The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-07 00:00:00

LORD CLARENDON AND THE IRISH
DEPUTATION.
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We (the Times) itiWeaiitrityfor stating that the
report of the interview between Lord Clarendon and certain
Irish members of parliament, whkh has been published in
the newspapers, is incorrect In several emential particulars.
We believe that Sir Lucius O'Brien In presenting the me-
morial in favour of Mr. Daffy' stated that no doubt was
entertained of his guilt ; and Lord Clarendon, naturally
assuming that Sir Lucius represented the opinions of the
deputation, exprueed his surprise and regret at a course so
unprecedented having been pursued as to pray that a person
should not be brought to trial of whose guilt no doubt was
entertained.

—Morethait one member of the deputation repudiated the
opinion of Sir L. O'Brien, and said that if they bad been
aware of his so intending to express himself, they would not
have accompanied the deputation.
Lord Clarendon stated that of course no man could be
considered guilty until he was proved to be so, and that he
apprehended Sir Lucius must have alluded to the articles of
the Nation, the character of which was unquestionable, and
to the belief generally entertained that 11 out of the 12
jurymen who tried Mr. Duffy had pronounced him guilty.
Lmd Clarendon added that it was hardly necessary for him
to my that there existed no vindictive feeling whatever
against Mr. Duffy, bat that the government was bound, as
far as lay in its power, to enure that justice should be firmly
and impartially administered, and it could net therefore yield
to such a representation on behalf of Mr. Daffy.
In reply to a member of the deputation, Lord Clarendon
disclaimed any intention of peering censure upon them,
but had thought it right to state that although representa-
tions is favour of mercy or commutation of sentence were
usual, yet that, to the beet of his belief, there was no prom
dent for remonstrating against the trial of a man, particu-
larly, too, when that person bad not expressed the slightest
contrition for what he had done, or had offered any pledge
that he would not repeat the same offence. if mercy were
extended to him. The course punned by the gentlemen who
signed the memorial was calculated to do injury to the indi-
vidual they Intended to serve ; but Lord Clarendon undertook
to assure them that Mr. Duffy should in no way be preju-
diced by it.
There were other inaccuracies In the report; for instance,
It is insinuated that Lord Clarendon gave such short notice
of his intention to receive the deputation, that few members
were able to attend, whereas he received on Friday night a
letter from Mr. Fsgan, requesting an appointment, and on
Saturday an answer was sent to that gentleman's house, ap-
pointing Monday, but he had loft town. Agaio, it is data,
that Lord Clarendon intended to return an sneerer to the
memorisi in writing. Be made no such intimation, nor was
there ever any question of his doing so ; but we have reason
to believe that this is not the Ant time that garbled reports
of offisisl interviews have bee furnished to the newsman
by Irish deputations, and we strongly recommend all official
persons, for their own protection, m well as the information
of the public, never to undergo those ordeals except in the
prunes of a short-band writer.

RESPIRATION IN SMOKE.—A meeting of the sub-
committee of the "Royal Society for the Protection of Life
from Fire" was nently held at 29, Red Lion7aquare, J. R.
Taylor, Ifee.,inthe chair. The meeting wuspecliWyeennend
for the bunked= of an invention by two of the sedetra
men (Rabin= mad Sims), for enabling any person net ally
to exist is the dewed men, bat she to have the free in of
their speedy their debt, sad their limbs, and dinghy
esabliog the sensate of the be mare eflideatlir
awful La saying lift Ina Are. These were puma mensal
seised& statism's, fmakeing Kr. Phillips, the pitons of
the fire suaikilater, 5 siding to the mann of the ess-
mitts', all dines teak unsideedie inmost fa teedng the
utility of the Means. The sees appreprists4 for the ex-
periments wasam adapted kr the purpose, being de.
tacked ; sad, drennicelbed in Me, was safilinally
large for the shied. 19 ft. by 6, and 10 ft. =r,..
by heading 900 odds frail the AM experiment o
• fire big made Ins a emeabintien of damp saw-dose sad
&Mom iddilt soma sowed a done sommulation of matte,
into the MR entered, amid rambled dunk skip
half ma hoe freely esinienw, and having the hall mei noir
sight mid Hobe during the whole time, sad without appear
tag at all dielmossed or inonveniened ; but, although the sh-
was idiom
WO%& id* puniest smoke, a lamp and candle n-
umbed the geatinien sot
Midis* *it era sil%r Nasome el
dia* detideented, a au
ISVISVA tied the eldiet upon thenedeme, and could Set n-
oels is the seem more than two or three minutes ;it wee
thenefame delemited to try • second emperbaent, by pro
-
Stan swim hem a Ire of dry she and potent Ire-
weed I the hest ma rose to upwards of 100, sad the links
bemuse dense that **lamp end candle were estieguished,
and several inelhdreal Moans made to keep that might ;
the two ma then win Inte the room with the pentodes ea,
and rentaind thuds shove ten minutes, apparently at well
ibis to miens th the dines that might devolve area theme
es servants of the misty ma if they had been in the kir. eshinu.
They would have monsaind longer had the committee t
it neemay fa
it test the utility of the invention, t
all mesa were peelsody saddled that the use of the ro-
ta:der woe folly aeroiapat it was therefore resolved:—
"Thai, is ennesease ef these experiments, the committee
milder the adoption oldie protector will be very beneficial
to the Olen of the seekty, in enabling the men to en-
conter more melte this they otherwise could bear, and
resommend to the genera committee that every man be
provided with one mem as the inventors are able to have
them mule."
Tess STANT/NM-NALL MIIIIMIIIB.—ELIZA CHEST-

zezr.—The IVoredot Mercury rye, This meK kidded
and sourageous woman, an example to all climes, sad par-
donkey to those ef her own clam, had, we understand, felt
• peeper desire to give her Untimely without regard to her
own pommel misty. However, this feeling could not be
Numbs than respected its iodulgence of muse depended
' upon her slate. Fortaninely that date was safilciently oath-
, factory to flible her method attendant to permit her to
give edam" sad a bed wee constructed, to be carried
by woes II a maim donna, to that of a sedan chair,
with • weepy sod wutsine. Oa Wednesday afternoon
the weaYed gitt isft that hell, the mate of so mach
' guilt wed so asek mourning, for Nand& In this
palate woo ended by two men with relays at tale end at
of
40 yarda a edikt Mop Imo mode,
tor red to the (aides end tee the
seaveoleese ofire=od. • body at sway plies mow
pasted the Inia. est at Maeleimhbeilp the fore* at
aet obese body of illy OW, hider the areal. at
Mr. Tate, Ia sto siey rah et mem &odd have
cellested. Theis homed • Ilse "sod mil behind the
smutty peak% who membed at the Me mad directly mem
the road et • &limo hell the mei body, sad time pee-

vested asy evil frees sager curiosity or improper conduct.
Tins did 11hhs Chestney eater Norwich to sad in the treat
plums of noel sal mend justice. Its effect upon those
whe saw tide peculiarly intereatiag prooession—and we have
heard several speak of it, women both of high acid low
peition—wu the same; a sensation of faintnees, but also of
deep leas& alum* amensting to silent prayer for the safety
of smi whim develleilases to her mistress more than amply
if ithide, the shams which attaches
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the great guilt of the perpetrator. Thus
paemd ta•P•44•611 to the home of Yrs: Watson, oppg-
@lts the libire-hall, where rooms had been gerund—a pro-
genies mina will long be remembered, and would be no un-
isteresting aid certainly a worthy subject for the pencil of
the artist, as the ' entry of the good and faithful servant.'
We true' that the country universally, If not the moat illus-
trious in the land, who are said to take the deepest interest
is the 'see, will not suffer this &metes to be unmarked
by MN memento, not alone of proper liberality, but of its
seem el hithfal envies, as en example sot to be forgotten,
bat beaded down to hereafter ages as squally worthy to be
ennobled with deeds of glory, by a public testimony. If
rhea Darling, who devoted herself to the safety of the ship-
wrecked iesseer, be worthy of the record she received, the
ieureednem sad single-heertedness of Elise Dhestney, the

faithful servant, thieirossr-eainded and tumidly courisMone
woman, ought not to be lost sight of in these days, but to be
bald up to the pament and tutors generations as an example
ot which the a )unty of Norfolk boasts, and of which there is
no other similar one on its records."

MURDER AND SUICIDE IN LEICESTER.
On Thursday the town of Leicester was thrown
into exdtement by a report that a woman bad murdered
her child, and afterwards committed suicide. It seems that
a mac named °rocs lives in Sinspeon-street, and has two
children. lie is a fnmework-knitter, and in the morning of
Thursday he went to breakfast as usual, and on his return at
dinner-time found the door fastened. Upon entering the bed-
chamber, a razor was found on the floor, and a child, only
three months old, had its head nearly severed from its body.
The unhappy woman, his wife, bad also made an attempt upon
her own life, and a deep gash was made in the throat. The
poor creature, when discovered, was not dead, and immedi-
ately medical aid was called in, but the steps taken to pre-
vent seltdestrnethm were of no avail—the unhappy victim
had done her work effectually, and died in an hour after-
wards. Perhaps nothing more lamentable than the appear-
ance of the house could be possibly imagined.' The floor
wee literally a pool of blood ; the child lay on a box, with
its head nearly severed from its body ; and the wretched
woman, who had just expired, on the bed. All that the
neighbours seemed to know was, that the deceased woman
was labouring under an impression that they should starve.
On the other band, it was stated that the husband was now
in work; and, moreover, there was nothing indicative, in
the appearance of the body, of the deceased's having been
ander the pressure of want.