The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-04 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1856.

able] Harlequin—Very " fowl" proceedings—The Seductive
Sedan-chair—Strange Birds in a Cage.

PUBLICATIONS.

WATCHMAKERS' ESTABLISHMENT, CHRONOMETI-
CAL-VILLE-MILLINERS" ESTABLISHMENT, BON-
NETVILLE •-•-• BELLHANGERS' ESTABLISHMENT,

SIR ARCIIIIIALD ALISCIN'S NEW HISTORY.

BELLEVILLE,

Home from Scotland—Cab Fares and Mayno Force —The
Movements of the Ago—What's o'clock —" The Clock strikes
two"—How' to Ring a Belle—Umbrella Courtship—Who's
your Hatter ?—Early Closing Association—" Love Laughs
at Locksmiths"—La Varsovlana—The Strike of Belles against
Time.

Contents of this Volume
Chap. 27. Constitutional History of Germany, from the Termination
of the War of Liberation in 1814 to the great Convulsions of 1848
Chap. 28. Literature of Germany in the first half of the Nineteenth

Grand Equestrian Feats, by Signor Flexmorini.
HIGH-STREET, SPIRIT-SQUARE.
Apartments to Let.

Century-.
Chap. 29. France, frmn the Extinction of tke Hereditary Peerage In
December, 1831, to the Establishment of Military Government by
tke Suppression of the Revolt in the Cleister of St. Merl in June,
1832,l
Insurrection 8313 n,
C hap. in the
ymwtiht he
sHeopl
pl
esn Holland in e My,
theeaf
Cloister of At. Merl, in June, 133/, to the final establishment of
30. and
France, theT
efarot r
the Government of Louis Philippe by the Elections of June, 1831.
Chap. 31. Internal History of Great Britain, from the passing of the
Reform Bill in 1832, to the -Fail of Earl Grey's Ministry in the
end of 1834.
Chap, 32. Turkey, Greece, Egypt, and the East, from the Treaty of
Adrianople In 1828, to the '1 reaty of 13th March, 1841.
Chap. 34. France, from the Social Estableihment of Louis Philippe's
Government in 1834, to the Fall of Couat Mole's Administration
in the end of 1837.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and Landau.

A Cold Roll for Breakfast—The Organised Nuisance Ta-
bleaux—Punch's Pocket Book—Patent Perambulators Ast-
ley's Equestrian Feats— Policemen and Cooks—Monsieur
Tierce—All-round Collars and Punch's Coats—The quickest
way to the Coal-cellar—Spirit Rapping Extraordinary.
HAIR-DRESSER'S, FILTER MANUFACTORY,
PICKFORD'S PARCEL WAREHOUSE, AND NEWS-

31ADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND.
HANOVER-SQITARE ROOMS.
Mr..3IITCHELL respectfully announces that M. and Madame
COL MDT'S THIRD MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT
is fixed to take place at the Hanover-square Rooms on MONDAY
Evening, Feb. 11, 1856.
Full particulars will he duly announced.
Conductor—M. Benedict.
Prices of Admission: Stalls numbered and reserved), one guinea ;
unreserved scats, IN. 'Sd.
The Tickets will be appropriated according to the order
of applcation; no more will be issued than the Room can con-
veniently accommodate.
Doors open at Seven: to commence at Eight o'clock precisely.
Applications for tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal
Library, 33. Old Bond-street.

4 RGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO
NOW OPEN for the winter season. Principal Cornet
a Piston, ‘f Rouleourt.—Doors open at 8. Admission ono Shilling.
Laurent's new yarsovlana every night.

MFR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES,
•egg Fifty instantaneous kietamorphoses of Voice, Character,
and Costume, concluding with an impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as
Camille in " Les Horak:.s." Every evening, at 8. Private boxes
and stalls may be secured in advance, without extra charge. Poly-
graphic-hall, King William street, Charing-cross.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dinirg-room, consisting* of a New and Elegant Assort-
ment of Grouns, 147gures, Vases obel,sks, Candlesticks, Inkstands,
beau' iful inlaid Tables, raperwelOats, &c., in Italian Alabaster,
Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire spar, &c. Im :orted and manufactured
by James Tennant (late i awe), 149, Strand, London.
Mr. Tennant arrangms Elementary Cold ctions of shells, Minerals,
and FosAls, which will greatly (militate the interesting study of
Conchology, Mineralogy, and Geology, at 2, S. 10, 20, 50, to 100
guineas each. air. Tennant als ) gives PrlYate Instruction la
Geology And Mineralogy.

THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE
AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Capital, Two Millions. Established in 1831.
Empowered by Special Acts of Pardament.
Offices : 37, Castle-street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry, London;
and 61, King-street, Manchester.
TRUSTEES.
Slr Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart.
Adam Hodgson. Esq. I Samuel Henry Thompson, Esq.
DIRECTORS IN LIVERPOOL.
CHAIRMAN—IWO NIAS BRDCKLEBANR, Esq.
DRPUTY-CHAIRMEN --Joseph C. Ewart, Esq., and Francis
Ha, wood, Esq.
• Secretary—Swinton Boult, Esq.
DIRECTORS IN LONDON.
Chatrrnan—ALATTllEW FOIisTER, Esq.
Deputy-Chairman —George Frederick Young. Esq.
• Resident Secretary—Benj /min ITendersan, Esq. •
DIRECTORS IN MANCHESTER.
Chairman—SAMUEL AS tITO,, Esq.
E. Ti. Lanworthy, Esq. I James Aspinall Turner, Esq.
Edward Tootal, Esq. I Thomas Wrigley, Esq.
Resident Secretary—R. A. Kennedy, Esq.
FIRE DEPART3IE NT.
Premiums received in 1853 were 113,6121.; and in 1854, 146,096/.
Insurances may be effected in this department on terms as low as
those of most other Companies.
Farming Stock Insured at 3s. per cent., free from the conditions o
average, and allowing a Steam Thrashing Machine.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Premiums received on Now Business were, in 1853, 6,9131. ; and
in 1851, 10,2671.
Annuities Immediate and Deferred.
Bonuses guaranteed when the Policy is issued.
No Stamp Duty charged on Life Policies.
Prospectuses and further information may be obtained at the Offices
of the Company-, or from any of the agents.
SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company.

A.D. 1720.

111 OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION,

(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First),
For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES,.
OFFICES—ROYAL EXCUANGE, LONDON.
BRANCII OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL.
Octavins Wigram, Esq., Governor.
George Fearkes Barclay, Esq., sub-Governor.
Sir John William Lubbock, Bart., Deputy-Governor.

DIRECTORS.
Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning. Esq.
Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Hon. John T: Leslie Melville.
iohn Garrett oattley, Esq. Henry ININon, Esq.
Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq.

Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart.
William Davidson, Esq. Alexander Prevost, Esq.
Alexander Druce Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
William 'fellow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq.
James Stewart Ihxlgsou, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
Lancelot Holland, Esq. I Charles Baring Young, Esq.
MEDICAL REFEREE--Samuel Stilly, Esq., F.R.S.

Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre-
miums tailing due at Christmas will expire on the 9th January.
FIRE and LIFE A.SURANCES may be effected with this Cor-
i,oration on advantageous terms.
The Assured are exempt from the liabilities of partnership, and
payment of their claims is guaranteed by a large invested capital-
stock.

HANWELL LUNATIC ASYLUM.-
The Situation of HOUSEKEEPER and COOK being now
vacant, Notice is hereby given, that the Committee of Visitors will
appoint a person to the situation on Thtroday,- the 14th of Feb, uary
instant, at Twelve o'clock. at the asylum.- - The salary will be 401.
per annum, with board and lodging in tie asylum. Candidates must
be unmarried, or widows without incum`irance, and between 30 and
45 years of age. No persons will be admitted as candidates unless
they shall have made personal application to the Matron at
the asylum. who will fully explain the duties to be performed.
Candidates must forward tome, at- tp,e SecelelOonse, Clerkenwell-
green, mot later_thv rour,,,esilock.o4 um
addrersia rui—"-Comniittee of Visitors," letters in aieir own
handwriting, stating age, residence, and present or late employ-
ment, accompanied by testimonials of character and eligibility, and
must attend the Committee on the following day, at 12 o'clock, at
the Asylum at Hanwell.
Dated this Ist day of February, 1856.

CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Visitors.

WESTERN BANK of LONDON.
To be Ineorporatel by Royal Charter,
Under the Act of 7 and 8 Vic., Cap. 113.
Capital, 400,0001.
(With power to increase to One Million.)
In 4,000 ighares of 1001. each. Deposit 101. per Share, pay-
able upon Allotment.
BOARD OF )IRRCTORS.
The Right Hon. Sir HENRY LYTTON BULWER, G.C. 8.,
28, Charles-street, Berkeley-square, Chairman.
Sir Frederick Smith, K.H., 9, Hyde-park-square.
John Arthur Roebuck, Esq., M.P., 19, Ashley-place, West-
minster.
Captain Leicester.V. Vernon, M,P., Ardington House, Wan-
tage, Berks.
Major-General M. E. Bagnold, 14, Upper Hamilton-terrace.
Edmund Burke, Esq. (Messrs. Russell and Co.), 69, Upper
Thames-street, and Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
John Hopton Russell Chichester, Esq., 49, Wimpole-street.
Henry Charles Chilton, Esq., 16, Bedford-square 6
John Gregory, Esq. (Messrs. White and Co.), 6, Haymarket,
and 7, Harley-place.
Thomas Norton, Esq., 23, Abingdon-street, Westminster.
Colonel Rowland, Royal Artillery, Woolwich.
William Simpson, Esq., Bradmore House, Hammersmith.
With power to add to their number.
BANKERS.
Bank of London, Threadneedle-street and Charing-cross.
Commercial Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Rymer' A. Murray, and Rymer, Whitehall.
Messrs. Hope, Oliphant, and Mackay, Writers to the Signet,
Edinburgh.
BROKERS Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 39, Lothbury.
TEMPORARY OFFICE— No. 4, Whitehall.
Applications for Shares to be addressed to the Directors,
at the Temporary-office ; to the Solicitors, or to the Brokers.

WESTERN BANK OF LONDON.—
The Directora give notice that the Sub.
scription List will be closed on Thurslay next, the 7th inst.
11. LYTTON EULIVER, Chairman.
4, Whitehall, Feb. 4, 1856.

Sporting Intelligence.

CHESTER CUP.

The following additional horses have been scratched :
—Rhino, John Dory, The Courtie:, Knighton, Adam,
Hercules.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
(Weather permitinl.)
Additional Fixtures received since oir last publication.

STAGIIOUNDS.
Tues. Sall . .
Fri. Trettenbant
Rothschild's, Baron Thurs. Cublingtou

Gunton

~ n. 30
, . U. 30
11 0

Fox HOUNDS.
Beaufort's, Duke of ... First open day at Stanton Park --
Bedalo Tues. Lamgton. :.= ,4)
..• ' Thuri. York Gate :.. 11 0
sat. Novitna-Arpitaa ... 11 0
Tues. Stanstead 10 30
Thurs. Maplescomb ... 10 30
Sat. Batts' Wood ... ... 10 20
Fri. Ampfield Lodge, Itomsey 11 45
... Tues. Ower Bridge 11 30
Thurs. Earldoms 10 31)
Sat. Kennel ... 10 30
Oxfordshire, South, Mr.
J. S. Phillips's Tues. The Three Pigeons ... 11 0
Fri. Horton Wood ... 11 0
Puckeridge, Mr. Parry's Thurs. Sawbridgeworth ... 10 30
Sealo's, Sir Henry Tues, Ippleden Common ...
Fri. Stamborough-... ...
Southampton's, Lord... Tnes. Nash ... 11 0
Fri. Plumpton Wood ... 11 0
Sat. Bradwell 11 0
Thurs. The Plough, Dicker ... 10 45

Co3yer's, Mr....

!fursley
N. F. 11.

Southdown

... 10 45
... 11 0
... 11 0
... 11 0

Sat. Ash combe
V. W. 11., Lord Gifford's Toes. Southorop
Thurs, Crudwell
Sat. Stonehi,l Gate
HARRIERS.
Brooksend, Thanet Wed. Herne-street
Fri. Harts Down
Craven, Yorkshire Wed. Otterburn
Fri. Tho Craven Heifer
• Tues. Old Ways
Fri. Withiel Floret'
Wed. Helton
Sat. Newton
• Tues. Abbots Ripton ...
Fri. Somersliain Cross-roads
• Fri. Long Marston 12 0
Fri. Chapel Field, Stanhoo 11 0
Thurs. Bowlesboro' Knoll ... 11 0
SCOTCH.
FoxllOUNos.
Eweknell's, Duke of Tues. paining
Thurs. Jedwater Foot
Sat. East Gowlan

Dulverton

Eamont

Huntingdonshire

Lonsdale's, Lord
Norfolk, West
Wyelye, Vale of

Lanarkshire and Ren-
frewshire
Lothian, Tho

Tues. Johnstown Castle
Sat. Blair
Tues. Whitehill
Thurs. Carberry Tower
Sat. Salton Kennels

... 10 30
... 10 30
... 11 0
... 11 0
... 10 30
... 10 30
... 19 30
... 10 30

.. 10 30
10 30
.. 10 30

10 45
▪ 10 45
~ 10 30
▪ 10 30
~ 10 39

Racing Fixtures for 1856.
FEBRI7ARY.

In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation
!ta profits, or, at lower i"reiniums, without such participation.
The Reversionary !iONUS on Life Policies has averaged 2 per
Cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. on the Premiums
Paid.

Lincoln l2 Liverpool Spring
26
Derby Spring l9
MA
Nottingham Spring 4
Warwick, Spring 10
Salisbury l3
Essex lB
APRIL.

Any sum not excee ling 10,0001. may be assured en one Life.
The Corporation bears the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical Fees,
and requires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to no
expense but the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in the
militia within the Unital Kingdom.
LO .t NS are granted on Life Polilies to their full values.
This Corporation affords all the advantages of modern practice,
with the stability of an office safely constituted under Royal Charter
and Special Acts of Parliament, and tested by the experience of
nearly a century and a halt. Thero is but one older life office in
existence.

Doncaster Spring 1
Thirsk
Creiton Park 3
Epsom Spring lO
Durham l4
M.

,Cll.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
JOIIN A. lIIGRA.M. Actuary and Secretary.

NEW LABEL.—In consequence of the great
variety of counterfeit labels of A. ROWLAND & SONS'
MACASSAR OIL, now in circulation, and which so nearly resemble
the original as in fluently t , deceive the unwary—they have em-
p oyed those eminent artists Messrs Perkins, Bacon. & Co., who,
at great cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have succeeded
in producing from steel " A NEW'. ABEL," which cannot be forked.
It is composed of a section of an engine-turned circle, repeated one
hundred and thirty times—and forms an original lace-work ground,
upon which is engraved in white lette•s,
" ROWLANDS' MAO aSSAR OIL,
Fos TUB lIHOWTII, RESTORATION, AND FOR BEAUTIFYING THE
HUMAN HAIR."
Under which is the Signature of the Proprietors it Red Ink
" A. ROWLAND & SON'S."
Sold by them at 20, llattoinorden, London, and by Chemists and
Perfumers.

Chester Spring 6
Shrewsbury 13
Manchester...— l4

Beverley
Ascot Heath 10
Hampton lB
Newton 18

Newmarket
Carlisle
Liverpool .......
Nottingham 15
rATI(

Japproved of by the French College of Physicians,
OZEALTS COPAHINE, or SACCHA.RATED
-acce3CsialPlySillEadLinlSn'istered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and
cknowledgsd by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder.
(See " Lancet" of Sroy. 0, 1852,) A copy will be forwarded on appll-
- per 100. 43.6 d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor,
GABRIEL JOZ EA CT, French chemist, ,49, Haymarket, London, and
all the principal chemists.

Catterick 24
Coventry 24
Northampton 2O

Newmarket C l4
York Spring 92
Malton 24
Newmarket F S 2B

Bath 2O
Epsom 27

IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
TRIESEMAIL—On the 29th of May, 1855, an
injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and
on the Ilth of Juno following was made perpetual, against Joseph
Franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou-
sand pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by
Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the
Ecolt de Phirmacie de Paris, and the Imperial Colley of Medicine,
Vienna.

TRIESEMAR, NO. 1,
Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and all the distressing
consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are effi-
cacious in youth, manhood, and old age ; and t • those persons who
are prevented entering the married state from the results of early
errors it is invaluable.

TRIESEMAR, No. 2,
effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely
3-adlcates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cuboba
have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the healtb
of a vast portion of the population.
TRIESEMAR, No. 3,
is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which
gnfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in-
evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the
sarsaparilla In the world cannot remove.
TRIESEMAR, Nc s. 1,2, and 8, are alike devoid of taste or smell,
,nd of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table
without their u'e being suspected.
ITILIEMEMAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3, are ssld in tin cases, price I Is., or
four cases in one for 335., which saves I Is. ; and in 5/. eases, whereby
there is a saving of 11. I2s. ; divided int*, s Iparate doses, as adminis-
tered by Valpeau, Lallernanel, Roux, & •., &c.
To be had Wholesale and Retail in Londen of Johnston. 68,
Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-str et; and Sanger, 150, Ox-
ford-street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46. Market-street, Manchester;
Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52,
Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmorelaird-IMot,
PAPAI 1 W uh, boolgipllerl Sighltreetißlanizglain
_

Brighton
Brighton Club
Reading l2
SEPTE

Warwick Sept 2
Lichfield
Doncaster 16
Leicester 24
OCTI

Kelso 1
Chester Autumn 7
Bedford - 9
Wrexham Autumn
NOV E

Worcester Autumn 4
Liverpool l2

On Saturday, 9th February, will be published, price 155.,. the Fifth
Volume of
THE HISTORY of EUROPE, from the
Fall of Napoleon to the Accession of Louis Napoleon.
In dewy octavo, uniform with the Library Edition of the
" History of Europe, from 1792 to the Battle of Waterloo," by the
same author.

MURDER OF A WHOLE FAMILY IN
WESTMINSTER.

Newcastle•on-Tyn• 24
Bibury 25
Stockbridge 26
Winchester 27
X.
Chelmsford 22
Marlborough
.25
Goodwood ...... 29

Yesterday morning, shortly after seven o'clock, a man,
who is described by the police as being about 34 years
of age, 5 feet 8 inches in height, and of repulsive aspect,
presented himself at Bow-street Station, with a particu-
lar request that he might see the inspector on duty. Ile
was at once introduced to Mr. Inspector Dodd, to whom
he stated, with the most perfect calmness and compo-
sure, that he had murdered his wife. There was nothing
in the man's demeanour to induce the inspector to sus-
pect that•he was labouring under a delusion of any kind,
and he determined, therefore, that he would take down
his statement and then proceed to the locality mentioned
in it for the purpose of inquiring into its truth.

The self-accused murderer stated that his name was
William Bousfield, and that he resided at No. 4, Port-
land-street, Soho-square (one of the small streets run-
ning transversely between Berwick-street and Wardour-
street), and that he was by trade a newsvendor and
tobacconist. He said that he had that morning killed
his wife by stabbing her in the neck with a chisel, and
that in consequence of that act he was rulw desirous of
delivering himself into the bands of justice. This state-
ment having been duly entered, Inspector Dodd pro-
ceeded to Portland-street for the purpose of instituting
further inquiries. .
On arriving there he found that there was hossign of
excitement in the ne c,ielsbeurhood, and that not.ss ptrston._
ir'the-h to. be After knockirig same
time at the door there came down a person, to whom
the inspector communicated the intelligence that a
murder had been committed, and that he had come to
inquire into the circumstances. This was the first in-
telligence that reached the house in reference to the
horrible tragedy
.which had been perpetrated within
its walls. The inspector learned that Bousfield occu-
pied the shop and parlours of the house, and he accord-
ingly tried the parlour door. Finding it locked he burst
it open and entered, when to his horror he found not
only the body of the murdered wife, but the dead
bodies of three young children lying on their beds, all
the bodies being cold and rigid. His first business was
to send for a surgeon, and Mr. J. Hada way, an able
practitioner residing in the neighbourhood, was called in.
This gentleman was informed that the murder of the
wife, according to the murderer's own confession, bad
been committed with a chisel, and an instrument of that
kind— what is commonly called a chisel—was found
in the room. Mr. Hadaway glanced at the wound in
the woman's throat, and then at the chisel, and at once
remarked upon the probability that the murder was
committed with some other weapon. The chisel, al-
though a sharp instrument, would, he thought, have
left a jagged wound, whereas on the right side of the
poor woman's neck there was a transverse incision four
incheis long, two incisions on the right arm, and two on
the left. The wounds on the arms might, he thought,
have been inflicted by a sharp chisel, as it appeared to
him that there had been an evident intention to bleed
the woman to death before the larger and mere seri-
ous wound was inflicted. On the neck of the eldest
child, Anne Bousfield, aged six years, he found two in-
cisions on the right side, and one on the other side,
either of which would have been sufficient to cause
death. On the neck of the second child, Eliza BotPfield,
aged four years, be found a deep incision, and another a
little beneath the collar bone, between an inch and an
inch and a half deep. On the neck of the infant, John
Bousfield, aged eight months, he found a deep incision,
and he thinks there was a slight one on the other side,
but there was so much blood that he was unable to
ascertain the fact in the hasty examination he made.
On removing the bodies, the surmises of Mr. Hadaway
received a!re:narkable confirtnatioe. Under the body
of Mrs. Bousfield was half the handle of a razor, and
under the body of one of the children, the blade. The
remaining part of the handle was not found. The sur-
geon's opinion (subject to a further *examination,
which he intends to make to-day) is that the great
wound in Mrs. Bousfield's neck was inflicted by a
razor' after an ineffectual attempt to bleed her to
death, and that the wounds in the necks and on the
arms of the children were inflicted with a chisel, which
was found in the room—the g-chisel already mentioned.
It is evident, from the state of the bodies, that the mur-
ders were committed about five or six o'clock in the
morning, and that soon after his wife and children were
dead, Bousfield went to Bow-street station and gave
himself up to the police. At that time his hand was
cut, and appeared to have been bleeding considerably.
When Inspector Dodd returned to Bow-street he en-
tered the charge against the prisoner as follows :--
" William Bousfield, 4, Portland-street, Soho-square,
siehaesseetes wed cowsvoudoig for Mao wilful murd.r of
wife, Sarah. Bousfield, aged 28 year., and his three
children:. named Acne Bousfield, aged 0 years ; Eliza
Bousfield, aged 4 years ; and John Bunetield, aged 8
months, in the back parlour of the house No. 4, Port-
land-street, S Ao-square, in the parish of St. James's,
Westminster." When the charge was read over to
the prisoner, he said, somewhat gloomily—" I hope
the children are not all dead," but added nothing more.
Ile was examined by Dr. Snitch, the medical officer at
the police court, who at once pronounced that he had
not been drinking, and that he had no reason to suppose
that he was of unsound mind.

The house, No. 4, Portland-street, in which this hor-
rible murder was committed, was the property and in
the occupation of Mr. J. Jones, a carpenter and joiner,
and the owner of several houses in the neighbourhood.
Seven or eight years ago, Bousfield married Mr. Jones's
only child, the poor woman now lying dead, and since
that time has carried on the joint business of tobacco-
nist and newsvendor. He seems to have borne but an
indifferent character, and to have left the whole of the
business to his wife, who was a most industrious and
persevering woman, and a most careful and affectionate
mother. On Saturday night, between 11 and 12 o'clock,
Bousfield returned home, and shut up his chop accord-
ing to his usual custom, but there was nothing in his
manner that called for remark. As far as the inmates
of the house aro acquainted with the facts, he retired to
rest with his family almost immediately after sard -4, and
nothing more was heard of them until the arrival of In-
spector Dodd in the morning.
Mr. Jones, the father, always showed the most marked
Liminess towards his daughter, and supplied her and her
family with everything they required. Every one who's
acquainted with the family is at a loss to account for the
motive which prompted the brutal murder, as there was
no poverty, and the murderer never evinced the slightest
indications of mental aberration. It appears that after
committing the murders he looked the parlour door and
put the key in his pocket, where it was found on his
arrival at the station.
The bodies of the murdered woman and her three
children have been removed to St. James's Workhouse,
Poland-street, where they await an inquest by Mr. Bed-
ford, the coroner for Westminster.
Bousfield has for some time been engaged at various
theatres as an " extra." His idleness and neglect of
his business led to frequent disputes with his wife, who
was often heard designating him a worthless, idle fellow.
Latterly, it is said, he had been jealous of his wife, ac-
cusing her of being too familiar with the customers who
came to the cigar shop.

TEE PROPOSED ARVISTIOE.

(From the Morning Herald.)

On Saturday last we laid before our readers a telegra-
phic message from Vienna announcing, that as the Ac-
ceptance by Russia of the Austria* propositions serve as
preliminaries, Russia bad proposed the signature of a
protocol to enregister the adhesion of the contracting
courts. The protocol in question was issued on Friday
in the Austrian capital by the representatives of the
five powers, who are to meet in three weeks, authorised
to conclude a definitive treaty of peace. Meanwhile the
protocol settles the principle of an armistice.
The Mo2titeur, giving the exact text in an official
statement, announces also the three subjects which will
engage the attention of the Conference, and the order
in which they are to be coneidered. "La signature
des preliminaires--la conclusion d'un armistice—et
l'ouverture de la negotiation generale." It appears,
therefore, that an armistice is to be concluded before the
real business of the negotiation commences at all.
This statement in the French official journal is deserv-
ing of especial notice, for upon the grant of an armis-
tice more depends than is generally believed or thought
of. A suspension of hostilities will be in the present
state of affairs clear gain to Russia, whatever it may
be to the allies, for she can turn it to excellent account.
During the debate in the Lords on the Address Lord
Derby touched on this very question. Although
' our readers are already familiar with his lordship's for-
cible speech, we cannot do better than to quote his
words with reference to the danger to be apprehended
from the contemplated suspension of operations :—" I
trust it is not intended by her Majesty's Government to
grant an indefinite suspension of hostilities, or that we
are to waste the early months. while negotiation are
indefinitely protracted, and after all the prerear ations
we have made. I trust a sea armistice will not be
granted. I trust Ministers will be careful how ;`hey
grant an armistice at all, or such an armistice as m ust
be of advantage only to the enemy. In the Crimeis if
an armistice be granted the enemy can move from poiot
to point without let or hindrance. Tbey can send rein-
forcements and provisions by sea, while we, who have
the command of the sea, derive no advantage, our feet
being tied down to one Pilot. So, therefore, I hope
there will be no armstice.”
We trust also that no time will be lost in pressing
this view still further upon the attention of Parliament,
if it be not already too late. An armistice, as we have
already said, will just be so much time lost to the allies
in the matter of preparation, and gained by Russia ;
and whatever may be said to the contrary, we have
reason to know that preparations on the part of our Go-
vernment, at all events, for a future campaign, are not
going forward, as it is believed they are by there who
are content to receive Without question the Ministerial
aumulimard.

[PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD•

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Orders were received at Devonport on Saturday to
have the screw steam-frigate Euryalus, 51, Capt. George
Ramsay, got ready for the Baltic with all despatch. The
engineers were occupied until 12 o'clock on Saturday
and all day yesterday in fitting her engines and screw.
The steam-vessel Avon has taken on board masts,
spars, rigging, and a party of riggers at Plymouth for
the steam gun-boats Pet and Nettle at Pembroke, and
will sail to-day. The gun-boats are ordered to Plymodth
to he commissioned.
Tae Admiralty transport Resolute arrived in the Mer-
sey on Friday night to undergo an overhauling before
entering again into service. On Friday next the Great
Britain will embark 1,100 men at Liverpool, whence she
will sail for Malta.

Bear-Admiral Joseph Symes died a few days since at
his residence at Crewkerne, after a short illness, at the
age of 70 years. The gallant officer had served under
Nelson at Trafalgar, being at the time midshipman on
board the Tennant, and was senior lieutenant of the
Bonno Citoyenne, Captain Mounsey, at the capture of
the French frigate Furieuse, in 1809. He had received
the-naval medal and two clasps for his services afloat.
His commissions bore date as follows :—Lieut., March
13, 1308 ; commander, March 18, 1810 ; captain, March
21, 1812 ' • and retired rear-admiral, Oct. I, 1846.
Orders have been received from the officer conunand-
ing, the Medical Staff CA-pe, Chatham, to hold a detach-
meat of 60 rime of that corps in readiness to embark on
board the Australian steamer, for Scutari.

A further number of 11 sergeants and 50 risen from
six different depots of the Provisional Battalion,. Chat,
ham, are iird:erad to -placed —tinder- the 'int:it-actor ,OC
duzaketlTti-0443-oWeetteit-In a yeatetice44 4Jog ,iitle. expid
rifle . The officers attached'to such depots off duty are
required to attend.
The following are the latest appointments made at the
Admiralty :—Capt. G. Elliot, to be naval aide-de-cramp
to her Majesty ; Commander W. Horton, to the Cur-
law, vice Kennedy promoted; Lieut. A. C. Ballinghall,
to the Pearl ; C'Fairholme, to the Medusa ; Lieut. E.
D. P. Downes, to the Mohawk; Lieut. C. H. Wilkins
son, to the Driver; C. F. Carey, midshipmas, to the
Sanspareil ; H. E. Fox, Midshipman, to the Eurotas ;
F. SKead, second waiter to the Ti rtarua ; T. W. non-
com, master's-assistant to the Eurotas ; W. W. Parmin-
ter, paymaster to the Euryalus ; G. Rameden, pay-
master to the London ; W. P. Carrigan, paymaster, ad-
vanced to the first class; G. F. C. Bateman, paymaster,
advanced to the second class ; J. J. Lindsay, paymaster,
advanced to the third class ;J. Christie surgeon to the
Fiscrard ; J. F. Pritchard, confirmed to the Hibernia ;
J. B. Forster, assistant-surgeon to Woolwich Infirmary;
W. D. Smith, assistat-- urgeon to the Victory.
The interchange of troops between Ireland and this
country is still proceeding ; and naval and military re-
cruiting at Liverpool goes on briskly.
A. general order has arrived from the Crimea, dated
Camp, Karanyi, Jan. 1, promoting Company-Serjeant
John Sweeny, of the Royal Artillery, to a cornetcy in
the Land Tran,port Corps. The commanding officer of
No. 5 Company, 3d Battalion of Royal Artilery, in no-
tifying the order, expresses the satisfaction which he as
well as the other officers connected with him feel at the
hoLeourable distinction conferred on their late Serjeant-
Major, nod pays a compliment to the zeal and profes-
sional of Cornet Sweeny.
A circular has been issued from the Army Clothing
Department, Pall-mall, dated February 1, to officers
commanding regiments and depots, the objects of which
is to obtain from quartermasters of regiments or depots
proper vouchers for clothing expenses, repairs to
saddlery, and other small disbursements, to enable the
War office to judge of the propriety of giving the autho-
rity to the Paymaster to make the advances required.
During the past month 4i recruits to the 13th Light
Dragoons have been received at the depot of that regi-
ment, Dorchester.

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Alderman Fergus Farrell, the new Lord Mayor, gave 'Ve;-----.
his inaugural banquet last night at the Mansion-house. • i'4- . .
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The Lord-Lieutenant and almost every other person o f NI li S
note at present in Dublin were among the guests, and
the whole affair went off with perhaps more than the . e)
average share of eclat which generally attaches to these,
annual displays of civic hospitality on the largest pee. .
Bible scale. The first toast was, of course, " The 7
Queen," followed by "The health of our important ally,
the Emperor Napoleon III.," but drunk with all the
honour?. The French Consul responded to the latter.
He said—
" I am happy to say that the bonds of amity and friend-
ship between the two nations are becoming more closely
bound together. Glorious events will be recorded in our
mutual history, and if it were in mimpigrchivtisnacye
ttohastpeoaukr
here of the promises for the future,
hopes will not be disappointed. (Hear, hear.) When
England and France were straining all their nerves for
the carrying on of war, the more useful occupations of
peace were not forgotten. (Cheers.) Competition of a
more peaceful kind was proceeding in Paris, and many
of you have been successful in obtaining the rewards of
your industry, At the same time our brave soldiers
have received the distinctions which they have so dearly
bought. (Loud cheers.) And if the medals from the
Palace of Industry had been dearly purchased by you,
the Cross of the Legion of Honour, the badge of the
Order of the Bath, and the medals of the Crimea are not
le -; precious to our soldiers, and we may be assured they
will bear them with the same pride and defend them
with the same c iurag,e which they have shown in the
battle-field." (Loud cheers.)
Then f allowed the usual list of toasts, ending with
" The Lord-Lieutenant and prosperity to Ireland."
The Earl of CARLISLE, who was euthusiasticallx
cheered, responded. His Excellency, in the course of leis
address, observed—
" If we extend our glance from the city to the .coun-
try at large, though there arc strips of its territory in
which sad warning has not been wanting of
~tll4,necesi-
tky of continued vigilance and even of stern—reprealtm,
Aiksuport,,the whole ,broad surface of ite:tepreitarykeee
1445ee iektisieeledge ls.th thankfulerees a -wiorterfriti Mi-
ser:oe of disorder, turbulence, and crime—(hear, hear)—
and though the last lesson which such blessed intervals
ought to teach us is wantonly to presume upon their
continuance, still I cannot but indulge the hope that in
the improved condition and habits of the bulk of the
people, in the interest which is felt in many quarters
in the promotion of their education, and, perhaps,
the most remarkable of all, in their increased spirit
of industry, enterprise, and self-reliance, fair pro.
anise is given of a long Irish summer-tide of'
peace and plenteousness. I cannot, of course, make any
such authentic announcement as Was made by tLe Sove-
reign whom it is my high office to represent in this
country to her assembled Houses of Parliament on this
very afternoon ; still, thanks to the marvels of modern
discovery, we are enabled to form a tolerably precise
notion of the contents of what was then delivered, and
we know that from her gracious lips has fallen to-day
perhaps the most gracious word that can be vouchsafed
to human utterance, and that word is 'Peace.' (Loud
cheers.) Let me not be here mistaken. I feel confi-
dent that from neither the Sovereign, nor the Govern-
ment, nor the Parliament, nor the people of this country
can a consent be extorted to any peace which shall not
substantially satisfy the grounds upon which recourse
was had to the dreadful extremity of war, and which
would not be consonant with the fair claims of national
good faith, justice, and honour. (Cheers.) With re-
spect to my own feelings, I certainly cannot charge my-
self with any indifference either to the endurance or to
the renown of our brave countrymen in arms ; and.
proudly indeed may Ireland count up the services and
the triumphs of her sons on many a corpse-strewn field.
and many a blood-stained rampart. (Applause.) Even
in this peaceful and festal assembly I am not a little
pleased to come among you attended by several gallant
youths who have borne their full brunt of toil and peril
in the bivouac, in the trench, and in the battle—and
you may see honourable marks about them—and who
do honour even to the exalted position which it is my
fate to fill by spending with me the brief period of inac-
tion which recent wounds, or shattered health, or the
compulsory regulations of the service necessarily impose
upon them ; and who, I know, with most certain know.
ledge, are panting for the time of resuming active ser-
vice at the first summons of their Sovereign and the
earliest call of honour. (Cheers.) They might not
then, perhaps, feel full sympathy with ine, but I know
I might appeal for full sympathy, had not circumstances
unfortunately prevented his being present on this occa-
sion, to that distinguished and gallant veteran, the
Commander of the Forces in this country, who
hae, in many portions of the globe, served the pub-
lic with such fulness of credit and honour. I know
he would feel full sympathy with me, when I proceed
to state that, assuming—as I know we may assume—
that all claims of national faith and honour will be
completely secured by whatever conditions of peace
shall ho adopted, I shall hail with unmeasured joy. and
thankfulness the advent of I o tee itself. (Cheers.) To
pretend, after all that our military forces have done,
and dared, and suffered, and with the knowledge
which we have of the bristling state of equipment, effi-
ciency, and vigour with which they are now braced up
for any number of campaigns that may follow—to pre-
tend that with such a past and with such a present the
military renown of ti,is empire ha, suffers-I any ter-
!Ash seems to me to be only inure absurd than it is e ,
lee n;ous. (Bear, hear,) From one thing, indeed, I
should think that the fair fame of England would suffer
tarnish, if for the sake of effect—fur the sake of a more
imposing attitude at the dropping of the curtain—if for
the sake of an additional gloss upon her well-won laurels
she were to consent to one Lour of unnecessary war."
The Lord Chancellor, in returning thanks on behalf of
`,he Irish Bench, also touched upon the question of peace

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"All my judicial friends will concur with me when I
say that there is nothing at which they rejoice with me
inure than the intelligence that a heavy cause has been
settled. We rejoice, and I rejoice now, that the heavy
cause of the noxious is on the eve of attaining a full and
an honourable settlement. (Hear, hear.) I rejoice that
the cause which has originated the great alliance
which distinguishes this era is about to receive its
full and great and honourable accomplishment ; and
I do trust that that alliance will not pass away with the
temporary occasion with which it has arisen. It is but a
child as yet in European history ; I trust it will attain
more than ordinary longevity. (Cheers.) It rests upon
the good faith of the Monarch of England, the good
faith of the Sovereign of Franca, and of the people who
are obedient to his sway; and I am convinced that,
great as has b :en its value for the purposes of the mo-
ment, infinitely greater will he its value for the purposes
of the futlue."
The Recorder (the Right Hon. F. Shaw), in the
course of an extremely eloquent speech, also glanced at
the same topic :
" Her Majesty's Speech, which has arrived late this
evening, and the comments made on it by the Lerd Lieu-
tenant, must tend to raise our hopes of peace ; and most
earnestly most we de:iire the realisation of those hopes,
provided only that it be such a peace as is, in the words
of the Royal Speech, a durable and an honourable one.
No man of Christian feeling or common humanity
but must devoutly wish to turn from war, unless war be
a stern and inevitable necessity—to turn from its waste,
its sorrow, its sufferings, and its concomitant miseries
to the manifold blessings of peace ; and peace has its vic-
tories no less renowned than war. But when we have in-
curred the cost and borne the sacrifice, we cannot desire
the discontinuance of the war until, again to quote the
words ef this day's Royal Speech, " the object for which
it was undertaken has bsen surely and permanently ac-
complished." (Cheers.) That object was from the first
unselfish. England, and equally I believe her noble
ally France, said there should be no acquisition of terri-
tory or other national aggrandisement—their object,
and the object of that all important alliance, of which
I will say with my worthy friend the Lord Chan-
celler, esto perpetua—the object was to protect the
weak from being oppressed by the strong—might
from triumphing over right—and to check an ambitious
tyranny, which threatened ithe unsettlement of Eu-
rope. (Cheers.) It is not unnatural at this moment
that a peace may be distasteful to the popular feeling,
conscious of our own unreadiness and all our own con-
sequent shortcomings at the commencement of hostilities
—feeling that the rust of forty years' peacet has only justhii
say, the world
been wiped away from our public
that havesufferings the
we now a
last winter still survive ; but seeing .
Crimea, numbering,
.may_sa.fely
I believe, about
the painful recollections, the di-nstroduer ms—
ofs e
splendid army in the
never saw before, all fully equipped, in the highest state
50,000 men—a fleet such as I
of health, spirits,. and discipline, panting, as the Lord-
Lieutenant has already said, to be led on to victory—we
must not wonder if the popular sympathy cannot go with
the command to retire from the. contest ; and some ex-
cuse is due to the honest feeling -of a brave and loyal
people, for if, as has been said, the victories have been
soldiers' victories, surely it may be said that the war has
been emphatically a people's war, for their helots have been
in it from the outset. But still we cannot be satisfied to
continue a terrible warfare for the mere sake of military
glory. (Cheers.) We must, however, take it as has been
promised this day by the Ministers of our Royal Mis-
tress, that due regard shall be had for the honour and
the dignity of the empire. (Cheers.) I hope we shall
not be overreached in diplomacy— (hear, and laughter)—
the British lion must not succumb to the Russian bear.
But if Russia be ready to concede all that a victorious
and a just enemy has a right to ask—we drew the sword
in the case of justice, and if justice be done, then, and
not till then, ought we to sheathe it."

COMMITTAL OF A. BANKRUPT FOR PERJURY.—BenimBin
Scott, blanket manufacturer, of Earlsheaton, near Leeds,
came up at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy, on
Tuesday, before Mr. Commissioner Arytun, on his ad-
journed last examination. In the course of the interro-
gatories his Honour said to the bankrupt—" You have
already perjured yourself twenty or thirty times, sir.
Do' you want to spend the rest of your life in York
Castle ?" At the end of the inquiry the bankrupt was
committed for perjury, and his last examination ad-
journed, without protection and sine die.
TESTAMENTARY JURISDICTION OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL
COURTS.—The bill of which Mr. Collier gave notice on
Thursday evening contemplates the transference of the
testamentary jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to
the superior courts of common law and to the county
courts. This localisation of testamentary jurisdiction is
icihnthroedwucitehddbreywMorn.
Atf.,l
osleellatpi
hderraiont leading
phi fsrreeoeameot
yearnsrf tee oheh afgstohanvgeeoortbniimlnl
been.
ean billtltt o
fulfilled,wasdweliai
wwi teh
rtehjee
ire ett i
soon,:
that Mr. Collier is determined to renew the aketVtiff
geollik*

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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. Buckstono.
THIS EVENING,
THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM.
After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S
FEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Ur. Cause KW.
THIS EVENING,
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.

After which,
HARLEQUIN AND THE M AID AND THE MAGPIE or, the
Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Faulty, the Enchanter.
Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Milne ; Pantaloon, Mr.
Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams.