The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-02 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1850.

But in what position did they place a Prince of the
Royal house? They bed passed a law which prevented
hi, ever feureileg- a family by those means by which
ether noble families were established; avid that was a
point which ought not to be lost sight of.—(flear,
hear.) He wou:d take a familiar instanc of the posi-
tion in •A hich a prince of the blood was placed. The
Duke of Canabrelee was art English Duke. He was the
filet of Erielish Deltes—the first of the Eeielish so
Pe wes tL tow week-, ego the eldest son of an English
Dui.:. Was he allowed to address the electors of West-
minster? Was he permitted as a commoner to ent,.r that
House and exercise the abilities he possessed to improve
his oosition? It had been said that he was paid more
than a Secretary of State. But was a man in his posi-
tion allowed to try to obtain such a position? 110 was
shut out from any of these means of honourable ambi-
tion. He could not be Governor-General of India.:These
were `the sort of restrictions placed oa a member of the
Royal Family. Let the House place him in the same
position as other persons, and then there would be some
foundation for criticism; but as they did not choose to
follow that course, they must consider his position
as a Prince of the blood.—(Hear, hear.) They ought
to recollect, also, that they were voting on this
occasion not half that to the present Duke of Cambridge
which the former Duke:possessed. Besides, when they
proposed to stop the income of the Duke, in case he
should become King of Hanover, they ought to remem-
ber that these were times when a man might be King of
Hanover one day, and without a kingdom the next.
They ought to make provision for such a contingency.
After due consideration he felt bound to support that
proposition which had originated with the Government.
Mr. ROEBUCK believed that the Hon. Gentleman
was under a mistake in point of law when he said that
the present Duke could not, when Prince George of
Cambridge, have canvassed the electors of Westminster,
and if elected by them, be a Member of that House.
Mr. BRIGHT was not surprised that the Noble Lord
found it difficult to argue this question. A considera-
ble number of Members in that House thought the vote
too much, and out of doors there was but one unani-
mous opinion respecting it—namely, that it was extra-
vagant.—(Hear.) As to the Marriages Act to which
the Hon. Member for Buckingham referred, and who
would, he supposed, have voted for 14,0001, he must
declare that it was no argument with him, for it was an
Act of which he did'not approve, and for which he could
not bo responsible. He thought it one of the most wicked
and mischievous Acts that had ever passed. Notwithstand-
ing that Act, he doubted extremely, if the Duke of Cam-
bridge proposed to marry some person with a large
fortune, that it would be considered advisable on the part
of the Crown to refuse its assent to such a marriage.—
(Hear.) If the late Duke of Cambridge, out of the
many hundreds of thousands of pounds of the public
money he bad received, had thought proper to provide
for his children this discussion need not have taken place.
The present Duke of Cambridge had a private fortune of
his own, he was a general officer, and he had a large
official salary as a colonel of a regiment, some twelve
hundred or fifteen hundred a year, and these with those
other matters that were always given to a person in his
position, The vote slow proposed by the Government
he believed would be the most unpopular of the whole
session.—(Hear.) It was the first step in a bad course,
and it would lead to great embarrassment hereafter.
Mr. DISRAELI explained. The Hon. Member had
no right to assume that he would have voted for the
14,0001, It was quite an unauthorised assumption, for
he had on a former occasion alluded to the late Duke of
Gloucester having that sum, and he had said that he was
glad the reduction had been made, considering the re-
duction of prices, the consequence of that injurious law
to which he was opposed, and that had been supported
by Hon. Gentlemen opposite.—(Hear.)
Mr. ANSTEY moved that the Chairman report pro-
gress. He did so on the ground that an attempt was
about to be made by the Government to sacrifice their
privileges. The question for them now to consider was
this—the question of privilege before the supply, a re-
dress of grievances before they granted the public
money.—(Hear.) An attempt was made to get through
the supplies before the resolutions affecting those privi-
leges were disclosed. The attempt he was determined
to resist ; and therefore, without, meaning anything hos-
tile to the Duke of Cambridge, he moved that the Chair-
man report progress.
This motion was, after a brief discussion, withdrawn,
Lord J. RUSSELL promising the resolutions should
be submitted to the House: upon the Speaker resuming
the chair.
The amendment of 5,0001. was then negatived without
a diviiion.
The Committee divided on Mr. Hume's amendment
for 10,000/.
For the amendment ... . 76
Against it ... 105
Majority ... —29
Mr. HUME put it to the Noble Lord whether it
would be proper for him, after this division, to persist
in the vote of 12,000/., for, taking from the Noble Lord
those who were obliged to vote with him, the opponents
to so large a grant were in the majority. There
were some Members, too, on the other side who did not
approve of the vote, but who voted for it from peculiar
circumstances.—(Laughter.) He did not like to ana-
lyse the motives of individuals, but there were in that
House two classes of expectants—those who were in
office, and those who were out but expected to be in.
Mr. BRIGHT asked the Secretary at War to answer
a question which he had to put to the Noble Lord, but
that he was unable to answer, and that was as to the
fact of the vacant regiment being given to the Duke of
Cambridge. He hoped there would be no quibble in the
answer to so plain a question.
Mr. F. MAULE replied, that he had happened to put
the question to the Military Secretary two days since, es
to n hether any arrangement had been made as to the
disposal of the regiment of Guards. The answer be
received was, that there was no appointment to that
regiment.
Mr. BRIGHT asked the Secretary at War whether
he did not know that the Duke of Cambridge was the
person that it was decided upon should have that
regiment?
Mr. F. MAULE replied not that be had heard of.
Mr. STANFORD would not have risen upon this oc-
casion but for the imputation cast upon Hon. Members
sitting upon his side of the House.
Mr. HUME assured the Hon. Gentleman he did not
allude to him.
Mr. STANFORD continued by saying that he was
very glad no improper motive was attributed to him;
but such an imputation should not be cast upon any
of the Honourable Members who had supported this
vote. They who supported it were actuated by prin-
ciple. He could discover no principle amongst its
opponents, who were shifting about from 8,0001. to
5,000/., and then to 10,000/., and who, not having any
principle, merely showed their animosity against the
Royal Family.—(Cheers, and cries of " Oh, ob.") In
giving his vote he was sure he had done that which
would be popular, for the people of this country desired
to maintain the Royal Family with proper dignity.—
(Hear, hear.) The people of this country saw that the
late Duke of Cambridge, though possessing a large in-
come, had died a poor man, and this solely because he
was so benevolent, so generous, and so gracious in his
patronage and support of their several charities.—
(Hear.) He had a right to express his reasons for
giving the vote he bad done on this occasion; and in
addition to the other arguments that had been brought
forward in supporting it, he could not avoid adverting to
the fact that their aristocracy had large fortunes, that
their merchants had large fortunes, and even their
tradesmen were able to clear from 12,0001. to 14,000/. ;
and that therefore 12,000/. a year to a Prince of the
blood, with large demands upon him, such as none of
those persons had, could not be considered too large a
sum to grant him. It certainly could not be called ex-
travagant, and in supporting such a vote he certainly
could not be called an expectant, for he did not partici-
pate in the Royal Family entertainments—(Hear)—and
he believed his constituency would consider that he had
given a right vote.
Mr. ROEBUCK said that as to the imputation upon
those who opposed the vote, that they were animated
with animosity to the Royal Family, it was unworthy of
the Hon. Gentleman to meld, and it would bo unworthy
of him (Mr. Roebuck) to answer it.
After a few words from Lord C. HAMILTON, which
were inaudible in the gallery,
Tne veto for 12.000/. was agreed to without a division.
The House having resumed,
BARON L. ROTHSCHILD.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that, with per-
mission of the House, he begged, before any other order
of the day was proceeded with, to give notice that on
Monday he should move the two following resolutions:—

" That the Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild is not
entitlel to vote in this House, or to sit in this House,
daring any debate, until he shall take the oath of abju-
ration in the form appointed by law.

" That this House will, at the earliest opportunity in
the next session of Parliament, take into its serious con-
sideration the form of the oath of abjuration with a
view to relieve her Majesty's subjects professing the
Jewish religion."
—(Laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh".)
RAILWAYS ABANDONMENT BILL.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he proposed to
adopt the Lords' amendments to this Bill rather than lose
this session, and should fix Tuesday, at Twelve o'clock,
for further proceedings on the Bill.
The Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill, went through
Committee, as also that of the Fees Court of Common
Pleas (No. 2) Bill.
The Sheep and Cattle Contagious Disorders Preven-
tion Continuation Bill was read a second time.
COPY OF DESIGNS ACTS AMENDMENTS BILL.

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On the order of the day for the second reading of
this Bill,
Colonel SIBTHORP wished to know how far this
Bill was to extend. He took the opportunity of calling
attention to the discrepancy in the opinions of the late
and of the present Attorney-General.
as to the right of
the public to the parks; and gave) notice that he should
at the earliest period take the selyseotthe lions° not
only againstthe salaries of the Commissioners of Woods
and Forests, but also against , The salary of the First
Minister of the Crown.
Mr. GROGAN asked if the Bill had any reference
to the exhibition of 1851?
Mr. LABOUCRERE said the Bill had a double ob-
ject. It related to designs ink re neral, and it also had for
its object the protection of such articles as might be ex-
hibited at the exhibition of next year, or by other public
exhibitions.
After a few words from mx. SPOONER and Colonel
DUNNE,
Mr. NEWDEGATE thought the object of the Bill
wa totally inconsistent with tho advantages attached to
the exhibition of 1851, which was said to be the im-
provements of our own designs and manufactures.
The ATTORNEY- GENEN;AL said that unless per-
sons were secured their inven• ;iOPS they would be chary
of exhibiting them, The Bills therefore, would promote

th eiimprr ov mpgns.,ent, by encouraging such persons to exhibit
desi
Mr. HENLEY Loped that time would be given to
discuss the 13111 in Committee. Tie thought that protec-
tion was to be given to the foreigner against his debizu
heir, pirated, but that no protection was given to the
Englishman tozaiost hie inventions being pirated by the
foreigner. The present wa:. a ti nP3sure.
Thu WaS then read a scc,nid titco, and ordered to
enminitted on Honda-•.
LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND, No. 2)
BUJ,.
On the motion for the adjourntd debate on the second
reading of this Bi!l,
Mr. HAMILTON said he proposed to strike out all
the clauses, except those relating to the cutting and
carrying away of crops by night or on Sundays, and to
alter the title of the Bill to " A Bill to prevent the
fraudulently Cutting and Carrying of Crops to evade
Distress for Rent."
Mr. MOORE proposed the debate be adjourned.
Colonel DUNNE said the Secretary for Ireland had
told them that unless a Bill of this sort was passed he
could not answer for the peace of Ireland another year.
Mr. J. O'CONNELL supported the amended Bill out
of consideration to the tenantry of Ireland.
Mr. REYNOLDS opposed the Bill.
After some further discussion the House divided. The
numbers were--
For the adjournment of the debate ••• 6
Against it
..• ••• ••• ..• 75
Majority against the adjournment ••• —69
It was ultimately suggested by Sir G. GREY that the
Bill should bo read a second time, and that it should be
committed pro forma on an early day, in order that the
House might see the nature of the alterations made in it.
On the question being put, the House again divided,
when it appeared that the numbers were—
For
Against it
••• •• ••• 6
Majority in favour of the second reading —64
The Bill was then read a second time.
The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill went
through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third
time to-mcrrow (this day).
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned at Half-past Two o'clock.

SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.

testing the abilities of the officer vvhO has be deputed
to conduct us through the many difficulties that must
necessarily hese: vs.
I am not disposed to make invidious comparimns;
nenttheless I venture to say that the man who accom-
plishes what a Ross failed in must be rossessed of no
ordinary qGalities, whether as regards nautical skin,
phy,ieal prowess or scientific knowledge. To bo a :me-
co,s,Ful Arctic navigator he twist net only be a therougl,-
bred, expr,riencod seaman of untiring energy, coolness,
and discretion, but he must have the power of (pick
thought and the ready application of it—capable of
taking a rapid survey of the objects before him, so
as to enable him instantaneously to exercise hi:, own
judgment, without having recourse to the advice of
athc.rs.

In tusking the above remarks I do not breathe a doubt
that the gallant commander of the expedition possesses
those qualifications calculated to encounter and over-
come the thousand difficulties attendant on an Arctic
campaign.

ES.---FURTHER INTELLIGENCE.—Yesterday five sail
of whalers were observed, standing to the southward.
Captain Penny passed here a month ago. So much
fur that energetic and daring seaman.
The American expedition has also passed.
Clothing issued as presents to the crews of the ex-
pedition.
TUESDAY, JUNE 18.—neceived by every officer and
man—One blue box cloth jacket; one pair ditto
trousers; one Guernsey frock, blue; one pair drawers;
one pair fisherman's boots; one southwester; two pairs
boot hose; one belt lined with flannel; and one com-
forter.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM DISCO.
We have no more space for private correspondence
to-day, and only subjoin the latest news of the expe-
dition.

The transport, Emma Eugenia, Lieut. Power, agent,
was cleared at noon on Sunday, June 23, parties having
been at work all three preceding nights, and at 2.30,
Resolute, Captain Austin, C. 8., and Assistance, Cap-
tain Ommanney, were towed out by their screw-tenders,
Pioneer, Lieutenant-Commander Osborne, and In-
trepid, Lieutenant-Commander Bertie Cator; and it is
stated by those who witnessed their departure, that a
more cheerful merry party never started on a pleasure
excursion. Their advance northward must have been
rapid, us the breezy came up fresh at midnight from
the southward.

The following day the United States schooner, Ad-
vance, Commander De Haven, on a similar mission,
arrived. Her consort, the Rescue, joined her on the
27th, and on the 29th they pushed on all well, and full
of hope.
The Emma Eugenia transport, after much labour,
completed ballasting by the 3d July, and sailed for Eng-
land at eight o'clock in the evening. No news had ar-
rived from the northward up to that date. We regret
to add that the Danish Governor at Disco Island died
on the 26th June, much lamented by all in his district.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert has proceeded to
fill up and complete her fuel at Portsmouth. She will
proceed on Monday next to Cowes to attend on the
Queen, Prince Albert, and the Court, while at Osborne.
We are glad to say the royal yacht has returned from
her cruise without a single reported defect. She ran
from Cherbourg to the Nab light-vessel, a distance of
67 miles, in five hours and ten minutes, on Wednesday.
The Victoria and Albert, the Fairy, and the little
dispatch-vessel the Elfin, do credit to Lord Fitzclarence,
Captain Crispin, and the other officers and their crews,
for their decoration, cleanliness, and order; no vessels or
yachts ever surpassed them.
The distinguished party that accompanied Lord A.
Fi zclarence in his cruise landed last evening, and slept
at the George Hotel.
Lieutenant Harris, agent of the Princess Royal trans-
port, died on his passage home.

APPOINT3IENTS.
Clerk—John Harroman, to the Trafalgar, 120, at
Sheerness.
Midshipmen. alvid Orr, to the Hastings, 72, flag-
ship, East Indies; 11. M. Alexander to the Fox, 42,
String for the East Indies.
Cygnet, 8, Commander White, was mustered, in-
sppc!ed, and paid advance at Devonport, on Wednesday
morning, by Captain Nias, C. 8., of the Agincourt, Com-
modore Lord John Hay being engaged with the No.
paulese Ambassador.
Crane, 6, packet-brig, Lieutenant-Commander Par-
sons, was taken into No. 5 dock, at Devonport, on Wed.;
nesday morning, to have some defects made good.
PORTSMOUTII, THURSDAY.—The Earl of Balcarres,
East Indiaman, arrived yesterday from the river. The
splendid frigate-built Indiaman, the Monarch, arrived
at Spithead, outiard bound, on Monday last, and sailed
to day. She is one of the most warlike merchant ships
we have ever seen.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Newcastle, July 31.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
MllRDER.—Patrich Forbes was charged with the wil-
ful murder of his wife, Elizabeth Forbes, at Newcastle,
on the 22d of March last.
Mr. Ingham and Mr. Lush appeared for the prosecu-
tion, and Mr. Otter defended the prisoner.
We can only give an outline of this case in our report
of it, as the details are of too horrid and shocking a cha-
racter for publication. The prisoner, it appeared, was a
labourer, and lived with his wife and four children in an
apartment on the fourth floor, up an entry called
Clogher's-entry. Both were accustomed to habits of
drunkenness. When sober, the prisoner appeared to
have generally acted kindly to his wife, and in their
habits of intemperance they appeared from the evidence
to have often got drunk together. When drunk, he had
been often heard to threaten her life, on which occa-
sion she was in the habit of' going to her brother's
lodgings for protection. On Friday, the 22d of March
last, the prisoner and his wife began drinking together,
and early in the day his wife became quite drunk, and
about four o'clock that afternoon was seen lying drunk
at the bottom of the stairs leading to Clogher's entry.
The prisoner, who also was intoxicated, assisted by
his daughter, Bridget Forbes, carried the deceased
upstairs to her own room, and in so doing the prisoner
let her fall. She was placed on a bed in the room,
and the prisoner laid himself down beside her,
and both appeared to have fallen asleep, and they were
so seen about nine or ten o'clock at night. The prisoner's
daughter went to bed with a Mrs. Dees in an adjoining
room, and about one o'clock they were awoke by a cry,
and by a son of the prisoner, aged 14, who came to them
from the prisoner's room, where he had slept, and said
his mother was dead. On going into the prisoner's room
the fire was found lighted and the prisoner sitting beside
it. They found the prisoner's wife lying dead on the bed.
The prisoner was crying " Oh, my Betty." He got up
and said to Mrs. Dens, "I will tell you how it was." She
said, I don't want to hear it; keep your counsel to your-
self; tell somebody else." The boy went for candles and
his daughter for medical assistance, the prisoner being
left alone. In the fire was a short poker, thrust nearly up
to the handle in the fire. Before the prisoner's daughter
left for assistance she cried out " Murder!" and the pri-
soner drove her out of the room. On the arrival of the
police they found pools of blood and some spots on the
flour. The bedclothes were soaked with blood, and the
prisoner's hands were covered with blood. They could
see no marks of violence on the woman. A woman
named M'lver, who lived in an adjoining apartment, and
who happened to b 3 nursing a sick child about one
o'clock, stated that at that time she heard a piercing
scream apparently come from the prisoner's room, fol-
lowed by another. The prisoner's son said he was
aroused out of sleep about one o'clock, but he could not
tell what it was that awoke him. His father asked him
to put the bedclothes on him, and to go to bed. He did
so, and went to bed in an adjoining room, as he had been
sleeping on two chairs before the fire. About a quarter
of au hour afterwards, his father awoke him, and told
him his mother was dead. On the arrival of the police,
they sent for a surgeon, Mr. Rayne, who foudd the bed-
clothes saturated with blood under the deceased. There
were no external marks of violence. He then made a
post mortem examination of the body, and he then found
that the bladder had been ruptured by some sharp
pointed instrument, and that the intestines were
wounded, the injuries extending at least a foot into the
body of the deceased. In the witness's opinion, the
poker which was produced, and which was found thrust
into the fire of the prisoner's room, wan a very likely
instrument to have caused the injuries described. The
shock to the nervous system and the hemorrhage from
such an injury would be so great that death would be
almost instantaneous.

Me..OTTER having addressed the jury in defence of the
prisoner, contended that there was nothing to show
malice on the part of the prisoner, and that the injury
committed by the prisoner must have been the result of
intoxication, brutalising him, and rendering him inca-
pable of knowing what he was about, and that a verdict
of manslaughter would meet the justice of the cage.
His LORDSHIP then summed up the facts to the jury.
There was nothing in the facts proved to show excite-
ment or sud,len passion, from any injury to the prisoner
at the time the offence was committed, which could re-
duce the crime, if committed by him, to manslaughter.
On the contrary, the circumstances showed a remarkable
absence of any such mitigating cause.
After the jury had retired his Lordship wished to con-
sult Mr. Justice Creswell on a point which had arisen
in the case, when the door of communication between
the two courts was found to be locked. The door leads
into the grand jury room, and a door at the other side
of it communicates with the other court. His Lordship
ordered the door to be opened. After much knocking
and time spent in looking for the key, ono of the offi
cars of the court went round to the grand jury room, and
shortly returned mad stated to his Lordship that: the
county justices were sitting there, and they refused to
open the door. His Lordship then ordered the High
Sheriff of the town and county of Newcastle, the cases
within their jurisdiction then being tried, to open the
door, and, if necessary, that it must be broken open.
At this moment a gentleman, whose name we were
given to understand was Sir Charles Monek, followed by
two or three other gentlemen, came through the open
door on to the bench, and addressing his Lordship,- said
--The Justices of the Peace charged with the county
business were sitting in the grand jury room, and they
could not have the door opened. llis Lordship was
trying town prisoners, and although his Lordship
was enabled by a statute to adjourn the town's proceed-
ings to any place in the county, the statute did not men-
tion any particular place. The justices ;of the county
had assigned that court to his Lordship for his use
whilst trying the town's business, and there were re-
tiring rooms and modes of ingress and regress irres-
pective of the grand jury room. The statute did not
ray. that the judges should have any particular places
assigned to them, and they might be removed to a public-
house, or any other building fur which they might have
occasion.

Elis LORDSHIP—At present, I being one of the justices
of useza for the county of Notthumberiand, tti well U.

fir the town and county oF Newcast!e, propose to have
sufficient access to this court, and I piopose to have aat
door open.
S%r C. Moock—We cannot have it open.
llis Loucsuir—But I wi:l have it open, and I sill
fine soy one who opposes its being opened.
Sir C. Monek—'i Len rre mutt leave it to your Lorr'-
shio',; discrption to fine Wo cannot have it °pencil,
Hip LORD HlP—Then I desire that that door be kit
Sir C. Al.,inck—lire cannot have it, my Lord; we are
using iz onnelvog. We cannot have it. The Queen's
justices aro usit:g it.
His LORDSHIP—But I supersede your authority.
Sir C. Monck—We cannot have it; we are sitting in
petty sessions.
His LORDSHIP—Then I shall order the High Sheriff
to open thst door. I am here on the county business
under the Queen's commission.
Sir C. Monck—That room cannot be made a lobby or
a passage.
His LORDSHIP—Suppose I wish to consult my brother
Crosswell, as I do, on this case?
Sir C. Monck—There is a way out round (pointing to
the ordinary passages of the court, which were densely
crowded).

His LORDSHIP—Oh ! round there. I cannot enter into
unseemly dispute. You will at your own peril refuse
what I have requested.
Sir Charles Monek—We did not raise the dispute.
His LORDSHIP—Yes, you are doing so.
Sir Charles Monck—Well, if you choose to exercise
your own authority, you must do se.
His LORDSHIP—I do so.
Sir Charles Monck—lf you choose to break through
that subordinate authority we have, you must do so.
His LORDSHIP—Then perhaps the better way would
he, instead of your raising the unseemly noise of the
High Sheriff breaking open the door by my order, that
you should now make all the protest you can, and retire.
Sir Charles Monck—Oh, no; that won't do; we are
using the room.

His LORDSIIIP—I wish at this moment to pass
through.
Sir Charles Monck—Specially we will permit it.
His LORDSHIP—Is the High Sheriff here?
The High Sheriff here stepped forward, and, pre-
ceding his Lordship, immediately led the way through
the disputed door, followed by his Lordship.
It is unnecessary to say that this unseemly and dis-
graceful scene in the middle of a trial for murder—the
wretched man in the dock having fallen back half in-
sensible, whilst his life was in the hands of the jury then
deliberating on his fate—excited but one feeling of dis-
gust in the court. This was neither the time nor the
occasion in which to obtrude the wretched local squab-
bles of the town and county justices before the public,
to say nothing of the manner in which it was done.
The jury having returned, after an absence of about
twenty minutes, found the prisoner Guilty of wilful
murdei..

The prisoner, who was supported by the police, and
appeared to be half insensible, having been called upon
" what ho had to say why sentence of death should not
be passed upon him according to law,"
His LORDSHIP put on the black cap, and proceeded to
pass sentence on the prisoner in the most selema man-
ner. The prisoner, after a careful trial, had been found
guilty of the crime of wilful murder of his wife, under
circumstances of the utmost horror. It did not become
him to aggravate the sufferings which he them appeared
to endure. For him now this world was no more. What
a dreadful picture did this case present of the conse-
quence of intoxication? If the prisoner's untimely fate
should operate as a warning to all of the fatal conse-
quences of intoxication, he would not die in vain. He
could hold out to the prisoner no hope cf mercy. He
must prepare for the worst, and by earnest prayer and
sincere repentance endeavour to obtain that mercy in
Heaven which was denied to him on earth. His Lordship
then passed the awful sentence of death in the usual
form, and the prisoner was removed from the dock, ap-
parcntly nearly insensible.

THE BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.
The vacant seat in the representation of Lambeth is
likely to be very warmly contested. All the candidates
who have as yet presented themselves seem to be very
nearly of the same political creed. Mr. W. Williams
and Mr. J. H. Palmer are the two gentlemen who, up to
the present moment, appear to be most deeply com-
mitted to the constituency, and to bo most in earnest in
their intention to go to the poll. Their handbills are
posted up in every conspicuous place throughout the
borough; they have committees established, and all the
usual preparations for an electioneering contest set on
foot. Mr. Williams relies upon the support of the Lam-
beth Electoral Association, the " immortal eight," as
they are called on the placards. Mr. Palmer, on the
other hand, appears t.) rest his hopes cf success on local
grounds, and especially on the support of the Dissenters,
who are reminded by his party that Mr. Williams sup-
ported the Maynooth grant. Both the candidates ad-
drez:ed crowded meetings of electors last night, and li
were well received by them. Mr. Palmer's friends as-
sembled at the New lan, in Westminster-road, and
those of Mr. Williams in the Waterloo-road. Their
speeches were principally directed to the subject of en-
larging the franchise and vote by ballot. The following
characteristic circular was issued yesterday to the
electors of the borough by Sir Charles Napier:—
" Gentlemen,—lf you would like to be represented by
a sailor, I am ready.
" You know how I have exposed waste of public
money both in and out of Parliament, and I am ready to
do so again.

" It is impossible to canvass you in person, and I will
not insult you by sending paid canvassers.
" Before the election I will hold public meetings, and,
if favourably received, will appear on the hustings on
the day of election.

" CHARLES NAPIER.
" 18, Albemarle-street, Aug. 1."