The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-19 00:00:00

SOUTHAMPTON-MONDAY.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Royal Tar, Captain R. Gasson, arrived at this port at
eleven o'clock, A.M., bringing mails from Gibraltar,
Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo. Iler dates of
departure are as follow :—From Gibraltar the 10th
instant; Cadiz, the 11th ; Lisbon, the 13th; Oporto,
the 14th ; and Vigo, the 15th.
The following is the only news from Lisbon :
Costa Cabral's career is now a succession of triumphs.
On Saturday last he gained a victory in the Chamber
of Peers, where the question regarding the use
made by the Government of the discretionary
powers intrusted to it in February last was
decided in favour of Ministers by thirty-seven votes
to twelve. This, however, was not the grand ques-
tion; for as no express limits were set to the conces-
sion, it would be hard to prove the alleged excess be-
yond a line which was never clearly marked out, and
accordingly the Duke of Palmella, and several other
Opposition Peers, voted with the Government on the
occasion. The really important subject of debate is
that which is to come on next—namely, the Bill of In-
demnity for the unconstitutional acts performed by
the Government after the cessation of the discre-
cretionary powers. On that grant, it is expected, that
Palmella and his party will make a most determined
stand. Nevertheless it is pretty certain, that there,
too, the Ministry will have a majority, though pro-
bably a much smaller one than that which they have
just gained.

SUICIDE FROM DOMESTIC DIFFERENCES.—An in-
quest was held last evening, at the Black Lion, Water-
lane, Fleet-street, before Mr. Payne, on the body of
of Anne Duck, aged 43, who destroyed herself with
poison. Elizabeth Duck said that the deceased was her
mother, and resided with her, her father, and her sister,
at No. 1, Britton's-court. Deceased was very unhappy,
and witness knew no other cause for her unhappiness
than the quarrels she had with her husband. On many
occasions, when suffering from his ill-treatment, she had
taken poison, and on Sunday week she made a vow that,
if he did not come home in a peaceable manner, she
should not live another Sunday. On Sunday morning
last her husband came home, and the first thing he said
to her was, " How about the lawyer," in allusion to his
having been bound over to keep the peace towards her
so:ne time previous. Witness, while sitting up in bed
shortly afterwards, waiting for deceased to come to her,
heard her draw the cork from a bottle, and believing that
she had drank poisOn, got out of bed to see. Shen then
found two phials, both of which smelt of laudanum. Wit-
ness got her hot water to try and make her vomit, but find-
ing that ineffectual, she went by her father's advice for a sur-
geon. She heard the deceased say that she had taken
eight pennyworth of laudanum. ller father was a waiter
at the Half Moon, Borough, but contributed nothing to
the support of the family-. lle frequently beat her.
Police-constable 327 said that he had frequently been
called upon to quell disturbances between deceased and
her husband. The husband he often heard use towards
her the most disgusting language. Mr. Keasley, assistant
to Mr. Day, surgeon, of Salisbury-square, said that,
while administering emetics to the deceased, she begged
to be left to die, saying that she wished the Almighty
would take her. Notwithstanding all his efforts she su rik
and died from the effects of the laudanum. She told
him that she had become possessed of the poison by
purchasing a pennyworth at a time. Stephen Duck, the
husband, said that the unhappy differences between him
and his wife commenced a year ago, when he found her
inconstant to the marriage vow. Two sons of the de-
ceased said that, ever since their childhood, the deceased
and her husband had been in the habit of quarrelling
through jealousy of each other. The jury returned a
verdict of" Temporary insanity."
REDUCTION OF DUTY ON TE A.—A memorial, origi-
nated by the East India Association of this town, will
lie for signature at the Exchange and Underwriters'-
rooms, from and after to-day, praying for a considerable
reduction of the duty on tea. The association lately for-
warded a memorial, signed, we believe, by all the mem-
bers, praying for a reduction of the duty to the extent of
one shilling in the pound ; but, in submitting one for
more general signature, and aware that some diversity
of opinion exists as to the exact amount to which the re-
duction ought to take place, they deemed it advisable to
; leave the question an " open" one, and simply to pray
l that it might be considerable.—Liverpool Albion of
Monday.