a tbe Holbeck Wbr & _house , committed a _mnrderiosus assault upon two aged paupers named Samuel _ifUtibsonsnd Thomas Cooper , inmates ofthe same lailace . lt appears ihat Rohson was not considered ( J ; dangerous lunatic , and although his conduct upon Ipepe or two occasions , when excited , had been rather i « i » k-nt , yet it was not _thought necessary to remove _inini to an asylum . On the same day , he was placed i ti the ' spinning room , ' and the two atcd paupcra , lUribsen and CoBper , were appointed to ~ watch over _inirn , in order to prevent his setting lire to anything _, lotobon appeared quiet , and after thc old men had eeeen with bim some time , and apprehending no danerer . ihey fell asleep in tbeir chairs . Soon alter the
ranatic seized a fire suovel in the room , and comlaenced r . most murderous assault upon the sleeping leieii , inflicting a number of wounds of a _frightful _atature upon their heads and faces . Cooper , in _projecting his head , received a blow from the shovel _ipipon his right hand , the second finger of which was rtrefcen in so serious a manner tbat it had to be _amputated at the lowest joint , and seme cf the bones f f the hand removed . Before Hobson could be spoored , he cut his throat—inflicting a frightful gash , land stabbed himself in several plaoes in the breast innd arms , with a knife that he had borrowed , before the attack , from Gibson . Assistance was procured las soon as possible , and the three men were removed ico the Leeds , Infirmary , and although the injuries _& bey have received are of a very serious nature , it is _iwt expected that any of them will prove fatal . — ZLecds _Mirairy .
_WABWICKSHI _8 B . '' _RonuERT . —A daring and atrocious rohbery was eeommitted last week at Birmingham , en the _premises of Mr St Losky , a cigar merchant . Mr St ILosky slept in the room immediately behind the shop . He retired to Test abont half-past ten o ' clock con Thursday night-, and lell mleep . About one Em the morning he waa disturbed by a noise in the B & _op , and on railing oat was immediately seized by ttho throat bj a man , wbose _figure lie could discern thp the feeble light which proceeded from the back _window . Mr St Losky grappled with his antagonist , and both fell ta the floor . Both parties cried aloud for assistance , wheu a companion of the burglar tendered aid . Mr St Losky , by strangulation and
iieuvy _blGws inflicted on the head , was unable to offer ; sny ' further resistance to the violence of Ms assailants . The miscreants , as it is supposed , conceiving _jajurdsr was committed , and that the cries of Mr _StLosiky had aroused some of the neighbours , made theiv _t _^ cape through the back door . After seme time Mr St Losky was enabled to make Ms way to the frcat door , and the police , when all wa 3 over , _taring arrived , the premises were searched . It was then ascertained that the burglars , had packed up two carpet bags of cigars , ready for carrying off ; and that they had succeeded in possessing themselves of
about £ 30 in cash , with which fur a time they had escaped . Mr St _Losky's person presented a frightful object . His head was dreadfully eut , and his nightshirt saturated with blood . He was immediately conveyed to the hospital . It appears clear that the _fmrdars were parties above die usual run of such _characters . They left behind their cloth boots , of genteci make , French hats , one of which was dressed _wit-inwurning crape , and two jackets , ail of which were iu excellent condition . Mr St Losky imagines he has several times seen the men in his shop , but file police have not yet obtained sufficient clue for their apprehension .
Si 5 _'ooua Recover * op Moxbt . —Upon the arrival of the 7 45 p . m . train from London at the Rugby station , on Tuesday night , the inspecting officer found 3 small carpet bag in one of the compartments of a carriage ; noticing that there appeared to bo no owner for it , the officer took charge ofthe bag , and madeinqciriesatthe several carriages forming the train whether it belonged to any of the passengers , lint no _claimant appeared , and the bag was consequently opened in the presence of Mr Grew , the _atatiofi-mnster , when , greatly to the astonishment of the officials , a packet of sovereigns was found amongst the contents , amounting to £ 270 in value . Mr Grew Immediately had the bag tied up , sealed , and deposited in the desk , where it remained till the
arr ival of the 845 p . m . train , when a claimant _appeared for the property , which was delivered into his _feaifis upon hia giving a description of the bag and its _oonients . It appeared that the person to whom the _property belonged bad taken a ticket at the Euston Stalion , and had his bag placed in thescatinthe carriage where it was so fortunately found , bat missing the train by some oversight he followed in the oext , and was agreeably _surprised at finding that the railway officials had takea better care of his bag than he had himself . His gratitude , however , was not particularly overpowering , the only observation be made being ' It ' s all right , thank yon ; had I _l 03 t it I shonld hare been rained ; ' after which he made his exit .
Fatal Railwat Accioext . —An inquest was held on Saturday at the Railway Inn . _Ruiiby , before Mr G , C Greenway , on the body of G . Cousins , lately in tbe employ of the Midland Railway Company . On Friday tha deceased was standing oa the _foot-^ p _late of an engine which was moved along the rails _Jwtween 30 and 40 yards , previous to shutting on to « side line . No one saw the deceased fall , but after the engine had been stopped , his body was found entangled among the machinery , his head being between the connecting rod and the wheels , and his right arm and both le > s between the spokes . There ? as a fracture oa the head , his neck was dislocated , his arm crashed , and both legs broken in two or three places . It was impossible to extricate him without putting the engine in motion , when the de . ceased fell from between the wheels . Ue was quite dead , and was removed to Mr Dudley ' s , the Railway Inn . Some other evidence having been heard , the jury returned a verdict of accidental death .
_HOUOCGmMSHWE . _NonracHiM . — _Statk ot _Trioe . — Misfortune presses very heavily upon Nottingham . The longco & tinued depression of trade is producing its effects . "We are grieved to state that one ot the first magnates in the town , and several others who havo been _'Itoked upon as men of wealth and substance , are labouring under difficulties and embarrassments , the issue of which , it is feared , will involvo many more In the whirlpool of insolvency . The events of the last few daya have spread surprise in many circles , Snd will be most _disastrous is their effects . — _vttwxghzm Review .
B 2 HK 6 HI 2 E . AcciDKsr < w thk Great _Wesibes R & ilwat . — Last week Mr Henry Lenaaer , a travelling jeweller , ¦ was killed on this line nnder the following circumstances . He arrived at the Challow Marsh Bridge Crossing , at the time when the afternoon down express train from Paddington was coming at a rate , of # 9 miles an hour . Some persons who were standing sear oalled oat to the deceased to stop until the train bid passed , bat he took no notice , and attempted to cross the rails . In an instant the engine oaught him , ar id his body tf as hurled to a distance , and falling on the tails the whole train passed orer him . He was
_Zifefcily cat to pieces , and tha fragments were scattered in all directions . Oa the train reaching the _Farringdon-road station the engine-driver gavo information to Mr Steven , the superintendent of that gtation , who immediately proceeded with a pilot Offlfoe te the spot , and , collecting the remains , _con-^ _gtt them back to the station . The deceased cartied a box oa his hack , which contained upwards of £ 300 worth of jewellery . At the Inquest , it was proved by a respectable fanner , who had bought a _* atch of the deceased only an hoar before his death , _| kat he was perfectly sober ; and the engine-driver ftated he saw the deceased some distance from the momiaf , whea to opened tbe alarm whistle , aad did
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all he conld to prevent the accident , bnt it was impossible to stop the train in time . Thejury returned the following verdict _« . — ' We say tbat the deceased met with his death by being struck by the engine of an express train , whilecrossing the railway , and that ne blame whatever _ittaches to tlie driver of the engine . We are , however , of opinion that the Great Western Railway Company ought to station a policeman at the gate where the accident happened , thero being a publio road across thc line for both carriages and horses . '
KK _\ T A _TnisvBs' Trick . —A market gardener , named Amo 3 , living at Gravesend , was last week robbed of between £ 40 and £ 50 under the following circumstances : —Two well-dressed men had called at his shop nnder various pretences , and , on the day of the robbery , they looked in during his absence , and begged to be allowed to write a letter . Mrs Amos showed tbem into a parlour adjoining the sittingroom , where they stayed a short time . Just as they were leating , the servant told her mistress the drawer in the bedroom was open . Mrs Amos , knowing that to be the depositary ofthe cash , ran to the room and found a bunch cf skeleton keys , with which the visitors had unlocked the drawer , and of course , the cash had vanished . The thieves , who are supposed te be the same parties who stole a large sum of money from a publit-hf _ose in tho neighbourhood , got clear off , although the police were instantly on the spot . j
_EfftPTiAs _Whsat . —A grain of wheat , taken from an Egyptian murainy _* having teen sown this year in the garden of Mr Chtbuah , of the _ffoselte Office , Maidstone , has _praniced no less than sixty-six
ears . SUSSEX ' Moire _SuFyooiiioN e ? " Foen Airv—Last week the _neighbourhood of Russell-street , Brighton , was alarmed by the report that two men were suffocated whilst removing some night soil . Th _» report proved to be too true , and the two unfortunate persons , whose names-were Good and Smart , were taken out of the soil qsite dead . A third person was dragged out m a state cf _unconsciousness , and a moment more would have been fatal io'imn , but He _hasreco _* . vered . The deceased hare each left a wife and family , who wero entirely _dependent upon them for support .
Werf mke a Whalb . —As aman _, named-Jeffries ; was _poaching fish in Sidleshanr mill-pond , he attempted to pull a- sole through the meshes ofthe net > ith his teeth , when the fish darted into _bis-mouthand throat , and before assistance could be rendered ie was a corpse . Verdict'Accident death . * -. Sigxs-02 _'tkr _Tiubs , Jennt Lisa-at Bsioztox ;—The ' Swedish' _nightingale sang , ou Monday at a concert given by Mr Wright at _thaTown-hall . Onethird of the large room was appropriated for reserved seats at two _guineas each , one-third at a guinea-and a half , and the-remniader at one guinea . The room ' was completely filled , and the concert must have realised about 1 , 006 ' guineas . _AtiadioimagYatmi _, from which scarcely a sight of tbe orchestra conld be obtained , w & s nearly filled by 300 persons , at a reduced price . Persons from London , Chichester ; - Hythe , Portsmouth , Sandgate _> Rjds , * _Cowes , Erith _, ; Bedford , and even from Dieppe , were present at the concert .
HAMPSHIRE . _MissoHinsES- _NHvaa coita _sikole . —As the Earl of Wilton and a party of his lordship's- friends were coming np thc S & lent , on their way to _Cowes from _, a short cruise , owing to some cause not yet well understood , his splendid yacht , the Xdrifa , ran on a ledge of _rojksnear Sconce Point . Fortunately it is _^ calm weather , or her chances of recovery would be small . Returning home to Cowca by laud , mishap * still pursued tbe noble earl _. as hi * carriage was overturned , and himself and friends thrown out . Ne serious injury was sustained by any individual ofthe party , which included the _Couuie-s of Wilton , the Marchioness of Aylesbury , Lady _Chesterford , the Marquis of Aylesbury , and Lord Stanhope . SOMERSETSHIRE .
Stopping a Railway Train . —As the down train _lestving Bath at 2 SO p . m ., was proceeding towards Bristol last week , two men standing on a bank on the side of the line , a short distance from the Twerton tunnel , hailed the engine driver by waving a red handkerchief on the top of a stick . The red colour being u ; ed as a dangerous signal on the railway , the driver immediately reversed the engine , thinking he was likely to meet with some obstacle by proceeding further ; and , having stepped the train , gave information to the guard of the circumstance . The guard accordingly asked the parties what they meant by the interruption ; when one of them said they had no money , and wanted a lift te Bristol . Being now awake to the hoax , the guard humoured their object
by giving them a seat in his own box , at thc same time mentally regarding them as _having , by their conduct , forfeited ' the liberty of the subject , ' and become his prisoner _passengers , while they , in happy ignorance , congratulated themselves on their cheap trip . On the arrival of the train at tbe Bristol station , they wero handed over to the cate of Burton , police superintendent of the line , aud brought before the magistrates on a charge of infringing a clause in the company ' s act of parliament , whereby they had rendered themselves liable to a penalty . One of them is an Irishman , named Quasick , and the other is named Thomas . Evidence to the above effect having been given , they were each fined 40 a . and . costs , and in default of payment committed for one month each .
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_gjfoliaitti . _XDINBmtGH . ' The National Association for Excise Reform having been charged with meditating * the repeal ofthe duties which areat present levied on articles of home produce / have issued a declaration denyimr that this is their object , and asserting that their efforts , as originally announced , are to be directed to 'the attaining of complete freedom for all excise traders { with a ane regard to the collection of the revenue , ) so that those whose trades and occupations are at present fettered by the excise laws , may carry on their business as free from government interference as their brother traders who f . re not subject to excise restrictions at all . '
Monster railway trips are at present thc order of the day . Another cheap excursion to London is to be made in a few weeks , and for the gratification of the-Londoners , arrangements are said to have commenced for a Scotch tour , which is to include the original Highland route of the Queen . Some complaints have been made as to the large balance in hand of the Edinburgh section of the Highland Relief Committee . Lately it waa £ 85 . 000 , bnt that included _ssmesums not remitted "; by last return the balance in bank was £ 45 . 000 .
Poiaio Crop is Scotland . —Although the present appearance of this crop is healthy , and _promises an abundant return , there is still so much uncertainty as to the _altimate ' _soundnessof the root , _thathitherto few sales have been effected , or , _indcad , have been offered to the public . At a roup of growing crop near Methven , last week , a trial was made of one field , and the result showed that confidence predominates over apprehension , for tbe whole was Bold off , and brought from £ 25 to £ 27 per acre . This fully exceeds the price of 1845 , which was the highest ever
known here . There are , unfortunately , but few who will benefit by it ; aa , on most farms , the breadth planted does not exceed five acres . In several cases the fanner has divided the risk with tbe speculator ; the one supplying the manure and the labour , and the other the seed ; and halving thc net proceeds . There are two exceptions to this characteristic caution on the part ofthe agriculturists in this quarter _—ose in Strathmore , who has forty acres under potato crop at his own risk , and another in the Carse , with nearly fifty . —Perthshire Courier ,
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Jt _EreianU . _DUBLIJf . _EtopEitm—Witlua the last vreek considerable excitement was caused in fashionable circles in tbe city , in consequence of the elopement of a young married lady with an officer belonging to an Infantry regiment stationed in Dublin . The _nameB of tbo parties , to prevent further pain on such a subject , are for the present withheld . The injured husband is the son of a lady whose poetic talents have given her name a high place in English literature . It is said tbat up to a recent period the parties lived on the
most affectionate terms ; but that as the lady seemed to have a particular liking for the' red coat , ' several billets were exchanged , interviews took place , and the lady ( so report goes ) , in the absence of her husband , spent a good deal of her time in the officer ' s company . A few days since she eloped with him—the affair soon became known , and it is said tho _ipjured husband , by the ad-rice of his friends , has not as yet decided on taking any step in the matter . The whereabouts of the fugitives is not at present spoken of . The lady , who resided in a fashionable street at the north side of tho city , is described as ' young and very handsome . * It was whispered yesterday that next term may meal something regarding this unpleasant affair .
Repem . Association —The weekly meeting of the Association was held en Monday . Mr J . A . O'Neill ( the unsuccessful candidate for Kildare ) presided . The chairman , in an address of considerable Icngfb , vindicated his character from the aspersions which bad been cast upon it during tbc recent election , and attributed his defaat to tho alliance of the Whips with the _Toriefl of tbocoantf , combined with intimidation , whieh had beea extensively practised . Mr J . P . Somers , M _. P ., Rev . G . Doyle , P . P ., and others having addressed the meeting , Mr John Reynold ? , M . P ., addressed tha _meeting at some length , and handled rather strongly Mr _Gregory ' s want of punctuality in paying tho Sheriff his share of the expenses , whilst he Insisted ( through his agent ) in that _functionaiy not patting him ( Ur Reynolds ) in nomination till he lodged his share of the contingent . Mr John O'Connell laving addressed the meeting at some length , the rent for the week was announced t _» be m ,
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TUB C 0 BNTT OF UMRRICK _ELECTION . ' A letter from Mr Smith O'Brien has been received in Limerick , announcing his determination to accept the honour which had been conferred on him in hiB absence , and take his seat in the Ilouse of Commons on the opening of the new Parliament . _PiRAcr . —A party of men contrived to board a trading vessel off _Aclull-hesul , and were in the actol plundering her , when surprised by her _Majasty's steamer the Dasher . The plunderers were , of course , ordered t > . desist , when , instead of complying , a piece of iron was flung by one of them , which knocked off the cap ofa pistol in tho hands of an officer ¦ belonging to the Dasher . The marines then fired , and we understand that one man was shot dead , one wounded , and five made prisoners . — Tyrawlty Herald .
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j _SEsmao k TuRKATKSixo Letibr . —Henry Joseph Killerby , 18 , compositor , was _indicted for feloniously _, sending a letter , threatening to murder Elizabeth Spriggs . ' The prisoner was tried in this court jboiit eighteen months ago upon a charge of feloniously attempting to' administer poison to a pewon named Clouter , by sending a quantity of oxalic acid in a fetter to hor , and upon that occasion it appeared that a great deal of alarm and excitement bad been excited in _Southward , in consequence of a namber of letters , all containing poison , having been sent to other persons . Upon that ! occasion the prisoner waa convicted and sentenced to a year _' a imprisonment , and it appeared that very aeon after he obtained hi * liberty
he sent a letter to the - . mother of the prosecutor , in which he made a distinct _declaration that he would murder'her daughter , and that she should be in her grave before two months expired . When the prisoner was apprehended , he admitted having vreitten tke letter , _buU said lie did not mean any harm . The dofence set up fer tho prisoner 1 was the same as-on the former occasion , that his mind-had been perverted by reading romances and _extravagant tales published in some of the cheap perifldicab ,. aiidtbathc was merely desirous of being considered a hero , or at all events a very extraordinary person , and'that he . was not actHated by any veal intention to injure thc prosecutrix . The jury found the prisoner Guilty . The Recorder said that ho considered this a _veryproper case to cany into effect the provisions of tke act of parliament passed in tho last session , whieh _gave the court the
power to inflict a _panisbinent of a particular krad , which bad bean fonnd very _effectual in repressing another _offence that bad caused great public excitement _, fur _offenccs'otf this description . Tt was all very well for the ptisener ti > say that hrdid not really intend to hurt the'prnst'eutrix , but there could be no donbt that the receipt of such a letter was calculated to occasion great-terror and alarm , particularly when _it-wasrecftllected _^ hatthe _prisoner _' had not scrupled to make use of _a _^ _eadly poison _upan another occasion , and it was _veryinecsssary that such _proceedings should be put a etop to lie then sentenced thc pri-8 _ouar to be kept to haref labour for twelve monlhs , and during that perhd'to be once publicly whipped .. Though he might have fancied he hed acted like a hero ; , he would _findallhis heroism end * in _^ whipping at the cart ' s tail .
Robbkbt at _MosssiiNB'Soss ' . —Jamas _Banymore , 28 ,- once in the police forse , and Mary Ann Barrymore , his sister „ were jointly indicted , the-former for stealing , and the other for receiving as- s _» t » len , 50 waisteoats , 50 silk handkerchiefs . and : other goods , the property of Messrs Moses , tailors , to whom tho male prisoner was- _servens . The male prisoner pleaded guilty , and * was sentenced to seven years ' transportation ; the female was acquitted .. Kobbkrt at _Loru-. Harr »» toh ' s —Matthew Roach and Wm . Wiltshire , were indicted for stealing a gold watch , five- candlesticks , andaquantity of * plate , value _wettAy £ 100 , tie _proparty of the Earl of Harrington ,
mhis dwelling house .- _Thacommission o & _thorubbety ou the 12 th ult . was proved , and it was shown that _on-tbe same day the prisoners were employed as sweeps in the house in Whitehall-gardens . The defence was rested upon the question of identity , which the jury decided against the prisoners . The court passed upon each a sentence of seven . years' transportation . Wiltshire most 8 olamnly protested his innocence . He utterly denied all knowledge of the transaction . He refused to be reraoved-from the dock , and 30 great was She resistance he offered ,. timoit required _fsurcurnkeys to carry bim away this cries were heard from one end of Newgate to the . other .
TllKEATESISO _LSISTKIIS WITH INTENT SO- EXTOIM ! Money . —Jthn King . 44 , was Indicted for feloniously delivering to Eliza Ly ?> n a letter , demanding money with menaces . Tbe prosecutrix was a young lady of _hiirh respectability , and in the course of literary _pursuits , she was a visitor at the reading room of the British Museum , where tho prisoner was engaged in a subordinate situation , and on the llth of August , as she was entering the reading room , the prisoner handed her a letter , wbich contained insinuations of a most offensive and disgraceful character , and demanded £ 5 -is the price of his refraining from making tbe circumstances alluded to known to ber friends . The prosecutrix indignantly treated the proposition , and immediately communicated the _ciscumstanco to
the authorities of the museum and ta her friends — Mr Ballantine , in addressing the jury for the prisoner , admitted the utter groundlessness of the _insfnuatioas suggested against tbo character of Miss Lynn , and said he had no doubt that she was _ayounk lady of high charaoter , and deserved and enjoyed the esteem and respect of all whs knew her ; but ho submitted to the jury tbat the specific charges , or rather insinuations , contained in the letter did not amount to the offence contemplated by the statute , — The Recorder _summed up the case , and the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Guilty . — The learned Judge , in passing sentence , remarked upon the enormity ofthe prisoner's conduct in attacking a respectable young lady in such a base and
_unmnnly manner , and said the prosecutrix deserved great credit for her firmness in taking the necessary steps to have thc matter investigated . Uo then sentenced tho prisoner to be transported _foi-seven years . Assault and _At-tempied Robbery . — Charles Rollins , 22 , was indicted for assaulting Myers Levi , with intent to rob h « n . On the 4 ih August tbe prisoner went into the shop of Mr _Jscobson , a jewel . ler , in Oxford-street , and wished thc prosecutor , who was the shopman , to bring some gold watches to the Boar and Castle Inn to show to his _father . The prosecutor , accordingly accompanied him , and the prisoner asked bim to go to the room where he said his father was , and , a 3 they wore going through the door , the prisoner struck him three violent blows on
tbe head with a life-preserver , and at tbo same instafct endeavoured to snatch the watches from him . The pronecator , however , prevented him from doing so , and called out * Murder , ' and _seized hold of tho prisoner , who was eventually secured . It appeared that on the same morning the prisoner had gone to the _Bsar and Gastlc , and engaged two rooms , one for himself , and _ansthcr for a friend , and ho _than went eut and returned with thc prosecutor , the whole proceeding _beini evidently a deliberate plan ef robbery and violence : Tho prisoner , in answer to the charge , said he was nearly frantic at the time from distress an i disappointment , and he did not know what he did . He was found guilty , and sentenced to be transported for fifteen years .
_Hiohwav _Rouhbut . —John Glisson was indicted for a robbery on Sarah Barnes , and taking from her person on th _« public hiehway a purse _containing a £ 5 note , a cheque for £ 9 and some gold and silver coins . The robbery took placo ia the Walworthr <> ad , abaut eleven o ' clock on thc evening ofthe 13 th of July . Three men wero concerned , but they all got away . Next morning , as soon as thc doors were open , the prisoner presented the cheque at Messrs Weston and Young ' s Bank , in the Borough ; and Mrs Barnes being there _recognised liim as one ol the robbers , and he was given into custody . Before thc magistrate , the prisoner adduced evidence to establish an alibi , and the _magistrate dismissed tbo charge . The prosecutrix thereupon preferred a bill
bcfGre the grand jury at tho Old Bailey , and on its being found , theprisoner was arrested . —Mr Parry very ably addressed tbe jury on behalf of tho prisoner , and said that his client had actually received tbo cheque in payment of a debt , and he ( prisoner ) had piven the balance in cash , lie contended that Mrs Barnca might be mistaken a ? to the peraon of the prisoner . The evidence to provo the alibi w _;> 3 then given . Several persons swore that from 10 o ' clock till 13 on thc ni _^ ht in question ( he prisoner was at a _bccr-slwp , some distance from tbe spot where Mrs Barnes was robbed . Several persons ( one of whom came from Bath on purpose ) gave tho prisonern very good character . He was the keeper of a coffee-shop in Tower-street , Borough . —The Common Serjeant put it to the jury whether they could believe tho prisoner ' s _witnesses iu preference to the positive manner in which Mrs Barnes swore to the prisoner ' 8 person . Tho jury found the
prisoner Guilty . Sentence , seven years' transportation . Fatal Affray . —On Monday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr William Baker , at the Union Flag public-house , _Whitcch _.-jpel , respecting tbo death of William Currey , a _« cd _sixty-onc years , a tailor , who died on Saturday , from injuries received in an affray with a man unknown . From the evidence of Thomas Peer , a bookbinder , it _appeared tbat on the 7 ch instant deceased was walking down _Osborn-street , Whitechapel , when a mar . dressed like a cowkeepcr , contrived to fasten a quarrel upon him , and while so engaged , several more came up , and attempted to rob him . D _^ cased resisted , and in the scuffle _wasstruokand thrown heavilv to the ground . He died on tho following Saturday , aud the ' medical witness stated that death was caused bv extravasation of _bload snthe brain , produce ;! by external injuries . The inquiry was adjourned for tho purpose of affoiding the police au opportunity of discovering the _lufli . uie .
The King Of Sweden Has Convoked The Diet...
The King of Sweden has convoked the diet of that kingdom for the 15 th ofNoyemher , and a bill for tlie reform of the national representation will be the first measure submitted to it . There has been this year an _exhibition of _paiutingat Uobart Town .
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HER HUSBAND . The details ofthis domestic tragedy , and th e , _Itfflo . _menblcrumeucsto which , U has given birth fi 1 the _mKuwas of all the Path Journals . Wednesday wa . de . voted to the examination of the premises , and of the . tote of the corpse ; to tho _seiwro of _artfcUa fake 1 , to lead to the discovery of the criminal ; to investigations in the hotel , and particularly Jn the apartments of the _Dnkcde Pr . _islia ; and to the examination by medical men of his person . Thursday the exnmination was _resamed , whilst the embalmment of the body took place , uud-r the direction of M . Grannol . Ttvo oi the _clergy of the church of Madeleine had prayed by the corpse all niuht . From the very first momentat whioh the officers hotel fact
ofjustice arrived in the , a very grave was noticed , The apartments occupied bj the duke aud _duchossore situated on the ground floor ; by an ante . ehnmber opening on the flight of atcpa , there is a com . munication atthe left with the boudoir , then with the duchess ' s bedroom ; at the right a little room prc _^ dos the bedroom ofthe duke , which touches the walls ofthe _Elvsee Bourbon . In examining the floor It was discovered that a bloody _truca marked the _pnssago from the bedroom of the duchess to that of the duke , At the same time there was recoived the testimony of a domestic who , attracted by the cries ofthe femme-de elmmbre , had , after useless efforts to open the door of tlie duchess ' s bedroom , gone round the hotel in order to attempt to arriro in time to render assistance to bis
unfortunate mistress , by entering at one of the windows opening ofttho garden . The domestic declarcd . that atthe moment ot which be arrived ire tho garden , he perceived a man sf the-height and appearance of thoduko , who , hearing tho _naise of his _feotstepe , withdrew suddenly into tho interior of the bedroom , abruptly _quitting one of the windows which he had just opened , in order , without doubt , to mako it b e believed thatit was by that issue that the _murderer had obtained entrance . Among the objocts found in the chamber , in whieh _everything , as we ihavc said , was _indisorder , was 9 _pistulloaded witli balls , j and tearing a _pcioussion cap . This pistol , which has i been recognised ns-belonging to the _3 W « de Praslin _, [ was not ouly _staiiiad with the blood into which it bad ' falh ; n , but it boro _on ' the butt-end fragments of flesh , and
_on-tho face and skull of'tho victim there was found the trace of blows whicii retained the marks of Miearabesques aBdhollowchiselling 8-which had been _executed by the workmen . _InprescBoeofsuch indications ,-orders wero obliged to be given that the- Suite de Praelia-should be kept in view , and tbe-magistrates , after receiving from him hi » declaration as information , addressed questions to _liim-of which tha form _and-gravity were of- a nature to malie him understand' that It was _htnesforth not _merely-as a _witnuss that'he was called on fov _sxplana-Uous , _M the same tivae a perquisition was mode in a private lodging , where papers calculated to- establish grave- oharges were seized , and where it was at thc same time _discovered tbat papers and' objects of which- tho _nature could'not be recognised had been quite recently destroyed by fire . Oh the clothes-which the duke wore there were- numerous stains of < blood , which , however , he said he had'received in his- contact
with the body of the unhappy duchess , which he had pressed in- bis arms on _CTrmagt in ber apartment al the _momi-nt'of the _discovery of the crime . It was-also esublUhcd " _-that tho hair found-between theficgcrBof the duchess ? and iu the pool of blood in which her body lay , was precisely ofthe _sama colour and the same length as that of ha * husband . T be attitude of the duke during _theso painful- investigations- of'justice presented , it it stated , a lingular contrast with what it ordinarily- was . Small in stature , nervous , _enereetio , proud , and of- ex . treme irascibility , he could not- till tben support a contradiction , and would have considered a _qucstienian offence ; but now be was cast down , depressed , and unable to find D-wcrd to protest * against the horrible suspicion _which'seemed to rest upon . him . The material facts once ascertained , it remained- to soek what cauao wuld have drawn into crime the man who seemed to be deaignated'as the author of it hy eo many horrible circumstances : It was ascertained that relations of
oulpablc intimacy existed between bun and a young lady , Millie , _doLusy , who , after having occupied during six years the situation of governess of the young children of the Duchess-do Praslin , had about a month ago , been dismissed hy . tho duchess after soma rather violent scenes , which , however , did not prevent tbe duchess from giving her a-peHaion for life .. A- summons to appear was issued against tbis lady , who- is aged 29 , and who since leaving tbe Hotel _Selmtiani had placed horself in a young ladies' echool . It was- ascertained from _th-.-declavattonB-oi the Duko do _FrasVmhiaiself _, that on _arriving from his coantry sent , with the duchess , who oarae in the same _carriage with him , he had gone to pay a visit to Mdlle de Lnzy , before entering liis hotel . It was consequently important to examine her without
delay , but the commissary ofpolioe , to whom tho summons was entrusted , did not-find her at l ) Dr residence , and it was only a little later that he euececded in finding bfir at the residence of one of her _feiends in the Itue do la _Chaussesd'Antin . When brought before tho magistrates she undeiweni a long _interrogatory , at the end of which she wa * conveyed to the Conclergerie _, and placed in secret _confinement . As tothe Duke de Praslin , he hasbeen , since the moment at wbich the crime wa & discovered , kept confined in his bod-chamber , and , _oocording to the orders of the prefect ot police , the chief of the secret police has not left himfor an instant . The 3 uke de Praslin has fallen into _sneh a state of _prestation , that suck _serious fears we _» e felt respecting hia health as
to cause his medical attendant , M , Louis , to be sent for , who , amung other things , prescribed him a bath . In the investigation it was ascertained that tho duke must have placed himself in bed , although he was completely dressed at tbe moment at which he arrived after the door ofthe duchess's bed-chamber had been _broken open by the domestics . His bed , In fact , was in disorder . In spite of all thc search that has been made , it has been impossible , up to this moment , to discover the sharp in . striiment with wbich the wounds of the _duehess were inflicted . In the drawer of a bureau , in a cabinet ndjoiuing tho hedroom ofthe dufto _, was found the handl * ofa poniard , 6 taincd with blood , tho blade of which appeared to have been brokon off in the struggle .
On being interrogated as to his being iu possession of this fragment of a weapon of which he had evidently made use , tlie Duke declared that he could cot give any fcxplauation of tlio circumstance . The Duke do Praslin whs removed from tho Hotel So _iwstiaui to tbo prison of thc Luxembourg very early on S _.-iturday morning . Ho was in a privato carriage , accompanied by tbe chief of tha police de _suretc , followed by two hackney coaches , in which were the _examining magistrates and the commissaries of police . It is stated that tho duke , beforo his removal , confessed his guilt to a relation of tho family , A couteau de chas 3 e , with which the murder is supposed to have been com . mittid , and soveral napkins , have been found in a cesspool ,
After his removal to prison , he attempted to commit suicide , but failed . The vials were found in his bedroom , one containing nitric acid , another a white powder which has notyet been annlysed _. andth ; third had contained the laudanum swallowed by the duke iu the hope of putting an end ta his existence . Every means are now taken fo _preventa recurrence of theso attempts . The agents of the police never leave the room _wfcere the dulto is confined . He is still In a very dangerous state in consequence of the laudanum _. The Presse says : —
« By tho bWq of the duke was a pistol loaded with nail ; but no one knows for what object it was charged , or if he intended _usinj it against his wife . In this last hypothesis , ho did not dare to do so , on account of the noise of the report . Ho certainly _struek his wire with the _but-end , to finish her , as has been proved . When interrogated on tho point , ho replied that he desired to defend his wife against a murderer ; but on its beiug represented to him that thera was 11 a trace left of the flight of this mysterious murderer , he remained silent , and hid his head in his hands . Tho duke is _embarrassed to explain away the scratches whicii nrc perceptible on his right hand , as well aa the contusion on tho leg . It is geuorally believed that , as the duchess was able to ring , she was first struck in bed , during her sleep , but that it was after
sho had quitted the bed that the decisive blows were _2 ' ivcn . The hairs left in tbe hands of thc victim , or fallen in tho snuggle , were brought together by M Orflla , At first it was supposed that the hair in the _ducbeas ' s band , and those on the ground , fixed to the floor by the dried hlo _; id , wero of a different colour , but when M , Orfila had washed them , it was evident that they belonged to the same person and tho idea of diflorent persons beiug cngngod iu tin matter was laid aside . This hnir , besides , ib altogether similar to that of the husband . Some water tingod with blood w . is found in a basin . The interrogatory of the duko has as yet furnished nn information respecting the crime . lie declares that lie knows nothing of tha guilty party . The _Koverscss is of Italian origin , and belongs to a noble
family . Iter name is Ha Lw . xi ( _Ltmrc ) , and not Dj Luiy . She is still kopt apart nt the Concierge .-Ie . She allows that she wns much moved and annoyed at being obliged to quit tho duke ' s family , and _sepanted from the young ladtea _whosa education _shehad superintended , She explains in this way tho language of a letter written by her to the Duke do Prasllu , and _scizad amongst bis papers . What is cerlaiiiis _, tljat the duchess took offenceaf the intercourse subsisting between the governess and Wm , and without a high intervention would have demanded a regular separation . The duke , yielding to prudent advice , consented to iha _govuvnegs being Bent awBy ; and Hie ( _iuahefs , in acknowledgement of this concession , settled on ber a pension for life . It is said tlitt somo of tho roynl family interfered recently to reconcile the
iiuko and duchess . Thc King , the Queen , and particularly Madame _Adelaide , had a great affection for the duchess . The duke , who had been on intimate friend ofthe Duko of Orleans , wus intimate also with tho Duke de Xeraours , who invited him to all his hunting excur-. -ions . They thought the _duks ond duchess reconciled since Mddlo de _luzssi ' s departure . Marshal Ssbastiani , it ts said , inteuded to set out fov Corsica only when assured that his daughtev was _rseov . ciled to her husband The rumour prevails that letters have been seized at _IiuskVs whioh prove her intlu . nee over tho dnko nnd their illicit intercourse , it is difficult to suppose that she is not compromised in tbo dreadful charge hanging over tho duke . _It-iff _aUo _taid that a warrant was issued against another _distress of tho duke ' s , rosiding in the lluo de _Taraunes , but who na 9 not . foand at _herresidence . '
Id 1 ' atrlc gives the following as ' the probable facts ot the ease ;— " " ' ' During tbe mernnig of the IStb , the sagacity af the police- having on « dtfvniilned mn whom tiicU' bvjim
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_clons were to fall , they In a measure evoked tbe V _** lcal scene that had taken piaea between four and five 0 c , oCIt ' _< and , the apartment tm ' tug been examined , it is Ba P ' posed , from _the-. traccs of blood , the state of the fu » . _"' _- turo , and tho direction ' and shape of _thewounds , thatth tragical event was perpetrated as follows : — The _C-achess ' s bed-chamber was lit by a faint night-lamp . The murderer entered quietly , and , armed with a knife , ho reached the bed where thc Duchess was _lyiDg half asleep . Thefirst Wow was thus directed to tho neck of the victim , who instantly put her hinds to her neck . The murderer then repeated tho stroke , and the instrument Inflicted a wound on tho little finger of Madame de _Praslin's right hand , Ho'continued ; Madams de rr . _islin _sprang from her bed , half _faink ' ng , and at-. ..:... . _- ' - ..... _t .. i . u . trairlcal
tempted to seize tbe bell rope , which she could not at first reach , and two marks of a bloody hand are impressed on the _hangrlngf of the wall near the _bell-repe . At last sbe managed to ring the bell . Ths monster _tlitu , seeing that his blows had failed to proefsce immediate death , repeated them with saTago ferocity ; a struggle , hand to hand , took place between him and his unfortu nate wife , who was strong , and whose strength mast have been considerably increased by despair , aad the last thoughts of her father , her children , and of the life that she woald not rcadily . part with . She _ihruw down furniture to raako a noise , she opposed to the blows , when tho rufBan struck at hazard , several objects which bear
traces of the weapon ; and finally , overcome by such violent efforts , she slipped and fell in her blood _undtrtho lust blows of her murderer , whose weapon had broXcn in the straggle , end who despatched his victim by striking her with tke stock of a pistol . At this _mem * at , probably , a knock was beard at tbe door , and Madame de Praslin uttered the groan which preceded the rattles of death . When thu servants entered , the Duchess was no _longer able to _spcnk or make any _Bigns ; but her eyeit were still open , staring , and wild . She was conveyed to her bed ; but life was rapidly Binking , and the _consciousnssa of what was taking place about hor appeared to hare completely vanished .
The Duke de _Cboiseul-Praslin , whose Borne at this moment excites so _sad-u sensation , is the chief of th _>; third branch ofthe _ducalhouse of _Chobieul _, and the only member of it remaining—tho lust Duke do Choiseul of the second brancb , who died when governor of the Louvre , having left no male issue . Tbe Duke de _FrasliH waa borniu I 80 i , and is _eonsequently in his 4 gfd year , In lo 23 _\ he married _Fanay , daughter of _Horaca-S-ebastiant , now marshal of Franco , and of Antoinette _Frangaise Jeanne de Coigny , who- died young , and who was the cousin- of the _jeuiie captive immortalised by tbe poet
Andre _Ohenler , By tbiB-marriage there are lime children—via ., six daughters- and three 6 _ons , Bo is the owner of tbe chateau and grounds of Yaux , neai _< Meluu , where be is said to have _expended two _millione-of francs in repairs and _embellishmentBj . mtoring it to it » aiagnilicence in the time of its former owner , Fouqutt > The late duchess was cherished' by the poor of the environs of V ' _aur-, for her active asdexteneive _bencvolenae . She was born _> at Constantinople during the residence of her father _ia > that city as ambassador from the Start ot France .
She 'did the honours'' when- - her father , _Marshal Sebastian !; was ambassador to- the Court of London . Madame de Praslin was his only child , and the consolation of bis-old age ; She _was-the pride of her father ; by the qualitieo-which so eminently , distinguished ber , and by the virtues which made her' so highly respected ia the highest circles , whilst lies- charity caused heft © be blessed by the wretched _. By the laws- of France , _peers-canflnly be tried by 4 heir peers , _Theordiuauco convoking tbe Chamber for- tbat purpose , has been issued by the king , and all _tbe-j'reliminaries to a trial are in progress , The subjoined details of the attempt of the duke to commit suicide , the circumstances- connected with his removal to prison , & e „ will be read with interest , Thoy- are from the Chacltesdes _TribnueasiK
-It is not kuowH at what moment' and in what manner ho was able to make the attempt , but it appears that-by the side of : vphial , which contained nitric acid , there was found one wbioh contained tho- laudanum . As soon as the fir . it symptoms appeared , tbe most active measures were resorted to , and the strongest antidotes administered , and the most dangerous- _tft ' . _ots of the laudanum wore thus paralysed , withoutbeing completely neutralised . Frequent vomitings took place , and M . de Praslin-remained under the influence of a kind of stupor to which perhaps maybe attributed the silantand dejected attitude which be preserved when under examination by the magistrates . Tho remedies applied by the msdical men having somewhat restored _the-otretigth of tbe _Duke-de Praslin , it was thought that he might be _removgd from
his hotel . The royal ordonnance for convoVing the Court of Peers , having moreover reached Paris , Chancellor _Pa ? qu ' ier , in order to put an end-to a state of things which , although conformable to-former precedents of the court , was not the less equivocal , of a peer , not under arrest , but yet garde a vue , determined to issue * warrant for the removal of the duko . Oh Saturday morning at four o ' clock , one ef tho ushers of the _Chambsr of Peers repaired to the Hotel Sebastiani with his warrant ; he w . is accompanied by Dr Atidral _, physician to tha Chamber , who had several times during the last three days visited the duke , at the request of the Chancellor , to ascertain his State of health _. The usher having heea . introduced into the room whe ? e the Luke de Praslin . was in bed , Dr Andml , finding that thc _vomitings had ceased ,
and , although the patient was- still in a statu ot great prostration , he might bu remorcd without danger ., informed him ofthe warrant that hnd been _issued , and of th .- Court of Peers bavin ? been-convoked , The duke received ths communication without utteriag a word , but mado aa effort to sit up in his bed , as if to indicate that he was ready to obey tbe injunctious ofjustice . His valet having dressed him , he was supported down _stairs-by two persons- to . tho carriage ofthe Duke _Dicazes , which was in waiting , and _assiited into it . M . Elouin , chisf of the municipal police , Dr Andral , and the valet wtat in the carriage with tho duko . M . Ailnrd , chief of thepolice do snrete _, MM . Bruzelin and Fruy , commissar ' ws of police , tbe usher of the Chambc _? , and four of the agents who had been stationed in the hotel from the d : iy of the
murder , folluwed in two- other carriages . Tfcs carriages _yrosettded at a very slow pac > _-, in _consequence of thestate of tho duko . The streets along which they passed were _guarded by p _> Iice officers charged to prevent any obstacle or impediment , whilst a body of sergens de vilie , under ihe direction of an officer , followed at a certain distance . The passago from the Hotel Sebastiani tc- the Palace of the Luxembourg was made , in about an hour , following the quays and the streets , which were nearly deserted , or only peopled by _workman proceeding ta _tlu-ir daily labour , aad who perhaps little imagined that the carriages which passed in that slow aud solemn pace , were conveying to prison a duke nnd a peer accused of the crime of murder . At sii o ' clock the carriage stopped in the Rue de Vaugirard , before tho prison ofthe Court of Peers .
During the passage the duke , whoso countenance was violently contracted and of deadly paleness , had not _spokeu a _word . On being _tisk-iJ to alight , ho found himself so weak that it was _nrcess _.-iry to carry him to the chamber which had been prepared for Win , and which i ; tho same that was occupied by General Cubsiros and M . Pellapra . He was _immadiately put to bed hy his valet , who was permitted to remain with him for a short time . During Friday and Saturday Mademoiselle _deLuzy _, who is still detained at the Conclergerie , underwent further examinations hy the magistrates , during which she pretested with energy that no improper _connrction had existed between her and _th--s duko . It has been ervo
_ntously htated in soveral journals that she is an Englishwoman . She was born in Paris , and the name of Luay , which had induoed many _journals to consider her as ol nobie Corsican or Italian origin , appears not to bo her real , or at least not her only name . She is in reality called Laure _Desportos ; she is 29 years of age ; her appearance Is most elegant , her hair is light , aud full-. in graceful ringlets over her faco , adding to tbe expression of mildness ofber features , which are remarkably beautiful , Her cultivated mind , her character , her superiority as a governess , as a painter , und a musician , had , it is said , acquired for her while in the family of the Duke de Pruslin a confidential position , at the same time that she had won the _affection of the childron whose education
sbe superintended , During her dificrent examinations she has always replied with _perfect fraukness and con . vemmce . It appears tbat she is not to bo removed to the prison of the _Luxo-nbourg . It is said that tho medical men who have been appointed to report on the state of th' ; body of the unfortunate Duchess do Praslin have found nearly thirty wounds or contusions . The following precise details from tho Presse Agrieole , are written by o peraon evidently well acquainted with the localities , and contain some statements that are obviously c > njectural , and ninny additional facts : — On arriving at his hotel , tbe Duko de _Prasiiu went with his two daughters to pay a visit to Mademoiselle de Luzy , who complained bitterly of having been dismissed ; and » few daya before the catastrophe she read to the young ladies a letter , in which she stated her feelings of regret nt being separated from her dear children , as she called them .
Tbe duchess , on hearing of this visit of her husband with her daughters , expressed her high disapprobation . _Atcleven o'clock silence pervaded the hotel , and nothing interrupted it till half . pait four in the morning . Why did the author of the crime await the dawn 1 It is explained as follows :: —lt appears that every night a person employed to clean the apartments and keep them in order , a trustworthy person , sleeps ia one of the antechambers . A bell of large dimensions is in connection with this room , hrge enough to amuse the _whole . house if sounded . This min used toUavo the hotel every day at day-break . As soon as ho was gone the murderer eu . tered the apartraeat of the duchess .
Sbe was asleep ; the first stab wns aimed at the heart but tho blow missed nnd struck too low . The duchess immediately pulled tho bell . ropj , which sounded the bell in tho sleeping room of her / emme de _chanbre . The latter , perceiving that it was daylight , put on all her clothes-be . tore answering the summons . Moantime the murderer was completing the bloody deed . . Tho first movement of tho duchess was to rush towards n door which opens from her _aleore / into tho _othsr _apartmants ; that door wa % _probaWj fastened . Hartss of blood show the efforts made by thc duchess to burst it open . A little beyond thevo aro murks of blood on somo furniture . The duchess then , still avoiding the blows of the assassin , rushed towards tho chimney-piece , whore she pullod thu bell for her waiting woman , ns also the bell communicating with the _ante-chnmbor . The latter bell aroused oue of ths men servants , who , hastily slipping en some of Ids clothes , rushed towards the . sleeping room of thu _duchoss and heard her cries . Tho waiting , woman , every nigilt b * _fwfl _rtttriuj wrest , wed _tohaagup lb « U « y of the
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now nearly censed , and were repl ( _, ced hi , clO man servant then made for the garden ° an - h getting a view of tho assassins . He _-V *• O 1 he thought he _btbeld the . duke rctirL 0 ° _»« f , _-om the window , which he was about to _^ _vl n 0 V returned to tho bed room dour _wfc ° ' ? jwW ° y _& e _waiting woman . The 0 b » t . ei he _^ _imptdth ' 1 bit entrance before had been » Whl < * hu whom ? The chamber was in the ir _^ T _^ ' I The night J »> np had been removed to an L- 0 bs !! « ti t , leading te tl . e duke's apartment . _U ffa , ,, _^ ns ' % curing llghU tuat they discovered their m f „! * ° " pit , _tiese _weltering" her blood , i . hicli was " «' ? _% many wounds . Weir first impulse wa $ t ° _||» j g l into the yard , wDich brunght up the con ' , S another s « _rrant . The duke came last ; his fi / 6 « _sj „ _,., „ _. ,,-ni _rw _. t ns h 3 v > been reDortpii t .. .. Din ..
on the body ef his wife , on the contrary , i , fci _"' _"iiill most _ninguhrastoniohiDtiit . 'Bift how cou « _, i _tv ' _* " * _occurred ? ' he said ; ' it ia _iucrediblsi—i t i 3 horril ! ' _^ theB assisted the servants in raising tile bl _)^ ' If * duchess . Meantime _tbeservants had jivei _, iU f . _£ " _>« to justice , and a _musseflger was sent to infoiin c " U :, D ' _Tibureo Sebastiani of thu horrible cvtn _* _. the . *' was preparing _tonttund a _rerie-. vat the Ch amp _dfv' " he immediately threw off his regimentals , _is _^ _. _^ l , _proceed , * to the bote ! -, On bbholdini ; tlm i „ m , _^ remains of his niece the general . fainted , _nad vts , _^ time before he came _to-himsclf again . The dfJ _^ nuilned _appnrcntly unmoved . 7 ha first _atc > _^ tu iho police on arriving waff to _gu-. iril every j Mn ( _^ _ty the hotel , ond allow no oao to leave it , and to _tt- _^ how . tho assassins had effected an entrance . _Jfott * could be _discovired , _evurytlirag was closed as u _^ i ac' _» Allard , * n _experienced _pollctr officer , declared at that thc blows were not given-by the _exp-rltucei ij _" _asaassin _inaoeu _ivir
jofan ordinary . _Apistoi _^ ball- found on the floor , with fragments of 3 _ash adh _^ _fe . _? the but-end ; tbo- duke acknowlfedged the pistol t o _^ hi 9 , and that hehad brought it when he heard tlle J * of the duchess—but the fragments of fo & _indued £ officer to _cross-quesJiori the _dufce .- He first app ! o 2 _t' ! idod at being questioned , hut without asserting _( , u innocence . He had on gloves : he-was _toltfto t » ketfc _« . off- ' and the skin on his left band was coiuiderabl _yj _^ cernted . The thumb bore the ma _? _ks of _tee-ih ; h 6 Bl > _told-to-undress , and his thigh bore the mark as jf _^ the violent pressure ofa hand ; there- were also mM _^ upon- bis legs , which- anight havo been caused br stumbling against the- furniture . On _cxamim ,, _™ d
apartment , some smouldering ashes were _discuvereij _, j > which _tbfr silver cba 6 _inga-of a dagter hiit and _parto ( handkerchief were found . There were also soineartic |{ J still wet from being recently _washed .. The _foUairiikt fact baa-not yet appeared in any journal : —When- strip ? ping , a cord , such as is used to suspend powder l , on « round the nack , iell from under his _waisteoat i it had a noose at' the end . On beiug questioned , be said bj could not say why he carried it on his person , and _hiding his face _in-bis-hands , exclaimed , ' I cannot surel y de ciare I havo-killedmy wife : '' £ > : i examiaing the room , it was fouad- that the handle of . the door ia the alcove was _unscrewed . It was by ttiia- door that the d uehess ea « _rfeavoursd- to escape . The procurcur a : once placed him in charge of a garde de _aarete .
Up to Friday but twomtruments connected with _thacrime had been discovered , the pist & lflnd the cord . Thaknife with which _themuny stabs had been _inBictedhai . not been discovered . Ia a _ihsawer , however , of a desk which had _^ seaped observation , _adaggerhas been brought to light . Tie blade had _bsen recently wuohed _, but thera were blood-spots on the hilt . It h still to bj ascertained if the blade fits tho wounds of theTictim . The _lollowinjaffecting account ia _^ _iven of the maansr in which the Duehess Dowager de I _' raslin , who isnearl y blind , has been made acquaiuttd with the death of hte daughter-in-law , . whom she loved most tenderly . _Shewaj
at first informed tbat herunfertuuato daughter bad beea murdered by robbers . Upon- tbis she desired that her son might ooine to her , and they .-would mourn-together , Expressing her extreme surprise that he did not coma to her , it became necessary' to make her gradually and cau . tiously acquainted with the truth ,. Upon this she sunk into a state of- complete despair ; At the time of the marriage of tho Duke of Praslin be was 21 years of age , and Mile _Sebastiani only 18 . Her hand had becH pro . _mised to tha Duke ef _Pitzjausee , but a diff . ren & _i upon questions of _interest unfortunately put a stop to a uaios which in all respects was most desirable . We read-in another journal : _*—
• Of the nine childron of the unfortunate . Duchess de Praslin , the eldest daughter is . alone married , _Shsis the wife of-a rich _Fiedmoutcae gentleman , with whoa she lives usually nt Turin . Hie second daughter , aged 18 , set out on the day of the murder to meet her grand _, father , the marshal . The four others huvo been takea to tbeir grandmother , Madame de Praslin . They ara ignorant of _> the crime imputed to their father . M . Ed . gard de Praalln , brother to the prisoner , was , when ths murder tookiplace , at the Chateau de Praslin , which ha _» remained tbe property of the eldest sou of the famil y , and where-he this summer _oacupied a _pnvilion , lie has conducted there the three song of the accused . JIdlla Sebastiani had brought to her _hnsband in marriage up . wards of 100 , 000 f a-year , from the mother ' s side . Sha
afterwards obtained as much moro by tbe death of aa aunt , M .. de Praslin , on his side , possessed about as great a fortuue . They fiad . in addition to expect all the fortune of Marshal Sebastiani and of _Sencral _Titurcs Sebastian . , tho uncle , who has no children , and their share of the fortune of the Dowager Duchess de Praslia . The body of the Duchess of Praslin was deposited at six o'clock on Sunday morning , in the vaults of the Madeleine , her parish church . It was accompanied by her uncles , thc Duke of Coigni and _Ganeral Sebastiani , and two-other members ef her family . Mass was afterwards celebrated . Tho mortal remains of the _Duclusi are to be interred after thearrivalofMarshal _SebiStiani , who had left Geneva for Nice before receiving the at . count ot the death of his daughter . It is not expected that the trial of tha Duke de Praslin will take place for about a month .
Mkiweh At L.Iiiiu Heaton.—-A Sbockias Mu...
_Mkiweh at l . _iiiiu Heaton . — -A _sbockias murder baa . been perpetrated in the township of _Littla Heaton , near _Boitou . The victim is a woman considerably past the meridian of life , tbe baud ivhicls d ' . alt the fatal blow being that of her husbind , Robest Pilkiugton . Far more than ten . years they bad lived apart from eich other , in consequence , ' it is alleged , of bis brutality towards her . She kept house for her sen , Jotn _Pilkington , farmer , wbo 13 unmarried , and occupies a bouse and land called Langsbaw Fold Farm . The murderer was formerly a farmer , but , through his intemperate habi ; s , has been , I ' or some time past , compelled to earn his Jiving as a labourer UDon tbe neighbouring Janus or quarries . Thc prisoner went to the house iu question
about seven o clock m tbe evening , but it would appear that he was by no means a welcome visitor , since the door waa barred ag & init him . Thcw were in tbe house , bis wife , hi 3 Son William , _ayouugnian ( who also lived on the farm ) , and an Irish servant uirl , named Bridget DeMi , about twenty years old . Pilkington said be merely wished to light bis pipe , and on promising his sou to go out again as soon as ho had lighted it , he was admitted ; bat o « ce in the _h-Jiiae , he refused to leave it , and sat liiin-el ? down by thc fire . The mi ! k sold from the farm is taken round in contrary directions by tbe son , William Pi ! - kington , and tbe srevaiifc girl . It was time to take it , nnd William set off with bis , but the girl , as _K apprehensive of something occurring , and unwilling
to leave tbe man and h ' u wile togotber , persuaded the latter to go with her ; she consented , and went . They returned to the buuse first , ami found the elder Pilkington still sitting by the fire , as tbey bad left huu , and alone . The unfortunate woman bail taken off her bonnet on returning from _taking the milk round , when ber _hu-bat . d asked her if she were . soing to be master . To which sbe answered in the _alfirm * ative , adding that John { her son ) bad left her in charge of tbe house . Immediately on this ho seized a small crow-bar , and struck the unfortunate woman to thc ground with two fearful blows upon the bead . TImj givl _intefffeveA anA allempteA to take the weapon away from him , b-. it as if he had not done enough mischief , lie wrested it from ber and struck her too a blow on tbe bead ' ,- fortunately , it appears , without producing any serious injury , Dreadfully alarmedi
she at length rushed out of tbo house towards those ofthe nearest neighbours , some tew hundred yards ' distance , and roused their attentiun by ber screams for help , and telling tliem that ' Robert had killed the old woman . ' Several of the neighbours ran immediately to the spot , and found tho poor creaturo on the floor , speechless , senseless , and evidently dying . She was lifted up by the _neighbours , and means were adopted for her restoration , but without the slightest avail ; alio yielded her last breath in a tew minutes after they entered . Thc perpetrator of tlio murderous act was arrested in little move than au hour from the commission of the murder . When accused ot the crime by the , _ollicer , ho merely said that _saving so did not wake it so . He was bought up on Monday , ou the charge of assaulting tho girl » tho first placo , and committed to Kirkdale .
LxmsiVE Fiub . —A most destructive ike occurred on tbo premises belonging to Mr _J-. _W-. dkcr , organ builder , Francis-street , ' Tottenham Courtroad , on Monday mornrag . The manufactory at » the timber _stored occupied an area ef ground considerably moie than an acre , and thera was a larS 0 stock of _orgaas on tho premises . Ia one _coflPP " mont ; of the premises there wns a single organ , juss completed , and to bo seat to Ireland , almost as large as that at Exeter Hall , valued at £ 1 , 000 , which was entirely destroyed . In the open spaeo between the front shop and tho back factory wero piles of mahoganv and other valuable woods , aud owing to theic ' _cnntieuity tothe _fittinc-un rooms , thc casting _jouses
and metal shops , not more than live minute . i _elapstu after the discovery was made before cvevy buildu' & and all tliey contained , except the front warehouse , became wrapped in one immense sheet of _fl-mie . la the several workshops were upwards of fifty "r _^? J 3 of various sizes , all of wiueh were destroyed . ln 8 stock in trado alone . destroyed has worth from £ 10 , 000 to £ 12 , 000 , and with tho buildings that have been levelled with the _ground , aad the vaho of tj men's working tools , the wuole damage _cann _& t _«« less than £ 20 , 000 . Upwards of fifty workmen bare been thrown out of eniplovnicnt , and have lost their _to'ils . Many of tha neighbouring hemes were mucu _injured
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28081847/page/6/
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