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A man named Peasman was charged on Wednesday at the Middlesex Sessions with furious driving in the streets . He was driving an omnibus on the 15 th of October very furiously , and a collision took place in consequence . For the defence several witnesses were called , who positively swore that tho prisoner was not driving furiously . The jury , however , found him guilty ,
and he was sentenced to fifteen mouths' imprisonment with hard labour . A resumed inquest was held on Wednesday , touching the death of two infants ( twins ) , which some time ago were found in the house of a person named Wallace , living in Hoxton . Mr . Wallace ' s servant ,, a young woman named Field , admitted being the mother of the children . Medical evidence showed that one of the children had been still-born , and the other bad
been accidentally strangled through want of proper assistance . A corresponding verdict was given , and the young woman released from custody . FosElQ-l * IXTELUGEXCE . —A significant notice has been received at tbe English Foreign Office from the British Consul at Rome . It is to the effect that the brigands have poured into the Papal States from the Neapolitan territory in such
numbers as to set at nought the efforts of th . Papal troops . Three p ' ersons are in the bands of the brigands awaiting ransom . Meantime the Italian Parliament has been occupied with the subject of brigandage . The exceptional law for the suppression of the nuisance was reported against by a committee , and the Minister of tho Interior withdrew the bill , admitting at the same time that the condition of tbe Southern provinces had
greatly improved , brigandage there no longer having a political character . Exceptional measures are , however , to be adopted on the Pontifical frontiers . The Chamber of Deputies has adjourned to the 15 th of January . The students of Paris aro not disposed to allow the expulsion of their comrades to pass without energetic protest . All the lectures in tho university are interrupted . Indeed , none of the lecturers are permitted
to mako themselves heard . Outside there is much sympathy with the students , and consequent rows ; and several people are said to have been arrested . The Moniteur of Saturday contains a notice that the students who disturb the lectures will be punished . The Pope has delivered a Christmas speech . His Holiness is full of faith , and speaks with as much
confidence as if he had lost nothing during the last few years , aud the future contained no serious elements of danger . A telegram informs us that the Belgian ministers tendered their resignations , but ivere requested by the King to continue iu office . This resignation is , of course , a purely formal matter , done in order that the King might choose bis own ministers . He
was not likely , we imagine , to change any of them just now . General La Marmora announced to the Italian Senate that he and his colleagues in the-Ministry had resigned , and that their resignation had been accepted by the King . Who is likely to be the next Prime Minister of King Victor Emmanuel is not stated or surmised . — . —It is difficult to say what are the chances
of a reconciliation of the Hungarian difficulty . Count Julius Andrassy , tho First Vice-President of the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet , delivered an inaugural address recently . He desired it to bo understood by the western portion of the empire that the interests of Hungary were o ' no with those of the empire , but that Parliamentary centralisation was opposed
to those rights . He cautioned his hearers , however , not to have in view in what they did thc triumph of Hungary , but rather the interests of tho empire . AMERICA . —Tho Scotia has arrived with American neivs to tbe morning of December 13 . Resolutions had been inti-cwju ^ bd into Congress , and referred to thc Committee on Foruigtf ^ Sa ' irs ,
declaring the establishment ol * thc Mexican Empire liriTrance -- r [ L o
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to be opposed to th'e declared policy ' of the Federal Government , offensive to the people , and contrary to the spirit of their institutions . The resolutions further require the President" to take such steps in this grave matter as will vindicate the recognized policy , and protect the honour and interest of the American Government . " Both Houses had requested the
President to furnish papers respecting Mexico . The Senate had considered the question of the admission of Southern members , and had permitted those from Tennessee the privilege of the floor . It is believed tbe opposition to the admission of the other members was decreasing . A resolution endorsing the President's reconstruction policy was not allowed . to be introduced in the House of Representatives . The Fenians have deposed
their chief , John O'Mahony , and charged him with misappropriation of funds . A man named Roberts has been installed in his place , but O'Mahony ' s friends were forming an organisation of their own . Gold , on tbe 13 th inst . was quoted 144 | . By Washington despatches we have intelligence from the United States to the 16 th inst . The resolutions concerning the affairs of Mexico , which have been
submitted to Congress , have stimulated the French Minister to action . He has opened a correspondence with Mr . Seward , and despatched his secretary to France for new instructions . It is rumoured that if the Federal Government accredit a Minister to Juarez , tbe French Embassy will at once leave Washington . " Rumour " also attributes to General Logan ' s mission to the Mexican President a plan for negotiating a treaty on highly
advantageous , terms to both parties . It remains to be seen ho w much or little of truth there is in these reports . When dealing with telegrams it is very difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff . The question of the admission of Southern members to Congress will be referred to a committee without any preliminary debate . When that committee reports , Congress
will take final action in the matter . Mahoney appears to have been deposed , for a new Fenian president—one Roberts—who has issued an inaugural address , breathing fire and fury against England . The Fenians have some £ 100 , 000 in baud , a sum . sufficient to maintain the various members of the Hibernian Cabinet in befitting splendour for some time to come , but
scarcely large enough to enable the Fenians to cope with British forces either on land or sea . NEW ZEALAND . —A telegram has been received in London which gives rather more favourable news as to New Zealand . It is stated that during October the native insurgents were surprised , and that 186 of the Hau-Hau fanatics had taken the oath of allegiance . Parliament bad been prorogued on the 13 th of October . The colony is described as being prosperous .
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The Week.
A man named Peasman was charged on Wednesday at the Middlesex Sessions with furious driving in the streets . He was driving an omnibus on the 15 th of October very furiously , and a collision took place in consequence . For the defence several witnesses were called , who positively swore that tho prisoner was not driving furiously . The jury , however , found him guilty ,
and he was sentenced to fifteen mouths' imprisonment with hard labour . A resumed inquest was held on Wednesday , touching the death of two infants ( twins ) , which some time ago were found in the house of a person named Wallace , living in Hoxton . Mr . Wallace ' s servant ,, a young woman named Field , admitted being the mother of the children . Medical evidence showed that one of the children had been still-born , and the other bad
been accidentally strangled through want of proper assistance . A corresponding verdict was given , and the young woman released from custody . FosElQ-l * IXTELUGEXCE . —A significant notice has been received at tbe English Foreign Office from the British Consul at Rome . It is to the effect that the brigands have poured into the Papal States from the Neapolitan territory in such
numbers as to set at nought the efforts of th . Papal troops . Three p ' ersons are in the bands of the brigands awaiting ransom . Meantime the Italian Parliament has been occupied with the subject of brigandage . The exceptional law for the suppression of the nuisance was reported against by a committee , and the Minister of tho Interior withdrew the bill , admitting at the same time that the condition of tbe Southern provinces had
greatly improved , brigandage there no longer having a political character . Exceptional measures are , however , to be adopted on the Pontifical frontiers . The Chamber of Deputies has adjourned to the 15 th of January . The students of Paris aro not disposed to allow the expulsion of their comrades to pass without energetic protest . All the lectures in tho university are interrupted . Indeed , none of the lecturers are permitted
to mako themselves heard . Outside there is much sympathy with the students , and consequent rows ; and several people are said to have been arrested . The Moniteur of Saturday contains a notice that the students who disturb the lectures will be punished . The Pope has delivered a Christmas speech . His Holiness is full of faith , and speaks with as much
confidence as if he had lost nothing during the last few years , aud the future contained no serious elements of danger . A telegram informs us that the Belgian ministers tendered their resignations , but ivere requested by the King to continue iu office . This resignation is , of course , a purely formal matter , done in order that the King might choose bis own ministers . He
was not likely , we imagine , to change any of them just now . General La Marmora announced to the Italian Senate that he and his colleagues in the-Ministry had resigned , and that their resignation had been accepted by the King . Who is likely to be the next Prime Minister of King Victor Emmanuel is not stated or surmised . — . —It is difficult to say what are the chances
of a reconciliation of the Hungarian difficulty . Count Julius Andrassy , tho First Vice-President of the Lower House of the Hungarian Diet , delivered an inaugural address recently . He desired it to bo understood by the western portion of the empire that the interests of Hungary were o ' no with those of the empire , but that Parliamentary centralisation was opposed
to those rights . He cautioned his hearers , however , not to have in view in what they did thc triumph of Hungary , but rather the interests of tho empire . AMERICA . —Tho Scotia has arrived with American neivs to tbe morning of December 13 . Resolutions had been inti-cwju ^ bd into Congress , and referred to thc Committee on Foruigtf ^ Sa ' irs ,
declaring the establishment ol * thc Mexican Empire liriTrance -- r [ L o
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to be opposed to th'e declared policy ' of the Federal Government , offensive to the people , and contrary to the spirit of their institutions . The resolutions further require the President" to take such steps in this grave matter as will vindicate the recognized policy , and protect the honour and interest of the American Government . " Both Houses had requested the
President to furnish papers respecting Mexico . The Senate had considered the question of the admission of Southern members , and had permitted those from Tennessee the privilege of the floor . It is believed tbe opposition to the admission of the other members was decreasing . A resolution endorsing the President's reconstruction policy was not allowed . to be introduced in the House of Representatives . The Fenians have deposed
their chief , John O'Mahony , and charged him with misappropriation of funds . A man named Roberts has been installed in his place , but O'Mahony ' s friends were forming an organisation of their own . Gold , on tbe 13 th inst . was quoted 144 | . By Washington despatches we have intelligence from the United States to the 16 th inst . The resolutions concerning the affairs of Mexico , which have been
submitted to Congress , have stimulated the French Minister to action . He has opened a correspondence with Mr . Seward , and despatched his secretary to France for new instructions . It is rumoured that if the Federal Government accredit a Minister to Juarez , tbe French Embassy will at once leave Washington . " Rumour " also attributes to General Logan ' s mission to the Mexican President a plan for negotiating a treaty on highly
advantageous , terms to both parties . It remains to be seen ho w much or little of truth there is in these reports . When dealing with telegrams it is very difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff . The question of the admission of Southern members to Congress will be referred to a committee without any preliminary debate . When that committee reports , Congress
will take final action in the matter . Mahoney appears to have been deposed , for a new Fenian president—one Roberts—who has issued an inaugural address , breathing fire and fury against England . The Fenians have some £ 100 , 000 in baud , a sum . sufficient to maintain the various members of the Hibernian Cabinet in befitting splendour for some time to come , but
scarcely large enough to enable the Fenians to cope with British forces either on land or sea . NEW ZEALAND . —A telegram has been received in London which gives rather more favourable news as to New Zealand . It is stated that during October the native insurgents were surprised , and that 186 of the Hau-Hau fanatics had taken the oath of allegiance . Parliament bad been prorogued on the 13 th of October . The colony is described as being prosperous .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
** * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , -Strand , London , W . C . NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS IX ARREARS . — Subscribers who are in arrears aro requested to forward without delay the amounts due from Uiem by Post-office Order , payable to the Proprietor , Bro . William Smith , C . E ., 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C .
EXQUIRER . —You will find in our issue of July 29 th , of tho the present year , under tho head of " Visible Speech , " the particulars you are in search of as to Mr . Alexander Melville Bell's system . EMGRAXT . —The lodges Australian Social ( No . 260 ) , and the J ' -Fjdelity ( No . 2 G 9 ) , at Sidney , are both on the roll of the ^ Svmd Lodge of Ireland ; the former has a Royal Arch chapter
itUujMied to it , and tho latter a Royal Arch chapter and a RtvAtgVts Templar encampment also . G E id y . U r