The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-29 00:00:00

FORESTER.

DEATH OF THE HON. MAJOR

ADJOURNED INQUEST.

/a Saturday week an inuest was opened at the
H-ad Tavern, Margaret-street, Cavendish square,
w the Coroner for Middlesex, and a
aly respectaole jury. relative to the death of tae Hon.
tjor Forester, who had died suddenly on the previous
ed„,-isy night at his town residence, in Cavendish-
, ism From the position of the deceased the inquiry
arslly sassed some excitement in the neighbourhood,
she room was very much crowded.
The Hoe. Cecil Forester, deceased's brother, sub-
, Iptroller of her Majesty's household, and lieutenant-
onel in the Horse Guards, said the deceased returned
y ill from Ireland; on Thursday witness was hastily
• umoned to deceased's residence from the Regent's-
ix Barracks, but deceased had died before witness
ived.
John Milky, deceased's valet, said that for seven weeks
deceased suffered greatly from pains in the loins aad
mach; at first Dr. Chapman attended him, but sub-
,uently discontinued his attendance. After eating a
alp breakfast on Wednesday morning he started for
City at half-past ten, returning home in a cab about
..f-past twelve. He was so ill that he had to be carried
to his room. The pains through his body were fright-
fni, and he took a hot bath; after which he lay on the
s,:fa. At two o'clock witness went out with the carriage
'l,ith Lady Forester, when his master gave hint a pre-
ription to be made up at Savory and Moore's, Bond-
The medicine, with syringe, was sent immediately.
is.t eve o'clock his master rang the bell violently, when
itness found him sitting at the foot of the bed. He de-
-ired witness to get thirty grains of Dover's powder,
..7hich was refused him without a written order. De-
i..,ased then requested her Ladyship to write an order for
grains, which he ordered witness to get with another

I 4tle of the mixture, as he had taken the first. In giving
t. medicine Mr. Savory cautioned witness to tell his
• ster that the powder contained three doses. At nine
e look his master had a cup of tea, and witness heard no
1:2 re until he was summoned by his master's bell, when
• master told him that there weuld be no prayers that
ht, and that he might go to bed. But many minutes
d. I not elapse ere another violent ringing of the bell
a,- lin summoned him, and upon entering the sitting
✓ Joa, her Ladyship directed him to fetch the nearest
t Heal man. Witness accordingly called on Dr. Halley.
• then having gone for Madame Beaumann, remained
.h his master until he expired.
By the Coroner—,Deceased took the medicine and
used the syringe just before his tea. Deceased, himself,
generally got his medicines, such as laudanum, &e.Witness here produced one of deceased's prescriptions:
which was as follows: " two drachms of sedativesreelo
a
tic Ti of opium, half a drachm of camphorated tincture
f
vt am, two drachms of muciliage of gam acacia,twenty
tili.leMS of spirit of camphor (to be used for injec-
Lwi) H. D."
Alexander Halley, M.D., member of the College of
Surgeons, 14, Queen Anne-street, deposed " that
s:
he
.. per
was called to see the deceased, and found him pir
and apparently asleep, the pupils of his eyes con.
trading perfectly to light, and were 113 a half dilated
awe."
Witness—" No stertorous breathing.
Post mortem examination—" The blood was found
el,)tted in the heart, but in the head it was found fluid.
The lungs congested. The bladder was found con-
• ,ted at its trigone. The mucous membrane Ru-
in 4. the prostate perfectly healthy, but a short
de,tance from the neck of the bladder there was
al. irritable spot about the size of half a pea,
• :h oongestion around, which was likely to give
• ,0 to a constant desire to pass water. No stric-
t, ee, no portion of the mucous membrane was in the
• ,htest abraded; nor could it be referred to any cause,
r the delicate membrane which lines the methra was
i' no way abraded."
Witness—" I attribute death to an overdose of a nar-
eotic, an over•effect of opium. There was no smell in
ehe contents of the stomach of opium—was not any
:i?go, of any poison. No direct evidence that opium had
Mete in the body by injection or otherwise. I never
weird or knew of such a thing as opium causing death
ere!er such circumstanees! Quite contrary to all me-
dival experience."
Ooroner's statement—" Nor did I in all my life!!!"
Witness—" I should say, on the whole, that is after
heuxieg the evidence of every party, coupled with my
own observation and post mortem examination, that it
ova:; not opium that produced death. I should not even
have suspected opium to have caused death."
Alexander Shaw, surgeon to the Middlesex Hos-
p4al—" I cannot tell what in this case was the cause of
de--th; I have nothing to form the opinion upon."
The inquest was then adjourned until Tuesday, the
• - instant.

[he adjourned inquest was held yesterday morning.
The CORONER, addressing the jury, said,--Gentlemen,
y•Jii will recollect that this inquest was adjourned from
Sz!turday, the 18th instant, to this day, at your unani-
xuJus request, in consequence of what you considered
to be the imperfect state of the evidence at the
time; and it was your wish that a further
evanination of the body should be made, that the
Wood should be analysed, and that other witnesses
should be called. We have now assembled again in pur-
suance of that adjournment; and I believe all the other
witnesses required by you are in attendance, ready to
gl,-e evidence on this occasion.
The first witness called was

arly Forester, who was accompanied by her noble
father the Earl of Roden, her sister, and her brother-in-
law the Hon. Colonel Forester. She deposed as fol.
lows:—Major Forester was my husband. He was 40
years of age. On Tuesday week last the Major's
health was as usual, and we went out together,
when he met his brother, Colonel Cecil Forester.
ten the following day the Major was not well, and com •
plained of illness, and after breakfast he went out be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock, saying that he was
giag into the City by an omnibus. He returned home
to Cavendish-square about two o'clock, and complained
eel, much of a pain in his inside. I was not with him
&ring the rest of the day, because I went out, but I
returned about half-past three o'clock, and he had
token a warm bath before I went out. On my re-
turn I found him lying on the sofa, and in the course of
tle3 afternoon, about eight o'clock, I gave him some
medicine. It was a Dover's powder. I gave him a
more than half a paper, a whole paper being, I
"teve, 13 grains. I did not see him take
a'•7 other medicine, but I understand he took
'Tle more afterwards. We took tea together about
half-past eight, at which time he seemed better, and did
not complain at all,
indeed he said he was quite com-
fertable,
only rather sick, and he remained so when the
tea things were removed. He then lay down on the sofa
and began to perspire very much, asking me at the
same time to give him some toast and water, which
id, and then sent for a clean shirt to change the one
he had on, as it was very wet with perspiration. I
afterwards directed the servant to warm his bed, and
then asked him to go to bed, but he said he felt so com-
fortable on the sofa that he should stay there a little
loeger, adding
that he was then quite re-
lieved from all pain, and he thanked God for
all his mercies. I then began U to change his
his head fell down
shirt, and whilst. I was doingi so
a quarterbaenfiethenteoe,osilleow
1).1} ?w, beancil,:f drawing the
between the sofa and the
blanket round him, he begged to so, and fell
o'clock.
as:eep. This was about
Ile remained lying between
the
sofa
snaring for
a short while, making
ase
up and with
his throat, and once he started.
me
d and run; looked so wildly round that I became alarmed,
bell violently. When the servant came ap I directed
hint to go for the nearest doctor, and shortly afterwards
the servant returned with Dr. Halley-
The Major never
spoke to me afterwards, nor did he to the doctor, for
now he was quite insensible. Dr. Halley took off his
coat, and remarking that he was uncomfortably placed,
the doctor lifted him up and placed him on the sofa,
With his head on the pillow, and in that position he re-
rceined till he died.
Dr. Halley, being recalled, stated that according to
the directions of the coroner, he had again examined
the body and collected as much blood from the heart,
seleen, and liver as ho possibly could. He had
'previously received the stomach and its contents,
a Id now he collected the blood and contents of the rec.
tone and bladder. He had received no portion of the
lifer, but got as much blood from it as he could, about
t,',o ounces and a half. The contents of the stomach and
he collected blood he placed in two separate jars, which
h" sealed up, and then deposited them in a sealed box,
which he afterwards handed over to Mr. Rogers.
Mr• Rogers, surgeon. Professor of Chemistry and
InijeoV er at St. George's School of Medicine, exa-
Which" I received a box from the deputy-coroner, in
eon tentserB contained the stomach, the bladder, their
°as° the contents of the rectum. The box was
sealed u ,and was opened by Dr. Halley in my pre-
sence. I examined the whole of the contents, and sub-
rutted them to chemical analysis, separately and dis-
tinctly. I band the stomach in a state of rapid decom-
position. I washed it, and added the washing
to the contents of the stomach, which I had in
another jar. I found no appearances in the stomach from
which I could draw nany inference. I then subjected
the contents of the stomach to
trace analysis, and I found
there mceeonie acid, but no trace of
, morphia. The con.
teeits of the rectum I also examined and I found there
traces both of meeconic acid and of merphia. seemmined
the bladder and .the urethra also. There dto
be no signs of old disease, though there was con-
siderable redness in one portion of it, ~„„4 a
great
deal of vascularity in the commencement of the peeterier, immediately behind the prostate gland. Anterior to the prostate, also, there was considerable redness, but
no vascularity. This extended about half the length
of
the urethra. I did not see any wound, and no destruction
of surface, except a small black spot, which however
was easily removed, and there was no disease under it.
I should say that it was merely a little furred blood.
The intetFity of the mucous membrane was quite main.
Vdned. I also submitted the contests of the bladder,
which were about ai ounces, to very careful analysis ;
I discovered there decided indications of morphia. Be
sides the test of nitric acid I submitted them to another
testee'which is not very generally known. I took some
bicromate of potass, and after applying it to the contents
of the stomach they immediately became green, and as
morphia is the only acid which will turn bicromato of
ipotesi green, I immediately inferred from that
that there was morphia present in the contents
of the bladder. In order to show that it was
something foreign to the urine which had caused this
moult, I also took some urea and some urine, and ap-
plied the biesotnate of potass to them, but they did not
produce the same result. I could not form any opinion
as to the way in which the morphia had been introduced
the
into the stomach. I also examined a
quantity of blood, small about oz. 6dr I purified •
thin it from every-
one g sue "wadesl morphia,. if there had been any there,
"lad 'vet only very small traces, not sufficient

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to enable me to give a very positive opinion on the
subject. When I applied nitric acid there was a very slight
yellowing, that was all. In the quantity of blood which
I examined there could not have been more than the
2.000 th part of a grain. The physical q iality of the
bhod was quite destroyed, and 'he globules broken
d iwn. I examined a p >rtion of the enema, and I found
there met, amic acid ant morphia. The packet of Dover's
powder which was handed to me I also examined, and I
found it to be what I represent it to be. From the re-
sult of my examination I have no hesitation in stating
it as my opinion that opium had been taken by the de-
ceased.
An ordinary dose of opium, in the form of
laudanum, is from 15 to 40 minims. I am
not aware of the exact composition or the
strength of Batley's liquor opii sedativus. Opium
introduced into the rectum acts by absorption
into the blood. Authorities differ as to whether it acts
more or less powerfully than when taken into the mouth.
From my own experience I have generally found that it
acts very well, but that introduced by the rectum it re-
quires a larger dose to produce the same effect. When
ordered as an injection, it is generally taken with a
quantity of mucillage or gruel, and in small quantities,
say loz, or lioz., the object being that it should be re-
tained, and therefore produce the desired effect.
In that case the laudanum generally chm.
on-
sists of from about drachm to drachm.
According to some authorities, there are threegraainnds
of opium in a drachm of laudanum; according to others,
five grains. From the evidence which I have heard,
from the results of my own examination, my opinion
is that the deceased's death was caused by theeff. effects of
morphia. Another reason why
theentertain
stomach this
is, from the peculiar manner which
decomposed, and from the smell
.which it emitted, both
of which appearances I have noticed in several cases of
suspected poisoning by opium. I have afterwards dis-
covered traces of opium in the stomach. The largest
dose of opium that I have ever known injected into the
rectum is 2 drachms, and that was in case of colic some
years ago; bat it was not in such a concentrated form,
bat was given in a pint of liquid.
the inquiry
might
hth e thoughthr
brought
The Collo/ass said the case was now brought within
a very narrow
he
anduigfhMt tor
a speedy Mr.
Dawson
close.was examined,
Mr. Dawson said he should like to make a statement,
if the coroner would allow him.
The CORONER said he should have no objection, and
Ir. Richard Dawson, M.D., having been sworn, he
read the following statement to the coroner and jury :
Major Forester called upon me in July at
the request of his physician, Dr. Chapman, to obtain
my opinion upon his case. On the 21st of the same
month I forwarded a written opinion to Dr. Chapman,
stating my belief that the constant desire to empty the
bladder, and the frequent calls to go to stool, which the
Major had been suffering from for so long a period, were
in a great measure owing to the irritable state of the pros-
tate gland, and that I thought it was a case that would
be greatly benefited by warm baths, the direct applica-
tion of chloride of zinc, and the injection of compound
gall ointment into the lower bowel. In answer to this
communication, Dr. Chapman informed me that his
patient had been ill for many years, and had been at
very great expense in procuring medical assistance,
considerations which would probably prevent him
placing himself under my care. I therefore offered to
attend him without fees. He was anxious to become my
patient, for he knew that I had cured a Major, who had
been obliged to sell out of the army in consequence of
suffering from an irritable prostate.
" When Major Forester first visited me, he was
obliged to come in a carriage and to sit upon a soft
cushion. His health improved, till at length he was able
to walk to my house. I saw him almost every day for
nearly two months, and he expressed himself as feeling
very much better.
On the 15th of this month he complained of a peculiar
pain in his head, and said that he felt generally unwell,
which he attributed to the intelligence of the sudden
death of the Duke of Wellington, (which it may be re-
membered was announced on that morning,) having pro-
duced a great desire to pass water, an effect usual with
him when he heard any unpleasant intelligence. But
being in an omnibus, he was unable to yield to the calls
of nature, and he informed me that he felt as if he
should die. At my house he passed water and relieved
his bowels, but still suffered severely from spasmodic
pains. I advised him to return home immediately in a
cab, and I prescribed an anodyne enema, one-half of
which I directed him to use immediately ho reached
home, which I expected would be about one o'clock, and
I requested him to use the remaining half about six in
the evening, provided the bowels acted immediately
after using the first, which is a very usual occur-
rence, and that he still continued in pain.
This advice as it appears from the evidence
he followed. It also appeared from the evidence that
the greater portion of the first enema was wasted on the
carpet, and certainly half of the second enema remained
in the bottle. It is important to remember that the
bottle produced in evidence was never fall, for the in-
jection I ordered consisted only of five drachms, and
the bottle would hold nearly twice this quantity (the
bottle was produced). It is also important to inform the
jury that the Major had been in the habit for some time
past of using an injection of the compound gall ointment,
which contains opium, three or four times a day, to re-
lieve the urgent desire to pass urine, and the constant
desire to go to stool, which he had suffered from for so
many years.
" In ordering the enema, which I prescribed for the
Major, containing two drachms and a half, I always cal-
culate that a great portion must be wasted when the
patient, as in this case, injected it himself. I will illus-
trate what I mean, for the information of the jury.
" But I am willing to admit in this case that the quan-
tity I ordered was all injected in the manner I pre-
scribed, and I will now prove that it was not only a
safe remedy, but a proper application. Dr. Chriatison,
who is one of the first authorities in Europe upon
this subject, states at page 630 of his work that it is the
custom to give twice as much opium in an injection as
in a draught. I have given,' says this authority, by
injection, without producing more than the usual
drowsiness, two drachms by measure of laudanum.'
Dr. Paris, another eminent authority, at p. 175 of his
work states that where our object is to allay pain and
relax spasm, small doses of opium will have a tendency
to aggravate the symptoms, but when administered in
large doses they will speedily. relieve.' I attended a
case with Professor Ferguson in the Albany-road, Stoke
Newington, where the patient had suffered for years se-
verely from irritation of the prostate. We found nothing
to relieve him so much as opiate injections. I attended
another case with Mr. Partridge, the surgeon to King's
College Hospital. The patient had lived in a warm cli-
mate, and suffered from organic stricture, which was
frequently attended with retention of urine, which injec-
tions containing a drachm of liquor opii sedativus seldom
failed to relieve. I myself had the misfortune to suffer
from an irritable prostate attended with retention of
urine, and nothing relieved me so much as the opiate
injection; and there are two medical gentlemen in court
who attended me with Mr. Ferguson who can confirm
this statement, for they injected the enema."

The doctor added, in conclusion, that although he had
attended the deceased fora considerable time he never
received any fee or reward for it whatever.
The CORONER—Now tell, if you please, what is
your belief as to the cause of death, which is the real
object of our inquiry?
Dr. Dawson said he could not answer that question,
as he was not suffered to be present at the post
mortem examination, bat it was net at all anusal for per-
sons suffering from the disease of the urethra and blad-
der to die suddenly, especially after any powerful mental
emotion, the symptoms of approaching death being
generally those of drunkenness and stupor. The Major
was
not in perfect health as had been represented, but
had been suffering from disease for many years.
'he CORONER—You have not told us now what is
Ye opinion as the cause of death? Dr. Dawson—
re eehetvt it is impossible for me to give an opinion,
a
not
which
tion,l,il
unusual. %Id ti)
of urine the b the least of it, was most
beepresent,. and discovered the smell
that the tauppurf.a,ul, then I might have positively said
urine was the cause of death,
butp irt.
Roberti
heard the whole
impossiblebe IV° biloeorf '2l e. to say so sow.
... a
..13etag sworn stated that he had
which of the evidence to-day, and part
wag taken on the former
occasion, but there wit,
so
.much ambiguity
of that
oa
pb
ionui to n tall:
t 0 ctahsee
.causethat
:,Ifa couldde. He
no positive
death He had, however,
known repeated instances of sudden death in
where the patient had been suffetint
from. . cars
dis-
ease to this. He did not think the ~
.t.l. similar
.that had been found in the body ot" t
tile 4y of opium
sufficient to account for death, and thereforeoeased was
the more inclined to attribute it to the disease,
he was
The CORONER—You are inclined,. then, Doctor,
refer the death to the action of the disease. Dr. ve to
na
bles—Yes; and I think Dr. Prout lineations in his work
several cases of a similar nature; at least, he has told
me so, and his experience, therefore, accords With
my own.
Dr. Samuel Mason was the next witeess examined.
The CORONER—Dr. Mason, have you beard the evi-
dence that has been given to-day? Dr. Mason-74 have.
The CORONER—Hare you formed any opinion as
to the cause of the death of this gentleman ?
Dr. Mason—l have not. I think it is excessively ambi-
guous; but what strikes me as being most remarkable
is, that Dr. Halley should have been called in at eleven
o clock, and yet not be able to discover that the deceased
was suffering from the effects of opium. Had the de-
ceased been suffering from the effects of opium Dr. Hal-
ley must have perceived it at once, and would not have
left him.

The CORONER—You say, then, that you can form no
opinion as to the cause of death? Dr. Mason—l can only
give a qualified opinion; my impression is from the evi-
dence I have heard the death is very much referrible
to disease of the urethra, but still it is very ambiguous
--it is very doubtful.
The CORONER—Death is referrible, then, to the ure-
thra disease? Dr. Mason—Combined with the effects of
I"clislit, because there has been a partial effect of opium,
ugh not at all to an extent sufficient to accocnt for
death.
Dr. Shaw being
of the evidence, he
said, having heard the whole
,he was inclined to attribute the death
to an overdose of opium, but the case was full of am-
biguity, and he could give no positive opinion on the
subject. It was not impossible for persons to die of the
.tithe
urinary disease with the same symptoms as would
d by an overdose of opium.
Dr.
ar
The
esh
ebh eacewoltpoy z resentste
Have you ever met with such a case ?
Middlesex Hospital, if you re-
Pfraotmlenbtaavdigd-taken an overdose of opium,
one of disease of the kidneys
nweexrteree-cralled and examined.
re-
member, bheer , 0
tthwe or
Y mach alike in both cases.
--Now, Dr. Bailey, the case being anDd
Dr. Halley
sayilmeyptwomus
The CORONER
com-
plete, have you formed any
opinion as to the cause of
death ? Dr. Halley—l feel in the eme position as Dr.

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Shaw. The case is very ambiguous throughout, and
therefore I should not like to give a positive opinion
upon it.
This was the whole of the evidence.
:;; Esith' in summing up. said that there was
no f, dose of opium which bad been pre.
TdhoeubCt° R t
scribed by Dr. Dawson had not been considered by him
great, as in fact he hid directed that it
should g rOO
betaken in mottles. That direction had not been
as beira
followed by the deceased, who, on the contrary, had
taken the whole dose, and in addition to that, had also
sent for another bottle, two-thirds of which he had used,
so that it appeared that the unfortunate gentleman had
absorbed in his system, from half-past 4to 3 o'clock,
no less than eight or nine grains of opium. In all these
cases there could be no desire on the part of any one
to
h bearul
dh be
a seh in
this kind, but it was of enor-
mousthese cases that the truth
and if death had been caused
s o misfortunev aal rl
known,
against any body in consequence of
any of
by medicine, or by inadvertence, or by ignorance, or
carelessness, that the fact should be known in order
that other fatal results should be prevented. In this case,
presuming that Dr. Dawson had stated what occurred
when he saw the patient, there was nothing in
the quantity ordered by Dr. Dawson that was of a dan-
gerous character. It appeared when the prescription
was written and handed to Major Forester that he was
told to use one-half of what was ordered immediatelyon
his return home; and if that quantity was dis-
charged from his bowels at once by the ac-
tion of the intestines, and if the pain continued,
the second half was to be used about seven
o'clock in the evening. Now, it certainly did
appear, from the evidence, kthat, instead of
following the directions given, Major Forester
used the whole quantity about half-past four o'clock,
and before tea time, which was between eight and nine
o'clock, he used two-thirds of another bottle, there being
in fact 7 or 8 grains of opium absorbed into his system
within the space of three hours and a half. Besides, there
would be contained in the half packet of Dover's powder
which he took about three-quarters of a grain of opium,
and there was an article inithe prescription, half a
drachm of camphorated tincture of opium, which would
contain about one-eighth of a grain of opium; so that this
unfortunate gentleman had in him at that time sufficient
opium, to kill any man. They had just heard the
conflicting statements of the medical men ; in fact, he
could hardly call them conflicting, because they were
to the effect that they could form no certain opinion on
the cause of the death, and he was afraid the
jury would have to come to the same conclusion. He
hardly knew what else to advise them to do, because
in these cases they must be guided by the evidence that
was laid before them, or otherwise there would be no
security for anybody.
In consequence of an interruption from Colonel
Forester, the valet of the deceased gentleman was called
in, and, on being examined, stated that some part of the
first enema was wasted on the floor, and a groat quan-
tity of the second.
The CORONER said it was useless to go into these mat-
ters, as the medical gentlemen had been unable to
form any opinion as to the cause of the death, and the
jury could adopt no other course but come to the same
conclusion. All he could advise them to do was to state
that the unfortunate gentleman died on the day
named, but they had not sufficient evidence be-
fore them to show the cause of his death.
That was the safest course he thought they could pursue.
Mr. Rogers certainly gave it as his opinion that death
was caused by opium; but, on the contrary, a multitude
of other medical gentlemen had said that there was
extreme ambiguity in the case. With regard
to Dr. Dawson, he was put out of the category of com-
plaint in consequence of his having directed the unfor-
tunate gentleman to take only halt the prescription at
once. The only blame that could be attached
to him was for not having written his directions, which
certainly was an error. Had those directions been
written no ground of complaint could have existed
against that gentleman.
Dr. Dawson explained that the deceased had been so
long in the habit of using the injection that he did not
consider it necessary to give him written directions, and
besides the deceased had a great personal dislike to
having his directions written on the prescription.
The jury then retired, and after a short consultation,
returned with the following verdict: —" That the de-
ceased died from the effects of opium incautiously ad-
ministered by himself in the absence of written instruc-
tions from his medical attendant."
The jury were then discharged.

FRANCE.
The following telegraphic dispatches have reached
Paris during yesterday :
" The Prince" MhaAs RjaSsEt I
hLeLa Er
dS
mass, 26 T i:
tS
tEhPeT
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a9t
hAe.
dmr. a l .
The Bishop received him under a canopy, at the head of
his clergy, and addressed to him a speech.
" SEPT. 27TH, 11 A M.

"His Highness embarked in— the Napoleon, at nine
o'clock. The inhabitants accompanied him to the
place of embarkation with cries a thousand times
repeated of Viva l'Empereur I" Vive Napoleon III.:'
The indignation against the miscreants implicated in the
plot to assassinate his Highness was general, and in-
creased the enthusiasm which the presence of the Prince
excited everywhere."
By decrees of the Prince President, dated Grenoble,
the 22d, signed on the report of the Minister of War,
the laws relative to savings banks are declared appli-
cable to Algeria, and a savings bank at Algiers is
authorised.

No change worthy of notice has taken place in the
trade of Paris during the week that has just expired.
Generally speaking a good deal of activity prevails
in the manufacturing establishments, and there
are a few houses where the bands are insufficient
to complete the orders they have received. The
cabinet-makers of the Faubourg St. Honore, in par-
ticular, are busily engaged in executing commissions
for England, Spain, and Russia, and it is stated that
the commands already executed for these countries
are double as compared with the corresponding month
of last year. The shopkeepers of the capital have not
much cause for complaint, inasmuch as the number of
foreigners now in Paris is more than enough to sup-
ply the place of the usual residents who have not
returned from the country.

It is, however, from the northern departments that
the loudest complaints are heard, in consequence of
the suspension of commercial relations between France
and Belgium, and considering the quantity of Belgian
coal they were in the habit of using in their works,
the loss incurred by the imposition of an increased
import duty on that article must be great.
The Pays has the following on the plot against the
life of the Prince President :

"It is with a feeling of extreme grief and deep indig-
nation that Europe will learn that there still exists a
race of factions men, so degraded and so perverse as to
make themselves assassins, and demanding, from instru-
ments of vengeance and destruction, which cannot have
a more appropriate name than that of infernal
machines, the odious triumph of we know net what
doctrines, which lido not belong to any party, any
more than to any people. One would think, for
the glory of humanity, which is dishonoured by such
monsters, that in the fury which arms their murderous
hands there is more madness than ferocity. And,
nevertheless, what a refinement in crime, what a fright-
ful skill in that machine which, in order to more surely
reach one man, would deal death among thousands of
citizens! What a depth of perversity! More fortu-
nate than it was fifty years ago—when the
Emperor Napoleon, then First Consul, nearly perished
in Paris, in the height of his power and renown,
the victim of a similar attempt—the authorities pre-
vented the explosion of the infernal machine at Mar-
seilles. The danger which threatened the life of Prince
Louis Napoleon only makes the nation better under-
stand how thankful it ought to be to Providence for
having raised him up in days of anarchy, to save us
from the abyss towards which we were proceeding
hour by hour, impelled by the wind of February. It
is at this moment that we must more particularly
feel how closely the destinies of France are connected
with the life and the power of the nephew of the
Emperor. If the impious hand of the assassin had
ravished Prince Louis Napoleon from the love of the
populations who flock together on his passage, what a
blank would have been left in the State! Who could
dare to coolly measure the extent of the loss? Who
could dare to calculate the frightful consequences of
such a catastrophe? But God, who protects France,
hos caused the defeat of the conspiracy of the south.
Let us bless him for having preserved the august Prince,
who alone can give us a long future of repose and of
prosperty."

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
MONEY ORDERS.
A major money-order office will be opened at Brougb,
in the county of York, on the Ist of October.
In Scotland minor money-order offices will be opened
earths Ist October, at Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire,
e from Stirling; and at Troon, Ayrshire, served
from Glasgow.
In consequence of alterations in the circulation of
Remy; Bexley, Carshalton, R
letters, Broseley, Dawley, Ironbridge, and Madeley are
now served from Wellington, Salop; and Malpas from
Whitchurch, Salop. The Book of Money Order Offices
must be corrected accordingly.
ton, Richmond, Surrey,
Southall, and Stanmore, are served (as respects money
order advicea) from London, instead
of from Dartford,
Croydon, Hounslow, and Watford respectively, and the
column in the list of money order .
offices, headed " Post
Town from which served, &c,
must be corrected ac-
cordingly.

NIGHT BALLOON ASCENT, wiTll x
IREWORES.—•
On Monday evening, at eight o'clock, Mr. II 4 n Colwell
I air
ascended from the Pavilion-gardens, North my
IN oolwi
ch, and
discharged from a battery, suspended to his balloon Sylph,
a brilliant display of fireworks. After remaining in t
about half-an-hour, a safe descent was effected on the
marshes near Barking. Mr. Colwell has now made twenty-
six ascents this season. Last week he accomplished a feat
which is unprecedented in the annals of aerostatien, via., four
ascents on four consecutive days from four different establish-
ments. Foreign aeronauts may dazzle by a single act of
daring, but this achievement displays the sterling English
qualities of enterprise,steadiness, and endurance.
PROLIFIC AND PATRIOTIC.--The Memphis Eagle
says that Mr. David G. Campbell, a vary worthy mechanic
of that city, who is now over sixty years of age, and has
keen married only five or six years, is already the father of
six children. Mrs. Campbell has given birth to three pairs
of twin children in succession—four sons and two daughters.
sectionproposed b y the citizens
landciti zfoenr ssiorfs. cMemphisampbelto
anda
petitionlson
o Con-
gress forit is
fora
each of the children. The Eagle says that the petition will
be signed b.)* every one
to whom it is resented, and if Con-
gress has 4 spark of old-fashionedleft it will be
granted. patriotism