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Chap. 27. Constitutional History of Germany, from the Termination
of the War of Liberation la 1814 to the great Convulsions of 1848
Chap. 2i. Literature of Germany in the first halt of the Nineteenth

Centt:ry.
Chap. 29. France, from the Extinction of tile Hereditary Peerage-in
DccAnber, 1831, to the Establishment of military Government by

the Suppression of the Revolt in the Cloister or i'4t. Merl in June

832, and the Treaty with Holland in May, 1833.
Chap. 30. France, from the Suppression of the Insurrection in the
ClAster of At. Meri, in June, 183?, to the final establishment of
th 3 Government of Louis Philippe by the Elections of June, 1531.
Chap. 31. Internal History of Great Britain, from the passing of the
Reform Bill in 1332, to the Fall of Earl Grey's Ministry in the

end 4,f 1834.
Chap, 32. Turkey, Greece, Egypt, and the East, from the Treaty of

..A.ililanople in 1828, to the freaty of 13th March, 1841.
Chap. 3 3. France, from the Social Establ shment of L'auls Philip c's

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k:Zwerninent in 1834, to the Fall of Ceuta Mole's Administrittion,
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IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING.
IRISH I'SELING ON TH WAR QUESTION.

Alderinan Forges Farrell, the new Lord Mayor, gave
his inaugural banquet last night at the Mansion-house.
The Lord-Lieutenant and almost every other person of
note at present in Dublin were among the guests, and
the whole affair went off with perhaps more than the
average share of eclat which generally attaches to these
annual displays of civic hospitality on the largest pos-
sible scale. The first toast was, of course, "The
Queen," followed by "The health of our important ally,
the Emperor Napoleon III.," but drunk with all the
honours. The French Consul responded to the latter.
Be 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 my province to speak
here of the promises for the future, I might say that our
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 youlave 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
lee; precious to our soldiers, and we may be assured they
will bear them with the same pride and defend them
with the same emrage which they have shown in the
battle-field." (Loud cheers.)
Tien f iilowed the usual list of toasts, ending with
" The Lords Lieutenant and prosperity to Ireland."
The Earl of CARLISLIC who was enthusiastically
cheered, responded. His Excellency, in the course of his
address, observed
—e-
" If we extend our glance from the city to the coun-
try sti large, though there are strips of its territory in
which sad warning has not been wanting of the neces-
sity of continued vigilance and even of stern repression,
yet upon the whole broad surface of its territory, we
may acknowledge with thankfulness a wonderful ab-
sence 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
continuum, 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 pre•
mice 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 the 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 (toiletry
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
prouily indeed may Ireland count up the services and
-the triumphs of her sons on many a corpse strewn field
and many a lalood-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 ree,ulations of the service necessarily impose
upon them ; and who, I know, with most certain know-
ledge, are panting for the time of resuming aotive 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 me, 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
has, 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 [ know we may assume—
that all claims of national faith and honour will be
completely secured by whatever conditions of peace
be adopted, I shall hail with unmeasured joy an(
thalikfulneg z the advent of peace 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, etlS-

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 this empire has suffered any tar-
nish seems to me to be only more absurd than it is ca-
lumnious. (Hear, hear.) From one thing, indeed, I
should think that the fair fame of England would suffer
tarnish, if for the sake of effect—for the sake of a more
imposing attitude at the dropping of the curtain—if for
the sake of an additional gloss upon her well-woe laurels
she were to consent to one hour of unnecessary war."
The Lord Chancellor, in returning thanks on behalf of
the Irish Bench, also touched upon the question of peace
or war :

"All my judicial friends will concur with me when I
say that there is nothing at which they rejoice with me
more than the intelligence that a heavy cause has been
settled. We rejoice, and I rejoice now, that the heavy
cause of the nations 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. (Cheere.) 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 been its value for the purposes of the mo-
ment, infinitely greater will be its value for the purposes
of the future."

The Recorder (the Right Hon. F. Shaw), in the
couree of an extremely eloquent speech, idact glanced 4
he same topic :
fier Ntjeaty'e Speech, which hag Strived late this
evening, and the commentsanade on it by the Lord Lieu-
tenant, must tend.to raise our hopes of peace ; and most
earnestly must we desire 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 of this day's Royal Speech, " the object for which
it was undertaken has been 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-
caller, 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 the 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' peace has only just
been wiped away from our public departments—while
the painful recollections, the di-astrous sufferings of the
last winter still survive ; but seeing that we have now a
es
splendid army in the Crimea, numbering, I believe, about
suchfoll y a
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pd, aifnellighest state
safely
say, the world
51,0e,v0e01.0samffei a i
of health, before,
spirits
and discipline, panting, as the Lord-
Lieutenant Lieutenant has already staid, 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 'l war, fur theirlearts 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 hatOeen
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 he 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."

MURDER OF A WHOLE FAMILY IN
WESTMINSTER.

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. He
was at once introduced to Mr. Inspector Dodd, to whom
he stated, with the most perfect calmness and 'compo-
sure, that be had murdered his -wife. Thera 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 be would take down
his statement and then proceed to the locality mentioned
is it for the purpose of inquiring into its truth.
The self-accused murderer stated that bis name was
William Bousfield, and that he resided at No. 4, Port-
land-street, Soho-squaeo (one of the small streets run-
ning transversely between Berwick-street and Wardour-
street), and that he was by trade a newavendor 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 now 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 no sign of
excitement in the neighbourhood, and that not a person
in the house appeared to be astir. After knocking some
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. handing it lucked he burst
it open and entered, when to his horror lie 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. Ms first business was
to send for a surgeon, and Mr. J. Hadaway, 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, had
been committed with a chisel, and an instrument of that
kind—what is commonly called a chisel--was found
in the room. Mr. Hadawey 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, lie thought, have
left a jagged wound, whereas on the right side of the
poor woman's neck there wee a transverse incision four
inches long, two incisions on the right arm, and two on
the left. The wounds on the arms might, be 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 en the other side,
either of which would have been suffleient to c inso
death. On the neck of the second child, Eliza Bousfield,
aged four years, lie 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 slde,
but there was so much blood that he was unable to
ascertain the feet in the hasty examination he made.
On removing the bodies, the surmises of Mr. Hailaway
received a!rernarkable confirmation, Under the body
of Mrs. Bousfield was half the handle of a razor, and
under this 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 111rF. Boustield'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 a-chisel already mentioned.
It is evident, from the state 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 consilerably.
`When Inspector Dodd returned to Bow-street he en-
tered the charge against the prisoner as follows :
w;nlain llon.fielci. 4, Portland-street. Soho-square,
tabaccanast mud newsvandur, soy 4.14.0 vV112:11111111..ier 01 1113
wife, Sarah Bousfield, aged 28 years, and his three
children, named Anne Bousfield, aged Fi years ; Eliza
Bousfield, aged 4 years ; and John Bousfield, aged S
months, in the back parlour of the house No. 4, Port-
land-street, Soho-soiare, in the parish of St. James's,
Westminster." When the charge was read over to
tlia prisoner, he said, somewhat gloomily—" I hope
the children are not all dead," but added nothing more.
He was examined by Dr. Snitch, the medical officer at,
the police mitt, 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 newsvendur. He seams 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 shop accord-
ing to his usual custom, but there was nothing in his
manner that called for remark. As far as the inmates
li of the house are acquainted with the facts, he retired to
rest with his family almost immediately afterwards, 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
kindness towards his daughter, and supplied her and hes
family with everything they required. Every one who is
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 locked 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.

THE PROPOSED ARMISTICE.

(From as 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 hal proposed the signature of a
protocol to enregistor 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 Moniteur, 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 considered. "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 descry-
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
front 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
rre to waste the early months. while negotiations are
indefinitely protracted, and after all the preparations
we have made. I trust a sea armistice will not be
granted. I trust Ministers will be careful how they
grant au armistice at all, or such an armistice as must
be of advantage only to the enemy. In the Crimea if
an armistice be granted the enemy can move from point
to point without let or hindrance. They can send rein-
forcements and provisions by sea, while we, who have
the command of the sea, derive no advantage, our ieet
being tied down to one spot. So, therefore, I hope
there will be no arrnstice."
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 vre have
already said, will just be so much time los to
t the allies
in the matter of preparation, and gained by Russia ;
and whatever may he said to the contrary, we hay,
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 those whe
are content to receive without question the Ministerial
A announcement.