The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-12 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
Sergeant Ottvay, of the A division of Police, was
despatched early yesterday morning to Birmingham,
where he bad an interview with the prisoner's mother,
and also with his uncle, whose namc is Banfield, and
who resides in that town. Sergeant Otway arrived in
London on his return about seven o'clock last evening.
Mrs. Oxford left Birmingham by the five o'clock train
fir London. She was staying at the house of a friend,
wha keeps a beer-shop. She was not aware of what
had occurred until she was informed of it by Sergeant
Otway, and she seemed much affected by the intelli-
gence. She states that shortly before she left London,
which was about three weeks since, her son brought a
brae° of pistols home, which he stated belonged to a
companion ; and that subsequently he was frequently, as
she states, " messing about with gunpowder;" on which
she remonstrated with him on the folly of spending his
money in such a way. She was not at all aware that
he had procured the pistols with any improper inten-
tion, ner does she know of his being the member of any
secret soci,ty, or of his having been associated with any
persons of desperate character. She says he was al-
ways a quiet good boy, of steady, sober habits, and of
mild disposition. His sister, Mrs. Philps, and her
husband, were examined this afternoon, before the
Privy Council ; but we understand they were asked
but few questions, and that their evidence was unim-
portant. Several persons, with whom the prisoner had
lived as servant, were also in attendance to speak to
his character and previous habits of life, but their tes-
timony was not required.

A considerable number of petitions, after the Address
had been adopted, were presented on the subject of
the Corn-laws, in the Lords last night. Earl
FITZWILLIA2I then rose to: submit his motion to
their Lordships, to take the present Corn-laws into
their consideration. It was expected the Noble Earl
would have postponed his motion, but the Pears came
' down ready to hear it, and, perhaps, ready to crush the
public Napes, and, therefore, though the Marquis of
LONDONDERRY expressed a wish to have the motion
postponed, it was in compliance with the general wish of
the House that the Noble Earl continued. He entered
very fully and very ably into the question, and was fol•
lowed by Lord WESTERN, who opposed the motion. A
long debate ensued, about which, at this hour, neither time
nor space will allow us to say one word further than
this, that from the tone of several speeches we are of
opinion that the Lords are frightened, though they seek
to conceal their fears. The debate ended by the motion
being lost by 194 to 43
In the Commons, Sir J. WALsu took his seat.
After the Address had been agreed to,
Lord STANLEY moved the Order of the Day for the
House: to go into a Committee on the Irish Registra-
tion Bill.
Mr. CHARLES WOOD rose to move as an amendment
that the English Registration Bill be proceeded with.
The object of this amendment we understood to be to
complete and perfect the English registration first, and
then apply that to Ireland, and so avoid the party con-
tentions which are involved in the rival Irish Registra-
tion Bilis.
A somewhat angry debate ensued, and Mr. WOOD'S
motion, though supported by Lord HowicK and Sir C.
LEMON. and other vacillators, was lost by 11 in a House
of 401 Members.

Sir JOHN D. NOXIREYS next moved an instruct
tion to the Committee, and on this and other
amendments, the House debated and squabbled the
whole evening, and divided several times. Greater
confusion, disorder, and uproar prevailed towards the
end than perhaps ever was witnessed in that House,
which is saying a great deal. Finally the Bill got into
Committee, and then there was a division on reporting
progress. There was then a squabble as to what day
the Committee should sit again, and the House ad-
journed.

DEATH OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
The Moniteur Parisien of Wednesday night offici-
ally announces the death of the King of PRUSSIA.
The following is a copy of the telegraphic despatch :
" The King of Prussia, FREDERICK WILLIAM 111 ,
died on the 7th, at three o'clock in the afternoon.
" The Emperor of RussrA arrived at Berlin two
hours before the death of this Monarch."
The death of the King of PRUSSIA is likely to be
followed by consequences important to Europe. The
new Sovereign is known to have long disapproved of
the policy of his Royal Father, and to have occasioned
great uneasiness to his Imperial brother-in-law, the
Emperor of RUSSIA, by his apparent leaning towyrds the
principles ofa Representative Government. By the great
body oft he Catholics it was supposed that he did not sanc-
tion the conduct pursued towards their Bishops on the
question of mixed marriages ; and even the Poles were
encouraged to hope for some mitigation of the persecu-
tion to which they were subjected by the three portion-
Powers on his accession. The late KING Wls
niece soldier—a Royid dri:l-sergeant, whose schemes of
reform were all directed to the making- his subsieota
Inss-
chin,.3 to he moved like puppets at the Royal pleasure.
The present SOVEREIGN, on the contrary, is a man of
high mental and intellectual acquirements and attain-
ments for his rank, and his advanced age (lie is now in
his forty-fifth year) is likely to keep him out of the
clutches of flatterers and parasites.
Since the above was written, we have received Ham.
burgh Papers of the 9th inst., with a more particular
account of the Death of the King of PRUSSIA, and the
accession of the Crown Prince by the title of FREDE-
RICK WILLIAM IV. The following are extracts from
the Hainhurgh Papers :
HAMBURGH. TUESDAY EVENING, NINE o'CLcCK.
DEATH OF TEIE KING OF PRUSSIA.
BERLIN, JUNE 7.—The King died this afternoon at half-
past three o'cloek,:io the 70th year of his age. This morning
the Emperor of Russia arrived from Warsaw, and pro-
ceeded immediately to the death-bed of his father-in-taw,
whom he found in full possession of his mental faculties,
and who took !cave of him, pressing his hand.
This evening at seven o'clock the troops of the garrison
took the oath of allegiance to the Crown Prince, his Ma..
jetty Frederick William IV.

An Extraordinary Supplement to fhe State Gazette of
to-day contains the following paragraph :
" By the inscrutable decree of God our beloved King,
his Majesty Frederick William 111., the father of his
people,
terminated his mortal career this afternoon at half-
past three o'clock.
" The effects of a'repeated attack of influenza, under which
his Majesty has been sufferins, for soma time, produced lat-
terly a great prostration of thought,' and in consequence a
state which, in defiance of all the efforts of nature, and the
skill of experienced physicians, put an end to the valuable,
highly blessed, but also severely tried, life of his Majesty,
amidst the tears of all his children assembled around him
at this moment, and cf the other Princes and Princesses of
the royal family,
"illis Majesty's latter days were cheered by the presence
of the Empress, his daughter, and her children, and at the
last moment by that of the Emperor, his son-in.law.
" The country, though in mourning and tears. raises its
eyes to his Majesty's august successor on the Throne of
his:glorious predecessor, full of hope and confidence. The
heir of renowned ancestors, educated in the storms of an
rigitated period, early initiated into the duties of his high
distinction, and called by his father in the days of his sick-
ness to direct the affairs of Government, his Majesty will
diffuce the blessings of order and peace, which are the lot
of a faithful and happy people, and the recompence of the
anxious efforts of a good and true Sovereign."
Frederick William 111, was born on the 3(.1 of August,
1770, atic, had therefore not completed the 70th year of
his life, when he was gatheicd to his fathers, lie suc-
ceeded his father King Fredct ink William If. on the 16th
of November, 1797, and has left four sons, the present
King (born 15th Nov., 1795), Prince Frederick William
Lewis (born 221 March, 1797), Frederick Charles
Alexander (born 20th June, ), and Frederick Henry
Albert (born 4th Oct., 1809), and three daughters, the
Empress of Russia (born 13th July, 1798), the Grand
Duchess of Meckl b rg
en e javeiu (born 211 July, 1803),
and Princess Louisa (born Ist Feb., 1803), mantled to
Prince Frederick of the Netherlands.—Hamburg Borsen.
holle, Juno

Countess of (irnnston, the Duchess of Beaufort,
Lor( For,s!er, ?!1(J Lnd,

(Fliosf OUR OWN REPORTER.)
Edward Oxford is the son of a jeweller ; his father
has been dead about eight years, and his mother sub-
sequontly kept a coffee-shop, in the Waterioo-road
o opposite the York Hotel, which she left about three
years since. Oxford has received a very decent educe-
tkin, and has up to the time of this occurrence borne
the character of a respectable, sober, honest, decent
lad. He has never at any time exhibited the least traces
of insanity, but on Monday evening those who had known
him before thought he appeared more thoughtful and
reserved than usual. When his mother left the coffee-shop
in the Waterloo-road, he went to reside with his aunt,
who keep a tavern at Hounslow, in the capacity of
pot-bay. He has, subsequently, lived as barman at
two diLrent public houses in London, and his em-
ployers all give bins an excellent character. His
mother is at present at Birmingham, of which place the
prisoner is a native. She left London about three
weeks since. The prisoner has latterly been out
of place, and has been by no means well provided with
mot..-4. It is therefore exceedingly improbable that he
purchased the pistols from his own resources. It
seems to be the opinion of all those who are acquainted
with Oxfcrd that he is a mere tool in the hands of
some designing villain. He is a member of the Church
of England, but has never exhibited any symptoms of
religious enthusiasm.