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pounds , which she made to Mr . Prince . The trial remains unfinished . The eilrfo of the Rev . James Bonwell , the rector of St . Philip ' s , Stepney , came before the Court of Arches on AVednesday , the rev . gentleman , as the report states , having been admonished to attend , and either admit the articles exhibited against him , or give notice that ho should oppose their admission . Sir John Harding , the Queen ' s Advocate , who represented the Bishop of London , wont through the articles in detail . MrBonwellin lstated various grounds of objectionand ulti

. , repy , , - mately , after speeches on both sides had been heard ' , Dr . Lushington deferred his judgment . For the week that ended on Saturday , the London returns of deaths exhibit a considerable decrease . The weekly number , which was about 1 , 200 at the beginning of May , and afterwards 1 , 100 , was at the end ofthe month 1 , 004 . For the ten years 1850-9 the average number of deaths , in the weeks corresponding with last weekiswith a correction for increase of pupulationfound to be 1088

, , , ,. The mortality of last week was therefore less by 84 deaths than the average rate as obtained for the end of May would " have produced . The births of last week exceeded the deaths in thc same time by 513 . At the Metropolitan Free Hospital , _ lovoiishire-square , the aggregate number of patients relieved during the week ending June 2 was—Medical . 1 , 238 ; surgical , 427 ; total , 1 , 605 ; ol : which 350 were new eases . ' - A discussion on the religious clauses of tho Census Bill took lace in the

p Court of Aldermen on Tuesday . Mr . Alderman Lawrence moved that copies of the bill in question should be sent to each member of the court , and , at the same time , stigmatised the clauses compelling every person in this country above the age of fifteen years to make known his religious belief as a despotic and intolerant proceeding . He also

complained that the bill gave power to tho Crown to register the religious opinions of all its servants , by which , as ho expressed it , those opinions might bo "ticketed" against them iu the different departments . A few days ago , at an early hour in the morning , two desperate burglars , named Stuart and AVilliams , confined in Cardigan Gaol , endeavoured to strangle the turnkey , preparatory , no doubt , to effecting their escape . The turnkey ' s cries , however , aroused the governor and his wife , who gallantly came to his rescue , the ono armed with a sword , and the other

with a revolver . After a show of resistance , the burglars resigned themselves to their fete . AVilliams is a pugilist , and under the name of Jack Grant , once fought Tom Sayers , ancl was vanquished by him . A meeting was hold at St . James ' s Hall on AA ' ednosday to promote the early closing movement on Saturdays , with a view to enable the employes relieved from their business occupations on that day to join rifle corps . Lord Eleho presided , and Lord Shaftesbury and one or two clergymen delivered speeches in favour ofthe movement . AA e regret to

have to report more wrecks and loss of life as the result of the hurricane of last week . Among these is the Edgar Alheling , an East Indiaman , which foundered off Lowestoft . It is matter for rejoicing that the officers and crew were saved . AA ' e have also to record tho loss of tho THarburyh , a steamer which was employed between London and Hamburgh . No fewer than one hundred north country seamen perished in the storm . —The Thames Embankment Committee met on Tuesday . Air . Thwaitos , chairman of the Metropolitan Board of AVorks , was the principal witness examined . He said that the Board of AVorks would be unwilling to undertake tho construction of a Thames embankment unless they were assisted by a vote from the Consolidated Fund . —•

Sir Charles Napier ' s housekeeper has been tried at tho Middlesex Sessions , ancl the evidence revealed , on her part , a system of fraud ivhich rendered her a criminal of a very dangerous class . She was sentenced to five years' penal servitude , a sentence which greatly astonished her , but which she richly deserved . At Bow Street , a person named Lorenzo Noodt , who stated that he was formerly a captain in the British German Legion iu the Crimea , was examined before Mr . Henry on a charge of having attempted to obtain money from Mr . Vernon Harcourt

and Lady AValdegrave under false pretences . Captain Noodt represented that he was anxious to obtain the means necessary to enable him to return to Italy , with a view to accept service in the army ; and that the Duke d'Aumale , the Duke of Cambridge , aud other distinguished persons , had rendered assistance in order that he mi ght achieve that laudable object . Air . Harcourt ' s suspicions were , however , excited , and he became convinced that the letter from the Duke d'Aumale was a forgery . The prisoner admitted his guilt and leaded hard for but the

p mercy , magistrate , in remanding him , said that it was not in the prosecutor ' s power to bo merciful , as the case was no longer in his hands . Another meeting ofthe letter carriers connected with the General Post-office has been held with a view to protest against tho proposed amalgamation of the general letter carriers with the district carriers , an arrangement which , it is said , the authorities contemplate making , although it is diametrically opposed to the memorial now under the consideration of the commission which was recently appointed . The meetingban

over-, y whelming majority , adopted a resolution which regarded with " distrust aud suspicion" tho conduct of the authorities iu this matter , and declared that , if the contemplated arrangement was carried out while their memorial was under consideration , they would refuse to work upon the new system—in other words , they would strike .

FOREIGN NEWS . —Tho interview between the Emperor of tho French and tho Dowager Empress of Russia has at last come off , though nothing further can be said about it than that it took place at Lyons , on Saturday , at ten o ' clock in the morning , and that immediately after it both parties left—the Russian Empress for Geneva , the French Emperor for Paris , where both their respective arrivals are already announced . The W & kty Register states that the Pope has commissioned Mvnsignor

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Howard ( late au officer of the Scots Fusilier Guard , but now a priest ) to meet the Irish volunteers at Ancona , and give them the " apostolic blessing and welcome . '' Direct news from Messina has at last come to hand of as late a date as the 3 rd . It is altogether favourable to tho prospects of Garibaldi ' s bold enterprise . The French found the city of Messina— in expectation of an attack by the insurgents , and of the then unavoidable bombardment from the fortress—already deserted by the whole mercantile bodwho had carried their goods well

y , away , as as by the foreign consuls . The revolutionary coinmittee at Palermo had found means to inform the Messinese that a popular vote be taken on the annexation of Sardinia , and that Garibaldi had been made dictator . ^ The insurgent towns were everywhere making efforts to lay in provisions , to be prepared for any emergency . Palermo itself ' was strongly barrricaded and fortified , aud that Garibaldi was in possession of a great number of hand grenades , to be used in the event of a

street fight . The royal troops stationed at the custom house have gone over with arms and ammunition to the patriot army , and agents of Garibaldi were busy in making others follow their example . The number of wounded royal troops in the fort of Castellamare is said to amount to two thousand , which would prove a serious impediment to _ General Lanza , should an assault really take placo . The state of things at Palermo evidently paralyses the Neapolitan fleet , by tying it down to that

port . The repulse of the insurgent band which attacked Catania is confirmed . The struggle must , however , have been severe , for the Neapolitan garrison lost uot less than 200 men . All the different bands had since received orders to concentrate for the decisive day .

The Asia has arrived at Queeustown with dates from New York to the 23 rd ult . Tho telegram contains no striking intelligence . Meanwhile , we have received our file of American journals down to the 19 th ul t . They are , as may be expected , filled with reports of tho Republican convention at Chicago . The defeat of Mr . Seward had occasioned considerable disappointment to the democratic party , as , in anticipation of his success , they had made every effort to stir up a hostile feeling against himand to lessen his chance of being elected to the presidential chair

, . The election of a man like Mr . Lincoln , who has not been a particular object of attack on their part , and who enjoys great personal popularity , is , therefore , well calculated to excite their fears , and to improve the prospects ofthe Republican party for tho ensuing presidential campaign . INDIA AND CHINA . — -AVe have received by the Overland Mail copies of the Calcutta and Madras newspapers , tho latter coming down to the Oth of May . Public attention was still largely occupied with Sir Charles Trevel

yan ' s minute ; and the British India Association had protested against the haste with which Mr . AVilson proposed to carry out his new financial scheme . Sir C . Trevelyan ' s minute received the unanimous support of the members of the Madras government , and a large public meeting in its favour had been held in that city . Lord Clyde was to accompany Lord Canning to Calcutta , en route for England . The Englishman publishes somo sinister rumours about a mutinous feelingexisting in the North-AVest Provinces , but they do not appear to be warranted by any known facts . AA c have rumours from China , by way of Marseilles , to the effect that the ultimatum has not been absolutely rejected by the Chinese , and that the Plenipotentiaries had remitted to them a modified ultimatum .

COMMERCIAL ; AND PUBLIC COMPANIES . —At the half-yearly meeting of the African Steam Company , a dividend was declared at tho rate of 7 per cent , per annum . The proposed dividend of the Bank of British North America , at the rate of 0 por cent , por annum , was unanimously adopted by the proprietors at the half-yearly meeting . , Thc prospectus has lieeii issued of the Dock-warrants Advance and Discount Company under limited liability . AVith a first capital of £ 200 , 000 , in shares of i' 5 each , it is proposed to commence the business of making temporary advances upon convertible mercantile securities , such as dock aud wharf warrants , at the current rates of discount .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

" AA . AV . "—AVo neither work the veils nor give the P . M . degree . The Union Chapter , being under English jurisdiction , should not work them . AN ENGLISH K . T . — Encampments arc not attached to Lodges in England . Though the Chapters are nominally so attached , they are as distinct as though tho Craft and the Royal Arch had no connection . ERRATUM . —In our notice of tho election of Annuitants on the

Funds of the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Masons and their AVidows , on tho 25 th ult ., we erroneously stated the ago of Bro . Garrett to bo sixty instead of seventy , and the pension . t' 20 instead of .- £ 25 . ' 'If . H . ' '—The Encampment of Observance dates from time immemorial . We believe that the Mount Carmel claims the same antiquity . ' Scoiti ' s . "—The volume appears highly interesting , but wo havo

failed to discover any Masonic application . AVo will return it by post on your sending your address , which we have mislaid . HENIIY F . is . thanked . Wo havo already several correspondent . ! in the colony , but shall be happy to hear from him on any matter of interest .