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The Week.

adopted , and a deputation appointed to present it to the Premier . At the Central Criminal Court James Murphy was tried on a charge of attempting to murder Mary Ann Jennings in Covent Garden . The prisoner was found guilty , and sentenced to penal servitude for twenty years . An inquest was held on the body of the man Flanagan , who was alleged to have been murdered on the 23 rd ult . in Lisson Grove . The medical

evidence showed that death had been caused by congestion of the brain consequent upon a wound , which must have been produced by some sharp instrument . The man Jones , who is suspected of having caused Flanagan's death , has absconded . There was an affray with poachers near Norwood Hill last week . Humphrey . Haylor , gamekeeper to Mr . Randle , came

upon some men who were in search of game and seized one of them . Another fellow threatened to shoot the gamekeeper if lie did not release his prisoner , and , as he refused to do so , shot hira dead . —•—The proceedings connected with the sale of an English girl of fourteen to the Chief of Bhatwa , in India , are of a very gross and shameful character . The girl ' s parents

received the sum of £ 300 , and the girl herself , it is said , was induced to abjure her own faith and turn Mahommedan . The conduct of the British agent is called in question by the Delhi Gazette , and certainly , if he lent any countenance to the transfiction , the Bombay Government would do well to address him sharply on the subject . The Fenians have done the boldest

thing yet recorded in the history of their movements . Stephens , "the Head Centre , " whose original capture occasioned an infinite amount of trouble , has escaped from Richmond Bridewell , Dublin . When his prison cell was opened , it was found to be empty . The bird had flown . How he escaped we are not yet informed . Probably he had the assistance of confederates within the prison . On Sunday r . ight two ships

of war put to sea from Queenstown in pursuit , as is alleged , of the fugitive Head Centre . Byrne , the warder , wdio is said to have aided in Stephens's escape , underwent a preliminary examination on Saturday evening last , but tbe evidence against him was of a very superficial character . The trial of Dr . Hunter took place at the Central Criminal Court on Friday

Nov . 2-1-th . Mrs . Merrick , the prosecutrix , detailed the particulars of the assault which she alleged the prisoner had committed upon her while she was under the influence of some narcotic . She was subjected to a severe cross-examination by Serjeant Ballantine . Her mother and brothe r were also examined for the prosecution . For the defence no witnesses

were called , and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty—a verdict which was received with loud applause in court . A very disgraceful wise was heard in the Divorce Court last week . A Mr . Broadwood was the plaintiff , and Mrs . Broadwood and the Duke of St . Albans the respondent and co-respondent . The adultery was clearly proved , but it was also shown that Mr .

Broadwood was now living in adultery with some woman , and that he had had the shamelessness to bring her with him to the court . The judge commented on the fact , and refused to pronounce the decree nisi , but dismissed the case with costs against the respondent , making no order whatever as to the Duke of St . Albans . Mr . Payne

held an inquest on Thursday night , Nov . 23 rd , on the body of a poor labouring man named Nbrmanby , who was killed during the late storm by the fall of a plank from the railway station in Cannon-street . The jury returned a verdict of accidental death . Five men are in custody charged with the murder of Humphrey Haylor , the gamekeeper , in Surrey . One of them , named Flint , has confessed that he was present when the murder was committed , and that it was a man named Sheet who shot the deceased , without any provocation whatever . Tho

men have been remanded for further examination . —¦—A frightful railway accident happened at AVigan on Saturday evening last . A Lancashire and Yorkshire train from Manchester was entering Wigan when it came in collision with a waggon which was being shunted . The carriages of the passenger train were thrown off the line and smashed . One gentleman was killed , and several others were seriously hurt . The intended

betrothal of the Princess Helena to Prince Christian of Augustenburg , a brother of the unfortunate duke whose claims to the Duchies of Sehleswig-Hol-te . n have made his name so prominent of late years , is announced . It is understood that the marriage will be one of affection , and that , as the Prince had neither country nor subjects to claim bis attention , tbe royal couple

will permanently reside in England . The Queen is naturally anxious to have some of her children always near her ; and this new alliance will not be less acceptable to the English people , because Prince Christian is a prince without a principality . On Monday a fire destroyed the premises of Messrs . Price and Gosnell , manufacturing perfumers , in

Lombardstreet . At one time it was feared that some of the banking houses in the neighbourhood would be involved in the conflagration . Happily , however , that was prevented . Damage to the extent of several thousand pounds was done . Tbe Fenian trials do not progress very rapidly . On Tuesday morninga long time was occupied in getting ajury

sworn . Then Mr . But sought in vain to have the trials postponed . At half-past twelve the Attorney-General began to open his case for the Crown ancl occupied the rest of the day . As yet nothing has been heard of Stephens . In tbe Second Court of Queen ' s Bench on Tuesday an action was tried which gives us some insight into the last election for Bodmin . It will be remembered that Lord Ranelagh and Mr . Heritage issued

addresses offering themselves as candidates for the borough . They also put £ 600 at tbe disposal of Mr . Tucker , the secretary ofthe London and South Staffordshire Bank , who sent a Mr . Snell down to Bodmin to canvas for Lord Ranelagh and Mr . Heritage . Snell had £ 350 paid over to him by Mr . Tucker , and he brought an action to recover the balance of the £ 500 which he said hacl

been deposited with Mr . Tucker for his advantage . The Judge held , however , that the persons , if any , who ought to have been sued were Lord Ranelagh and Mr . Heritage . The plaintiff was therefore nonsuited . The Queen will open Parliament in person . There will be , however , a slight modification of the old ceremonial . The five men charged with the murder of a

gamekeeper in Ricket AA ood , Surrey , on the 21 st inst ., were placed at the bar of the Town-hall , Reigate , on AVednesday last . A statement made by one of the prisoners , George Flint , was read , in which he declares that the gamekeeper was shot by another of the prisoners named Skeet . At the conclusion of the evidence , Skeet stated that the keeper bad rushed out upon

him , seized tbe gun , which was cocked and loaded , and , in the act of snatching it from him , had discharged it . The five prisoners were severally committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder , At an adjourned inquiry held on the 30 th ult . into the death of John Flanagan , who is supposed to have been murdered in Lissou-grove , mi additional witness was Ellen

Jones , wife of the man who is suspected of having murdered Flanagan . She deposed to an altercation having taken place on the night in question between Jones and Flanagan . Jones , who has absconded , has not yet been apprehended . FoKEiG-r IjfiEirLiGEXCE . —It is said that negotiations for a treaty of commerce between Spain aud Italy will be commenced immediately at Madrid . Spain seems altogether to have enough on her hands just now . The French merchants are memorialisins their Government to take steps to put a stop

“The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine: 1865-12-02, Page 19” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 21 March 2023, masonicperiodicals.org/periodicals/mmr/issues/mmr_02121865/page/19/.
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AN ACCOUNT OF ABORIGINAL FREEMASONRY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Article 1
FREEMASONRY AND THE POPE. Article 2
THE PROGRESS OF FREEMASONRY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. Article 5
CLASSICAL THEOLOGY.—LXXXII. Article 5
SECRET SOCIETIES. Article 7
PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS. Article 8
FOOD FOR THE POOR. Article 9
AGRICULTURAL LIFE. Article 10
THE PEN-AND-INK SKETCHES OF ONE FANG. Article 12
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 12
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 12
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 13
MASONIC MEMS. Article 13
METROPOLITAN. Article 13
PROVINCIAL. Article 15
ROYAL ARCH. Article 16
Untitled Article 16
MARK MASONRY. Article 17
Obituary. Article 17
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 18
MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 9TH. Article 18
THE WEEK. Article 18
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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The Week.

adopted , and a deputation appointed to present it to the Premier . At the Central Criminal Court James Murphy was tried on a charge of attempting to murder Mary Ann Jennings in Covent Garden . The prisoner was found guilty , and sentenced to penal servitude for twenty years . An inquest was held on the body of the man Flanagan , who was alleged to have been murdered on the 23 rd ult . in Lisson Grove . The medical

evidence showed that death had been caused by congestion of the brain consequent upon a wound , which must have been produced by some sharp instrument . The man Jones , who is suspected of having caused Flanagan's death , has absconded . There was an affray with poachers near Norwood Hill last week . Humphrey . Haylor , gamekeeper to Mr . Randle , came

upon some men who were in search of game and seized one of them . Another fellow threatened to shoot the gamekeeper if lie did not release his prisoner , and , as he refused to do so , shot hira dead . —•—The proceedings connected with the sale of an English girl of fourteen to the Chief of Bhatwa , in India , are of a very gross and shameful character . The girl ' s parents

received the sum of £ 300 , and the girl herself , it is said , was induced to abjure her own faith and turn Mahommedan . The conduct of the British agent is called in question by the Delhi Gazette , and certainly , if he lent any countenance to the transfiction , the Bombay Government would do well to address him sharply on the subject . The Fenians have done the boldest

thing yet recorded in the history of their movements . Stephens , "the Head Centre , " whose original capture occasioned an infinite amount of trouble , has escaped from Richmond Bridewell , Dublin . When his prison cell was opened , it was found to be empty . The bird had flown . How he escaped we are not yet informed . Probably he had the assistance of confederates within the prison . On Sunday r . ight two ships

of war put to sea from Queenstown in pursuit , as is alleged , of the fugitive Head Centre . Byrne , the warder , wdio is said to have aided in Stephens's escape , underwent a preliminary examination on Saturday evening last , but tbe evidence against him was of a very superficial character . The trial of Dr . Hunter took place at the Central Criminal Court on Friday

Nov . 2-1-th . Mrs . Merrick , the prosecutrix , detailed the particulars of the assault which she alleged the prisoner had committed upon her while she was under the influence of some narcotic . She was subjected to a severe cross-examination by Serjeant Ballantine . Her mother and brothe r were also examined for the prosecution . For the defence no witnesses

were called , and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty—a verdict which was received with loud applause in court . A very disgraceful wise was heard in the Divorce Court last week . A Mr . Broadwood was the plaintiff , and Mrs . Broadwood and the Duke of St . Albans the respondent and co-respondent . The adultery was clearly proved , but it was also shown that Mr .

Broadwood was now living in adultery with some woman , and that he had had the shamelessness to bring her with him to the court . The judge commented on the fact , and refused to pronounce the decree nisi , but dismissed the case with costs against the respondent , making no order whatever as to the Duke of St . Albans . Mr . Payne

held an inquest on Thursday night , Nov . 23 rd , on the body of a poor labouring man named Nbrmanby , who was killed during the late storm by the fall of a plank from the railway station in Cannon-street . The jury returned a verdict of accidental death . Five men are in custody charged with the murder of Humphrey Haylor , the gamekeeper , in Surrey . One of them , named Flint , has confessed that he was present when the murder was committed , and that it was a man named Sheet who shot the deceased , without any provocation whatever . Tho

men have been remanded for further examination . —¦—A frightful railway accident happened at AVigan on Saturday evening last . A Lancashire and Yorkshire train from Manchester was entering Wigan when it came in collision with a waggon which was being shunted . The carriages of the passenger train were thrown off the line and smashed . One gentleman was killed , and several others were seriously hurt . The intended

betrothal of the Princess Helena to Prince Christian of Augustenburg , a brother of the unfortunate duke whose claims to the Duchies of Sehleswig-Hol-te . n have made his name so prominent of late years , is announced . It is understood that the marriage will be one of affection , and that , as the Prince had neither country nor subjects to claim bis attention , tbe royal couple

will permanently reside in England . The Queen is naturally anxious to have some of her children always near her ; and this new alliance will not be less acceptable to the English people , because Prince Christian is a prince without a principality . On Monday a fire destroyed the premises of Messrs . Price and Gosnell , manufacturing perfumers , in

Lombardstreet . At one time it was feared that some of the banking houses in the neighbourhood would be involved in the conflagration . Happily , however , that was prevented . Damage to the extent of several thousand pounds was done . Tbe Fenian trials do not progress very rapidly . On Tuesday morninga long time was occupied in getting ajury

sworn . Then Mr . But sought in vain to have the trials postponed . At half-past twelve the Attorney-General began to open his case for the Crown ancl occupied the rest of the day . As yet nothing has been heard of Stephens . In tbe Second Court of Queen ' s Bench on Tuesday an action was tried which gives us some insight into the last election for Bodmin . It will be remembered that Lord Ranelagh and Mr . Heritage issued

addresses offering themselves as candidates for the borough . They also put £ 600 at tbe disposal of Mr . Tucker , the secretary ofthe London and South Staffordshire Bank , who sent a Mr . Snell down to Bodmin to canvas for Lord Ranelagh and Mr . Heritage . Snell had £ 350 paid over to him by Mr . Tucker , and he brought an action to recover the balance of the £ 500 which he said hacl

been deposited with Mr . Tucker for his advantage . The Judge held , however , that the persons , if any , who ought to have been sued were Lord Ranelagh and Mr . Heritage . The plaintiff was therefore nonsuited . The Queen will open Parliament in person . There will be , however , a slight modification of the old ceremonial . The five men charged with the murder of a

gamekeeper in Ricket AA ood , Surrey , on the 21 st inst ., were placed at the bar of the Town-hall , Reigate , on AVednesday last . A statement made by one of the prisoners , George Flint , was read , in which he declares that the gamekeeper was shot by another of the prisoners named Skeet . At the conclusion of the evidence , Skeet stated that the keeper bad rushed out upon

him , seized tbe gun , which was cocked and loaded , and , in the act of snatching it from him , had discharged it . The five prisoners were severally committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder , At an adjourned inquiry held on the 30 th ult . into the death of John Flanagan , who is supposed to have been murdered in Lissou-grove , mi additional witness was Ellen

Jones , wife of the man who is suspected of having murdered Flanagan . She deposed to an altercation having taken place on the night in question between Jones and Flanagan . Jones , who has absconded , has not yet been apprehended . FoKEiG-r IjfiEirLiGEXCE . —It is said that negotiations for a treaty of commerce between Spain aud Italy will be commenced immediately at Madrid . Spain seems altogether to have enough on her hands just now . The French merchants are memorialisins their Government to take steps to put a stop

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