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Kelly , has been murdered near Borrisokane , in the county of Tipperary . An inquest has been held on the murdered man , but no clue tending to trace the murderers has been discovered . The only motive for the outrage that can be assigned is that Kelly recently filled the office of bailiff over some lands in the neighbourhood , and it is thought that in this capacity he may

have incurred the ill-will of some of his neighbours . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The speech of the Emperor of tbe French to the Corps Legislative , was delivered on Thusday afternoon , ancl was highly pacific on all subjects agitating Europe . The King of Greece arrived at Athens on Saturday . He was enthusiastically received on landing at

the Pirceus and on his entrance into his capital . The Austrian cabinet has despatched its reply to the Prussian note regarding the Emperor Francis Joseph's proposal of Federal reform . This reply—as it is said , ancl probably with truth"formally rejects" the Prussian proposals . The King of Prussia must have now convinced himself that in spite of all

the efforts of his officials , his subjects are for the most part irreconcileably hostile to his ministers . The result of 345 elections leaving only seven to be yet ascertained , is now known in Berlin . Of the 345 deputies returned , no fewer than 260 are Liberals , while the Conservatives only number 24 , the remaining members being Poles or ultramontane Catholics . The Hessian Diet was closed on Saturday evening , after the

members had been kept waiting for some hours because the Elector suddenly refused to sanction the customary message giving the Sovereign ' s assent to the bills passed daring the session . The Elector then coolly went to the theatre , where his ministers tendered him their resignations , and where he at length consented to give his assent to the bills , but persisted in declining to make the usual speech . ——A telegram from Thorn informs

us that " it is stated" that the Grand Duke Constantino is to be relieved of his functions as Governor of Poland , ancl is to travel abroad , while General Berg is to be appointed his successor . The authorities of AVarsaw are enforcing the order against wearing mourning with so much rigour against the women that the Polish town captain has thought it necessary to advise bis

countrywomen to cease wearing the forbidden apparel in order to avoid the indignities they expose themselves to . Upwards of forty ladies have been arrested and sent to the citadel . More than 500 prisoners have just been sent from the citadel to Siberia , ancl the exasperation of the people is said to be very great .

AMERICA . —The chief news brought by the Persia from New Y'ork was the announcement that the Confederate army had suddenly retreated from the front of General Meade ' s forces , ancl actually repassed the Rappahannock about the 18 th ult ., after liaving carefully destroyed the Orange and Alexandria Railway . It was affirmed that as soon as General Lee's advance reached

Culpepper , General Hill's . corps was despatched by railway to the westward . There was a rumour that General Buckner , with a considerable body of Confederates , had entered Kentucky , ancl was endeavouring to penetrate to the Ohio . General Rosecrans had been superseded in the command of the Federal army at Chattanooga by General Thomas , and had been ordered

to proceed to Cincinnati , while General Grant had been appointed to thesupreme command of the departments of the Cumberland , Tennessee , ancl Ohio . President Jefferson Davis had visited the Confederate armies near Chattanooga , for the supposed purpose of allaying the disputes between General Bragg and several of his principal officers . The British Consuls at Mobile and

Richmond had been ordered to quit the Southern Confederacy because they had counselled British subjects conscripted into the

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Confederate armies to throw down their arms whenever they might be brought into action . President Lincoln's proclamation calling for 300 , 000 volunteers declared that if that number were not obtained by the Sth of January next , the deficiency would be made good by a fresh conscription . New York telegrams of the 26 th ult ., conveyed to us by the

Africa , state that on the 24 th ult . General Lee ' s army had suddenly recrossed to the north side of the Eappabannock , repulsed some Federal cavalry with " heavy loss , " pushed back two brigades of Federal infantry , and advanced to Beaton Station , on the Orange ancl Alexandria Railway , where there was another engagement with the Federal cavalry . At the

date of the latest accounts the left of the Confederate army was said to rest near Beverley Ford , while its line crossed the railway near Beaton Station , and extended towards Stafford Court House . It was reported that General Bragg had been reinforced by the remainder of General Longstreet ' s corps , and that he had withdrawn the corps of General Breckinridge and

General Hindman from the front of the Federal position at Chattanooga , where General Grant had assumed the chief command . These two carps were said to be " moving in force on the Federal left , " and it was likewise asserted that the Confederates had made " another incursion " into Kentucky . It wasrumoured that the Federals had made " an attack upon the

rear" of the Confederate positions at Rome and Atlanta , in . Georgia . There were Charleston advices of two days' later date ; but no important event had happened .

INDIA . —The Indian mail does not bring any news of special importance . On the Upper Indus guerilla warfare was proving rather troublesome , but the English force there was being increased . From Affghanistan we learn that affairs wear a more peaceable aspect , a reconciliation having been effected between the Ameer ancl Azim Khan . Lord Elgin had started on a tour

through the north-west provinces . Eeinforcements were to be forwarded to Sew Zealand . Accounts from all parts of the peninsula as to the cotton crops are very encouraging , ancl the health of Bombay had improved .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

T . T . —The VV . M , can call a lodge of emergency to ballot for , ancl , if approved , initiate a candidate into Freemasonry without a previous requisition in writing . The master is the judge of what is a " reasonable emergency" in accordance with the constitution . AV . M . asks—1 st . Is a brother a legal member of the lodge in

which he was initiated , supposing the AV . M . omits asking the necessary questions on the night of initiation , as laid down in " Book of Constitutions , " or must he be proposed ancl balloted for as a joining member afterwards ? 2 nd . A brother being wishful to join a lodge—he being a subscribing membe . to another lodge at the same time—can he be legally balloted

for , and accepted as such , without the lodge of which he is about to join first applying to the lodge of which he is a member for a certificate , stating that he is clear up to the date of such application ?—To the first question we reply—he becomes a member of the lodge on initiation , without regard toliis being asked the question by tbe W . M ., unless he should

declare it is not his wish to be so . To the second our answer is , that the certificate ought properly to he produced by the brother seeking to join ; but it is unnecessary if he can show by his receipts that his clues for the past year are paid .