Star.
London, England, 1830-12-09 00:00:00

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

The person who first laid hold of the unfortunate man was Mr. Gil-
bert, one of the Marshals of the House of lArdeb at whom he snapped
the pistol, but, fortunately, it only flashed in the pan. Another of the
persons in attendance then rushed heward to secure him, when be cocked
another pistol, and snapped it at that individual also; but this pistol,
like the first, fortunatelyT missed fire. The prisoner was then sent in
custody to the , and a messenger was immediately despatch.
ed for Sir R. Birnie, at Bow-street, before whom the prisoner underwent
a very long examination, when it appeared that the unfortunate man had
been in town only eight days, and that he had been, until latel , the mate
of a ship trading between Liverpool and Ayr, in S His
manner was confused and incoherent, as will appear from the preceding
account, and there was some difficulty experienced by the Magistrate,
and those who assisted in the examination, to put the evidence in form.
The knife which the prisoner had concealed on his person was described
as a butcher's knife, and the maker of it has been discovered, and will
attend at Bow-street on Friday to prove that the prisoner purchased it
from him. As soon as be was liberated from the custody of the
officers of the House of Lords, he was handed over to Sir Richard
Birnie, who immediately consigned him to the charge of
Ruthven and Ellis, two of the principal Bow-street officers,
by whom he was placed in a coach and sent in custody to the
House of Correction, Coldhath-fields, from whence, as stated
above, he will be brought to Bow-street on Friday next, to undergo
another examination. He had been seen about the entrance to the
House of Lords for some days previous, and be was so anxious in
his inquiries as to the carriage, of the noble lords, and particularly as
to which was the Duke of Wellington's, that on Tuesday night the
whose duty it is to call the carriages immediately upon the
braking up of the House,-omitted, from prudential motives, see.
ing the prisoner present, to call out the names of the noble owners.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS. Dsc. 8.
N ZOlO SLAV M. _

Petitions for the abollties;oiaa;ery-- in the British Colonies were p
served by Lord Wharndiffe, from Barnsley, in the county of York ;
FLord King, from Wimborne, in the county of Dorset; sod by Lord
rnham, from Stockwell, in the county of Surrey—which were laid on
the table.

IMPEAL Or TUB ustiow.
The Marquis of OKMONDE presented a petition from Kilkenny,
praying for the rural of the Union. He did not concur in the semi
meets of the petitioners, but had, nevertheless, thought it his duty to
present the petition.
Viscount CLIFDEN was convinced that to grant the prayer of this
petition would be productive of ruin. The agitation of the question of
a repeal of the union was utterly and totally mischievous ; sad if any
man desired the subversion of the empire, be could take as more et '
fectual means of accomplishing his purpose. He thought it right to
speak clearly and distinctly upon this subject, for it was very desirable
that the ignorant persons who were deluded with respect to it, should be
convinced of the utter impracticability of the object they were induced
to wow. He believed nmety.nine out of every hundred of the persons
of property and educatienlin Ireland whether Catholics or Protestents,
were avers, to the repeal ; and he had some opportunities of judging of
this, for he bad passed thirty-nine out of the last forty summers partly
in Ireland, sad two.thirds of his own property were situated In that
country. There were two things which he held to be politically Imre.
sible—one was a radical refocus upon the principle of annual Parlia-
ments and universal suffrage, and the other was the repeal of the union
with Ireland. No man was, however, more friendly to moderate reform
than himself.