The Express. — 1847-07-14 (London, England)

SECOND EDITION.  ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF M. TESTE. Paris journals of y esterday, together with our usual tters, have been received. The meet strange investigation in progress before Le French oourt of peers proceeds, and each day is irked by the development of events more and more itraordinary. It is impossible to convey an adequate Rion of the intense interest with which the proedings are regarded, or of the painful curiosity hich is manifested as the accused are conducted to sir places. Every eye on Monday looked for M. ellapra, whose return had been rumoured the preding day, and presence at the bar of the chamber was sifidently expected. The letters of Mad.Pellapra and enclosures, the letter of her husband to her on his ,parture from Paris, together with the several notes of Teste, were listened to in profound silence. As e evidence gradually brought the truth to light, and the guilt seemed by every fresh testimony to come user and clever to M. Teste, that person evinced the moat coolness and the most unflinching self-pawson, examining and cross-examining the witnasiss ith all the dispassionate adroitness of a cotutssi ting as the fee'd advocate of a third party. At a rising of the court at six o'clock M. Testa, against hour such a mass of unexpected evidence had been 'ought, appeared to be the least affected individual L that crowded hall.  The bewildering doubts in which the report of the roceedings and the air of confident innocence of the xused left the public were soon destined to be die. tiled, and this curious drama was to receive an =semen (knottemene. At half-past eight o'clock in ie evening of Monday, the report of firearms was card to issue from the apartments in the Limansurg, occup and by he pnsoners. The 'maw charge thet guards instantly rashed the rooms, and found that M. Teets had :tempted suicide with pistols, but without seems. appears that he first placed a pistol in his mouth id mapped it, but it missed fire. Provided with a mud he placed the mouth of the barrel close against is breast and discharged it. The ball under these rcumstitnces seems not to have acquired force tough to enter the body. It fell to the ground, ?rely leaving a black mark on the waistcoat and le skin, but without producing any contusion, as as incorrectly stated in some of the published siounts. The Chancellor, the grand referendary, and ie members of the committee of the chamber apDieted to conduct the trial, were immediately sumtoned, and the commissary of police of the district, well as the prefect of the police, attended. The pronear-general- and the police authorities made a roc verbal of the transaction. M. Teste was ordered tbe kept au secret, with proper precautions against 57 repetition of the attempt at self-destrueGIL The only person who visited M. Testa tier his retirement to his apartment yestersy was his son, who is a member of the Chamer of Deputies. This circumstance has given se to the report that the loaded pistols were supplied to him. A report is mentioned in 's paper, that as he was keying the court 'oli tely evening, he was heard to exclaim " Je cis en homme perdu ?" We have given elsewhere a resuml of the preceding' of the court on Tuesday, which were f course cut short by the events of the preceding Light On being summoned to attend the court, 4. Teete declined acknowledging the unanswerable Mare of the proof against him, and, in substance, reusing that he accepted the wages of corruption. Abe act of corruption by Pellapra, _ and the omplicity of General Cubieres and M. Parmentier as not denied by their respective advocates, and merely appealed to the clemency of the court. At he time oar oorrespondent closed his despatches the enteace of the court had not been declared.  ==l court of proprietors, held at is Ise this day, a resolution, passed innbasody by dr wart at direcuirs, granting an tri 07 of 1,0001. to Major-General Sir George G.C.8., was agreed to.  The Cambria, Captain Judkins, arrived at Liverpool rerday, at 10 a.m. Her dates are—City of Mexico, In. 2; Vera Cruz, June 16; Tampioo, June 17; Brazos, June 18; New Orleans, June 21 ; Bouton, hue 21; Halifax, July 3. The Cambria brought • and among them the Hon. R. Pakenhimrlreterltialt mininter at Washington.