The Express. — London, England, 1847-08-23 00:00:00

THE PRMILIN MURDER. The details of this domestic tragedy, and the innu merable rumours to which it has given birth, fill the columns of all the Paris journals of Friday and Saturday, The fol lowing particulars are dkea from the Gazette des Tribu &MS. " The operations of justice continued on Wednesday evening, and during part of the night, at the hotel Sebes tiani. The magistrates, who did not retire before two o'clock in the morning, to take some neceisery repose, re turned in the morning at seven o'clock to the theatre of the crime, to continue the operations of the inquest, and to commence the examination. Wednesday was devoted to the examination of the premises, and of the meteor the corpse ; to the seizure of articles likely to lead to the die covery of the criminal ; to investigations in the hotel, and particularly in the apartments of the Duke de Praalin ; and to the examination by medical men of his person. Yesterday the examination was resumed, whilst the embalmment of the body took place, under the direction of M. OrannaL Two of the clergy of the church of Madeleine had prayed by the corpse all nigh t , From the very first moment at which the o ffi cers of ustice arrived in the hotel, a very grave fact was noticed. • apartments occupied by the duke end duchess era situated on the ground floor ; by an ante chamber opening on the flight of steps, there is a communi cation at the left with the boudoir, then with the duchess's bedroom ; at the right a little room precedes the bedroom of the duke, which touches the walls of the Elude Bourbon. In examining the floor it was discovered that a bloody trace marked the passage from the bedroom of the duchess Ist that of the duke. At the same time there was received the testimony of a domestic, who, attracted by the cries of the femme-de-chanibre, bad, after useless efforts to open the door of the duchess's bedroom, gone rouud the hotel in order to attempt to arrive in time to render assistance to him unfortunate mistress, by entering at one of the win dows opening en the garden. The domestic declared that at the moment at which he arrived in the garden, he per ceived a man of the height and appearance of the duke, who hearing the noise of his footsteps, withdrew suddenly into the interior of the bedroom, abruptly quitting one of the windows which he had just opened, in order, without doubt, to make it be believed that it was by that issue that the murderer had obtained entranee. Among the objects found in the chamber, in which everything, as we have said, was in disorder, was a pistol loaded with balls, and bearing a percussion cap. This pistol, which has been recognised as belonging to the Duke de Prelatic, was not only stained with the blood into which it had fallen, but it bore on the butt end fragments of flesh end on the face and skull of the victim there was found the trace of blows which retained the marks of the arabesques and hollow chiselling, which had been executed by the workmen. Is presence of such indications, orders were obliged to be given that the Duke THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1847. isereues in insolesce; and when they first required that the Greek minister should apologise in person to their Tepee mutative, they sr now content that the same apology should he made SY ONE OF THEMSELVES TO THEIR OWN lINVOT Oaks the state of demoralisation to which the Turkish gis. vernment have fallen through the instrumentality of those ri me who in the beginning might have prevented the evil which it is now too late to remedy. It is the opinion amongst well-informed people hers that Al will reject the advice of Prince Metternich to autho tie Al. Effendi to apologise to M. Museums. M. Protish is as much • partisan of Celetti r Placatory himself, nor are the sent.ments of the Astrian envoy at Athens a whit more , friendly towards Count S t unner than are those of M. Piscatory toward. Baron de Bourqueney. There Is an evident wish at this moment on the part of the French and Austrian repre smuts,. at Constantinople that Coletti should comply with prince Metternich's suggestion with regard to the apology to be msde to Museums, but it is more than probable that their ,gues at Athena will exert themselves to prevent seed a e..,.summatipn, as much to gratify their personal as their poiicical feelings. In my last letter I mentioned that eerions disturbances had broken out in Albania. Two thousand troops have alma been dispatched thither, part on board the Peninsular end Oriental Company's steamer Terms, and the rest in Turkish vessels. A circular has been sent round by the Porte t the different embassies to my that a squadron would leave Constantinople in a few days for the purpose of block ading part of the coast of Albania from Prever to Deri giskele. Mr. I..,yard has arrived at Constantinople from the scene of his wonderful discoveries near Mosul. In a few days Ite will proceed to England. FRANCE.—MURDER IN OPEN DAY.—The neigh bourhood of the Paris Bourse was on Friday thrown into con sternatern a little before 2 o'clock by the intelligence that a murder sad just been committed on the clerk of M. Meyer- Spielman, money-changer, rue Neuve-Vivienne, 26. It ap pears that the clerk, a German, aged IS, was sitting behind the non railing which is usually found in such shops, when • well-dressed man, of about 30, entered, and presented a bill of exchange. Whilst the young man was unfolding it, the other stretched forward his hand through the little opening in the grating, and seised on a wooden cup, Mini with gold and a handful of banknotes, with which bo attempted to make off. The clerk, however, who pa rceived the movement, rushed round into the open part of the shop, and seised the thief. The latter then drawing out a poignard-knife stabbed the young man in the hand and forehead. The clerk, struggled with him, crying out all the time loudly for help. The clerk, however, contrived te force the weapon from him, and in his turn plunged it into the man's leg, and cut the fingers of his right hand. In the midst of the struggle the leave fell, and the thief stooped down to pick it up. The clerk availed himself of the chance, and, opening the door, again thruted for help. A servant girl at the same moment entered the shop from the interior of the house, and the thief, finding himself hard pressed, made • last effort, and, snatchisu up the knife, plunged it twice into the lower part of the a., omen of the unfortunate clerk, who fell to the ground In an expiring state. The murderer then darted towards the Bourse, but was overtaken by a commissionaire and M. Frischmuth, the proprietor of the baker's shop oppo site. On his person were found another poignard-knife and several pieces of gold. The police agent who first came up recognised him as a thief by profession. The unfortunate dark w.ra taken to the hospital of the libtel Dieu in • litter, hat *spired on the way. THE DUELLIST BEAITVALLON.—The statement that M. de Bnenallon was ordered for trial appears to have been incorrect. We find by the Gazette des Tribursaux that the previous examinations are still going on. " Yesterdin," says that journal, " Cooseiller Perrot de Chaselles, jun. interro pied M. Emile de Girardin and M. Bevisme. Whatever may be the number of witnesses necessary to be examined, there is every reason to believe that, on account of the abridged form of the previous examination prescribed by Art. 330 vf th e Code d'lnstruction Crimmelle, the report of the examinations may be very shortly laid by the procureur general before the Chambre des Mises en Accusation, and that if it be decided that there are grounds for prosecution, the trial, if no new incidents arise to delay it, will take place opts don next session of the Court of Anises which will be on Sept. 1." SPAIN.—MADRID, AUG. 16.—Our correspondent writes of this date :—" The palace question appears as far as ever from eettlement. The expectation still holds that if Pacheco resign, Salamanca will form a puritano cabinet of this sort — Finance and premiership, Salamanca; State, Ayllon; Grace and Justice, Vahey ; interior, Escosura ; War, Cordova; Public Instruction, Llorente; Marine, Roe de Olano. The march i.t this ministry, it is believed, would be in • liberal direction, and its accession to office would not be attended by the trk of revolutionary efforts on the part of the mode- Mos. It is said that offioe has twice been offered to Cortina, and that he has declined it both times. lam told he is to be tried agate. Paria's cruelties at Barcelona have excited general indignation, but he is powerfully protected by some of the minister., and his dismissal is not very likely. Count Mid as] is appointed to succeed O'Donnell as captain-general of Cubs. There is no truth in the report that the latter Is to be refused leave to return to Spain. The return of Santa Crus to Madrid is announced. A committee has been appointed by rolel decree to report on the operations for making an artesian well, conducted at the expense of Senor Matheu. BELGlUM.—Bnusset.s, Arc. 20.—Even the most zealous friends of the new cabinet cannot conceal their dis appointment that although they have not yet been in office more than a week, their first act has been the dismissal of th me men from office who were highly esteemed in their respective positions and were moderate in their politics, and whose only fault appears to be their adherence to the senti ments of the late cabinet, we mean Messrs. Lacoste, Dew maisieris, and Morcier. If, as it seems to be, conciliation is sincerely desired, if the concurrence of moderate men is wished for, the best way to obtain this desirable result is to avoid violent measures, which inevitably draw forth vlitical hatred, and can only induce a con grained adhesion, which will be unable to withstand difficult ircurnetances. We have sot now to my for the first One th,t moderation will be one of the strongholds of power. M. Bogier should have proved at once that his administration u blued on this stronghold, which would ham en.o,led him to resist those influences which, it is said, induced him to displace those three governors. The inte rests, alai, of those three provinces ought to have been takes into consideration previous to the removal of their throe principsl functionaries. the new cabinet, which is com posed of honourable and moderate men, has not been sue ciently careful of the high reputation which it enjoyed on arriving at power. Placing General Clump on a retiring petiaioo, and nominating General Choral to the highest post in the army, was not so great a fault as these actual depri vations. There can be no doubt that acts of this nature, which the present cabinet coincided in, give valid ground for eriticiarn.. It is to be hoped that the just popularity which the new minister of war enjoys in the army may not be in my inereure lessened. ITALY.—NAPLES, Auo. 7.—On the 2nd inst., to wn* evening, there was an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. A torrent of lava fell from the new crater, and in about 36 adnutes reached the Piano del Giniotro. In many points of the old crater the soil was cracked, and great masses of pro were visible. On the bth, about midnight, a fresh torrent of lava fell in the direction of Basco Reall. It was lb feat brook Two new smaller craters were seen vomiting burn ing stones, and increasing the fear of the inhabitants.— Gazette d' Augsburg, Aug. 17. GERMANY. AUSTRIA. A communication " - " bum the Malian frontier," in the Mannheins7l;;;;Q: Kates that, in reply to a formal protest from Lord Palmer non, in narne):lf his government, aping Austrian interven lion in the internal affairs of the states of the church, the ' Austrian cabinet has declared its determination not to inter nee, " except in the last extremity, i.e., if the movement in the states of the church threaten to compromise the tran quillity of its own provinces." In suck a case, it is added, " nothing shall prevent Austria to exercise its incontestible right." A similar declaration is said to kayo been addressed to the French and Roman cabinets; sod instructions given to Prince Radetzsky, in certain speci fied circumstances, to enter the Papal territories with 20,000 men. The police is even more than usually active in Lom bardy, and the frontier surveillance more strict than ever. PRUSSIA.—BERLIN, AUG. I7.—TRIAL OF THE Pi:ans.—The court proceeded this day to a third division of the prisoners : three of the accused were placed at the bar in mccession, and their case gone into. COMMERCIAL RELATIONS TO ENGLAND.—The Cologne Gazette of the 21st inst. states, on the authority of its Berlin correspondent, "that the Prussian cabinet, in Kejtusction with the other govenunentsof the Zollverein, has tome to the conclusion to cease for the present all negotia tions with Great Britain respecting a new treaty, and to await the consolidation of English commercial affairs (a con solidation which will undoubtedly be effected in the forth wining session of parliament), in order to obtain a sure basis it the renewal of negotiations." GICIZOT AND THE POLISH PRISONERS. —We - - stated some time backthat - Polish lady who had come lam to speak to one of the accused Poles, had been refused abentance because M. Guizot had sent a description of her Pam to the authorities of the palace. The French official Paras, the Moniteur and the Da.afs, affirm the statement bbl erroneous. Whatever they may say, we declare it to h pats, trite. This lady is said to be the sister of the accused Mieroolawski, wbo was desirous of speaking once more Wier brother.—Correspondent de Nuremberg, Aug. 17. HANOVER. —The Mtujdeberg Gazette states that yu reported at Berlin that Hanover had acceded to the rellverein. P ETEHABUItO.—The moneychangers lave been forbidden to take or to issue, fur the future, any ii /Ped,__ Win', or any not having full weight. Defective be exchanged at appointed klacea. PERSIA.—THE CHOLERA IN TlPLlB.—According take Allgenteine Preussie. Zeitung of the 17th, there had bu t. IP to the 16th of 7 u1y,322 eases of cholera in Tiflis, of shirk 152 terminated fatally ; 143 persons were cured, and li t,,, M kaiainit 27 were still under medical treatment. t uRhEY.—CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. B.—The last ten from Alb an i a i s disquieting. The insurrection gained Its,4"erY Those of Upper Albania ace commanded by Zeinel LI, sad those of Lower Albania by Djouleka. It is known t7,, • Mvell'i reified between the populations of those • his tame it appears that the interests of the i rk nan superseded every other cosekleration and that of Upper and Lower Aar& bater ulse, make etkeedes of arms, ammunition, and providasa, and ooncert mesas of defence. This understand/so termies new u wkich, howeve r , i s no t w ith ou t prandinia, and the Z . hu t ekea energetic measures for ma the - *4 , Liu an engagement has taken p lace re - no the the regular troops. The military authorities have wisenht that it was preferable to wait the arrival of the bins paadron which is to cruise on the comb of Albania. The blockade is to colll=llllloo on the 3rd of Sep tember--ene month after the publication of the ordinance. UNITED STATES. By the Sarah Bands, Capt. Thompson, arrived at' Liverpool early yesterday morning, we have New York papers to the 3rd of August. They contain no later news from Mexico. The French steam-ship Philadelphia arrived at New York on the afternoon of Aug. 2, in 16 days and 20 hours, from Cherbourg. Her speed is said to have I been reduced by the bad quality of the coal, and the engineer had to stop about 24 hours to repair some of the machinery that gave way. There were 22 first land 66 second cabin passengers. The news by the Philadelphia had been anticipated by the Hibernia, which reached Boston at half-past eight on the morning of Monday ; immediately upon which event the electric telegraph was set to work to transmit the intelligence to New York. The wires got out of order before the message was com pleted, bat not till the state of the Liverpool cotton and grain markets had been forwarded. The effect will be seen in our reports of markets. The brig Guildford arrived at New York on the morning of Aug. 1, in 32 days from Rio. The account she brought of the state of affairs there was as follows: The illibeling between the Brazilians and Americans continued to man, mg bad spread t the Bra:linos population. The ABONWIN were annomi t =for the (Mb aid the relief squad rem Zee Olio will peens* rem& there In Moot Ore weeks, with Yr. tell. or sow ialsister, on board. The Ohio will remain at Rio till the antral et Me Brandywine. It la add that the firmiliens throw wavy Impediment In the way of the American shipmeeters. They WO Mein the Seeth sad rather and Yeoman TM frigate Columbia wee at Rio. The brig-Mwar Bainbridge was on a crane, rends-nag effeims service. . . . The Union, the government paper at Washington, expresses a Wish that friendly relations may be re stored between America and Brazil, but the Wash ington correspondent of the New York Herald ob- serves that it is in the power of the American government to re-establish friendly relations, mad that no efforts appear to be making to that end. The more restless and enterprising spirits of the United States are still prowling on to the far-west. The Boston Journal asp: We um. nerd theta of yaw me are about in this city, with the Woollen rawer f to Calif oink becoming whirrs of that vegan Mt ear seedy territory. Tempted, DO doubt, by this *M!Bg Ogegmllo *Mahe sod voyagers hare so freely eher aniaming t tea L b a rageemlt i bre obeemme, th ala~Yae. ether ba=zei Isla privation., the tbt 11 or eeeeeiee an Libertines, ara oroodat eh iekee keiblee mires and their thiktren. And in the Detroit Advertiser we 'INA— S oompiny of 22 peewee (twelve from Kennedy, tem MeiaMew Tout, and some from Ohio and title state) left Mee et The let, via emit Ste Marie, L'Anoe, Lake Superior, Feet =lt Lastsa Mileoari, and lied le Rivers, "for over the Nasky WOW of this expedition is said to be ezaillelm kis suspeolad, however, to be he lie pimples of on en aztenelve seals, a line of egoneam sed twang pals be Ineesei a lien simile to that of the Nardi Wailers Fur Niqww._ They was esosemelod by a Mr. Jamieeon, mush to J. Fenimore Clasper, who, it is eV, gosh to take notes." The vacancies thus created were not likely to be left long unfilled, for the tide of emigration from Europe continued to set in on the Union with un abated strength. The New York Courier and En quirer contains the following statistics of two days' arrivals : • - • -- - - - -- • The number of passengers who have arrived on the 31at July and let inst. is av follows ; '•• • 21st July lat Aug cabin 116 . idols 'They wire from the 63113.154 parts : July 31. August 1. Total. Lheigesl Landis Girls. — !Mal kcat British ports 1,633 ISO -- 347 173 Havre . Antwerp ..... 127 Rotterdam Other ports than British 1,336 The New York Morning Herald gives a comparative statement showing the increase in the immigration of this year for the month of July. The following exhibits the Increase in the foreign emigration at this port m the month of July : Ananias room Ramon Pore. fa Veneta tit PI/Warra. 11.1118 1844. 1647 SI* Tani this Inge Ws arideratioa, the health of this city contain pm& Illness among the emigrants appears from the last report, in the Courier and Inquirer, to have been diminishing. The following is the weekly statement of the condition of the hospital, at the Quarantine, ix the week ending yesterday (Aug. 2) : Imes.. Adm'd. lag swift rime. Diechl. Died. BOSIeI. Bilious remittent fever.... 4 Remittent fever TYPs l s l Small Pox Other disown lls . 16 Total .B!9 Thu ahowa reduction of twenty-ieven inmates since het week. The same journal thus notices the program of the pa ment of interest on the Pennsylvanian debt Peeneylvada Wee*, the Peneepleanfan of Man. deg ease leg, rye :—" The centhr Interne as tie awe disik r h=g yt trezeienley. oil be peih in tile he; at the Bak ef Y Oh My, and bow a rapine In Se Ale tree [ rary of two booked Ilwanand dame. thas smatts. air the pay ment of the est‘enewel interest WIN dr en the lest next." Payne' "'ln tali In the above eitnet meet be to man that ambit ef dee Interest brills lea sr tie the other Mirth rellefnetee, which astialhi atsee su = s 7 d oeg misat. thee we believe, en anesien of beteg pail es tam* cif ewe. got rid of actersearee wan& by ereleore, hilts wenn went. beimw per. a DOM nameeding fora peat Maty lot ape mall, whoa it is broiled that the beim, after meth he la the creamery, ensures the next aeoleowel The wards " "can only be pertly erapierel whew moil* h really worth, what on Its face it purptete to be. - - The following notice of intended postal arrange ments appears m all the New York papers : We learn that the Secretary of the ?hay hes etwOrested with NO. A. Hams to any the United State. anti &ea Clews lc Aelsels, in stet w-wwwis of LON loos each. This is a continnetke at the rate 'entreated for by Maws. Moo and Co., from New Teak to New Or. leans, Havana, and Cheraw _ • Some short time ago we had occasion to observe that the Americans were likely to render Vera Cruz and other towns on the Mexican coast more healthy by introducing a better sanitary police. Similar improvements appear to be producing similar effects in the southern cities of the Union itself, if we may judge from the following statement in the New Fork Awning Post : Ewan. or rn boemar Cirms.—The report, of the heads la Se Mee at the south the very favourable. New Origins le as wry healthy, with thaelsigie t at a thw wed =at v ii r sisa hove occurred Is the as poem when part tbe wellepthimi ands bath the Meth Maths le at meat lelip. mg suilhalllis dad ithy are slag then math lathafrey wr earth di see IBM an Man AIM& la Se ath Wales OW. eel ea fay ail Wadies rd aletbers athrathy, the Mahe af the pada health Is iamb maw thwarallie than dada( the led ar may other years. de Punt= should be kept in view, and the magistrates, after receiving from him his declaration as information, addressed questions to him of which the form and gravity were of a nature to make him understand that it was henceforth not ' merely is a witness that be was called on for explanations. At the lame time a perquisition was made in a charges lodging, where papers calculated to establish grave were, as we were armed, seized, and where it was at the same time discovered that papers and objects of which the nature could not be recognised had been quite recently de stroyed by fire. On 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 un happy duchess, which he had pressed in his arms on ar riving in her apartment at the moment of the discovery of the crime. It was also established that the hair found be tween the amen of the duchess, and in the pool of blood in which her body lay, was precisely of the same colour and the same length as that of her husband. The attitude of the duke during these painful investigations of justice presented, it is stated, a singular contract with what it ordinarily was. Small in stature, nervous, energetic, proud, and of extreme irasci bility, he could not till then support a contradiction, and would have considered a question an offence; but now he was cast down, depressed, and unaMe to find a word to pro test against the horrible suspicion which seemed to rest upon him. The material facts once ascertained, it remained to seek what causes could have drawn into crime the man who Banned to be designated as the author of it by so many horrible circumstances. It was ascertained that rela tions of culpable intimacy existed between him and a young lady, Mellle. de Luzy, who, after baring occupied during six years the situation of governess of the young children of the Duchess de Praslin, had about a month ago, been dismissed by the duchess after some lather violent scenes, which, how ever, did not prevent the duchess from giving her a pension for life. A summons to appear was issued against this lady, who is aged 29, and who since leaving the Hotel Be bastimii had placed herself in a young ladies' school. It was ascertained from the declarations of the Duke de Paulin himself, that on arriving from his country-seat with the duchess, who came in the same carriage with him, he had gone to pay a visit to Mdlle. de Lusy, beforeentering his hotel. It was consequently important to examine her without delay, but the commissary of police, to whom the summons was entrusted, did not find her at her residence, and it was only a little later that he succeeded Ia finding her at the residence of one of her friends in the Rue de la China s& d'Antin. When brought before the magistrates she un derwent a long interrogatory, at the end of which she was conveyed to the Conciergerie, and placed in secret confine ment. As to the Duke de Peleliu, he has been, since the moment at which the crime was discovered, kept confined in his bed-chamber, and, according to the orders of the pre fect of police, the chief of the secret police has not left him for an instant. The Duke de Praslin has fallen into such • state of prostration, that such serious fears were felt respect ing his health as to cause his medical attendant, M. Louis, to be sent for, who, among other things, prescribed him a bath. In the investigation it was ascertained that the duke must have placed himself in bed, although he was completely dressed at the moment at which be arrived after the door of the duchess's bed-chamber had been broken open by the domestics. His bed, in fact, was in disorder. In spite of all the search that has been made, it has been impossible, up to this moment, to discover the sharp instrument with which the wounds of the duchess were inflicted. In the drawer of a bureau, in a cabinet adjoining the bedroom of the duke, was found the handle of a poniard, stained with blood, the blade of which appeared to have been broken off in the struggle. The water-closets have been emptied, and investigations made under the superintendence and control of the officer' of justice, but without resulting in any dis covery. Search has Mac; been made in the garden of the Elute Bourbon, adjoining the Hetet Sebutiani, but without success. It was reported during the day, at the Palais de Justice, that notwithstanding the incessant surveillance to which he is subjected, the Duke de Pullin had succeeded in I taking to flight. The disappearance of subaltern agents was spoken of, and even the amount which had been pod in cor rupting the officers was mentioned. Nothing of the kind has, however, taken place, for, as we have said, it is the chief of the secret police himself to whom the painful mis sion of watching the duke has been confided. It is equally incorrect that arrests, even temporary, of persona connected with the house have taken place ; the evening journals have been wrongly informed in this respect. The finks de Praslin alone is the object of neeessary measures of security. As to the domestics and the femme de chamber, who were in the hotel during the night in which the crime was committed, they have only received an injunction not to absent them selves' and to keep themselves at the disposal of justice, which may require to examine them again. On Wednes day everting, the Chancellor Puquier visited the theatre of the crime, and remained about an hour, but without taking any direct part in the proceedings of the examination. The Chancellor returned yesterday at noon to the Hotel Sebes- tiani, but he continued to maintain the tame reserve, which %as dictated to him by the authority of constitutional prin ciples and the precedents of the Court of Peers. Infect, the Chamber of Peers is not de pkin droll erected into a court of justice; its transformation into •judicial body even during the legislative sessions must be pronounced by an ordinance of the King, and consequently that must be more particalarly the case in the interval between the sessions. 'Therefore it is that, as we are assured, the Ministers present in Paris have sent a messenger to Eu, who is to bring back • royal or dinance, prescribing the convocation of the Court of Peers. But the existence of this ordinance will even not suffice, ac cording to the precedents of the court, to authorise the Chan cellor to proceed to the preliminary examinulons. It le, in feet, established by the practice observed by that high juris diction, that no preliminary investigation can take place unless it "hall be ordered by decree. It will be recollected that after the reading of the royal ordinance, the Chamber of Peers gives, en Chambre du Conseil, a decree by which generally it orders an examination, and in that case delegates Lne or several of its members (commonly the chancellor president and such peers as it may please him to require to assist him) to proceed to it. The deliberation on and vote of this decree have appeared an indispensable preliminary which enables the court to ascertain if the fact' imputed to one of its members, for example, have sufficient gravity for proceeding to an examination, or if they only offer indica tions so indifferent that it is not even necessary in order to set them aside immediately to proceed to an ulterior exami nation. It was thus that by decree of 31st July, 1818, in , the affair of the duel between M. de Saint.Morys and Colonel Barbier-Dufay, it was decided de piano that there was no motive for proceeding against the Duke de Gram moat, one of the seconds in the duel. It was thus the in 1819 the complaint made by a person named &lee against the First President Siguier was immediately re jected, as devoid of all kind of foundation. It is for the dig laity of the whole body of the peerage, it is for the mainte nance of its prerogative of jurisdiction, that the Court of Peers has constantly observed the precedents which we have just mentioned. It is therefore by error that some of the journals have stated that the chancellor had proceeded to an examination, and that others have said that on the autho risation of that high dignitary the Duke de Choiseul-Praslin had been arrested and lodged in the Coociergerie. The Duke de Choiseul-Praslin, who has possessed since the Gth of April, 1845, the dignity of peer of France, cannot, for the present, be arrested in the legal sense of that word. In fact, according to art. 28 of the Constitutional Charte r , "No peer can be arrested without the authority of the Chamber, and can only be tried by it in a criminal proceeding." This disposition, absolute in its terms, and the spirit of which has been clearly defined by the debates which took place in the Chamber of Peers in 1830, on the prosecution of M. de Kergolay, and in 1831, on that of M. do Montalembert, M. Lacordure, and M. Decouy, does not make, like the arti cle 44 relative to the deputies, any exceptions for cases of flagrante del;cto. The body of the unfortunate Duchess de Partin has lain since yesterday morning in the saloon of her apartments, on the ground floor, which has been converted into • chapelle ardente. It is b y mistake that it has been announced that her funeral will take place on Saturday ; for nothing respecting it will be fixed before the decision of Marshal Sebastiani. On Tuesday an aide-de-camp of Gen. Tiburce Sebastiani was sent to join the marshal, and to pre pare him for the awful news which is about to strike him. It is by mistake that it has been announced that the marshal is at present in Corsica. He did, it is true, leave with the intention of going to Ajaccio, a residence at which last year somewhat improved his health; but, in the course of the journey, when near Lyons, he found himself too weak to continue, and his medical attendants advised him only to go to Geneva. Yesterday morning one of his female grand children, the eldest of the children of the unfortunate Duchess de Paulin, left with a female friend of the family to join him there, and it was announced last evening that General Tiburce Sebastiani, his brother, not being able to resist his disquietude, has in his turn taken the road to Geneva, to support and encourage him in this cruel and supreme trial." The crowd in front of the Hotel Sebastiani was on Friday as great as On the day of the murder. It was generally stated in it that the Duke de Pun= had shot him self, but this was contradicted by the magistrates at the house, and, it is said, by the prefect of police, who was also there. Indeed the duke is so carefully watched, that suicide is almost impossible. The duke re mined in a state of prostration, scarcely uttering • word, or taking any nourishment, and what he does take is prepared wader the eyes of the authorities, to prevent the poribility of poison being conveyed to him. It is said that Mdlle. Luzy, the goeerness, has - had a nervous attack of such violence that it was found necessary to call in medical aid. It was reported that General Tiburce Sebastiani had found the Marshal at Macon, and that they were to arrive in Paris , on Saturday. 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Peormrqbarel baba re dorm S. lie Low of of re Mabee el Pero eal bb draly dial redier Ni dreder ot =bared tordeor of Pows. d Our Low of re sera Ili. et Orb fir re Dereirer t o and Warr; b elarpol am =lbe ersures el Ibb roma emlearree, blab OM la bora la re Dolletio dr Leda Ghia it ow Piro of 104 ado dab et Amok 140.-1,01 a Pedura By dee Ilag.—'ha 1 ot Or IlealkMbler eeeretery of Mae Or Or Deportarid el= sad Pare Worddp.—Haar. This ardowianes is followed by another, dated the 20th, ordaining that M. Bondy, Proeureur du Roi, before the Tribunal of the Seine, shall perform the functioma of d.dro eats-General, before the Court of Peen, is oonert with H. Brume, end shall, In that quality, mist the Procurer- Genets!, and replace him in his absence. The following notice was issued on Friday, by the Chancel lor of France The Chancellor of France, President of the Court of Peers, has the honour to inform the ppeeron, that in pursuance of a royal ordonnanee, dated yesterday, for a con vocation of the Court of Peen, the peers are to meet to morrow, the 21st, at one °Week, at their usual place of sit- The pun knew fist the fiat ' of the court have nevermisrl MOM then SY dining devoted to the royal ordonneast, leering el the regulatory of the procureur-genfral, midi!' deliberation of the decree order • tag, if there be ground for so doing, the examinations and the nomination of the 11111111 Mission den ;ties en liberty. The court will not lam le nteet again until after the examine tions, and for the lane d el." A correspondent rim= us that the journals are in error in stating that the governess who has been arrested is an English lady. He Nye She is French, and is grand , daughter to the Baron de P—, residing in the Cheetah d'Antin ; her father and mother ere both dead ; her name is Mille. Henrietta de Lucy, or Lazy, and her age is from 33 to 35. Until the age of about 20 the studied painting under M. Delorme, when, finding she did not shine as a painter, she accepted a situation es governess is an English or Scotch family in England, where she resided six or seven years. She returned in 1842 or 1843, and was recommended by a lady to the Duchess de Praslin, and resided in the family, as governess, until about five or six weeks ago, when she went to live in the Rue du Harley. When Mille. de Limy en tered the family there was an Englishwoman named Smith, who left shortly aft, r the came (but she was note governor), and this has given rise to the error)." The same correspondent writes—" The duchess arrived, about 9 in the evening, at the hotel in the Rue du Faubourg St. Honore. About the lame time the duke went to the Rue do Hula; with three of his daughters and a son aged about eight year.; he did not remain very long, but could ,scarcely have returned before 11 or 12 at night." The Duke de Choiseul-Praslin, whose name at this mo ment excites so sad a sensation, is the chief of the third branch of the ducal house of Choiseul, and the only member of it remaining—the last Duke de Choiseul of the second branch, who died when governor of the Louvre, having left no male issue. The Duke de Praalin was born in 1804, end is consequently in his 43rd year. In 1825 he married Fanny, daughter of Horace Sebastian', now marshal of Frence, and of Antoinette Frangoise Jeanne de Coigny, who died young and who was the cousin of the jean captive immortalised by the poet Andre Chewier. By this marriage there are nine children—viz., six daughters and three eons. The sixth child, who is a boy, is named Gaston Louis Philippe de Perlin. The Duke de Praslin is grandson of the Dake de Perlin who was a member of the States-General, and joined the minority of the nobility in the cause of moderate reform, and son of the Duke de Praalin, who was chamber lain of the Empress, end colonel of the let legion of the National Guards in 1814, in which position his name figured honourably in the resistance of the city of Paris to the in vaders. This duke was crested a peer during the Hundred Days, and was exiled at the second restoration. In 1819 he was recalled by M. Demme. He died in Jane, 1841. The estate of Praslm waserected into a duche'pair ie in 1762. The present duke has a brother, Count Edgard de Praalin, who was born in 1806, and who married Mademoiselle Shickler. He has also three sisters, who are married to persons of the highest nobility of the old monarchy. He is the owner of the chateau and grounds of Vaux, near Me lon, where he is said to have expended two millions of francs in repairs and embellishments, restoring it to its magnificence is the time of its former owner, Fouquet. The late duchess was cherished by the poor of the en virons of Vaal, for her active and extensive benevolence. She was bora at Constantinople during the residence of her father in that city as ambassador from the Court of France. Her mother died of her accouchement, and her remains were conveyed for interment to Gluier, in Corsica, the family seat of her husband, and where, pro bably, th e late duchess will be interred. At the same time that the body of the mother was conveyed to Cor sica the infant was sent to France is charge of a nurse. The following is from the Gazette des Tribunatar of Saturday From the saloon in which the body of the duchess was placed on Thursday, it has been carried into that known in the hotel as the "young ladies' work-room," which has been converted into a chapelle-ordeste, having in the middle a state bed, on which repose., with the face uncovered, the corpse, which, from the embalmment of it, retains all the appearance of life.. As we have already announced, the water-closets of the hotel were emptied the night before last, and in preeence of the Inspector- General, M. Brissot Thivu, and one of the examining magistrates, the most minute search was made for the weapon with which the wounds were inflicted. The search commenced at nine in the evening, and was con tinued till the same hour in the following morning, but without success. While this fruitless operation was going on, the magistrates proceeded to a closer examination of the prlvate apartment of the duke, and it was thought fit to re move him from his bedchamber, where he had been till then kept closely guarded and watched, to another room, on the third floor, looking into the gardens of the Blues Bour bon. Following up this march, the magistrates at length discovered in the drawer of a desk in the cabinet adjoining the chamber the broken hilt of a poniard, upon which were fresh stains of blood. It has been impassible to find the blade of this weapon which, according to very warrantable presumption, had beCn used in the perpetration of the crime, but had broken in the hand of the murderer, and thus ex plained the supposed employment of the butt-end of a pistol, such deep traces of which were tound on the person of the duchess. On being interrogated luta his being in pow salon of this fragment of a weapon of which he had evidently made use, the duke declared that he could not give any explanation of the circumstance. As he refused to tell what he had done with the blade, • search was made in the garden of the , Elysee Bourbon, which is divided from the Hotel Sebes-I tiani bye low wall, and also in a narrow street or late be longing to the property of the late Countess de Csstellane, but without soy result. Mille. de Lazy, whose arrest we announced on Thursday, was again interrogated yesterday, when she denied having had any intimate relations with the Duke de Prulin, and protested with energy her deep attach ment to the noble family, who had loaded her with benefits. She expressed great regret at having been constrained to quit the hotel and the young ladies whose education had been confided to her, and endeavoured to explain thereby the terms of a letter addressed by her to the Due de Prulin, which had been found among kis papers. Nothing has been changed in the measures adopted on Thursday. The duke continues to be carefully watched ; but it is thought that the mandoe d'arrit for traticferring him to the prison of the Luxembourg will be signified to him in the course of to-day, all the necessary arrangements for that purpose having been made. The Duke de Praslin was removed from the Hotel Sebu tiani to the prison of the Luxembourg very early on Satur day morning. He was in a private carriage, accompanied by the chef of the police, de Surete, followed by two hackney coaches, in which were the examining magistrates and comraisearies of police. It is stated that the duke, before his removal, confessed his guilt to a relation of the family. A conteau de chases with which the murder is supposed to have been committed, and several napkins, have been found in a cesspool. Cbt Court. Sir J. Hobhonse had an interview with Lord J. Russell on Friday.—Captain Kennedy had also an interview with his lordship on Friday, at his official residence in Downing-street. At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yeeterday, the prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Helmer°, and the lemons by the Rev. Mr. Povah. The sermon was preached by the Sub-Dean. The Earl and Countess St. Germans were among the nobility present. DEATH OF PRINCE WILLIAM OP LOWENSTEIN WERTHEIK.—On Monday morning last, Prince Lowenstein received letters from his mother, from Ostend, announcing the sudden and alarming illness of his father, Prince William of Lowenstein-Wertheim, who was residing at • bathing place a few miles distant dom Ostend. The prince left the Prussian Legation the same afternoon by way of Dover for Ostend. On Thursday last, Prince Lowenstein wrote to this country that his respected father was no more, and that he would be detained some weeks longer abroad. The deceased prance, William Ernest Louis Charles, was born 27th April, 1783, and married 26th July, 1812, the Baroness de Kahlden, by whom his Serene Highness leaves two sons, Prince William, secretary to the Prussian Legation in London, and Prince Leopold. We understand the de ceased prince, accompanied by his amiable princess, was expected to visit this country this month. DEATH OP GENERAL SIR GEORGE COCKBURN:—. , The death of this veteran officer and politician took place at his residence. fihaingunagh Castle, near Bray, on Wednesday morning last. The general, who bad been for • long period on the retired list of the army, was well known for his attachment to Cobbett, and always advocated the principle* of reform. The passing of the Reform Bill h• commemorated by a column erected near his residence ; this he afterwards swept away, for the whip went too alow for him, and he gave in his adhesion to conservation and Sir Robert Peel. He died at the age of 84. Of his military services we learn, Gen. Sir George Cockburn entered the army May 9, 1781, in lit regiment of Foot Guards. He was A.D.C. to Oen. Elliott at the famed siege of Gibraltar, and in 1783 he purchased the captain-heutenancy of the 66th regiment, then quartered in - Dublin, and commanded by Lord Harrington, who was ever after a kind friend to him. He embarked with the regiment in Cork in June, 1783, for Canada ,• but before sailing s6order to leave a captain at home to recruit fell on him as junior. Lord Harrington then sent him to Frani* to the autumn reviews, there being no recruiting until towards winter, and he then gave him the London party; and in spring, 1786, joined the army depot battalion at Chatham. He purchased a company in the 16th, in 1787; a troop in hth Royal Irish Dragoons in 1790 ; appointed major to a garrison battalion in 1793; purchased the lieu tenant-colonelcy of the 92nd same year. That regiment was reduced in 1793, and Sir George was on half pay until made a major-general in 1806, and then placed an the mg which he held nearly six years in the northern district ; End In 1810 was placed on the western staff, and joined Sir J. Stewart's army In Sicily, aad was present when Murat landed 3,000 men near Stephan. Being made lieutenant ismul in 1811, be returned home and was never employed game, although he frequently applied. gelierna us Loa i Ile miumieci DOMlllalla WY LIOTOZ employea got the flames extinguished, but not until the lower portion ..-- ....... --- -- - after, although he frequently applied. of the premises was burned out and the upper put severely leave to have the advance collected by instalments. .% .. damaged. The property and building were inaurtd.— ~., ,_ • the peer's and the member's senti- 4-. , • HER MAJESTY'S VOYAGE. TRIO MORNING, about 20 minutes put 1, a fire broke out tin that occaaton in the organ factory belonging to Mr. J. Walker, No. 27, meats found most favour , . a and it was resolved; not ... • j theTX - hould not talk of opposition, hat rattier ask n. The journey of Thursday WWI in every respect the Frances-street. Owing, to the firm hold the fire had oh- unanimously, that " base was . . ..v.1 1,. r . *v * ' - • most interesting that the royal party bars ever taken in tuned , it extended with surprising rapidity, and before an On Wednesday last those : . • 1 •..... -_, , ..: e .' -.-.. • Scotland. It introduced them to scenery of a new and most engine arrived the greeter portion of the extend , ' beteg eras si letter was read from the corn ' '. 7 ' ' . i r 111 i: •. 1 w-t interesting character, to the strangest intermingling of the blaring away with the greatest violence. As soon as the stern and the beautiful that is anywhere presented ; scenery engines reached the spot they were set to work, but not them again to levy the estima 1 ' *" .11 1r . ' lIG .. 7 4. 4 ' v . /,., famed in song and story, and rich in stirring ltistorical before every part of the factory and all it contained became , A Mr. Esxry, e magistrate , , 'it al as 4 r s ' e's !X" 14 1 .._ .. • memories. The royal yacht left Crinan Loch cis Thursday, at seven o'clock, a.m. The morning was fair and clear. per mining a beautiful view of the islands which stet and the mountains that surround, this interesting loch. The yacht ; followed by the Scourge passed out of the northern corner Jura, keeping wisely the gulf of Corryvnekan--the Neel strom of the west—and Searba island to the left, proceeding up the Sound of Luing into Loch Lianhe, pading next Sell Island and Easdale on the right. The Easdale slate quarries afford employment and remu natation to a large bedy of labourers ; and the Queen was received here with • novel and exciting welcome. The coasts of the Breadalbane estates are inhabited by • body of the most hardy boatmen in the world. They were collected in large numbers off Sell Island, manned their boats, and drew them up in two lines so close, that the men, while re ceiving the Queen, resembled two solid bodies of infantry, drawn up, as a guard of honour, on the waters. Those who are in the habit of seeing many pageants, and saw the com pliment paid to royalty by the Breadalbane men, call it the most imposing and striking thing of the sort that they have ever witnessed. From the hills above the village of Easdale • royal salute less fired; sad passing the entrance of Loch Feoehan on the right, and Gyleo Castle on the left, the yacht entered the narrow channel betweea Kerrera Island and the mainland, and ran into Oben bay, which is almost landlocked, and completely sheltered by the island. A few neat farm-houses and cottages are scattered on the banlu of this narrow channel, and of course they were all decorated. The little bay was crowded with venous craft. The royal yacht steamed round the bay, and stopped for some time while a royal salute was fired from a battery formed on the top of one of the highest hills behind the town, and from the government steamer statioaed in the bay. Shortly after II she left Oban Bay, followed by the Dolphin and two other steamers, taking • course westward to the Sound of Mull. To the right, the yacht passed Lismore, one of the most fer tile of the Western Isles • and at this point, the entrance of which is really to be Considered the Sound of Mull, the royal tourists commanded one of the finest of our Scottish views. The Lismore lighthouse, and the farm-housee--and there are a considerable number of neat cottages amongst the trees that skirt the high banks of these waters—had all their little flags fluttering in • breeze that was barely sufficient to stretch them out. The lighthouse of Liamore, like the picturesque cottages amongst the tree*, though not amongst trees Itself; was picturesque else. Lis more, which once, we believe, contained a Roman catholic college—a Maynooth to the Hebrides—looked green and cheerful. Noreen was on the 'right, frowning in a darker colour and a sterner form. There were the curious ruins of Duart Castle—once the seat of the kl`Leass—on the left, in Mull. And the tide is working over, and leaving but occa sionally bare and black that little reek in the Sound, where tradition says a faithless and murderous chieftain of the M'Lean race exposed his wife, of whom, for some tolerably apparent reason, he desired to be relieved, and doomed her to the death of female martyrs in still more recent times-- • wickedness on which Henry VIII. of England improved. Here the royal yacht was placed under the fi rt li i tage of Capt. M'Killop, of the Dolphin, and from her ueat crossing and escrowing the channel, so es to command e best points of view, it was evident that the Queen and her party were greatly delighted with a scene which Sir Walter Scott describes as specially tempting in " fine weather;" and now the weather threw cheerful smiles into Glencoe, rave -yard of the murdered though it be, and darkened as it long has been. _ _ The yacht sped on its way, past all that remains of Ardor nub, the principal seat of the Lords of the Isles during their stormy independence. The situation is wild and romantic in the highest degree, having on one hand a high and preci pitous chain of rocks overhanging the sea, and on the other the entrance into the beautiful salt water lake, Las Alit. Here the old lords held their courts and pariiiiimenta, and indeed assumed the style of sovereign princes. At Tober mory, another romantically situated village, a royal elate was fired by an Admiralty frigate stationed on the coast, and various demonstrations of respectful loyalty were made by the inhabitants, and the edifice of the mountains and the deep narrow channsl were stirred by the loyalty of a resident diotiller, which exploded itself in a too liberal expenditure of gunpowder. His near neighbour, who is said to be the tallest minister of Scotland, and a direct descendant of the Norwegian kings, planted a flag before his manse, and ga thered a party beneath the dag-stiff to celebrate, in his way —of course not by gunpowder—the progress of his Queen. At Tobermory the Spanish ship Florida, one of the " invin cible" Arm ad a , war sunk by an emissary of Queen Elizabeth. After passing various other points, the squadron moved up the Atlantic in the direction of Staffs, where the whole cast anchor. Boats were immediately lowered from the royal yacht, for the purpose of affording her Majesty and suite an opportunity of witnessing the celebrated caves with which the place abounds, and the peculiar appearance of which re minds one of the Giant's Causeway. The boat which con tained her Majesty and the Prince Consort was rowed into the principal cave, which the distinguished party examined with great interest. Her Majesty almost immediately re turned to the yacht, but the Prince, with the Prince of Leiningea, remained for some time examining some of the smaller caves. The officers of the Fairy and the Scourge also went ashore, as did the company of the Dolphin and the other vessels. His royal highness and suite having once more gone on board, the squadron wended its way to lona, where, after a quick sail, if we may use the term, the fleet arrived. The inland is thickly inhabited, and, if a judgment is to be formed by the appearance of the inhabitants, is a poor place. This island, curious to relate, was for merly a great seat of learning, and now stands as a soli tary monument of religion and literature. There still remain the ruins of St. OTall'd chapel and nunnery, as well uof the cathedral. Adjoining is the burying-place, which years back was held in great veneration, and there still remain to be seen the tombstones of many of the ancient kings of Scotland and Ireland, and of distinguished Scottish chieftains. The earliest tomb actually bearing a visible date I is that of Lachlan-Mackinnon in 1489. The royal yacht having cast anchor, Prince Albert, with the Prince of Lei. nineen, the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Grey, and Sir James Clark, proceeded ashore, and having visited the chapel, nunnery, and the other objects before-mentioned, returned to the yacht. The Duke of Argyll's factor acted as guide. The royal squadroa then moved in the direction of Staffs, where it was expected to cast anchor for the night. The Dolphin returned to Oban, after a delightful day's sailing, at tall o'alock. The village was brilliantly illuminated, and bonfires were to be seen for miles around. The sight was very pleasing I at a short distance from the shore. The royal flotilla would, it was expected, arrive at Fort George on Friday, about 10 or 11 o'clock. Prince Albert has forwarded orders to the Caledonian Hotel for four or five ponies, to be ready at 11, to ascend Ben Nevis; and as the ascent and descent of "the cloud-kissing hills" will occupy six or eight hours, it is supposed that the royal party will not proceed to Loch Leggin, which is 34 miles hence, till Saturday. Positive information to this effict, it is said, has been received by Sheriff Fraser. Her ?dajesty will probably remain on board the royal yacht while Prince Albert ascends the mountain; and in this cue, the landing of the Queen, for which great preparations have been made, will not take place till to-morrow (Saturday. Fort William (writes our reporter) is extremely crowded. Not a single bed is to be had to-night for love or money, except by those who had the precaution to engage one some week, ago; and in the Caledonian Hotel numbers have been compelled to stretch themselves in their plaids upon the floor. A grand ball is to take place to-morrow (Saturday) night, of which the leading noblemen and chieftains of the district are announced as stewards. COMBMARTIN MINING COMPANY.—The annual meeting of the shareholders of this company was held on Saturday, at the offices, Broad-street ; J. G. Maxwell, Esq., presided. By the report for the past year it appeared that 164 tons of ores, which amounted to 2,6161., had been dis posed of since the last annual meeting, and had nearly paid the expenses of the workings. Some of the shares in the company were declared to be forfeited in consequence of the holders not paying up their calls. The reports of the agents were of • very satisfactory character. From the captain's report it was believed that the workings will become more profitable, favourable intimations having developed them selves within the last few weeks. By the auditor's report there appeared a balance in hand of the company of 4111., at the bankers, which, with 1801. worth of ores at the gross, makes an aggregate amount of nearly 6001. at the disposal et the company. The report haying been adopted, resolutions thanking the directors and officers for their exertions were pared unanimously, and the meeting separated. CROWN EXTENT AGAINST A POST-OFFICE KEEPER. —On Saturday • writ of extent executed before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell, to ascertain what property Edward Dear, of Red Lion-street, Holborn, was possessed of on the 7th of August, inst. The defendant was • post-office keeper, and a debtor to the crown. A seizure had bees made for tho income tax, and there were executions at the suit of judgment coeditors, but no opposition was offered to the ex tent. The property having been valued at 1601., the jury gave a verdict for that amount. The amount of the crown debt was stated to be 1471. LIEUT. MuNito is now confined in one of the con demned rooms, where all persons against whom sentence of death is recorded are placed. He has been informed that until an order to the contrary be received from the Secre tary of State, be will have to be put upon prison allow ance, being deprived of the few ceinforta he has enjoyed since his surrender. It is stated that, in addition to the wit nesses who spoke to his general character, none of whom, it seems, had been communicated with, but who came forward voluntarily, there were 30 or 40 others in attend ance on the trial. FIRES NEAR TOTTENIIAM-COtatT-ROAD.—On Satur day morning, shortly after two o'clock, a fire occurred upon the premises belonging to Mr. A. Soddy, coffee-house keeper, Orattonetrect East, Tottenham-court-road. The flames ori ginat, d in the lower part of the premises, and had obtained a firm hold of the shop, parlour, and staircase, before dis covered, thereby cutting off all means of escape for the inmates, who were in,their beds at the time. The residents, with the exception of two, effected, with the assistance of the police, a retreat through a window. The fire still pro graming, much anxiety was felt for the safety of the other two inmates, when fortunately an escape belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire arrived jest in time to save them. Six brigade engines shortly reached the scene, and after considerable trouble the firemen got the flames extinguished, but not until the lower portion burned I . 1.7. 4 .41-0. enveloped, and seeing the great &Sitter to which the sur rounding property was exposed, Se firemen directed the branches of the engines in suck directions u to pre- I vent the further extension of the de‘ °urine element. By a quarter-past 2 o'clock the firemen had got the Heron so far under as to slap all fears of their further rxten.ion. Besides the total destruction of tke organ factory, Mr. Walker's private-house adjalaleg is extensively burned, and so are the premises of Mr. Ripley, a tailor, and Meters. Ber.. nasconi and Riddell, the modellers and plasterers, of 27 A, Francis-street. THE CASE OF THE CREW OF THE JAMES CAMPBELL A statement of the of this case, addressed to the judges who presided at the trial, has bete; prepared for publication by Mr. Rose, the mate of the James Campbell, and a copy has been forwarded to us. Mr. Rose states that he has been induced to give the narrative the form in which it appears, by the remarks on the trial, which ap peared in the Ezpress of the 29th ult. He says that the proceedings at the trial only admitted of a verdict of " Not guilty:" and that wishing to stand clear in the eyes of his countrymen, be is anxious positively to establish his own in nocence and the innocence of the crew. _ . Mr. Rose's straightforward story has confirmed us in the favourable opinion we have already expressed regarding him, and increased our desire that some means could be fallen upon of eliciting the whole truth, not only regarding the case of the crew of the James Campbell, but of all simi lar cases for several years back. And an appendix to the nar rative leads us to hope that this may be accom plished. It is there stated that at the meeting held in the City-hall of Glasgow to welcome back the crew of the James Campbell after their trial, a committee of gen tlemen was named " for the purpose of promoting the alte ration or repeal of the statute of William 111., under which the crew had been tried." This committee might prevail upon some members of parliament to introduce a bill for that purpose, or to move for a committee to inquire int* the ex pediency of having the statute altered or repealed, or to do both. The discussions arising on such motions might induce parliament to institute the inquiry, which could not fail to lead to practical results. A deliberate statement like the following, which occurs in Mr. Rose's letter, is alone suffi cient to warrant the inquiry at which we point On behalf of the crew, who, in my bumble opinion, hare in this mac been ",more sinned against than sinning," I would now very to. spectlully offer a few remarks. And first with reference to the un called-for and too-frequent use of the cutler, whili was the tonne diatelv procuring cause of their resolving to put Capt. Graham under restraint, through fear of their live.. That this weapon Mould be ctn. sheathed upon every trifling occasion. and flourished over the heeds of unarmed, defenoelem men, sure 4 few will be found forward enough to affirm. And yet It is an over-common occurrent on board our British merchant eltips, and often rittended Alb the most fatal and heart-rending remits. In proof of this assertion I need but advert to the recent and quite notorious transactions on board the Tory—a ore directly In point, and the details of which moat still be fresh In your minds. I valid deem it almost an bruit on your understandings were I todstain you for the purpose of explaining the Imtimate use of thie weeps. It has been provided for protection rather n spgreasion —to Cavilled In defer* of relive. of the crews of British re sell% whew assdid from without—ad in lopping off the ears and mutilating the boibmor caner aimi 0111, who may be employed in nasiguting such vends Is Mir pests et liotination. No one will Purely my, that a naked onlime might to be M daily use on board any dour mercantile marine. Maw kir the wpm of intimidating or coercing the crewe. For, my Ind and wcatimen, it is not merely characteristic of the British eat, but prodellek true, that with humane, upright, and manly traelmah be Is 'semi to be surniesim, grateful, and ready at all times for die prompt dlogiarge of every duty to which he may be called by his superior °Mars; feelingly alive to the best interests of his em ployees, and ever ready, without complaint, to share in the privations, hardship.% toile, and dangers, to which the hardy tar is no frequently expand whilst prosecuting his calling upon the mighty days I have already adverted to the unwarrantable use of the cutlass on lead of our merchant ships, and will only add regarding it, that weed occurrences prove most satisfactorily that there have I been, and still are, commanders in the merchant service, whose con ducted' temperament wholly unit them for having sorb weapons in their pessmeton. Only think of an infuriated eaptain uppeuring on every *NM, _occasion with a deadly weapon in band, flourishing It ow He brads of his trembling, panic-stricken crew, accompanied with limb wad gestures of violence and that too, It may be, while the tIONSWIMIIOO of that captain's former deeds of cruelty ore stiff fresilalliiiir minds; and then say whether the crew of the James Camolell wee not goaded on to deer some means of escape, in order to prevent the mutilation of their bodies. Judging from the facts brow& out in evidence at our trial, is it not much to be feared that the foam is wed by some commanders, on the bodies of their wsfoe tunas crews, so unhentatuagly no if it were the mildest and mud ordinary instrument of correction ? • • - - • Mere is much good sense in the advice given by a member of the English bar, Mr. John A. Russell, to the committee, • In his first letter he advises that the members for Glasgow should be requested to introduce a bill for amending the statute of William 111. In a second letter he entersinto the following details. _ • • • • • Blom I last wrote yen, I ham gone very minutely into the statute (II & 12 Wm. III.), and I now beg Is gire you my views with reference to the policy of amending that Maggie, as 'relies with reference to the way in which I think It should be amended. Of my ruggestions you me at liberty to make what twe you please. With reference to the policy of amending the statute la question, I am of opinion that, if it be touched at all, it must be with& moydelkate Mad. My mares fee holding this opinion is, that the dot. of Wm. Mom well as the sat.. 6 Geo. I. c. 19, by which the tomer statute wee =do I, were mimed fora moat importantempeoNtliet, _osemely.of facilitme for the suppreesion of piracy papei,y so eaMed; owl became I cannot Arid la either of them mambo a doses that cootehird the 9th rectimi of the lamer, whier Leilialriet.eielithink, best Moi ne ally on this ololeah. With near to that ream, however, this remark does not UM geed ; mid lem of opinion, therefore, that here, if at all, the emeMlMOMmoset be made. Then COMM the gum. tam, what should this IMMiletellit be 1 And on Oa s point I would enehs the fdbwtngsugglatien--mneely :_that the amendment should =Ord, m re bike part of the 9th section ; and that that opmmilmewt &MI wadi* imply In raking the provisions of the Mlle meelMmt with them of (crimper at that section; en that, in let, riles the • welt; and other ar thereby made cri. mirk wita Weed be he &Mewl& &Math& Weed, they .hould no kepi be lidd be he rims whale re fisessipi id de statute. My remowelor tide ~eke are twehiL !trek I meet help thinking, ahead the denier are spina may that each was the intentio et re amen et the statute. MI the ether provisions Ms elatolo, foxbilloyf thole in the lariropert et this very 9th section, ' beer this es the has ot them,—totem cl on e was intended to be emir by that statute, unless the be emaituting such offence was dam win a phstiml intent; sr I sr hardly conceive it possible that, such lift the cue, the iseireare should have gone out of its way to emote • new crime of a allatient ehereeter, particularly as that crime me see which there winalreedyomple powers of punish ing by the nommen law. Now Ole hods me to my second reason for amtgooing this amendment. Dy 1111=11111 kw of Englmd the Admiralty hare had, from the emir arm the power of punishing "mariner who ore stubborn. Ware, or mutinous" ;Guayas' Digest, tit. Admiralty, H. II) ; end her it is obvious that, although there might be at the tieMMen law no power to pumsh ersmately motley with a peered latent, still that a statute wee at 'mind ha order to being to menahment those who arid be guilty of mutiny .f. oly. per these two tea ser that illadod; that the seememeat would not only be bensidelte , but it weer libewhe be consistent with the redo of eY peeper autbeelr kg the master ; for first, it would ' not en the ewe heed 11111* - 6 the err et zebrine the manner from gehmeduct ; ash dr Mier, It would relieve him =I: W OR ehiseree of being server. ied . Z MEd ratty, under tbe Ire et a statute, of en oilier skimp called by the • name d "remit," red, le bet. Gam therreffeasealm r rake fir erre as raid be. A more imparret ureter, beweeer, ems don reilleersibe wren from the gem darts wield, I think, be the istrim W mar et proper perilien se rEeil behaviour of t . ll= sir WWII he swain. lb Or I dint that the fear le guts lb mot eerier as I ant edhe of serke. hen diet 1 writhing ene. = m iTscsi mb esp. tar Induegetheboriereeteekr parser. laertheteesemplish this et amp be weir whilie M rhe Ye par earideratioe some sae% r re hirers :—Orildee ese, ne you row, already bile r be robbed he Nielle, he., at their mews, comenhied et ish Nem, arra en act of pair. meat were pree4 needed. Oct he to ‘ OO6, Of thy lith• tar or dim Mad of sq ddp Idpg Maricted et ea me melt or em me/ elle r RIM ef bls Men, such semis &add the eepide or it is rewired hen Yard any easiminr burl be a Yob peeled eller the dopindlin • hi tens of amlimMj end al Or aim beer Wrong hem nadir an the emir Itherd4 hell e• nine awes et auTny whoa a ra be di lie • noireal that odd. eat ial ihr= dee. hen the &led ellbe ' n, think it war. Superb ( seek • dew bed bra le souse,k likely that theme of dm mew etre Mom Oared' year ever bene hir Per does It signer to me dot drit a kw would meek sayrodrip. Nor to the emir bWealf dafiddly; because Ima emestee ye dinidnent di& hem a nes "to ila ef hie teeth* re serve be is afar we *No bp Addis saw under bit armed Om and It ewer nein at etimen. bums by added It hrenbiet ear met renamed m hayed nodes of the or victim ad erdesee le the “Clureed Per arl Iteeriedie he Bawer.* no mil es to d s"mirmaireee•st W euipietti the owner et wary per he Over erre haw ere wire try ware arreirt, awl tirellare. It they aired algid re law, It wade o willithir ere err The penitlee alehl be epieleh as they ere mirery in arra ewes under the " beset of the " limmen's Smolt& licelety." Beikery Ara "he the We embrace the opportunity afforded us by the appear ance of Mr. Ross's statement to do a simple act of justice to a gentleman, to whose benevolent and disinterested enemy the satisfactory termination of the proceedings against the crew of the James Campbell is in no small degree owing. The warmth and zeal with which Mr. T. Mackenzie, pro prietor and editor of the Scotch Reformer's Gazette (Glas gow). threw himself into their cause, give him an additional claim to the respect he earned by unveiling the atrocities of the spy system of 1819. IRELAND. MYELIN, AIYOUST 21. In a communication about the close of the last month, I directed your attention to a matter of great difficulty with which the ministry would have to deal. Upon the 28th July the guardians of the Fermoy union, Lord Mountcashel presiding, adopted a reso lution that a rate should be struck, varying from ss. on some divisions, to Is. 4d. on others. This was in the teeth of an order of the poor-law commissioners, informing the guardians that the rate for the Fermoy union, for advances under the Temporary Relief Act, was an average rate of 3s. in the pound ' and direct ing them in striking the next rate to fix the amount so as that, in addition to the estimated expenditure for the workhouse, there should be levied off each division the sum of 3s. in the pound for re payment of relief advances. Lord Mountcashel then stated very flatly that he would oppose the collection of this additional three shillings at all.— Mr. Burke Roche, M.P., supported the peer in this determination. Both stated t ha t they would agitate the country against it—that the farmers would resist —and that all the army and ordnance in this kingdom could not enforce the payment. Some other guardians, not'quite so ultra in their sentiments, intimated that they should not talk of opposition, bat ra ther jpeuartiheacpsofi co llected by instalments. tthweouldedbtbeandasa w all ii ailes:Lk7yfraginwheagabutilli