Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-01 00:00:00

dispatch of private business, while, of his public conduct,

the whole of the late House of Commons was witness. If

d, be would be the impartial arbiter of both sides of

he felt it an honour to be

the House
Mr. E. Denis
elected to the office of Speaker without trial, it wa

on said that, if

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renter honour to

be elected after trial.
g, but he

was conscious of his deficienc

would endeavoui to do 'his duty, in which he 'had been

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that the honour of the House; if placed to his hands, would
be found to be in safe keeping. The right honourable
gentleman was then conducted to the chair by his mover
-and seconder,•and took his place amid loud cheers. In
returning thanks, he bore testimony to the zeal and effi-
ciency of the officers of the house.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer congratulated the
Speaker elect on being called to so distinguished a post, as
the head of the most ancient, most powerful, and most
celebrated assembly in the world. He was sure that, in
that chair, he would show the spirit of an English judge,
with the temper of an English gentleman.
Lord Palmerston also congratulated the speaker elect,
declaring his belief that every succeeding session would
convince the Mine of the propriety of their choice. •
The House then adjourned 'till to-morrow, to receive the
approbation of the Queen to the choice of the Speaker.

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Yesterday afternoon Mr. Carter, coroner for East Surrey,
and the jury previously empanelled, resumed the inquiry, at
the Vestry-hall, Richmond, into the circumstances attending
the death of Isabella Bankes, who, it is suspected, was
poisoned by the administration of repeated small doses of
antimony and arsenic. As on previous occasions, the court
was numerously attended by respectable inhabitants of the
district, who were anxious to bear the details of this extra-
ordinary case. Mr. Serjcant Ballantine, who is engaged for
the prosecution of the prisoner, Smethurst, on the charge of
the wilful murder of the deceased, again appeared to examine
the witnesses, whose evidence given before the local magis-
trates has already been detailed; and from the statements
made it is probable that the inquest will be again adjourned.

PAINFUL DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.

The deep sensation occasioned by the West Bromwich
tragedy has scarcely died away, when we are again called
upon to record another incident of a like horrible nature.
In Furnace-row, Oldbury, East Worcestershire, there has
for some years past dwelt a family named Forster, consist-
ing of father, mother, two daughters, named Eliza, aged
seventeen, and Susan eight, with a little son, named John,
aged ten. The husband, William Forster, is a miner, and
has for a long period been employed at. the Blue Fly Col-
lieries, in the service of Messrs. Bennett and Taylor. About
twelve months ago the husband met with an accident in a
coalpit, by which he sustained a fracture of the thigh. Ile
was confined to his bed for several months, and bad barely
recovered; and resumed his daily labour, than his eldest
daughter, about 19 years of age, fell ill and died. Tier
death took place in March last, and this circumstance seemed
to have stink deeply into the mind of the unfortunate
other. According to the husband's statement, she
)pears to have become impressed with the idea that
r neighbours were continually interfering in her
and if she saw two or three persons
in the street, she imagined that their
nvers'ation was concerning herself. To such an extent
d she permit the impression to take possession of
!I' mind, that on the night before th
;arful deed we are abc
id went and sat on tl
.e through the wail of her own and a neigh-
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