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The Week.

April . The jury , after having both parties before them , decided that there was no such contract , and Mr . Fechter was in consequence ordered to make up his payments to £ 400 . At the Middlesex Sessions , James AVren , a costermonger , was charged with stealing a medal from an army pensioner , named Robert Mitchell . He was found guilty and sentenced to twelve months' hard labour . George AVhite and Catherine Haley ,

convicted last session of stabbing Joseph Mercer , a seaman , were brought tip for judgment . Tbe male prisoner was sentenced to five years' penal servitude , and the woman to twelve months ' hard labour . Ann Parsloe was also brought up for judgment . She had been convicted of robbing a house in Upper-AVilliam - street , Portland-town , and was sentenced to eighteen months '

hard labour . On Friday a second warrant for the apprehension of Midler , the suspected murderer of Mr . Briggs , was issued b y Mr . Henry , at Bow-street , and on this occasion the evidence was taken in public , and was much more full than has before been given . It is noticeable that a gentleman , a friend of Mr . Briggs , saw him in the carriage at the Bow Station , the last

time he was seen alive . There were then two other persons in the same compartment . Unfortunately , this witness had a second-class ticket and did not get in beside his friend . If this gentleman is not mistaken , there must have been two persons concerned in the murder . Another arrest has been made in connection with this crime . A man , giving tho name of

" George Smith , " and answering the description of Muller , was taken into custody at Stafford , charged with a robbery . An officer was despatched by Sir Richard Mayne to identify the prisoner if possible , but it proved not to be the man wanted .

A tragedy , parallel to that at at Somors Town , took place in Manchester on Tuesday . A man named Gilbert , a paviour , cut the throat of his wife and afterwards terminated his own existence by the same process . From the evidence at the inquest it would appear that the wife drank , and that the man had a very unhappy home . He had frequently threatened to

murder some one or hang himself , and in moment of temporary insanity , as the coroner ' s jury thought , he had killed his wife and then committed suicide . ——At the Nottingham Assizes Richard Thomas Parker was tried for tho murder of his mother , at Fiskerton , on the 24 th of March last . The prisoner was a butcher by trade , but latterly assisted his father iu the

management of a farm . In consequence of the dissipated habits into which the son had fallen frequent quarrels took place between him and his father . One of these occurred on the day in question , when the prisoner seized a gun , fired first at his mother , and subsequently at his father , wounding them both . The old man recovered , but the injuries of Mrs . Parker

proved fatal . A verdict of wilful murder was returned by the jury , with a recommendation to mercy . Sentence of death was passed upon the prisoner . John Short , the Bolton rag and waste dealer , who so grossly insulted a young woman oh the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway the other clay , was brought up for re-examination at the New Bailey , yesterday . A plea of intoxication was put in , and ho "threw himself upon

the mercy of the Magistrates , " who fined him £ 20 , with the alternative of six months' imprisonment . The fine was paid . Judgment was given on Thursday , in the Yelverton appeal case . There were present the Lord Chancellor , Lord \ A ensleydale , Lord Chelmsford , and Lord Kingsdown . The Lord Chancellor concluded his judgment by saying , " -I must give my

opinion that there was a valid ceremony by promise in Scotland , and that they wore and aro man and wife . " Lord AVensleydale followed , dissenting from the opinion of the Lord Chancellor , saying ho was sorry to be obliged to reverse the judgment of the noble lords below . Ultimately ' , the decision was given i favour of the appellant , Major Yelverton .

The Week.

FOEEIGN INTELLIGENCE . —An Imperial manifesto , it is said , is shortly to appear in the columns of the MoniCeur , enunciatory of the Emperor ' s policy . A firm repudiation of any aggressive designs , and the expediency of a close and genuine alliance with England , are to be its main features . The coming document is believed to have been submitted to and received the approval of the King of the Belgians . A report of the Minister of AY ar

is published in the Moniteur of Saturday , followed by an Imperial decree , modifying the administration of Algeria . The report says the insurrection was not only caused by fanaticism , but still more by an unfounded hope of surprising the vigilance of the authorities , who were believed to bo disarmed because divided in their action . The report , therefore , proposes to

increase the power and responsibility of the generals commanding divisions , making the prefects subordinate to them , and entrusting them with the administration of the natives established beyond the limits of the communal districts . No one seems disposed to admit that the King of the Belgians has gone to Vichy merely in quest of health . A political object

is persistently assigned to the journey , and the latest rumour on the subject is that his Majesty desires to confer with the Emperor Napoleon on the question of the Mexican succession . The Emperor Maxmilian , who is son-in-law of King Leopold , is childless , audit is affirmed that the difficulties which may hereafter arise out of this circumstance will be fully considered and »

if possible , provided against by the two'Sovereigns . -A Ministerial crisis is apprehended at Athens , the National Assembly having passed a vote of censure on the Minister of AA ar . —•—From Madrid we learn that the dispatches of Admiral Pinion which were reported to have been stolen at Panama , have been safely received by the Spanish Government . AVe learn from Constantinople that the Porto has closed all the Protestant

missionary establishments , and even arrested several converts . AVe presume that this must , have been immediately protested against by tho British and American Ministers , as the Bible and American Missionary Societies were soon re-opened . AIIEEIOA . —The Federals were recovering from the alarm caused hy the expedition of the Confederates , whose approach

within four miles of Baltimore had induced the managers of the banks of that city to send their specie , & c , on board steameis , and whose advance to the north side of AYashington had at one time given rise in Philadelphia to a rumour that the Federal capital had actually been captured . The forces of the Federal General AVallace , whose defeat at Monocacy on the 6 th insthad preceded the approach of the Confederates to

Balti-. more and AA ashington , were said not to have exceeded 10 , 000 men ; but apparently no estimate of his losses had been published . No important events had occurred at Petersburg ; but the Confederates were reported to have made " demonstrations " against General Grant ' s left , with the presumed purpose of getting into his rear .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

J . B . S . —AVe have not been able to decipher your M . S ., neither have we been able to find anybody who can . Any writingmaster will give you six lessons for a guinea . p . p . G . —Ask the Grand Secretary . AA e cannot with any hope of getting a courteous reply . S . S . —You are thoroughly mistaken . AVe derive no information through the Earl of Zetland , and we are not aware that

we ever spoke to his lordship but once , and then it was a mere interchange ofthe common courtesies of life . We have supported the noble earl when wo believed him to he in the right ; nr . d we have opposed him when we thought he was iu error—in each case without losing sight of the fact that a s Grand Master we are bound to defer to his decisions . EEEATU _ . —In the inquiry last week respecting Browne ' s Master Key , for " secret words" read " secret wards . "

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CLASSICAL THEOLOGY.—LXXVIII. Article 1
MASONRY IN ITS RELATION TO RELIGION. Article 2
PRACTICAL FREEMASONRY. Article 3
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MASONIC LAW IN INDIA. Article 4
Untitled Article 5
THE ECCLESIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Article 6
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 9
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CORRESPONDENCE. Article 12
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 13
METROPOLITAN. Article 13
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CHANNEL ISLANDS, Article 16
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THE WEEK. Article 17
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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The Week.

April . The jury , after having both parties before them , decided that there was no such contract , and Mr . Fechter was in consequence ordered to make up his payments to £ 400 . At the Middlesex Sessions , James AVren , a costermonger , was charged with stealing a medal from an army pensioner , named Robert Mitchell . He was found guilty and sentenced to twelve months' hard labour . George AVhite and Catherine Haley ,

convicted last session of stabbing Joseph Mercer , a seaman , were brought tip for judgment . Tbe male prisoner was sentenced to five years' penal servitude , and the woman to twelve months ' hard labour . Ann Parsloe was also brought up for judgment . She had been convicted of robbing a house in Upper-AVilliam - street , Portland-town , and was sentenced to eighteen months '

hard labour . On Friday a second warrant for the apprehension of Midler , the suspected murderer of Mr . Briggs , was issued b y Mr . Henry , at Bow-street , and on this occasion the evidence was taken in public , and was much more full than has before been given . It is noticeable that a gentleman , a friend of Mr . Briggs , saw him in the carriage at the Bow Station , the last

time he was seen alive . There were then two other persons in the same compartment . Unfortunately , this witness had a second-class ticket and did not get in beside his friend . If this gentleman is not mistaken , there must have been two persons concerned in the murder . Another arrest has been made in connection with this crime . A man , giving tho name of

" George Smith , " and answering the description of Muller , was taken into custody at Stafford , charged with a robbery . An officer was despatched by Sir Richard Mayne to identify the prisoner if possible , but it proved not to be the man wanted .

A tragedy , parallel to that at at Somors Town , took place in Manchester on Tuesday . A man named Gilbert , a paviour , cut the throat of his wife and afterwards terminated his own existence by the same process . From the evidence at the inquest it would appear that the wife drank , and that the man had a very unhappy home . He had frequently threatened to

murder some one or hang himself , and in moment of temporary insanity , as the coroner ' s jury thought , he had killed his wife and then committed suicide . ——At the Nottingham Assizes Richard Thomas Parker was tried for tho murder of his mother , at Fiskerton , on the 24 th of March last . The prisoner was a butcher by trade , but latterly assisted his father iu the

management of a farm . In consequence of the dissipated habits into which the son had fallen frequent quarrels took place between him and his father . One of these occurred on the day in question , when the prisoner seized a gun , fired first at his mother , and subsequently at his father , wounding them both . The old man recovered , but the injuries of Mrs . Parker

proved fatal . A verdict of wilful murder was returned by the jury , with a recommendation to mercy . Sentence of death was passed upon the prisoner . John Short , the Bolton rag and waste dealer , who so grossly insulted a young woman oh the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway the other clay , was brought up for re-examination at the New Bailey , yesterday . A plea of intoxication was put in , and ho "threw himself upon

the mercy of the Magistrates , " who fined him £ 20 , with the alternative of six months' imprisonment . The fine was paid . Judgment was given on Thursday , in the Yelverton appeal case . There were present the Lord Chancellor , Lord \ A ensleydale , Lord Chelmsford , and Lord Kingsdown . The Lord Chancellor concluded his judgment by saying , " -I must give my

opinion that there was a valid ceremony by promise in Scotland , and that they wore and aro man and wife . " Lord AVensleydale followed , dissenting from the opinion of the Lord Chancellor , saying ho was sorry to be obliged to reverse the judgment of the noble lords below . Ultimately ' , the decision was given i favour of the appellant , Major Yelverton .

The Week.

FOEEIGN INTELLIGENCE . —An Imperial manifesto , it is said , is shortly to appear in the columns of the MoniCeur , enunciatory of the Emperor ' s policy . A firm repudiation of any aggressive designs , and the expediency of a close and genuine alliance with England , are to be its main features . The coming document is believed to have been submitted to and received the approval of the King of the Belgians . A report of the Minister of AY ar

is published in the Moniteur of Saturday , followed by an Imperial decree , modifying the administration of Algeria . The report says the insurrection was not only caused by fanaticism , but still more by an unfounded hope of surprising the vigilance of the authorities , who were believed to bo disarmed because divided in their action . The report , therefore , proposes to

increase the power and responsibility of the generals commanding divisions , making the prefects subordinate to them , and entrusting them with the administration of the natives established beyond the limits of the communal districts . No one seems disposed to admit that the King of the Belgians has gone to Vichy merely in quest of health . A political object

is persistently assigned to the journey , and the latest rumour on the subject is that his Majesty desires to confer with the Emperor Napoleon on the question of the Mexican succession . The Emperor Maxmilian , who is son-in-law of King Leopold , is childless , audit is affirmed that the difficulties which may hereafter arise out of this circumstance will be fully considered and »

if possible , provided against by the two'Sovereigns . -A Ministerial crisis is apprehended at Athens , the National Assembly having passed a vote of censure on the Minister of AA ar . —•—From Madrid we learn that the dispatches of Admiral Pinion which were reported to have been stolen at Panama , have been safely received by the Spanish Government . AVe learn from Constantinople that the Porto has closed all the Protestant

missionary establishments , and even arrested several converts . AVe presume that this must , have been immediately protested against by tho British and American Ministers , as the Bible and American Missionary Societies were soon re-opened . AIIEEIOA . —The Federals were recovering from the alarm caused hy the expedition of the Confederates , whose approach

within four miles of Baltimore had induced the managers of the banks of that city to send their specie , & c , on board steameis , and whose advance to the north side of AYashington had at one time given rise in Philadelphia to a rumour that the Federal capital had actually been captured . The forces of the Federal General AVallace , whose defeat at Monocacy on the 6 th insthad preceded the approach of the Confederates to

Balti-. more and AA ashington , were said not to have exceeded 10 , 000 men ; but apparently no estimate of his losses had been published . No important events had occurred at Petersburg ; but the Confederates were reported to have made " demonstrations " against General Grant ' s left , with the presumed purpose of getting into his rear .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

J . B . S . —AVe have not been able to decipher your M . S ., neither have we been able to find anybody who can . Any writingmaster will give you six lessons for a guinea . p . p . G . —Ask the Grand Secretary . AA e cannot with any hope of getting a courteous reply . S . S . —You are thoroughly mistaken . AVe derive no information through the Earl of Zetland , and we are not aware that

we ever spoke to his lordship but once , and then it was a mere interchange ofthe common courtesies of life . We have supported the noble earl when wo believed him to he in the right ; nr . d we have opposed him when we thought he was iu error—in each case without losing sight of the fact that a s Grand Master we are bound to defer to his decisions . EEEATU _ . —In the inquiry last week respecting Browne ' s Master Key , for " secret words" read " secret wards . "

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