The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-04 00:00:00

EVENING, SMPTEMBER 4, .047,

./ tiATITROAY

in brisk ropiest for exporthtion at 2s Id to 2s 10i, arid
for fine for home use at 3s 2d to 3s 6d. The price of
British Corn Spirits is 11s for English, and lOs lid to
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lts for Scotch and IrLh.
RICE —To-day there was only a limited demand for
East India Rice, but full rates were asked. None was
offered at public sale. 4.r
COCHlNEAL.—Privately only a limited demand existed
for black and silvers, and 67 bags Mexican at auction
were only in part sold at rather lower rates ; middling
black went at 5s 2d to 5s 3J, and low to middling silvers
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4s -

9d to 4s 11d per lb.
INDIGO.—The demand has been more active for East
India this week from the home trade, and purchases to a
fair extent have been made in all descriptions, whilst
the export demand has been rather better, but the
contracts concluded at present have been chiefly for
the Russian markets. There are few parcels
of any kind on offer, and the demand it is ex-
pected will continue to improve, as the importation is
less than it was last year, whilst the home and export
deliveries are greater, prices are lower, and the stock
smaller. There is but a small quantity pressing for sale.
Spanish does not improve in value, but there has been
rather more business transacted. We quote Cortes at
Is 10d to 2s 9d, Sobres 23 10d to 33 63, and Flores at
3s 8d to 45 8d per lb.
OILS.—The arrivals of Fish Oils have been of little
moment this week, whilst on the part of holders there
has been firmness, and they have refrained from i,tf,r-
ing uny at public sale. Seal has been in excellent
request by private treaty, and the tendency of prices is
upwards. For Cod the prices asked are 27/ Ls to 27/ lt)i,
but buyers operate with caution,'
as the importetions will
be large this season. Southern met with attention, and of
all descriptions several parcels have been sold at firm
rates. The market is in a quiet state for Sperm, whilst
the supply continues good, and the trade operate with
caution. In Rape Seed Oil business has been much
operated against, by the crushers asking the ad-
vanced rates of 38s to 38s 6d for pale, and 37s
to 37s 6d for brown, but the amount of busi-
ness transacted has been of little moment. The
Rare Seed crop is likely to be small this season. Olive
has not met with much attention from exporters or the
home trade. Linseed Oil met with less attention, both
for home consumption and exportation, and there being
a better supply prices have assumed a downward ten-
dency. For forward delivery there are sellers at 26s 6d
to 26s 9d, but few contracts have been concluded. The
market will be well supplied ere long, as prices are much
above those of last year at this time, and are highly re-
munerating to the crushers. Although the stock of Palm
is not large, still prices continue on the decline, as the
home trade and export demand is lialited.
TALLOW.—lmporters of Russian are anxious sellers,
and submitted to further reduced rates on the spot, still
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Town made is not much required and can be obtained
at 47s to 47s 6d net cash. Other sorts are heavy of dis-
posal, and offered upon rather lower terms. The stock
has been further increased, still prices are much above
those of this time last year. That the importation will
this be greater than in the past season there can be no
doubt.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 3.—The Bonetta brigantine,
Commander Brock, arrived this morning from the
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Parker,
Mediterranean. She is 43 days from Malta, and has,
consequently, brought no news. She did not call at
Lisbon, nor has she seen anything of Sir Charles Na-
pier's
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Cape underbeen
surveying up the Archipelago. Having been three
years and upwards in commission, she will now be
paid off.
The Belvidera provision depot, Captain H. Layton,
was towed into harbour to-day by the Echo. She
will be followed by other of the " relief" squadron,
which is to be disbanded, and the respective vessels
put out of commission.
The Ajax steam-guard-ship is receiving her steam
machinery preparatory to trial.
In Harbour—The Victory, 104, Captain Pasco,
flag of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander-
in-Chief; the Excellent gunnery ship, Captain Chads,
C.B. ; the Cambrian, 40, Captain Plumridge, fitting
for foreign service ; the Trincomalee, 26, Captain
Warren, fitting for sea.; the Amphitrite, 26, Captain
R. Eden, fitting for sea ; the Belvidere store ship,
Captain Layton, to be dismantled; the Seaflower
cutter, Commander Dumaresque, to refit; the Fury
steam sloop, Commander Willcox, fitting for foreign
service ; the Myrtle, Lightning, Echo, and Swallow
steamers.
In Dock—The Prince Regent, 92, nearly ready
for floating out after being razeed from an 120 ; the
Leander, 50, building; the Orestes, 18 ; Frolic, 16 ;
Sappho, 16 ; and the Rifleman steam-screw gun-boat,
fitting for commission.
In the Basin—The Ajax steam guard ship, the Re-
tribution steam-frigate, the Geyser steam-sloop, Com-
mander W. L. Browne, fitting for foreign service,
and the Rocket tug.
At Spithead—The Bonetta brigantine.
CHATHAM, SEPT. 3.—The Elk and Heron, 12-gun
brigs, building, will be completed and put out of dock
the end of this month, when the keel of a steam-
vessel, to be named the Tiger, of 1,220 tons burden,
will be immediately laid down in the seine dock.
The Arab, 16 guns, which was commissioned on
the 30th ult. by Commander Willia.n Morris, is pro-
gressing with her rigging very fast ; she will be com-
pleted in a few days.
The Antelope steam-packet, Lieutenant and Com-
mander F. Smythe, for the lonian Isles, will sail from
this port to-morrow (Saturday).
Dr. H. Peacock, assistant-surgeon of this dockyard,
has been appointed staff-surgeon of the Royal Dock-
yard Battalion.
A number of the dockyard apprentices have by
subscription presented to Mr. l‘PGarahan, the dock-
yard schoolmaster, a very handsome silver snuff-box,
as a small token of their esteem for the kindness
which he has shown in forwarding their education.
DEVONPORT, SEPT. 2.—This morning, at ten
o'clock, Lord Auckland, and the other Noble Lords
and Hon. Members of the Board of Admiralty, em-
barked at the dockyard, on board the barge of Port-
Admiral Sir John West, and proceeded down Hamoaze
to the basin steps of the Royal William Victualling-
yard, at Stonehouse Point. Their Lordships were
received on landing by Superintendent Admiral Sir
Thomas Fellowes, his successor, Captain Toup
Nicholas, the officers of the yard, and a guard of honour
from the brigade of the establishment, commanded
by Captain Jameson (secretary to the superin-
tendent). They were also complimented by a salute
of 19 guns from the field-pieces belonging to the
battalions. Their Lordships examined the mills and
bakehouses and the stores of the yard, which contain
at present more than 20,000 quarters of Indian corn,
30,000 bags of rye meal, besides large quantities of
Indian corn meal and biscuit, purchased entirely for
the relief of the Irish.
The Royal William Victualling-yard Battalion
went through the manual and platoon exercise, and
the field-train of four 9-pounders and battery of four
32-pounder' were also drilled by . Major Armstrong
(Master-Attendant), under the inspection of their
Lordships.
The next establishment visited was the Royal
Naval Hospital at Stonehouse, through the wards and
surgeries of which their Lordships were
F con
ucted
by Superintendent Admiral Sir Thomas ductedand Captain Toup Nicholas. Thence the Board
proceeded to the Royal Marine Barracks, which at
the present moment contain 879 rank and file,
besides commissioned and noncommissioned offi-
cers ; of these about 200 belong to the Ports-
mouth and Woolwich divisions, having recently ar-
rived here from Ireland.ln addition to the above,
about 40 are in the harbour on board her Majesty's
ship San Josef, and 120 on board her Majesty s ski's
AAbout 400 men, under command of
Colonel Mercer, fell in at half past eleven, but their
Lordships did not arrive until one o'clock. General
Murray, Commander of the Forcws for the Western
District, was on the ground, with Colonel Mercer and
the officers of the corps, in full dress, to receive their
Lordships, who entered by the southern main gate.
The men, who presented a very solnorth and dierlike appearuth
-
ance, were drawn up ne, so,
arms to their distinguished
when they presented
visitors. Preceded by their band, they subsequently
marched by in open columns, slow time, quick time,
&c. Lord Auckland, escorted by Colonel Mercer,
and Admiral Dundas, with General Murray, then
proceeded, with the other members of the Board, to
inspect the men, the barracks, infirmary, and build-
ings ; after which their Lordships went to the three-
gun battery at Devirs"point, also under the marine
establishment, where the men were exercised at the
guns.
Their Lordships dine to-day, with a distinguished
party, at the mess of the Royal Marines, attending
the orphans' ball in the evening. In all probability,
they will to-morrow visit the Breakwater and the
coast fortifications at the Plymouth Citadel, Bovisand,
Mount EdgcumbeLand Drake's Island.
Mr. Ward, DIP.,
the Hon. Secretary, left this
morning for town, and will be followed to-morrow
by Admiral Dundas and Admiral Prescott. Lord
Auckland and his remaining coadjutors proceed hence
to Ireland.

THE LATE .ATTEMyTED ASSASSINATION IN THE
CITT.—Upon making inquiry last evening at St. Tho-
mas's Hospital, the reporter was informed that Mr.
Crawley would most probably leave the institution this
morning (Saturday), as his medical attendant (Mr. Solly)
considers him sufliciently recovered.
An elderly man was on Monday leaving the Bank
of France, where he had just received 14 notes of I,ooof.
anhiisndividual suddenly
each,taiiiipocketbook con-
came up, gave him a violent blow in the breast, at,d.
andgth
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in his imprudently
hand,holdingwh en
snatching the pocket-book from his hands, got clear off
by the Place des Vietoires. He has not yet been sr-
restqd.—Galignani.

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS DE

PRASLIN.
We take from Galignani's Messenger the
following translation of documents connected with
the prosecution of the Duke de Praslin, which have
been printed and distributed by order of the Court of
Peers :

The first document is the proces-verbal of the ex-
amining magistrate, M. Broussais, and other officers
of justice, immediately after the murder of the
Duchess. After describing the position of the body, the
state of the room, the marks of blood in different places,
and on the bell-pall, the finding of a loaded horse-pis-
tol belonging to the Duke, and other circumstances
which have already been fully and correctly related to
the public, the proces-verbal goes on to state that having
discovered traces of blood from the chamber of the
Duchess to that of the D uke, and on his dress,the officers
of justice felt it to be their duty to question him on
that point. The Duke explained these marks by
stating that he had got blood upon them and upon
his hands by touching the body when he rushed into
the room on the alarm that was raised. A frock
coat, on which there were marks of blood, and to
which water had been applied to efface them having
been noticed, the Duke said he had attempted to wash
out the marks, and had thrown the water, in which
he ha I also washed his hands, out of the window
into the garden, but no appearance of such water
having been thrown out was found. The trousers
worn by the Duke being also spotted with blood, he
was requested to change them and give them up,
which he did. There was also marks of blood on
the breast and on the sleeve of his shirt, which he
had attempted to wash out, as it was still wet, but
the Duke said that the wet was the result of per-
spiration.. A pair of slippers, also spotted with
blood, were found. On searching the Duke's room
there were found three napkins, more or loss wet,
and stained with blood, a cambric handkerchief
in the same state, and a shirt, which the Duke said
he had changed the night before at half-past eleven,
with two drops of blood on it. Lastly, there were
found a waiscoat, a cap, and a ceinture stained with
blood. All these articles were seized, and placed
under seal. In the fireplace of this room were found
the ashes of papers, and articles of woollen or linen
which had recently been burnt, for the remains were
still warm. Amongst the ashes were the remains of
a silk pocket handkerchief, which the Duke acknow-
ledged to be his, and which he said had taken fire by
accident when he threw a lighted match which he
had been using into the fireplace. On the chimney-
piece was a paper containing a small quantity of gun-
powder, and a knife with several blades, on the back
of which was a drop of blood ; in a cartonnier, over a
chest. of drawers, a box containing gunpowder and
three balls ; and in a secretary in the study a poniard
and its sheath, and a pair of loaded pocket-pistols. All
these articles were seized, and placed under seal. The
officers of justice having called upon the Duke to give
a circumstantial account of the affair, he said :
" Madame de Praslin and myself arrived at Paris
at a quarter past eight o'clock in the evening, by the
Corbeil Railway. Madame de Praslin entered a hack-
ney cab with my sons and their tutor, and I entered
another with my daughters and youngest son, and
we arrived at my hotel at a quarter past ten, after
having both of us made visits in Paris ; Madame de
Praslin must have made several. I went with my
daughter to see their former governess, Madame de
Luzy, residing in the Rue du Harley, No. 9, au
Marais. I did not see the Duchess on arriving at my
hotel; she had already entered her apartments. I, on
my part, immediately entered my bedroom, after
having conducted my daughters to their apartment,
situated on the second story of the hotel. I went to
bed, and immediately atter fell asleep, without
having required the assistance of. a valet de chambre,
which lam not accustomed to employ. This morn-
ing, at an hour I cannot indicate, but when the "day
was beginning to break, I was awakened by
confused cries ; but, as cries are often heard in the
Champs Elysees, I was not frightened, and I even
did not get up immediately. A moment after I heard
steps of going and coming in the garden. I then left
my bed, put on my dressing gown, and went towards
the chamber of Madame de Preslin. On arriving at
the third door of my chamber, which is at the bottom
of the steps of the little corridor which precedes it,
I heard confused cries ; I believe there was a cry of
' Murder;' and without going further I re-ascended
to my chamber; I entered my study, and took from
my table a loaded pistol. I then descended to the
chamber of Madame de Praslin, into which I entered
after traversing her dressing-room. Obscurity and
profound silence prevailed. I called her by the name
of Fanny, but she did not answer me. I. then left
the dressing-room, and lighted a wax candle with
lucifer matches, which, as usual, were under the
clock in that room. I then entered the chamber of
the Duchess alone, and I found her seated on the
ground, her head supported on a sofa placed between
the fireplace and the window. I went to her ;
her face was covered with blood, which flowed
abundantly from wounds on the head and on
the neck. The idea of calling my domestics did
not occur to me ; besides, I had not time to do
it, for I had hardly tried to raise the head of the
Duchess, and to render her some assistance, before I
heard knocking at the door of her chamber,
which communicates with the saloon. I went to
open the lock which fastened the door of it on the in-
terior, and I there found the persons whom I have
just designated to you. It was whilst endeavouring
to render assistance to the Duchess that I became
stained with blood. After the entrance of these per-
sons, I talked with them for about twenty minutes or
half an hour. I several times touched the body of
Madame de Praslin, and at last, as I was distracted,
I re-entered my chamber, where I first washed my
hands, and it was not until lately that I endeavoured
to remove with water the blood which I had on the
breast, on the left side of my dressing-gown, in order
not to frighten my children, to whom I was about to
go to communicate to them the misfortune which had
Just deprived them of their mother. The courage to
tell them failed me. Very shortly. after, General
Sebastiani, uncle of the Duchess, arrived, and he was
1 with me when M. Bruzelin, Commissary of Police,
came. My first care had been to recommend that
the Commissary of Police and a doctor should be
sent for."
"We (says the proces-verbal) asked the Duke de
Praslin what use he had made of the pistol with
which he was armed ?—He answered us, that at the
time at which he had endeavoured to render assist-
ance to the Duchess, he had thrown it on the floor,
that he did not know exactly where, but it was very
close to him and the Duchess ; that he had taken it
again, and by a nervous movement had struck the
floor with the barrel, and also with the butt-end, and
that he had definitively abandoned it at a place which
he could not determine.
"We asked the Duke de Praslin if the window of
the Duchess's chamber was open ?-a-He replied in the
negative.
"We asked him if he had remarked that other
doors opening into that chamber, besides that of the
Duchess's dressing-room, were open ?-1-1e answered
that the door of the large saloon was closed ; that
he was certain of it, since he had been obliged to ,
go and open it; but that he could not say if the 1
door of the boudoir was locked ; that those were the
only doors, with those of the dressing-room and two
little rooms which have no other issue, which open
into that chamber.
" We asked the Duke how it happened that the re-
mains of a pocket handkerchief, which had served
him as a nightcap, and which had been consumed,
were found in his fireplace ?—He answered, ' Yester-
day evening I took this pocket handkerchief from one
of my drawers to cover my head to sleep in. At the
moment of entering my bed, I found this handker-
chief to be in a very bad state, and I threw it in the
fireplace, in which was a large quantity of paper. It
was this morning that these objects took fire at the
moment at which I threw a match which I had lighted,
for I know not what purpose, into the fireplace.
"We caused it to be observed to the Duke, that at
the moment at which he re-entered the chamber,
after having passed at least half an hour in that of
the Duchess, he could have no need of a light to find
his way to his chamber, and to wash himself ; that,
moreover, there was a handkerchief on the night-
table prepared, and which did not seem to have been
used since it had been washed, and we asked him to
give us explanations on those two circumstances ?
The Duke replied, that he could not explain how it
happened that he had desired to have a light, or
for what use he had the light ; that he felt that this
want of explanation might give rise to a grave charge
in presence of the burnt paper and handkerchief
thrown by him in the fireplace the previous evening;
that the second handkerchief found on the night-
table, and which had not been used, had been pre-
pared in advance, either by his valet de chambre, or
by the wife of the porter, or some other woman ofthe
house ; that he did not perceive it when he was
thatabout
to go to bed, and that it was on that accounthe
had taken the torn and burnt handkerchief from a
drawer; that he had not taken another, and had slep.t,
.
according to his usual custom, without a fichu du mat,
that as to the movement which led him to throw the
handkerchief which was in a bad state into the fire-
place, and not to take another, it could be explained to
those who knew him by his character, but that it was
impossible for him to give more precise explanations.
" We asked the Duke de Praslin to what cause he
could attribute the assassination of the Duchess, and
if that lady had, either in the house or elsewhere,
enmities of a nature to cause the commission of so
great a crime ?—The Duke de Praslin replied, that
he did not know any enemies of the Duchess, and
that he could only explain the horrible crime com-
mitted on her person by the circumstance that it
was desired to commit a robbery in the hotel, that
the malefactors were perhaps ignorant of the return
of Madame de Praslin and himself from the country,
where they bad been for a mouth, that they were

consequently surprised to find the Duchess in her
chamber, and had 7ben assassinated her.
" We asked the Duke whence came the green cord
which was found passed through his braces when he
undressed, and for what cause he had that cord ?
He replied that the cord was that of a powder-flask
or a shot-bag, but that he could not say how it hap-
pened that the cord was found on him when h. e
undressed. We seized this cord and put seals on it.
"-We afterwards asked the Duke whence came five
pieces of cord, of which three were untwined, and a
piece of white cord of about 10 centimetres long and
stained with blood, which were found in the pocket of
the dressing-gown which he wore that morning ?
lie replied that these pieces of cord were found in
his dressing-gown, but that he knew not how they
came there; and that if the piece of white cord were
stained with blood, it was because he had put his
bloody hand into his pocket.
" We also observed to the Duke de Praslin that, in
entering the chamber of Madame de Praslin' we
remarked a pistol primed on a table before the
window ; that there were several spots of blood on
the barrel and the ramrod, that at the butt-end some
hair adhered to the blood, and that there was also a
little piece of skin or flesh; that that must have been the
pistol which he took on quitting his chamber, and we
requested him to give explanations to these circum-
stances, which appeared to us to raise the gravest
charges against him as the author of the assassination
committed on the person of the Duchess de Praslin ?

The Duke de Piaslin bent down his head and held

it in his hands, whilst the Procureur de Roi addressed
him in strong terms, enjoining him to explain him-,
self with the sincerity which became his position and
his name. Tie at length said, If my attention had
not been distracted by the exhortation of the Procu-
reur du Roi, I should have replied to you that I deny
that the pistol found in the chamber of Madame de
Praslin is that with which I armed myself this morn-
ing to go to her assistance ; but I deny formally to
have struck her with this arm, or with any other
arm ; as to the adhesion of the hair and skin to the
butt-end of the pistol, if that circumstance really
exists, it is impossible for me to explain it.
"PRASLIN.

"FELIX BOUCLY.
" A. BROUSSAIS.
" BRUZELIN.
" A. COLLERY."

An addition to the preceding prates-rerbal
sets forth that there had also been seized a
yataghan sabre, ornamented with silver which
was found in a chest of drawers in the bed-chamber
of the Duke de Praslin ; there had likewise been
seized a hunting-knife, mounted in, copper, which
was behind the cushion of a sofa situated between
the fireplace and a cheffonier ; and there was next
seized a book published by Chaix, called " Guide
Officiel des Voyageurs," found on the chimney-piece
of the bedroom, on the cover of which was a spot of
blood.—This document also states that the Duke de
Praslin was asked if he would accompany the ma
gistrates to the bedchamber of the Duchess, where
the corpse was then lying ; but he begged to be ex-
cused from the cruel visit, and this request was com-
plied with.

The following is a continuation of the correspond-
ence of the late Duchess :

" April 23.
" It is long since I have written, and my position
has since become more and more painful. You seem
to have changed and put aside all external appear-
ances. Mademoiselle D— reigns absolute. Never
was a governess seen to assume so scandalous a posi-
tion. Believe me that it is a great misfortune—a
great evil, for all the intimate and familiar conduct
with you, this authority over the whole household,
shows that she is a person who believes that she has
a right to put herself above -all propriety With her
all this is vanity, love of rule, domination, and plea.
sure. Reflect that a fraternal intimacy between you
and her, looking at. your age and her position, is out
of all consistency. What an example to give to
young persons, to give to them, as a thing of course,
a woman aged only twenty-eight, going and coming
at all hours, and in any state of costume, to and
from the chamber of a man no more than thirty-
seven, receiving him in her own chamber, being
tele-a tete with him for whole evenings, ordering fur-
niture, directing journeys, parties of pleasure, &c.
She has broken with her female friends in order to
bring herself into greater relief, and thus engross you
entirely to herself ; always finding means to get rid
of the children. Has she not had the effrontery to say
to me—' I regret, Madame, that it is not possible for
me to act as mediator between you and M. de Praslin ;
but for your own interest I recommend you to pay
attention to your manner of conducting yourself to-
wards me. I conceive that it would be painful for you
to be separated from your children ; but, after the
positive resolution come to by M. de Praslin in this
respect, I am sensible that he has reasons too well-
founded for coming to such a decision, for me not to
feel it to be an important duty to conform to it.' Is
it possible that your wife, who has ever been so pure,
who has never loved but your children and yourself
above all things, shall be constrained to hear herself
thus insulted by her whom you intrust to bring up
our children, whom you have known only a few
months, and of whom you spoke ill to me in the first
part of that time ? You are afraid that I should cor-
rupt your children, and yet you abandon them to a
person who makes a mockery of all the decencies of
life, trampling them under her feet, who regards as
superstitious all the exercises of religion ! You
despise me so much that I dare not repeat the expres-
sions you made use of in telling me so, because I.
blamed her Manners and her arrogance. It would be
better for me to approve of that which is blame-
able, in order to obtain her permission for you to
treat me better. Then, indeed, should I render my-
self despicable, when I submitted to purchase
pleasure—even happiness by baseness so vile.
You are in such a state of irritation that you will not
listen to me, and cannot comprehend me. Ido not
mean, as you always seem to conceive, that Made-
moiselle D— is:your mistress in the full force of the
expression. 'lbis supposition, on account of your
children, is revolting to you, and you do not perceive
that, in the eyes of all, her familiar relations with
you, her absolute empire over the house, my isolation,
are as fully established as if she were so openly. You
have often concluded from appearances much less de-
cisive that there were criminal relations between
others. Cannot you, therefore, conceive my grief at
seeing my children torn from their mother, to be
abandoned completely to a person who has no concep-
tion that good conduct and virtue have their own
external forms, and ought never to adopt those of
vice ? How can I help being afflicted when I see
them in the hands of a person who has avowed her
contempt for me by what I have repeated to you
above, and who establishes her empire by making you
hate arid despise me ? You have always said to me,
When there are suspicions. they should always be
cleared up.' But do you not find that she daily en-
grosses your time, and abuses her power over you by
using it to aggravate our differences and alienate us
more and more from each other ? Mademoiselle D
might be a Very good governess, but it is necessary
she should be guided and controlled ; but not by a
' young man, because she is too light and inconsi-
derate, coquettish, and imperious. 'My son, when
you enter into the service of the Lord, prepare your
soul against temptation and against trials ; remain
firm in justice, and in the fear of the Lord; keep your
soul humbly and wait in patience ; lend thine ear to
themwenotrdosf
porfoowfis;dsonmfferawndithlopsaetiennoote cthouereaxgpeneattattihone
and the delays of God. Remain united to God, and
mo
be not weary of waiting. Accept with a good heart
whatever may happen to you; rest in peace in
your grief, and in the time of your humiliation have
patience; for gold and silver are purified by fire, but
the men whom God is willing to receive into the
number of His own He tries in the crucible of humi-
liation and grief. Have, therefore, confidence in God,
and he will deliver you out of all your trouble;
hope in Him, preserve His fear, and grow old in His
love."--(Chap. 11 of Ecclesiastes.) To preserve si-
lence under the pains of life, to suffer and hold thy
peace, is the manner to profit by the wise counsels
oarfethfoerseadcoonpstionl ywmh
eont va p
ee
atkhieborge
dalt Hisoswo rmaraen,
the sore! and not
silence, we are
gingthewinor!
envenom
with the heart full, not to say too ranch, and there y
with mankind, though we may not ameliorate
sure to please God, and not aggravate our posi-
tion wi
it. All these calculations, even the human, ought
therefore to make us decide upon adopting this
determination. But this empire over ourselves
can come only from God. Let us, therefore,
pray for it with the confidence that he will one day
yield to our prayers. He who has said, Learn of
me, for I am meek and humble of heart,' will nol
refuse to grant the means of following this precept.
Absolute silence under circumstances which others
bursts
ttshnoeoft
dignity,
atshs
ieurne
.f
of
fr elt,than is
easierine Fe e,
nbd
eut
dot
know to be grievous to us is as impeaching as re-
proaches. It
pcmeo ruws
eoahnr coward
ptbhreaotntaecrviliemosl'ae
be silent than to say what ought to be s 'd, ai and no
more. Happiness in this world • consists in the affec-
tions we are able to ins •
pire.Let us then remember
who it was that said, Blessed are the meek, for
they shall inherit the earth,' and let us take courage
by recollecting that it was he also who said, Knock
and it shall be opened unto you. Ask, and it shall
be
given to you. Blessed are those who weep, for
they shall be comforted.' These reflections, which I
wrote yesterday upon a fly-leaf, are curious for me to
have copied, and prove my maladresse to the full ex-
tent of its excess. The best weapon, if I take it into
my hand, is sure to turn upon and wound me. To-
day, feeling disgust at seeing you come from a
tete-a-tete with Mademoiselle I thought I
was making a master-stroke by flying without saying
a word; thinking by this to avoid a scene, and mark
my disapprobation mildly and without risk. Good

\

God! I vv-as fair from expecting the
into which my unfortunate mildness

Certainly no violence I could have uses

excited you further than to pursue in
case with abusive language, uttered w
and insulting gestures ; and then, after
few minutes into your own room, com'

and breaking my-Saxon - vase, my silver-gilt ewer
(aiguiere), or rather that of Horace, and taking away
two presents to which I was Much attached, for you
gave them me when I thought you loved so much
my little rose plateau, and my small gilt vases. I
trust you have not given them to her or to another.
the other day, to punish me for having forced my-
self into your room, which she can enter whenever
she pleases, you came and broke all my ombrelles.
To-day. because I fled in silence to avoid a scene, ou
destroyed things most precious to me, and rob me of
the memorials of a love which has been my entire
happiness. You have already burnt those letters
which were the sole remaining testioaonies cf that
tenderness ; you have torn from me my children, you
have condemned me to all the miseries of life for the
present, without leaving any hope of happins?ss for the
future, and now you deprive me of the metoorial of
the past. Oh, my God ! I have loved him too much
—you have struck true. I could have lost all with
courage, with resignation, with joy, so long as his
affection and that of his children had been left
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to me. Now I have no longer 114 esteem.
In the bitterness of my grief I feel a proof
of thy love for me by the nugriitude of the trial. I
feel in the bottom of my heart that each new grief is

a new promise, oh, my. God, of being again one day
reunited to them in thy bosom. Strike ! strike !
God, and deign to grant my prayer ; give me strength
in this world to support all that thou art pleased to
inflict. Often do I ask myself whether he loves me
still ; whether he is attracted by her or whether
simply by the children, and whether, under false
ideas, he has placed himself upon such an improper
footing with her. I cannot help believing that, at the
bottom, there is much of the spirit of teazing and
townenting in all this that he does. What were his
_ _

habits and connexions ? Of what nature have they
been for years past? Is it for her that he has re-
nounced them ? Frequently; and at this very mo-
ment (half-past one o'clock in the morning), I cannot
help figuring to myself that she is perhaps with him
in his chamber, gossipping with him, in defiance of
propriety, without being what is called his mistress.
How is it that he does not comprehend there are many

things wounding to the affections ? All is not concen-
trated in one animal action, as regards the pains of
the heart. lam convinced that if we were separated
he would soon feel the necessity of observing strictly
the proprieties of society with the governess of his

• .
daughters. Can it be true, my God, that he despises
me ; that he loves me no longer ! Sometimes 1 en-
tertain doubts, and fancy that it is only a plan to

correct me.

But, on reflection, I cannot but re-

member that for five years he has daily broken more

and more with me, that I am no longer anything to
him, that he has deprived me of my rights as a
mother, as mistress of his house; that, on all occa-
sions, my place is assigned to me by him. Is it a
lure he has held out tame, intimating that if I sup-
port all the severe privations he imposes upon me,
without uttering a complaint, he will restore to me
all my desires ? Does he imagine that he can if he
wishes to do so ? Does he desire it? I often think

he does. Could he then ? This I very much doubt.
Mademoiselle D— would bring forward the bargain
between them, and he would not dare decide in my
favour. And I well conceive that she has real ad-
vantages as a governess, but he thinks her superior to
what she really is. He would see me submissive,
and believe me content ; he woul.i think that the
change would not be worth while, and in truth it is
too certain that he has had a very bad opinion of me.
I hbvee ignorantga t faults,
of
I suffer too much from them
to
but I am convinced he be-
arelftst,
hem ;
be-
lieves I have vices that lam not guilty of. This
morning, in conversing, Madame de Dolonieu, before
this frightful scene, said to me, ' Your husband has
an entire and tender devotion to you, has he not ?' I
avoided, the question, for I could not take it upon
myself to say a thing I did not think, which I knew
too well I could no longer boast of. He loves me no
more? But, my God, to whom I have said, ' De-
prive me, if so it must be, of his love, that only joy
of my life—that life of my heart—but let him be
saved, that we may one day be re-united with our
children in Thy bosom as the reward of this sacrifice'
—0 tell me, my God, that he will love me again
when he knows this—that he will not curse my me-
mory, and my prayer will be granted. It is so new
to me to see him give himself up to these violent fits
of passion, and to which mine have never approached,
that I frequently cannot help thinking that this vio-
lence is feigned, inasmuch as in general, he does not
break things to pieces until after he has reflected.
God grant that this may be so ! for if he be so
anxious to correct me as to purchase my cure at tLe
price of extravagance, with an air almost of sang frcid,
then he still loves me ; and yet, what horrible ex-
pressions of disgust! They cannot come from a
feigned anger ! But did he not say to me the other
day, in the presence of 13erthe, and throwing to me
all he had broken in my absence, that h would
do the same every time that I broke something
in his apartment? This is a singular idea, since
I never intentionally broke anything belonging
to him. I only wished to force open the door of
his chamber, at the moment he was bolting it. He
afterwards told me coolly that he would do the same
whenever I happened to repeat the breaking. This,
then, is a plan, a calculated resolution come to in ad-
vance. Why then should I take it for a real fit of
passion ? To day, however, I have neither said nor
broken anything. Truly, this is paying dear for a
silent mark of dissatisfaction. I cannot help thinking
that it must cost Theobald dear to commit such follies
as to break, like an untoward boy, things which be-
long to me. It is so little his characn-r. He thinks
he punishes me severely, and I confess that I do suffer
much at seeing him give way to a conduct so ridicu-
lous, if it be not admirable from a design to correct
me. He knows not, however, to what point material
objects are in themselves indifferent to me since I
have lost his affection, and the hope of bringing him
back to my apartment, for I have never regarded my
most precious objects other than as ornaments of the
place to receive him. He has no conception of the
love I bear him. At the bottom of my heart I feel
that, were he but to return to me, I should love him
as much, perhaps more, than ever. I suffer so
much from my isolation. I should be so happy
to see it brought to an end. But the will of God be
done. I cannot conceive how matters will be ar-
ranged. I know not how to help thinking that a
and more envenomed. I wish to promote his separation would be best. Things are becoming more
rwtehthoeeunttcheehroafvhi sea-bathing, bmr ae
etahl
liaynsg more,
his
s wife,
:fae, would
happi-
ness; but, as his life is now arranged, instead of con-
tributing to it, I destroy it. lam suffering a thou-
sand martyrdoms. If I were to go quite alone to
ohuelhdas:reTtannogreedwhlqaettroroirlsitelnlet lo)copmpy.
together with me.
amhPnaredvenet
ethettiemaueennheditlewodrr. ellteinhfae,ernvkp'
whether it life
agreeable or
Tthoi
relevemaolnot
inh
myself with the greater facility
may be sufficient for this experiment, and I could re-
sign
down there, than to remain here in the position n
which I find myself. I know that as things are now
my absence would be rather a relief than a privation.
Remember, most holy Virgin Mary, that it has
never been heard that any of those who have had re-
course to thy protection, who have implored thy suc-
cour, and demanded thy intercession, have been aban-
doned. Animated with this confidence, 0 Virgin of
Virgins ! I fly to thee, and, groaning under the weight
of my sins, I prostrate myself at thy feet 0
Mother of the Word, despise not my prayers, hearken
unto my, petition, and deign to grant it: --St.
Bernard.'

" Ma
g‘ It is evident that Theobald ma y 1, 1842,
kes towards me
what is for him great advances ; he has ever shown me
real tenderness, and a sincere desire to change our
manner of life. But does he truly wish, as he tells
me, to adopt, if I lend myself to it (these are his ex-
pressions), a life of intimacy, and to restore to me my
natural position as a wife and mother ? Do we com-
prehend each other in this respect ? Does he clearly
understand that I cannot be happy unless I possess his
unlimited confidence, nor content myself unless I ant
restored to the possession of my position as mistress
of the house, and particularly to the surveillance and
direction of my children ? Will he ever admit that.?
Will he ever dare to signify sue a thing to Mdlle.
D---- ? I doubt it ; for she will put the case to
him, ' Choose between her and me ;' and she will
carry her point. My defects and the qualities of
Mdlle. D--- he regards at the same time through
the same magnifying glass. I fear that he
will cause
himself a complete illusion ; that he will imagine
that, whilst I shall be mild, his affection and his re-
conciliation will suffice for me, and that I
my relinquish
with a good grace all .
rights as a wife and a
mi
mother but he deceives himself ; for
it iit is for me
a °serious and positive duty: las s sweet and
my rights to tuhendeenrjoyt-hmeesne um
t
circumstances
rights
stances
are duties, and of the most sacred.
kind. He has, unfortunately, ideas the most false
and the most dangerous in the relations which he
towardsdesirab l e'm t
y o children.re turn
ought to have with governesses, and on their position
in a house. He forgets that nothing in the relations,
the position, and the conduct of a governess should.
be capable of giving rise to unpleasant interpreta-
tion ; he trusts too much to the purity ot his inten-
tions. Faults consist in bad actions, but scandal arises
from appearances; for one can only judge by what
one sees, and scandal is a great evil, particularly one
a question so delicate for a man of his age, with. ao
young a governess, and whose natural character is
frivolous, inconsistent, familiar, impertinent, coquet-
tish, without tact, without a solid religions frainda-
' tion, and overruling. He treats governesses as certain
l
persons treat nurses ; they spoil them unt4 they bel

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