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manufacturers there , and , extending to another warehouse iu the neighbourhood , could not be subdued till a late hour the next morning , causing immense damage . The destruction of property was estimated as high as £ 50 , 000 . A . shocking murder has been perpetrated at Middlesbro' by an Irishman named Henry Hughes . The crime was committed in the public street , and within sight of several persons . The name
of the victim was Francis Coates , who was stabbed three times by Hughes , and apparently without any provocation on his part . A strange tale of horror reaches us from King ' s county . A Mrs . Hayes disappeared somo days ago , aud her husband sought to avert suspicion by stating that she had gone away with some relatives to America . Hayes was taken into
custody , and he then confessed that he had kicked the woman out of bed , that some time afterwards he found she was dead , and that he then buried her body , together with every article which iiad belonged to her , in a bog at some distance from his house . He was taken to the bog by the police , and pointed to a spot , where the body of tlie unfortunate deceased was found . The
head showed several serious wounds—wounds whicli entirely refuted Hayes ' s statement that a kick out of bed was the only violence to which tbe woman had been subjected . FOREIGN INTELLIO-K . -OE . —The Emperor Napoleon has vi died Prince Napoleon with unsparing and public censure for tho speech which the Prince lately delivered at Ajaccio . In a letter
addressed to tho Prince , and published in Saturday ' s Moniteur , the Emperor declares that his cousin's speech has produced a " painful impression " upon him , and can only be useful to the enemies of the Imperii : ! Government . The speech expresses " sintiments of hatred and rancour whicli are no longer of our day . " Napoleonic ideas can be applied to the present time only by one who has " passed through the severe trials aud
responsibility o ? power . " It is bard to " estimate at its true value the great historical figure of Napoleon . " But , adds the Emperor , for a warning to his cousin , " that which is clear to all the world is , that to prevent anarchy , that formidable enemy of true liberty , the Emperor had to establish , first in his family and then in his government , that severe discipline admitting but one will and one action . I cannot , henceforth ,
deviate from the same rule of conduct . " Immediately after the publication of this letter , Prince Napoleon resigned his posts of vice-president of the Privy Council and president of the Commission of the Universal Exhibition . The private secretary of the Emperor Maximilian has arrived in Paris with instructions to urge the immediate dispatch of 25 , 000 additional
troops to Mexico . There is no doubt that one brigade has already started . It is thought that the Duke do Magenta will succeed Marshal Magnan , who died on Monday , at the age of 71 , in the post of commander-in-chief of tho army of Paris . A proposal for electoral reform was brought forward in the Spanish Congress on Friday week , which , however , being opposed
by the Government , was rejected . Tho object of the proposal was to put an end to the present , withdrawal of the Progressists from political business . The Emperor of the French has politely declined the invitation of the Queen of Spain to visit Madrid on his return from Algeria . The elections in Greece have terminated , and with a few trifling
exceptions , without any interruption . The telegram docs not inform lis whether they have been favorable or not to the Government . The Ministers wisely refrained from interfering in the elections . Ifc appears from a letter received at the Board of Trade from Mr . Hutt , that the International Commission at Vienna has decided upon splitting itself up into committees , each committee to take charge of some particular branch of industry . A committee has already been appointed with the view
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of examining and reporting upon the operation of tho Austrian tariff as regards the metal manufactures of the United Kinn-dom and Mr . Hutt desires that delegates from the metal trade should be at once sent to A ienna to assist the members of the Commission . Every other trade , will of course , require an equal amount of attention , and an official appeal is made to Chambers
of Commerce to render what aid they can in furnishing the Commission with trustworthy evidence . Sir J . E . Tennent , writing to our Chamber of Commerce urges " tbe great necessity that there should be , as far as practicable , a thorough concert and organisation amongst the representatives of the various industries who may be designated by the respective Chambers to
proceed to Alenna as delegates . " AJIEEICA . —The Scotia brings intelligence from New York to the 17 th instant . AAllson ' s cavalry captured Jefferson Davis , his wife , sister , and brother , at Irvinsville , Georgia , on the 10 th instant . Several officers forming Mr . Davis's staff were also captured , and the whole of the prisoners have been forwarded to
New York under a strong guard . It w-ould appear now that President Johnson withdraws his reckless and malicious charge , which no one for a moment believed , implicating Mr . Davis in the conspiracy to murder Mr . Lincoln . The Judge Advocate has probably offered himself as Johnson ' s scapegoat in the matter , since upon him has been laid the onus of what is now characterized as a blunder . That legal functionary was mistaken in the nature of tho evidenceso the official admission has it—and thus misled the President .
Iso doubt under compulsion from the universal outcry against a secret trial of the conspirators , the court is now thrown open , and the proceedings are reported from day to clay . An expedition is being organised at New Orleans against Texas , where Kirby Smith still keeps the field . A new amnesty proclamation is spoken of . Enlistments still go on for the Mexican " emigration" scheme ; although the business is being conducted less ostentatiously . The arrival of tho Sibemia
furnishes us with advices from New York to the 20 th inst . Mr . Davis and his fellow prisoners have been consigned to Fortress Monroe . Governor Brown , of Georgia , at present in the Old Capitol prison , is expected , according to report , to furnish the Government with evidence implicating Mr . Davis in the assassination plot . It may be safely asserted that any evidence of such an import will be but false evidence .
A reward of 25 , 000 dollars is offered for the arrest of Governor Smith , of Virginia . A troop of cavalry was in pursuit of Governor Magrath , in South Carolina . The trial of the prisoners at Washington was still progressing . The amnesty , it is asserted , is to extend to all below the rank of Lieutenant-General . The war is still being prosecuted , and ifc is not expected now that there will be an immediate surrender by the Confederates who are yet in arms . Kirby Smith speaks hopefully , and hints at assistance from an unexpected quarter . Washington despatches state that the Confederate General has been seen in negociation with the Emperor Maximilian .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
Bro . BOWES . —AA e shall be happy to receive the address . S . S . —About 1857 . P . G . S . — -A Committee of the Board of General Purposes was appointed to consider the subject , but we have not heard the result of their deliberations . D . D . —AVe are not aware whether any of the parties alluded to are Freemasons . XX—An idle canard
. . . S . D . —Both George tlie IA . and William the IA . were Grand Patrons of the Order . BETA . —Apply to Bro . Farnfield , at the Grand Secretary's Office . * V * Several communications are unavoidably postponed till next week .
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manufacturers there , and , extending to another warehouse iu the neighbourhood , could not be subdued till a late hour the next morning , causing immense damage . The destruction of property was estimated as high as £ 50 , 000 . A . shocking murder has been perpetrated at Middlesbro' by an Irishman named Henry Hughes . The crime was committed in the public street , and within sight of several persons . The name
of the victim was Francis Coates , who was stabbed three times by Hughes , and apparently without any provocation on his part . A strange tale of horror reaches us from King ' s county . A Mrs . Hayes disappeared somo days ago , aud her husband sought to avert suspicion by stating that she had gone away with some relatives to America . Hayes was taken into
custody , and he then confessed that he had kicked the woman out of bed , that some time afterwards he found she was dead , and that he then buried her body , together with every article which iiad belonged to her , in a bog at some distance from his house . He was taken to the bog by the police , and pointed to a spot , where the body of tlie unfortunate deceased was found . The
head showed several serious wounds—wounds whicli entirely refuted Hayes ' s statement that a kick out of bed was the only violence to which tbe woman had been subjected . FOREIGN INTELLIO-K . -OE . —The Emperor Napoleon has vi died Prince Napoleon with unsparing and public censure for tho speech which the Prince lately delivered at Ajaccio . In a letter
addressed to tho Prince , and published in Saturday ' s Moniteur , the Emperor declares that his cousin's speech has produced a " painful impression " upon him , and can only be useful to the enemies of the Imperii : ! Government . The speech expresses " sintiments of hatred and rancour whicli are no longer of our day . " Napoleonic ideas can be applied to the present time only by one who has " passed through the severe trials aud
responsibility o ? power . " It is bard to " estimate at its true value the great historical figure of Napoleon . " But , adds the Emperor , for a warning to his cousin , " that which is clear to all the world is , that to prevent anarchy , that formidable enemy of true liberty , the Emperor had to establish , first in his family and then in his government , that severe discipline admitting but one will and one action . I cannot , henceforth ,
deviate from the same rule of conduct . " Immediately after the publication of this letter , Prince Napoleon resigned his posts of vice-president of the Privy Council and president of the Commission of the Universal Exhibition . The private secretary of the Emperor Maximilian has arrived in Paris with instructions to urge the immediate dispatch of 25 , 000 additional
troops to Mexico . There is no doubt that one brigade has already started . It is thought that the Duke do Magenta will succeed Marshal Magnan , who died on Monday , at the age of 71 , in the post of commander-in-chief of tho army of Paris . A proposal for electoral reform was brought forward in the Spanish Congress on Friday week , which , however , being opposed
by the Government , was rejected . Tho object of the proposal was to put an end to the present , withdrawal of the Progressists from political business . The Emperor of the French has politely declined the invitation of the Queen of Spain to visit Madrid on his return from Algeria . The elections in Greece have terminated , and with a few trifling
exceptions , without any interruption . The telegram docs not inform lis whether they have been favorable or not to the Government . The Ministers wisely refrained from interfering in the elections . Ifc appears from a letter received at the Board of Trade from Mr . Hutt , that the International Commission at Vienna has decided upon splitting itself up into committees , each committee to take charge of some particular branch of industry . A committee has already been appointed with the view
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of examining and reporting upon the operation of tho Austrian tariff as regards the metal manufactures of the United Kinn-dom and Mr . Hutt desires that delegates from the metal trade should be at once sent to A ienna to assist the members of the Commission . Every other trade , will of course , require an equal amount of attention , and an official appeal is made to Chambers
of Commerce to render what aid they can in furnishing the Commission with trustworthy evidence . Sir J . E . Tennent , writing to our Chamber of Commerce urges " tbe great necessity that there should be , as far as practicable , a thorough concert and organisation amongst the representatives of the various industries who may be designated by the respective Chambers to
proceed to Alenna as delegates . " AJIEEICA . —The Scotia brings intelligence from New York to the 17 th instant . AAllson ' s cavalry captured Jefferson Davis , his wife , sister , and brother , at Irvinsville , Georgia , on the 10 th instant . Several officers forming Mr . Davis's staff were also captured , and the whole of the prisoners have been forwarded to
New York under a strong guard . It w-ould appear now that President Johnson withdraws his reckless and malicious charge , which no one for a moment believed , implicating Mr . Davis in the conspiracy to murder Mr . Lincoln . The Judge Advocate has probably offered himself as Johnson ' s scapegoat in the matter , since upon him has been laid the onus of what is now characterized as a blunder . That legal functionary was mistaken in the nature of tho evidenceso the official admission has it—and thus misled the President .
Iso doubt under compulsion from the universal outcry against a secret trial of the conspirators , the court is now thrown open , and the proceedings are reported from day to clay . An expedition is being organised at New Orleans against Texas , where Kirby Smith still keeps the field . A new amnesty proclamation is spoken of . Enlistments still go on for the Mexican " emigration" scheme ; although the business is being conducted less ostentatiously . The arrival of tho Sibemia
furnishes us with advices from New York to the 20 th inst . Mr . Davis and his fellow prisoners have been consigned to Fortress Monroe . Governor Brown , of Georgia , at present in the Old Capitol prison , is expected , according to report , to furnish the Government with evidence implicating Mr . Davis in the assassination plot . It may be safely asserted that any evidence of such an import will be but false evidence .
A reward of 25 , 000 dollars is offered for the arrest of Governor Smith , of Virginia . A troop of cavalry was in pursuit of Governor Magrath , in South Carolina . The trial of the prisoners at Washington was still progressing . The amnesty , it is asserted , is to extend to all below the rank of Lieutenant-General . The war is still being prosecuted , and ifc is not expected now that there will be an immediate surrender by the Confederates who are yet in arms . Kirby Smith speaks hopefully , and hints at assistance from an unexpected quarter . Washington despatches state that the Confederate General has been seen in negociation with the Emperor Maximilian .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
Bro . BOWES . —AA e shall be happy to receive the address . S . S . —About 1857 . P . G . S . — -A Committee of the Board of General Purposes was appointed to consider the subject , but we have not heard the result of their deliberations . D . D . —AVe are not aware whether any of the parties alluded to are Freemasons . XX—An idle canard
. . . S . D . —Both George tlie IA . and William the IA . were Grand Patrons of the Order . BETA . —Apply to Bro . Farnfield , at the Grand Secretary's Office . * V * Several communications are unavoidably postponed till next week .