The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-03 00:00:00

'r-~~,, THE ITAf lAN OPERA. ELECTION COMMITTEES. SOUTHAMPTON. ~rhe Committee met yesterday morni ng a t th e usua l h our. ti'lt examinati on of witnesses was pro cee d e d w i t h, t h e ques ''s h.eing.directed to obtaining proof of ?gencv and bribery. harde examination of a witness named Luce, he was :if he had seen anything given by a Mr. Whit t}l4'" , tot:Ur. W renn , an d refused to answer the question, 11 gh positively ordered by the Committee to do so. Th 4 1 was cleared, and on being re -opened, Lu ce was called, e ti the same question put to him, when he answered it in the rrnati re. In answer to another question, he said it was i, ° q•e Ety, ds el w but he did not know how much. The Committee then with the examination of J. Lyle, the Town-Ser of Southampton. I I - 9 0 a 4 0 bo 0,0 READING. 11 e C rmnittee met yesterday morning at 11 o'clock, when eedings terminated, by the Counsel for the petition wi rig the opposition to the return. The sitting 111cm ' tnert fore, C. Russell and Lord Ch e l sea , retain their seats. Th e „ • - PENRYN AND FALMOUTH . Bair, k , otrzmittee met at the u sua l h our , M r. C . Wood in the 1'1 1 ,„ ~., , \Vijr`mrain ittee proceeded with the examination , of witnesses. , , - ,llti ll ' l n's, 'ivho was under examination on Saturday, was 'til,:lawiineid, and a woman named Jeffries, but nothing par ,,4, WI, elicited. ,; i 4 i t_ 14erson Named John Goodman was next examined, .0' -" ed that Mr. Searle, Mr. Tilly, Mr. James, . Mr. ty,,,',. 4 kh ( 1 M. i ., '. were canvassing with Capt. Plumridge. re ^n l a , i t'e up to Captain Plumridge when those pers , ons '',li t j 1 -- ""w, and asked what was his figure, to which Cap sittt)4,,d,ge replied, "I will walk as far as Laughter.)eier of them, ~I l' ari:';l lt ll,'‘'. , 'les further if required."—( He saw ' A va, l e i,ZaY before the day of nomination, who said Williams im t 9 h 4l Y - 0 4 ,1 1 , - ;,74rltisted that morning. , A . person called NI i a t, ,e t tali he understood Captain Plumridge was go h ing Cro, -I t ..° which James replied that he knew better t an f f " a 1 - Z4k k t , :l a ,w l po-vvereci to give more. fo r hi 3 " t rsi D 'iled b Y Mr. CocKBL arc—He did not much care of r , '' ' t e '''',,,.• He did not want it. He never took a bribe ) 4 Cil ~/,' '67 e • ined before a Committee of the House ii": s , n r c, r e e , l , i - ve " i tsi,.;; s .i e ' i r I ° B 9 l for the purpose of hearing evi e, ' , hi Pe - nry ' n. Said on that occasion that yl,ys°lc,„ h:11.11,.--''Jrom Mr. Stanbiutrg.r purpose v d of t footing l e at for H th e e (L e stiLea l d in t' trit e 4 t L e t!. r S e t e a e n iv burg fe would bring forward. Vi'as , I '4 , , e t'd lmsthe election. Was always for Justice and purity. e , i '''' gn, rter ) Went to Mr. Reed and asked him for a '' l ' :) '' ~J ellt • Captain Vivian. Might have asked 1 - 111-1 ' I° F . anc a were low then He pulled ' s4 . 0 .1)4 g, or , ` "" s( ve;e u i ii Th were for the pur- k 4 1 .1 1 0 t}, ~",_WYitig ' leather.. Slight have told Captain ti' t4 " , es„ if . 'n liad plenty of money, and could have more. I hi" -- (4_,, e I_ 4 l not ask him for money ; asked him to assist ii ll r Y tf;v -U gnter. ) Ife. might have gone to Captain N lian il,l Pr ' t 'ciple of the tiiing.( Laughter. ) Means bo o ths , krt "Of 01 • 4, ed ? , tan • e thing, to see if Captain Vivian was a good s.",lken .. n ' -- (Laughter. ) Mr. Reed gave him 3/. He is i ki 6 4 ,,,. , _, he believes, for the petitioner. Won't tell where ol,taL's , 1 7 of sovereigns elme,from. He got the so% ereigns by the tic eather. When iie said he did not know when 4, o f sov ere ign he did not then understand thequestion so well. "tiii, P' Captain Vivian in the House of Commons ; does not ~ , ,t , iet that he spoke to him. He asked him for his address. .0.1,: to recollects better that: he spoke to Captain Vivian. ''' i w Vivian was in the milli and lie knew it. Would be ' Captain Vivia n if h e said so. ,: G. ~~+~ ~9'' r' gr , dl;{ )0.1 a t • . ,S 4 41 , , tr.; :1 ' :4'e regret to have to announce the death of Lady 4 ay, the wife of Si r Matte wTierney, B ar t. B. r ladyship 1 4 1 , t k:er residence in ....enton—etreet, on Sunday last, after a toted illness of sotne montho. On 8 4tur(lay evening Torquato Tasso was performed for the debut of madame Ronemit. This opera was brought out .:-. here two years ago for the debut of Coletti, an admirhble per former, whose engagement instead of Tamburini gave occasion • to the " Tamburini row," which had the effect of cos - apelling • Laporte to engag e that singer, and to lay Coletti on the shelf, bfl.l v .h o, h owever, 'of Italy, has since been placed, by the unanimous voice in the highest rank of his profession. Coletti re teived very great applause for his acting and singing in the _,, character of 'lasso, though the piece was generally disap kreved of; and such, we believe, will be the case now. 7? - 1- - noncom's - performance of the same character, by which, it is .aaui, he laid the foundation of his continental reputation, was • _excellent. H e certainly did not look the character of the Yc.uthful, poet, the aspiring but favoured lover of the high , born Leonora of Este, so well as Coletti, who was singularly houdsome and graceful ; • but his performance was energetic arid imvassioned, and his singing was full of that expressive simplicity which we have eh eady remarked as belonging to him. 3.ladantie Ronconi, in the part of Leonora, did not at first make a striking impression ; but, as she proiteeded, her powers de veloped themselves and she merited and obtained general and cordial appl ause . In the air " L'affaimo in cui penal" (one of the best things in the opera), she was loudly and warmly en cored ; and her appearance may be considered as decidedly sue neeefel• .Her voice is a mezzo soprano, of very pleasing qua lity, though not of great power. t' - -•• The theatre was crowded. The Queen, Prince Albert, and . : 4 ) , their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of es • ,Cembridge, and the Princess Augusta, were present ; and the o:•:, • eexes w ere fill e d with fashionable company. " PORTUGAL. J. ID ' F ALMOUTH, APRIL 30.—The steamer Liverpool arrived here this morning, and after landing the Peninsular mai'.s pro • 'needed for Southampton. She brings dates from Gibraltar ist inst., Cadiz 22d inst., Lisbon 25th inst., Oporto 26th l ast-, and Vigo 27th inst. Passengers:—Messrs. Fitzgerald, Et. s Eaton, Delius, Vidal-, Baker, Howard, Kanin, Jon . gun; and Jackson ; Lieutenant Osborne ; Captain Lyons and servant ; Mrs. Baker, two children, and servant. Left at Lis ,. ban the Indus and Lynx British ships of war. LISBON, APRIL 25.—Some delay will necessarily take place thenegotiations about the commercial treaty, owing to a • I• h wenity started by the Portuguese negotiator, and which will , A nowaroi to refer the question to the Government 5, at ho me. What the Portuguese want is to ensure a continu '' anee of exclusive favours, as regards their wines, &c., in our 2 lierket ; so that whatever treaties we might make subsequently a. , n th other w i ne . grow i ng coun t r i es , th ere s h a ll always b e a -..,1:L.0wer duty on Portuguese wines than on any other. Our Government, I believe, is willing to make a very ex tensive reduction of duties on Portuguese products, for an equi ,- • i,,valent reduction here on British cottons, woollens, hardware, and salt fish. It is understood that the duties on Portuguese 'wines would be 'reduced from ss. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per gallon ; that en Brandy from 21s. 6d. to 10s., and Portuguese fruit, which now pays 75,, 6d. per chest, would be admitted at the merely nominal duty of ls. per chest. For such concessions as these, which would give an enormous impulse to the agricul -. a ural ; interests, the Portuguese ought not to hesitat e to reduce 'tlieir ditties on our staple articles to one half at least ; in fact, the principle should be to regulate the duties so as to amount to about 20 per cent. ad valorem, making some exception, on the 'vie hand, in favour of additional protection to such branches of tztanufacture as have been long established under the existing tstystenr, and on - the other, reducing to a still lower amount than I . 2 9 . per.eent, the duties on such articles as are consumed exten '''sively by. the poorer classes and which do not enter into corn -Petition at all with their home ' manufactures. The idea is 'il t o appoint a commission of practical men, English and Portu guese, to examine the tariff, and the hearings of the reductions ~Proposed. The hitch that has now taken place is unfortunate ; and the interest of Portugal certainly is that there should be no titineeessary delay. The best exemplification of this afforded by the strenuous efforts making by the French and Spanish * Minister's to prevent the conclus on of the treaty. The opposi- Aitur of its two rivals in the British market ought to convince Portuguese statesmen how much their country would benefit :by the prOposed arrangement, It. is reported that the Council of State have not yet come to a definite conclusion as to Baron Lagos's plan of converting the foreign into home stock. The idea of its supporters is to con vert no more than a million or two millions at present. Ir ap- Pears that Messrs. Neave and Co., of London, offer to deliver over to the P ortuguese government a million of Five per Cents. Foreign Steck, to be exchanged for a million of Portuguese Four - per Cents., payable at Lisbon, the parties receiving a edinintssion - of 2# per cent. We e this carried out, then the coeirertiOn'of a further amount would be proeeeded with. The golden' rose consecrated by the Pope, .and which con•. tamed torne relics Within it, was preit-nted to the Queen yes terday.with much ceremony, at tht Chapel of the Necessidades, by, Monsenor D. .hstavao Vizzardelli, 'councillor of the Papal legation chamberlain to hi's Holiness, and his delegate here for the especial purpose of presenting this offering on the occasion of the baptism of the young Prince. It was made a religious 'rer e°nY, and after mass the delegate presented the golden rose, with a short speech, hoping that it would be the precur tor of the'piosperity of religion in Portugal. The Queen re plied in suitable terms, expressing a hope that the acts of her reikn would correspond with the benevolent intentions of his holiness.- Monseuor Vizzardella received a gold snuff box set roiind with brilliants, and also the commandership of the order of , Christ,. of which the nuncio has received the grand cross. British ships here, Indus and Lynx. Iha Kite steamer of weir : came. in on . Wednesday, from Plymouth in four days, and left: on Friday for Sierra Leone, to order home th e s t eamers o f the' NigCr expedition.. The Dukei and Duchess of Montrose are en route for Madrid. E MATRICIDE AT MERTHYR. '• COMMITTAL OF THE MURDERER. ii:H.THYR, Aram 30.—Yesterday the accused, Richard Edwards ' was brought up for exam i na ti on b e f ore t h e Magis trates. The room in which the examination was taken and the street in front were completely crowded by the multitude, tad the prisoner, on being removed from the police-station, Pei saltited with loud yells from the populace. •The evidence which was given before the Coroner having een repeated, the following additional testimony was given: • Anne Williams, wife of Richard Williams, deposed that the I 'rife• of- the prisoner came to her house the Saturday pre vious to the discovery of the murder. She said her husband h;old her to come, and that his mother was perfectly willing for omecome. Wi tness sa i d she thougkt his mother was from ,as she had seen a cloak hanging over the window the Whole Fri day, and the door shut all day, and that she had seen the prisoner peeping from the outside through the win bLwk;- he was pushing the cloak a little on one side through a h. en pane. Witness told him his wife had been leoking for anything win him on the Saturday morning, and asked him if he had seen her Nis on.the Thursday °his Panther. The prisoner replied that he had seen wife night, and that she was gone from home. :months.himfor had not been iving with Gwenll ian Jo nes proved her having seen the old woman alive on the 16th, which is two days later than was previously known. William Richards deposed to the prisoner's having beggep bit of b read of him on the Sunday after he absconod ; he maid he had not had a bit that day, and on being asked how it -wasano he was begging, he said that he had betn out of work two Chapel. he was single, an d th a t h e l o d ge d near D ow l a i s Several other witnesses were examined, but their testimony vtas unimportant. The prisoner was asked if he had anything to say, at the saineer time bei ng duly cautioned. He replied that he would lf,a.th make hi s statement then, and said ( in Welch) that on Mon day morning I went to my mother's house. She had told tee that she was gointo Llanfab on on F r iday, and would t joaain till Saturday,m orning. I a s k e d Niary Treharne, ,ne next door neighbour, if she had seen any one look tidfor me, and when she had seen my mother ? She she had not s een my mother since yesterday ev en i ng; Athal my wife h a d been there on Saturday morning, and that her Zer.had turned her out of doors. She also told me, that my ife Was gone to Caer Drain, to a relation ; I went there after 'and asked her if she would come with me. She at first efUsed ;; but after a l ong conversation she consented, and we Zeft the house together about 7 o'clock in the evening. When egot to my m ot h er ' s house there was no fire, and my wife rean right it, while I went into Evan Davis' o s shp. m 'When ; re turned; my wife was sitting in the corner ; she told emy dtrl other was under the'bed, dead. I said, " What did you say, ?",, She repeated what she had said. I went and looked, gotiquite distracted. Peggy took hold of me, and told dill t o K. pacified, and I sa id , God, God, who has been here I ,ng mother. We b o th o f us pac ifi e d ourselves, and gen agreed,to say she w as f r , im home. The sge next priGlamorganshire auslls.zes.soner was then fully committed to take hi s tr i a l at 7 ~+ ng, 4 114 ter' ert, iff- Etat 82, alf; ere 7te Led )is D LI , 'ts• -il )).• E'ul. e r ru imp rlg ot' n(1 13. ;Iv 7B is C. L.) ui a , • .e - f' ~ ~•~ CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION Yesterday being appointed for the presentation. The National Petition," the Chartists assembled in large bodies in different quarters of the town, at an early hour. Soon after nine o'clock the streets leading to Lincoln's Inn-fields were thronged with members of the various Chartist Asssciations of the metropolis and elsewhere, all wending their way towards the principal place of rendezvous, viz., the square in Lincoln's Iran i fields. The time appointed for the formation of the procession was one o'clock, and by that time the square was densely crowded. The windows of the houses in the vicin ty were occupied by spectat ors , p rinc ip a ll y l a di es . Th e members of the National Convention arrived in the square at one o'clock ; those who were recognised by the as sembled multitude were greeted with loud cheering. The AL-mbers of the Convention were preceded by the monster petition, borne on the shoulders of sixteen able-bodied men, selected from the different trades in the metropolis. It was carried on a kind o f p or t a bl e s t age or platform, which had been constructed for the purpose, and was covered with ribbons, and otherwise decorated. On the front was placed a placard, dis playing the number of signatures which it contained, and from which it appeared that the number was 3,317,702. The procession was formed soon after one o'clock, the peti tion being placed in front. After the petition came a large and ample black flag, bearing the inscription " Murder demands Justice. 16th Aug., 1819." On the other side the flag was a re presentation of the Manchester massacre. Next to this flag were several staves, bearing on each a representation of the cap of Li berty.. Then came several flags, bearing each the inscription, " United we stand, divided we fall." The first band followed these flags. Next to the band was a flag, inscribed, "We require justice before charity—the People's Charter and no surrender !" and on the other side of it were these words— " Every man is born free, and God has given man equal rights and liberties, and may it please God to give man knowledge to assert those rights, and let no tyrannical faction withhold them from the people." Then followed the flags belong ing to the Huddersfield and Kettering Association, together with those from the Association at the Tower Hamlets. Fol lowing these was another band, in the midst of which was a flag inscribed " O'Connor, the tried Champion of the People ! who can prove him otherwise? " The appearance of this flag was hailed with a loud burst of cheering, from the persons assembled in Lincoln's Inn-square to view the procession as it passed. Immediately following this flag was one bearing the quotation, from Exodus, " Whosoever shed deth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed." Several other flags followed of a similar character, and by too o'clock the procession had left the square. It proceeded up Great Queen street, Drury-lane, up Holborn, to Oxford -street, and would arrive at the House of Commons at a quarter past three. Every thing was conducted in. the most peace able and orderly manner. Not the slightest confusion prevailed from the time of the assembling of the multitude in the morning to that of its departure with the procession. The following is THE PETITION. To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. The Petition of the undersigned People of the United Kingdom. Showeth—That Government originated from, was designed to protect the freedom and promote the happiness of, and ought to be responsible to, the whole people ; That the only authority on which any body of men can make laws and govern society, is delegation from the people ; Thar, as Government was designed for the benefit and pro tection of, and must be obeyed and supported by, all, there fore, all should be equally represented; That any form of Government, which fails to effect the pur poses for which it was designed, and does not fully and com pletely represent the whole people, who are compelled to pay taxes to its support and obey the laws resolved upon by it, is un constitutional, tyrannical, and ought to be amended or resisted; That your Honourable House, as at present constituted, has not been elected by, and acts irresponsibly of, the people ; and hitherto has only represented parties, and benefited the few, regardless of the miseries, grievances, and petitions of the many. Your Honourable House has enacted laws contrary to the expressed wishes of the people, and, by unconstitutional means, enforced obedience to them ; thereby creating an un bearable despotism on the one hand, and degrading slavery on the other • That if your Honourable House is of opinion that the people of Great Britain and Ireland ought NOT to be FULLY REPRESENTED, your petitioners pray that such opinion may be unequivocally made kritrmn, that the people may fully under stand what they can or cannot expect from your Honourable House ; because if.such be the decision of your. Honourable House, your petitioners are.of opinion that where representation is denied, taxation ought to be resisted ; That your petitioners instance, in proof of.l heir assertion that. your Honourable Mouse has not been elected by the people, that. the population of Great Ifritain and Ireland is at the present time about twenty-six milliohs of persons ; and that yet, oat of this number, little more th a n n in e h un dr e d thousand have been, permitted-to-vote in-'the recent election orrepresentativis to make laws to govern the whole ; That the existing state of representation is not only ex tremely limited and unjust, but unequally divided, and gives preponderating influence to landed and monied interests, to the utter ruin of the small-trading and labouring classes ; That the borough of Guildford, with a population of 3,920, returns to Parliament as many Members as the Tower Ham lets, with a population of 300,000; Evesham, with a popula tion of 3,998, elects as many representatives as Manchester, with a population of 200,000 ; and Buckingham, Evesham, Totnes, Guildford, Honiton, and Bridport, with a total popu lation of 23,000, return as many representatives as Manchester, Finsbury, Tower Hamlets, Liverpool,_ Marylebone, and Lam beth, with a population of 1,400,000! these being' but a very few instances of the enormous inequalities existing in whet is called the representation of this country; That bribery, intimidation, corruption, perjury, and riot, prevail at all Parliamentary elections, to an extent best under stood by the Members of your Honourable House ; That your petitioners complain that they are enormously taxed to pay the interest of what is termed the National Debt —a debt amounting at present to eight hundred millions of pounds—being only a portion of the enormous amount ex pended in cruel and expensive wars for the suppression of all liberty, by men not authorised by the people, and who, conse quently, had no right to tax posterity for the outrages com mitted by them upon mankind. And your petitioners loudly complain of the augmentation of that debt, after twenty-six years of almost uninterrupted peace, and whilst poverty and discontent rage over the land; That taxation, both general and local, is at this time too enormous to be borne ; and in the opinion of your petitioners is contrary to the spirit of the Bill of Rights, wherein it is clearly expressed that no subject shall be compelled to contribute to any tax, talliage, or aid, unless imposed by common consent in Parliament ; That in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, thousands of people are dying from actual want; and your petitioners, whilst sensible that poverty is the great exciting cause of crime, view with mingled astonishment and alarm the ill provision made for the poor, the aged, and infirm ; and likewise perceive, with feelings of indignation, the determination of your Honour able House to continue the Poor-law Bill in operation, notwith standing the many proofs whizh have been afforded by sad experience of the unconstitutional principle of that Bill, of its unchristian character, and of the cruel and murderous effects produced upon the wages of working men, and the lives of the subjects of this realm; That your petitioners conceive that Bill to be contrary to all previous statutes, opposed to the spirit of the Constitution, and an actual violation of the precepts of the Christian religion ; and therefore, your petitioners look with apprehension to the results which may flow from its continuance ; That your petitioners would direct the attention of your Honourable House to the great disparity existing between the wages of the producing millions, and the salaries of those whose comparative usefulness ought to be questioned, where riches and luxury prevail amongst the rulers, and poverty and starvation amongst the ruled; That your petitioners, with all due respect and loyalty, would compare the daily income of the Sovereign Majesty with that of thousands of the working men of this nation ; and whilst your petitioners have learned' that her Majesty receives daily for ker private use the sum of 1641. 17s. 10d., they have also ascertained that many thousands of the families of the labourers are only in the receipt of per heeil per day; That your petitioners have also learned that his Royal Highness Prince Albert receives each day the sum of 1041. 25., whilst thousands have to exist upon 3d per head per day; That your petitioners have also heard with astonishment that the King of Hanover daily receives 571. 10s., whilst thousands of the tax-payers of this empire live upon 2id. per head per day ; That your petitioners have, with pain and regret, alse learned that the Archbishop of Canterbury is daily in the receipt of b2l. les. per day, whilst thousands of the poor have to maintain their families uilon an income not exceeding twopence per head per day ; That notwithstanding the wretched and unparalleled condi tion of the people, your Honourable House has manifested no disposition to curtail the expenses oft he State, to diminish taxa tion, or promote general prosperity ; That unless immediate remedial measures be adopted, your petitioners fear the increasing distress of the people will lead to results fearful to contemplate ; because your petitioners can produce evidence of the gradual decline of wages, at the same time that the constant increase of the national burdens must be apparent to all ; That your petitioners know that it is the undoubted consti tutional right of the people to meet freely when, how, and where they choose, in public places, peaceably, in the day, to discuss their grievances, and political or other subjects, or for the purpose of framing, discussing, or passing any vote, peti tion, or remonstrance, upon any subject whatsoever; That your petitioners complain that the right has unlawfully and unconstitutionally been infringed; and five hundred well disposed persons have been arrested, excessive bail demanded, tried by packed juries, sentenced to imprisonment, and treated as felons of the worst description ; That an unconstitutional police force is distributed all over the country, at enormous cost, to prevent the due exercise of the people's rights. And your petitione rs a re o f op i n i on , th a t the Poor Law Bastile and the police stations, being co-existent, have originated trout the same cause,—viz., the increased desire on the part of the irresponsible few to oppress and starve the many ; That a vast and unconstitutional army is upheld at the public expense, for the purpose of repressing public opinion in the three kingdoms, and likewise to intimidate the millions in the due exercise of those rights and privileges which ought to be long to them ; That your petitioners complain that the hours of labour, par ticularly of the factory workers, are protracted beyond the limits of human endurance, and that the wages earned, after unnatural application to toil in heated and unhealthy work shops, are inadequate to sustain the bodily strength, and supply those comforts which are so imperative after an excessive waste of physical energy; That your petitioners also direct the attention of your Honourable House, to the starvation wages of the agricultural labourer, and view with horror and indignation, the paltry in come of those whose toil gives being to the staple food of this people; That your petitioners deeply deplore the existence of any kind of monopoly in this nation ; and whilst they unequivocally condemn the levying of any tax upon the necessaries of life, and upon those articles principally required by the labouring classes, they are also sensible, that the abolition of any one monopoly, will never unshackle labour from its misery, until the people possess that power under which all monopoly and oppression must cease ; and your petitioners respectfully men tion the existing monopolies of the suffrage, of paper money, of machinery. of land, of the public press, of religious privileges, of the means of travelling and transit, and a host of ether evils, too numerous to mention, all arising from class legislation, but which your Honourable House has always consistently endea • voured to increase instead of diminish ; That your petitioners are sensible, from the numerous peti tions, presented to your Honourable House, that your Honour able House is fully acquainted withe grievances of the working men ; and your petitioners pray that the rights and wrongs of labour may be considered, with a view to the protection of the one, and to the removal of the other; because your petitioners are of opinion that it is the worst species of legislation, which leaves the grievances of society to be removed only by violence or revolution, both of which may be apprehended if complaints are unattended to and petitions despised ; That your petitioners complain that upwards of nine mil lions of pounds per annum are unjustly abstracted from them to maintain a Church Establishment, from which they princi pally dissent; and beg to call the attention of your Honourable House to the fact, that this enormous sum is equal to, if it does not exceed, the cost of upholding Christianity in all parts of the world besioe. Your petititioners complain that it is unjust, and not in accordance with the Christian religion, to enforce compulsory support of religious creeds, and expensive Church e , tablishments, with which the people do not agree; That your petitioners believe all men have a right to wor ship God as may appear best to their consciences, and that no legislative enactments should interfere between man and his Creator ; That your petitioners direct the attention of your Honourable House to the enormous revenue annually swallowed up by the Bishops and the clergy, and entreat you to contrast their deeds with the conduct of the founder of the Christian religion, who denounced worshippers of Alammon, and taught charity, meekness, and brotherly love. That your petitioners strongly complain that the people of this kingdom are subject to the rule of irresponsible law-makers, to whom they have given no authority, and are enormously taxed to uphold a corrupt system, to which they have never in person or by representation given their assent; That your petitioners maintain that it is the inherent, indu bitable, and constitutional right, founded upon the ancient practice of the realm of England, and suppoited by well-ap tproved statutes, of every male inhabitant of the United King dom, he being of age and of sound mind, non .convict of crime, and not confined under any judicial process, to exercise the elective franchise in the choice of Members to serve in t h e Commons House of Parliament ; That your petitioners can prove that by the ancient custom and statutes of this realm, Parliaments should be held once 1 in each year; That your petitioners maintain that Members elected to serve in Parliament ought to be the servants of the people, and should, at short and stated intervals, return to their constitu encies, to ascertain if their conduct is approved of, and to give the people power to reject all who have not acted honestly and justly; That your petitioners complain that possession of property is made the test of men's qualification to sit in Parliament ; That your petitioners can give proof that such qualification is irrational, unnecessary, and not in accordance with the an cient usages of England; That your petitioners complain, that by influence, patronage, and intimidation, there is at present no purity of election; and your petitioners contend for the right of voting by ballot. That your petitioners complain, that seats in your tionour able House are sought for at a most extravagant rate of ex pense, which proves an enormous degree of fraud and corruption; That your petitioners, therefore, contend that, to put an end to secret political traffic, all representatives shoulo be paid a limited amount for their services ; That your petitioners complain of the inequality of repre sentation ; and contend for the division of the country into equal electoral districts; • . • That • your petitioners Complain of .the 'many grievances borne by the people of Ireland; and contend that they are fully entitled to a repeal of the Legislative Union..; That your petitioners have viewed with great indignation the partiality shown to the aristocracy in the Courts of Jus tice, and the cruelty of that system of law which deprived Frost, Williams, and Jones, of the benefit of the objection offered by Sir Frederick Pollock during the trial at Monmouth, and which was approved of by a large majority of the Judges; That your petitioners beg to assure your Honourable House that they cannot, within the limits of this their petition, set forth even a tithe of the many grievances of which they may justly complain ; but should your Honourable House be pleased to grant your petitioners a hearing by representatives at the bar of your Honour able House, your petitioners wig be enabled to unfold a tale of wrong and suffering —of intolerable injustice, which will create utter astonishment in the minds of all bene volent and good men, that the people of Great Britain and Ire land have so long quietly endured their wretched condition, brought upon them, as it has been, by unjust exclusion from political authority, and by the manifold corruptions of class le gislation ; That your petitioners, therefore, exercising their just consti tutional right, demand that your Honourable House, to remedy the many gross and manifest evils of which your petitioners complain, do immediately, without alteration, deduction, or ad dition. pass into a law the document entitled " The People's Charter ;" which embraces the Representation of Male Adults, Vote by Ballot, Annual Parliaments, No Property Qualifica tio;,, Payment of Members, and Equal Electoral Districts. And that your petitioners, desiring to promote the peace of the United Kingdom, security of property, and prosperity of commerce, seriously and earnestly press this, their petition, en the attention of your Honourable House. And your Petitioners, &c. THE NATIONAL PETITION. Longbeiore the hour fixed for the meeting of the House yesterday, Parliament-Street was erowded with persons as sembled to " see the procesSion of the working clas'ses accompanying the Xational Petition to the House of Commons ; su "that 'it was a'work of some difficulty for. those who were' dgirons•:OCObtaining admission to the House "to Make their - iv'ay through the crowd. The petition Niras'enclesed in a frame Work of wood, and its size "mils Such, that the, framework had to he taken oftand the petition itself to be Unrolled, in Order to get it through the door leading from the lobby to the House. On the gallery being opened, the petition appeared a conspicuous object, having been placed immediately in front of the table ; it was unrolled,and formed a pile, or .stack of loose paper, as high as the tabie itself, and extending a considerable distance along the floor of the House. THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The annnal meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary So ciety was held yesterday in the great room, Exeter Hall. The body of the hall was filled chiefly with ladies, and the platform was occupied by a large number of preachers, friends, and supporters of the Society. The Rev. Jabez Bunting read the report for the past year, from which it appeared that the receipts amounted to 101,6881.25. 4d. —(Loud cheers)—and the expenditure to 98,7541.75. 9d., leaving a surplus of 2,9331 14s. 7d. The present num ber of principal or central mission stations, called cir cuits, occupied by the Society in the several parts of the world, now enumerated, is 261 ; the number of Mis sionaries employed, exclusive of catechists, 368 ; the number of full and accredited church members, ex clusively of those under the care of the Society's Mis sionaries in Ireland, is 87,258; and the number of scholars in the mission schcools l is nearly 60,000. POISONING CASE AT WEEKLEY. COMMITTAL OF THE SUPPOSED MURDERER. (Abridged from the Northampton .211ercury.) An inquest has been held by Thos. Marshall, Esq., on the body of Mrs. Ward, wife of Mr. J. Ward, miller, of Weekley Mill, near Kettering. Mrs. %Vard was 71 years of age, and was in her usual state of health on Monday, 25th inst., when she ate a small quantity of asparagus with her breakfast, and afterwards complained that she did not feel very well. About eleven o'clock she ordered her servant girl (Sarah Goss), to prepare a basin of milk for her lunch. The milk was prepared, and on partaking of it she observed that it had a nasty taste, and inquired of the girl what she had done to it. She replied she had done nothing to it. Whilst this conversation was going on Mrs. Ward, jun., wife of Mrs. Ward's eldest son, a farmer living about a mile distant, called in to see her mother-in- law, and the mother complained to her that the milk she was eating had not a right taste. The daughter tasted it, and after a short time she said she was sure that it was not right, for it burned her stomach though it was now cool. Mrs. Ward, jun. again ate several spoonfuls, and now felt the same burning sensa tion. They both soon became sick, and a man was im mediately sent for Mr. Wyman, surgeon, of Kettering, who attended as quickly as possible. The old lady lin gered till five o'clock, when she expired. Mrs. Ward, jun. has not quite recovered. A jury was empanelled on Tuesday, and the inquiry was adjourned till Wednesday, to give time for analysing the different fluids. Mr. Wyman, by various tests, having discovered arsenic in all of them. At th e ad journed inquest on Wednesday, after a very lengthened investigation, it was elicited from the stable-boy that he i.eard the girl ask the waggoner on the preceding Friday, to bring her an ounce of arsenic from the druggist's at Kettering, which the waggoner, on examination, ad mitted. The girl, upon re-examination, admitted that she did send for some arsenic, but not liking to keep it by her, she had thrown it in the fire. The jury now insisted on a policeman searching her boxes, and in her bonnet-box was found a packet of arsenic. A small quantity was also found in a cup board in the kitchen. The body meanwhile underwent a post mortem examination by Mr. Wyman, assisted by Mr. W. Gibbon and Mr. W. Rotighton, surgeons, of Kettering, when the stomach was found in a highly in flamed state, and there were particles of the poison still remaining on its internal coat. The Jury pursued their inquiries with unwearied assiduity until 12 o'clock at night, when they adjourned the inquest to Thursday, and about, five o'clock on that day pronounced a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Sarah Goss. She has lived in the family only since December, and is a na tive of Sudbury, in this county. . ~ irk! TIIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1842 LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 2. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Lauderdale, and Lord Drlamere. SIB. L. SKEIFINGTON V. BUDD. The further argument on this part-heard appeal occupied their Lordships the whole day, and not having concluded at tour o'clock the further consideration of the case was adjourned till to-morrow (this day). IrOLLIEft V. EY RE.-JUDGMENT. Lord COTTENHAM gave judgment to-day at four o'clock in this case, which was argued some time since upon an appeal from the decision of Lord Plunkett. His Lordship, atter going through the case at some length, stated his opinion to be that the judgment below was incorrect, and ordered it to be re versed, with costs. COURT OF cHANCERY, May 2. The Lord Chancellor did not take his seat in Lincoln's Inn hall to•day till nearly half-past 11 o'clock. JUDGMENT.-lIOLLIS V. BRYANT. Tile LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, which was argued before the Court a short time since. The case came before the Court upon appeal frJrn the decision of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England, appointing a receiver. The facts of the case, as stated by his Lordship in giving judgment, are as follow. —As far back as the year 1828 a Commission of Bankruptcy issued against Mr. Bryant, the de fendant. He contested the commission, and at last a compro mise was entered into between him and his creditors. Mr. Bryant paid a certain sum of money, which the creditors ac cepted, and the further proceedings under the commission were stayed by the death of the original assignee. A short time since the proceedirgs under the commission were transferred to the Court of Bankruptcy, and one of the defendants to the present record was appointed official assignee. Tho plaintiff, Mr. Hollis, was a creditor of Mr. Bryant's, not under the bankruptcy, but upon transac tions that had taken place many years ofterwards. Not being able to obtain payment, he brought an action, recovered and obtained judgment. Mr. Bryant had for many years resided within the rules of the Queen's Bench prison, and in conse quence of that a detainer was lodged against him. Upon the i_ranting of that detainer, the plaintiff, Mr. Hollis, applied to the Insolvent Debtor's Court, to be appointed assignee. That appointment was resisted by Mr. Bryant, but the order was made, anti Mr. Hollis was appointed assignee. Some cunt roversy had arisen at the bar during the arguments of the case as to wltctjter a vesting order had been obtained or not. It was clear to his Lordship that such an order had been made ; it was then submitted that such a vesting order was not valid. Now, the fact was that a vesting order had existed for some time, founded upon a debt due to a Mr. Burt, but ;Ir. Bryant con.ended that that debt was satisfied, and that the satisfaction of the debt put an end to the vesting order. The truth was that the order was never discharged, and therefore when Mr. Hollis was appointed assignee all the right and interest of Mr. Bryant had vested in :tlr. Hollis. Mr. Hollis endeavoured to compel Mr. Bryant to file his schedule, but he was not successful in that application, in consequence of the Act of Parliament being detective in that respect, no means being given by it by which the Commissioners could compel a party to file his schedule. Mr. Hollis attempted to recover his debt underthe bankruptcy but was unsuccessful in that a 150... :He had, therefore, no alter ' native but t o p rocee d i n t h e manner h e had done; the sole point in contest at the bar was whether he ought not to have gore in under the Insolvent. Debtors Act instead of instituting the present trial. It was clear to his Lordship that under the 3tl and 4th Victoria, he could not have proceeded under the Insolvent Debtors Act, because the assignment to Mr. Hollis was not valid with respect to that, but it was valid with respect to in quiry; and when the certificate under the bankruptcy was ob tained, it would become effectual, If Mr. Bryant did not take steps to supersede the commission, the vesting order was suspended. On the 'whole, his Lordship was of opinion that Mr. Hollis could not have done otherwise than he did, that therefore the proceedings were right, and the order of the Vice-Chancellor of England, appointing a receiver, must be affirmed with costs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE CORPORATION OF LUDLOW. The arguments not having concluded when the Court rose will be resumed to-morrow (this day). ROLLS' COURT, May 2. BROWNE V. KEATING. Mr. PEMBERTON appeared on behalf of the plaintiff in this carve to have an account taken against the defendants, who were the trustees of a settlement executed on the marriage of the plaintiff, Mrs. Browne, with her husband in November, 1810, to whom a considerable amount of property had been devised oa trust for the benefit of Mrs. Browne, during the joint lives of herself and husband, and afterwards for the benefit of the children of the marriage. It was also sought to have new trustees appointed in the place of the existing ones, and to have the costs of the suit paid by the defendants. Mr. Pemberton entered at considerable length into details which were void of interest. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, May 2. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) VINCENT V. LEACOCK. The further arguments in this part-heard motion occupied the Court the whole morning. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) MALLALIEU V. MILLER. His HONOUR disposed of the points raised in this case, and stated at the conclu.ion that: the course which he thought would be most convenient for the final settlement of the question was to direct an issue or a reference to the Master. - • After some discussion at the bar;.... His HONOUR announcod , ihat' be would deliver his final judgment on Wednesday next. CO URTOFy UEEIV'S BENCH, May 2. MORGAN, BART., V. POWELL. This was an action of trespass brought by the plaintiff, Sir Charles Morgan, against the defendant, to recover damages for certain coals improperly taken by the defendant from a vein be longing to the plaintiff. It appeared that the properties of the plaintiff' and defendant joined, and that the defendant, in carrying on certain mining operations, had taken a quantity of coals from a vein situated under the property of the plaintiff. The case had been tried at Mon mouth, and the Jury had given as damages a sum equal to the value of the coals at the pit's mouth. A rule had beer, obtained to show cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground of excessive damages, inasmuch as the damages given ought to have been the value of the coals at the time of their severance from the freehold, and not at the pit's mouth. Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW and Mr. RICHARDS showed cause against the rule, and contended that as the plaintiff could not have obtained possession of the coals until they had been brought up to the pit's mouth, he was entitled to recover their value up to that moment. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Sergeant Talfuurd, and Mr. Keating, argued in support of the rule, and contended that at the monieut the coal was severed from the freehold, it became a chattel, aud that consequently the plaintiff was only entitled to recover its value at the moment it became a chattel, under the present form of action. Tne Co URT took time to consider its judgment. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 2. RUSSELL V. This was a special case, in which the paint raised was, whether an action for debt could be maintained in this country upon a judgment of the Court of Seasion,. in Scotland. The Court, after healing the arguments of Counsel on both sides, decided that the actnni could be maintained, and judgment was berefore delivered for the plaintiff. • • • TAIL COURT, May 2. Mr. Justice WIG HTMA N presided in this Court to-day, and it as engaged in hearing motions involving points of law, which were not possessed of any general interest.. LYSOL VEIYT PEB,TORS!: 6OZIRT, May 2 IN RE ROBERT DUKE. The insolvent had been one of the police officers attached to Hatton-garden previous to the introduction of the prosent system of police. , He applied on his petition to be discharged, and attrited his insolvency to the fact of having been engaged in accommo dation bill transactions. Some witnesses having been examined with respect to the disposal of a quantity of furniture, which was alleged to have been disposed of in payment of rent, rta 111 r. WOODROFFE, on behalf of the creditors, said that the , ins,lvent was in possession of a pension of 1001. per anntfin, and he trusted the Court would order a certain portion of that annuity to be appropriated, under the direction of the official assignee to the liquidation of the debts. The COURT having questioned the insolvent as to whether, the money he received from Government was in lieu of ast or present servi ces , h e rep li e d t h at h e was o b l i ged to attend every day at the Clerkenwell Police Court, and that he con sidered the lOU a year he received as a salary for work now performing. . . Mr. Commissioner BOWEN recommended that a sum of 10/. a year should be paid over, subject to the application of the Learned Chief Commissioner, from this salary, for the benefit of the creditors, and ordered the insolvent to be discharg e d. IN RE ROBERT iiaswELL. The insolvent had been a plumber and glazier in Chancery lane. He had been frequently before the Court, and as fre quently sent back to prison, on account of his father refusingto render an account of certain books and documents belongifig to his son, which came into his possession in lieu of an Al leged loan. Haswell, sen., not being in attendance, Mr. N►ceut.t,S, on behalf of the opposing creditor, made an application to have a further adjournment, which was granted, POLICE I TELLIGENCE, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Scott, aged 15 years, a most notorious thief, having been three times convicted at the Central Criminal Court of felcny, many times apprehended on various charges, was placed at the bar on the following charge of daring robbery. Between seven and eight o'clock on Saturday night last the prisoner was observed looking for a considerable time about the shop of Dlr. Alexander Sharpcott, of No. 413, Oxford-street, boot and shoe-manufacturer, and, watching his opportunity while the shop was full of customers, he boldly walked in close behind a person who was entering, and seizing hold of a pair of men's Blucher boots, ran into the street, and was making off, but the cry of "stop thief" being raised, he was pursued by police constable, No. 67, of the E division, into Buckeridge-street, St. Giles's, where he was overtaken. He had, however, 'managed on his way to get rid of the boots. They were valued at 6s. 6d. The prisoner said there was a great mistake about the mat ter. lie knew nothing about the boots, and was merely run ning along home when he was taken into custody. He cer tainly had a bad character, and in consequence of that misfor tune, he was accused of every robbery committed in the neighbourhood. Sir. MALTBY (the presiding Magistrate), said he should commit him for trial, and as the case was so clear against him, he would in all probability be permanently got rid of. John Sharp, Charles Eastcourt, Henry Phillips and Robert Smith, very respectably-dressed young men, were charged as follows. Police-sergeant, No. 15, of the C division, stated that about one o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning, he heard a great disturbance in Oxford-street, and on proceeding to the spot, found the three first-named defendants striking at and fighting with every person they could come at. Three men and two females who had been knocked Glowe by them, were still lying in a heap on the footway pavement, the de fendants having, as they were passing along Oxford -street. attacked in a most cowardly manner, every one, either male or female, they met With. After a desperate contest the three were secured, and on their way to the station house the defend ant Smith assaulted two constables in attempting a rescue. They were all more or less intoxicated. The defendants denied having acted in the violent manner described ; they were " peaceably " returning home, after having been at " a supper" together, w ith others of their shop mates. Mr. MA LTBY—Pray what are the defendants? Inspector 13cresford, of the E division—They are tailors, Sir. Mr. Fitzpatrick (the Chief Clerk )—There are more tailors charged at this office with drunken and riotous conduct, fre quently involving assaults of a most aggravated nature, than any other class of persons. The AlaOtrate sentenced each of the defendants to pay a fine of 405., and in default cne month's imprisonment to hard labour. IYORSHIP-STREET. John Harris, a lad of notorious character, was charged with having been concerned in stealing some scent bottles and various other articles from the shop of Mr. West, a surgeon, in Hackney-road Crescent. lite robbery was committed as long ago as Christmas eve, when police-constable Ball, of the N divi s i on , observed the prisoner and two other lad s , lurkisig about i n f ron t o f t h e prosecutor's shop window. After remaining there a short time they suddenly made off in different directions, but they were pursued by the policeman, who succeeded in capturing two of them, one of whom had dropped a lavender b ott l e i n the course of his flight. On examination it was discovered that one of into v, custody. Thehn the polie o the panes of glass had been starred, and a variety o f art i c l es ab i srracted. The prisoner effected his escape anceieludedtche. m, policeman i i i i c c ea h me (a:i Id, madeein..tuaatflitideyr metin him his t,itisnmti,l possession andSatu r t d o ! , y k ahci tity imorning,umanof horehound, which lie subsequently ascertained had been sto l en from a con fectioner's shop in Eagle-street, City-road.—The prisoner was remanded. UNION HALL. Thomas Ball, formerly driver of a Brixton stage-coach, at tended to put in bail for threatening the life of his wife, a lads' of fortune, to whom he was married seven months ago. The case came before the Court on Saturday, when the com plainant stated that since her marriage with the defendant she had given him upwards of 8001. As his conduct was so bad she was compelled to leave him, and on Thursday last he came to her house, and because she refused to give him 50/. he took up the poker and threatened to murder her. the added that she went in danger of her life. The defendant denied that he had used the threats, and with respect to the tioo/. she had given him, he had purchased horses and a carriage with the money. he lady was said to have 1,5001. a year, and when the Ma gistrat, expressed his surprise that she should have married a man so much her inferior in every respect, she burst into tears, and was led out to her carriage, which was waiting at the door, absorbed in tears. The defendant having entered intu the required sureties was Li scharged. The Gazette of Upper Germany states, from Berlin April 24, that a Council of State had just been held, at which the King presided, for the purpose of discussing the intended law on the censorship, which it was reported would embrace no other restrictions than those which are absolutely necessary. The Journal de la Somme informs us of a fire in the commune of Herissat, in that department, which consumed fifty-on houses and four barns. The total loss is estimated at 250,000 f. A letter from Falaise (Normandy) states that a violent storm broke over the town on the 24th, and lasted three quarters of an hour. The electric fluid entered the liviiuse of a lady named Heliier , breaking all the glass of the window. It then appeared to have gone round the room, re ducing to powder the pictures on the walls. After setting fire to the curtains of a bed, it escaped through the chimney, from which it threw down several bricks into a neighbouring garden. Madame Ilellier was reading at the window when the electric fluid entered, and the book she held was partly burnt in her hand, without any accident occurring to herself or to two other ladiessitting near her. LECTURES ON SCOTTISH SONG AND MUSIC. Mr. Wilson gave another entertainment last night at the Music-hall, Store-street, when, laying aside the for mality of a lecture, he " strung his pearls at random," by delivering only the selectest of his songs to the audi ence. Many of theSe we had heard before, but though thus numbering among the " bis repetita," they came upon the air fresh and full of sweetness as at first. Among those, however, not enlisting under this category, was " My ain fireside," written by Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, authoress of " The Cottagers of Glenburnie." The warm, comfortable melody to which it is sung, breathes the very spirit of a quiet soul, sit ting in contentedness by the rich ember-light of a happy hearth. " Saw ye my wee thing?" is a loveable little idyl, written one would have supposed by a Scotch Moschus : the inquiries after the lost loved-one, with her sugared lips and•persoual beituties, were no less choice than the dulcet subject itself warranted. It appears that the author of the fine ballad of " Auld Robin Gray ; " which speaks so feelingly, as the singer repeats it, of the wreck an d mournfulnessfof faded humanity, long lay perdu, and Mr. Wilson stated, that so much was curiosity on the stretch to ascertain its writer. that 15 guineas were advertised at the time, as price for the divulged secret. Lady Ann Lindsay, it finally became known, was the " veiled Isis " who gave it to the world. " Will ye gang wi' me, Lizzie Lindsay ?" went off in light-tuned triplets. " Where hae ye been a' day, my boy Tammy?" furnishes a piece of fidgety ques tioning on the part of the old dame, and frank answers on Tammy's, the inamorato's part, who confessed that a " dimpled cheek and cherry mote " had led him astray, and were confessedly no slight plea for such temptation. The gathering tune "Pibroch o' Doniul Dhu" .was a singular performance. Near as can be imagined, the voice of the clansmen assimilates itself to the continuous drone of the bagpipe, and its effect, far from disagree- ' able, presents the idea, as the words are breathed chiefly through the nostrils, and with dilated cheeks, of a cer tain stifled fiery, and resolute daring—a species of doughty valour• bent upon prowess and dispatch : the alto -tones were no less spirited, and seemed the very rousing of the whole warrior in the man. The . room was full, and the evening passed off with the usual eclat, notwithstanding Mr. Wilson's voice was somewhat in firm from cold. • OURNAMENT AT TURIN. A letter from Turin, 23d inst., states :—" The tournament promised as part of the fetes for the mar riage of the Duke of Savoy, but postponed in conse quenee" of the weather, was held yesterday. A large circus .had been erected by the city in the square of Saint Charles. At one o'clock the two august fami lies, in honour of whom the fete was given, entered an elegant pavilion, fitted up with great taste, and set apart for their reception. The acclamations of more than twenty thousand spectators saluted their entrance. The four first ranks of the galle ries were occupied by ladies in the most brilliant dresses. Behind them, in galleries ascending gradually, thousands of men were placed. All the windows of the pelace surrounding the square were magnificently decorated. Around the fine equestrian statue of Emanuel-Philibert, which stood in the ruid.c,t of the arena, lances, javelins, shields, and other warlike weapons, required for the jousting, were tastefully arranged. Varlets in brilliant liveries stood in raadine:s to furnish arms to the knights when called for. The tournament was to represent a splendid fete of chivalry, given in the four teenth century, at Constantinople, by the _gay and brilliant §uite of Jane, daughter of Amadeus V. of Sav=oy; when she: came . to marry the Greek Em peror icildrOnichs. The chief of' the tournament on the'present'Occasion .was descended from the family of that . Enipress,, being the Duke of Genoa, the King's secon4S9l4,, Four bodies of knights, each 24in num ail:oflicers in the, army ; •took part in the jotist. Of .these,, - . the first and fourth • represented knights belo4ng , to orders -in existence at - the . * coin= ment.tment the-' fourteenth century; the arst being dressed as knights of Constantine nid St. Lazare, and the fourth as chevaliers of the Or cer of Rhodes, and the French Order of the Star. The second division were habited as Savoyards, and the third as French knights of the period already indicated. The young Prince, who figured as head of the joust, was attended by a special quadrille of four knights, with the four standard-bearers of the other quadrilles, and three squires to execute his behests. The Prince made his entry into the arena amidst the loud sound of trumpets, accompanied by his knights, his herald, his trumpeters, and his standard-bearer. Having advanced to the King's seat to take his instructions, lie gave the signal, and immediately all the knights defiled in order before the royal pavilion. When all ' had resumed their places, each quadrille in turn ran a certain number of courses, and went through thO usual exercises of the manege. The other trials of-a joust, such as running at the ring, leaping the bar-. riers, &c., in fact, all the figures of a carrousel; were executed with admirable fidelity. The yOung Prince was remarked for the fortunate:bol4es With which he performed his part in the 'sports; ? The weather was fine, and the tournament conclucledwith out accident. t. .... ~.N :. DEATH OF LORD HENRY RUSSELL.--). eSterclay , morning, about five o'clock, at the Governor's House,,,Getieri vvich Hospital, the Right Hon. Lord Henry Russell, .Command* in the Royal Navy, aged 26 years, fifth son of John, late ,Dnlc.e ofj Redford, K. G. by Georgiana, dau g hter of ' Alexander, fourth Duke. of Go rdon, K.G. His Lordship married; iniltlfy 1841, a daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, Governor of Greenwich Hospital. A serious: • aceidet& betel Lord Henry when a Lieutenant on board her •Majesty'l-Ship Melville, 74 guns, at Portsmouth harbour; a bleck :feltwhile the ship was bein g s t r ipp e d, an d struc k his Lordship. , with great vio lence on the head. This circumstance led te or accelerated the distressing event. Before six o'clock expressp!yrgrgilispatched in all directions to the relatives of thedeeeased, pa,rtieularly to Lord John Russell, who was at Woburn Abbey. . The Antwerp Comp an y' s steam-ship, Pr i ncess morning, after Captain Minter, arrive d h ere ' yest e r d ay after a short passage of ninete en h ours . The Ea rl of Essex and family, Mr. Mildmay and family, Mr. Tierney,;.&c., were amongst her passengers. The proceedings in the case of the late Madame de Feucheres excite great interest in Paris. At tresent the evi dence seems, in favour of the claim of the husband, and ninety nine out of a hundred hope he may gain , _ for his conciliar has throughout the affair been admirable. Everything turns upon the legitimacy or illegitimacy of Madame de Feucheres. It is asserted that she was not in any • way related to the family in the Isle of Wight, whose name, it is said, is Daw not Dawes. Mr. Dawes, fron t w h o m sh e i s suppose d to have t aken her name, is said to have been a man with whom she' hied as a mistress, and who was an officer of some rank in the English army. A Berlin letter, in the Wursburg Gazette, states that the following presents f rom Queen Victoria to the King and Queen of Prussia had been korwarded through the Prus sian Consul in London, viz., a miniature cradle in gold, with a purse suckling the Prince of Wales ; a toilette apparatus in the form of a pistol, and opening with a spring ; a snuffbox in mosaic gold, representing the baptism of the Prince of Wales; four canisters of snuff; a dozen of knives and forks with gold handles, ornamented with brilliants and other jewels; a stone vase containing rare Indian fruits ; and two legs of mutton of remarkable size. • Part at least of the account appears to us to be something like a hoax of the journalist. CORONER'S INQUEST.—THE LATE CASE OF SUSPECTED SUICIDE IN HYDE PARK.—Last evening an inquest was held at the sign of the Old King's Head public-house, in Knights bridge, before Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for Westminster, on view of the body of Mary Parkinson, aged 49 years, a single woman. John Winnett, a bricklayer, stated that about five o'clock on Friday morning last, as he was crossing the east end of the Serpentine-river, on his way to his work, he saw the body of the deceased, face upwards, near to the south shore; he threw off his coat, and wading in to thedipili of about four feet, succeeded in getting the body ashore ; it appeared to have been in the water about an hour. The deceased had a bonnet and cloak on ; her apparel was not disordered or torn. She was searched, and nothing was found in her pockets buts. por tion of an old song. Mr. Joseph Winn, a tailor, stated that the deceased was his cousin; she had been a cook in several respectable families, but had been out of a situation for three months. She left her home on Thursday morning last to look for a place, and was not seen again alive by her relatives. She had lately been in a desponding state of mind, seldom answer ing any questions put to her. She was in great distress through being out of a situation so long, and had parted with every thing she possessed to support herself. She had stated in wit ness's hearing, and on different occasions, that rather than she should come to extreme want, she would make away with her. sell. She had been much respected in the situations she had held, and about three years ago was much better off. Her friends heard of her body being found through a paragraph which appeared in the daily papers. There were no marks of violence about the_ body. Verdict--" That the deceased drowned herself while in a state of temporary insanity." Prince Esterhazy, when travelling in Switzerland last summer, arrived in the evening of August 26 at Wallen stadt, between Zurich and . Ragatz, alighting at the Hotel du Cerf, chose his rooms, and ordered his supper. Whil e thi s was preparing, the Prince took a walk on- the banks of the lake. Being struck with the beautiful situation of the Hotel de he entered it, 'and, finding .that he should have More enjoyment there, sent a note to his courier at the Cerf, and desired him to pay all charges, and remove his equipage and baggage to the Aigle. This letter fell into the hands of M. Hubert, the landlord of the Cerf, who opened it, and re fused to suffer the removal, and afterwards meeting the Prince, treated him with great personal insult. The Prince com plained to the Viee-Prefect, but could not obtain any re dress. The affair was at last arranged by the Prince pay ing a heavy charge for his rooms andaupper, ordered, but nut eaten, at the Cerf. He, nevertheless, gave liberal gra tuities to the waiters. Travelling, afterwards, by the steam boat Minerva, the Prince made an entry in' the vessel's book, relating all that had passed, and adding some severe reflec tions upon the conduct of M. Hubert. Being informed of this entry, M. Hubert required the Captain of the Minerva to erase it. As the Captain refused, M. Hubertapplied to the Tribunal of Sargani for redress. This Court ordered the erasure of the entry, and that the Captain should pay the costs, but refused to award anything to the complainant by way of damages. Against this decision zn appeal was made to the Supreme Court, which recently decreed that the Captain was not responsible, as the author of the entry in the vessel's book was known, and there fore quashed the former judgment, ordering M. Hubert to pay 'all tte costs, which amount to more than three times the sum he had obtained from the Prince, The appeal of Viscount Walsh and M. Voilhet de St. Philbert against the decision of the Correctional Tribunal, condemning the former as Director, and the latter as responsi ble editor of the Mode, Viscount Walsh to three months' im priginment and 3,000 f. fine, and M. Voilhet• to two months' imprisonment and 2,000 f. fine, for an infraction of the layi, by announcing the opening of a subscription to ,pay previous tines, came on yesterday before the Cour Royale.—The judg. ment was confirmed. ROYAL LIBRARY, WEYMOUTH, APRIL 30.—The following ladies and gentlemen landed at a late hour last even ing, from the ship Madagascar, Capt. Villier, from Calcutta Jan. 6, and the Cape, March 4:—General W. S. Whistle, C. 8., and Lady; Colonel Grieve . Capt. Keating; Capt. Saay ; Airs. Sparling ; Miss Stambridge; Stambridge, Esq., and Lady ; Montgomery, Esq., and Lady; C. J. H. Grahams, Esq.; J. Sweeder, Esq. ; Pike, Esq. The funeral of Don Antonio Fernandez Espartero, the brother of the Regent, was performed with much pomp on the 19th. %~ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The Chester Cup has excited so unusual an interest amongst the south country speculators, that a considerable number of the subscribers to the room took wing from Newmarket after the Friday's racing, and others from town yesterday morning; in fact, so numerous were the departures that the muster yes- terday afternoon at the Corner was at least fifty per cent. below par, and business flat and unimportant. A comparison of the prices below with those published on Monday as the latest in St. James's, will show that the variance is very slight indeed in the established favourites, and that the only novelty in the day's proceedings, was the reappearance of Mr. Ferguson's Fireavray, on the strength of having ran a decent second to Great Wonder, for a Queen's Plate at the Curragh last week, beating several others, his jockey riding 7 lbs. overweight. The general prices at the close were as follows : CHESTER CUP. 7 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Marshal Soult 7 to 1 agst Mr. Holmes's Vulcan 7 to I agst Mr. Greville's Rory O'More 10 to 1 agst Mr. Kirby's Lanetcost 11 to 1 agst Mr. C. St. Paul's Jolly Tar IS to 1 agst Major Hay's Retriever ( All these odds were taken' to small sums.) THE DERBY. 3to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Attila-7 to 2 taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Trelawny's Frederica c.-11 to 2 taken Bto 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Canadian—. 9 to 1 taken 16 to I agst Lord Westminster's Auckland—take 18 to 1 25 to '1 agst Mr. G. Clark's Lord of Holderness—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Roger's Tiptoe 25 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Ballinkeele 30 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Chatham—taken 40 to I agst Mr. Ferguson's Fireaway—taken 1000 to 15 agit Mr. G. Clark's Baronet--taken OAKS. 6 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Dil-bar 25 to 1 agst Mr. Shackel's Meal—taken UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE OXFORD, APM r.3o.—The Professor of Botany proposes to begin a course of lectures on Wednesday next, at two o'clock, and continue on the alternate days until the conclusion' of Act Term. The Sedeian Reader in Natural Philosophy will begin a curse of lectures on mechanics, and a course in " Newton's Principia," on Tuesday next. The Vinerian Professor of Common Law has given notice of a course of lectures to be delivered in the Law School, to be gin on Wednesday, May 11, at two o'clock. The meetings of the Ashmolean Society for the present term will be in the evenings of May 2 and 16. The President and Fellows of Magdalen College have pre sented the Rev. E. H. Hutton, of their Society, to the per petual Curacy of Horsepath, in this county. R. Alston and J. Hillyard, Esqrs., have presented the Rev. G. T. Hudson, of Trinity College, to the Rectory of Stiff key, in the county of Norfolk. The Dean and Chapter of Christ Church have presented the Rev. W. C. Fynes, of their Society, to the perpetual Curacy of Maiden Bradley, in the county of Wilts. Sit' R. Lopes, Bart., has presented the Rev. D. Alexander, late of St. Mary Hall, to the Vicarage of Bickleigh with Sheepst or, Devon. W. Leveson Gower, jun., Esq., has pr e s en t e d th e R ev. H . A. Tyndale, of Wadham College, to the Rectory of Tatsfield, in the county of Surrey. Lady Chantrey has made a munificent offer to this Univer sity of the originals of the late Sir F. Chantrey's monumental and other large figures, and the entire series of his busts, toge ther with his co; ies from antique statues, &c., on certain con ditions, vihich offer has been a cce pt e d i n C onvocat i on. The following names were omitted, as having taken the de gree of Bachelor of Arts on Thursday last :—W. B. Turner, of Queen's College ; J. A. Fronde Oriel College • M. Shaw, Brazennose College ; J. W. Fletcher, ditto ; H. Hanmer, New Inn Hall. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 30.—THE INSTA L LATION. —Great preparations are already being made for this festival, which is to take place at the June commencement. Arrangements are already entered upon for balls, banquets, and concerts, on an unusually grand and manificent scale. Every spare bed throng out the Colleges has a,visitor by this time allotted to it. And the proprietors of hotels and lodging-houses are on the look out for a golden harvest. There is a rumour afloat that it is the intention of his Royal Highness Prince Albert to visit Cambridge on the auspicious occasion, but there seems to be very little foundation for it. THE' CHURCH. „.. , The following appointments have recently taken , pla& The Rev. Kirby Trimmer, B. A., to the perpetual Curacy of St. george, Tombland, Norwich.—Patron, the Bishop of Ely. The Rev. Edward, How nan, M.A., Corpus Cbristi.College, to ihe perpetual' Curacy of West Dereham. The Rev. R. C. Savage, M. A., to the Vicarage and per petual Curacy of Tamworth. The Rev. John George Wordsworth, 8.A., of Pembroke Col lege, to the perpetual Curacy of Talk-e'-th'- Hill, Staffordshire. Rev. W. M. Rowland, 8.A., St. John's College, Curate of Welshpool, to the Vicarage of Bishop's Castle, Salop. The Rev. Henry Egerton Massie, 8.A., Queen's College, Curate of Marbury, to be Assistant-Curate of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury. The Rev. Thomas Henry Heathcete, M.A., Clare Hall, Vicar of Leek, to be one of the Earl of Macclesfield's Chaplains. The Rev. Alfred Young Bazett, M.A., Trinity College, to the perpetual Curacy of Quedgeley, in the county of Gloucester. DURHAM, APRIL 29.-At a Congregation holden this day, the following prrsons were admitted to degrees : MASTERS OF ARTS. —Rev. Edward Ciennel Blenkinsop, Rev. Brereton Edward Dwarris ; the Rev. Herbert Samuel Hawkins, Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, was admitted ad eundem. BACHELORS or Atm.—Edward Sweeting, Christopher ,Edward Wyvill , William Brown, Frederick Berners Robertson, John Stuart Robson. Graces were passed to grant 1,4001. from the University estate towards defraying the cost of restoring the keep of the castle; and to grant, after Michaelmas Term in 1842, 701. annually from the University estate to defray the expenses of the Observatory. The following persons were nominated by the Warden, and approved by Convocation, for their respective offices for the present year : EXAMINERS IN THEOLOGY.—The Professor of Divinity; the Rev. George Pearson, B.D, ; the Rev. William Turner, M.A., of Christ Church, Oxford. Ex AMINERS IN ARTS.—The Professor of Greek ; the senior Proctor ; Travers Twiss, D. C.L., Professor of Political Economy in the University of Oxford; Rev. Richard Mitchell, .B. D., Prselector of Logic in the University of Oxford. The Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, with the concurrence of the Curators of the Observatory, nominated Mr. Arthur Beanland, Civil Engineer in this University, to the office of Observer. RAILWAYS. Whatever truth there may be in the report of ad vances made by the Bank of England on railway , debentures, or to whate ver ex t en t th ose a d vances may have een carried, for there is nothing certainly known on the subject, it has had the effect of giving a new stimulus to all dealings in property of that description. As a banking operation it is hardly ne cessary to observe that such advances are not of the strictly legitimate kind, since on the occurrence of a general pressure for money it would be impossible to dispose of any large amount in them ; but as an aid to the railway undertakings now in progress, it comes very seasonably, and will insure the completion of some which, without it, might have failed entirely. The present abundance of unemployed capital, which is likely to extend all over Europe, cannot but be most beneficial in this point of view. Among the incidents of the week, as regards foreign countries, may be mentioned an interesting debate on the French railway system which took place in the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday, wherein it appeared to be the opinion, that private enterprise should be allowed to take off the weight of the responsibility which by the proposed system would attach to the Government. To give support and encouragement to such under , takings, it was admitted, on all hands, was most seasonable, in order that France might compete in an improvement of the age so manifestly advan tageous to large commercial communities ; but that any Government should sanction the application of funds to a national system of railways was deemed highly prejudicial and embarrassing to the other many and pressing demands upon its financial resources. The good result which had followed the construction of railways in England and Belgium by private enterprise was pointed out, to show that without Government interference in the laying out of a general project, capitalists would be ready to take up the idea energetically, and carry it into execution at a profit, only requiring from the Board of Public Works regulations to prevent 'rivalry and the instructions necessary for public safety. The debate on this subject, which appears likely to be prolonged for several days, concluded with an animated speech from one of the Deputies, M. Berryer, who regarded the question involved in the articles of the Report as most mo mentous to the country. While regarding the project in the light of financial power, as well as its importance connected with political and general matters, it was necessary not to lose sight of the point where Government ought to commence opera tions. Although it was true that the advances which it was proposed should be made by the Bureau would weigh much on the public purse, the impera tive necessity which existed, and which was admit ted by all parties, for the construction of railways, made such a consideration of mere secondary im portance, and brought him to the great point to which he Wished to draw the notice of the Cham ber. It nevertheless was his wish that first expenses should be limited to the execution of those lines of the most essential service to the country, and the resources of which would enable them to complete the succeeding ones. Looking at this in a defensive point of view, he suggested that care should be taken not to allow France to lose her admirable position be tween the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Rhine ; and seeing that Belgian enterprise had already set on foot a railroad from Antwerp to the Rhine, and that Austria was carrying her railways even to the Mediterranean, the north-east appeared to him to be the quarter which claimed first and immediate at tention. On the other hand, regarding the question in a commercial point of view, France had already suffered in this respect from the competition of other nations, although the system of railways ge nerally was at present imperfect. In the sea-ports of the south they had felt the decrease of their commerce, and the more they delayed, the greater the decrease would be. It was this consideration that suggested to his mind the next extension of the general line from north to south, so that communica tion might be had .with the British Channel before it was united with the Belgian frontier. If this were not the case, France would be the receptable for the imports of Ostend and Antwerp, while her own ports would be wholly neglected. Irom all that has trans pired in the Deputies, relative to the national project for the construction of railways in France, there can scarcely be a doubt of the undertakings being com • menced with spirit immediately the articles have passed, which is exceedingly probable, considering the large majority in their favour. The progress of England in these undertakings, and the good divi dends yielded, in most instances, from such invest- r, ments of capital, have evidently created in our Gallic neighbours a zeal for competition and advancement. The Directors of one of our English Companies, the South-Eastern and Dover line, are watching with some degree of anxiety the adoption of the project for the extension of the railway system throughout France, and should either of the proposed adjuncts of the one general line have a branch or termination at Calais, they will no doubt have a great increase in profit from the traffic which would result from this close approximation of two leading points. Hence it was that the topic was referred to at the meetiug on Thursday with satisfaction, under the hope of raising among the shareholders ex pectations of an additional access of income when the line is in active operation. This Company have found it necessary to appear before the public for a further supply of capital, to the amount of 700,0001., to finish the undertaking, which is to be raised by the issue of 28,000 shares at 251. each, with certain advantages attached. These, from the feeling ex hibited at the meeting, we should say will be readily taken up, as the shareholders seem to have great faith in the ability and management of the directors, notwithstanding the first estimates have been ex ceeded. The railway is to be opened to Tonbridge next month. Another meeting of the Liverpool and Manchester lines, on the subject of a general junction, has been held this week, and from what then transpired there appears to be every prospect of this desirable end being accomplished. A correspondent has forwarded some statistics on railways which give a comprehensive view of the pro gress of the system all over the world. England, he says, possesses 29 principal railrOads, and 108 branches. Amongst these there are only 30 railroads of 5 to 7 miles in length, the average length of the others being from 30 to 40 miles. The Great Western is 140 miles long, and the Birming ham 130 miles. There are several other undertakings from 70 to 90 miles in length. It is calculated that during the present year the money received by the various railway companies in England for passenger traffic on their lines will amount to little less than 1,500,000/. The total length of rrilways in England is estimated at 2,336 miles, which co s t on an average 12,0001. per mile. The Manchester and Liverpool cost 27,0001. In France there are at present sixteen railroads, the most important of which is that between Basle and Strasburg, and the Paris and Orleans line. The railway that cost the most for construction is the line from Paris to St. Gerinain, which, in consequence of the value of the ground, &c., required an expenditure of 17,0001. per mile, and the one which conveys the most passengers is that between Paris and Versailles, which has carried 40,000 persons in one day. In the United States there are 5,000 miles of rail way, the State of New York alone possessing 800 miles alreptly completed, the principal line of which is that from New York to Erie, which is 350 miles king. In Germany twenty lines of railway are completed; the most important line is that from Vienna to Beckma, which is 140 miles in length. There are also several other great lines constructing, viz., from. Berlin •to Hamburgh, Frankfort-on-the-Oder to Stettin, and from Magdeburg to Cologne. When these are completed, the Prussian and German Confedera tion Wilt posSess 3,900 miles of railway. Austria is forming five principal lines—from Vienne to the frontier of Poland, to Lintz, Hungary, Trieste, Milan, and Venice. Russia is constructing railroads. from -St. Peters— burgh to Varsora,' Odessa, and • Moscow, and from . Moscow to Varsora and Odessa. 13elgium his six railroads the principal line is from Ostend to Aix-Xa-Chapelle.., - The Milan and Marza railway sties opened in 1840, .and the line between Naples and Nocera, is now completed. It is not one of the least features in the progress of railways abroad to notice the favourable manner in which a project called the " Imperial Brazilian Railway Company" is making way in Rio Janeiro on native capital. This undertaking has before been alluded to, and the last letters by the Magnet packet from the directors speak in the most sanguine terms of ultiniate success. There it no doubt takes with the public now chiefly perhaps for its novelty, but when brought into operation, it will, from its very locality, which is right through the planting districts down to the port for shipment, give something more substantial to the shareholders. The Government, it is said, continues favourable to the scheme, and does not despair of the further extension of the system in the Brazils. ALURIMR IN FRANCE. . The Court of Assizes was occupied two days in ,he last week with a case of murder, of which we gave a short account at the time. We think it ne cessary, however, to state the circumstances more fully, as they have just been proved in evidence. In the night of the 19th of September last, between eleven and twelve o'clock, the attention of some per sons passing along the Rue d'Areole, was attracted to the ruins of som e h ouses , which had been pulled down to make the opening into the Rue Constantine, by feeble cries of distress, and, searching the place, a man was found lying without his coat, who, on their speaking to him, declared that he had been as. sassinated. lie was irnmediaiely carried to the Hotel Dieu, where it was discovered that he had five severe wounds, from one of which, in the abdomen, the bowels were protruded. He was in a desperate state, but lived two days, during which he had the use of his speech. Questioned by the Magistrates, he gave his name as Charles Thaveny, a printer, of the Rue Gracieuse, and stated that on entering the Rue d'Ar. cole, he was attacked by one or more persons, who wounded him, arid from whom he fled, taking off his coat to expedite his pace. lie did not say that he had been robbed, and, indeed, there were found in his pocket a napoleon and several pieces of silver. He never gave any indication of his having any know ledge or conception of the persons who had made the attack. After his death it was discovered that the ac count this person had given of himself was fallacious, that his real name was Charles Augustus Pachoux ; that he was thirty-three years of age; that on coming to his majority he inherited a property of 40,000 f., all of which he dissipated in twelve months ; and, during the succeeding years, had been nine times under sentence for robberies, and other crimes and offences, and was under the surveillance of the police. It was subsequently ascertained that Pachoux lived on terms of close intimacy with a Spaniard named Salcedo, a journeyman hair-dresser, whose reputation was not much better than his own, that they lodged together in the same room, and were seen together at ten o'clock in the evening of September 19, drinking at a public-house in the Rue de l'Arbre Sec, in com pany with some loose women. Salcedo, however, was able to exculpate himself from all participation in the murder, and was discharged. In the course of his examination, he stated that he left Pachoux at the public-house with a young man, about seventeen years of age, who came there to join him, 'but who was unknown to Salcedo. After some time suspicion fell upon a person named Dutertre, confined in the prison of La Force, on a charge of robbery, and who had been previously condemned for similar , offences. On being interrogated, he denied all knowledge of , Pachoux, and attempted to set up an alibi ; but as this was immediately disproved he told the following tale admitted-being in company with Pachoux and Salcedo on the evening in question, and added that they all three left the public-house together, that he wished to leave them, but knowing he had money about him, they both set upon him, and Pachoux held him by the throat while Salcedo rifled him of 60f. They then ran off, followed by him, towards the Place du Chatelet, near which he found them 'di viding his money—that in his rage he drew his knife and attacked them, giving Pachoux a wound in the back, and, as he believed, striking Salcedo in the thigh—that he then returned to the spot where they had seized and robbed him, in the hope of finding some of the money scattered on the ground in the struggle, but finding none, he took up the coat of Pachoux, which he found there, and ' put it on, and returned home to a girl named Duron, with whom he lived, in the Rue Percee. This girl, however, was interrogated, and gave accounts which materially contradicted the statements of Dutertre, and confirmed all the suspicious circumstances against him, particularly stating th a t h e came h ome i n a coa t much too long and too wide for him, and which ap peared like a disguise. This woman, in her depo sitions, inculpated another man, named Collin, who, the said, accompanied Dutertre to the Place du Cha telet, and afterwards assisted him in conducting Pa. choux, each taking an arm, to the Rue d'Arcole, where they threw him on the rubbish where he was found. Upon this testimony Collin was included in the indictment against Dutertre for the murder. The witnesses were very numerous, their evidence was very long, entirely circumstantial, and in • some in stances contradictory, but the Avocat-General ex pressed his conviction that the guilt of both the pri soners was fully established, and called upon the jury to deliver a verdict accordingly. They retired at five o'clock on Saturday, and after an hour's delibera ration returned, declaring Dutertre guilty, and ac • quitting Collin. Dutertre was sentenced to hard labour at the hulks for life, with exposure on the pillory. Collin was discharged. Dutertre, when removed back to the prison, was in a violent state of exasperation against what he called the injustice of his condemnation.—French Paper. SUFFOLK STREET GALLERY.—The second ma. versazione of the season took place on Saturday, at these elegant rooms. The company was more numerous than we have seen it for some time, and as we had occasion to natio*, when referring to the first conversazione, everything was of the most recherche order, and went off with considerable eclat. We cannot but regret., however, that the lectures, which used to form ;so great an attraction in the preceding seasons, have not been renewed. The porcelain manufactory cf Plombieres has just been destroyed by fire, says the Patriots des Vosges. The 10S, ie enntiatwahit, as thas A.— 9 l