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servants or

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was the day appointed for.

uccasion belonged to
and the hearse
- Mitchell, and consequently proceeded from the Lion-

,ed on the n'

yard. Strange and unaccountable as it may seem, it is
nevertheless true that this superannuated dog, which had
scarcely been off the premises for two years, and which

or other servants, accompanied the hears. Barker's
late residence, sat opposite the door until the body was placed
within it, walked by the side of the mournful procession to
the church of Little St. Mary, remained opposite thereto
n„tit the remains of his friend were consigned to their final

to Mr

,onsent at the time place of rest, and then quietly returned home unattended,
a the fun enjoyment of his or ber reason:and therefore de. the hearse having quitted the scene some time before ! We
eided that the snit of Madame Guilmard was maintainable, pretend not to offer any comment upon this extraordinary
and ordered that the proofs on both sides should be gone occurrence, but we assure our readers the facts are as we
have stated them to be.—Cambridge Chronicle.
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rmined attempt was made

Yesterday afternoon, a most tl
to assassinate Mr. Drummon?
Robert Peel, in the open stree
The motives of the at
tery, not the slightest clue being
that could have impelled him to the commission of so .
gravated a crime. But, whatever may have been the reason
influencing his mind, it will be seen, from the subjoined
account, that his purpose was carried out with the most
cold-blooded determination, though, fortunately,
results are at present expected to mirk from the
which he succeeded in inflicting on his intended victim .
It appears, from information on which perfect reliance
may be placed, that Mr. Drummond left Downing-street

e privat

secretary of Sir

the broad face of day

ssassin are at present involved in mvs-

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wound

if-past t

iree o'clock in the afternoon of yesterday,
in company with the Earl of Haddington. They proceeded
together as far as the Admiralty, where Mr. Drummond left
the Earl of Haddington, and went to the banking-house of
his brother of the same name, at Charing-cross. On his re-
turn therefrom, and when he had proceeded as far as the
space between the Admiralty and the Horse Guards, he was
shot at by a man who approached him from behind. The
assassin walked close up to Mr. Drummond, and, showing
a determination not to fail in the perpetration of the fnnl

deed which he contemplated, actually put the muzzle of the
pistol into the back of the unsuspecting gentleman. He
then fired. Immediately after the pistol was discharged, a
policeman, who had witnessed the act, rushed up, and
seized the criminal. In the mean time he had returned the
pistol with which he had shot Mr. Drummond to his breast,
and bad drawn out another loaded pistol from the same
place, and was in the act of pointing it at Mr. Drummond,
when the policeman seized him and pinioned his arms from
behind. TI• -barged, I

pistawas disc aut the aim of the as-
sassin being thus diverted, the contents did not touch Mr.
Drummond, nor was any_other person injured by them.

Mr. Drummond was immediately conveyed -to his bro-
ther's bank, which, as our readers are aware, is only a short
distance from the spot where the shots were fired. Here a
medical man from the immediate neighbourhood was called
in, and he examined the wound made by the ball. He found
that the ball had penetrated the skin of the back, through
the coat and under garments, but he could not trace it far-

ther, not having with him the necessary instruments. As,
however, Mr. Drummoud did not seem too much debili-
tated by loss of blood to bear being removed to his own re-
sidence, be advised his being immediately conveyed there.
He was accordingly taken there. •

Mr. Guthrie, Mi. Bransby Cooper, the eminent surgeons,
and Mr. Jackson, surgeon_and apothecary, were in attend-

ance and proceeded more fully to examine the wound. It
was then ascertained that the ball had entered near the spine,
and that it had made a circuit either over the hip-bone or
under the lower rib, and then lodged near the pit of the sto-
mach, under the breast; thence the ball was extracted by
Mr. Guthrie without any difficulty, as it lay near the surface.
It was at first thought that the wound was of a dangerous

character, on the supposition that the ball had taken serious
effect internally ; but, on further examination, it did not ap-
pear that any vital part was injured. The symptoms exhi-
bited by the patient, after the ball was extracted, were found
to be favourable, and there seemed to be no reason then to
apprehend that the event would be attended with fatal effects.
The assassin, on being secured by the policeman, was con-
veyed to Gardiner's-lane police-station, where he gave his
name as M`Naghten. He refused to give his place of resi-
dence, but it is supposed that he is either a Scotchman or a
native of the north of Ireland, who had been located at Glas-
gow. He was then searched, and there were found on him
two £5 notes, £4 in gold, and a deposit receipt of a Glasgow
Bank for £750, made out in the name of " Daniel M'Naugh-
ten." Thus the receipt confirmed the statement made by
the prisoner with respect to his name. The prisoner was
well, though not genteelly, dressed.
_ _

d •
Nothing transpired that could with certainty lead to a
knowledge of the motives which induced the prisoner to com-
mit this dreadful act. It does not appear that he had had
any previous correspondence with Mr. Drummond, or that
he had preferred any claim or complaint to the Treasury, or
was a disappointed applicant for office. His demeanour
throughout was cool and collected, nor did there appear any
evidence of insanity.

The policeman who apprehended him heard him say, on
his being arrested, " He" or " she" (the policeman is uncer-
tain which,) " shall not disturb my mind any longer."
It is stated that the prisoner had been seen loitering about
the public offices for some days previously. On one occasion
the office-keeper of the Council-office, who had observed the

prisoner staying about the door, asked him what his object
was in so doing, and inquired whether be was in the service
of the police. In answer to this question the prisoner said
that he was, and that the gentlemen of the office need not be
afraid for their property.
In answer to inquiries made at the residence of Mr. Drum-
mond, in Grosvenor-street, we were informed that he was
still doing well—that no immediate danger was anticipated.
The patient, indeed, was not so ill as to be unable to see his
brother, Mr. Arthur Drummond, who had been sent for ex-
press from the country on the receipt of intelligence of the
occurrence. It was past midnight when we received this fa-
vourable account.

The notification made by the surgeons for the information
of those who desired intelligence of Mr. Drummond's state
of health was to the following effect :—" The ball has been
extracted. No vital part is injured, and Mr. Guthrie and
Mr. Bransby Cooper have every reason to believe that Mr.
Drummond is doing very well."

EXAMINATION OF THE ASSASSIN

On Saturday Daniel M`Naughten was brought up in cus-
tody before Mr. Hall, at Bow-street Police-office. The pri-
soner, as soon as he was brought into the court, was placed
in the waiting-room, where he warmed himself before the
fire, but did not open his lips to any one present. He is a
shabby-looking person, apparently about thirty years of age,
and is anything but reapectable-looking, as he has been de-
scribed. He is florid in complexion, with light hair; he was

dressed in black, with his waistcoat buttoned up to his chin.
The charge on the police-sheet was, "Daniel M'Naughten,
of Poplar-row, Newington, turner, from No. 90, Clyde-
street, Anderton, Glasgow, about three montts, for dis-
charging two pistols at E. Drummond, Esq., of Charing-
cross, and wounding him." When placed in the dock, the

prisoner looked with careless indifference round the court,

'RANCE AND ENGLAND

ruing Post

pDrener

or the disturbance of the peace of Europe, thai we receive
trom our Paris correspondents intimation of the possibility
of the abrogation of the slave treaties being enforced by the
factious intrigues of the enemies of the present French ad-
ministration. We have on this subject to present a lea
simple observations ; but they are of a most serious tendency

. ,
—and as we have lately published, on this subject; antheatic
articles, ascribed to the highest official sources, and which
have thrown the more rabid press of France into a state of
frenzy, we beg, on this occasion, to state, that our opinions
are Merely those of the independent press, and of the country

The question which political, diplomatical, and all thinking

:essions to

the French goverranent have been made with the understand-
ing, that, by the above treaties, M. Guizot would stand or
fall ; and, what is far more important, whether these were
the last concessions Lord Aberdeen could possibly make ?

Both these questions are solved, AND- IN TEIE AFFI

MATIVE!

As regards M. Guizot, we would not suspect him for a
moment of allowing his brother minister, M. Lacave Lap-
lagne, to vote against the treaty, merely to make this measure
cease to be a cabinet question : such a course would disgrace
the great statesman in the eyes of all Europe.
As to Lord Aberdeen, he knows that with this treaty, all
other treaties on the Lapis with France would be dissolved.
Like a man provoked to fight a duel with a wild misguided
antagonist, he has made the last concession honour would
bear, courtesy and Christian spirit suggest; and, if a contest
must still ensue, the blood shed will be on the head of the
adversary.
This will not be deemed language too strong, nor a result
suggested by exaggeration. The treaty of 1841 was signed
by all the great powers in Europe : it was signed by the am-
bassador of France at a diplomatic distance, per telegraph,
of twelve hours from Paris. These negociations, originated
under M. Mole, were continued by M. Thiers—need we say,
they were all but consummated by M. Guizot ? Would it be
believed, were it not not now matter of history, that during
the negociation of this treaty, which only differs from those
of 1831 and 1833 (unlimited as to duration) but in the ex-
tension of zones—that in this treaty of 1841, which gives the
ships of war of France the power of exerting vexatious pro-
ceedings on a tenfold greater commercial navy than •her own
—the only power which demanded a probationary trial of five
years was Russia; not France, which joined England to
overrule this proposal ! From this treaty, the French ad-
ministration was allowed to retreat, out of respect to their
w
personal good faith and honest intentions, battling in vain
the wild tide of popular prejudice. But whilst the re-
fusal to ratify a treaty is a rare instance indeed in political
history,—and, under the above circumstances, we believe
without example—treaties once ratified can only be abrogated
by mutual consent, or by the sword."

(From the Morning Post of Saturday.)

We have just received an extraordinary express from Paris,
bringing the result of the deliberations of the Commission on
the Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne, as to
the paragraph to be inserted respecting the right of search
question._ . _

" The Commission on Thursday afternoon decided on a
paragraph proposed by M. Dupin, entertaining the three fol-
lowing points:
" First. It expresses the satisfaction of the Chamber of
Deputies at the non-ratification by France of the slave sup-
pression treaty of December, 1841.
" Secondly. The execution of the antecedent treaties of
1831 and 1833 is to be tolerated so long as they are not ex-
ceeded, or if executed to the letter.

" Thirdly. The wish is formally expressed, that some term
may be designated for France to abandon her exceptionable
position created by the treaties of 1831 and 1833, and to re-
turn, as the paragraph expresses it, to the common right of
nations."

The report of the Commission, containing the above pa-
ragraph, will be read in the Chamber of Deputies on Monday
next, and the debates will, in all probability, commence on
the Wednesday following.
Our letters express strong apprehensions that the cabinet
may not be able to accept the wording of the last passage,
as it pledges the government to enter into negociations for
the abrogation of the treaties of 1831 and 1833. No doubt
seems to be entertained that the report of the Commission,
in the present feeling of the Chamber, will pass without the
slightest modification.

BOSTON FOREIGN EMIGRANT SOCIETY

(From the Boston Atlas.)

The deeply impOrtant subject of the condition to which the
friendless emigrant is exposed, when he lands upon our
shores, has, at length, awakened a powerful sympathy in the
bosoms of the most distinguished of our citizens. A higher
and more truthful appreciation of the emigrant character—
the elements which they possess of extending and elevating
the mighty destinies of this republic, when directed by the
heart and hand of philanthropy and a just conception of the
deep and abiding love of freedom which burns in the breasts
of the great mass who seek this continent—is the sentiment
which is rapidly taking the place of jealous fears and repelling
antipathy. Men are now beginning to yield to more compre-
hensive and statesmanlike views upon this question. The
day has passed when men would gravely, and with popular
applause, propose to remedy the presumed evils of emigrants
in large cities, by walling them up and saying to the stranger
whose heart throbs for some spot unmarked by the hoof of
despotism, this free land and its proud and glorious institu-
tions are the sole heritage of those whose fortune it was to be
born upon its soil. W now endeavour to devise means of
converting what hitherto was considered a burden into a bles-
sing, and moulding the immense accessions of industrial
wealth, which is annually contributed by the old world to our
growing country, into the elements of national strength and
We care not to what causes this noble change in popular

greatness

feeling is attributable : it is enough that it is sanctioned by
the highest spirit of benevolence, and, we may add, a wiser
and more patriotic regard to the true interests of this coun-
try. Institutions framed for the purpose of giving direction
to this honourable sympathy for the emigrant, are the in-
struments to which we must look for the consummation of
this noble design. Their successful and

and seemed not the least affected by the situation in which
he was placed. When asked for his name, he gave it with
strong Scotch accent.

Several witnesses were then examined
corroborated the facts as stated above.
James Partridge, A 136, was as follows :
`• I have been on duty in Whitehall, near the Council-
office, and I have seen the prisoner about there for the last
seventeen or eighteen days, walking up and down, generally
looking in the direction of the Duke of Buccleuch's house.
The prisoner was sometimes standing in the Council-office.
On the 13th, I went up to him at about eleven o'clock, and
asked him if he was waiting for anybody; and I think he
said, lam waiting for a gentleman,' and then walked away
down Whitehall. Yesterday he came at about half-past ten,
in front of the Council-office. lle remained there for about
an hour, on one or two Occasions standing on the steps. I
passed him several times, and looked him full in the face,

Their evidence
The evidence of

and at last I said, ' Have you seen your gentleman ?' and
think he said, ' No.' About half an hour after I saw him
eating some bread, which be took from his pocket. He was
then standing opposite Lady Dover's. I saw him loitering
about till half-past three o'clock."
On being asked if he had any question to put, the prisoner
said, " I do not recollect having any conversation► with the
gentleman. It may be true, or it may not be."
Mr. Bransby Cooper, the surgeon, after giving an account
of the nature of the wound, said that neither he nor Mr.
Guthrie could, at first, trace the ball.

_„.b... utiu energetic action
cannot fail to realise the sanguine hopes which the friends
of the emigrant entertain from this medium ; they look to
the vast domains of the West as an El Dorado for foreign
emigrants, which, while affording them a productive reward
for their industry, will increase, to an immeasurable extent,
the wealth and strength of the nation. Through that vast
'and wild country may be planted a race of men who will
carry the flag and intelligence of America to the borders of
the Pacific, and render a rude, untrodden waste the busy
mart of commerce, and a western frontier that shall greet
the traveller of those seas with an impregnable front to
the almost illimitable country within. The conviction that
incalculable usefulness will be derived from such a society
has long been felt by some of the most active and influential
men of our city.
The distinguished Consul of Great Bri-
tain, t an,
question among a Grattan,
circle
ot when they engage in any mat-
teri
among
of public utility, infuse into it a spirit that stp.

_.amps its
success as inevitable ; and to him, in an eminent degree, is
deserving the credit of assembling the highly respectable
ld if ever, has a meeting been
meeting, in point of talent, zeal, and the public position of
those present, the account of which we are about to submit.
We may safely say, that seldom,
convened for any public object which brought together a
larger or more respectable representation of the various in-
terests of our city.

The meeting, which we may remark, was intended merely
as one for oreliininary consultation, was held at the Ex-
change, on Wednesday evening. At an early hour we noticed
the entree of many of the most distinguished professional
and mercantile gentlemen in the city. The meeting was or-
ganised by calling to the chair Thomas Colley Grattan, Esq.,
who, at the earnest solicitation of the gentlemen present,
consented to discharge the duties of that position, and E.
Hackett Derby, Esq., was appointed secretary.
Mr. Grattan, on taking the chair, briefly explained his
views in relation to theestablisbment of an Emigrant So-

" We then directed Mr. Drummond to turn upon his back,
that we might examine the anterior part of the body, when a
small projecting lump led to examination with the finger, and
the ball could be distinctiy felt immediately under the skin,
so that a mere incision of the'lancet led to its immediate and
easy removal. The two openings now showed that the ball
had traversed around the left half of the wounded gentleman's
body. I consider Mr. Drummond in no immediate danger.
hall had mP-' ns though it had been rifled. I think

Mr. Drummond will have a_ protracted confinement."
The evidence having been concluded, Mr. Hall addressing

and asked whether he wished to say anything. The prisOnei•
said, "No sir, not at the present.' He was then removed
from the bar, but it having been almost immediately after-
wards intimated to the magistrate, that he now wished to say
something, he was brought back.
Mr. Hall (to the prisoner).—l understand you now wish
to say something.
The prisoner.— Yes, sir; I wish to say that it is the Tories
of my native city who have driven me to this act. They fol-
low and persecute me wherever I go ; and they have, by their
treatment of me, already ruined my health and disordered
my mind. I can't sleep at night, and have no rest night nor
day. They have followed me to France, to different parts of
England, and to other places—in short, wherever I go. The
system they have pursued towards me was such tbat 1 could
go on no longer. I believe I have been driven into a con-
sumption by them. I believe I shall never he the same in-
dividual again that I was before. I used to have good health
and strength. They have accused me of crimes of which I
was never guilty. They have done everything in their power
to harass my mind and to persecute me ; and, in fact, to
murder me. That is all I have to say at present, and it ca❑
be supported by evidence. The prisoner here paused.
Mr. Hall.—Have you anything more to say ?
Prisoner.—Only that they have completely disordered my
mind. lam quite a different man from what I used to be
before they commenced their persecutions. The prisoner
again paused.
Mr. Barnaby.—Have you anything to add to your state-
ment?

Prisoner.—No, sir.
The statement was then read over, and
Mr. Hall asked the prisoner whether he had any objection
to sign the statement which he had made.
The prisoner replied, " No." The statement was handed
to him in the dock, and he very coolly-appended his signa-
ture thereto.
As Tyrrell, the jailer, was about to remove him, the pri-
soner in a very earnest manner turned towards Mr. Hall,
and, pointing in the direction of the cell adjoining the court,
said, " Shall I be kept in that place for the whole fortnight!
Because if I be, I'll not lire."
Mr. Hall.—Oh, no : you will be taken to a prison, where
you will be taken proper care of until you come here again.
The prisoner's manner and expression of countenance
clearly indicated that he was in a state of insanity ; but his
extremely healthy appearance of body did not at all bear out
his statement regarding his health.

There is to be another hearing of the Attorney-General
v. Shore (Lady Hewley's Charity) case before the Vice-
Chancellor, the day following the first seal after term.
TRIAL OF CHARTIST RIOTERS AT THE HIGH COURT OF
JUSTICIARY, HELD AT EDINBURGH, ON MONDAY LAST.—
John Duncan. preacher; John Penney, mechanic; Hugh
Ross, tailor; James Graham, weaver; John Scott and Peter
Bennet, flax dressers ; were charged with mobbing and riot-
ing, as also breach of the peace, by the wicked and felonious
assembling of multitudes of persons combined together for
some illegal purpose, to the great terror and alarm of the
lieges. They were also charged with being at a numerous

ciety. Having been called on quite unexpectedly to act as
president of a meeting merely intended for preliminary dis-
cussion, but so numerously attended as to require the forms
of a public meeting, he was not prepared to enter on the
subject at any length, more particularly as the object in view
was generally known, and its value well understood. Mr.
Grattan referred to the published Constitution of the Emi-
grant Society which has been highly successful in New
York, and paid a handsome tribute to the great exertions of
Dr. Robert Hogan and other gentlemen in effecting its
establishment. .

Portions- of this and other interesting documents were
read to the meeting by Mr. Basket Derby, who acted as
secretary. •

Mr. Grattan, while recommending the organization of the
Irish Society Of New York, as the model for the one now
proposed, particularly explained, that the association which
he was desirous of seeing established in Boston, should be
formed on the broader basis which would include emigrants
from all nations within its action. On these grounds he
hoped for the co-operation of the whole body of foreign
residents, as well as that of such native Americans as felt the
importance and advantage of the plan. Mr. Grattan, in
concluding these opening remarks, expressed his thanks to
the gentlemen assembled, for the promptness with which
they had responded to his wishes in attending the meeting at
his request. And, having thus fulfilled the object which he
had so long hoped to see carried out, in bringing together so
much of the influence and respectability of the city to co-
operate in this undertaking, he begged to be allowed to
withdraw from any active public connexion with the society,
as not, perhaps, consistent with his official situation, at the
same time promising his best assitance to further an object
of such great utility.

meeting held in Bell-street Hall, Dundee, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the present state of wages, at which
John Duncan attended, and addressed them iu violent and
inflammatory language, recommending a general strike, and
advising the persons present and other workmen to go to the
turnip and potato fields to take food, or like expressions, and
to compel other workmen to strike, and do the same by the
show of numbers, and other violence and intimidation. The
indictment specified other meetings afterwards held, at which
the same violent language was used, and narrated the subse-

quent demonstrations on the streets of Dundee, and between
that town and Forfar, for the purpose of compelling the
workmen to strike work.—John Duncan pleaded guilty to
addressing a portion of the meeting referred to in the indict-
ment ; John Penney, to breach of peace ; Hugh Ross, to

being chairman at one of the meetings; and James Graham,
John Scott and Peter Bennet, to breach of peace.—Lord
Mackenzie said, the public prosecutor's object was not to
. .

At the-close of Mr. Grattan's remarks, James Boyd, Esq.,
arose, and, after some observations, commendatory of the
object which brought them together, submitted the following
preamble which, after a brief discussion, in
which Messrs.and
Eliot, Brimmer, and Bigeiow took a
resolution,patfre y,
part, were unanimously adopted :
" Whereas, the hitherto great and increasing emigration
from Europe to the United States has had the tendency of
placing in the cities on the sea-board more labouring hands
than can possibly find employment in the said cities, and,
consequent thereon, great suffering and distress fall on the
pressing claimants are constantly craving and
stranger,
receiving andth
the
chanties of the community ; and, as it is be-
lieved that labour is at all times needed in extensive districts
of this country, where the means of subsistence and comfort
are superabundant, and easily obtained by the poorest indi-
vidual, who is willing to work, and that, therefore, any effort
or management, which would place the surplus labour of the
cities in the districts needing the same, would be a work of
philanthropy and patriotism ; therefore
" Resolved, That this meeting think it expedient and proper
to form an association of themselves, and such others as may
hereafter join them, for the purpose of granting such aid and
counsel to the unemployed and destitute foreigners as may
be hereafter agreed upon to be expedient and proper."
Mr. Boyd further moved, that a committee be appointed
to draft suitable rules and regulations in view of a permanent
organization of a "Foreign
Emigrant Society." This was
adopted. From'the committee a sub-committee, consisting
of Messrs. Palfrey, Boyd, and Walsh, were appointed, to
submit to the General Committee a draft of a constitution and
rules.

The General Committee were instructed to call a meeting
at the earliest expedient hour, for the purpose of defining
some distinct plan of action to secure the public attention
and co-operation to this object. Much friendly conversation
took place as to the most advisable course to pursue, and
the proceedings throughout were characterized by an ardent
interest in the purposes that brought them together. We
do not hesitate in pronouncing this auspicious commence-
ment of a great philanthropic measure as affording most bril-
liant promises of an immense and permanent association,
which shall accomplish the greatest benefits to the stranger,
uninformed as to the localities of the country, and ignorant
of the hest channels for the employment of the small means
they may have brought with them from their native coun-

would operate as a warning, and a satisfaction to the law.
He therefore proposed that the prisoners should be punished
by imprisonment for four months. The Lord Justice Clerk
hen sentenced the prisoners to four months' imprisonment
I Dundee jail, and severely admonished them as to their
ict in time to come.—The diet against John Duncan
was deserted, and a new warrant will he issued for his deten-
tion. William Clark, John Mitchell, Thomas Anderson,
and James, Prydie, included in the same indictment, were
outlawed for non-appearance.—Scotsman.

. _ . _.....
tries. We lookf6o; arrtO"tbe next meeting with.. the
greatest interest, and anticipate from its action great perma-
nent blessings to the emigrants.

The Court of Queen's Bench has granted a rule nisi for a
new trial in the case of Carpue v. the Brighton Railway
Company, wherein the plaintiff obtained £250 damages for
an injury he had received during a collision. Two points
were urged in favour of the rule by the defendant's counsel;
firstly, that the plaintiff had not given twenty days' notice
of actioli, as required by-the company's act of incorporation ;
and secondly, that Lord Denman had misdirected the jury
as to what amounted to negligence on the part of the
defendants.

THE LATE HURRIC.A.NE-TOTAI
SHIP ENGLAND.

OSS PEI

To the already frightful catalogue of wrecks we have to add
the total loss of another fine ship, the England, Captain
Thomas Lewis, belonging to London, which foundered two
after the hurricane in 78 feet of water, about nine miles