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circumstances . The infant was found dead , and apparently murdered . The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against the girl . On Sophia Turner , a single woman , of 27 years of age , who had been seduced by a person with whom she went to live as housekeeper , the name of the person not being allowed to transpire . She was apparently driven to distraction , and died suddenly from exhaustion , through excitement and disease of lungs . On the body of Mrs . Eliza Smart , a lady
who committed suicide by jumping from London Bridge . Temporary insanity had been induced , it is thought , by immoderate grief at tbe serious illness of her child . On the body of a young woman found drowned in the Regent ' s Canal , under unusually strange circumstances . It is thought that she must have walked into the water in a fit of somnambulism . A dreadful colliery accident has occurred in the neighbourhood of of Wednesbury . On Thursday the 19 th , three men and a
boywere working in the Steers Meadow Pit , when a flood of water poured into the mine . The three men perished , but the boy managed to reach a point in the workings which his hapless companioks sought unsuccessfully to gain . He was ultimately rescued after a dismal imprisonment of about 30 hours . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The Moniteur of Wednesday published a paragraph in its bulletincommenting on the
, continued obstinacy of the struggle in Poland , which it declares to be established by tbe most authentic accounts . When we remember that nothing is published in the official journal which does not express the views of the French Government , tbe significance of this announcement will be understood . Tbe French Government in plain words declines to accept the official accounts from Warsaw , which represent , as indeed they have
been doing for tbe past month , the insurrection as all but extinguished . The Moniteur also notices the fact that Austrian journals all condemn the policy of Prussia , and dwells with even more emphasis upon the unanimity which prevails among the English press and public on tbe subject . The French journal does not fail to publish all the authenticated accounts of the savage cruelties practised hy Russian troops in the disturbed districts . The Constitution-net has an article intended to allay the excitement ensued by the dread of an immediate
European war . The junction of England , 1 "ranee , and Austria is the surest guarantee of peace , says this journal . 'ihe Patrie announces that M . Thouvenel has despatched to the French Envoy at Berlin , a note , which is to be communicated to tbe Prussian Cabinet . This note is said to be couched in the most moderate and friendly language ; but , according to tbe Patrie , it " points out that Prussia , by assisting to crush the insurrection in Polandwould be liable to arouse the aspirations of other
, populations of Polish origin , which might make common cause with tbe insurgents . " The Prussian Government is reported to be engaged in endeavouring , not very successfully , to negotiate a loan so large , as to convey the idea of a deliberate preparation to meet the expenses of a war . Thus at least , affirms a French journal ; but we do not know whether there is any authority for the statement . It is asserted by the Berlin newspapers , that
a body of Prussian troops actually crossed the frontier into the kingdom of Poland , ancl occupied for some . hours a town in Russian territory , because it was reported that a body of insurgents was advancing to seize tbe place . A telegram from Berlin states that the police of that city have seized 300 hand-grenades found in the possession of Poles . The latter were arrestedand will be prosecuted . The German
, inhabitants of Posen have published a declaration , protesting against Prussian intervention in favour of Russia , as prejudicial to the province of Posen . All the endeavours to upset Marshal O'Donnell appear to have failed , and , it is said , the possibility of a Ministerial crisis at Madrid is no longer spoken of . Marshal Narvaez is endeavouring to form a separate party , but has hitherto met with little
support . Despatches from Constantinople state that the Porle has addressed a circular note to its representatives abroad , calling attention to the unsatisfactory and disturbed condition of tbe Danubian Principalities . The " Provisional Government" of Greece has been overturned by a kind of bloodless revolution ; and henceforth tbe country will , it seems , be ruled by a Ministry directly appointed by the National Assembly , until a King shall have assumed the crown .
AMERICA . —The Australasian has brought intelligence from New York to the 11 th inst . The official report of the Federal Admiral Dupont of the attack by the Confederates on the blockading snuadron at Charleston differs iu seme respects from
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the Southern version . According to the former , two Confederate iron-clads suddenly attacked the Federal fleet , captured the Mercedita , and seriously damaged the Keystone Slate ,- but both vessels escaped and were towed to Port Royal . Several other Federal vessels were also damaged , and the Federal casualties amounted to 24 killed and 23 wounded . It is denied that the blockade was ever raised . An immense naval force was before Charlestonbut tbe attack bad not commenced . The Federal
, iron-clad Montaukhad been foiled in its attack on Fort M'Alister , and relinquished the attempt . The capture of Sabine Pass by the Confederates is confirmed . The Federal Ram Queen of tile West is reported to have passed tbe Confederate batteries oa the Mississippi without hurt , but doing considerable damage to the enemy . Tbe New York papers say that a successful reconnaissance bad been made upon tbe right wing of the army of
the Potomac , but afford no particulars . The enrolment of negroes was giving rise to much discontent ancl inconvenience . Owing to the arrival of a coloured regiment a very mutinous spirit had been shown by the troops at Ship Island , and ai \ Illinois regiment had been placed under arrest for refusing to fight under the emancipation proclamation . Nevertheless , Mr . Sumner had introduced a bill into the Senate to enrol 300 , 000 negro soldiers . In Tennessee the Federals had occupied Lebanon , ancl captured 600 prisoners . The Senate had called for the correspondence with the French Government concerning
mediation or other means of ending the war . The New York journals view with favour the French Emperor's proposal . By the City of Manchester , the Satisa , and the . Bohemian , we have dates from New York to the evening of the 14 th inst . Preparations were energetically continued for tbe capture of Vicksburg , and by cutting the levels of the Mississppi the country to the . rear of that city has been flooded , to such a depth it is hoped as may permit gunboats to attack in that
quarter . No attack on Savannah or Charleston bad yet been made ; General Foster ' s expedition was disembarking on Helena Island , ivhich is some fifty miles south of Charleston . The dismemberment of tbe army of the Potomac bad commenced , about 35 , 000 men baling been detached from it to proceed to Suffolk in Virginia , under Burnside . The political news is of more importance . Mr . Seward had explicitly denied in a report to the Senate , that be bad ever made any communication to the
Confederate authorities through tbe French Minister at Washington , as alleged by tbe latter in despatches to his government recently published ; and be had also refused to listen to any proposition for foreign interference in tbe affairs of tbe United States . The Illinois Legislature bad passed peace resolutions ; the Governor of Pennsylvania had condemned arbitrary arrests ; and a resolution was before tbe New Jersey Legislature to send commissioners to Richmond to know upon what terms amicable relations , under one government , could be restored .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
P . M . —There is no means of challenging the appointments of a W . M ., even though he should pass over a zealous and attentive Mason . The brethren have the power of redress in their hands hereafter . We cannot insert a letter upon such a subject , especially as that letter imparts unworthy motives to the master of a lodge , whilst the writer withholds his name . BRO . COOKE AND THE HIGH DEGREES . —In consequence of some evident misinformation having got abroad , as we learn through
several letters we have received , wo feel it oi » l y due to Bro . Matthew Cooke to say that he has never written one word relative to the high degrees in this MAGAZINE to which ho has not appended bis own name . Bro . Cooke is not the man to fight under an anonyme one day , and his own name the next . W . J . —The jewel of which a sketch is sent us is that of n D . G . M ., or Prov . G . M ., under the old constitutions . Surely
our correspondent cannot be serious when ho asks us what the snn and moon has to do with a Masonic jewel . CHRONOLOGY . —In Bro . Melville's article , which appeared last week , Cota should have been Greta . BELISARIITS will be attended to in due time . ERRATA . —In the letter of " Ebor , " at p . 141 , third line from the bottom , for " sneer" read "sever" ; for Sloane MS . 3228 , fo . 137 , read 3329 fo . 137 ; for " mausio" read " mansio" ; and p . 142 , five lines from the top , for " process " read " proofs . "
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The Week.
circumstances . The infant was found dead , and apparently murdered . The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against the girl . On Sophia Turner , a single woman , of 27 years of age , who had been seduced by a person with whom she went to live as housekeeper , the name of the person not being allowed to transpire . She was apparently driven to distraction , and died suddenly from exhaustion , through excitement and disease of lungs . On the body of Mrs . Eliza Smart , a lady
who committed suicide by jumping from London Bridge . Temporary insanity had been induced , it is thought , by immoderate grief at tbe serious illness of her child . On the body of a young woman found drowned in the Regent ' s Canal , under unusually strange circumstances . It is thought that she must have walked into the water in a fit of somnambulism . A dreadful colliery accident has occurred in the neighbourhood of of Wednesbury . On Thursday the 19 th , three men and a
boywere working in the Steers Meadow Pit , when a flood of water poured into the mine . The three men perished , but the boy managed to reach a point in the workings which his hapless companioks sought unsuccessfully to gain . He was ultimately rescued after a dismal imprisonment of about 30 hours . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The Moniteur of Wednesday published a paragraph in its bulletincommenting on the
, continued obstinacy of the struggle in Poland , which it declares to be established by tbe most authentic accounts . When we remember that nothing is published in the official journal which does not express the views of the French Government , tbe significance of this announcement will be understood . Tbe French Government in plain words declines to accept the official accounts from Warsaw , which represent , as indeed they have
been doing for tbe past month , the insurrection as all but extinguished . The Moniteur also notices the fact that Austrian journals all condemn the policy of Prussia , and dwells with even more emphasis upon the unanimity which prevails among the English press and public on tbe subject . The French journal does not fail to publish all the authenticated accounts of the savage cruelties practised hy Russian troops in the disturbed districts . The Constitution-net has an article intended to allay the excitement ensued by the dread of an immediate
European war . The junction of England , 1 "ranee , and Austria is the surest guarantee of peace , says this journal . 'ihe Patrie announces that M . Thouvenel has despatched to the French Envoy at Berlin , a note , which is to be communicated to tbe Prussian Cabinet . This note is said to be couched in the most moderate and friendly language ; but , according to tbe Patrie , it " points out that Prussia , by assisting to crush the insurrection in Polandwould be liable to arouse the aspirations of other
, populations of Polish origin , which might make common cause with tbe insurgents . " The Prussian Government is reported to be engaged in endeavouring , not very successfully , to negotiate a loan so large , as to convey the idea of a deliberate preparation to meet the expenses of a war . Thus at least , affirms a French journal ; but we do not know whether there is any authority for the statement . It is asserted by the Berlin newspapers , that
a body of Prussian troops actually crossed the frontier into the kingdom of Poland , ancl occupied for some . hours a town in Russian territory , because it was reported that a body of insurgents was advancing to seize tbe place . A telegram from Berlin states that the police of that city have seized 300 hand-grenades found in the possession of Poles . The latter were arrestedand will be prosecuted . The German
, inhabitants of Posen have published a declaration , protesting against Prussian intervention in favour of Russia , as prejudicial to the province of Posen . All the endeavours to upset Marshal O'Donnell appear to have failed , and , it is said , the possibility of a Ministerial crisis at Madrid is no longer spoken of . Marshal Narvaez is endeavouring to form a separate party , but has hitherto met with little
support . Despatches from Constantinople state that the Porle has addressed a circular note to its representatives abroad , calling attention to the unsatisfactory and disturbed condition of tbe Danubian Principalities . The " Provisional Government" of Greece has been overturned by a kind of bloodless revolution ; and henceforth tbe country will , it seems , be ruled by a Ministry directly appointed by the National Assembly , until a King shall have assumed the crown .
AMERICA . —The Australasian has brought intelligence from New York to the 11 th inst . The official report of the Federal Admiral Dupont of the attack by the Confederates on the blockading snuadron at Charleston differs iu seme respects from
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the Southern version . According to the former , two Confederate iron-clads suddenly attacked the Federal fleet , captured the Mercedita , and seriously damaged the Keystone Slate ,- but both vessels escaped and were towed to Port Royal . Several other Federal vessels were also damaged , and the Federal casualties amounted to 24 killed and 23 wounded . It is denied that the blockade was ever raised . An immense naval force was before Charlestonbut tbe attack bad not commenced . The Federal
, iron-clad Montaukhad been foiled in its attack on Fort M'Alister , and relinquished the attempt . The capture of Sabine Pass by the Confederates is confirmed . The Federal Ram Queen of tile West is reported to have passed tbe Confederate batteries oa the Mississippi without hurt , but doing considerable damage to the enemy . Tbe New York papers say that a successful reconnaissance bad been made upon tbe right wing of the army of
the Potomac , but afford no particulars . The enrolment of negroes was giving rise to much discontent ancl inconvenience . Owing to the arrival of a coloured regiment a very mutinous spirit had been shown by the troops at Ship Island , and ai \ Illinois regiment had been placed under arrest for refusing to fight under the emancipation proclamation . Nevertheless , Mr . Sumner had introduced a bill into the Senate to enrol 300 , 000 negro soldiers . In Tennessee the Federals had occupied Lebanon , ancl captured 600 prisoners . The Senate had called for the correspondence with the French Government concerning
mediation or other means of ending the war . The New York journals view with favour the French Emperor's proposal . By the City of Manchester , the Satisa , and the . Bohemian , we have dates from New York to the evening of the 14 th inst . Preparations were energetically continued for tbe capture of Vicksburg , and by cutting the levels of the Mississppi the country to the . rear of that city has been flooded , to such a depth it is hoped as may permit gunboats to attack in that
quarter . No attack on Savannah or Charleston bad yet been made ; General Foster ' s expedition was disembarking on Helena Island , ivhich is some fifty miles south of Charleston . The dismemberment of tbe army of the Potomac bad commenced , about 35 , 000 men baling been detached from it to proceed to Suffolk in Virginia , under Burnside . The political news is of more importance . Mr . Seward had explicitly denied in a report to the Senate , that be bad ever made any communication to the
Confederate authorities through tbe French Minister at Washington , as alleged by tbe latter in despatches to his government recently published ; and be had also refused to listen to any proposition for foreign interference in tbe affairs of tbe United States . The Illinois Legislature bad passed peace resolutions ; the Governor of Pennsylvania had condemned arbitrary arrests ; and a resolution was before tbe New Jersey Legislature to send commissioners to Richmond to know upon what terms amicable relations , under one government , could be restored .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
P . M . —There is no means of challenging the appointments of a W . M ., even though he should pass over a zealous and attentive Mason . The brethren have the power of redress in their hands hereafter . We cannot insert a letter upon such a subject , especially as that letter imparts unworthy motives to the master of a lodge , whilst the writer withholds his name . BRO . COOKE AND THE HIGH DEGREES . —In consequence of some evident misinformation having got abroad , as we learn through
several letters we have received , wo feel it oi » l y due to Bro . Matthew Cooke to say that he has never written one word relative to the high degrees in this MAGAZINE to which ho has not appended bis own name . Bro . Cooke is not the man to fight under an anonyme one day , and his own name the next . W . J . —The jewel of which a sketch is sent us is that of n D . G . M ., or Prov . G . M ., under the old constitutions . Surely
our correspondent cannot be serious when ho asks us what the snn and moon has to do with a Masonic jewel . CHRONOLOGY . —In Bro . Melville's article , which appeared last week , Cota should have been Greta . BELISARIITS will be attended to in due time . ERRATA . —In the letter of " Ebor , " at p . 141 , third line from the bottom , for " sneer" read "sever" ; for Sloane MS . 3228 , fo . 137 , read 3329 fo . 137 ; for " mausio" read " mansio" ; and p . 142 , five lines from the top , for " process " read " proofs . "