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garrotters , with one of whom was connected , and who prosecuted them to conviction last week before Baron Bramwell , The magistrate locked up the women iu default of her being able to find bail for her future good conduct . An alleged murder hy ruffianism iu the public streets—the violent death of a young man of the name of Hitch , who had been brutally treated by street roughs—has occupied the attention of a jury . The cause of death was not clearly

ascertained , and indeed the coroner had to complain of the lax mode of granting certificates of death . An inquest has also heen held relative to the death of Alexander Norclen , a young man who died last Friday from injuries inflicted during some practical joking . A verdict of " Manslaughter" was returned , and a warrant for the apprehension of Cairns was issued . The conduct of the police in connection with the case called forth the deserved condemnation of the jury . A coroner ' s inquest has

been held on the body of the policemen who was found dead in some shallow water near Halesworth , in Suffolk . The witnesses examined proved pretty clearly that he had had a scuffle with a man of bad character in the neighbourhood , named Ducker , whose clothes were found to be stained with blood and with the weeds of the pond in ivhich the body of the policeman was found . Both the prisoner and the deceased bore marks of violence on their persons as if the fight between them

had been a severe one . The jury returned a verdict of AVilful Murder against Ducker . A fire , attended with melancholy results , occurred early on last Saturday morning , on the premises occupied by Mr . George Pates , hosier , Stretford Newroad , near Manchester . Mr . Pates and his family were in bed when the fire was discovered by the police , and on the alarm being raised , Mrs . Pates ran to a back room on the second storey . An attempt was made to rescue her by placing a plank

within her reach , but the poor woman , in attempting to save herself by this improvised and precarious escape , fell a distance of twelve feet , and was very seriously injured . Her husband , meanwhile , made an effort to reach the room in which his little girl was asleep , but both he ancl the child were burned to death . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —Rumours respecting some plot against the Emperor Napoleon , in which Italians are alleged to

be implicated , continue to be circulated in Paris and the French province ; but , of course , no Parisian journal ventures to make the slightest allusion to thern . Despatches from Athens state that " popular demonstrations " in Prince Alfred ' s favour had been made in that city , and that the British Envoy had made another public speech , in which he repeated " that he could not express any opinion on the question , as it was in higher hands , " and recommended moderation ancl patient expectation of the

National Assembly ' s decision . At Lamia , on the Turkish frontier , the people , the army , and the public authorities have proclaimed him King of Greece , with a salute of 100 guns : an example since followed in other places . It is stated that an agreement has been arrived at between England , France , and Russia , that neither Prince Alfred nor the Due de Leuchtenberg is to accept the throne . The Italian Ministry , foreseeing that the debate in the Chamber of Deputies would result in an

adverse vote , and apprehending , as we are told by a Turin newspaper , that " a dissolution of the Chamber , following a vote of want of confidence , might produce a dangerous political crisis , " have tendered their resignation . Signor Cassinis has , it is stated , undertaken the task of forming a new administration , and there are various and inconsistent rumours respecting its probable com-The Spanish Cortes were opened yesterday with a speech from the Queenwho alluded specially to the Papal ancl Mexican

, questions . The Chamber of Deputies have elected their President in the person of Senor Ballesseros , whose nomination was almost unanimously accepted , the members of the Opposition refraining from voting . There was a rumour in circulation that the Count de Reuss ( General Prim ) had given in his resignation ; but the rumour now turns out to be unfounded . The Dagbladet states that a common Parliament for the kingdom of Denmark and Schleswig will be convoked soon after the

assembling of the Estates of Holstein , which is to take place at the beginning of next year . Tbe National Zeitung of Berlin says it has reliable information that Earl Russell has submitted fresh propositions to the Danish Government" in reference to the affairs of Schleswig-Holstein , and that they , as well as the previous ones , have been rejected by the Danish Cabinet . Although it is officially affirmed in Paris that everything is going on well in Mexico , there are rumours , ivhich find some credence , that General Forey has solicited considerable reinforcements ,

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as the French troops are suffering greatly from sickness , and as the advance of the French troops upon the cit y of Mexico is greatly impeded by the want of supplies ancl means of carriage , and by the necessity of protecting convoys . ANERICA . —The Scotia has not brought any intelli gence of much importance . General Burnside—who had divided his army into three grand divisions , under the respective commands of General HookerGeneral Sumnerand General Franklin with

, , , a reserve corps under the orders of General Siegel—had evacuated Warrenton , and hacl commenced bis march for Fredericsburo-h . From that place , where he would receive his supplies by way of Aquia Creek , he was . we are told to advance on Richmond ; and some of the New York journals were already beginning to utter vaunts respecting the defeat which the Confederates are to sustain , and which is to result in the occupation of Richmond by the Federals before the end of the

year . Nothing whatever was known respecting the movements of the Confederates . The Federal expedition from New Orleans into the delta of the Mississippi had had one or two successful skirmishes , at or near Labaudieville and Thibodeaux , and its commander , General Weltzel , reported that he was completely master of the nei ghbouring country , and that many of the planters had taken the oath of allegiance , and were anxious to secure their growing

crops , bnt were alarmed by the behaviour" of their slaves , who had flocked in numbers to the Federal camp . General Weitzel ' s forces included a negro regiment raised by General Butler in New Orleans ; and , although these negroes seem to have been employed as pioneers and not to have fired a shot , it is noteworth that a negro regiment raised in Kansas is said to have behaved gallantry iu a skirmish with guerrillas on the Missouri border , aud that some negroee drilled at Port Royal , where

five negro regiments are to be raiseo , are reported to have shown courage under fire during operations at the coast of Florida . The City of Baltimore , since arrived , brings intelligence that the advance of General Burnside's army , under General Sumner , had reached the Rappahannock , opposite Fredericsburg , and had found the Confederates possessed of the town , and prepared to dispute the passage of the stream . General Sumner had summoned the municipality of Fredericsburg to surrender , adding

a threat to bombard the place ; hut the Mayor had of course returned a refusal . The Confederates , under General Longstreet , were encamped in the neighbourhood of Fredericsburg , ancl had planted batteries along the southern bank of the Rappahannock . The Federals occupied the northern hank , General Sumner's head-quarters being at Falmouth ; and a battle was expected to be soon fought . The Monitor and several other iron-clad steamers had sailed from New York for

the James river , for the purpose of co-operating with the Federal land forces . All that was known , or at least published , respecting General "Stonewall" Jackson ' s movements was that they were " still mysterious , " and that he was said to be moving towards Harper ' s Ferry . Advices from New Orleans stated that the Federal squadron had arrived there from the Gulf , and that a military expedition was expected soon to leave . There had been a sharp encounter on the Bayou

Teche , in the neighbourhood of Brashear city , between Federal gunboats ancl some Confederate gunboats supported by land batteries . Although " considerable damage was sustained on both sides , " we are not told the result of the engagement ; bvit we may presume that the Federals were worsted , as it is added that a Federal land force was to be despatched to Brashear city from Thibodeaux , which was lately occupied by General Weitzel .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

ERRATA . —In a portion of our impression last week the folios were not altered from the previous week . The dates , however , were correct ; and brethren having such copies will please to add 20 to each page , to make it correct . ATHOL . —You must consult a solicitor . We should think there could be no difficulty in placing a Masonic Hall in trust for the benefit of the lodge . AVe should say there is no necessity to register as a friendly society a Masonic lodge making its

regular returns of its members to the Clerk of the Peace , being already acknowledged by law . R . S . T . —We have not received the document to which you allude .