Guernsey about six o'clock in the afternoon. The appearance of the royal standard put the whole island into flutter; addresses were prepared, garlands and festoons woven, and a hundred young ladies prepared to strew flowers in her path. The Queen landed on the following morning, and took a cursory survey of the island, and embarking in the afternoon steered for Jersey. The royal party arrived in St. Helier's Roads on Wednesday afternoon, but did not land until the following morning. The enthusiasm of this ancient possession of the Dukes of Normandy at thus receiving the representative of that ancient line (the first who has set foot upon the island since King John) may be conceived; the cheering of the people, waving of flags, strewing of flowers, and the salute of the guns gave ample testimony of the loyalty of the inhabitants. The Queen and the Prince having landed, were conducted to the Government House in grand procession; from thence they visited the castle of Mont Orgueil, which ancient fortress underwent thorough inspection. After a rapid view of the beauties of the little island, the royal party reembarked, and on Friday afternoon the squadron reached Falmouth; and on Saturday morning sailed to the Land's End, and returned to Mount's Bay, where the Queen landed, and went over the ancient castle of St. Michael's Mount; the Prince having in the interim landed at Penzance to inspect the smelting works and the Geological Museum. It is needless to say that His Royal Highness, being the President of the Council of the Duchy, was received with every honour. Having returned to Fal

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mouth, the Prince visited the principal mines in the neighbourhood, and the Queen went up the Fal in the Fairy. Monday night was spent in the little harbour of Fowey. In the morning the royal party visited the historical castle of Restormel, the property of the young Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall ; and proper precautions having been taken the Queen and Prince descended into a mine, and were drawn 200 fathoms into the interior by eight miners. Having returned to Lostwithiel, the royal squadron put to sea, and the party landed at Osborne House on Wednesday morning. The young Prince accompanied his parents throughout their excursions in this interesting appanage of the heir apparent.

25. TRIAL OF HENRI.-The trial of Joseph Henri, for firing at Louis Philippe, on the 29th July, took place before the Chamber of Peers. The proceedings excited little interest out of doors.

The prisoner was respectably dressed, in a black coat, black satin waistcoat, and black stock. He is described as a downcast, mean-looking man. His manner was altogether pusillanimous. During the trial he indulged largely in snuff. The proceedings began with an examination of the prisoner himself. In the course of it, he made the following statements.When asked why he had fired at the King, he said that he had been urged to it by great misfortunes which had fallen on him: for six years he had struggled against ideas of suicide, and not being able to make up his mind to kill himself, he sought to do something which would cause him to be put to death. He once thought of firing at a Marshal; but preferred the King, as in that case there could be no

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extenuating circumstances." He had chosen the day of public rejoicing, in order to appear more criminal. He had no ill-will against the King. He had for years thought of suicide without ever being able to resolve on it, and so he determined to get himself put to death: he was the more inclined to this course thinking that he should make his death useful to humanity, by giving a severe blow to the law which punished with death. He did not fire at the King when on guard at the Tuilleries, from unwillingness to disgrace his company in the National Guard. On being asked the meaning of the words found in his handwriting amongst his papers, "I must therefore seek out some high personage and kill him," the prisoner appeared troubled, and entered into a long explanation, declaring that he wrote this without paying any attention to his expressions, as he never intended to kill any one. On being asked how he explained the inconsistency in the declaration found amongst his writings, that "he should be put to death, but should still regret life," with his present allegation that he desired to die, he replied, that when he wrote that he had not become altogether disgusted with life. His assertion that he did not intend to kill any one had not been made to save his life, but because it was the truth-because he never had any intention to be criminal. He threw doubts even on the point of the pistols having been loaded with any thing but powder; for though he affirmed that they were loaded with bits of metal, he added, that if he wished he could easily make a statement which would save his life, but that he feared death less than any secondary punishment.

Several witnesses were examined. Jean Joseph Legros stated, that on arresting the prisoner he said, "It is not I." Louis Lecomte was standing by when the arrest took place, and heard him utter the same words. The prisoner seemed piqued at this reflection on his courage, and declared to the Court that he had made a denial of the kind. Other witnesses, however, spoke to the same fact, and described his demeanour as the reverse of heroic. The pistols were pronounced by Captain Minie to be of the very worst description; one always bore to the left, and the other to all sides. The morose, fanciful, and desponding disposition of the prisoner, were deposed to by other witnesses.

In the course of the examination of witnesses, the prisoner made a statement. The person who had caused all his misfortunes was Caroline Bacquet; a woman of some substance, who lodged in the same house that Henri lodged in. She promised to lend him 25,000 francs; he signed a bill for a similar sum; but payment was demanded when he could not meet it. It was Caroline Bacquet who was his real accomplice; she drove him to despair.

On Wednesday, after an address by the Procureur du Roi, M. Baroch, who was requested by the Court to conduct the defence, contended that the prisoner's attempt could not be regarded as a serious one; it was an act of folly, prompted by desperation, combined with a desire to be spoken of, and to get rid of the burden of existence. Baroch endeavoured to show that the pistols were not even loaded ; otherwise the bullets must have

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had of late descended very low, and would descend still lower after the senseless attempt of the they were called upon to judge. He demanded for that miserable man, that he should be treated with contempt.

The prisoner was then asked if he had anything further to say in his defence? In reply, he made an incoherent statement about the heroic nature of the act that he had committed, as it would bring about an alteration in death punishments; and he now said that the slugs had been "imagined" by him to save the consciences of his judges in condemning him. No explanation of this expression could be obtained; but it would appear, by subsequent disclosures, to mean that he had not loaded the pistol with slugs.

The Court adjourned and reassembled on Thursday to discuss the verdict. The discussion is said to have been most animated; some of the Peers pronouncing Henri insane, and consequently guiltless; while others maintained that he had acted with premeditation and a perfect knowledge of what he was doing, and insisted on his being condemned to death. At four o'clock he was declared guilty by a large majority; and the Court then proceeded to pass sentence as follows:

POISONING IN IRELAND.A diabolical case of poisoning, illustrating the outrageous prejudice of the Irish against every effort to assist them, has occurred in the family of Dr. Grattan, of Drummond House, in the county of Kildare. In consequence of the potato failure, the Doctor wished to introduce Indian corn as a food for the people in the neighbourhood; and he had a supply from Dublin. Some prejudice against it having been manifested, Dr. Grattan, in order to remove it, if possible, determined to use it in his own family; and upon finding that his domestic servants refused even to prepare it, insisted on their doing so, and stood by until his directions were obeyed. Of the meal thus prepared he and all his children partook in the kitchen, the servants refused to eat it; and their share was given to four calves, all of which died shortly after. The following morning, Dr. Grattan was actually engaged in investigating the extraordinary occurrence, which had immediately been spread abroad among the ignorant peasantry as the effect of Indian corn, when his eldest son called him to breakfast, mentioned at the same time that they had just breakfasted on flummery, and, what was very curious, that they were every

one of them sick and vomiting. When he reached the house, he found Mrs. Grattan, the four children and a servant-maid, exhibiting all the symptoms of poisoning by arsenic. The Doctor, having by accidental absence escaped partaking of the poisoned food, was able to give in-tant assistance to the unfortunate sufferers, and had used the ordinary antidotes and remedies hours before medical assist. ance could possibly have reached them from any other quarter; but in spite of every care, his eldest son died within twenty-one hours, and the others of the family were dangerously affected. An inquest has been held on the son, a youth of fifteen, and a verdict returned implicating the cook, who was committed to gaol.

21. BANK ROBBERY AT BERWICK. -An extraordinary robbery took place at the Berwick branch of the North of England Joint Stock Bank. The bank was closed on Thursday at the usual hour; the doors were locked, and the customary precautions for security taken. The safe-door is secured by a bolt, which communicates with the sitting-room above, and extends up into the bed-room on the third story; and when that bolt is properly shot, the safe cannot be opened without causing an alarm. On Friday morning it was discovered that thieves had opened the safe. How they managed to enter the house and to open the safe, without causing an alarm, was a mystery. No locks were broken. It was supposed that the bolt of the safe had not been properly secured. The cashbox was found lying open in the back yard; it had not been emptied of all its contents, upwards of 200l. in gold and all the bills and let

ters of credit were in it: it was surmised that the robbers had been disturbed while rummaging it. The money taken consisted of 1,000l. in Bank of England notes, 1,4431. in Scotch notes, 3617. 10s. in gold, and 157. in silver. Mr. Thompson, the agent of the bank, was from home; Mr. Short, the senior clerk, slept in the house on Thursday night, as the agent was absent.

Upon search extraordinary discoveries were made. In searching about, a constable observed that the water in a butt in the yard had been disturbed; he put a stick in, and found something soft and bulky at the bottom; he drained the water off, and discovered two packages, in strong brown paper, with a coarse towel round them; these turned out to be parcels of silver, which had been made up in the bank on the afternoon of Thursday. Mrs. Thompson, the wife of the bank agent, who slept in the house on the night of the robbery, came into the yard with others; and when it was known that these parcels had been found, she remarked that "she hoped the whole of the money would be found."

The matter having been put into the hands of the superintendent of police, he examined all the inmates of the bank. A clerk and a bookkeeper declared that the safe was properly secured on the Thursday. The clerk slept in the house; he heard no noise. Isabella Lamb, the nurse-maid, gave a very unsatisfactory account of the matter, as far as she was concerned. She slept in the same room with Mrs. Thompson, on the same floor as the dining-room, into which the safe-bolt passed: she said she was awakened by her mistress about half

past one o'clock, when her mistress said she heard a terrible noise: her mistress got up, and said she saw two men in the next yard to the bank with a lantern; she went to sleep again, and slept till morning. Mrs. Thompson said she went to bed about ten o'clock, and heard Mr. Short come in at eleven: between twelve and one she heard a noise, and got up and looked out of the window into the yard, when she saw two men in the next yard; she awoke the house-maid, and asked her if she was to ring the bell, but the girl said, "No, no; if there is any one in the place we shall be murdered." She accordingly did not ring, but lay still till the perspiration poured off her. This part of Mrs. Thompson's testimony was contradicted by the girl.

After hearing these statements, Mr. Stephens made a thorough search of the house, which ended in the discovery of the missing property. A quantity of gold and silver was found hid under the cellar-stairs. The bank notes were found in Mrs. Thompson's bed and pillows, and in the pillow of a small cot-bed, which had been opened to conceal the property, and sewn up again. In short, one discovery succeeded another, till the entire missing property was found, with the exception of two shillings.

Mrs. Thompson, on learning the discovery of the property, fell into hysterical fits; and as it was not thought proper, from her state of health, to take her into custody at the moment, she was placed under the surveillance of the matron of the gaol. She was subsequently committed, but admitted to bail.

Mr. Thompson, the bank agent, was immediately suspended by the directors. See "LAW CASES.'

SELLING POISONOUS BERRIES. -Thames Police Office. - John Hillard, a herb gatherer, was brought before Mr. Ballantine on remand, charged with causing the deaths of Thomas Parker, late proprietor of the Veteran beershop, in the Whitechapel Road, and Samuel Jones, a child, aged three years, who expired in the London Hospital after partaking of a pie in which berries of the atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, sold by the prisoner for nettleberries, were introduced.

The inquiry created very great interest; several other persons, besides those who died in the hospital, having been affected by eating berries of a similar description, which they purchased of the prisoner.

Maria Parker, who was attired in deep mourning, and appeared to be in a very weak condition, was the first witness called. She stated that her late husband was the landlord of the Veteran beershop, in the Whitechapel Road. On Saturday afternoon last the prisoner came into her house with two baskets on his arms, one contained herbs, the other berries. He called for a half pint of beer, and then asked her to purchase some of the berries. She observed that they looked very nice, and asked what they were. The prisoner said they were nettleberries, and surpassed black currants, and were very nice for tarts, or for making wines, puddings, and other things. She told him she was a countrywoman, and had never heard of nettleberries before. He said he had travelled a long way to obtain the berries, and that he had sometimes obtained similar berries on the Surrey hills. She obtained the consent of her