Glasgow Courier. — 1846-02-19 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

MURDER AND SUICIDE AT CAMBERWELL. out. That quotation was to the effect that Sir Robert Peel bad a Shortly after seven o'clock on Monday morning, the neighbour. strong idea with respect to the currency, and to that he would' hood of Southampton Street, Camberwell, London, was their*. adhere; but that with respect to the Church and other matters he' into the greatest consternation by the frantic screams of a woolen had no idea, and that he would give up all to-morrow, if the who had just made her escape by the back door of No. 5, Welikefclamour were only loud enough. He had no doubt but the right ton Place, a small cottage residence, only one story high. The hon. Baronet was looking to posterity to judge of his merits ; and first person who repaired to the spot was Mr. Pratt, a surgeon, he could only say that he did not wish 'him any harm, but the who resided at No. 4, and who, upon entering, was horror-struck sooner posterity had the opportunity of judging of his deserts the 'at the scene which presented itself. In an upper room, upon better. (Great laughter followed this singular escapade of the the floor, lay the lifeless body of M. Phillarete Moreau, a French. lion. Baronet, upon which he added that he meant politically, of man, aged tifty-three, with his throat cut from ear to ear; on course.) the bed, his son aged 13, quite dead, shockingly mutilated about Mr. JAMES supported the motion, which he hoped would be the throat; and ii a lower room, another son, aged 11, with his carried by such a majority as would ensure its success in the throat cut, a wound on the cheek, and his hand much lacerated, House of Lords. who was at first supposed to be dead, but afterwards showed some Sir R. PEEL said that two important questions had occupied- symptoms of life, though unable to articulate or give the least acthe attention of the House during the last few nights' debate.. count of the dreadful catastrophe; and in a short time afterwards, The one, the manner in which a great party should be conducted; a female child, aged eight months, was found dead in a rain-butt the other, the mode of averting a great national calamity, and the which stood in the garden, but having no wounds whatever about Way in which the future commercial policy of the country should I its person. Upon investigation we find that the unfortunate man he administered; and of these the former had occupied consider- bad resided at No. 5 for nearly the last twelvemonth, supportably the larger share of attention. With respect to that one, he I ing his family as a teacher of languages; but this mode of existwould at once admit that he had no defence. These measures ence had been so precarious, that for some time past they had were the worst for party purposes that could have been devised; suffered extreme privation and great pecuniary embarrassment. but with respect to the latter, with a great calamity impend • M. Moreau had been in the habit of rising about seven in the Mg, his duty to his Sovereign and to his country forbade morning, and usually took down stairs with him one of the twin that he should be influenced by party motives when the very infants (a male and female), who slept in the same bed as he and existence AAA at stake of a great portion of the population, the mother. This morning, upon dressing himself, he did the The right hon. Baronet then restated all the circumstances eon- same thing, taking the female child with him, and leaving the male nected with his retirement from office in December, and his infant in bed wiji the mother. In a few minutes the mother was shortly afterwards resuming it, expressing at the same time his alarmed by a loud shrieking, which she at first attributed to the surprise that the noble Lord had not formed a Ministry, and his two elder boys quart-ening, and therefore took no farther notice belief that if he had formed one he would have succeeded in carry- of the matter for a few moments, but the shrieking being coning the measure. He had nothing to complain of in the explena- tinned, she went to the room, and upon opening the door was tion of the noble Lord on a former evening, and indeed in along met by the younger boy, alma immediately ran down stairs bleedcourse of opposition to each other he believed that no ground was log, at the bottom of hich he fell down apparently lifeless; and, given on either side for anything like acrimonious feeling; but in on entering the room, Mrs. Horeau saw her unfortunate husband order to prove the sincerity of the support he proffered to the in the act df cutting his own throat, and before she could inter. noble Lord lie quoted a letter written by himself at the time to her pose he had fallen down a corpse. On looking farther she Majesty, in which Ile ended the incasur s lie thought necessary, discovered her eldest son dead in the bed, but could not perceive and pledged himself to support his successor, knowing at the time any trace of her infant child, who was, however, shortly afterwards from her Majesty that it was her intention to send for 1.01.1 John discovered to have been drowned in the rain-butt. There IN no Russell. He also in the same letter pledged himself to support doubt whatever but that the unfortunate father proceeded to the any increase which the noble Lord might think eecessary to the ga: den instantly on !caving his bed-room, and having drowned army and navy under the peculiar circumstances of the coun- the ((Hid, then ascended to the children's room, where he aftertry. He said that to show that he was not disposed to rob others wards perpetrated the other murder, committing suicide the of' the credit of measures which they had always adrocateri, but • moment an alarm wart raised. As no vital organ has been severed, that on the contrary he was prepared to give the noble Lord the hopes are entertained that the younger boy's life will be saved, same cordial support which the noble Lord made It his boast that although, of course, there Is great danger that he will not survive h., was slaiit to give him With rteret 10 those of his Feir7 why the ehocit,  • They rpil.4 • ;Thtit