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The Week.
accompanied in almost every instance by a greater or less loss of life . At the same time it will be observed that wherever a life boat could be launched to the wreck these fine boats and their noble crews rendered efficient service . The March session of the Central Criminal Court commenced on Monday . The calendar is heavy , there being 126 prisoners for trial , three of them charged with wilful murder . On Tuesday , Quail , charged with the murder of a butcher in South-street , Mavylebone , -was put on his trial . His companions in the drunken horse-play which ended so fatallwere also arranged
y , as abettors in the murder , and also as guilty of manslaughter on the coroner ' s inquest . They all pleaded not guilty , and then the trial of Quail alone was proceeded with . The jury found him guilty of manslaughter . On Wednesday , a young seaman , only nineteen years of age , was tried for the wilful murder of a lodging-house keeper at the East-end , whom he stabbed in a quarrel . Mr . Sleigh , who appeared for the prisoner , argued that the absence of premeditation in the commission of the offence justified a verdict of
manslaughter . The prisoner was found guilty , but recommended to mercy on account of his youth . Mr . Boron , Martin then sentenced him to death , the unfortunate man making a piteous appeal for mercy . The judge , the bar , and the spectators , were greatly affected , and the prisoner was carried away in almost a fainting state . A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against Mary Mobbs , who was charged with the murder of her child , at Bethnai-green . The unhappy woman subsequently to the murder committed suicide .
It may be remembered that early in last year , Mr . Bewicke , of Tlireepwood Hall , near Hexham , was convicted of shooting at two baliffs , and sentenced to four years' penal servitude . At the trial it was shown , on behalf of the proscecution , that a bullet' had been picked up in an outhouse where the bailiffs had taken up their quarters—the allegation being that the bullet had been lived from a revolver by Mr . Bewicke , who had previously offered resistance to the officers , At the Newcastle assizes , on Saturday , a man , named Dodd , was
found guilty of having placed the bullet where it was found with the view of obtaining the conviction of Mr . Bewicke ; and Mr . Justice Mellor , in passing sentence of two years' imprisonment expressed iiis regret that he could not award the prisoner a heavier punishment for so atrocious an offence . We presume that the conviction of Dodd will be followed by the liberation of Mr . Bewicke . It will be recollected that a few months ago a collector of taxes named Frater was stabbed in the open street at Newcastle by a man whose goods he had distrained . He was tried on Tuesday at Newcastle , and after an anxious deliberation on the part of the jury , apparently on the question of his sanity , ho was found guilty and condemned to capital punishment . The trial excited intense interest in the town , where
the deceased was weli known and highly respected . ——At the Winchester assizes , on Monday , Private Nicholas , of the Military Train , was sentenced to penal servitude for life , for attempting to murder Serjeant Major Kennedy , of the same corps , at Alder-shot , in November last .- A tragic occurrence took place in Newiugton yesterday . A woman was found in a house of ill-fame , lying in a pool of blood , and burned in a frightful manner . The cause of death appeared to be a wound inflicted on the temple . There will , no doubt , be a rigid inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the
poor creature .- -The Rev . Mr . Fletcher has been committed for trial under the Fraudulent Trustees Act , for his entonsive misappropriation of the funds of the Bilston Savings Bank . A decision of some interest on the law of telegrams of ' was discussed in the Lord Mayor ' s Court on Saturday . A gentleman delivered a message for Chatham at the office of the Electric Company , and their agents , having no wires to Chatham , handed it over to the Maguectic Company , that had . But the Magnectic Company ' s office was closed before the
Electric , and therefore the message was not delivered . The company pleaded in their defence that , according to their printed form , they wove not answerable for the transmission of messages but by their own wires , and the judge directed that the plaintiff should be nonsuited on this point , which would allow him to appeal to a superior court . FOKEIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The debate in the French Senate on the address of the Emperor was brought to a close on Monday
evening . One hundred and twenty-six senators voted for , and six against it . Prince Napoleon , it is said , abstained from voting . No new light was thrown by M . Billault on the intentions of the Emperor towards the Pope . He said'there wore three courses open—the reinstatement of the Pope in all his power and possessions ; the evacuation of Rome , and consequent overthrow of the Pupal throne , or to wait till the common sense of" the public , facts , and Providence , should bring about a solution : and the last course was the one the Emperor
would pursue . The proposed grant of an annuity to General de Montauban , the Legislative Body ' s Committee , to which the bill was referred , has rejected it . The Moniteur states that the authorities have been for some time past on the track of guilty intrigues , and has just ordered the arrest of the ringleaders . The matter has been " referred to the tribunals . " The Emperor had ordered a sum of 250 , 000 francs from his privy purse to be transmitted in his own name and that of the Empress to the prefects of the
Rhone , Loire , Lower Seine , and Nord departments , to be applied for the benefit- of the distressed operatives of the great manufacturing centres . This act of munificence is performed in addition to the measures officially taken by the government to meet the pressure of distress in the great towns and districts which suffer at present from
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the condition of trade . Rome continues in a very disturbed state in consequence of the people having seized the occasion of the carnival to make daily demonstrations against the Pontificial Government . The special manner of marking their disapprobation is hy deserting from the old and recognised places of resort during the festivities , and resorting in immense numbers to new and popular spots . The movement was considered so serious that , as we learn by telegram , Geneva ! Goyon thought it prudent to occupy the Corso with 3000 French in order of battle
troops arrayed , and to place avtillerv in the neighbouring sheets . The fall of the Ricasoli Ministry , which has been long expected , has received its accomplishment . — - According to the latest accounts , the following is the composition of the Government : —Signor Ratazzi , President of the Council ; Signor Cordova , Minister of Justice ; Signor Sella , of Finance ; Signor Depretis , of Public Works ; the Marquis Pepoli , of Agriculture ; Admiral I ' evsanoof Marine ; Si Pelletiof Waraud Maneim
, gnor , ; , of Public Instruction . Garidaldi had a conference with Signor Ratizzi on Monday . The King of Italy has arrived at Milan , and has been very enthusiastically received . If we may believe the Dresden journal-, a semi-official but not always trustworthy authority , the Prussian and Austrian Cabinets have come to an understanding for the settlement of at least one question that menaces German tranquillity , aud have agreed to make a joint proposal to the Federal Diet respecting the affairs of Electoral Hesse .
The Committee of the Chamber of Representatives at Berlin on Snturdaj' agreed to . i proposal , with only one dissentient , for the recognition of the kingdom of Italy . The Ministry , however , declined to take part in the discussion , on the ground that the proposition was calculated to influence pending questions of European policy . ——Letters from Madrid announces that the lieutenant of the Sumter , who was arrested at Tangievs , has been released . The Sumter remains at Gibraltar , but narrowly watched by Federal ships .
AMERICA . —Some important items of news arrive from America . We learn that the Federal forces attacked , and captured Fort Donnelson , the , ' canonade having lasted all day , and " considerable numbers " having been killed on either side ; that a general interchange of Northern and Southern prisoners had been decided on ; that financial affairs were still oecupyiug the attention of the Senate ; the capture of Roanoke island and Elizabeth city was confirmed ; and the Fedevals are marching on Nashville and Memphis . The steamshi
p Bermuda , which has acquired some notoriety from the success with which she has foiled the Federal blockading squadron , left the Mersey on Saturday , to make another attempt to reach one of the Southern ports . She carries a cargo of " hardware , "—a kind of merchandise which finds a ready market in the Conf ' ederaie States . It is stated that several other steamers have recently left Liverpool for the same destination .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
G . W . Can scarcely expect us to spend half a-day , and that immediately after the Grand Lodge meeting , to make out a list of all the lodges in England , which meet at places other than taverns , when he can gain the information by himself consulting the calendar . If he does so he will find that there are very many lodges in all parts of England meeting away from taverns . The Temple adjoining Freemasons ' Hall is frequently used for lodgesand would be more so but
, for its inconvenient size , being too large for the majority of lodges , and now too small for Grand Lodge . Grand Chapter always meets in it . A RETIEED TRADESMAN . —You may bring the conduct of the brother under the consideration of his lodge or the Board of General Purposes , but we cannot publish your letter . A PASI' MASTEE . —The reply you allude to in one number of
the 22 nd does allude to the opening of the lodge . We have seen a different practice in Scotland . P . M . — -A P . M . of an Irish lodge having duly served twelve months as W . M . would rank as a P . M . in an English lodge of which he might become a member , but he cannot , by such joining , gain a seat in Grand Lodge . There are various socalled Irish and Scotch Past Masters who are not in reality
so— the P . M . degree being given to them as a preliminary to the Mark degree and Royal Arch . Just care should be exercised , and positive evidence obtained , that they have really filled the chair of a lodge for the time required by the Constitutions of the country before admitting such brethren to the privileges of a Past Master . Various reports and communications of interest are necessarily omitted this week , owing to the pressure on our columns through the length of the report of Grand Lodge , and othpr articles previously in type .
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The Week.
accompanied in almost every instance by a greater or less loss of life . At the same time it will be observed that wherever a life boat could be launched to the wreck these fine boats and their noble crews rendered efficient service . The March session of the Central Criminal Court commenced on Monday . The calendar is heavy , there being 126 prisoners for trial , three of them charged with wilful murder . On Tuesday , Quail , charged with the murder of a butcher in South-street , Mavylebone , -was put on his trial . His companions in the drunken horse-play which ended so fatallwere also arranged
y , as abettors in the murder , and also as guilty of manslaughter on the coroner ' s inquest . They all pleaded not guilty , and then the trial of Quail alone was proceeded with . The jury found him guilty of manslaughter . On Wednesday , a young seaman , only nineteen years of age , was tried for the wilful murder of a lodging-house keeper at the East-end , whom he stabbed in a quarrel . Mr . Sleigh , who appeared for the prisoner , argued that the absence of premeditation in the commission of the offence justified a verdict of
manslaughter . The prisoner was found guilty , but recommended to mercy on account of his youth . Mr . Boron , Martin then sentenced him to death , the unfortunate man making a piteous appeal for mercy . The judge , the bar , and the spectators , were greatly affected , and the prisoner was carried away in almost a fainting state . A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against Mary Mobbs , who was charged with the murder of her child , at Bethnai-green . The unhappy woman subsequently to the murder committed suicide .
It may be remembered that early in last year , Mr . Bewicke , of Tlireepwood Hall , near Hexham , was convicted of shooting at two baliffs , and sentenced to four years' penal servitude . At the trial it was shown , on behalf of the proscecution , that a bullet' had been picked up in an outhouse where the bailiffs had taken up their quarters—the allegation being that the bullet had been lived from a revolver by Mr . Bewicke , who had previously offered resistance to the officers , At the Newcastle assizes , on Saturday , a man , named Dodd , was
found guilty of having placed the bullet where it was found with the view of obtaining the conviction of Mr . Bewicke ; and Mr . Justice Mellor , in passing sentence of two years' imprisonment expressed iiis regret that he could not award the prisoner a heavier punishment for so atrocious an offence . We presume that the conviction of Dodd will be followed by the liberation of Mr . Bewicke . It will be recollected that a few months ago a collector of taxes named Frater was stabbed in the open street at Newcastle by a man whose goods he had distrained . He was tried on Tuesday at Newcastle , and after an anxious deliberation on the part of the jury , apparently on the question of his sanity , ho was found guilty and condemned to capital punishment . The trial excited intense interest in the town , where
the deceased was weli known and highly respected . ——At the Winchester assizes , on Monday , Private Nicholas , of the Military Train , was sentenced to penal servitude for life , for attempting to murder Serjeant Major Kennedy , of the same corps , at Alder-shot , in November last .- A tragic occurrence took place in Newiugton yesterday . A woman was found in a house of ill-fame , lying in a pool of blood , and burned in a frightful manner . The cause of death appeared to be a wound inflicted on the temple . There will , no doubt , be a rigid inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of the
poor creature .- -The Rev . Mr . Fletcher has been committed for trial under the Fraudulent Trustees Act , for his entonsive misappropriation of the funds of the Bilston Savings Bank . A decision of some interest on the law of telegrams of ' was discussed in the Lord Mayor ' s Court on Saturday . A gentleman delivered a message for Chatham at the office of the Electric Company , and their agents , having no wires to Chatham , handed it over to the Maguectic Company , that had . But the Magnectic Company ' s office was closed before the
Electric , and therefore the message was not delivered . The company pleaded in their defence that , according to their printed form , they wove not answerable for the transmission of messages but by their own wires , and the judge directed that the plaintiff should be nonsuited on this point , which would allow him to appeal to a superior court . FOKEIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The debate in the French Senate on the address of the Emperor was brought to a close on Monday
evening . One hundred and twenty-six senators voted for , and six against it . Prince Napoleon , it is said , abstained from voting . No new light was thrown by M . Billault on the intentions of the Emperor towards the Pope . He said'there wore three courses open—the reinstatement of the Pope in all his power and possessions ; the evacuation of Rome , and consequent overthrow of the Pupal throne , or to wait till the common sense of" the public , facts , and Providence , should bring about a solution : and the last course was the one the Emperor
would pursue . The proposed grant of an annuity to General de Montauban , the Legislative Body ' s Committee , to which the bill was referred , has rejected it . The Moniteur states that the authorities have been for some time past on the track of guilty intrigues , and has just ordered the arrest of the ringleaders . The matter has been " referred to the tribunals . " The Emperor had ordered a sum of 250 , 000 francs from his privy purse to be transmitted in his own name and that of the Empress to the prefects of the
Rhone , Loire , Lower Seine , and Nord departments , to be applied for the benefit- of the distressed operatives of the great manufacturing centres . This act of munificence is performed in addition to the measures officially taken by the government to meet the pressure of distress in the great towns and districts which suffer at present from
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the condition of trade . Rome continues in a very disturbed state in consequence of the people having seized the occasion of the carnival to make daily demonstrations against the Pontificial Government . The special manner of marking their disapprobation is hy deserting from the old and recognised places of resort during the festivities , and resorting in immense numbers to new and popular spots . The movement was considered so serious that , as we learn by telegram , Geneva ! Goyon thought it prudent to occupy the Corso with 3000 French in order of battle
troops arrayed , and to place avtillerv in the neighbouring sheets . The fall of the Ricasoli Ministry , which has been long expected , has received its accomplishment . — - According to the latest accounts , the following is the composition of the Government : —Signor Ratazzi , President of the Council ; Signor Cordova , Minister of Justice ; Signor Sella , of Finance ; Signor Depretis , of Public Works ; the Marquis Pepoli , of Agriculture ; Admiral I ' evsanoof Marine ; Si Pelletiof Waraud Maneim
, gnor , ; , of Public Instruction . Garidaldi had a conference with Signor Ratizzi on Monday . The King of Italy has arrived at Milan , and has been very enthusiastically received . If we may believe the Dresden journal-, a semi-official but not always trustworthy authority , the Prussian and Austrian Cabinets have come to an understanding for the settlement of at least one question that menaces German tranquillity , aud have agreed to make a joint proposal to the Federal Diet respecting the affairs of Electoral Hesse .
The Committee of the Chamber of Representatives at Berlin on Snturdaj' agreed to . i proposal , with only one dissentient , for the recognition of the kingdom of Italy . The Ministry , however , declined to take part in the discussion , on the ground that the proposition was calculated to influence pending questions of European policy . ——Letters from Madrid announces that the lieutenant of the Sumter , who was arrested at Tangievs , has been released . The Sumter remains at Gibraltar , but narrowly watched by Federal ships .
AMERICA . —Some important items of news arrive from America . We learn that the Federal forces attacked , and captured Fort Donnelson , the , ' canonade having lasted all day , and " considerable numbers " having been killed on either side ; that a general interchange of Northern and Southern prisoners had been decided on ; that financial affairs were still oecupyiug the attention of the Senate ; the capture of Roanoke island and Elizabeth city was confirmed ; and the Fedevals are marching on Nashville and Memphis . The steamshi
p Bermuda , which has acquired some notoriety from the success with which she has foiled the Federal blockading squadron , left the Mersey on Saturday , to make another attempt to reach one of the Southern ports . She carries a cargo of " hardware , "—a kind of merchandise which finds a ready market in the Conf ' ederaie States . It is stated that several other steamers have recently left Liverpool for the same destination .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
G . W . Can scarcely expect us to spend half a-day , and that immediately after the Grand Lodge meeting , to make out a list of all the lodges in England , which meet at places other than taverns , when he can gain the information by himself consulting the calendar . If he does so he will find that there are very many lodges in all parts of England meeting away from taverns . The Temple adjoining Freemasons ' Hall is frequently used for lodgesand would be more so but
, for its inconvenient size , being too large for the majority of lodges , and now too small for Grand Lodge . Grand Chapter always meets in it . A RETIEED TRADESMAN . —You may bring the conduct of the brother under the consideration of his lodge or the Board of General Purposes , but we cannot publish your letter . A PASI' MASTEE . —The reply you allude to in one number of
the 22 nd does allude to the opening of the lodge . We have seen a different practice in Scotland . P . M . — -A P . M . of an Irish lodge having duly served twelve months as W . M . would rank as a P . M . in an English lodge of which he might become a member , but he cannot , by such joining , gain a seat in Grand Lodge . There are various socalled Irish and Scotch Past Masters who are not in reality
so— the P . M . degree being given to them as a preliminary to the Mark degree and Royal Arch . Just care should be exercised , and positive evidence obtained , that they have really filled the chair of a lodge for the time required by the Constitutions of the country before admitting such brethren to the privileges of a Past Master . Various reports and communications of interest are necessarily omitted this week , owing to the pressure on our columns through the length of the report of Grand Lodge , and othpr articles previously in type .