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to se se vain gownwa. Bias then the duke took a tier it hie km but be ems diessensated with him. and anima hint at the end et ewe stseelm. He thee *sod se et his ens with • pisheree etdit the College liesben, X. . possikwhe tesh bis be est s% wed subsequently • *est Se smut et ble ens with tin sente prober. l I estimusi eleseri with the simetios et the One diet beglame eat the little boy. The throe younger daeghten wow is the Consist du Bums Cour, for the duke hentit perceived that it was imporible ay eadnihin • prayer hems, between a governess mid en ;;WiTgerventii. - What was the name of this under governess f —At first there era Mdlle. Belloyer, who remained about six months, an d afterwards Maitre Louse who remained about a year. It is impossible for me to tell you what has become of these young ladies. How long is it since theme under governesses quitted the house of the Duke de Prealin I—About three years. The information which we have already received has ap prised us that fora long period you have had to reproach your self with grave injuries which you have done towards the. Duchess de Prealin. You had not for her that regard and deference which you ought to have had ; and have you not sought to alienate from her the affection of her hus band and that of her children ?—No, air ; never, never. When I entered into the house of the Due de Praa lie things were already on a very bad footing. The duke wished alone to direct the education of his chil dren, and madame the duchess herself stated this to me. I had on this point a long conversation with her, in which she told me that it would be to the duke only that 1 should hove to render an account. The duke also said as much to me, and that they had already had three or four successive governesses, with whom the Duchess de Praslin had not been able to agree. M. de Fresno told me that I should eat alone with the children; that I should live alone with them in a portion of the hotel ; and that they might only see their mother. I answered to the duke that it was impossible for me to agree to those propositions and that I could not engage myself. It was then agreed that we should cat with the parents, but that the children should remain under my tutelage and wider my exclusive direc tion. The former governess, whom I replaced, and who remained in the house, crested towards me difficulties of every description, and above all with respect to the duchess and she is one of those who since that time have pretended that I alienated the feelings of the children from their mother. Some time after my engagement I went to the Chateau de Vandreuil alone with the Duchess de Praslin. She then wished to take part in the lessons and in the direc tion of the studies of her eight children. The results were not happy, and, when the Duke de Prsalin knew of it, be was very diecontented ; he expressed his dissatisfaction to the duchess, who abetsined from being present for the future. We then established ourselves at Chistean de Pres lin, where, with the exception of the meals, we lived com pletely apart. I never sought, in this extraordinary pad lion, to alienate the children from their mother. But there existed between the duke sad duchess relations which it eras not in my power to put an end to. I, perhaps, was very wrong in accepting such a position, but I never voluntarily sought to injure Madame de Praslin. If sometimes I have =awned her with vivacity, it is because I have been wounded myself in a cruel manner. What were the motives of dissension of which you speak, and which existed between the Duke and Duchess de Pres ?—lt was the desire on the part of Madame the Duchess de Praslin to domineer over her children, and, above all, over her husband ; and on the part of M. de Praslin • de cided resistance, but accompanied by much moderation. Might not your intimacy in the family inspire the Duchess de Pradin with sentiments of jealousy unhappily too well founded I—Sometimes the Duchess de Prulin has expressed with regard to me sentiments of jealousy which had not the least foundation in the world. Under other circum stances her conduct was perfectly agreeable, without being affected, and it was of a nature to make. me forget her in justice. I had no fortune, no friend in Paris, and I wished to preserve the position which I held with so much more re signation as the duke bad told me that he would give me a pension if I kid the essrege—those were the expressions which he used—to OW& die education of his three eldest daughters, notwithellemding the degree of disgust which the circumstances attending this education might occasion me. The pension of which you speak was a part of the first ar rangement entered into between you and the Due de Pras lin ?—No, sir; there had been no other question but the ars 2llal Did the 1 uke fix the amount of this pension ?—No, sir ; bat I always calculated that it would he a pension of 500 f. ibr each of his daughters, or 1,5001. (or the three eldest ; and I believed that such were his formal intentions, after the con versations which we had together on this subject. It is certain, above all, that during the last few months, the Duchess de Pnalin conceived towards you a very lively • jealousy, and that she doubted no longer of the intimate re ligion' which she had supposed existed between you and her husband ?—No, air, never ! The Duchess de Predin never expressed to me such opinions ; she his been able to express them of others. It is about two years since I went with the Due de Praslin and his daughter to one of the proper ties of Marshal Sebastiani, in Corsica, when there ap radin • journal • calumnious article, importing that had re eloped with the Due de Paulin. When this article come to my knowledge I wished instantly to quit the house. Marshal Stbastiani, the father of the duchess, was the first to oppose this; he told me that to form a determination of this kind at such a moment would give force to the rumours, which would fall of themselves, since they were not founded in truth. Madame de Paulin then menifeeted towards me much coldness and repulsion on the subject of my detesmi nation to leave but since, these feelings had been much weakened, for I found, above all, for a year that she was full of benevolence with regard to me. I was then pea reedy thun derstruck when, about two months ago, the Abbe (dullard said to me that my presence was a cause of trouble in the house, and that I could not remain. We have before um aletter (printed below) without date and without signature, and which appears ton to have been ad dressed to you at a comparatively recent period by the Duchess de Praha, in which she said to you, if it is forbidden us to retire to rest without being reconciled with our neighbour, it seemed to her that the return of • new year was • stronger raison to put an end to all dimensions and to forget past griefs. She said that she heartily tender ed to you her hand, and demanded forgetfulness of the past on your part, as she intended it en her part, so that you might live for the Ware on a good understanding with her. At this period of New Year's.day did them exist between you any subjects of eenpleint I—That letter was not written to me in the month ef Jemmy last, but in the month of January, 1846. She ratite me than, with a bracelet, which she gave to ins for . a asw year's gift. Prerrioualv to this period, and without mg Irwin leor say subject of complaint, Madame de Paella badimsdhslid toward. me great coolness ; on the sintrary, thabg tbs amass of lam winter the acted much . bedew lama* ion Runyan., that she went to the theatre vfithb densieses She proposed to me to take a seat in her tok and swig teas that she went to a pleasure party with bardineamsdrolilmid to takes. with them. I had almost V=to midi= to you, that in the preceding winter she I times Isioon up projects for marrying her des h . sad dishiggotilici to exert myself to make M. de Pr in • air into her view.: but I have always declared to her, =I .11ht aintrary, that peohits of marriage in families were *hp too &Hods karma la ray mamma to mix myself up vrlth dims ham min in tide angeree'which I believe to love hen 'lroise% a pretest to paspdaste myself in the hams in throwing hapsdhasnle in the way of suitable mar ' *gee, for it was umienbad that I alisaM quit the house A rhea the three ALM Inaghters wen established. Oa what day did yea quit the house of the Due de Podia I—On Stoke night, the 18th of July last, at the =when ell the hunfty were about to depart for the de Praolin. Shea rue departuse from that house have you not eon limed teems the Due de Praslin I—Since my leaving the Doc diPtaillo's I have seen him but three timer. The first time viable daughter Bertha and his son Raynald. These two ehildrea were brought to me by a female servant of the Marshal (Sebastian) to the apartment where I then resided. I went with them to a dentist, where both had to un dergo some operations. The duke then joined us, and I ac companied them in 'coach to the terminus of the railroad le Corbeille. As we bad some time to spare we seated oar selves, and afterwards promenaded in the garde d the Luxembourg. It was the duke who made the progasidea, aid he said to me that by this means I might me the adieu be some tints longer. It is impossible for me to th with precision the date of this first visit. Sines this the debt called a second time at she piles where I was idipping Tuesday, sight days ego (10th August). He did est demo' up because, as Ueda to me, he was act in a desist molos to present Miner he Madame Lims and he wilted to make his foot Alt te bar with kb sOws. Hs saasmand Mme a visit Ow Toioday lout, th. HS it this .math. H. the spoke to se of the pewee of the eierdies of hie which did net pen oserdieg M hie ideal. Ile in, het ireetht to me his dow and his little boy Moan half-past eight owl a ds=. Madame Lernaire, .with whom he dim eenvemed Ike Os drat time, made Items to hie bee Wooden of rid no a impeder elbeition in bee baire; bed dr fan te him that, is mow epees of the ono= width hod bees weed on %sett ees; it was indbipeneie d Set MIMI the helium who her a kat!. Maid* the ~ass thou. It wee Ira motel that as /lool: 1 ; 1 1=t losseat myself to the dimban, to seek *on her this leder, awl this Tilt was to ham tubetLiem at two o'clock in the Amason The duke and bit anima then quitted me at drat tea o'clock. Whim did you psis the Add of the 17th.18th of August ? —I _paled it in my bohibamber, being a portion of the eibbisnd of Klee. Deis. Did soy Mho ease= beldam pm sleep in that chamber ?I .—No, do, bat I vas semeamisil by neighbours who could aim Rio least melee eft the kese neereeeent that I made. At what o'clock did leap to hid on the night of the 17th of August —At liefest. Daring that Mine kg yes es, interview with M. de Perlin alone, sad sot In potence of his children or of Mae. Lembo ?—No, sir. How far did you sassompsay the Due de Praslin and his duldren ?—I went with them to the door of the house. How was you spprised of the horrible event whisk was ars alied in the house of the Due de Praslia ea the eight de, 7-Wednesday, or rather yeemedity madam W. l ima Wiped four sad dm o'clock i—l tsai togoinii of it !IT /I. may, premier of literature to these yousi bass, wee sent his servant at eight o'clock yelerlialy tie wiseskti to hotel. He mate himself with his wits an anneeMelP 10 Si, and they took me with thins to their roddeme, lee le la Feriae des Matinedin. 11, mime I pond the day lota eight o'clock, when ea woe of the pelts one to Ink am. at web did you quit the estaidishmont of Madame Lemaire a moment, and without miss where y ou went 1— and Madame Remy saw m• so much troubled, that they did not wish to leave me alma at such a moment. wished me to go home with them, where I remained 8 o'clock, the period when they came to seek me. I 'al given the address of X. Remy to Madame Lambe, THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1847. who indicated it to the agent' of the polio. lam ignorant why the pollee vests remained at Madams Len:mire's door, without coming to cot at* when they were certain to "t me. . . . You have to understand that very grave indications se cumulate to justify the ateturtions against the Duke de Pullin of having murdered hie wife I—Oh, no, no, gentle men, tell me that this is not so. It is impossible. He—ha — who could not bear to see one of his children suffer. No— tell me not that they ere serious Tell me that it is a sus , picion which will not justify itself. No, no. It is harem- sible. (Falling on her knew and joining her hands). Oh, tell me this, sir, I pray you I My God ! you say that to me which 1 cannot believe. My 0011ftialle• tells me that it is not the truth. But if it is a fact, great God, it is I who would become culpable—l, who loved so much his children— I who adored them—l have been criminal—l have not known how to resign myself to my lot. I have written letters to them—letter which you may see. I said that I could no more live, that I found myself in the presence of misery ; for I MI a poor abandoned creature, without other resources than an old grandfather, who is severe, and who has threatened to deprive me of the little which he put by for me. I wee frightened at the future lot which might befall me. Oh, how, how wrong I have been ! I should have said to them that I could have adapted myself to my situation—that I °kid be happy in my little chamber, end that they should forget me and love their mother. When I quitted the house I Ins driven to such despair that I wished to die. I had a phial of laudanum—they unhappily recalled me to life, and life is very sad for me. I had been during six years in that house so happy in the middle of these children, who loved me, and whom I loved more than life—life wee insupportable to me without them, and I have said it—it is my cre—it is I who am culpable. State it, sir. Write it. He will have demanded this unhappy letter —she refused it, and then ! Oh, it is I who am guilty ; Write it, sir. Such a state of excitement cannot apparently belong to sentiments which can exist between these children and you. Is it to these children, and to these children only, that you addressed the letters of despair of which you have spoken ? Yes, sir, the excitement may belong to all these sentiments. Do you not understand that I—And then I should not like to reply, that finding Id. de Praslin wan so kind and generous towards me, a deep feeling of affection for the father was added to the affection which I felt for the children; but, never, never, did I carry into that house either trouble or adultery. I would not have done so on any account, from respect for the children. I believe that I should have con taminated my daughters if I had embraced them after I had become thus culpable. Is it that you cannot comprehend that we can love honour ably —I feel that I have done wrong in making use of the words my daughters ( ass which I did not employ ; when I wrote to them I to say " wee enfans" sometimes in speaking to all this little body. This sentiment of tenderness was then shared by Id. Praslin 2—Ne. M. de Freebie had for me no excitement of 1 . . . tenderiser—but the children were then in in-health—the mother treated them roughly. But if we are led to dunk that M. de Pratlin is the author of the crime, can we ever he made to believe that he com mitted it to protect his children against the bad treatment of their mother?—No, sir, that would not be the motive; what excited him, what carried him beyond himself, was the fear of a process of separation, with which the duchess mu with out ceasing menacing him. He saw in that a great misfor tune for his children ; the ruin of their fortune; and he was disposed to do all that was possible to avoid it. He had been informed of this process by M. Bleat, notarT, who also informed me of it. The Abbi Gallard also mentioned it to me, and the Duke de Prealin prayed me to submit to everything from madame, which I promised to him, and I would have made every sacrifice. When what ha since taken place occurred I had not the courage to meet it, and I demanded that unhappy letter which must have ruined all, because Mme. Lemaire did not find the letter of the 19th sufficient, which you ought to have among the papers seised at my residence. _ . . We are very far, then, from the result of the first answers ma to the nature of the sentiment which alienated you from Madame Friuli's. It is no longer jealous suspicion■, disci. pated as quickly as they arise, and which would have left behind them no resentment. On the contrary, it touches on the most earious troubles which can be carried into a resi dence, since from it was to result a project of judicial sepa ration. Your departure was not the result of a first mani festation of jealousy. Yon were sustained by the husband against the wife, and it was necessary to call for the inter vention of the marshal.—These resentments were manifested hot at the last moment, and I was ignorant es to the degree of weight to attach to them. M. de Praslin never manifisted towards me any feeling other than friendship and esteem, and I protest, to use the word, that he has never been my lover. However, you have quitted the house a month ; during that interval lettere have passed which you acknowledged that you bad the culpability of writing. In this interval, too, are to be placed several visits which M. de Praslin made to you—three, at least. Yesterday evening you were invited to present yourself at the house, to demand a letter from the duchess, and it was yesterday morning that the duchess perished by useasination.—l can only persist in my preceding answers. Nothing criminal had passed between M. de Nadia and myself, and for the future there was no project of anything criminal. Should Madame de Praslin naturally have died, and M. de Praslin have offered ' me his hand, for the interests of his children I would never have consented to a sismalliance of which the conse quences would have fallen on them. No more should I have had an idea Many other connexion. If M. de Praelin had loved me, 1 might have sacrificed my reputation—my life ; but I should not have wished it would wet a hair of her head to his wife. I say the truth. You ought to believe me, gentlemen. Is there not in nature an accent which carries with it conviction? You ought to feel it. No, never, 110 TOT. The four of letters which are now shown to you, are they in your handwriting —n, One of these letters presents a phrase the meaning of which is not determined. It is that which commences thus : " You do not speak to me of your father. I hope that he is well, and continues to have courage. It seems to me that I should be loss unhappy if I were sure of suffering." . . Will you finish your thought there ?—lt is probable that I wished to terminate that phrase by the " seule;" or by the words "pour VOUS WWI." I stopped, but I cannot tell why. I, perhaps, may have thought that it was better that I should not speak to these young ladies of their father.—You were right in that feeling, but precisely because the letter contains the express= of a sentiment of which the daughters ought not to be the confidante—That sentiment was, perhaps, but an affection expressed in a more lively manner than was felt, but which had nothing but honour with it. It was the result of six yean of living in common. Mlle. de Imasi's second examination took place before the Court of Peers. Having stated that the governesses who preceded her had informed her that differences frequently existed between the duke and duchess, and cautioned her to use the utmost circumspection, Did you observe this circumspection ?—During a long time there was no necessity for it, far I lived with the children apart in the house. I observed nothing. At what time did any change in this mode of li fe take place I—When the children began to grow up. The father had much more intercourse with them, and of course, and necessarily, with me, because I was always with them. Madame de Prashn kept herself aloof, because she went much into society in Pans, and lived with her father; and In the country she kept very much to herself in her own apartment. She even had her meals served apart fre quently. I suppose that resulted from some circumstances between herself and H. de Preslin with which I am un- acquainted. Did you not endeavour, however, aa it teemed to be your duty to do, to being the children and their mother u much urpoesible together in heart and spirit ?—I frequently endeavoured to come to an anderetending with lime. de Praslin oa this eallget, bet she vend never acquaint me with her intentions her children. She told me serumflos that she did net approve - of the illegetleas given by M. de Praidin u to their seedier sod edneatien_ but she had =Nto leave to him entirely the hinnies of the chit ull their obseetion was Ishisal. She never put a podia to as with mph to do angel or intense- Nal siellibelken of say au of ler hgepters. Bhe weer pee nee the highted netweliete gensandeg then wpm any golden vlsaarrer, weep it night be spa the letele of their tailetla libe newt Moil to attract ler Mew to bee; ale wry rarely spine to them. Whom we were slow the conversation between her and myself generally tweed upon penises of litera ture, in which the children, from their we and the state of their ethsenies, newsmen weld tabs Themesavenatine hihrued the gni mere = wises to be lime with me, who ghoul swell mace Weft 'Mhedge with thew They wow mash afraid of their other, bag they were always subseigive and respectful to her. Did =et perceive mere than ease that this situation of the with reopen to her shiktren—this almost goughte Wham hew annything flat Neseerned them was WO/ se beg and was a subject of difference between liesudf soh he Paulin ?—i believe, on the con. Mary, in my seal end consignee, that Madame de Poulin, much note poweepied at this period with her feelings for her bed than by those inspired for her young children, when she hardly saw, avoided their company when their Meer was present, in order that she might be with him, and voluntarily kept apart from her children when he was not there, in order to arm herself against him in the reproaches which she addressed to him upon the manner in which he managed their household. In the beginning, Mdme. de Prulin did not wish, when in the , to join the family when they went out. Altrwardsed. When M. de Poulin played with the *Wren, and save short !answers to the questions which she hoonently addressed to him to attract his Wenn% the loblinalty left the room, evincing in a somas tine @eggnog_ her Jeanne irritation at the alleatiou wilikehe 'Wive per to M. de Podia csis ll : 4 le Mr. The &hires quickly weaned this, and ow n sort of imbeds& spinet their gather. They , with the bosom! nage el children, to brave the , by =Wham AM new adhedea for their tabor, by being _ftergantly sheet him—while I, ohe„ the real Wisslist which this sort of strife upon the children, had not the power of pre via/1w the mule More recently, the excessive un hinges with which my pupils inspired me prevented my being completely impartial in these questions which arose every day, and I could not attempt to bring beck to Madams de Probst those whom she had voluntanly, or at least im prudamtly, alienated. In what you have been saying, you evidently endeavour to throw the whole blame upon Madame de Fatalist; but surely the de le calamity which has terminated her life ought to er you more circumspect in your judgment of her. From the way in which you speak, there ia reason to inspect that you did not do what you were bound to do, to pet an end to a state of things so deplorable, and to bring back to the mother the affections of karchadres,upon width I she had so many claims—of those children over whom yen exercised an alma* ambits control. The evidence of that control is given under their hand, and under your ewe. There is reason to believe, then, that you have been far from con ducting younelf, under these unhappy cireumgenote, as you ought to have done.—l wish, above all things, that no one should accuse me of want of respect for the memory of Madame de Prulin ; but you demand the truth of me, and I wish to tell you the whole truth. Ido not blame her heart or her sentiments, but her character, at times Irritable and difficult, which rendered her incapable of bringing up so many children, differing so completely in age, intelligence, and character. She wanted altogether that abandon ment in her tenderness for them—that ease which gains that heart of youth. Irritable in little things, when there was necessity for indulgence; me showed herself, on the other band, as if in compensation for this fruitless rigour, too weak when circumstances would have required the seve rity of a mother. These were the reasons that induced M. de Praslin to insist on an education completely apart; but, unhappily, his apathetic habits, and the pleasure which he found in the society of his daughters, induced him to relax, little by little, so fares he was concerned, in this anent of separation. This irritated Madame de Praslin, for hitherto the submitted, without any apparent difficulty, to the esta blished order of things. From the time deny entrance into the house, she told me that things would go on so, and that she should abstain from interference until her daughters came out. It would appear from what you say that the whole of the authority which Madame de Pnslin had lost over her chil dren, you had acquired. It wee your duty to have pre vented such a result, which involves you in a great meager* in the lamentable consequences which have followed.—l hare never said, " I shall wean from this mother the affections of her children, and engross them myself." But I loved them, and devoted myself to them. Their plea sures were my pleasures—their troubles my troubles For see years, night and day, I watched over them. These children loved me with all the ardour of their age ; and I felt foe them all the affection which one can feel at mine. I was without family—without friends. All my sentiments were concentrated upon duties that were at ones may and agreeable. Did there not come • nuthent when you perceived that you were a cause of dissension between M. and Madame de Praslin ; and did you do what was in your power to put an end to such a state of things I—As to that, I at first thought it a matter of very little consequence, on amount of the facility with which I sew Madame de Prattle receiving the same impressions with respect to others who came in con tact with her husband. More lately, when these einem stances appeared, I had a clear and straightforward ex planation with her. She then seemed to regard this sus ceptibility Si a great excess of amour propre on my part, looking to the secondary position which I occupied, both with respect to her aad M. de Praslin. Hurt at finding myself rebuffed in a course which I believed honourable, I refrained from recurring to the subject. As to the children, I say again, could not a mother win them back had she been to disposed ? In your answers to the questions put to you, the whole blame is thrown upon the Duchess de Preslin. It is very distressing to hear such language from your mouth, partieu. luly to these who have heard the letters which have been read, and who are aware of the provision of a pension made to you as the reward of your services in her family.—You have questioned me upon the coons pursued in the educe tion of the children of M. de Prulin. I have endeavoured to make my explanations as clear as possible. As to that ' which is personal to myself, the conduct of Madame de Prulin has been towards me, as it has been towards those whom she knew, and even whom she loved beet, very I unequal, and often incomprehensible. I have often had much to endure in my wooer propre, in all my ' feelings. At other times I have been treated by her with interest and affection. Frequently, an hour after she had bitterly reproached me with the influence which I exercised in her family, she would send for me to avail herself of that very influence in forwarding some design or desire which she entertained. Often after some cruel injury, she would make me a rich present, and even in the last days of my so journ in the house, when, having refused to meet me at table, I appeared in the eyes of the whole house to have been rather dismissed than honourably parted with, Modems de Praslin having met me by chance, suddenly manifested the greatest kindness, OA in the most amicable time, and even sent me some books to distract my attention. This is only an additional proof of her kindness ?—Bat such kindness is itself only a proof that her displeasure re rutted from the irritation of a character of which she was not mistress, rather than front what she believed to be serious fade. This irritation of character was, alas ! but too well founded; and did you not, by your letters to he de Prolix and his children alter leaving the house, endeavour to keep it alive 1-0 h ! I most solemnly assure you that in these letters was neither act nor design. I was overwhelmed with grief, and expressed my despair with too much warmth and impetuosity. Now, indeed, I reproach myself with that. After some further observations, the Chancellor observed, at the end of every answer you utter &reproach on Madame de Praalin.—Mdlle. de Luesi, weeping, replied : I wish I could not have said that which I have been obliged to say. She is dead. I wish I could purchase her life at the price of my own—yes, at the price of my own : not only at the price of my own life, but of the most horrible tortures. Who has witnessed, as I hays, during six years, every fold of her existence, every minute detail of her life? Who' can appreciate, as I can, the extraordinary ineompethen- Fable versatility which enabled Madame de Pullin = Isom wrath to gaiety, from disdain to gentleness, from nee to kindness? I assure you that I feel my part moat die tresping. Oh! never, except before you—never would I have proffered other words than those of respect, of veneration, and of regret. I tun not defending myself; lam only en deavouring to answer clearly. After your departure from the house of M. de Praslin, how often did you see him and his children ?—Three times. Once with his second daughter and his youngest son. The second time he was alone. He inquired for me at the gate. The third time was last Tuesday, with his three daughters end hie youngest son. When he came to you alone, were you long together ? Three quieten of an hour. He asked me to get Into his carriage with him, because he wanted to speak to me. What was the subject of your conversation ?—lt respected the education of his third daughter. At the last interview which you had with him and his' children what occurred I—When they arrived, the children were at first very much moved. TIM mad embracing passed between us. I subsequently told K. Podia that Madame Lemaire was anxious to give me employment, but in come quence of some rumours wished to have a letter of recom mendation from Madame de Praslin. [The witness rhea recounted :the conversation, which has been already pub lished on this subject, and continued.) de "'mai quitted me some moments after. Our last words being, To-merrow, to-morrow," for we were all to have met at 12 o'clock on the following day, and it was agreed that I should make some conciliatory and deferential approach to Madame de Praslin. When M. de Paulin quitted you, did you remark any particular excitement in his manner ?—No ; he • calm. Have you ever heard out of the mouth of M. de Praslin anything that would lead you to think that ha meditated such desperate extremities I—By everything I hold most sacred in the world, never, n . Ido not know If lam permitted to detail some facts which I aloes know, and which prove that the violence was not on the die of M. de Prentiss. I have frequently heard Madame de Paths *tastes to put an end to her days. Onoe at Vaudintll aba valsopisd to de so, and, in disarming her, M. de Pisgah' rsesirsd a wound in the hand ; another time at Dieppe, at du end of an explanation between honed and her husband, of whisk I was not witness, but which I and the Whim overheard in the chamber in which we were, she nobsd into tbs anet, threatening to throw herself into the sewed by thaistesnao inconsistency of character, which I ha= alnitilig stialsed, M. de Praslin found her at midnight In • rhea inaldng oes =, chases, and perfectly calm. Always upon thaw multiplied as they were, IC de Pras was aim, impassible, and full of sweetness. After some further evidence with ~spat to a contem plated separation between K. sad Madams de Praslin, and the cinnunstaness immediately annseelei with hie leaving the house, the examination of Mailsimeingis do Land t or minatod. EXAMINATION or Allot/ern Chsaareirrrus, VALI? MI CIIAMBRN TO TEI Dons DX PlAWIT—Thin WEIMMIMILISM that he entered the service of the duke on the 4th of Jan. last, and that he bed not been long in It helve he=iv a al l in ea with the other servants, that the . duel= did not? e ve s Z . lly together. The latter, es It ap =►kiln her husband with sadism* wi en th de Lout Dada. _the led these weeks of her reeldmise la the fiery the *WWI teak her meals in her own two, he oda that the fight set* at the seine table with the masa irk= site regarded During the stay of the family in the emodey the duke went four times to Parie, taking with him the whams, end remain* each time one or two days. Wilms bee mesa to suppose that his master, on each of them eseedese, *bed Mdile. de Du= at her new reddest*, led he wee sever sent to her with any message. Ile had, brawl; IMO charged by the duke, when it was lint _rased that laid de Luigi was to quit the family, to go and lake the mew sure of a room which had bee % engaged bethreirmd = hen in the Avenue Chateaubrfand, In order that tanbare be taken to it. This project, however, had me rival% what cause he does net know. Witness states = rna de the residence of the family in the econntry, the sae frequently recommended him, through Maims Mare, foams a Marge not to show so mak seal is hie service te her, so sio boa riossrked that these attestasse ganie V injure him in th e *ides of kb maw. The of the ?iridium at this wbseen sesideted of bleb empelig the murder, which ere alrewly known to the pills Auguste Chops/01er was subjected to a awed alswiina tion, as follows : Do you remember the words which M. de Praslin uttered in the firth meth= whim ha knew that you I g s=2 seen the mem* the Dubow* Nadia I—lie su==mmed by asking me. resift lie hese as hie head, "Who ealeaud the An r t Zs regesael that ar three lima, hello, I answered that lAL When I mid that it was I, he demanded with the ace=s w What did you see 1' I =died, " I only eaw the • Then he mid, " What did the my 1" I rallied total wee deed when I entered, and that she eon* say saibleg. It wee Om that he said to me, "Who wad do out s thing ? Whet will become of us? Aud them peer children ?" The &otos, then arrived. When you told him that the had not spoken, did that ap pear to make some Impression on him ?-Yes, undoubtedly, for he asked it with considerable agitation. In the mum of the =mingled you any Idea that he could desire to destroy himself ?—I never had clearly the idea of it, but I remarked to M. Allard that be might have heard what we said aloud in the court with M. lierville, as to the suspicions which existed against him. Wes it not you who hail the phig seatainiag arsenic on him in his dressingiroww, et the inenmat at which he was cone yed to the seeoad story t—l, in Mt, did find ; but I believe it was enly when he was being leeseed to be oonveyed to the Laxerabours. Did you ever perceive this phis! is Ili possession either at Prealla or Paris T—Neva, Dermqd ease ilamilies were *maimed, as to the footing on which the take and dachas lived together, and as to the circa:manses enenewed with the natiffier, as far as they had come to their knowledge. W e s h a ll, however, merely give that portion of that IMAM' WWI& 'mins to the former =eke meths I. wkide they etinikated the domestic dab duke end dukes. Modem LSOLItIe, home de 1111.111.1111 aft dachas, said that she had been wen natio i iftsdneben's Nerviest. At the beginning she peredeed dot her mistress, who was kindness - itself, w as net bap./ IS amens et Mdile. de Luzzi having alienated ben bar the idlinien ether husband and children. The doter. new minerimined • but the witner often bead her in leas in her amber. tilt weeks ego eke diesensien beams the duchess and the duke became more aria% and Mk. de Usti was obliged to leave the hones by the order et Maisbal SebastianL For fifteen days preceding that demean the family of the duke did not take their meals, se usual, with the marshal. The duke and the chil dren tack their meal, en the ground floor, and the duchess took ben is the boudoir. At that period Mlle. Berths de Pntalin mos taken ill of the scarletine, and, as the duchess was not *owed to see her child, she slept several nights in the chamber of Josephine, the attendant of the young ladies. When the duke became aware of this he waa very angry, and dismissed the woman on the 16th, refusing even to allow her to remain some day* in the hotel. Whilst the family was at Pradin, when they went in the first days of July, the dames took her meals with her husband and children. Whilst they were there the duke came several times to Paris, but the duchess did not leave the chateau. M. Maavitne, valet de chambre in the service of the Duchess d'Orleans, who had previously lived for many years in the Praha family, and who lived with his wife in the Preslin, stated that the duke and duchess lived on good terms until Mlle. de Lout entered the family, when she alie nated the affections of the duke and the children from the duchess. This fact, he added, was notorious to all persons admitted in the family. Mme. Maarinna, wife of the preceding witness, who had been in the service of the mother of the duchess, and had ever since been attached to the person of the duchess, also stated that the duke and his wife appeared to live on good terms until Mlle. de Luszi entered the family. Previous to that the duchess had sow-times wept at the duke's warmth of temper, and at his thwarting her ; but the duke never ill treated her. When, however, Mlle. de Luzzi came, things became much more painful and serious to the duchess. It was a matter of notoriety to the domestics that attempts were made to separate the children from her, and to deprive her of their affection. The duchess never complained to the witness, but she often wept when she was alone, and her pocket handkerchiefs were constantly found wet with tears. The general opinion was that the duke bad an adulterous connexion with Mlle. de Lead. Two months ago Marshal Sibeatiani learned that the duchess was not happy, and a violent explanation took place in the family circle. The duke and duchess then ceased, as already stated, to dine with the marshal; the former taking his meals with his children, the latter alone. Mlle. de Lnui could not bear the sight of the girl Josephine after she learned that she had allowed the duchess to sleep in her room, in order to be near her sick child. THE CONCIERGE of the HOTEL BRINPARD stated that be had beard talk of the bad terms on wtlich the duke and duchess were together. The wife of this witness also gave similar testimony; and she added, that it was generally stated, that an improper connexion existed between the duke are Mdlle. de Lursi. She had not herself noticed anything preying the existence of guilty relations ; but she said she knew that she was a bad woman, and eke had always felt a repulsive feeling against her. One day Millie. de Lout re marked to her, as if reproachfully, that the duchess had not shed a single tear on the departure of her eldest daughter for Corsica, when Mdlle. de Imali accompanied the duke; but the witness remarked that people who do not weep often suffer more than those who do. TEI DCGIIIISS'S LIYITZES. We now proceed to extract further portions of the docu• meta found at the Halal Praslin. The following bear no Patc h and were found In the desk of the Duchess de Paulin 1 Oa lantag *twat whore I spots° many happy how; fad where I wired 100 yew% when I \Rawl to have Heed owl Plod ; whore I Move oh thud I he.. math ca earth althuiraltpalo a s ithhat hal eowentetholthy hope of \wahine. my Ilwel Is WIWI= ; Mat It girths ; lo tho deity eta mem Ware the mat to aim thou* to is Mad ea • galley wbes Wthwe within labor soadthot wrath Ws giro lawn then. Whoa Yea Doman woe will this wipe PR mein that** fan hY het yea sad the =eased yew vat ho s- 7=;.l "n lidaZtsi hi la% up. Tea am" th e Infirm of , your wifh.whe always bowl you layout math, ehe, that you I how leowee the lialledg of all tit* widow of wt. prlaolpthl sad onke wir. I wily Mad to Is snowed to rthia gtopeoltion I as safmally entitled to—that of your wife, of the mother of your claim Mr might Ng Phoh and you hare I Pita It to her work —. lhis t whey I pima wen own tonla I poth 1 wee brawl we rk waxily led astray. That woo.= which is Ow ewer r thy =Mow Is your excuse; with out that bosmuivaltio Iglatbovjr .a. werg w Voa could not, have Nita so enmity hies. wee ; If a sentiment at Ibis pile gatamas yea tan milks no anarth, Oad la witness that thaw Wth a lad= Mash he poor welfare. I thaw gat willowr Map i ss a M i lel i r paw lothoes towards sea pm hind Mg." ma max raft rake tt ap with me; It ihweaV la the bthwaa stow dearth that I with you to take the laoldwo kW II par epos; they anda Naworthy hawk. Swap*! awowill lbw *I ea ary post dadikas, who are mho owittha pampa .26.611, ThalMa —All Muir. r pat; I feel UNA my (rains i. In dm sums of your (*Mrs bar comprion wice their maker ; de sit mono mis ordnit ry will when las airery Um iso vomit rity al Om wade If yr rub to err me ; is it oat ready is bar ma err analinoder itt Dona think tin tbat is bra pass wbo row man; who m allsr prim my Arita mw-Y--in tram andassmar to soma ant Do you teal a err ploarro in spring bar all the wand of pins whir art to tbo maw painful to me if I love you, and if I feel that they an manta a ponishment ? .N.m.,. Then follows a plebes tif a loin : I ink morally ma Ihririllp INNS oat by this lasi ant gruel tlWto you yourtifarr arid ani advise me to liap rpm at of my earanwas. 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I is sot alms pis Mal el as be Is ask pea ass man =Marrs pier lob be bloposimay Or Mb st a brator osisbpsi Is opiate; pa loss tam loss as 011 abash pos bow NISI up pan am am mo; pus boa masa MO ' • alploor Is poor bow; las rotosilsa is as lb al wars sasaiod sod Vasa ma, sworaolook _lt is arry to as tbotion see astboon. Too los ao Somas las lbs Is as seal topolbor lanai I isoallik IM bors smospoi gam of ambit asaladrellsal. glad GasC Slll2lo= VIIIL yin I sit Is oar likskrkame sot sit listlysie thus C r igrill.4 1111411111 ; I laid be &Waft' vas lbot pada& por ors sod Voss yob a, trolibiorsly Dr all tbe bopp kw WWI& smalls, Iraisla tea an The bat Is an Intrust on*, _bon as midi Mid 1114 L-It la br ir sr Ho Ism me as more. Not ▪ 10114 USN for ma. soLosoopiatirsz coom i z e of = shilitato l spollog d goles . oat dm. dim cm Got oe la the conlaga. Wleit mad I more, he think. 1 ham borne him nine children, they are mall living, and it la ea if I had none. I no control over them. I am not allowed to meddle with anything. There are numerous other letters written by the unfor tunate lady in the month of May, 1842. They are all in the same tone as the preceding one, expressing her lova and devotion for her husband, and complaining bitterly of being separated from her children. Borne of them contain the most eloquent outpourings of a broken spirit vainly Waiving to beer op against her hard destiny. The following letter was written at the tints Nmiebefaibe de Lusai was disnired and was found in the Wok di do Doke re Perna. It in doted lam 19,1847: aismehello,,--P deeply repot Is hear that you are saws% me b Ilia Nam pm took the Imoablo et inkier to too ea • Wiest obbareor on he or itubires mho se ambee•L IfJrotweleree whigiseiadag emmed thetrioNovelopeolelblot ea etrooteulleb I WWI wet lot • few day, ire r All tar dblime i re woe be sus dot I dolt only be be matal OWY SIIMI every =MIL bobs of service be yeb am d that I iball be yes if you will per et as ad the mom. I bard thee pea Wooded wins lady Nag a lilt, be which cm I will Ice Oki Pa as b Taenmellea Ina do au tam bar yaws as =mad illilmoar• for your welters If moll No to lisee lAd ree tte nalsault and sibe be met bow to thwo. remember that on satasa et Podia yea amber No to lad rota b ook. you MI be Mam sing( thle seimair, leWle I rreohage plea sure In mein yee. I am eely meg bit I seen Woe wry oesoloo is be of ardet pos.-4. Roue. Mak. iednie.ll9M Jane, ISO Itodloo la Itubm—loboill Woo visited to have moaned my estlont•loyeareamar •bet Wei that, ender the present dr agomans% Me Yak - gems tie tee OVA tot ma. Allow nee to ad journ be Mow mil mere May sasment the Mains that I wink, to mem be yes door be passeley bib whisk rem reward my Maio nada& At a seenatet witetel ea teeter lime of Menem for stem 1 IMtthereeoleit alimolies, the tormoisoifFotbelee teta lo ammo et the mist ausoletlea ma I reept the Who el reommedellia per bees rp m. No, owl 1 doll obtroop of Ira et the drat Si preemie MeV. Us Wet Wu, prosibither, wbo wry won dry wee soodo, twos wpm r bee duly of reattottai mom Ida I doll et reotioos to lieu pea at • des delis Mos which I way WO& Silo Oro; eol 1 beg et Maio" W root the SaIIIZSONS at my moMane eximm.-11. Da gbe eourt. ARDVEREKIE, TUESDAY, Aoo. 31.—Yesterday her Majesty went out in her barge on Lake Laggan with the Prince of Wales, attended by the Visoountees Jocelyn, the Marquis of Abercorn, and the Earl of Aberdeen. The Prince went out into the forest, deer-stalking, and returned to the lodge with a line stag. The Earl of Aberdeen took his departure. There was no vldition to the royal dinner. Sir John Rae Reid transacted business yesterday at the Colonial-office. _ . _ Hia Excellency Major-General Sir Harry Smith, the newly-appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Rope, is expected to embark about the 16th inst., accompanied b y Lady Smith, (or the seat of his future government. The Vernon is appointed to sail about the 12th inst. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday for Loch Laggan to rticoeed Raul Grey in attendance on her Majesty. Lord .1. Russell is still residing with her ladyship and family at Richmond, and intends to 'remain there two months longer. Public business will pre vent the noble lord from going to Scotland this autumn. The Marquis of Clanricarde has returned to town frost visiting his estates in the county of Galway. The Lord President of the Council and the Marchioness of Lansdowne are expected home from Germany in about a fortnight his lordship has greatly improved in health.—The Right Hon. Sir G. Grey arrived in town yesterday morning, from his seat near Alnwiek, Northumberland . — T Lord Chancellor and the Ron. Miss Pepys are making a tour in Wales. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. Yesterday, a court of the magistracy of the county of Middlesex was holden at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, for the transaction of general county business. Mr. Pownall presided. PLIBON Itsroure.—Some unimportant ,:....uminary mat ters having been disposed of, the deputy Clerk of th - Peace laid before the court the reports of the visiting justices of the various county prisons. That from Coldbath-flelda House of Correction mated the number of prisoners at pre sent unlined therein to be 1,169: viz., 907 males, and 262 fe male,, including 14 children. The report spoke approvingly of the sanitary state of the prison, but recommended the erection of two additional schools, of which a plan bad been prepared, the estimated cost being 2711., and the labour being proposed to be performed by the prisoners. Some disunion arose, but ultimately the court passed a vote, INSINISatory of the suggestion in the report, and granted the ease required for the erection of the schools. The report from the Westminster House of Correction showed the num ber of prisoners to be 815: viz., 6 , 96 males, and 219 females. Among the latter sickness prevailed to the extent of 7 per cent, while among the males it was only 31 per cent. Sewn] cases of fever had occurred. —.-- --.--- --....—. Palso• DORMITOII.IIO.—The report from the visiting justices of the Coldbath-fields Prison, laid before the court on the last county day, urged the entire abolition of the dormitories at present occupied as aleeping apartments by the prisoners, and the substitution of separate cells for all female prisoners, when the matter was appointed to be con sidered at the present meeting. A discussion arose, in which Mona Rose, Tulk, Retch, and other magistrates took part. The general feeling being that the dormitories should be abolished, Mr. Tulk then moved, " That the plan suggested be adopted and carried Into effect, at a cost not exceeding 6,0001. ; and that that sum be granted by the court for that purpoee. The motion was seconded, and Mr. Rotel, in waking in its support, deprecated the dormitoriee as mid ' 'ors in their effect. He had, he said, to the Coldbath fields Praia (our dis sd scientific end literary men, two Germans, SY Pole, and one Permian, all peculiarly interested in piton discipline, and who were intimate with the n of, and the principles upon which continental were conducted ; and when they were shown these illiisilw orssitarise, and had their use pointed out, they expressed very grams amain that in an English prison should exist en abase of so abeannable a nature. They were member of the ". Penitentiary Association," which was to meet at Brussels on the 20th September, their object being to establish a solid bans of prison reform. Further, one of them was a number of the Prussian Diet ; and to show that great into. rest was attached to their object, he (Mr. Botch) would only say that Secretary Sir George Grey had issued directions', that every facility should be affdrded those gentlemen in ' inspecting the metropolitan prisons, awl that every informa tion should be given them. lie (Mr. Botch) was a member of that usociation, and he hoped to meet at Brussels as many of his brother justices as Gould possibly attend. The object was of great importance, and one which the magistrates of this country ought studiously to take into consideration. — The motion was unanimously carried. On the motion of Mr. Botch, an annuity of 2661. 13s. 4d. was granted to Mr. Thos. W. Kilsby, late governor of the New Prison, Clerkenwell, in accordance with the 26th sec tion of 4 Geo. IV., c. 64. Mr. Kilsby filled the situation thirty-two years, and resigned on account of ill health and age. Some further business having been disposed of, the loam adjourned. THE BRITISH LYING-IN liotiPlTAL.—Yesterday append mart of the governors of the above institution was INNIS HIS hospital, in Brownlow-street, Drury-lane, for the MCMaking into consideration the proposal for rebuild bem/Mal.—Mr. B. Mann having been called to the : shale, 'bed gendomma submitted to the meeting a statement whir{ le lad draws up, explanatory of the position is which the h t =ell Need, sad the grounds upon which they sought the 'apron to rebuild and carry on the efficacy of the omit•L It appeared from the statement that the hos pital writes ant of its kind established in the metropolis, it having boss opened in November, 1749, under the patrosep of the then Duke id Portland. From that period up to the present the benevolent object of its headers sad sapparters hed bees diligently weeded wt with inceseing and salaried upward or 411,0110 patients of remind the lima el ;be Wear tea. The object of the mend appeal we. to dada brie te isband the hospital —em mmeal whisk the seven= WWI sow compelled to make by the hoes of airessisiones• Dales*. anon* of May last the party walls between the wells alike lisopieil and the adjoining bosom were (mod to he dolective sal wan examination by _the district 'severer were seadmiused and mimed te he Wed down, end else to be meant ; bat the whole of the war IMO found en he in seek • state of dilopiLnisa *lamella weer sr ear bays hies irpecatelat but impreeladsW The ralwrft_Orse• kee, wars sompiled to mks seesenres for ibeilisest the hospital. The sharer:km lueully mob by bar Majesty's Board of Wood' and For horoairdy afjerlag the hospilel acedsd the deabable oppar•mig el pad* it in gat SN Sh• paha, dr" aria pros of lin Beilell-strest ,tberc. bees yeeerri it that pawn, wpos which it was pimps* M osion4his brat of the maw baseeta4 which it was bitesdeidradi beadeplat Sir the reeplea elan enlarged number of pats % ea ell the siodere skill and 10111116111•141/61a. The rulds " er il tbe bridal being quite inanimate ilk the pur pose. the 'perms whit aealliare wed lbe berm blase el tin DM& pudgier arirese ht tie intuerbey imiertiaft. TherelatedeMdthSbnlliep was onieed to be shoat 4,0001., aid dr bedding Med, err taterial ea be be the Elisabeth's syled rebbeetara. From for Lot report printed by the peesoneri, it appeared that, hem tin 72nd of I uly, 1812, to the Oa of Angeek 1815, no fewer elm 1,059 women wire codas& in the hospital, and of that large miner mete dear MEM died. It was further stated that, hem lie lesneftg of Yr ineratution up to 1836, the total number of HEM esdasd amounted to 36,042, and that the total amine of children born was 36,457, of whom 18,195 were boy; end 17,281 girls. Scorrua HOSPITAL—A quaterly general meeting of this excelleat charitable institute= was kid et the roam 1 of the eseperatics, in Creastemein. Irieseetreet, on Thurs day het ; Mr. J. A. Simons la the chair. The minutes of bresat=birm:realeadleaeleard, sad, es the motion of Mr , seconded by Mr. Hamilton, it was agreed that the mat el ~ part of the capital 54th of 20,0001. belonging to the corporation, be phi to dotray the eurreut 'apnoea of the institution, labial have beset neatly very greatly inereased, in consequence dim having tern evolved to Weems the number of child ant timer sex) in the esiceL The number of boys now Wag situesied k 100 sal of gra 46. It is greatly to be wished tint *spade at loge would devote some portion of the fuses &Was& to benevo lent purposes in aid of this admirable inelbatisa.— SIGNAL STATION, ISLE or WIGHT.--YOl6lllllll the following important notioe to owners and toplaima af VOW seta, was posted at Lloyds : Vessels ina=i m heir bow bets by , " Matryat's Code of Signals," is D. Isle of Wight, will be gratuitowdy reported ll the oonunittee of Lloyd's by their agent, at tie sapid a quarter of a mils tram of Donato*, from widalt etgaals be inswered and telegraphic communications forwarded. A gun fired, should it be found neocesery, will command in stant attention. By the above arrangements arrivals will be reported at Lloyd's a day before the usual time. THE WELLINGTON STATUlL—Yesterday the re maining portion of the ponderous scaffold by-which the bronze monster was raised was re m oved. THE SALE OF SHAESPEARE'S Housa.—Mr. Robins has now published the conditions of sale of Shakspeare's house. Tee elucidation of the title will be exceedingly in urea:ma—it commences with the will of the immortal poet. The vendor it appears sells in the character ofheirsd-law of the devisee in fee in trust for sale of the late owner, Mr. Thomas Court, who, by his will, directed thepeoperty to be sold alter the death of his wife (who died in thl46) bppuhtie auction or private coat:net, and the sale nionieitto b. &aided among his children, or such of them as should be then Eying, the shares of thechildren then dead being given to ths-cbild or children of the deceased parents respectively. The testa tor left six children, of whom four are living and of age, and will join in the conveyance ; but the other tee ere dead, having leg children, who are minors. Counsel has conse quently advised that ths sale of the property take piece by public auction. ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRE OF LONDON.—The Royal Exchange was clued until twelve o'clock yes terday morning, it being the anniversary of the great fire of London, in the year 16G6, ever since which time this custom has been uninterruptedly observed. IMPORTATION OF PIRATED EDITIONS OF BRITISH Woeits.—An application having been made to the Lords of the Treasury with regard to the admission by a lady, for her own use, of American and French editions of British copyright works, that had long been in her posses sion, and which, from old association, she still wished to possess, their lordships have directed, in mitigation of the severity of the law, that when a party can obtain the 'mitten consent of the owners of the copyright the books may be delivered to the importer, on payment of duty. THE MEDICAL PROFESsION.—Sir,—The medical profession in this quarter are much pleased with the manner in which you have given your support to medical reform. In England the profession have some little protection against the unqualified practitioners ; but here, in Scotland, not only can a quack prescribe and dispense medicine, and mil himself a doctor or surgeon with impunity, but as their ser vices can be got at a cheaper rate, the parochial authorities in several instances have preferred them to the qualified prac titioner. This is really too bad, and ought to be looked into. —l . lltYslC.—Banff, Aug. 29. CURIOUS IM PORTATIONS. —ln evidence of the in dastry of our friends in America and at the antipodes, and their wish to supply us with every necessary, may be ad. duced the recent importation of 11 barrels shoe-pegs from Baltimore, and 3,787 wheel pokes from Sidney. LocAL COURTS.—Sir,—Observing in your paper of the 31st ult. a letter of an Irish barrister, permit me to say that I apprehend it will be found the barristers of those courts in Ireland do not possess all the " independence" that your legal correspondent would lead your readers to believe they do. He must, and perhaps you may, remember the case in which the magistrates of a midland county, during the lieutenancy of Lord Normanby, deposed the assistant barrister, and appointed • " chairman" from among their own body, thereby making evident the fact that they were the judges, and the barruter,' as his appellation implies, only their '• assistant"—i.e., I suppose, their legal advisier.—NoN- PaorsamoissL. MASSACRE OF ♦ SHIP'S CREW.—Acommth have been received giving the details of a massacre on board • vessel called the Paul Jones, Mr. Moulton master, whilst on a voyage to the Swan River, with a passenner named Middlecut, his servant, and two Malay seamen. On the 24th the Malays attacked the European portion of the crew while they were asleep, and murdered the captain, Mr. Middlecot, Groisel, the mate, and two seamen. Not understanding navigation, and fearing they would not only lose their ship but their lives, they spared two of the sailors and bade them steer for the nearest land, their intention being to possess themselves of the cargo. Subsequently, however, the Eng lish whaling-ship Brothers bore up, and the Malays hired her to tow their vessel to Copang. On its arrival there, the seamen contrived to give notice to the authorities of the murders the Malays had committed, and they were seized, and now await trial for murder and piracy. CLIEAP Bae♦n.—Yesterday morning an accident occurred on the premises of Mr. R. Turner, a baker, carry ing on an extensive business at 46, Lower.marsh, Lambeth, whereby several persons received very severe injuries. Shortly before 10 o'clock a great crowd amembled round Mr. Turner's shep, in consequence of his announcing by large placards that he was about to sell his bread at a very low price. After frequent applications the doors were opened, allowing a tew in at the time; but the pres sure from the rear being too much, the crowd rushed in, and took possession of the premises. They had not been in the shop many minutes before a loud crashing noise was heard, and immediately afterwards the whole flooring gave way, precipitating them into the bake house at the basement of the building. A body of police and the neighbours came to their assistance, and, alter a few minutes, the whole of them were released, fortunately not much injured, although several bad sustained severe braises and contusions. INQIJEnT, I ESTERDAY.—THE SANITARY QUES- Tv:lN.—Before Mr. Baker, at the Windmill, Rosemary lane, on view of the body of Mary White, aged two years, who was living with her mother and father, a labourer, in Hayes court, Glasabouse-street, Rosemary-lane, whose death was the effect of lever and diarrhea, brought on by the impure state of the atmosphere of the neighbourhood, resulting front want of drainage. The inquiry was called by the medical officer of the Whitschapel union, connected with that district, in consequence of the many deaths which have taken place from a similar cause, and, it was stated that several days ago, an inquest was held on another child, whose death was produced under similar circumstances. Anne Briant, a married woman, said that she had lived in the court about a week, and that, during that period, there had been one person buried. There was scarcely a house but in which some one was ill of fever. The child, her mother said, had been labouring under a fever two months. Witness, for the last week, waisted the mother to attend the child. It died on Tuesday. Several et the jury observed that the witness seemed to be ia a state of fever, and Mr. Webb, the summoning officer, said that the whole of the inhabitants of the court had the same appearance. Mr. J. Liddle, surgeon, of Whitcchapel Union, said that he was first called to see the deceased on the 20th of August, in compliance with an order ; it was then suffering from fever and diarrhea. The parents would not let him go into the room, alleging that it was so offen sive sad dangerous ; when the mother brought it to him, at the nest house. He prescribed for the deceased, but the medicine. would not act, as they would have done in • healthy state of the atmosphere. NVitness had now six patients in that evert. He has no doubt that the same effects will arise with them in respect to the medicine.— The coroner remarked that a fortnight ago he held an in quest on the body of a child which was living in that neigh bourhood, which died of mortification, and its death was imputed to the impurity of the atmosphere. He then un derstood that the board of guardians would have had an application made to them.—Mr. Liddle said that course had been taken, but without effect. —Mr. W. Strachan, foreman of the jury, stated that he was • trustee of the parish, and a member of the board of guardians, and that both bodies had taken the steps they were empowered to do by the act of parliament, but that the act was so loosely worded that they were unable to reach the owners of the property.— Verdict: "That the deceased died of diarrhasa and fever, caused by the notions and poisonous e ff luvium In Hayes omitt, from want of drainage. , ' FORMAIION OF A " COMMERCIAL ASSO- CIATION AT BLACKBURN. - - - - For some time peat the question of supply of "the raw material" Au premed itself rasa the consideration of cotton-spinners and manafacturers is Blackburn, as well u other districts of Lancashire. The absolute necessity of an extended media ke 01, maaufsetana and the co-lateral necessity of a aims pientheal aad lila" supply of the staple ierawial of the diallers mestaketare—ootsou—become daily more apparent to a porno ramie a tolerable range of Atka. The immeseeeV loceowell amount of mechanical power capital, and wankilea, whisk beat hme serefill, ab eeebed by the cotton inesalecture kaki the pact hw peas, render the profitable mutation and employment Mimes a question of urgent importance • while, at the same time, the intveasing Consumption and importance; stationary of cotton by America. by whom we have been hitrrfarst. plied with almost the whole of the cotton we import, render it equally urgent that a more adequate source of *apply be opened up. The popularity of the 'contmerciel.progreeston'' school, conjoined with the recognised truth that commercial progression can only be effectually promoted through the le gislature, or in commercial circles by enlightened sad per severing co-operation, have induced the formation in Black burn of a "Commercial Association," having the same ob oes in view as the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and similar institution'. On Wednesda , agreeably to announcement, a public meeting of mane merchants, tradesmen, and others Interested In the trade of Blackburn and the district gene rally, was held in the Old Ball Ina. The meeting was attended by a considerable number of influential gentlemen, although not so numerously as was expected. The comparatively defective audience was attributed to the rather inconvenient hour at which the meeting was held, being nearly that of high change, and the time when the miscel laneous business community are molt busy. Among the gentlemen present were D. C. Aylwln, , of the firm of Aylwin and Co., merchants, Catoctin; Mr. J. Pilkington, M.P., Mr. W. Pilkington, Mr. M. J. Feilden and Mr. L. Psilden, of the firm of Sir W. Feildea and Sore; Mr. R. Hopwood, jun., Mr. J. Emir, Mr. T. Eccles. Mr. J. Bayne', Mr. J. Sparrow, Mr. T. Simpson, Forkill Bank ; Mr. J. O. Church, Mr. W. Folding, Mr. Heywood, Mr. T. Sparrow, Mr. Shackleton, Ac., dm. On the motion of Mr. J. Bodes, M. J. IZILDEN, Req., took the chair, and, having Toad aver a oopy of the intended rules of the association, briefly stated the advanter d celculated to result from such en ear- rd7rirraTa that ie — Vd le — ei; Tabol7iiiiiefO;el7;l;ciarkTichhe lousted to no Mood at tbst osondoe. Ha ;Waded to do pow _puma by the Krombeereo Chotobor of ~ ~ sr no, art dui Important owl voirablo mobs w • ' eserd to oemeadme from the eserehe of that • ~ - •-•' ei aletriettm eelhat whose homing Ow ... ."...'.' . - ,•er", tell Ina Ella= alike *a blower elf , i„. •217, 1 ea the womb/ it ',: . • x jii.t, .... re litt& brigs fbrisatios. bolivoin db. ....' • ' L . : la is Is a bole proodool oaks, midi leldr re: , - .bow' ' tiil :1 bir ail ON& 'rho dm; Nib WIC , et . . . .... Nudity aad valoabilossoofbiel Imelki l l . umideol.........albesiden ~.,, z .- l i it It.. 4 Ikea. legidatme ; rr= l e:m modllosboor was ~... a to toost*yot Arnim adreataits, will& thialleitie -4 - -vett