The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-12


which he leaves vacant, nor of the person who Is
to bold that post provisonally-s proceeding when
IL directly contrary TO all administrative iegu,a-
tons; and the irregular, as il leaves an mpor-
| tant department of the war office without any re-
cognized official head. Thisprecipitation, unusual
in such cases has given rise TO the oeeI that the
| depsTture of General Concha is a measure OF ne
! cessity, either in consequence OF the excitement
which prevails amongstth the troops at Cadiz or from
some other equally pressing cause. The last ac-
| counts from Cuba state that Count Mirasol, the
commissioner extraordinary of the government,
was about to return to Spain.
1t appears that the modification introduced by the
Governor of Puerto Rico into the customs tariff OF
that island has caused SO much injury to the com
merce of Santander, that the Chamber of Com
merce OF that town has prepared petition 10 the
Queen praying that the proceedings of the Cover
nor of Puerto Rico may be declared null and void.
The new regulations, it appears, affect seriously
the agricultural interest of Spain | am assured
that Feneral Prim has been chosen by the govern
Puerto Rico, and that his official appointment will
appear shortly in the Gasette.
Singular Abduction of AN EngIish Young
Lady by French NObleman.
Great sensation has been caused at Tours and its
vicinity, especially among the resident English, by
the trial, last week, before the Court of Assizes of
the department. of the Count Forester de Coubort,
on the charge OF enticing from her home young
girl named Isabella Hamilton, daughter Of an Eng
| fish clergyman resident at Tours. Some months
ago, M. de Forester went to live ia that city, for
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fell in with Miss Isabella H. who, with her bonnie,
accompanied her young sisters and brothers in
| their promenr des. He commenced an acquaintance
! by giving the children cakes, and afterwards made
| point OF being every day on the promenade when
| Miss Isabella arrived. After while, il appeared
according TO the indictment, he began to make love
| 10 The ycang lady, and she received his advances
with good grace. She used also TO Indicate to
| him, by placing tlowerpo in peculiar position
| in her window, in what promen ade he might meet
her he at last. said the indictment, persuaded her
TO leave her fathers roof, and in company with the
bonnie, girl named Adele Gendron, aged seven
teen, TO go TO Paris, where be said he would
secure her an apartment, and would provide
for both. isabella, it seemed, was very glad
| 10 get away from home, as, her parents were
about TO send her to school in England mea-
sure 10 which she had the strongest possible repug
nance she even il ape AIRED, had gone the length of
! telling Forester that she would sooner commit sni-
eide by poison than be away. Forester, was
alleged arranged with her nat she and her servant
Adele should leave the house of the Rev Mr.. Ha-
| milton in the evening OF the 22d May last and that
they should go TO Paris He had previously writ
ten letter to friend of his, the Baron Eugene de
| livier telling him TO meet the girls and provide
| lodgings for them. This letter he began oy say
| ing" | send to you, my dear friend, young Eng
lish girl, aged fifteen, with pretty little face,
light hair, clear blue eyes, delicate nose, sensual
mouth, and a slightly prominent chin. She is the
, daughter of an Irish minister, who has h host of
children. She will be accompanied by a little
bcnne of seventeen, with auburn hair, NC, named
Adele l laugh al the thought OF your meeting
I
them-let il be simple, but becoming" lie then
| recommends the friend TO be cautious aud says
THE father will no doubt take some measures,
which IL is important 10 render vain. shall there
| fore continue 10 show myself in the public prone
nades, that j may not be suspected and then |
will relieve you IN your guard. My wife is better.
! Bretonneau is tending her as if she were his own
I child. Shs il surrounded with devoted attendants
has good house, and her physician in ordinary is
Gre OF the princes of the science. What can do
! more! may venture TO give myself this little
qualification. Don't scold me. tell you that the
! iatber is an Englishman and cergyman--two
animals detest, and who ale, as II were, grated
one on the other, expressly to take from me all
sort OF remorse." The Baron Eugene de Vivier
I replied IN the same strain saying, among other
smiable things, 81 had some thought of moraliz-
log with you But what's the use I The wine is
drawn, and you must drink IL ~
At Paris the two girls were received by the
Baron de Vivier, and he took them to a lodging
houte in the Rue de PUniversite. Meanwhile,
Fore stier remained quietly al Tours. But il SO
and the Rev Mr.. Hamilton mmedi itely laid com.
plant against him before the Procureur de la
hepuohque. The froeureur accordingly caused
the counts house TO be surrounded by police
agents during the night. 10 prevent his escape
On this, Forester wrote off to Paris to Vivier to
send back the girls Immediately, and he consti-
Isabella and her attendant arrived at Tours, and
the former was restored TO her parents. The pub
lie pros. cutor, however, deemed II his duty to
detain Forester, and to prosecute him. The Rev.
MI Hamilton, on the contrary, was anxious that
the matter should be dropped, and he wrote an
affecting letter 10 the public prosecutor, formally
Withdrawing his complaint, aud entrearing him TO
drop The prosecution. But the procureur repre-
sented that the law must take its course. In the
/ preliminary examination, the Rev. Mr. Hamilton,
/ Mn. Hamilton, and Miss Isabella, were called
statements. In her first examination she de-
cIared that she had resolved on the fight
herself and that Forester had scolded her on
her folly, and had dissuaded her from Il; he
ofllu he antA I'D To- AZ har hen he
/ that she was determined TO GO. She solemnly
took God TO witness 10 the truth Of oil this. But
when Forestier's letters were read 10 her she ex-
pressed the greatest indignation she nevertheless
did not retract her statement. In her second ex-
animation, on the contrary, she declared that II
was Forester who had first proposed to her to fly;
and that he had offered TO abandon his wife, not
withstanding her illness, TO go VITA her. She had
at first, she said, considered this as Joke, and
had laughed at II; but he had pressed her, and had
got the servant, ADELE, to do SO likewise. II was
/ only by their entreaes that she had gone. On
arriving at Paris, Nivier told her that Forester
I was in love with her, and would die If obliged to
/ live without her. When told of the way IN which
he had spoken Of her in his letter. she burst into
tears, and said, "Ah! IL is Painful TO his con-
tempt for me, ! opened my heart to him. and he
learned that loved him. Yes, knew he was
acted So" In the third examination Isabella
again varied her story. She said che had laid too
much to the counts charge; that, in consequence
Ct dissenslons with her sister, she had resolved
Nhng her pafcnuj tbat ere had declared 10
Forester that If he would not take her away she
would poison herself and 80 on. She added that
I che had spoken against him on the last occasion
because she had been told that he had declared he
would sooner 20 TO the galeys for life than marry
her. AT the trial (Which took place before a
court crowded 10 excess), Isabella, her father,
mother, and elder sister did not appear to give
evidence, though all had been summoned. The
PRINCIPAL evidence for the prosecution consisted
I in the reading Of the indictment, and in the tes-
tmony Of Mr. Haley, Lieutenant Colonel Camp
bell, and younger brother and sister Of Isabella,
ne TO the precis, age Of that young lady They all
STATED that che yves about fourteen. This point
was important, as, by the French law, the crime
I of what is called dsfoprnement dune Jepns fHe
mtnswt, can only be committed when the girl is
urder siNteeb alter that, she Is considered free
! and Il lor H.