The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-14 00:00:00

MURDER BY A FEMALE AT DAVENTRY.

....
The town of Daventry has been, during the last
week or ten days, in a state of great excitement, in
consequence of the murder of a married women,
named Elizabeth Pinckard, who resided in a lonely
house about a mile from the town. It appears that on
Monday last the husband of the deceased left home
about nine o'clock with a horse and cart, to attend a
fair some few miles datant, and was accompanied by
his son, a man of middle age, holding a small farm in
the village of Thrupp. They were absent the whole
day. Towards the afternoon a person, named Bird,
happened to pass the house, and seeing the door
open he entered, and discovered, to his horror, the de-
ceased in a sitting posture in one corner of the room,
a corpse. She had a piece of narrow tape, such as is
used for apron strings, tied round the throat, and one
end was fastened to a small hook in the window-blind.
On the husband's return, he at once suspected that
she had been murdered, though the prevailing opinion
at the time was that it was a case of suicide. Cir-
cumstances, however, have come to light, which
have induced the police of the town to effect the
capture of Mrs. Pinckard, the wife of the deceased's
son, on suspicion of having murdered the old lady.
The deceased, it seems, some time since had left her
by an uncle the interest of 1,0001., which at her
1 death was to be divided among her children. She
had only one child, the husband of the prisoner. The
inducement for depriving the unfortunate female of
her life is supposed to have been to obtain possession
of the 1,0001. Her husband, it appears, was in diffi-
culties, and there was a distress on the farm. The
prisoner was seen to leave the house of the deceased
about three-quarters of an hour prior to the dis-
covery of the murder. The body when examined was
covered with wounds and bruises. The inquest was
resumed on Friday last at the Town-hall, when
evidence was adduced confirming the above details.
It was again adjourned. The prisoner is about fifty.
five years of age.

[The following appeared in our Third Edition o:
[ast night :—]

FRANCE.

The illessager has the following on the Dlinisteria'

CriAS

"We have to request the reader not to confound
the information which we are about to give with the
approximate news which find their way so easily
into journals, and often unknown to the chief editor.
At a Cabinet Council held a few days back, with the
President of the Republic in the chair, that high
functionary proposed plainly to his Ministers to repeal
the law of May 31. That proposition was ener-
getically opposed by the majority of the Cabinet, and
particularly by M. Leon Faucher. The President
having persisted, the .Ministers then tendered their
resignation. The Minister of the Interior declared
that for his part he would not keep his portfolio
unless the law in question was maintained, and
M. de Persigny sent away on some foreign mission.
Two days after this council, the Prefect of Police
waited on the President of the Republic, and, after
long and fruitless efforts to convince the head of the
executive power of the danger of repealing the law
of May 31, also tendered his resignation. We are,
consequently, in the midst of a ministerial crisis; it
is even more than a mere ministerial crisis, for the
withdrawal of M. Carlier indicates a change of sys-
tem. Different opinions may be formed of the Pre-
fect of Police, but it is the judgment of the public
which fixes the signification of political men, and
public opinion has made of M. Carlier one of the
personifications of resistance to the revolution. The
withdrawal of M. Carlier consequently would signify
that the Government is no longer disposed to persist
in the political system which it has hitherto pursued. i
What could confirm tbis indication is the fact that
well-informed persons assert that M. E. de Girardin
had, three days ago, a conference with the President
of the Republic. M. Veron, it is said, openly ad-
vocates the formation of a De Lamartine Ministry,
in which, perhaps, M. de Girardin would enter. In
the event of this combination succeeding, measures
of the highest importance would be proposed at the
same time as the abrogation of the law of the 31st
May, such as the abolition of the octroi duties, a re-
duction of the land-tax, and in order to make up
for the deficiency of the budget that this would
occasion, a considerable reduction of the army. There
is finally on the tapir a combination much less eccen-
tric, but which is more difficult of realization. It is
coutemplated to form a Ministry, of which M. Odilon
Barrot and M. Casa Bianca should be members. It
is not probable, however, that M. Barrot would enter
the Cabinet without conditions, and certain conditions
would not be agreed to. All this is grave. It is pos-
sible, however, that from this mountain there will
only issue a few phrases, in a message, perhaps. It
is, however, the duty of the journals to inform the
public of what passes. Public opinion once warmed
is a force by which many resolutions are destroyed."

GERMANY.
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arrested, and his papers seized, there were found in
them some information which led to the several other
arrests.
The King of Prussia arrived at Pillnitz on the 7th,
where the King of Saxony is at present.
The Voss Gazette, of Berlin, states that the Prus-
sian Chambers are to meet on Nev. 20.
A letter from Berlin states that the German Diet
have authorised the different states of Germany to abo-
lish the censorship of the press, provided due provision
be made by the law against the abuse of liberty.

LL AND. 1
THE HAGUE, OCT. 11.--The Commission f a
mining the budget for 1852.3 has given in the fuorlleoxw-1
ing report :
Toe present system of taxation calls for ameliora-
tion, but by no moans for a radical reform. It would b
desirable to abolish some duties and to substitute others
in their room, but the Government project of abolishing
the duty on combustibles does not appear feasible. Thu
duty on provisions of every kind falling chiefly upon the
lower clmses, it would be best to commence tho reduc-
tionlist of taxation in that quarter."
iwo,T.eirlfde.n followsnies the list of article 3 in which the
sr!ctions propose the abolition of duty, and likewise a
of
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colonies,
discussion
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C)pe proposed a fresh duty shall be
applied t
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opinion
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expen-
diture a the remainder th on that a portion of this sum should be
loan and the payment•
Prince Ilensisture.f
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the Grand Ducyh °Pen"l
speech he dwelt ehi fly the interest on the colonial
der go to meet the current expe.n-
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tu the Legislative Session of
xemburg on the 9th ; in his
dicing same Projects
of upon the necessity of intro-
& conmereittl improvements.