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move on , struck him in the eye . A struggle ensued , in the course of which 23 G G used his staff on the back of bis alleged assailant ' s head ; Several witnesses were called for the defence , who gave a very different version of tlie affair . According to them the chief violence was on the part of the policeman ; and there was such a conflict of evidence , that the magistrate found it necessary to send the case to a JIW 3-. At the Central Criminal Court , the young woman who
was charged with murdering her infant at tbe Charing Cross Hotel , was charged before Mr . Justice Keating , and the evidence having been fully detailed the jury found the prisoner guilty , not of murder , but of concealing the birth . Sho was sentenced to eighteen months ' imprisonment . Eight boys wero charged at Maryleboue Policecourt with stealing hoots . Each of them has an alias—the name of some historic thief . Mack , alias Jack Sheppard , aged 13 , is
spokesman , and has already been convicted eight times . Another boy of 11 lias been convicted three times , and all tbe rest have been convicted and , as well as these two , whipped . They assumed an air of bravado before the magistrate , and demanded l ; three years " as the punishment to which their standing in the profession entitled them . A young lady of high connections was charged at the Westminster Police-court with stealing a desk , belonging to one Mr . Bordenave .
It appeared that this man had possessed himself of . 1 letter written to the lady , as he found it open on a table , read it , and saw his name in it . She demanded back this and some other letters , and failing to obtain them she took his dressing-case , in which she believed the letter to be . The magistrate said it was a most disgraceful case . The young lady should never havo been given into custody , and it would serve Mr . Bovdenave right if an action wore brought against
him for false imprisonment . Early on Wednesday morning afc a fire in Stepney the crowd which assembled , even at three o ' clocl ; , were witnesses of a fearful scene . Before the inmates of the house could be got out the fire obtained tbe mastery , and it was with the utmost difficulty that a rescue could bo effected . But even then one hapless young woman was missing , and though a lire-escape conductor dared tho smoke and the Hamcs , he was unable to find her .
It was late in the morning before the rums wove sufficiently cooled to allow of a search , aud then the body of the poor creature was discovered in a back room , where she had fled with the hope of getting thence to a place of safety . FoKEiGN NEWS . —The French papers report a serious disturbance iu Madagascar , arising out of tlie payment of the indemnity exacted by the French Government . The populace , it appears , assembled
under the windows of the Queen ' s palace , where they raised loud cries for the expulsion ofthe French consul and the Roman Catholic mission . The nobles interfered , and succeeded in pacifying the people by promising them satisfaction—whatever that may be . Tho French consul declared that he would not leave without an order from his Government . Is all this likely to end in a French occupation of Madagascar ? An opportunity for such a course would not ,
we fancy , he very unwelcome in certain quarters . A Paris telegram states that the ; English Government has acceeded to the French proposal that an International Sanitary Conference should be held at Constantinople to devise the means of preventing future outbreaks of cholera in the East l and of arresting the progress of tho epidemic should its extirpation prove impossible . The diplomatists have a task before them ivhich will tax their powers to the uttermost .
The Emperor Napoleon gave evidence of pluck on Friday afternoon hy spending an hour in the cholera wards of the Hotel Lieu . He ostensibly went to satisfy himself that the patients were treated with care . Really he went to give the Parisians a much needed example of moral courage . He deserved the cheers which greeted his reappearance in the street . The Emperor and Empress havo caused tlie expression of their regret for the death of Lord Pahnerston to be
transmitted to the widow of the late statesman . A quarrel , which reflects little honour upon tbe stronger parties , has arisen between Austria and Prussia and tlie free tow . i of Frankfort . The two great Powers are bullying the Senate of the town because of the recent Congress of German Deputies held there . They demand that such meetings shall not be allowed to take place there in future , and even threaten , it is said , iu case of non-compliance , to lake the government ofthe city into their own hands . The Frankfort Senate have
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resolved upon sending a \ spirited reply to the menaces of the two great Powers . The Italian elections have begun . The results will be looked for with tho utmost anxiety . The Empress Eugenie , following the example of the Emperor , has rebuked the pusillanimous fears of tho crowd of panic-stricken Parisianswho have fled to Versailles and other places in search of protection from the cholera . On Monday morning her Majesty
visited the various cholera hospitals of the capital , passing through the wards and addressing words of comfort to the poor suffering patients . On leaving her Majesty was loudly cheered hy the people . A considerable sum has been placed in tbe bands of the Minister of the Interior hy the Emperor and Empress for the relief of the families of sufferers i by the pestilence . Although generally finding its victims among the lower classses , the pestilence has smitten down
move than one person in the higher ranks . Tho Senate of Frankfort , in reply to the Legislative Body , has declared that at present it can only say that it has usually received from Austria and Prussia tlie ominous despatches to which we have already , referred . It states that the contents of these despatches require grave consideration , but that the Senate will not fail to uphold with vigour tho independence of Frankfort . It promises further communication to the Legislative
Body as soon as circumstances allow . The Vienna papers deny that Austria has consented to place a yearly contingent at the disposal of the Emperor of Mexico , snd state that the solo cause for the rumours which are afloat upon the subject is thafc negotiations are going on for permission to raise recruits in Austria at the expense of the Mexican Government to till up tho gap made by death and other causes in the ranks of fcheAustro-Mexican volunteers .
AMERICA . —The Cuba has arrived , bringing news from Now York to October 12 . The North Carolina Convention had passed an ordinance abolishing slavery . In the South the work of reconstruction is progressing . The Confederate Vice-President Stephens , along with others , has been pardoned . The State elections in Pennsylvania , Ohio , Indiana , and Iowa , havo gone in favour of the Republicans . Gold on the 12 th was quoted 14 o ^ . The City of
AYashington brings intelligence from New York to the 11-th instant . The delegation from South Carolina to the President to urge him to pardon Mr . Davis was received with much courtesy by Mr . Johnson , who held out hopes that ultimately the wishes of the deputation would be realised . General Grant had issued an order for tho reorganisation of the army . A large number of troops iu Mississippi are to ho mustered out , and the whole of the coloured troops . Martial
law in Kentucky has been withdrawn by order of the President . Mr . Ji'Culioch , the Secretary of the Treasury , has expressed au opinion in favour of a convertible paper currency . Tho last price of gold wasl-flj . INDIA , CHIXA , & c . —A \ o have news from Bombay to the 30 th September . Colonel Campbell has been dismissed from tho service with
a major ' s pension for mismanagement at Dewangisi , in Bhootan . The coolie pilot of the Eagle Speed had been dismissed from bis office . The cattle disease is said to have broken out on the Noilghcrries . A pension had been granted to ' . the family of the Ex-King of Delhi . The cotton and piece goods markets were active , and prices were advancing . A telegram containing news fraui Shattglute to the 4 th September confirms the revolt in AVestem Tartary ami the loss of a large province to the Celestial Empire . The celebrated Burgevine is reported by the Mandarins to have been drowned . All was quiet at the different ports in Japan .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
* ' * All communications to be addressed to 10 , Salisbury-street , Strand . London , AV . C . Y . —The position of Deacons iu Grand Lodge is precisely the same as in a private lodge . Q . P . S—The information has been sent , and we trust has been found sufficient for the purpose . J . AV . —You will find the answer to your question iu our present issue , under the head of " Notes aud Queries . "
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move on , struck him in the eye . A struggle ensued , in the course of which 23 G G used his staff on the back of bis alleged assailant ' s head ; Several witnesses were called for the defence , who gave a very different version of tlie affair . According to them the chief violence was on the part of the policeman ; and there was such a conflict of evidence , that the magistrate found it necessary to send the case to a JIW 3-. At the Central Criminal Court , the young woman who
was charged with murdering her infant at tbe Charing Cross Hotel , was charged before Mr . Justice Keating , and the evidence having been fully detailed the jury found the prisoner guilty , not of murder , but of concealing the birth . Sho was sentenced to eighteen months ' imprisonment . Eight boys wero charged at Maryleboue Policecourt with stealing hoots . Each of them has an alias—the name of some historic thief . Mack , alias Jack Sheppard , aged 13 , is
spokesman , and has already been convicted eight times . Another boy of 11 lias been convicted three times , and all tbe rest have been convicted and , as well as these two , whipped . They assumed an air of bravado before the magistrate , and demanded l ; three years " as the punishment to which their standing in the profession entitled them . A young lady of high connections was charged at the Westminster Police-court with stealing a desk , belonging to one Mr . Bordenave .
It appeared that this man had possessed himself of . 1 letter written to the lady , as he found it open on a table , read it , and saw his name in it . She demanded back this and some other letters , and failing to obtain them she took his dressing-case , in which she believed the letter to be . The magistrate said it was a most disgraceful case . The young lady should never havo been given into custody , and it would serve Mr . Bovdenave right if an action wore brought against
him for false imprisonment . Early on Wednesday morning afc a fire in Stepney the crowd which assembled , even at three o ' clocl ; , were witnesses of a fearful scene . Before the inmates of the house could be got out the fire obtained tbe mastery , and it was with the utmost difficulty that a rescue could bo effected . But even then one hapless young woman was missing , and though a lire-escape conductor dared tho smoke and the Hamcs , he was unable to find her .
It was late in the morning before the rums wove sufficiently cooled to allow of a search , aud then the body of the poor creature was discovered in a back room , where she had fled with the hope of getting thence to a place of safety . FoKEiGN NEWS . —The French papers report a serious disturbance iu Madagascar , arising out of tlie payment of the indemnity exacted by the French Government . The populace , it appears , assembled
under the windows of the Queen ' s palace , where they raised loud cries for the expulsion ofthe French consul and the Roman Catholic mission . The nobles interfered , and succeeded in pacifying the people by promising them satisfaction—whatever that may be . Tho French consul declared that he would not leave without an order from his Government . Is all this likely to end in a French occupation of Madagascar ? An opportunity for such a course would not ,
we fancy , he very unwelcome in certain quarters . A Paris telegram states that the ; English Government has acceeded to the French proposal that an International Sanitary Conference should be held at Constantinople to devise the means of preventing future outbreaks of cholera in the East l and of arresting the progress of tho epidemic should its extirpation prove impossible . The diplomatists have a task before them ivhich will tax their powers to the uttermost .
The Emperor Napoleon gave evidence of pluck on Friday afternoon hy spending an hour in the cholera wards of the Hotel Lieu . He ostensibly went to satisfy himself that the patients were treated with care . Really he went to give the Parisians a much needed example of moral courage . He deserved the cheers which greeted his reappearance in the street . The Emperor and Empress havo caused tlie expression of their regret for the death of Lord Pahnerston to be
transmitted to the widow of the late statesman . A quarrel , which reflects little honour upon tbe stronger parties , has arisen between Austria and Prussia and tlie free tow . i of Frankfort . The two great Powers are bullying the Senate of the town because of the recent Congress of German Deputies held there . They demand that such meetings shall not be allowed to take place there in future , and even threaten , it is said , iu case of non-compliance , to lake the government ofthe city into their own hands . The Frankfort Senate have
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resolved upon sending a \ spirited reply to the menaces of the two great Powers . The Italian elections have begun . The results will be looked for with tho utmost anxiety . The Empress Eugenie , following the example of the Emperor , has rebuked the pusillanimous fears of tho crowd of panic-stricken Parisianswho have fled to Versailles and other places in search of protection from the cholera . On Monday morning her Majesty
visited the various cholera hospitals of the capital , passing through the wards and addressing words of comfort to the poor suffering patients . On leaving her Majesty was loudly cheered hy the people . A considerable sum has been placed in tbe bands of the Minister of the Interior hy the Emperor and Empress for the relief of the families of sufferers i by the pestilence . Although generally finding its victims among the lower classses , the pestilence has smitten down
move than one person in the higher ranks . Tho Senate of Frankfort , in reply to the Legislative Body , has declared that at present it can only say that it has usually received from Austria and Prussia tlie ominous despatches to which we have already , referred . It states that the contents of these despatches require grave consideration , but that the Senate will not fail to uphold with vigour tho independence of Frankfort . It promises further communication to the Legislative
Body as soon as circumstances allow . The Vienna papers deny that Austria has consented to place a yearly contingent at the disposal of the Emperor of Mexico , snd state that the solo cause for the rumours which are afloat upon the subject is thafc negotiations are going on for permission to raise recruits in Austria at the expense of the Mexican Government to till up tho gap made by death and other causes in the ranks of fcheAustro-Mexican volunteers .
AMERICA . —The Cuba has arrived , bringing news from Now York to October 12 . The North Carolina Convention had passed an ordinance abolishing slavery . In the South the work of reconstruction is progressing . The Confederate Vice-President Stephens , along with others , has been pardoned . The State elections in Pennsylvania , Ohio , Indiana , and Iowa , havo gone in favour of the Republicans . Gold on the 12 th was quoted 14 o ^ . The City of
AYashington brings intelligence from New York to the 11-th instant . The delegation from South Carolina to the President to urge him to pardon Mr . Davis was received with much courtesy by Mr . Johnson , who held out hopes that ultimately the wishes of the deputation would be realised . General Grant had issued an order for tho reorganisation of the army . A large number of troops iu Mississippi are to ho mustered out , and the whole of the coloured troops . Martial
law in Kentucky has been withdrawn by order of the President . Mr . Ji'Culioch , the Secretary of the Treasury , has expressed au opinion in favour of a convertible paper currency . Tho last price of gold wasl-flj . INDIA , CHIXA , & c . —A \ o have news from Bombay to the 30 th September . Colonel Campbell has been dismissed from tho service with
a major ' s pension for mismanagement at Dewangisi , in Bhootan . The coolie pilot of the Eagle Speed had been dismissed from bis office . The cattle disease is said to have broken out on the Noilghcrries . A pension had been granted to ' . the family of the Ex-King of Delhi . The cotton and piece goods markets were active , and prices were advancing . A telegram containing news fraui Shattglute to the 4 th September confirms the revolt in AVestem Tartary ami the loss of a large province to the Celestial Empire . The celebrated Burgevine is reported by the Mandarins to have been drowned . All was quiet at the different ports in Japan .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
* ' * All communications to be addressed to 10 , Salisbury-street , Strand . London , AV . C . Y . —The position of Deacons iu Grand Lodge is precisely the same as in a private lodge . Q . P . S—The information has been sent , and we trust has been found sufficient for the purpose . J . AV . —You will find the answer to your question iu our present issue , under the head of " Notes aud Queries . "