The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1850-04-16 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

FRENCH JEALOUSY AND MURDER.—A girl, named which might militate against the real welfare of the nation. Josephine Dumas, was found, on Tuesday morning week, Mr. DISRAELI rose to move, as an amendment to Lord John lying in her room, in the Rue du Chantre, stabbed in seRusselbs motion for a committee on public salaries, " That this ven places, two of the wounds being through the heart. house is in possession of all the information requisite to revise Towards five in the morning, a woman who slept in the and regulate public salaries; that parliamentary committees of inquiry, under such circumstances, would only lead to next room heard some noise, but, thinking it was only a delay ; and that it is the duty of the Government on their own quarrel, took no notice of the disturbance. A friend of responsibility forthwith to introduce the measures that may be the deceased, named Caroline Baugrand, coming to see necessary for effecting every reduction in the national estab- her about ten o'clock, found the door half open, and the disbments consistent with the efficient discharge of the public body of Josephine lying on the ground, bathed in blood. service." He could not understand why the noble lord came to Parliament instead of proceeding with the reforms he had All that has been known was, that a young man passed been boasting about. Why did his lordship ask the house to the night with the deceased, but was not seen to go out do his work for him ? The course which his lordship was in the morning. None of the property of the murdered taking was most unconstitutional. If the opinion of Ministers girl was touched, which leads to the idea that some feel-was that economical reforms ought to be carried into effect, in of jealousy or revenge must have actuated the murwhy did not Ministers propose such reforms ?If their opinion deer.' . ' was the other way, this motion was nothing but playing with an investigation was immediately commenced, the house. Lord J. Russell had quoted the example of Lord and two warrants, it is said, have been issued against susAlthorpe, but Lord Althorpe's committee sat only upon sala- pected parties.—Galignani. ries in the estimates; but the Ministers were urging the house ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION AND SUlClDE.—Yesterto consider salaries which they could not deal with without day great sensation was caused in the Cite Wauxhall by passing another act of parliament. It was the duty of Lord J. an attempted assassination and suicide. A young officer Russell to introduce that act if lie thought it necessary. The plea, that there was a delicacy in a minister deciding on his of the army had long entertained a violent passion for a own salary, was not an argument but a sentiment. He should young woman living in the Cite, and hadintimate relabe glad to know how they were to obtain more information Lions with her. T meet her expenses it appears that he than was already before the house; and whether the Govern- committed some faults, which compromised him so seinept intended to cross-examine the judges as to their circuit riously as to cause him to form the resolution of commitexpenses, and lawyers as to the amount of fees they made, and whether ambassadors were to be sent for from Germany and ling suicide. He wanted the girl to die with him, but she Turkey. He was sorry to state that ever since the passing of refused. Accordingly he yesterday gave her a stupifying -the Reform Bill the house had been gradually losing its control drink, and when she was senseless placed her on the bed. over the public money. The First Lord of the Treasury could, He then carefully closed the doors and windows to preit he chose to sit down on this subject, get through all that was vent the entrance of air, lighted a pan of charcoal, and laid necessary in the course of a single morning far better than the whole committee could do. The most extraordinary thing in himself down by the girl's side. About three-quarters of the great exhibition of 1851 would be the blue book which that an hour afterwards the neighbours heard subdued groans committee would produce. He defended his amendment, issue from the room. This excited their alarm, especially 'which had alarmed the house and the country against a minis. as the officer had been noticed to close the window shutterial stratagem. ters at the usual hour for opening them, and as also no On a division the numbers were—For tbe amendment, 159; one had been seen to leave the apartment. The commisagainst it, 250 ; majority against the amendment, 91. Mr. HORSMAN moved the following amendment to Lord J. sary of police having been sent for caused the door to Russell's motion on salaries :—" That the inquiry be extended be 'forced open, and found the man and woman lying on to the incomes of ecclesiastical dignitaries." He stated at the bed apparently dead. Medical assistance was immesome length the inequality of judicial salaries in general, as diately applied to both, and in a few minutes the officer compared with ecclesiastical salaries. He said that not only gave signs of life, and a little later was pronounced out of were the latter much.greater than the former, but the parties danger. At first the remedies applied to the girl had no receiving such ecclesiastical salaries were invariably provided with palacies, which was not the case with legal officials. He effect, but more energetic measures having been resorted stated that the united salaries paid to the whole of the judges to she also recovered. The officer was taken into custody did not amount to as much as the salaries of four of oar En- on a charge of attempted assassination.—lbid. glish prelates. He further said that there was not a functionary A