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man subsequently explained that they had such serious misgivings about the innocence of the second prisoner , that although they had given him the benefit of a doubt they wished him to he strongly reprimanded . This Mr . Payne proceeded with all gravity to do ; while , after listening to tbe admonitory lecture , he acquitted party politely expressed his obligations to tbe

worthy judge . " Anak , " the French giant , otherwise called Mr . Joseph Brice , was on Wednesday brought up at Bow-street Police-office to answer a charge of assault committed on the person of Urban Brijard , a French tailor . M . Brijard stated that two and a half years ago , when * ' Anak" was at Cremorne , he , complainant , had made certain articles of clothing for the

giant , the bill for which had never been paid . On Mr . Brice ' s reappearance in society , M . Brijard called with his little bill at the giant's house , and in reply to his request Anak seized him by the throat and thrust him out of the house , making use of the expression " Voleur . '" Tbe dwarf who accompanies Anak , and who was present at the time , denied every one of these

statements , and said tbe unfortunate tailor was civilly requested to leave tbe house , as nothing was owing to him . In presence of such conflicting evidence the presiding magistrate dismissed the summons . FOREIGN INTELEIGENCE . —A Madrid paper asserts most positively that Spain will not accept the mediation of a neutral

Power in the Chilian difficulty . Orders have been given by the Minister of Marine to have the repairs and building of all war vessels now in course of construction pushed on vigorously . The September patent has failed most egregiously to conciliate the Austrian provinces . We now learn that the Constitutional Committee of the Diet for Upper Austria have drawn up an address in which they unreservedly declare themselves opposed to the patent , and demand the re-establishment of a

constitutional state of things . The Constilulionnel notices a report that General Schofield has arrived at Paris charged with a mission from the United States . The paper says tbe French Government have no knowledge of any such mission , and the writer adds that he believes the news to be a pure invention . The other papers , however ,

persist in asserting that General Schofield is entrusted with a mission . Sweden is in the throes of a great constitutional crisis . A Reform Bill has been submitted to the various Houses of Parliament . In the Chamber of Peasants it was voted by acclamation . The Chamber of Citizens adopted it bysixty votes to five . The clergy postponed its consideration

until after the House of Nobles had decided upon the bill . The nobles have not concluded their debates , but the probabilit y is that they , too , will adopt the Reform . The latest bulletin of the health of the King of the Belgians says that his Majesty recovers his strength very slowly . It seems that a contagious disease has appeared amongst the animals at the Jardiu

d'Acclimatatiou at Paris . . The Minister of Agriculture announces that the diseaso has been brought over by two gazelles imported from England . In consequence an Imperial decree has been published prohibiting the importation into France of certain domestic animals . Later and important news from Cape Hayti has been received . The commander of her Majesty's ship

Galatea had issued an ultimatum , demanding that Sulnavcs and all the members of the revolutionary committee should surrender unconditionally on bo . ivd that vessel . In ease of refusal tbe Galatea and Lill y , after a delay of twelve hours , would bombard the forts . The French vessel which brought the news from Cape Hayti left just three hours before the term had expired . AMERICA . —The Cuba reached Queenstown on the 1 st inst . from New York on the 23 rd November . The news of the

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surrender of the Shenandoah and the liberation of her crew had been received . The New York Herald says that the Government must demand the delivery up of the crew under the Extradition Treaty . All the other papers are silent on the subject , but tbe liberation of the crew is said to have created a hostile feeling towards England in Washington . It is reported that on the meeting of Congress a Republican Bill will

be presented for the Government of the rebellious States and their ultimate admission into the Union under special acts of Congress . The Commander in Chief in Canada had called out six companies of volunteers , and ordered the whole number of volunteers to hold themselves in readiness to oppose any Fenian raids during the winter . The principal news from Mexico is

that the Republicans have raised theseige ofMatamoras inconsequeuceof the Imperial forces marching from Monterey to attack their rear . In their retreat the Republicans * were sadly cut up by the Imperialists . The American Minister has made public a dispatch recently received from Washington , which purports to

be a general acknowledgment of the numerous addresses of condolence that were addressed to the Washington Government on tbe assassination of the late President Lincoln . Mr . Seward alludes delicately to his being laid aside in consequence of the attack made upon him as the reason for these addresses not having been acknowledged separately , and at an earlier date ;

and ho trusts that the signers of those addresses will accept this general answer . INDIA . —A telegram of Bombay news , dated Nov . 14 th , has been received . It states that the campaign against Bhootan had commenced , and that Dewangiri had been occupied . Now we had a fortnight ago news that a treaty of peace with

Bhootan was signed on the 11 th of November . It is not difficult , perhaps , to reconcile the two statements . The telegram now to hand is made up from the Bombay papers of the 14 th , and it is probable that they were not on , that day aware that a treaty of peace had been signed , and were reporting the events which immediately preceded the signature .

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NOTICE . —From the great length to which the report of the meeting of Grand Lodge extends , and from the general press of matter this week , we are unavoidably compelled to exclude numerous reports of Masonic meetings , letters from correspondents , and other communications of interest , as also to defer our remarks on the meeting of Grand Lodge till next week .

P . Z . —The following arc the Past Masters of Lodge No . 26 ( Castle Lodge of Harmony ) wdio are still subscribing members of flic lot ! j ; e : — ¦ T . Nelson , " Doctors' Commons , 1 S 26 and 1827 . J . II . Law , S , New Square , Lincoln ' s Inn , 1 S 51 . II . Y \\ Wheeler , University Club , Pal ! Mall , 1856 . T ' uo .-s . HiU , 1 , Sussex Terrace , Hyde Park , 1857 .

\ V . it . Wn ¦; . ; , Carlisle House , Brighton , 1859 and 1860 . C . C . M'i- ' oiiiH-ll , 2 , Plowden's Buildings , Temple , 1 S 62 . E . J . Kraser , 20 , Craven Street , W . C , 1863 . R . Spencer , Great Queen Street , 1 SG 4 . William . Smith , C . E ., Salisbury Street , 18 G 5 . The W . M . elect for 1 SGG is Bro . John Richardson , of Swansea , P . M . of a lodge in that town . The lodge is a red-aproned lodge , and sends a Grand Steward every year to the Grand Festival .