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The Week.
port it appears that , although tbe weather has been bad and prices of provisions high , more people have got married , more children have been born , fewer deaths have occurred , and pauperism has declined more than . was to be expected from the experience of past times . By a communication to the Board of AA orks , the Government has signified to that body its opinion that the low main level sewer should not be carried along the Strand and Fleet Street ; , but , insteadalong the banks of the Thames . The Board have
consi-, dered the subject , and no doubt the result will be that we shall have the embankment of the river combined with the construction of the sewer , and the great artery of traffic in the line of Fleet-Street will not be closed , as was apprehended , for two or three years . On Thursday night , the 25 th ult ., Lord Palmerston addressed a very large soiree of the Leeds Mechanics' Institution and Literary Society . Education was the subject of the noble viscount ' s
discourse , and comparing or contrasting former times with these latter days in which we live , the difference , he said , as regarded learning was that in past ages there were a few men pre-eminent for their acquirements , whilst the mass of the people lay buried in profound ignorance ; but now knowledge Was universally diffused through every class of society . In alluding to the well-worn proverb , " if doubtful wisdom , " A little learning is a dangerous thins " , " his lordshi
p said , to be sure it was a bad thing to have only a little learning , but it was a worse thing to have none at all . Altogether , the students of tlie institute received some sound advice in relation to their studies which they will do well to ponder and earn * out into practice On Friday his lordship attended a meeting of the Bagged School Society and Shoeblack Brigade of the same town . The meeting which was largely attendedtool ; lace in the Music Halland the
, p , noble chairman made an appeal on behalf of the important charitable institution , whicli cannot fail to be followed bv beneficial results . The Lord Bishop of Ripon and others also addressed the meeting . In the evening Lord Palmerston drove over to Pontefract , ancl was met at the outskirts of the town by the local rifle corps , who turned out to honour their distinguished visitor . On Saturday his lordship opened the new Market " Hall of Ponfcefraet
when he was presented with an address b y the mayor and corporation . At the end of the proceedings Lord and Lady Palmerston set out for Fryston Hall , where thev are to be the jruests of Mr . R AL Milnes , M . P . for the borough .-A— Ou Monday " the St . George's rifle corps , who during the past week have been testing their proficiency at the target , met at Burlington House to witness the award of prizes , Sir Hamilton Seymour having undertaken the task of presenting them to the successful competitorsFour silver of
. cups various values , a gold medal , a AVhitworth , a Lancaster , and a AA estley Richards rifles , and the Turner plate with accompanying medal , were the prizes distributed on the occasion . On Saturday night Lord Stanley attended the first annual meeting in connection with the AVari-ington Mechanics' Institution . In " proposing the toast of the evening , his lordship said that , however momentous the question of education was , there was a subject which at tlie present ; moment absorbed
more than any other public attention—the sta < e of affairs on the Continent . Looking in that direction , and « eem " what was passing there , it was well for us that we were Icokim- tS our national defences , and well also for us that these were taken " up with such unanimity and determination . His lordship offered some very judicious remarks on the nature of the teaching imparted hi our public schools , and pointed out the importance of ii ~ united opposition to ignorance , the common enemy of all sects and parties The trial ofAIullins for the murder of Airs . Elmsiey afc Stepney
, was brought to a close at the Central Criminal Court on Friday ' Oct . 20 th . At the conclusion of the evidence for the defence , tlie ' Lord Chief Justice summed up—occupying two hours and a half in the collation of the facts . The jury , after having withdrawn for an hour , returned into court with a verdict of Guilty . On heariii" - tho result , Mullins , addressing the Court , thanked the iud ^ e , iuiw and counsel for their patient attention to the case , and ' called upon God to witness that he the truth in
spoke denying some portions of - the evidence that had been brought forward against him ' !" ¦ ,-learned judge proceeded to pass sentence of death in the usual form , at the same time expressing his full concurrence in th ° verdict of the jury . The sentence will be carried into effect ^ Newgate , on Monday tlie 12 th of November . The trial of V- ' " > i Padfield for the murder of her child is postponed to the Novemb '
e " sessions . —Robert George Hunter , a stable-keeper , was tried at the New Court on Saturday for forging and utterin" two reeeintfor the payment of £ 50 . It appeared that a dec-eased brother of the prisoner had been a depositor in a savings' bank , and that he had succeeded in fVuiidently getting the money into his po « e ' « on A verdict of guilty was returned , and sentence of eighteen months ' imprisonment passed ou the prisoner On the 7 th of
. September a boy , named Robert Aim-ton , residing at St . Genevieve near Bury St . Edmund ' s , died of poison , under circumstances th-. * - excited suspicion that it had been wilfully administered ' \ coroner ' s inquest was opened ut the time , and again resm-wl on
The Week.
Saturday , before Mr . Partridge . Much evidence was taken , but no light was thrown on the mystery , and , in order to allow of something more transpiring , another adjournment for a month was agreed to . The four men committed for burglary , accompaniedwith much personal violence , on the premises of a miller at Battersea , have been convicted . Mahoney , Barton , and Hayward were found guilty , and sentenced to twenty , fifteen , ancl ten years' penal servitude respectively ; Edward Cecilthe fourth prisonerwas
, , acquitted . An award of £ 10 was made by the judge to the policeman Barton , who had received such injuries in the encounter with the ruffians that his life was for some time in danger . ^ FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The Piedmontese army , under King A'ictor Emmanuel , has come to blows with the Neapolitans . The King had arrived afc Teano , and on the 26 th , halfway between that place and Sessa , the 4 th Corps d'Armee and the Royalists met , ancl after combat of
a two hours the latter fell back upon fche Garigliano , leaving a great number of prisoners in the hands of th Piedmontese . It appears that the Neapolitans resolved on the evacuation of Capua as soon as ifc was ascertained that ihe Piedmontese intended to besiege it , and it was to cover their retreat that they pushed forward the troops who engaged ivith Cialdini afc Isernia , and the Piedmontese under Victor Emmanuel
near Teano , in both of which affairs the Neapolitans were worsted On the 27 th the Royal forces passed the Garigliano , and commenced withdrawing towards Gaeta . A ictor Emmanuel arrived at Sessa on the 29 th , and after the concentration of his troops the Sardinians made a reconnaissance on the left bnnlc of the Garigliano , and some volleys of musketry and a short cannonade were exchanged between the outposts Another
. engagement was therefore imminent , unless the Neapolitans should decline a battle , and succeed in training Gaeta , there to make their final stand . On the 27 th ult . " Admiral Persano , the Sardinian admiral , commenced a cannonade of Gaeta , but , at the command of the French admiral desisted , expressing his regret at the conduct of the French . The movements of Austria are watched with
great anxiety . At Pans the impression is strong that she will immediately push her forces across the Po , which ideais strengthened by the rumoured secret expedition of General Turr . It is asserted in well-informed quarters in Paris that if this expedition should land on the lilyrian coast , and cut across Croatia into Hungary , both Russia and Prussia will support Austria in whatever she undertakes in Italy . Nov . - that tlie Warsaw deliberations ore concluded a short time will probabldevelone the which
y course Austria intends to take , ancl it is certain " that her intervention in Italy , to be effectual must be adopted at once . It is stated that Count Rec-hbcrg , according to instructions received by Prince Meiteraich , has informed AL Thouvene ' l that Austria will maintain her line of defensive policy , that all her military preparations in A enetia have no other object than that cf repelling attackand that she has intention ' of abandoning
any , no the system of non-intervention . ATifch respect to a Cons-res ? Austria does nofc consider that ihe asssembling of one is likely to bring about a practical solution of tlie Italian question . The no ' . icy of non-intervention in the affairs of Ital y is to be piwsned by Spain . Marshal O'Donnel made a positive statement to that effect in the sitting of the Cortes on Monday . The review by the Emperor of the French in the Bobde Boulogne
. ; , on Alonday last , was a very brilliant and imposing spectacle . About 20 , 000 men were present . All tlie proceedings of an encampment were gone through , followed b y the manoeuvres of a field clay . CHINA . —Accounts were received afc the Foreign Office on the 31 st ult ., from Her Majesty ' s Agent and Consul-General in Egypt , through Trieste , anuou nchig that the Peiho forts were taken by th ° allies on the 2 isfc of Augustand that ihe British and French
, ambassadors were afc [ Tien-tsin on fche 26 th . Other accounts state that- the Taku forts were captured on the 21 st August , after five hours' hhrd fighting . The enemy were allowed ' to march out leaving ; n * uii : i--ns & e . The allies lost 100 men killed and wo"udc-d ' No i ; riri--h offi-.-c-r w .- . s kililed . The G 7 th and 44 th re-nments and themariuss , w' . - . h ioOOFrench , were . the troops principally engaged .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
A :, - Ks- . riRixo BROTHER . —A brother being a member of several kifgys , i .-. r- Having served as W . M . of one only , is not entitled to ::: gn himself as P . M . of all the lodges to which he subscribes , but - only ofthe one in which he has filled the chair . K . E . —No . A report- ofthe proceedings at the Grand Stewards' Lod" ° , a » d other Masonic inteilLcnee ' is unavoidably held until next
over week . PLEIADES LOUGE ( NO . 1012 ) . —The report of the presentation to Pro . Henry Bridges , G . S . B ., is pestponed , awaiting the completion ui the engraving .
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The Week.
port it appears that , although tbe weather has been bad and prices of provisions high , more people have got married , more children have been born , fewer deaths have occurred , and pauperism has declined more than . was to be expected from the experience of past times . By a communication to the Board of AA orks , the Government has signified to that body its opinion that the low main level sewer should not be carried along the Strand and Fleet Street ; , but , insteadalong the banks of the Thames . The Board have
consi-, dered the subject , and no doubt the result will be that we shall have the embankment of the river combined with the construction of the sewer , and the great artery of traffic in the line of Fleet-Street will not be closed , as was apprehended , for two or three years . On Thursday night , the 25 th ult ., Lord Palmerston addressed a very large soiree of the Leeds Mechanics' Institution and Literary Society . Education was the subject of the noble viscount ' s
discourse , and comparing or contrasting former times with these latter days in which we live , the difference , he said , as regarded learning was that in past ages there were a few men pre-eminent for their acquirements , whilst the mass of the people lay buried in profound ignorance ; but now knowledge Was universally diffused through every class of society . In alluding to the well-worn proverb , " if doubtful wisdom , " A little learning is a dangerous thins " , " his lordshi
p said , to be sure it was a bad thing to have only a little learning , but it was a worse thing to have none at all . Altogether , the students of tlie institute received some sound advice in relation to their studies which they will do well to ponder and earn * out into practice On Friday his lordship attended a meeting of the Bagged School Society and Shoeblack Brigade of the same town . The meeting which was largely attendedtool ; lace in the Music Halland the
, p , noble chairman made an appeal on behalf of the important charitable institution , whicli cannot fail to be followed bv beneficial results . The Lord Bishop of Ripon and others also addressed the meeting . In the evening Lord Palmerston drove over to Pontefract , ancl was met at the outskirts of the town by the local rifle corps , who turned out to honour their distinguished visitor . On Saturday his lordship opened the new Market " Hall of Ponfcefraet
when he was presented with an address b y the mayor and corporation . At the end of the proceedings Lord and Lady Palmerston set out for Fryston Hall , where thev are to be the jruests of Mr . R AL Milnes , M . P . for the borough .-A— Ou Monday " the St . George's rifle corps , who during the past week have been testing their proficiency at the target , met at Burlington House to witness the award of prizes , Sir Hamilton Seymour having undertaken the task of presenting them to the successful competitorsFour silver of
. cups various values , a gold medal , a AVhitworth , a Lancaster , and a AA estley Richards rifles , and the Turner plate with accompanying medal , were the prizes distributed on the occasion . On Saturday night Lord Stanley attended the first annual meeting in connection with the AVari-ington Mechanics' Institution . In " proposing the toast of the evening , his lordship said that , however momentous the question of education was , there was a subject which at tlie present ; moment absorbed
more than any other public attention—the sta < e of affairs on the Continent . Looking in that direction , and « eem " what was passing there , it was well for us that we were Icokim- tS our national defences , and well also for us that these were taken " up with such unanimity and determination . His lordship offered some very judicious remarks on the nature of the teaching imparted hi our public schools , and pointed out the importance of ii ~ united opposition to ignorance , the common enemy of all sects and parties The trial ofAIullins for the murder of Airs . Elmsiey afc Stepney
, was brought to a close at the Central Criminal Court on Friday ' Oct . 20 th . At the conclusion of the evidence for the defence , tlie ' Lord Chief Justice summed up—occupying two hours and a half in the collation of the facts . The jury , after having withdrawn for an hour , returned into court with a verdict of Guilty . On heariii" - tho result , Mullins , addressing the Court , thanked the iud ^ e , iuiw and counsel for their patient attention to the case , and ' called upon God to witness that he the truth in
spoke denying some portions of - the evidence that had been brought forward against him ' !" ¦ ,-learned judge proceeded to pass sentence of death in the usual form , at the same time expressing his full concurrence in th ° verdict of the jury . The sentence will be carried into effect ^ Newgate , on Monday tlie 12 th of November . The trial of V- ' " > i Padfield for the murder of her child is postponed to the Novemb '
e " sessions . —Robert George Hunter , a stable-keeper , was tried at the New Court on Saturday for forging and utterin" two reeeintfor the payment of £ 50 . It appeared that a dec-eased brother of the prisoner had been a depositor in a savings' bank , and that he had succeeded in fVuiidently getting the money into his po « e ' « on A verdict of guilty was returned , and sentence of eighteen months ' imprisonment passed ou the prisoner On the 7 th of
. September a boy , named Robert Aim-ton , residing at St . Genevieve near Bury St . Edmund ' s , died of poison , under circumstances th-. * - excited suspicion that it had been wilfully administered ' \ coroner ' s inquest was opened ut the time , and again resm-wl on
The Week.
Saturday , before Mr . Partridge . Much evidence was taken , but no light was thrown on the mystery , and , in order to allow of something more transpiring , another adjournment for a month was agreed to . The four men committed for burglary , accompaniedwith much personal violence , on the premises of a miller at Battersea , have been convicted . Mahoney , Barton , and Hayward were found guilty , and sentenced to twenty , fifteen , ancl ten years' penal servitude respectively ; Edward Cecilthe fourth prisonerwas
, , acquitted . An award of £ 10 was made by the judge to the policeman Barton , who had received such injuries in the encounter with the ruffians that his life was for some time in danger . ^ FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The Piedmontese army , under King A'ictor Emmanuel , has come to blows with the Neapolitans . The King had arrived afc Teano , and on the 26 th , halfway between that place and Sessa , the 4 th Corps d'Armee and the Royalists met , ancl after combat of
a two hours the latter fell back upon fche Garigliano , leaving a great number of prisoners in the hands of th Piedmontese . It appears that the Neapolitans resolved on the evacuation of Capua as soon as ifc was ascertained that ihe Piedmontese intended to besiege it , and it was to cover their retreat that they pushed forward the troops who engaged ivith Cialdini afc Isernia , and the Piedmontese under Victor Emmanuel
near Teano , in both of which affairs the Neapolitans were worsted On the 27 th the Royal forces passed the Garigliano , and commenced withdrawing towards Gaeta . A ictor Emmanuel arrived at Sessa on the 29 th , and after the concentration of his troops the Sardinians made a reconnaissance on the left bnnlc of the Garigliano , and some volleys of musketry and a short cannonade were exchanged between the outposts Another
. engagement was therefore imminent , unless the Neapolitans should decline a battle , and succeed in training Gaeta , there to make their final stand . On the 27 th ult . " Admiral Persano , the Sardinian admiral , commenced a cannonade of Gaeta , but , at the command of the French admiral desisted , expressing his regret at the conduct of the French . The movements of Austria are watched with
great anxiety . At Pans the impression is strong that she will immediately push her forces across the Po , which ideais strengthened by the rumoured secret expedition of General Turr . It is asserted in well-informed quarters in Paris that if this expedition should land on the lilyrian coast , and cut across Croatia into Hungary , both Russia and Prussia will support Austria in whatever she undertakes in Italy . Nov . - that tlie Warsaw deliberations ore concluded a short time will probabldevelone the which
y course Austria intends to take , ancl it is certain " that her intervention in Italy , to be effectual must be adopted at once . It is stated that Count Rec-hbcrg , according to instructions received by Prince Meiteraich , has informed AL Thouvene ' l that Austria will maintain her line of defensive policy , that all her military preparations in A enetia have no other object than that cf repelling attackand that she has intention ' of abandoning
any , no the system of non-intervention . ATifch respect to a Cons-res ? Austria does nofc consider that ihe asssembling of one is likely to bring about a practical solution of tlie Italian question . The no ' . icy of non-intervention in the affairs of Ital y is to be piwsned by Spain . Marshal O'Donnel made a positive statement to that effect in the sitting of the Cortes on Monday . The review by the Emperor of the French in the Bobde Boulogne
. ; , on Alonday last , was a very brilliant and imposing spectacle . About 20 , 000 men were present . All tlie proceedings of an encampment were gone through , followed b y the manoeuvres of a field clay . CHINA . —Accounts were received afc the Foreign Office on the 31 st ult ., from Her Majesty ' s Agent and Consul-General in Egypt , through Trieste , anuou nchig that the Peiho forts were taken by th ° allies on the 2 isfc of Augustand that ihe British and French
, ambassadors were afc [ Tien-tsin on fche 26 th . Other accounts state that- the Taku forts were captured on the 21 st August , after five hours' hhrd fighting . The enemy were allowed ' to march out leaving ; n * uii : i--ns & e . The allies lost 100 men killed and wo"udc-d ' No i ; riri--h offi-.-c-r w .- . s kililed . The G 7 th and 44 th re-nments and themariuss , w' . - . h ioOOFrench , were . the troops principally engaged .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
A :, - Ks- . riRixo BROTHER . —A brother being a member of several kifgys , i .-. r- Having served as W . M . of one only , is not entitled to ::: gn himself as P . M . of all the lodges to which he subscribes , but - only ofthe one in which he has filled the chair . K . E . —No . A report- ofthe proceedings at the Grand Stewards' Lod" ° , a » d other Masonic inteilLcnee ' is unavoidably held until next
over week . PLEIADES LOUGE ( NO . 1012 ) . —The report of the presentation to Pro . Henry Bridges , G . S . B ., is pestponed , awaiting the completion ui the engraving .