The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-08 00:00:00

SHROPSHIRE 'UNION AND CANAL (Clsllg.

TER TO WOLVERHAMPTON).
This part-heard case was proceeded with. He stated
Mr. Provis, civil engineer, was the first witness called.
that he was the acting engineer of this line, under the direc tio of
route.
The
Messrs. Stephenson and Cubitt, and minutely described 145 rou as
total length of the line is forty-five miles and seven chains, and
ts
sivate at
the whole of the line, with the exception of four miles, cons
present of a canal, there will be little or no interference with private
property in the construction of it. The gradients are exceedingly good,
the steepest gradient being one in 100. The general nature °,1,1 be
curves is such as would not incur any danger. There we
only one tunnel of eighty yards, and no engineering d1ni4.7;3,
ties. The line would cross one turnpike road. i
of the secondary stations were yet definitely fixed. There would'd
however, most probably be one at Market Drayton. The estirnaide.
cost of the works was as follows :—Earthwork, 143,5131. 175. ;
purchase of level crossings, diversion of roads, Sic., 137,6481. 10' C ,
tunnel, 2,0051. 17s. ; viaduct, culverts, arches over canals,
57,1031. 3s. 3d. ' - fence., 11,6721. 2s. ; permanent way, 270,521' ;
stations, 51,0091. ; contingencies, at 101. per cent., 67,3391. 175. °T,,i
Purchase of lands and buildings, 77,4481. 18s. 4d.—making t°
of 817,7871.
Cross-examined—Could not say precisely from what quarter et°
traffic on this line was to come, but he supposed it would Pri cipally come from Wolverhampton. He saw no reason why, if t'-,
line were constructed, the proprietors could not compete with
to
Grand Junction Company, as far as regarded the district throngbe
which it would pass. This line would be a mile and a half 911"„ico
than the scheme of the Grand Junction Company, and its gradleaj.
were better. The sum mentioned for the purchase of land and 34
Tugs did not include the purchase of the canal, which ran f°ol'
miles along the route, but he did not think that the total eXPeitg"
construction would be extraordinarily great.

GROUP LVI.
gills
The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the
comprised in this group re-assembled this morning for the first TAm
after the recess, Mr. Ewart in the chair.
LONDON AND BLACHWALL EXTENS—XOO De.
This case was resumed, Mr. Whately appearing to oppose it °°
half of the East and West India Dock Company. woritS
Several witnesses were called to prove that the proposed •
would inflict serious injury on the Company's property in Fenehurfen
street, while the anticipated advantages of the proposed atens
cb
were not sufficient to compensate the public or the Company for I&U
injury.

LVII.
The Committee on this grGROUP oup met to-day at half-past one e'c--In r a.,
in room No. 27 (Grand Corridor) ; present, the Right Son' e,
1 Baring (chairman), Mr. Staunton, Mr.:Baskerville, Mr. Bee/
and Mr. Charles East.
The Bills included in the group are six,
Dudley Canal and Birmingham Canal Amalgamation the
London and Birmingham Grand Junction, and Manchester
..4-11,
Birmingham Railway Amalgamation, the London and Miming '''.1,,...
(Aylesbury Purchase), the Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Jui;to ii
tion, and North Wales Mineral Railway Amalgamation, the li„,e-
Union, the London and Birmingham (Birmingham Canal Arran'
ment). Of
These Bills were severally called on in their order, the namesre
counsel and agents given, and petitions against the Measures
ceived.
The business of the Committee was then delayed for some time j 2
consequence of the absence of some of the leading counsel. At lawn
The CHAIRMAN said, if the parties have agreed to take one of thew
irminghara
Committeelßoirlligsefir,rsatn,attineoinore. will go on. We will wait Ave mini"'
Mr. WADDINGTON, who appeared for the L
and Dudley Amalgamation Bill, said that it was Birmingham
the IVO
Bill taken should be
revUESTER AND SIR'
THE LONDON ANDI3A.Z1:41.a.::::::::::::
TUNCTION, AND neJl _
111INGHAIVX ILEUM •- .----
At Once proceed, as neither Mr. Austin
But the parties could not at
Those gentlemen had been sent for.
nor Mr. Talbot was
havingPrecieirrived, stated that it would not be near
o i oang andragreed
Mr. TALBOT,
ommittee at any length, as there is as no oPPat";
eery to occupy
preamblethe
a the Bill, the object of which to Pla
taudinugndaelrldonae :7 :et
tion to the t forth in the title of the Bill was qnage.
Therese had been misunderstanding Parliamentary sanction, as they had been for some .-- f
ment by
, ree °
past, in fact.
bad feeling between the management of those different lines ; as
such feelings had subsided, and the parties themselves, as welist.
the public, would he greatly benefited by the unity of manager:lJ- c-
There would be a greater accommodation, and a kl
cons erablo MA,
thou of the rates.
the severall

annual procession of the
TRINITY MONDAY.—This he
iastebresinogf TtbreinTitryinMityonday,
Deptford took place. Shortly after eleven o'clock the Pfir°.
nouse
cession issued from the Trinity-house, Tower-hill. 1-`.,11.6,
Grace the Duke of Wellington beingresent as the Pll-
- and, not meeting them at Deptford, as had been ow
of
nounced, on arriving at the main gate of the Tower,' -0-f
which his Grace is warden, be was received by a gaarur a
honour of the Coldstream Guards, who formed a double 'Mir
from the outer gate to the stairs on the wharf, where
ctibt,
embarked on board the Trinity barge, and proceede old
Deptford, where they will attend Divine service a the „ng
Church, according to custom. A great concourse 0f13,e, tags
assembled on the occasion. A grand banquet
place in the evening, at the Trinity-house, Tower-bill.
This
DEATH OF THE HON. MRS. HENRYTUFNELL• 36th,
lady died at Twickenham, on Thursday last, in her
year. She was, before her marriage, the Hon. Franc,es.2,oad
second daughter of General Lord Strafford, by of
marriage with his late lady, Marianne, daughter of
James James. and married September 24, 1844, e'"'
Tufnell, Esq., M.P.
The Recruit, 12-gun brig, built of iron, by —e
Ditchburne and Mare, is to be launched on the 9th
comma
It has been stated that Commander Bowker is likely.to
..;
mand her. He is considered a very experienced brig sailor,
and will no doubt do her ample justice.—United Sertic
zette. sa turdal
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT 81RK1NG11.431.--0n
morning a fire broke out on the extensive premises which
Elliot, Regent-parade, Regent-place, Birmingham' ty
and
was not got under till most of the valuable moll
immediately adjoining Mr. Elliot's, was saved.
efforts
machinery
the
was
Districtdestroyed.
1 Iro
.oBdyt c
et he timely
engine, a agnodi d
swPaireittl.ll.-q.si r_seriletd:
inises were fully insured. The fire was purely accideravii

HER MAJESTY'S BIRTH-DAY.
GRAND INSPECTION OF TROOPS.
To-morrow being set apart for the celebration of the natal-
day of her Majesty, there will be, according to custom, a
parade inspection of troops on the parade-ground, Horse
Guards; and should the weather continue propitious, the
aPectacle on this occasion will certainly exceed those of many
Years back in point of military grandeur, it being confidently
expected that his Excellency Ibrahim Pacha will honour the
ground with his presence; but this will, of course, depend
orders
on the. illustrious foreigner's present arrangements.
orders have been issued for an assemblage of the troops at
half-past nine o'clock. They will comprise the flank com-
panies of the battalions of the household troops in London,
chiding two, or perhaps more, troops of the Life and Horse
Guards, and the companies for public duty, making in all
Pearly 1,400, which, however, will also comprise those keep-
leg the ground. On the Commander-in-Chief arriving, he
'Will receive the Field-Marshal's salute, and his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, in addition, that usually given to mem-
bers of the Roval Family. The cavalcade will likewise con-
etst of the Adjutant-General, Quartermaster-General, the
aides-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, the commanding.
officers of each battalion, and a host of general officers. A
line Will of course be formed all round.

SPORTING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. •
sit,—The racing at Manchester has borne out my predic-
tion pretty nearly to the letter. I named the winners of five
stakes, the first and second in two instances—tolerable suc-
cess for one meeting. Now for the aristocratic gathering on
Ascot-heath, which commences to-morrow. The bill of fare
is better this year than it ever was before, a very good stake
being added by the Great Western Railway directors. The
high-mettled racers there, en route, or going, amount to the
'very large number of 140, or thereabouts. So we may reason-
.ll3, expect to have four days good sport on the dusty Heath.
n Tuesday the First Class Ascot Stakes will have either
six or seven starters. The Marquis of Conyngham or In-
heritress for my cash.
The Second Class Ascot Stakes, I opine, will go to Lord
Salto or Jenny Wren, seven starting.
The Queen's Vase, I fancy, will go to the Peri colt or Wood
Pigeon—Grimston cannot get the distance, and Wolfdog will
not start.
The Ascot Derby Stakes seem made for Joy or St. Demetri.
The 100 sovs. Stakes will furnish a field of third-rates, six
iu number, with Binnacle for winner, Eclat and Crown
Prince second and third.
The 50 soya Stakes, for two yrs old, will have either Field
Mouse or Don John colt for winner.
The Welcome Stakes will bring the following to the post :
--Tragical, Ward of Cheap, Sting, Humdrum, Burlesque,
Queen Anne, lago, Blackie, Footstool, Cynynion, and pro-
bably one each of Exeter's and Greville's. I have some
doubts on this race; to my eye, Sting, Burlesque, and lago
are pretty evenly matched. Should Queen Anne be up to
the mark, there is another rival for the Welcome honours. I
have a alight preference for the son of Slane, and will look to
him to do the trick, the other three being too near to be
Plemant—Burlesque or lago second.
The 100 sow. Stakes, for three yrs old, will entice two to
baersPOse, King Charles and Prussic Acid, the latter for winner.
un Wednesday the Swinley Stakes to Lord Lonsdale.
The 25 sovs. Stakes to Mr. Hill, should Jericho not start.
The 50 sovs. Stakes to Lord Albemarle.
The Coronation Stakes to Princess Alice or Birthday.
MThe
etri 3d.
sovs. Stakes, Sting Ist, Joy 2d, and St. De-
The Fern Hill Stakes will have about seven starters, with
`'lirleoque or Laundry Maid for winner.
The Royal Hunt Cup will collect together a very good
field, probably thirteen. At the finish the front rank will
~consist of Beaumont, Sir Francis, Sotades, Cocoa Nut, and
"40240 nfield—Sir Francis or Sotades for winner.
On Thursday, the Dinner States, to Draco or Harmony
:r3'; the 50 sovs. Stakes, to Lord Albemarle ; the St.
:LaMes's Palace Stakes, to Free Lance. The Emperor's Plate,
re, grand attraction of the meeting, will bring a first. rate
field to the post. As fart as lam able to judge at the present
time, the following will go for it :—Sweetmeat, Pen colt,
Mentor, Baron, Miss Sarab, Kesheng, Wolfdog, Alarm,
Jericho, Miss Elis, Orlando, Coranna, and the'Crown Prince.
such a field as a lover of racing admires—no trash, all game
to the back bone. The tussle on Thursday next will be
!;.se!ere, Coranna, I fancy) the dog, t
The Crown
rrlnce, Alarm, Wolfdog, and Kesheng will be dis-
ted of' at the run in ; Orlando, Miss Elis, and Mentor, at
the distance; ; and the remaining five will struggle on to the
E1`411(1. 'when the Baron and Peri colt will have had nough
we etmeat, Miss Sarah, and Jericho will form thee" crack
trio" to get placed, Sweetmeat or Jericho winning, which I
cannot say, probably the former.
,
New Stakes I know but little about this year, not
i7lNlng seen above seven of the youngsters, five of which
nye been before the public. I should say the Miss Clifton
u'IY, Don John colt, or ott' fo C d were as good as any ; but
is r
7,Y___°4,,must not rely on this, for my prophetic vision on this
otrcular race is remarkably misty.
_ti
Friday the 300 sovs. Stakes will be decided as follows
Thefirst, Fuzbos second.
-uhe Military Stakes to Lyons ; Muscatel second.
The match between Wolfdog, Bst 71b, and Miss Elis, 7st 71b,
, be won by the latter ; and the match between Camelia
"'La Taurina, by the former.
For the 300 soya. given by the Great Western Railway
Company the winner will spring out of the five-year-olds. I
cannot be more particular, as this stake depends so much
1115,...0n the others. I am, sir, yours,
Monday. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY.—
The directors of this excellent charity are enabled, by the
IfFessful result of the anniversary festival, in March last,
Bru.,, was presided over by the most Noble the Marquis of
ne,- to resolve upon a further increase of the monthly
faCtl_til to the pensioners, and hopes are entertained that
raaaiZurse of the next year the payments will reach the
ernaieett,,T amount of 1/. 1 ls. to the males, and 1/. 2s. to the
Cownext, /o;i:war month. An election will also be held in October
for have and two female pensioners. The Grocers'
this excellente,presented the munificent donation of 501. to
guineas institution ; and the Drapers' Company fifty
DREA
war a brUL ACCIDENT.—NINE LIVES LOST.—On
night last, about ten o'clock, a number of persons
13,7..e,croossing ylverstone Sands, from that town to Flook-
,,,v_g n their return from the fair, they missed their
I"er fording the channel. They ell into a hole knowwnaays,
the "Black Sear," and horse, cart, and passengers, nine in
number went down and never rose again. Several o
evrtailiecarts
Were following in the right track, but no trace
ac-
cident was seen, and none of the parties in them were
aware of the accident until the following morning. Six
of the bodies were found in the hole yesterday, with the
horse and cart, but the other three had not, up to last
evening, been discovered.—Preston Chronicle.
FooT RACE.—On Saturday a race round the enclo-
Tire of St. James's Park, was run between Rhodes and Mal-
ett, for a stake of 10/., the former won, and went over a
mile of ground under five minutes.
OUTRAGE ON A LADY.—On Saturday evening last, as
rs• Fitzgerald was returning from this town to her resi-
dence at Glenbrook, Ballyroan, she was met by two men,
One of whom caught hold of the horse she was driving under
, whilst the other presented a pistol at her, placed her
; ...A knees, and ordered her at once to give eyWhich she and Mr. Fitzgerald have had for some time
THE
possession.—Leinster Express.
kourTIPPERARY CONVICTS. —A correspondent at
a_erath assures us that nothing can equal the excitement
";esl nt throughout the country where the prisoners Rice,
Dablm aand Fogarty have been passing on their way from
vehicle I
00 Nenagh. Crowds everywhere press around the
were ex n which they are drawn. The unfortunate men
Pected in Nenagh gaol last (Friday) night.—Tippe-
v tudicaor.
of d_e_read in the Droi t:—" It is said that the sentence
v.0`70. passed on Lecomte met with only a few dissenting
latter,' amongst which was Viscount Victor -Hugo. The
and it is added, addressed the court in a brilliant speech,
hpleaded for imprisonment for life. Lecomte, it seems,
is,,reviously to the trial, anxious only about one point—
the occasion.
eSt His coat appeared to him by no means worthy of
he T Can appeared to him by no means worthy of
Can I appear in c urt o thus dressed ?' said
paris ' them kill me, but let them not humiliate me.' "
k, paper.
11 e regret to state that Mr. Tufnell, M.P. for
b hers evonport, who usually sits as secretary at meetings of mem.
S of the Liberal party, was prevented from attending the
assembly at Lord John Russell's on Saturday, by the pre-
mature demise on Thursday last of Mrs. Tufnell. This lady
Was the second daughter of Lord Strafford, and consequently
sister to the Right Hon. G. S. Byng, M.P. She was born in
1810, and was married in 1844 to Mr. Tufnell.
The Plymouth Journal of Thursday says :—" Yes-
terday the intensity of heat was six degrees greater than has
been known for the last twenty years. This was ascertained
by the dockyard gauge."
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT A LUNATIC ASYLUM.
On Saturday night at eight o'clock, a jury was impanelled
before Mr. Win. Baker, deputy coroner, at Mr. Warburton's
Lunatic Asylum, Bethnal-green, to investigate the circum-
stances attending the death of Robert East, aged 52, a lunatic,
which took place at the above institution, in consequence of
injuries inflicted on him by another unfortunate lunatic
lamed George Pearson. The Coroner, at the conclusion of
he evidence, observed, that by the humatlity of the English
law, when homicide was committed by a lunatic, it was ex-
vressed to be in the Act " excusable homicide." The fore-
ran observed that Pearson came under the law by which
lunatic are confined during her Majesty's pleasure. Had the
been tried at the Old Bailey, the man would have been
w;„",%0 Bethlem Hospital. He wanted to know what course
be taken, supposing the man should recover? He
and
any his brother jurors, as there was no blame attached to
one in the establishment, wished to relieve the super-
we—n, dent from all responsibility. The Coroner said that he
of 44 Write to the visiting Commissioners and inform them
taitthe circumstances, when he had no doubt that they would
howe the proper steps to have him removed. The question,
Theaver, was still open to a police magistrate. Verdict,
the t George Pearson, not being of sound mind, did kick
_,oreeleceased about the head, but not feloniously nor of malice
I,lf
,t,.hought? giving him a mortal wound, of which he
Zety
oTnhee jury unanimously agreed that no blame attached
ADvERTISENEEN ]—The Gentleman's Real Head
ofHair, or Invisible VT.
blance to nature as to
defy
Peruke, is so close a resem-
tleman to see the
of detection ; 'and to enable any gen-
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both time and trouble. Thel: approved of, saves the purchaser
anyteh!plendid specimens of the per-
ruquean art, superinr to
to be obtained elsewhere,
either in Paris or London, have lonnsgloy to be seen to be admired,
Is1:18:1.amS1 pSleonndsid
and are, the sole invention
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LECONITE S TRIAL.
THE SENTENCE.

PAnss, THURSDAY.—The Court of Peers sat until half-past
seven o'clock on Thursday, in order to hear the whole of the
witnesses to be examined, some of whom, however, were not
called, their testimony not being considered as requisite. The
following is the evinence of those called after our statement
of Saturday :
M. de Monicault, prefect at Melun, who attended the King
on the day of the attempt, repeated the circumstances of it,
and added, that on his coming up with Lecomte, when in
custody, and on his way to Fontainebleau, he heard him say,
" The King is not wounded ; he is more fortunate than I
am." When they had arrived at the prison, Lecomte de-
clared that he intended to kill the King, and had come to
Fontainebleau for the purpose.
Colonel Berryer, who was also with the King, deposed that
after Lecomte was arrrested, he said in answer to the ques-
tions of the prefect, " I had to complain of the conservator of
the Crown forests. I addressed the intendantes, and was
from thence referred to the conservator. This was trifling
with me, and I resolved to be revenged. I have only one
thing to blame myself for. I placed myself badly, and regret
it. The King has profited it. I shall be blamed, but I
have as much heart and as much honour as those who will

blame me."
M. Cante, a gunsmith, deposed to baying sold a fowling-
piece to Lecomte in May or June, 1843. The prisoner paid
him without giving his name or address. In March, 1844,
Lecomte changed this gun for another of higher price, saying
that he was guard of the forests, and wanted a lighter gun.
The witness identified the gun produced in court.
Mademoiselle Pauchet, a print-seller in the Place du Car-
rousel, gave some evidence of no importance, as to having
seen Lecomte before her shop a short time before the King
left Fontainebleau.

Another witness, named Becker, gave testimony on the
same subject.
Heroux, a groom, stated that on the 15th of April he was
talking with Mdlle. Pauchet at the moment when the King
was leaving for Fontainebleau. A shower came on, and two
persons, Reverchon and Becker, took shelter with him. Whilst
they were talking aboutthe King's departure, Mdlle. Pauchet
remarked a man who appeared to be listening, and who was
turning over some prints as an excuse for being near them.
They were struck with his gloomy apect. The witness is
certain that this man remained until the King left, and he
and his friends thought from his manner and appearance that
he had no good design, and if he had been by his side on an
occasion of the King's passing by, he should have watched
him very narrowly.
M. Liot, the director of the Fontainebleau diligence, de-
posed to Lecomte's having, on the 15th of April, engaged a
place in the name of Lebrun. M. Hubert deposed to the
same effect.

Pichard, a journeyman wheelwright, was with Lecomte
in the diligence to Fontainebleau, but merely deposed to
seeing a parcel in his possession, which must have been his
fowling-piece.
Madame Bertrant, an innkeeper at Lannon, served Le-
comte with a breakfast on the 16th of April, but the whole
of her evidence amounted to Leeomte's having said that he
did not think the breakfast a very good one. The daughter
of this witness gave similar testimony.
M. Vigorelli, an inhabitant of Fontainbleau, neffr the
Chateau, stated that he saw a man on the 16th of April, at
about nine in the morning, who had his face turned towards
the Parquet d'Avon, and who appeared to be watching.
Henole, a corporal of the First Hussars, deposed that he
had seen Lecomte in the morning before the attempt in
company with another person, but he could not swear that
they were talking together. He had previously seen him
three or four times alone. When he disappeared, after the
witness saw him for the last time, he went towards the bati
ment de Survivances.
Lecomte here observed that what the witness had stated
was improbable_ He would hardly have exposed himself in
a place where he could be recognised, as he was so well known
at Fontainebleau.

Vioal, a hussar, gave similar testimony to that of Henole,
as did also Dartus, another hussar. All these men spoke
positively as to the identity of the prisoner.
A washerwoman, named Foin, declared that she had seen
Lecomte at Fontainebleau, at the door of the Cadranbleu,
in 1845.

This was denied by Lecomte, but the evidence did not ap-
pear to bear upon any point of the case. •
Roucy, an employe at the chateau, deposed that he had
met Lecomte in 1845, in a road near Fontainebleau, but could
not say at what period of the year.
Card, an upholsterer, who was formerly in the army with
Lecomte, deposed to some acts of violence on the part of the
prisoner when in the service, and added that he was brave
but brutal.

Another witness, named Gres, gave some evidence without
the slightest interest.
M. Hebert de la Grave knew Lecomte when Secretary of
the Inspection of Forests of Villers Cotterets in 1830, and
also in 1832, when under the orders of the witness. He
described him as of an eccentric, taciturn, sombre, violent,
and vindictive character, severe to his subordinates, and rest-
less under the authority of his superiors, owing to his exces-
sive pride and self love. He lived alone, without friend or
companion, but his conduct was regular, and his exactitude
and probity were irreproachable. He was considered an ex-
cellent marksman.

M. Savoie, an inspector of Crown forests, said he never
had to complain of Lecomte. • His intelligence was limited,
but he always did cheerfully what the witness commanded.
He liked to live alone, and held no communication with his
subordinates, except on matters of duty. His probity was
unquestionable, and nothing could have induced him to vio-
late his duties.

M. Le Griel, who had given Lecomte leave of absence in
in 1838 for illness, was called to give evidence to the state
of his mind. It had been said that this witness had declared
Lecomte to be deranged. He deposed that the mind of Le-
comte was in a state of excitement, and that he needed re-
pose; but he had never imagined that he was insane. M.
Duvergier asked the witness whether, as the superior of M.
Lecomte, he had net ordered him to be severe towards his
inferiors. The witness replied that he had ordered him to en-
force the rules of the service, but to be moderate.

M. Jallon, a physician at Orleans, deposed to his having
attended Lecomte whilst labouring under an affection of the
chest. He had given him a certificate as to his state of health,
in order that he might obtain leave of absence. In answer to
a question from the president, this witness stated that he had
found no trace of insanity in the prisoner, nor had he ever
thought of looking for any symptons of the kind.
M. Lecoufld was the next witness examined, but his evi-
dence was immaterial.

Samson, a guard in the Crown forests, deposed that he had
served under the orders of Lecomte, but had never been on
good terms with him. Had heard him, when speaking of
both the present and the old:Royal Family, mutter words be—
tween his teeth which he could not distinctly make out.
The evidence of the next witness, Lelievre, merely went to
the fact of his having known the prisoner in 1839 and 1840,
and of their having taken their meals together at Fontaine.
bleau. Lecomte had once asked him his opinion as to the
capitalisation of his pension, when he had told him that his
claims were not well founded.

M. Merrier de Bois d'Hyver, inspector of forests, deposed
that he had frequent intercourse with the prisoner during the
last four years. He considered him as a man of a very violent
and proud character, morose, and taciturn, and capable of
going to great extremities when thwarted. On one occasion
in particular, he remembered his coming to him in a great
passion and asking him if he meant it as an insult, merely
placing his name on some official paper below another name
which was written on it. He (the witness) had replied that
nothing was further from his intention, which Lecomte ought
to have been aware of, as he saw him write the name in a
great hurry just as he was about to mount his horse. The
answer, however, did not pacify him, and he appeared much
excited. On another occasion he had given way to much
violence on the occasion of having 20f. of his pay stopped for
some breach of duty. Lecomte was, however, a man of great
energy of character, and capable of mastering his temper
when he thought proper.
The prisoner denied the assertion of this witness. and said
that he had himself admitted that the punishment inflicted
on him was unjust.
AI. de Lahure, conservator of forests, deposed that he had
seen Lecomte for the first time on a tour of inspection at
Villers-Cotterets. He had received a satisfactory account
of his activity and intelligence, but was told that he was
severe towards his inferiors. He had taken him aside, and
made some observations to him on the subject, which, if he
remembered right, were properly received. His conduct,
however, did not alter, and he had consequently proposed to
the Intendant-General to stop from him the usual annual
gratification. He had afterwards ordered 20f. to be stopped
from him in consequence of his disobedience to an order
given him by his sub inspector. In consequence of this,
Lecomte had addressed a letter to the administration, de-
manding the settlement of his retiring, pension. He had
heard nothing more of him until in November last, when.
passing near the Palais Royale, he was insulted by him in
the grossest manner. He did not at first recognise him.
He had since frequently met him, and had every time re-
ceived the most outrageous insults. He had in consequence
complained to the Prefect of Police, who sent a police•officer
to accompany him, in order that he might know him. On
the next .ccasion of his being insulted the police-officer pur-
sued him, and discovered his residence in the Rue Colysee,
He had been summoned to appear before the police authori-
ties, and since that period he had ceased to annoy him, al-
though he had met him frequently.
M.lTheologue, Under Secretary of the Civil List,stated that
in November last Lecemte came to his office to inquire the
fate of his last application to the King—at least, he supposed
so far. He did not know him, and that the witness could
not have told him, or any one else, that an unfavourable
minute had been made upon it when it was laid before his
Majesty.
The prisoner persisted in affirming that the witness did
give him such an answer.
Mme. Cochois, who keeps the house in which the pri-
soner lodged, deposed that Lecomte was in the habit of using
bitter language, frequently asserting that all the Parisians
were thieves. Ruffier, one of the waiters at the lodging-
house, stated that Lecomte was rarely visited by any one,
except a M. Bracewich, a clerk in the office of the Minister
of Foreign Affairs. That he kept very good hours, and never
slept from home. This testimony was confirmed by another
servant of the house.
M. Bracewich stated that he had heard Lecomte declare
that all Frenchmen were cowards, the Parisians thieves,
and Louis Philippe a scoundrel; but this was said in such
a tone that no one could believe he meant seriously what he
said.
The last witness examined on the part of the prosecution
was a Madame Wuttelle, who keeps a reading-room, and
who stated that Lecomte came there to read the journals,
and she did not remark anything particular in his conduct
or manners.
The Court then proceeded to hear the witnesses for the
prisoner.
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his adversary's fire, discharged his own pistol in Athenotrit,
who
were both asked whether they knew that Lecomte, after
the 27th of August, 1845, took a journey from Paris to
Fon-
tainebleau, where they then were? but both gave a negative
answer.
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. It being seven o'clock, the Court then adjourned until
During the whole of this long sitting, Lecomte never lost
sautrtesaatniadastang froid ; he the whole time paid an
velunteer explanations,o the proceeding; was always ready to
El.l'a never interrupted a witness.
PARIS, FRIDAY
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he took his seat, and, after speaking a few words, the ac
cused took a paper from his pocket, which he handed to his
counsel.

M. Hebert, the Procureur-General, then addressed the
Court, recapitulating the main pats of the evidence, and
insisting on the long premeditation of the crime, and that
the purchase of the short-barrelled gun was not to use on
horseback, for he had at that moment no horse, nor was lie
any longer garde forestier. Its purpose, then, was to shoot
at the Xiog, and, altheugh he denied it, yet he had yiaitod

Fontainebleau twice before the 15th and 16th of April, and
been recognised there by Toin, his laundress, and another
person, admitting at the same time that he had no accom-
plice, nor was impelled to the attempt by any political mo-
tive or feeling.
M. Duvergier then rose to defend the accused. He ad-
verted to the honour and credit with which Lecomte had
passed his early years—his military career was honourable,
and he was decorated with the Legion of Honour, his ser-
vice in the royal forests, until he sent in his resignation, in
1844, in consequence of the unkind conduct of his superiors.
He then urged that it was the resentment he felt that he
wished to gratify, and he had no other or ulterior motive,
for when asked " What would you have done if the King
had been killed ?" his reply was that he had not thought
of what he should do. He had no political feelings, never
read any newspapers in his lodgings ; he was seeking some
honest employment in Paris. There was, perhaps, the idea,
but no premeditation of the attempt before the afternoon of
April 15, and for a long time his letters to the King had
been respectfully worded. He then, with much ability,
adduced all the points in favour of Lecomte being in a state
of mental excitement, amounting to derangement on this
point of his fancied wrongs, on which he brooded in silence
until he was literally monomaniac in this particular. He
quoted the opinions of an eminent practitioner, M. Leleu, as
to the positive monomania of Lecomte, and concluded a most
able harangue amidst a buzz of approbation.
The Procureur-General made a short reply, denying that ,
the evidence would warrant any suspicion of monomania ;
to which

M. Duvergier rejoined a few words, and the Chamber was
then cleared, in order that the Peers might deliberate as to
the sentence, which is always done with closed doors.
Lecomte preserved his equanimity throughout, and when
his advocate had finished leaned over the bar and cordially
thanked him for his defence ; and on quitting the Court
shook M. Duvergier by the hand, and bowed twice to the
Court very respectfully.
The pleadings were ended about half-past three o'clock.
PARIS, SATURDAY.—After the Chamber of Peers had
heard the whole of the pleadings yesterday, the Court was
cleared of all but the members of that body, who, after
sitting in deliberation for nearly two hours, returned the
verdict of Guilty against Lecomte, and condemned him as a
parricide to go to the place of execution in his shirt only,
with his feet naked and his head covered with a black veil.
The execution will take place on Monday at an early
hour, unless the King's mercy be extended to the condemned
man, who bore the passing of his sentence with the same
firmness and tranquillity that characterised him throughout
the whole proceedings.

THE WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
The Royal Mail steam-packet Tweed, George Parsons,
R.N., Commander, Lieutenant Davis, RN., Admiralty
agent, arrived at Southampton yesterday at noon, bringing
the unusual number of 138 passengers. The Tweed has
been much retarded since leaving Bermuda by fogs, and ex.
perienced also eight days' rain.
She brings on freight 52,000 dollars on account of the
Mexican Government, 386,140 on merchants' account, 9,000
pineapples, a number of turtle, 269 ounces gold dust, 216
serons cochineal, 33 bales indigo, 29 cases of cigars, 15 of
tobacco, 70 boxes succades, 61 barrels potatoes, 32 cases of
plants, 24 bales jalap, 5 boxes of old gold and silver. She
also brings mails of the following dates—from Tampico,
April 22 ; Vera Cruz, May 1; Havannah, May 10 ; Nassau,
May 13 ; Bermuda, May 21; Honduras, April 20; Deme-
rara, May 5 ; Trinidad, May 6 ; Grenada, May 10 ; St.
Thomas, May 15; and Jamaica, May 9.
The Company's ship Tay sailed on the 11th of May from
Havannah for the Gulf, and the Trent was at Bermuda.
Her Majesty's ship Rose was at Vera Cruz; the Vindictive
and steam-ship Hermes, at Bermuda; the Pique also there,
but homeward bound.

The following ships of war were lying at Sacrificios
Cumberland, 56; Potomac, 56; Raritan, 56; Falmouth, 24;
John Adams, 24 ; Somers, 14. These vessels were waiting
in anticipation of hostilities being likely to commence at the
Rio Bravo, when it is the intention of the American Com-
modore to attack St. Juan d'Alloa and the fortifications at
Vera Cruz. The Mexicans are spoken of as being hourly en.•
gaged in adding to the strength of that fort, and it is thought
unlikely that the squadron would be able to take it if a
spirited defence were made.
By this arrival we have our usual files of West India
papers, and extract the only news of interest The following
account of the weather, from the Jamaica Dispatch, is very
• distressing •
.. _ _ _

"We are enabled to add but little to the unsatisfactory
intelligence which we were obliged to communicate to our
English readers by the last mail. The drought continues
without abatement throughout the island, and -the crop of
next year is in a most precarious condition ; that for the
present year may be considered as reduced by more than one-
half. In St. Ann the drought has been so severe, and the con-
sequent want of water so great, that the stock have died in
large numbers, and in some of the inland districts a pail of
water for domestic purposes cannot be obtained under 4s. In
St. Mary, usually a very wet parish, the progress of sugar-
making has ceased for want of water to put the mills in ope-
ration. Indeed, if rain does not soon come to our relief, the
state of the country in its lowland districts will be melan-
choly. At present, however, there seems but little prospect
of a change of weather. The month of May has already
advanced towards its centre, and although it is the month in
which we are accustomed to be blest with those periodical
rains which tend so much to fertilise our soil, we have as yet
no indication of any relief from the oppressive drought
which has now continued unabated for six months in some
parts of the island."

From the port of Spain we have nearly similar accounts;
so severe and prolonged a dry season has not been known,
and the usual planting operations have been altogether sus-
pended.

The Barbadoes Standard gives a most unsatisfactory ac-
count of the weather in that island. Serious drought pre-
vails in many parts. On some estates all progress with the
crops is stopped for want of water. Fires may be descried
in all quarters ; the hills on the Maravals and St. Juan's
side are completely illuminated at night. Great distress
from want of water is also anticipated by tha cocoa planters.
At Grenada much rain had fallen.

Mr. Doyle, her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in Mexico,
came as a passenger by the Tweed, and Mr. Adams, who had
filled the same post at Lima.

AN UNFORTUNATE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEEMAN.
—The proprietor of a local newspaper, who figured somewhat
largely in new railway schemes during the recent mania,
having been a provisional committeeman in many of them,
has had numerous applications made to him for sums of
money for which the companies have become liable. The so-
licitors' letters containing applications for payment he pub-
lishes in hi.. journal, with the following heading in large
type :—" The Money-hunting Vagabonds Gazette; or. Pro-
visional Committeeman's Chronicle."

ALARMING FlRE.—Shortly before eleven o'clock on
Saturday night, considerable alarm was created in the im-
mediate vicinity of the Victoria Theatre in consequence of
the sudden outbreak of a fire on the premises termed the Ge-
neral Tom Thumb Concert and Refreshment Rooms, in the
Lower Marsh, Lambeth, nearly facing the theatre. It ap-
pears that whilst the ball-room was filled with company an
alarm was raised that the upper portion of the building was
on fire. This caused a general turn out of the parties, and
for some time the greatest confusion prevailed. The engines
promptly attended, and were set to work. There being an
abundance of water supplied by the Lambeth mains, the
firemen soon got the mastery over the destructive element.
The flames, however, were not extinguished until that
portion of the pramises where they commenced was burnt
out, and the contents consumed. The whole of the lower
part of the building, more especially the ball-room, is se•
riously damaged by water. It is unknown how the fire
originated,
CONSEQUENCES OF CRIME.—In the Bristol Bank-
ruptcy Court, last week, W. J. Dunsford, surgeon, passed
his last examination. This person was the defendant in an
action for crim. con , brought by a gentleman with whose
brother Dunsford was in partnership—each partner receiv-
ing about 1,500/. a year from the business. The conse-
quences of the defendant's guilt convey a striking moral
lesson, A verdict, with 5,000/. damages, is returned against
him. He is obliged to relinquish his business, to part with
all his effects, to forfeit his position in society and his bril-
liant prospects in life, and, ruined in pocket and reputation,
to submit to a degrading examination into his pecuniary
matters before the public. The partner of his guilt, after
being separated from her husband and her children, is
legally divorced from the former, and left without a pos-
sibility of obtaining a home with her seducer, who (to ag-
gravate the fearful catalogue) is a married man. What ac-
cumulated misery and distress have thus resulted from a
single crime ! Somerset County Gazette.
THE A SCOT RACE CUPS.—The prize annually pre-
sented by his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, and
the Royal Hunt prize, were last week submitted by Messrs.
Hunt and Roskill, of Bond-street, the successors of Messrs.
Storr and Mortimer, to the approbation of her Majesty the
Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at Bucking-
ham Palace, when those illustrious persons were pleased to
express their approval of the designs and workmanship of
both of them. The prize given by the Emperor of Russia is
this year superior in the weight of the silver and the design
to that of last year. It consists of a group, St. George
destroying the dragon. St. George is a patron saint of
Russia as well as of England, therefore the subject is
appropriate. The group is from a design by Mr. Bailey,
R.A., or at least modelled under his inspecting eye. It is
more than usually spirited, treated with novelty of design,
and most elaborately exquisite in the workmanship. A
candelabrum, with thirteen lights, forms a sylvan canopy
over the figures. The inscription is the same as that on the
prize of last year :
" Ludorum Ascotoniensium memor
Quibus ipso interfuisaet
Regin re Victorime
Hospes
Mens. Jun., 1844,
Solenne certamiuis equestris prcemlum,
Instituit
Nicolaus,
Totius Russia' Imperator."
The royal hunt prize, which will be run for on Tuesday,
consists of a group—dogs pulling down a deer. The design
is very fine, and reminds the beholder of Landseer's best
manner. The composition very correct. The animals are
full of life, and the workmanship fine.
Fong PERSONS POISONED: WEXFORD, June 6.
(From a Correspondent.)—l am sorry to inform you that a
most melancholy occurrence took place in this neighbour-
hood yesterday, by which four lives were lost. About four
miles from this, in the vicinity of Kyle, a whole family of
the name of Cullen, consisting of three young men, two
sisters, and their mother, after partaking of their usual
breakfast, stirabout, became seriously ill, and the three young
men in the course of the day died. Also a poor woman and child,
to whom they gave a portion of the breakfast as charity, and
this morning the poor woman died, Dr. James Furlong, of
this town, was out yesterday, and made a post mortem exami-
nation of the bodies, and analysed the oatmeal from which
the breakfast was made. It is generally considered that the
poisoning was the result of accident; but as our active and
intelligent coroner. Travers R. Hawkshaw, J.P., is just now
holding an inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate people.
I forbear saying any more at present. The other persons are,
I understand, recovering.
DESPERATE CASE OF STABBING ON TOWER-HILL.—
yesterday morning, at an early hour, considerable alarm was
in consequence of a man named
hdillthitty years, of N 0.30, - street,
f •sailors. It appears
Thomascreated osnteaTdo,wage
home with a companion, and while
that he was on his way
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Tower-hill, they met two
being Tower-hill,
by two foreign
passing through Postern-row,
one of the sailors inflicted
length ensued, and in the struggle
f Stead, one on the breast and
drunken sailors, who began abusing them. A fight at.
two deep stabs on the person o
the other in the left groin. An alarm was
two ruffians escaped before the arrival of the police.
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charge of the convicts in the Warrior hulk, yi ng
Dockyard at Woolwich, embarked sixty of that unfortunate
class on board the Thetis hired convict ship, to convey them
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the same time.
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