The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-07 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Rome contains the following curious
gossip on the subject of the expected return of the
POPE :-
" A few days since, General Baraguay d'Hilliers
went to Civita Vecchia to receive his sister, the
widow of General Damrement, who was expected
from France on a visit to him at Rome. The au-
thorities of Civita Vecchia, accompanied by the
municipality, having waited upon him in a compli-
mentary manner, his Excellency assured them spon-
taneously and repeatedly that the Pope would shortly
return to the capital of the Catholic world, and that as
soon as his Holiness arrived at Rome all the French
troops would retire from the Papal dominions. As was
natural, this news—coming from such an authentic
source—was immediately divulged, and being communi-
cated here to the bankers, was believed by many; so that
in the course of three days they refused to receive bills
upon England and France, because the exchange was
expected to go down considerably. The English Consul,
desirous of knowing the truth from the mouth of the
General himself, took advantage of meeting him at the
ball he gave that night to question him upon the
subject. But what was his surprise on receiving
a decisive negative regarding the supposed re-
turn of the Pope, accompanied by this ob-
servation, He does not come because he is afraid.'
But,' observed the consul, they write from Civita
Vecchia that your Excellency assured them to the con-
trary.' ' The Civita Vecchia people
Cone, come,' replied the General, with his sardonic
mocking laugh, the Civita Vecchia people ! and who
pays any attention to those poor creatures? I told them
the first thing that came to my mouth. Voi/c1 tout. I
repeat to you that the Pope will not come because he is
al raid.'
" On the same night, and at the same ball, he said to
General Cordova, If the Pope does not come very soon
he will not come back, although he wishes it, for many

years.' "
The whole of the Spanish troops are to leave the
Roman territority immediately.
The Opinione of Turin, of the 2d, gives a letter
from Trieste, of the 28th ult., which states that the
Austrian Government had sent a force of 25,000 men
into Dalmatia, in order to guard the coast of the
Adriatic. The object of this measure is said to be
to prevent any disturbances which might occur in
consequence of the proceedings of the English fleet
at the Piraeus.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
FRENCH PLAYS.

Her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, honoured these delightful perform-
ances with her presence last evening. The opera
was Les L)iamans de la Couronne. Sparkling as the
jewels from which it takes its title, this, one of the
brightest gems of Auber, was last evening perfectly
rendered by all the artistes engaged in its produc-
tion. Mademoiselle Charton was in excellent voice,
and sung and acted with infinite taste and spirit.
She was admirably supported by M. Lac ; and the
orchestra, uncle? the able conduct of M. Charles
Hanssens, was perfect. The house was crowded by
the elite of fashion.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Since the issue of the
last announcement an important addition has been made
to the opera company in the person of Madame Frezzo-
lini. The new tenor, Signor 800 irdi, who will be at her
Majesty's Theatre, besides Mr. Sims Reeves, Grardoni,
and Caizolari, is mentioned in letters from Naples as a
vocalist of the highest order.

DI:. CHILLI AND THE ROMAN
INQUISI HON..- (THIS DAY)
A pahlic meetin:; of p. ocins holding tbo principles of
the Protestuat Roimmatleu was h= Id this meening iC
Exeter-hall, to wt.‘'eerne the return of Df. Achilli. The
subject of the meeting seemed to excite considerable in-
terest amongst the Evergelical portion of the metropo-
lis, rind seine titre before the commencement c f the
ceedings there was not a vacant seat in the great hall)
while the doers end passages leading t.) the hall were
thronged with disappointed parties who had been unable
to obtain admission. The galleries were Heel with
ladies, of whom there appeared to be a preponderance in
the meeting, and the platform crowded with eminent di-
vines who have rendered themselves famous by the ec-
centricity of their manner, the depth of their learning.,
or the eloquence ef their preaching. Amongst them we
observed the Rev. Dr. Fletcher, the Rev. Mr. Binney,
Dr. Jenning, the Rev. John Granville, the Rev. John
Burnet, and the Rev. Baptist Noel.
At eleven o'clock precisely, Dr. Achilli ascended the
platform, and was greeted with enthusiastic cheering.
Immediately afterwards the chair was taken by Air.
Bevan, when three st imeas of a hymn were given out by
the R. v. Mr. Latrepp, and sung by the meeting, and
the Rev. Gentleman having then invoked the Divine bles-
sing on the proceeding of the day,
The CUAIRSIAN proceeded to address the meeting on
the occasion which had called them together, regretting
that some person of higher station had not been coiled
upon to preside over it. The objects of the meeting
were—first, to congratulate Dr. Aehilli upon his escape
from the jaws of the Inquisition, arid, second, to take:steps
for advancing the interest of Pr.)teitantism. It was a
new sight to see one who suffered from the tyranny of
the Romish inquisition, bat it served the good. purpose
of convincing them that Popery was the same now that
it had ever been. It was a disgrace to the nineteenth
century that the accursed Inquisition still existed, and
although the trickery of Popery might attempt to set up
the excuse that Dr. Achilli was imprisoned for a moral
and not a religious offence, yet there could be no doubt
that the Doctor's incarceration was attributable to his
desire to promote religious truth. Now, if such tyranny
could be tolerated under a liberal and benevolent Pope,
what would have been the case had a Hyldebr and ncw
occupied the Papal chair.—(Cheers.) He would not de-
.tain them further, but call upon Dr. Steven to explain the
measures which had been taken for securing the re-
lease of Dr. Achilli.

Dr. STEVEN informed the meeting that Dr. Achilli
received his early education amongst the Jesuits, and at
the age of sixteen became a monk elect in the order of
Lyola, in the Dominicans. He obtained rapid distinction,
and while yet a young man he was nominated Professor
of Philosophy and Theology of Virturpo. Leaving
Virturpo, he went to Rome and was appointed a profes-
sor in the Minerva College, the chief homy of the Domi-
nician order; but afterwards he was nominated to the
effiee of friar of s convent: in Capua, where he obtained
considerable celebrity as an eloquent preacher. Nor
were these all the distinctions he had s balked while yet
a Romanist. He had said enough, however, to
convince the meeting that even amongst Roman
Catholics the Doctor had been highly honoured and
reverenced, and was not the bad character which
his enemies had since attempted to paint him.—(Hear,
hear.) He now approached the period when a change
took placo in the religious sentiments of the doctor.
There were amongst the Doctor's pupils at this time a
number of young men who had questioned him closely
on the topic <f trAnsubstantiatien, and finding that he
could not answer them satisfactorily, he had recourse to
the writings of the Reformers. These convinced him of
the errors of Remanisin, and afterwards discovering
that the doctrines of Pope Pius IV. were a tissue of
falsehoods from beginning to end, his religious feelings
underwent an entire change. Tt e superiors o' his order
wore not blind to this change, and in order to put his
sincerity to a test, he was nominated on one of the
Romish festival days to preach a sermon in honour of the
Virgin Mary. This the Doctor could not conscien-
tiously do, and the result was that be was summoned
before the Inquisition at Rome, who dismissed him from
all the offices he had held in the Romish Church. The
Doctor then sought refuge from the creatures of the In-
quisition in Italy in British possessions. He first went
to Corfu and then to Malta, where he wrote two letters,
one addressed to Gregory XVI. and the present
Pope, stating that subsequent research had fully con-
firmed him in tho truth of Protestantism; and in 1848
he came to England for the second time to at-
tend the Evangelical Alliance, which that year was
held in Bristol. During the holding of that conference
an arrangement was made for extending Protestaniim,
under the direction of Dr. Achilli, in the Roman and
Italian States, and when the Pope was driven from
Rome the Doctor repaired to that city. He there com-
menced his operations as a Protestant missionary, and
having circulated Bibles which he had brought with
him from England, he took steps to have the Scriptures,
which had never been done before, printed in the verna-
cular language of the country. While thus engage d the
Roman Republic was overturned, and the Pope restored
to his throne by the French Government. The Doctor
scrupulously abstained throughout from taking any part
in the political affairs of the state. His mission he felt
was purely a religious one, but being a Protestant, he of
course was not free from the hatred of the Rowish
Church, and eventually he was arrested by Italian sole
diers and thrown into the dungeons of the Inquisition.
Through, however, the instrumentallity of Mr. Freet all,
the British Consul, at Rome, the Doctor was removed
from these damp dungeons to the Castle of St Angelo.
A deputation was then appointed to go over to France,
to seek his release, who were readily aided by the Marquis
of Normanby, and they ultimately satisfied the French
Government that the Doctor was incarcerated for a reli-
gious and not a moral offence. Theyproved that the charge
against the Doctor of having seduced and murdered
a nun at Virturpo was a trumped up affair, and that the
re al cause of his imprisonment was his religious views,
and his having circuloted Protestaet Bibles in Rome. A
portion of the deputation then went to Rome, and re-
tained a Roman lawyer of some eminent e, whom they
sent to Virturpo to investigate the charge o f murder and
seduction against the Met ir. The charge was disco-
vered by the Learned Gentleman to be a malicious
slander, and the French Government now demanded the
liberation of the (facto. The Pope, however, who had
been a shuifier in the matter throughout, wished the re-
lease to stand over till he had returned to Rome and in-
vestigated the question. but the French Government
would not stand this at all, and they sent a body of their
soldiers to the Castle of tit. Angelo, and obtained pos.
session of the Doctor's person, on the pretence that he
was required to give evidence before a court-martial.
The D, ctur now felt that to was free, and left alone in
an apartment at Rome, he dressed himself as a French
soldier, and thus disguised, he got without the walls of
Rome. He then retaired to Paris, where he was gladly
received and welcomed by the British Ambassador, and
ultimately found his way back to the metropolis of Eng-
land. That was a succinct account of the doctor's hisl
tory, and the meeting established the efficiency and sub•
limity of the Evangelical union which had brought about
the release of the doctor.—(Cheers.)
Dr. ACHILLI then addressed the meeting in Italian.
The following, however, is a translation of the purport
of his speech ;—I praise God that I am amongst you
again, and in the name of God I present myselt before
you this morning. The Church of God is dear to me,
and I thank the Lord, tog, ther with you, for my release.
You have prayed for me, and in the solitude of my
prison I united my prayers with yours, which ascended
to heaven, where they were accepted at the throne of
the Lord, and my liberation was decreed. I was
happy in my prison, because, although in prison,
I knew the Lord was with me, and I had
my Bible with me. Oh I imagine, my brethren, bow
often I was cast down in spirit and found comfort in my
Bible. When I opened that blessed book I found con-
solation and comfort in it, and from theece I lilted up my
eyes to heaven, and said to the Lord, " Oh blessed are
those nations where the Bible is; Lord grant that this
book may reign iu Rome ; also that this book may ap-
pear amongst the Romans." I look back with comfert
and delight upon the important fact that the Bible has
been printed in Rome for the first time in our Italian
tongue. It is the last translation that has ever been
made, but the man who translated it so well was perse-
cuted by the Pope till his death. The book was pro-
scribed because it was a faithful translation, and to this
hour it is called by the Roman Catholics the Protest-
ant translation, and under this pretext they forbid
it being read; but at the moment of the emancipa-
tion of the Romans, when they were first receiving
their liberty, they received also this book as a
gift from heaven, and delighted 11 as every man who
could obtain it. I was sought after on all sides. My
house from morning till night was filled with persons
coming to ask for it. It was sought after because the
people knew they were seeking Christ. Yes; they said
to me, we wish to become Christians—Christians as of
old, and fashioned as our fathers were in
those days when Christianity was pure, and the
Romans were spoken of throughout the whole world.
We will return to those times, and no obstacle shall
hinder it. By the grace of God we will obtain our libe-
ration, and receive this book within our walls as coming
from the band of the Lord. These, my dear brethren,
were the sentiments of my countrymen. These were the
expressions of their feelings, and imagine to yourselves
how my heart leapt within me at seeing these things.
was full of joy at the good work. My friends warned
me of danger, but my answer was, I did not fear. A
soldier of Christ has nothing to fear.
I fear
not persecution; I fear not imprisonment; I
do not even fear death. I will stand here face
to face with my enemies, not my own pr rsonal enemies,
but the enemies of the cause which I have in band.
Well, things took their course, and as my words were
not sufficient, perhaps it was well that I should be more
substantial than many to the truths I was preaching.
Christians must be practical men, and therefore they
must not avoid opportunities of putting into practice that
which they profess with their lips. I bad not so much
ambition then as to suppose myself worthy of so much
honour, but I now look upon my imprisonment as the
greatest honour that could have befallen me, and with
this feeliug on my mind I left the satellites of
the Government. I will say nothing of the
way in which I received them when tire} carte to arrest
me at my house, but you may be assure d I was not cast
down. I received their intimation with perfect calm-
ness of spirit. I was in some sort prepared for it, and
so allowed myself to be taken away by them. S:x
months I passed in prison blessing the Lord—thanking
him for the mercy be had shown me, and believing also
that he would grant me the f evour of 'iteration.
My peace was not founded on man, but on God. Man,
however, in the hands of God is a second
cause, and therefore my thoughts often turned
towards you, leeaut e I was quite sure that every-
thing you could do you would do for my liberation. I
received no intimation of what you were doing, but I felt
within
.me that you were at work for me. I felt so in
that spirit of communion by which we are united one to

alyit;•er '
in Almighty God. It is thus
one body. Ilave you ever reflected, reY
Lp
.41 this subject—this evangelical alliance? I reierit
I. '!' in my very soul from the first moment I beau.;
'j-"'1,1 (4. It was my great idea, it was ley. PI;
'-''ettg.ll', to see all Christians united ggajeld, 00
one,. tingle body, to see it extend over all the "^ .00.
h t 1.1 a rosy all be called by the one name of Christi 1
totille U Z ion I Leheld my own real Church
t, williel?oet
quittedwiet the Church of Rome. I asked myself Cue'-eBlllll ?
i i • the visible Church to which I belong on et.tr
_..it
My answer
f :An sects throughout Ws+.
was, the church of all Christian', the ci.lur!..
is the world, and every Cbn
~..;
idilearat bvireetbf°Lrillett
my brother. Ido not like the little differenceo,o,ll
%eparate one. from another. I look at all in Led
t.),.1it7 of their faith, in the pride of their doctrines,
.115_,,
~f their faith in their soul, their spirit, and .tetter';
•hstian life. Here is my church. )are
bi_r_.i:hyvaetsrleatbnhygreuhnaig,saennadammlaean.m now in the midst of 10 eir'ear•
),81l led be the Lord who has permitted US to ee" oaa
what
Christian,. It matters little to what eeli°l3!. to°
We are
.brethren united in heext and soul, to be for 91! _
seal! De
united when we shall be in heaven. When we de.
in Leave bWelohnoglns, asnlo tlhaatalideri; ainCgi:is:lg ;
n shall we ask one another to what sect aril be
nomination do you belong? No; our quo tias vjr.ird.
as to how much or how little we served the Jec' be
honoured him on earth. Then, gm we era time
in
leternity, so let us endeavour to be
so 20;
u— ct ear—what we shall be in heaven,
soo on) earth; we are travel'," walking this Pu t
oearthbut for a little while, and let us be united rono9rl
uric artier, that the enemy may not prevail s(g,tisiv6g
~,,,,oittit? "emy, who is like a roaring lion, s 6;i03.
set_l.
into he may devour, now and then tranefuseieg
oto,
enemy
a genial light; but let us recognise him sseefo,
whenever he draws us away from Christ; ono
evermiYl
him, be he
thei: d
father,p emother, , brother,
).hroertheriesste, r.
sellI:pile:
all
I have renounced even my own c°ll I
larwecge u 8 away from Jesus Christ, let us renou .
have
lvthat I delighted in and loved best in the flestdo,
I haevreenounced my relations—the affection Of DI fir
all . the undergone persecution and calumny', bur .; $y
work of the Lord, whose instrument 1 6123* „est
brethren,w I feel that the Lord has destined DI 0 for sheeodi
ctwo'
will be
bikeTihne
my
ybour he has committed- to knY .11006
a difficult ministry, but I must cet--cere
own duties, and amongst let do
. ountrymen. .1 do not know what. I Olt toci, of
iinhi,the future, but I know I tun in the 110
tbelaii:dhLiyord, and I am, therefore, willing to (1, 10
whatever he dictates to tee. I stall sees
honour
I.
taikmte,hresiteortu.
at
lihli i
st o
great
thank: mr
eyat 13gmrieevtrihneryge:e , to
Oh, show
the
then,
li, e:yt : :
ee' bst
t the Lord, and to point out to them that theY P3rfer
,t
,lorehn, ulessed be the Lord now and throughout si.teeli
a. and thanks given to you atillsronufgolir hb:vl33ininte°ob4
The Doctor's speech was listened to
t med and secured to me; m delivery from Persebifil
attention, and frequently applauded. 3,1, al
uoit:ged upon the meetingwith bre° the
fuset;hristianity and the du
end (Ii his • address other reverend gen—Zei
ttyhettiebylesosvvld andto tand: Lordllntt.t re
ering and promoting Protestantism throve:ou"
enf ire world. del
In the course i f the day a liberal collection wes 70 er
and the reat hall not being sufficiently large to
commodate more than halt of the sssetteere
ofm persons whom the occasion had collected Ts" job
were
ngs were held in the smaller rooms, sou 11
The
also addressed by the Reverend Doctor. till $
proceedings of the day, which did not close
._.OlO
late heour, terminated with the customary vote of t"
to the Chairman. -
~19

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AN]) '
CREW.
co/ courier °f
(From the Third Edition of the Liverp .
3 est erday.) gr.
'We have just been shown a letter written 11 1
in Lived
°'e
Peck, of an Francisco, to his father
which serves to strengthen the intelligence
safety of Sir John Franklin and his crew. FrAe.
. The letter is dated Dec. 30, 1849, from tin f Jse'
c2i,sco, and bears on it the Panama post-mark: t '''°
1850, being one day later than the es6cooll
gave in our early impression. The subject il°. ,bot
furthered incidentally, and it i hopese bopect_'4,
advices will show these to be IT
founded. h a se"
athgaet
The writer of the letter states that he -ei bini
nhtelehmaadnaefernomsirKjaumhsuchtka,
Franklin,vh o inforineu
_nd
all the party were quite safe, and c:llludintgbittli:°:gli
the north-west passage.
course a degree of caution must be us:0(1i:
Of
weighing the testimony, but it may still be tali
second and brightening link in the chain
deuce (l ei.
so desirable to be perfected.
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CHANCERY.—(T EIIS a Jill OA
to tW pel"
The Lord Chancellor sat in hii court d 013
0:,I Hall, Lincoln'a Inn, and heard appe.ll9 103
motions.

The further arguments
ruutued and mills'
ROLLS' CO URT.—(
eEdeknhvti Ess
roivr.
Lordship
Ghs
hißsiApiNpitTiiireti;
vlhe
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Ise odogsroyolii
009;
thc.,ly‘heweMaster
di
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dtehveo hullso f
anyheari DA ot
parties concerned. 7reestitenosict.eop-t to tile

P A NhYel
e.
VICE-Cll
E y
'IRE (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGI-itw-0 0'
eSHREWSBURYTay:.E LONADNODN BIRMINGHAM INs
oGuti. :A:ss 0
NTvhAelt fctiOr3tlliPeArNaYrg.uments in tbis part-beardfl-11'7n°11r
an injunction were resumed, and occupied "Itre
a io
Nothing of the slightest interest occurre oce 9
Dd
courts of the Vice-Chancellors Knight I3r
Wigram to-day.
A V.)

. ~ ent of
SOLVENC Y.—(THIS 1"-„,,iti. i
_IN
rsgate-street, was brought up
~,I,s T. HE MATTER OF MICHAEL lIRENNAN `'.,o fjole_
‘meocsei 0
than
ny 2
01. against
and
in lAhildeinsolvent, proprietor of the Teroperetto!'w 11:17
to r er4gerer
juel.n,
times before the Court, and c~=©
respects e 0" re'
it "as urgedon the respe led 6 at,
the Court. The co had been„„olong
r 1
interest in some property 1401,, disco•er
PHILLIPS, comp to the creditors.
d till
neill, 0
Mr. Commissioner
e:ratlhen2d7aor/
m,
hwitimiethhawtoluiled
11:0awd
bcyor.tc::lo wop,
moot of six
guitjudgmentl of the Court, said the insolvent Tor 0°
opposition
a concealment of property, v‘hich blil'he Frit();
'on would not have been discovered. 00
in prOLIOS..A be _
perty was w
Ca e. The Court *
adjuged the insolvent to rdef
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a concealment of property.
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,OL D COURT. 1
(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON am' - 1.. ..vort
Benjamini Mitten, with
iaWegioefi
nd:
ituoe in
08: :I
The prosecutor and the prisoner lived 111 oto it 13:
house yAt described ea•mslcutrtri
ibiegdr iti. Will:0:111:110.113:
in the neighbourhood of Lisson-grore, eo the,
pelted that some differences • din '- ever'
which ult. imately ended in a conflict, an is
coutri
er 5- 0
far from regretting
of that ' for;iiictalec
v. i conflict the accused struck the
poker., I inoessit%o
went blows over the head with 0
series of severe in •rendered buil .-- A '',l
and on being Ju!les which forgot. e .
taken into custody shortly' a .A he bd •
he est'
he had,,p We°
murdered him. that P' 'OO
In the • d t ti
prisoner's defence it was urge tog the. 11,0
o,,t_intoxicated, and suffering under excitemen
cop°
of occurrence, and had been provoked to
_so
The
by the conduct of the prosecutor. sna he '
jury found him Guilty of an assauit,h, . do,
sentenced to imprisonment for twelve tueetis; 901
ATTEMPT TO DROWN.--Elizabeils 11°;, 'Oa de'
scribed as a married woman, was place" 0 -13'
„ droW .„toet
indicted with feloniously attempting 1 .001" ..
Elizabeth, and Matilda, her three bildren, „milt
c
uplaill'-'
to murder them; and, also with having -
aril
tempted to drown herself. a sr. l'
Mr. O'Brien13
en conducted the prosecUtiOni „AO
defended the prisoner. ,_ .„00o0er,060n,
On the application of Mr. Parry, the sit"
appeared to be deeply affected at her Pe''' •
311°
was acco whiaterheenchesad
iixo
mmodated with a seat. ,„,4 AI , the
Mr. O'Bn chow' ow —1
tempting IEN said the prisoner was ndree, „iitw-
Cto drown herself and three eLI as 003; It
ireumstances under which the crime lortiete`WO
_were of a most lamentable and deplorable tc oboOt thie
appeared that on the 18th of February feet, °bee'
in the evening she was ws iatboOr 00
banks of the Re ' ' t • the °ls' or
gent s-cana., in ._ „ chi.., io A
ot sg. j- h
n s Wood, with her tore' rrieo „Fri
of whom, being an infant, she et; of e'" off'
is, and while doing so, she eticlue,oo4tei
threw the taby into the water, next the yo
then the elder child, and rushed in belle:sly thfu ee°l
afterwards. A woman who fortueatelf ".,„,-- g OP', sew:
rence cried out for assistance, and 11 right°. o°'
appeared upon the spot, who without the sd, oftero po.
tauondifii jumped into the canal, and euccee Well e'9.,,tos ter;
culty, in rescuing all the children, ster " s°l
sorer, who on being taken out of the ifjoetoieedich
f,,'etly insensible. They were taken te,_ ° 0010_ or°
i li the greatest promptitude where the
of th°Wel 1/1
rerm dies u ere applied, and ultimately'
whichall fool vier;
restored to animation. The CaUfie, oigolleoe' itrer
have led to the unfortunate conduct °futhes; it 650 ..
of a very lamentable nature, inasionc" - g bli.„o. ~
she had been driven to commit the fa per Pro 'r,
usage of her husband; and it iecti oat °,llil the
alleged on the part of the defence. e. bat otelet
unconscious of what she did at the OW fa the in
jury thought, after hearing the facts g se. to
sad the golf to
tie -a. the charge had been made out, id be to os
a perfeclly sound state of mind, it Noll terti to tie
• ht en oud
no. withstanding any feelings they relg bob '
the unhappy life which she led with her
matl6'
UP- low-
turn a verdict of ilty. tile re 0
Ann West, thew oman who witnesse to os „et
he foe cloP to
was then called, and after detailing ..isor „pa 4
by the Learned Counsel, said, when theDisb vve`-boll
her senses i.ho told her that she was a fa her deb
opt,
give the alarm, as she wished herself so 04
had gone to heaven. red 0 °
cross.minined—Wilen she receire--

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eistrese. (0 rni%,'. kf;: •"" P
tear
• awe the chilaree she ee• ta.,t tier hu,bana
thP t• -kett bent
h,. ; u; warg ; e.., Kt; aat -
alaut tenablytr lt) depoq4l that wit, his wit` :e-
-ttct,d to the) • aaa,s With'he! saw :wale
tt,r canal ;hr p.
'cas in the water, and he iniintdniti•ly took off hii
limp, into the wat,r, upd br,•eght ou' the pre.
a°a-ir rt turn; d end brau.l ht oi.t the eldest child
t,lan the baby. Tne water %las 10 or 12 :eet
-‘4 Le continued swimming all the time; when he got
°,r.lshere he heard there v.-as a third child missing, and
tahil'er swimming about again for s‘ln.2, time he felt sore;
teuch hie feet, which tut tied out to be the other
and he bruught it out, apparr oily in a dead state.
1Y ware thee all canveyt d to a surgeon's.
toil r' Wiggins, Inspector of polite, said the prisoner
"lin, when taken t r the workhouse, that she had
untitled the act in consequence of the ill-usage ef her
e,n)Pd,
, who La beaten her frequently because she
ittih7llllot provide a (limn r f.,r him wi en she was left
taoafy. She told him that her husband only
andw'd her 7s. a we, k to ke p the houre with,
„" that he kept the reuarieing 20s. of his
eiragcs to spend hits Pl. She said she lived a very.
' led
life with hint; that he used to pull her out
I,of
wed` ti tell her f equently that I would be tie
ats.
her, adding that her death should be a lingering and the Langer the better.
aler°"B-axarniaed—She said, she thoualit she might as
tpa die at once. The childr. n wt re all girls, and
eaelnifed to be ch Italy kept. 'I he prisoner bore an
sobyru'at character as a hard working, at, a ly, and
II "(mean who was anxious to keep her family re-
Netaala.
411% Sturt, surgeon, said the prisoner was insensible,
hthe eliler child in
re
dangearus state when brought to
teai'lli'llet;:, but they recovered after applying the usual
het'. Payne, the mother of the prisoner, said she had
attu married eight yeare, and hard during that time to
lata:sale against a great deal of misery owing to her has-
aQ a conduct. The two eldest children were seven and
),043ears of age, and the prisoner had always shown her
tiaanvge family the gra atest kindness and affection, and
tipo, ry much atteched to them. She had attended
ke and suckled the infant during her confinement:
ill., told witoess that in consequence of her husband's
I la tei
:atmetit she had been obliged to beg in order to get
n
she and was distraeted, and did not know what
the "s's about when she threw the children into
areaaal.
p
olutr*. ARRY then addressed the jury for the defence,.
Aith vuig that no ono could have heard the evidence
athi Zet having been deeply moved, and the way in
kaaaci:jl'a hal been instruct,d would show that the mi-
the see arid sorrowful tale of the prisoner had excited
his Pest commiseratiun, for his brief had been placed
•Itaobands by a benevolent gentleman who attended
taa:lstnination at the police-court, and who had under-
At,,440 defend the prisoner iu co-operation with the Ole-
an, case presented one of those startlingrevelationa
a4'llaable life which seldom transpired, but which,
strati °nee made known, wt re gra ally calculated to
rr
rni,e e and astonish people. Tlitre was no greater
Rome that of a respectable and hard working
beer he
osao end, not merely against the circumstances of her
*he Pclition, but against a drunken, brutal husband,
tit. as
guilty of every kind of debauchery and bru-
o 'a,tind yet many poor creatures of this class went
aitt,'neering until they reached a premature grave,
tattutoat the public being at all aware of it; but when
ers of this nature were disclosed, it was their
amen ,
toore duty to inquire into them; and it behoved them
sataa.esPacially on this oct %don to inquire into the
1146; Which led to the present unhappy
grooo Of the prisoner. There were ample
the he thought, for returning a verdict that
aettaas suffering from temporary insanity at the moo
Gild when she perpetrat-.d the act, for they mialit easily
aunerstand that being unable to provide a meal for her
1117 children, she might have wandered out in the
alkand on finding herself near the canal, conceived,
4,4" Of mental desperation, the fearful idea of taking
111lieh n and her children's life, the carrying out of
To %et Of the
providentially prevented by the heroic con-
-17 ble young man who had ratan culled before them.
tad how the base character of her brutal, low-minded,
ao„rasual husband, he had only to mention that up to
Dome": had no,, although in the receipt of good wages,
traa- lcrward to a,sist the prisoner, and that her defence
flleaaenatirely carried on by friends and straugers. If they
0;"t she was not actuated by any premediated wil-
the or malice aforethought, and it etas shown that
154 twilaj both affectionate and attsched t> her children,
°flaw; she was suffering fterm a temporary aberration
4ir ect. then they would bo fully justified is finding
If°, guilty of' the charge.
Leta Jthtiee WIGLITMAN having summed up in a very
Aerate but firm address,
tlatt .eajury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict
aril was Not Guilty on the ground cf insanity, and
ka"ld accordingly be kept in confinement during her
itestra pleaaure.
tskar',Justice WIGIITstAN said the conduct of the young
Water h 0 rescued the prisoner and children from the
sire Was Mstatute to ost praiseworthy an he had been oo
"'r ascertain if he d had power to present
there with Some suitable reward, but he regretted to say
thatpuw.s3 O power of which he could avail himself for
kr 'Parse.
kipt Under Sheriff WIRE said the sheriffs would take
prisoner was then removed.