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was cautioned , volunteered his evidence , and admitted that he had been in the habit of flogging the deceased with a piece of whip-cord . Dr . Giles , who had been called in to give a certificate for burial and refused , gave a shocking account ofthe state of deceased . His body was covered with bruises ; his stomach was perfectly flat , and he appeared to have been left absolutely ivithout food . The doctor attributed the immediate cause of his death to his being flogged while in that exhausted
condition . The jury found that he was killed by misfortune . A very clarinsr outrage was committed in the neighbourhood of Chesterfield on Thursday night week . A miller , who bad been out all day collecting accounts , was riding home , when be was attacked by two men . One of them he knocked clown , while he shot the other . About twenty yards ahead he encountered two other fellows , whom he fired at , but missed . The police went to the place shortly afterwards , and found some
blood on the spot where the first man was shot , but beyond this no trace of the highwaymen could be seen . Mr . George Euxton , who was recently acquitted at Liverpool on a charge of having ordered the destruction of one of his ships with the view of defrauding the underwriters , was committed for trial in London , on Saturday last , for alleged conspiracy to cheat an insurance company . James Bertie , a master mariner , now or formerly in Buxton ' s service , was at the same time committed
for trial as an accomplice in this alleged fraud . It was stated on behalf of Ruxton that he had " a full answer to the charge . " Another boiler explosion has transpired . It has occurred at a small factory near Bevenden , and three persons have thereby lost their lives . The number of deaths that took place last week in London amounted to 1412 . This is 78 above the average of the corrected returns for the last ten years . It
ishoweverconsider-, , ably below the number reported in the first week of the present month . The prevalent diseases appear to be small-pox , measles , typhus , ancl pulmonary complaints . There were 11 ) 23 children born in the course of the week , which is considerably above tho corrected average for the last ten years— -that would make the number 1753 . Cox , the Irish pitman , who was recently sentenced to death for the murder of an old woman at Broadmires ,
was executed at Durham on Tuesday . The convict protested his innocence of the crime to the last moment . The inquest on the bodies of the persons killed by the colliery explosion near Barnsley , has resulted in a verdict to the effect that the calamity arose from the "incautious and unsafe working of the dip-board . " The jury further censure the mode of blasting ivith i ^ "' ^ ' adopted in the pit , but no one is named as personally responsible for what has taken place .
Mr . Digby Seymour ' s " case " has once more been ventilated in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . Among the persons examined before the Benchers ofthe Middle Temple , when the charges preferred against Mr . Seymour were being investigated , was a Mr . Hudson , who had been on the board of a mining company , with ivhich the hon . ancl learned gentleman had been connected . Mr . Hudson found that tho Benchers had got possession of a book containing memoranda relating , it would seemto the business
, of this concern . He said the book was his private property . The Benchers , on the other hand , said it was not , and that it had been handed to them by the company's solicitor . Mr . Hudson was , however , resolved to obtain possession of the volume , and on its being handed to him in order that he might refer to it , he put it in his pocket . A rather lively scene followed . The Benchers demanded that the book should be returned .- but Mr . Hudson defiantly avowed his intention of keeping what he called
his private property . The porters were then called in , and Mr . Hudson ' s pockets were "rummaged" in search ofthe hook . It could not , however , be got hold of , and the upshot was that he was given into custody on the charge of having " taken " or " stolen" it . The inspector at the station declined to take the charge , and Mr . Hudson has therefore brought , an action for assault and false imprisonment against Sir F . Slade ancl several other Benchers , along ivith two of the Temple servants . The
case occupied the Court of Queen's Bench five days , when the jury , almost equally divided in opinion ( 7 to 5 ) , they were discharged without giving a verdict . FOEEIG-N INTELLIGENCE . —The Moniteur , in its non-official bulletin , states that some journals " exaggerate the tendency " of the French proposal to mediate between the American belligerents , ancl declared that " the overtures of France are disinterested , opportune , and careful of the rights and susceptibilities of the belligerents . The Italian Chambers were prorogued ; yesterday by Royal decree . A body of French and Italian tixwjJs .
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have made an expedition on the Roman frontier , and dispersed the remainder of Tristany's band of brigands . Garibaldi has once more returned to the island home which he unfortnnately quitted in order to take part in the events that resulted in the affair of Aspromonte . On Saturday morning he arrived at Pisa from Leghorn , and in tho course of the afternoon he embarked for Caprera . Many fresh arrests have been made in AVarsaw , ancl the Russian authorities are said to have obtained a clue to
a central committee which directs the operations of the Polish malcontents . A despatch from Lisbon brings a brief account of a railway accident , perhaps the most destructive to human life that has yet occurred in Europe . While a train convoying materials ancl some 200 workmen was passing over a bridge on the Great- Eastern Railway of Portugal , the bridge gave way , ancl the train was precipitated into the river beneath . About 100 men are said to have perished and many others to have been
injured . Prince Gortschakoff officially denies that Russia has ever favoured the candidature of the Duke de Leuchtenberg for the throne of Greece . Another blow has been struck at the passport system . The Official Gazette of Madrid yesterday published a notification that henceforth all passports are abolished in Spain . The Mexican debate still goes on'in the Senate . The last speaker was General Concha , who strongly opposed the policy of General Prim , but stated he was friendly to ths
Ministers on other questions . Advices from St . Petersburgh state that a marriage is arranged between Prince AVilliam of Baden and the eldest daughter of the Grand Duchess Marie of Leuchtenberg . AMEEICA . —The latest despatches from New York state that on the 11 th instant General Burnside succeeded in throwing bridges across the Rappahannock , notwithstanding the fire of the Confederates , and that his army subsequently crossed the river at several points . The Confederates , we are told , were " driven out of the city to their line of works outside Fredericksburg ; " but since then , says a New York telegram dated the
evening of the 12 th inst ., " no further news has heen received . " There hacl . been a severe engagement in Argansas , in the neighbourhood of Fayetteville . Some 24 , 000 Confederates are stated to have attacked a body of about 6 , 000 or 7 , 000 Federals , who maintained their ground until a reinforcement of 5 , 000 men arrived , and fell on the rear of the Confederates , who then retreated across the Boston Mountains , leaving their adversaries in possession of the field . The Confederate loss is
represented to have amounted to 2000 men , while the Federals are alleged to have lost only 1000 men ; but it is admitted that very few prisoners and no guns were taken from the Confederates . The Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means had presented to the House of Representatives a scheme —which is , however , said not to have been sanctioned by the Committee or by Secretary Chase—empowering the Treasury to issue legal tender notes to the amount of 500 , 000 , 000 dollars ,
and directing the redemption of all existing bonds , ancl an issue of 1 , 000 , 000 , 000 dollars of six ; per cent , bonds , to be redeemable in gold or silver at the end of twenty years , but with the ominous proviso that the interest should be payable , not in gold or silver , but in " lawful money . " The intelligence brought hy the Hibernia steamer from New York to the 13 th , states that after General Burnside ' s forces passed the Rapahannock , on the 12 th , they occupied the
south side of the river ancl Fredericksburg . The Confederates , who occupied two strong lines of batteries in the rear of Fredericksburg , had concentrated their forces , and a battle'was expected immediately . The Federal movements in Missouri were much retarded by the rain , and doubts were entertained of their having occupied Grenada . The Hoijse of Representatives had tabled a resolution condemnatory of President Lincoln ' s emancipation proclamation hy 95 to 47 . A private telegram received at Liverpool states that a battle had commenced at Fredericksburg , ancl that it was being continued on the 13 th , the date of the latest intelligence .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
SCOTLAND— Our correspondent ' s notice of Mother Kilwinning and other festivals , & c , are deferred till next week . X ^ L— S . AV ., J . AV ., Trees ., Sec , S . D ., & e . l ^&^ Next week . A
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was cautioned , volunteered his evidence , and admitted that he had been in the habit of flogging the deceased with a piece of whip-cord . Dr . Giles , who had been called in to give a certificate for burial and refused , gave a shocking account ofthe state of deceased . His body was covered with bruises ; his stomach was perfectly flat , and he appeared to have been left absolutely ivithout food . The doctor attributed the immediate cause of his death to his being flogged while in that exhausted
condition . The jury found that he was killed by misfortune . A very clarinsr outrage was committed in the neighbourhood of Chesterfield on Thursday night week . A miller , who bad been out all day collecting accounts , was riding home , when be was attacked by two men . One of them he knocked clown , while he shot the other . About twenty yards ahead he encountered two other fellows , whom he fired at , but missed . The police went to the place shortly afterwards , and found some
blood on the spot where the first man was shot , but beyond this no trace of the highwaymen could be seen . Mr . George Euxton , who was recently acquitted at Liverpool on a charge of having ordered the destruction of one of his ships with the view of defrauding the underwriters , was committed for trial in London , on Saturday last , for alleged conspiracy to cheat an insurance company . James Bertie , a master mariner , now or formerly in Buxton ' s service , was at the same time committed
for trial as an accomplice in this alleged fraud . It was stated on behalf of Ruxton that he had " a full answer to the charge . " Another boiler explosion has transpired . It has occurred at a small factory near Bevenden , and three persons have thereby lost their lives . The number of deaths that took place last week in London amounted to 1412 . This is 78 above the average of the corrected returns for the last ten years . It
ishoweverconsider-, , ably below the number reported in the first week of the present month . The prevalent diseases appear to be small-pox , measles , typhus , ancl pulmonary complaints . There were 11 ) 23 children born in the course of the week , which is considerably above tho corrected average for the last ten years— -that would make the number 1753 . Cox , the Irish pitman , who was recently sentenced to death for the murder of an old woman at Broadmires ,
was executed at Durham on Tuesday . The convict protested his innocence of the crime to the last moment . The inquest on the bodies of the persons killed by the colliery explosion near Barnsley , has resulted in a verdict to the effect that the calamity arose from the "incautious and unsafe working of the dip-board . " The jury further censure the mode of blasting ivith i ^ "' ^ ' adopted in the pit , but no one is named as personally responsible for what has taken place .
Mr . Digby Seymour ' s " case " has once more been ventilated in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . Among the persons examined before the Benchers ofthe Middle Temple , when the charges preferred against Mr . Seymour were being investigated , was a Mr . Hudson , who had been on the board of a mining company , with ivhich the hon . ancl learned gentleman had been connected . Mr . Hudson found that tho Benchers had got possession of a book containing memoranda relating , it would seemto the business
, of this concern . He said the book was his private property . The Benchers , on the other hand , said it was not , and that it had been handed to them by the company's solicitor . Mr . Hudson was , however , resolved to obtain possession of the volume , and on its being handed to him in order that he might refer to it , he put it in his pocket . A rather lively scene followed . The Benchers demanded that the book should be returned .- but Mr . Hudson defiantly avowed his intention of keeping what he called
his private property . The porters were then called in , and Mr . Hudson ' s pockets were "rummaged" in search ofthe hook . It could not , however , be got hold of , and the upshot was that he was given into custody on the charge of having " taken " or " stolen" it . The inspector at the station declined to take the charge , and Mr . Hudson has therefore brought , an action for assault and false imprisonment against Sir F . Slade ancl several other Benchers , along ivith two of the Temple servants . The
case occupied the Court of Queen's Bench five days , when the jury , almost equally divided in opinion ( 7 to 5 ) , they were discharged without giving a verdict . FOEEIG-N INTELLIGENCE . —The Moniteur , in its non-official bulletin , states that some journals " exaggerate the tendency " of the French proposal to mediate between the American belligerents , ancl declared that " the overtures of France are disinterested , opportune , and careful of the rights and susceptibilities of the belligerents . The Italian Chambers were prorogued ; yesterday by Royal decree . A body of French and Italian tixwjJs .
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have made an expedition on the Roman frontier , and dispersed the remainder of Tristany's band of brigands . Garibaldi has once more returned to the island home which he unfortnnately quitted in order to take part in the events that resulted in the affair of Aspromonte . On Saturday morning he arrived at Pisa from Leghorn , and in tho course of the afternoon he embarked for Caprera . Many fresh arrests have been made in AVarsaw , ancl the Russian authorities are said to have obtained a clue to
a central committee which directs the operations of the Polish malcontents . A despatch from Lisbon brings a brief account of a railway accident , perhaps the most destructive to human life that has yet occurred in Europe . While a train convoying materials ancl some 200 workmen was passing over a bridge on the Great- Eastern Railway of Portugal , the bridge gave way , ancl the train was precipitated into the river beneath . About 100 men are said to have perished and many others to have been
injured . Prince Gortschakoff officially denies that Russia has ever favoured the candidature of the Duke de Leuchtenberg for the throne of Greece . Another blow has been struck at the passport system . The Official Gazette of Madrid yesterday published a notification that henceforth all passports are abolished in Spain . The Mexican debate still goes on'in the Senate . The last speaker was General Concha , who strongly opposed the policy of General Prim , but stated he was friendly to ths
Ministers on other questions . Advices from St . Petersburgh state that a marriage is arranged between Prince AVilliam of Baden and the eldest daughter of the Grand Duchess Marie of Leuchtenberg . AMEEICA . —The latest despatches from New York state that on the 11 th instant General Burnside succeeded in throwing bridges across the Rappahannock , notwithstanding the fire of the Confederates , and that his army subsequently crossed the river at several points . The Confederates , we are told , were " driven out of the city to their line of works outside Fredericksburg ; " but since then , says a New York telegram dated the
evening of the 12 th inst ., " no further news has heen received . " There hacl . been a severe engagement in Argansas , in the neighbourhood of Fayetteville . Some 24 , 000 Confederates are stated to have attacked a body of about 6 , 000 or 7 , 000 Federals , who maintained their ground until a reinforcement of 5 , 000 men arrived , and fell on the rear of the Confederates , who then retreated across the Boston Mountains , leaving their adversaries in possession of the field . The Confederate loss is
represented to have amounted to 2000 men , while the Federals are alleged to have lost only 1000 men ; but it is admitted that very few prisoners and no guns were taken from the Confederates . The Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means had presented to the House of Representatives a scheme —which is , however , said not to have been sanctioned by the Committee or by Secretary Chase—empowering the Treasury to issue legal tender notes to the amount of 500 , 000 , 000 dollars ,
and directing the redemption of all existing bonds , ancl an issue of 1 , 000 , 000 , 000 dollars of six ; per cent , bonds , to be redeemable in gold or silver at the end of twenty years , but with the ominous proviso that the interest should be payable , not in gold or silver , but in " lawful money . " The intelligence brought hy the Hibernia steamer from New York to the 13 th , states that after General Burnside ' s forces passed the Rapahannock , on the 12 th , they occupied the
south side of the river ancl Fredericksburg . The Confederates , who occupied two strong lines of batteries in the rear of Fredericksburg , had concentrated their forces , and a battle'was expected immediately . The Federal movements in Missouri were much retarded by the rain , and doubts were entertained of their having occupied Grenada . The Hoijse of Representatives had tabled a resolution condemnatory of President Lincoln ' s emancipation proclamation hy 95 to 47 . A private telegram received at Liverpool states that a battle had commenced at Fredericksburg , ancl that it was being continued on the 13 th , the date of the latest intelligence .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
SCOTLAND— Our correspondent ' s notice of Mother Kilwinning and other festivals , & c , are deferred till next week . X ^ L— S . AV ., J . AV ., Trees ., Sec , S . D ., & e . l ^&^ Next week . A