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The Week.
registered 1677 births , 898 of these being boys , ancl 779 girls . A mean height of 29 , 7 S 0 in . was shown by the barometer , while the average heat of the air was 61 degrees .- -Lord Herbert , of Lea , hotter known as Mr . Sidney Herbert , expired on Friday last .- The Times states that Lord Elgin has been appointed to succeed Lord Canning as Govenor General of India . Lord De Grey has entered upon his duties as Under Secretary for AVar .- Tho hank rate of discount has been reduced from G to 5 per cent . This
movement was generally anticipated , and produced little or no effect on the Stock Exchange . -Sir George Wetherall reviewed about 8000 volunteers , representing all parts of Lancashire , at Newtonle-AVillows , on Saturday . The display was a marked success , ancl was most creditable to the industry and intelligence of our citizen soldiers . It was impossible not to detect faults ; but these will yield in . time to the drill sergeant ancl more perfect organisation . ¦ Another of those poisonings arising from gross carelesness in the
use of medicine has unhappily occurred just now , the victim in this case being a lady . The facts of the fatal catastrophe are not yet fully known , but , from what is ascertained , it appears that a lady named Rowland , visited Bideford a few days ago for the benefit of her health . Feeling somewhat indisposed , a female friend procured her some drug from the chemist ' s , which she took , and soon after died , with every symptom of narcotic poisoning . The verdict is to the effect that the fatal poison was " inadvertentl
y supplied" by the chemist . Apropos of these cases of poisoning , we are glad to see that the Council of the Pharmaceutical Societyhave appointed commissioners to inquire into ancl report on the best means of guarding the public from fatal accidents of this kind . The trial of Franz , who was charged with being one of the principals in the Kingswood murder has taken place . Mr . Denman
delivered an able speech , in which he argued that the circumstancial evidence produced against the prisoner was of a very unsatisfactory character , and that is was highly probable that the story told by the prisoner to the effect that he had neverbeen at Kingswood , ancl that the pocket-book ancl papers had been stolen from him , was true . The jury returned a verdict of not guilty , ancl the prisoner was at once discharged . A terrible murder has taken place in the much-improved but still
disreputable neighbourhood of St . Gile ' s . A man , who dealt in poultry in the streets , it would appear , has murdered his wife ancl then attempted to commit suicide hy cutting hers and his own throat . They had been at a funeral together , and were afterwards drinking , and a quarrel having ensued , the tragedy followed . The inquest stands adjourned until Cogan , the man who committed the crime , is sufficiently recovered to be examined . It is stated that the defence in the De Vidil casewill take the form
, of a denial of felonious intent . It will be admitted that the Baron struck his son on the head with a riding-whip , but it will be alleged that he did so under the influence of momentary excitement caused hy a blow dealt by the young man " either by accident or design . " It will be remembered that when Mr . Alfred De Aldil applied for a warrant , he stated that If he died without leaving a will , his father would come into possession of £ 30 , 000 . Here was a plausiblo motivebut it is now asserted that an explanation will be offered
, which will materially diminish the importance of this alleged ground of suspicion . It is understood that Mr . De A iclil still refuses to appear against his father , and it is , therefore , thought probable that the bill against the Baron will be ignored by the Grand Jury . The . Baron , it is said , has been visited at Newgate by " several persons of distinction , " who are strongly convinced of his innocence of the charge preferred against him .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The Emperor and Empress arrived at the Tuileries from Fontainebleau on Saturday afternoon . The King of Sweden , Charles XV . accompanied by his brother , the Prince Oscar , has arrived in France , where he purposes to pass some days . The Emperor of the French , surrounded by the principal officers of the Crown , and of the military household , received his visitors at St . Cloudand embraced cordiallthe King of ' Sweden and
, y ^ Prince Oscar . The Paris papers speak of the discovery of a plot against the life of the Emperor Alexander of Russia ancl the principal members of the Imperial family . ' Some of the highest members of the nobility , ancl some leading functionaries of the State , are described as having been implicated in the conspiracy . The whole story of the plot , its object , its means , its ramifications , its conductors , ancl jits discovery , is told
with the greatest minuteness in the Paris journals ; but we are hy no means prepared , without some further authority , to place much faith in the details , or even in the general statement . It may be remembered that the Pope summoned to Rome Father Giacomo , the priest who received Cavour ' s last confession , for the purpose of ascertaining whether the dying statesman , hy his penitence for his political sins , had merited the absolution accorded to him . It is now asserted that Father Giacomo steadily refused to reveal the secrets of the confessional , and that the Pope has con-
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sqnently handed him over to the Roman Inquisition . The Globe has published accounts , purporting to rjroceed from an " official source , " which represent the Bourbonist brigands , who have within a few days made simultaneous efforts throughout most of the Neapolitan provinces , to have been defeated at many places by the troops ancl natiual guards , andwhich maintain that the disturbances maybe deemed to be on the eve of complete repression . The Creation Dietin spite of the grudge which it cherishes
, towards the Magyars , is found by the Vienna Cabinet to he nearly as refractory and unmanageable as -the Hungarian Legislature . It has formally refused to send deputies to the Reichsrath , and it remains to ho seen whether the Emperor Francis Joseph will venture to treat the Croats as summarily as he did the Istrian Diet , which was dissolved because it declined to choose deputies to represent Isfcria in the Reichsrath . According to the Berlin
correspondent of the Brussels Independance , the King of Denmark has ratified the concessions offered by his Minisrers in regard to Ilolstein , and they have heen submitted to the Germanic Confederation . The concessions are said to have been made at the instance of tho English Cabinet . -The new Sultan of Turkey granted an audience to Sir Henry Bulwer on the 31 st ult . and in replying to the congratulations of the latterexpressed his deep
, sense of the friendship of England , and his determination to effect large reforms in tho goverment of Turkey . Ali Pasha has been appointed Grand Alzier , ancl Fuad Pasha Minister for Foreign affairs . Tho latter is to return immediately from Syria . AMEBICA . —The first great battle in America between the North and South has been fought , and with the most disastrous results to the Northerners . The 'last mail informed us that after the
failure of the attack on the Confederate batteries at Bull ' s Run by the force under Colonel Richardson , the latter withdrew his troops , and joined the main army under General M'Dowell , and that consultations were being held as to the best manner of renewing the attack . AVe now learn that on the 21 st ult . the whole of the Federal army advanced on the enemy ' s position , and
after nine hour's hard fighting succeeded in capturing three of the batteries . Here , however , their good fortune ended ; for at this time General Beauregard ( who , according to the Northern accounts , was opportunely reinforced by General Johnstone , with 25 , 000 men ) assumed the offensive , and attacked the Union army , and drove them in disorder from the field . The Federal troops were completely panic stricken , ancl fled tumultuously towards AVashingtonnotwithstanding the utmost efforts of General
, M'Dowell to rally them at Centreville and Fairfax Court House . The Confederates pursued as far as Fairfax ancl captured the whole of the Federal artillery of rifled cannon , with large quantities of other arms . The loss on each sides is widely estimated at between 500 and 4000 . The whole of the Federal army had fallen back on Alexandria , and the defences around AVashington were being reinforced in apprehension of an attack by the Southerners . All
the accounts agree in admitting that the defeat of the Unionists was as complets as it was disastrous , though naturally enough they seek for causes to account for so unexpected a result , which they ascribe to a panic among the teamsters , and the reinforcement the Southerners received under General Johnstone . It appears that though the Northerners fought bravely , they were out-generalled by the southern commanderswho when the Unionists were
, probably wearied by the long contest , ancl in some confusion from the galling fire to which they were exposed , seized the favourable moment , and from defenders became aggressors , launching their whole force on the broken columns of the Northerners . A telegram from Queenstown brings American intelligence to the 27 th ult . The Confederates , flushed with their recent success , were advancing upon Harper ' s Ferrywere General Patterson was
, stationed with a large Federal army . General M'Clellan , the youngest as well as the most able of the Northern commanders , has beon appointed to the command of the forces at the seat of war . From Fort Pickens we learn that Admiral Milne has pronounced the blockade to be totally insufficient . This report , however , requires confirmation ,
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
ABEL . —AA c have no record of such a circumstance . P . Z . —Not iu our pages . AN OLD MASON . —should apply to the Lodge of Benevolence . P . M . —Try Bro . Spencer , Gt . Queen Street . A . B . —It is impossible for us to tell when they are likely to begin any alterations in the premises in Great Queen Street ; when the parochical authorities compel them to pull down the house next to the Tavern , we expect . The Board of General Purposes appear to be , on this subject , about as active as the Metropolitan B oard of AVorks .
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The Week.
registered 1677 births , 898 of these being boys , ancl 779 girls . A mean height of 29 , 7 S 0 in . was shown by the barometer , while the average heat of the air was 61 degrees .- -Lord Herbert , of Lea , hotter known as Mr . Sidney Herbert , expired on Friday last .- The Times states that Lord Elgin has been appointed to succeed Lord Canning as Govenor General of India . Lord De Grey has entered upon his duties as Under Secretary for AVar .- Tho hank rate of discount has been reduced from G to 5 per cent . This
movement was generally anticipated , and produced little or no effect on the Stock Exchange . -Sir George Wetherall reviewed about 8000 volunteers , representing all parts of Lancashire , at Newtonle-AVillows , on Saturday . The display was a marked success , ancl was most creditable to the industry and intelligence of our citizen soldiers . It was impossible not to detect faults ; but these will yield in . time to the drill sergeant ancl more perfect organisation . ¦ Another of those poisonings arising from gross carelesness in the
use of medicine has unhappily occurred just now , the victim in this case being a lady . The facts of the fatal catastrophe are not yet fully known , but , from what is ascertained , it appears that a lady named Rowland , visited Bideford a few days ago for the benefit of her health . Feeling somewhat indisposed , a female friend procured her some drug from the chemist ' s , which she took , and soon after died , with every symptom of narcotic poisoning . The verdict is to the effect that the fatal poison was " inadvertentl
y supplied" by the chemist . Apropos of these cases of poisoning , we are glad to see that the Council of the Pharmaceutical Societyhave appointed commissioners to inquire into ancl report on the best means of guarding the public from fatal accidents of this kind . The trial of Franz , who was charged with being one of the principals in the Kingswood murder has taken place . Mr . Denman
delivered an able speech , in which he argued that the circumstancial evidence produced against the prisoner was of a very unsatisfactory character , and that is was highly probable that the story told by the prisoner to the effect that he had neverbeen at Kingswood , ancl that the pocket-book ancl papers had been stolen from him , was true . The jury returned a verdict of not guilty , ancl the prisoner was at once discharged . A terrible murder has taken place in the much-improved but still
disreputable neighbourhood of St . Gile ' s . A man , who dealt in poultry in the streets , it would appear , has murdered his wife ancl then attempted to commit suicide hy cutting hers and his own throat . They had been at a funeral together , and were afterwards drinking , and a quarrel having ensued , the tragedy followed . The inquest stands adjourned until Cogan , the man who committed the crime , is sufficiently recovered to be examined . It is stated that the defence in the De Vidil casewill take the form
, of a denial of felonious intent . It will be admitted that the Baron struck his son on the head with a riding-whip , but it will be alleged that he did so under the influence of momentary excitement caused hy a blow dealt by the young man " either by accident or design . " It will be remembered that when Mr . Alfred De Aldil applied for a warrant , he stated that If he died without leaving a will , his father would come into possession of £ 30 , 000 . Here was a plausiblo motivebut it is now asserted that an explanation will be offered
, which will materially diminish the importance of this alleged ground of suspicion . It is understood that Mr . De A iclil still refuses to appear against his father , and it is , therefore , thought probable that the bill against the Baron will be ignored by the Grand Jury . The . Baron , it is said , has been visited at Newgate by " several persons of distinction , " who are strongly convinced of his innocence of the charge preferred against him .
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The Emperor and Empress arrived at the Tuileries from Fontainebleau on Saturday afternoon . The King of Sweden , Charles XV . accompanied by his brother , the Prince Oscar , has arrived in France , where he purposes to pass some days . The Emperor of the French , surrounded by the principal officers of the Crown , and of the military household , received his visitors at St . Cloudand embraced cordiallthe King of ' Sweden and
, y ^ Prince Oscar . The Paris papers speak of the discovery of a plot against the life of the Emperor Alexander of Russia ancl the principal members of the Imperial family . ' Some of the highest members of the nobility , ancl some leading functionaries of the State , are described as having been implicated in the conspiracy . The whole story of the plot , its object , its means , its ramifications , its conductors , ancl jits discovery , is told
with the greatest minuteness in the Paris journals ; but we are hy no means prepared , without some further authority , to place much faith in the details , or even in the general statement . It may be remembered that the Pope summoned to Rome Father Giacomo , the priest who received Cavour ' s last confession , for the purpose of ascertaining whether the dying statesman , hy his penitence for his political sins , had merited the absolution accorded to him . It is now asserted that Father Giacomo steadily refused to reveal the secrets of the confessional , and that the Pope has con-
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sqnently handed him over to the Roman Inquisition . The Globe has published accounts , purporting to rjroceed from an " official source , " which represent the Bourbonist brigands , who have within a few days made simultaneous efforts throughout most of the Neapolitan provinces , to have been defeated at many places by the troops ancl natiual guards , andwhich maintain that the disturbances maybe deemed to be on the eve of complete repression . The Creation Dietin spite of the grudge which it cherishes
, towards the Magyars , is found by the Vienna Cabinet to he nearly as refractory and unmanageable as -the Hungarian Legislature . It has formally refused to send deputies to the Reichsrath , and it remains to ho seen whether the Emperor Francis Joseph will venture to treat the Croats as summarily as he did the Istrian Diet , which was dissolved because it declined to choose deputies to represent Isfcria in the Reichsrath . According to the Berlin
correspondent of the Brussels Independance , the King of Denmark has ratified the concessions offered by his Minisrers in regard to Ilolstein , and they have heen submitted to the Germanic Confederation . The concessions are said to have been made at the instance of tho English Cabinet . -The new Sultan of Turkey granted an audience to Sir Henry Bulwer on the 31 st ult . and in replying to the congratulations of the latterexpressed his deep
, sense of the friendship of England , and his determination to effect large reforms in tho goverment of Turkey . Ali Pasha has been appointed Grand Alzier , ancl Fuad Pasha Minister for Foreign affairs . Tho latter is to return immediately from Syria . AMEBICA . —The first great battle in America between the North and South has been fought , and with the most disastrous results to the Northerners . The 'last mail informed us that after the
failure of the attack on the Confederate batteries at Bull ' s Run by the force under Colonel Richardson , the latter withdrew his troops , and joined the main army under General M'Dowell , and that consultations were being held as to the best manner of renewing the attack . AVe now learn that on the 21 st ult . the whole of the Federal army advanced on the enemy ' s position , and
after nine hour's hard fighting succeeded in capturing three of the batteries . Here , however , their good fortune ended ; for at this time General Beauregard ( who , according to the Northern accounts , was opportunely reinforced by General Johnstone , with 25 , 000 men ) assumed the offensive , and attacked the Union army , and drove them in disorder from the field . The Federal troops were completely panic stricken , ancl fled tumultuously towards AVashingtonnotwithstanding the utmost efforts of General
, M'Dowell to rally them at Centreville and Fairfax Court House . The Confederates pursued as far as Fairfax ancl captured the whole of the Federal artillery of rifled cannon , with large quantities of other arms . The loss on each sides is widely estimated at between 500 and 4000 . The whole of the Federal army had fallen back on Alexandria , and the defences around AVashington were being reinforced in apprehension of an attack by the Southerners . All
the accounts agree in admitting that the defeat of the Unionists was as complets as it was disastrous , though naturally enough they seek for causes to account for so unexpected a result , which they ascribe to a panic among the teamsters , and the reinforcement the Southerners received under General Johnstone . It appears that though the Northerners fought bravely , they were out-generalled by the southern commanderswho when the Unionists were
, probably wearied by the long contest , ancl in some confusion from the galling fire to which they were exposed , seized the favourable moment , and from defenders became aggressors , launching their whole force on the broken columns of the Northerners . A telegram from Queenstown brings American intelligence to the 27 th ult . The Confederates , flushed with their recent success , were advancing upon Harper ' s Ferrywere General Patterson was
, stationed with a large Federal army . General M'Clellan , the youngest as well as the most able of the Northern commanders , has beon appointed to the command of the forces at the seat of war . From Fort Pickens we learn that Admiral Milne has pronounced the blockade to be totally insufficient . This report , however , requires confirmation ,
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
ABEL . —AA c have no record of such a circumstance . P . Z . —Not iu our pages . AN OLD MASON . —should apply to the Lodge of Benevolence . P . M . —Try Bro . Spencer , Gt . Queen Street . A . B . —It is impossible for us to tell when they are likely to begin any alterations in the premises in Great Queen Street ; when the parochical authorities compel them to pull down the house next to the Tavern , we expect . The Board of General Purposes appear to be , on this subject , about as active as the Metropolitan B oard of AVorks .