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shooting on his estate there . Among the persons employed in heating the wood and covers for him was a lad named Simmons . This lad , for some reason or other , got into a chalk pit , and he was coming out of it—his head being just above the level of the ground—at the moment that Sir William Jolliffe fired at a rabbit . The charge entered the poor lad ' s head , and injured him so seriously that he soon afterwards died . One of tho
most singular cases that ever came before a magistrate was discussed at the Guildhall on Saturday . A Mr . Foerster charged Mr . Sharp , the solicitor to the Russian agency iu London , with violently seizing and detaining notes of the Credit Fancier of Poland , to the value of £ 27 , 000 . Mr . Foerster had gone to Mr . Sharp as to a person likely to cash them ; but that gentleman ,
on seeing their numbers , at once took possession of them as a portion of the property which was stolen from the Warsaw Bank last year . The counsel for the complainant argued that the notes were the spoils of wai-, and therefore lawfully in Mr . Foerster ' s possession . Alderman Besley , however , did not take that view , and not only acquitted Mr . Sharp , but expressed his
willingness to issue a summons calling on Mr . Foerster aud another person to explain how they came into possession of them . A man named Lyon , is charged with ' laving thrown some poisonous compound into a house at Rotherham , where the children of a neighbour were , all of whom were injured by the noxious fumes , and one , an infant of a year old , died . An inquest was held , when the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Lyon , and be was committed for trial . Two other persons against whom suspicions wore entertained , were acquitted
by the jury , but are detained iu prison to await an examination by the magistrates . Mr . Justice Mellor has granted an application , for a commission to examine tho Pasha of Egypt and other witnesses at Cairo , relative to the steam rams which have been seized at Birkenhead . The Danish cruisers have , apparently , left the Channel , their presence in that quarter having ,
no doubt , become too well known to the owners and captains of German merchant vessels . They are , however , trying what may be done at another point of our coast . Two of them have been seen off the mouth of the l ? ritn of Forth this week , and , on Wednesday , a prize , in the shape of a schooner , was made . FOB-EIGHT IXTEZLIGEXCE . —A Berlin . journal , the Kreuz
Zeituny , assorts that , according to trustworthy accounts from Paris , the Danish Government has refused to treat on the basis of a " personal union " between the Duchies and Denmark , and that consequently the negotiations for a conference may be regarded as terminated . 'Che Kreuz Zeitung expresses also an ominous apprehension that France can hardly avoid entanglement in the
quarrel—an apprehension which has probably given rise to rumours that Austria , Prussia , ami Russia have formed an alliance . Some fighting has taken place in Jutland . A Prussian division of , the Guards , accompanied by the Crown Prince and Marshall von Wrangel , advanced on Tuesday , and meeting with some Danish forces drove them back upon Fredericia . So ,
at least , says tho Prussian account , which tells nothing of the numbers engaged on either side , and only reports that the Prussians captured a large number of prisoners , with small loss to themselves . The Austrians advanced at the same time
towards veife . Ihey encountered the Danish cavalry south of that place , and drove them back . Three'Danish infantry regiments , three batteries , and two cavalry regiments took up a strong position north of the Telle river . An action ensued , which ended in the Danes being dislodged , with considerable loss in killed , wounded , and prisoners . That is the Austrian
story as it came from Kolding , but it is partly confirmed by a telegram from Copenhagen . The Danish General Wilster and four other officers were wounded . Sweden is drawing closer to Denmark , and it seems likely that a Scandinavian league is
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about to be inaugurated . The popular feeling was no doubt fairly expressed in the great meeting held in Stockholm a few nights since . The resolutions passed on that occasion expressed the strongest sympathy with Denmark , and declared that the Swedes were prepared to bear the sacrifices which an " energetic policy" would render necessary . After the meetingthe Danish Minister received an ovation . It remains yet to be seen whether the sympathy of the Norwegians
isso decidedly in favour of a policy of active intervention . The Emperor Alexander has issued decrees completing theemancipation of the Polish peasants , and organising " communal administration ou the principle of self-government in Poland , by which all connection between the nobility and tho peasantry is entirely severed . " In Rome , the Pontifical and the French soldiers have had severe collisions , and appear to be animated with the bitterest spirit towards each other . The strife was
renewed for several successive days , despite all the efforts of Mgr .. de Merode and the appeals of General de Montebello , who seems to have thought , like the keeper of the famed Irish gamecocks , that the French and the Papal soldiers ought not to quarrel , as they arc on the same side . The Archduke Maximilian has at length arrived in Paris , and wo may consequently presume that the impediments to his acceptance of tho Mexican Crownwhich the Emperor Napoleon has procured for him , have
, somehow been overcome . AMERICA . —New York advices to the 20 th ult ., have been brought by the City of Washington , but they possess little interest . General Sherman ' s Federal corps was reported to have advanced beyond Meridian , to have destroyed some bridges on
the Mobile and Ohio Railway , and to have severed the communications of General Polk ' s forces . His cavalry had defeated the ? Confederate horse between Jackson and Meridian ; anel there was said to have been a " severe engagement" on the 13 th ult ., at Enterprise ; but its result was unknown . General Longstreet was rumoured to have retired from the neighbourhood of Knoxville , and to have retreated beyond the French Broad river . General Gilmove bad returned to Port Royal ; and the
Federal expedition to Florida was stated to have been successful , and to have resulted in the capture of eight guns , 100 prisoners , and a large quantity of cotton . The principal news brought from New York by the China , is the announcement that Admiral Farragut ' s squadron had been repulsed by the Confederates at Grant's Pass , some 35 miles from Mobile , and that the Federal General Sherman's corps , having marched 150 miles in tea
days , had reached Quitman , and was believed to be marching against Mobile . There was a " doubtful rumour "—which may , no doubt , be regarded as altogether untrue—that General Sherman had elef' eated General 1 ' olk ' s Confederate corps , and had captured 12 . 000 prisoners . The Canadian mail steamer Bohemian was wrecked on tho 22 d ult ., near Portland ; and nineteen persons perished . It would appear that the Federal agents are hiring mercenaries in Germany as well as in Ireland .
A large number of German recruits having arrived in Liverpool on their way to the Northern States ; but it would seem that some difficulty has arisen on the subject of the large bounty offered . The Germans insist upon having the money before they cross the Atlantic , while the recruiting agents are apparently either unable or unwilling to meet this demand . It remains tobo seen how this dispute will end .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
J . S . —We have no time to make the inquiry—neither would the information be of any use if we obtained it , excepting to gratify idle curiosity . K . T . ~ In Bedford-row . P . C . —Under Preston , the explanation was altogether different , and far more consistent with Scripture . R . W . —In 1796 . EHBATA . —We are requested to make tlie following corrections
of matters relating to facts in the report of Bro . Havers ' speech at Grand Loelge , in our paper last week : —At p . 184 , for " 19 Masons , of whom seven were English , eight Irish , and four Scotch , " read " 15 Masons , of whom six were Irish , four Scotch , and five English ; " for "less than one-sixth , " read "little less than one sixth ; " p . 185 for "he had been told by a brother , " read " the next allegation in the memoria 1 was ; " for " £ 1 17 s . Qd ., " read " London brethren £ 1 7 s . M ., Provincincial 17 * ., and Colonial Brethren 7 s . Gd . only ; " fo " £ 2 G , " read" £ 63 . "
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shooting on his estate there . Among the persons employed in heating the wood and covers for him was a lad named Simmons . This lad , for some reason or other , got into a chalk pit , and he was coming out of it—his head being just above the level of the ground—at the moment that Sir William Jolliffe fired at a rabbit . The charge entered the poor lad ' s head , and injured him so seriously that he soon afterwards died . One of tho
most singular cases that ever came before a magistrate was discussed at the Guildhall on Saturday . A Mr . Foerster charged Mr . Sharp , the solicitor to the Russian agency iu London , with violently seizing and detaining notes of the Credit Fancier of Poland , to the value of £ 27 , 000 . Mr . Foerster had gone to Mr . Sharp as to a person likely to cash them ; but that gentleman ,
on seeing their numbers , at once took possession of them as a portion of the property which was stolen from the Warsaw Bank last year . The counsel for the complainant argued that the notes were the spoils of wai-, and therefore lawfully in Mr . Foerster ' s possession . Alderman Besley , however , did not take that view , and not only acquitted Mr . Sharp , but expressed his
willingness to issue a summons calling on Mr . Foerster aud another person to explain how they came into possession of them . A man named Lyon , is charged with ' laving thrown some poisonous compound into a house at Rotherham , where the children of a neighbour were , all of whom were injured by the noxious fumes , and one , an infant of a year old , died . An inquest was held , when the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Lyon , and be was committed for trial . Two other persons against whom suspicions wore entertained , were acquitted
by the jury , but are detained iu prison to await an examination by the magistrates . Mr . Justice Mellor has granted an application , for a commission to examine tho Pasha of Egypt and other witnesses at Cairo , relative to the steam rams which have been seized at Birkenhead . The Danish cruisers have , apparently , left the Channel , their presence in that quarter having ,
no doubt , become too well known to the owners and captains of German merchant vessels . They are , however , trying what may be done at another point of our coast . Two of them have been seen off the mouth of the l ? ritn of Forth this week , and , on Wednesday , a prize , in the shape of a schooner , was made . FOB-EIGHT IXTEZLIGEXCE . —A Berlin . journal , the Kreuz
Zeituny , assorts that , according to trustworthy accounts from Paris , the Danish Government has refused to treat on the basis of a " personal union " between the Duchies and Denmark , and that consequently the negotiations for a conference may be regarded as terminated . 'Che Kreuz Zeitung expresses also an ominous apprehension that France can hardly avoid entanglement in the
quarrel—an apprehension which has probably given rise to rumours that Austria , Prussia , ami Russia have formed an alliance . Some fighting has taken place in Jutland . A Prussian division of , the Guards , accompanied by the Crown Prince and Marshall von Wrangel , advanced on Tuesday , and meeting with some Danish forces drove them back upon Fredericia . So ,
at least , says tho Prussian account , which tells nothing of the numbers engaged on either side , and only reports that the Prussians captured a large number of prisoners , with small loss to themselves . The Austrians advanced at the same time
towards veife . Ihey encountered the Danish cavalry south of that place , and drove them back . Three'Danish infantry regiments , three batteries , and two cavalry regiments took up a strong position north of the Telle river . An action ensued , which ended in the Danes being dislodged , with considerable loss in killed , wounded , and prisoners . That is the Austrian
story as it came from Kolding , but it is partly confirmed by a telegram from Copenhagen . The Danish General Wilster and four other officers were wounded . Sweden is drawing closer to Denmark , and it seems likely that a Scandinavian league is
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about to be inaugurated . The popular feeling was no doubt fairly expressed in the great meeting held in Stockholm a few nights since . The resolutions passed on that occasion expressed the strongest sympathy with Denmark , and declared that the Swedes were prepared to bear the sacrifices which an " energetic policy" would render necessary . After the meetingthe Danish Minister received an ovation . It remains yet to be seen whether the sympathy of the Norwegians
isso decidedly in favour of a policy of active intervention . The Emperor Alexander has issued decrees completing theemancipation of the Polish peasants , and organising " communal administration ou the principle of self-government in Poland , by which all connection between the nobility and tho peasantry is entirely severed . " In Rome , the Pontifical and the French soldiers have had severe collisions , and appear to be animated with the bitterest spirit towards each other . The strife was
renewed for several successive days , despite all the efforts of Mgr .. de Merode and the appeals of General de Montebello , who seems to have thought , like the keeper of the famed Irish gamecocks , that the French and the Papal soldiers ought not to quarrel , as they arc on the same side . The Archduke Maximilian has at length arrived in Paris , and wo may consequently presume that the impediments to his acceptance of tho Mexican Crownwhich the Emperor Napoleon has procured for him , have
, somehow been overcome . AMERICA . —New York advices to the 20 th ult ., have been brought by the City of Washington , but they possess little interest . General Sherman ' s Federal corps was reported to have advanced beyond Meridian , to have destroyed some bridges on
the Mobile and Ohio Railway , and to have severed the communications of General Polk ' s forces . His cavalry had defeated the ? Confederate horse between Jackson and Meridian ; anel there was said to have been a " severe engagement" on the 13 th ult ., at Enterprise ; but its result was unknown . General Longstreet was rumoured to have retired from the neighbourhood of Knoxville , and to have retreated beyond the French Broad river . General Gilmove bad returned to Port Royal ; and the
Federal expedition to Florida was stated to have been successful , and to have resulted in the capture of eight guns , 100 prisoners , and a large quantity of cotton . The principal news brought from New York by the China , is the announcement that Admiral Farragut ' s squadron had been repulsed by the Confederates at Grant's Pass , some 35 miles from Mobile , and that the Federal General Sherman's corps , having marched 150 miles in tea
days , had reached Quitman , and was believed to be marching against Mobile . There was a " doubtful rumour "—which may , no doubt , be regarded as altogether untrue—that General Sherman had elef' eated General 1 ' olk ' s Confederate corps , and had captured 12 . 000 prisoners . The Canadian mail steamer Bohemian was wrecked on tho 22 d ult ., near Portland ; and nineteen persons perished . It would appear that the Federal agents are hiring mercenaries in Germany as well as in Ireland .
A large number of German recruits having arrived in Liverpool on their way to the Northern States ; but it would seem that some difficulty has arisen on the subject of the large bounty offered . The Germans insist upon having the money before they cross the Atlantic , while the recruiting agents are apparently either unable or unwilling to meet this demand . It remains tobo seen how this dispute will end .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
J . S . —We have no time to make the inquiry—neither would the information be of any use if we obtained it , excepting to gratify idle curiosity . K . T . ~ In Bedford-row . P . C . —Under Preston , the explanation was altogether different , and far more consistent with Scripture . R . W . —In 1796 . EHBATA . —We are requested to make tlie following corrections
of matters relating to facts in the report of Bro . Havers ' speech at Grand Loelge , in our paper last week : —At p . 184 , for " 19 Masons , of whom seven were English , eight Irish , and four Scotch , " read " 15 Masons , of whom six were Irish , four Scotch , and five English ; " for "less than one-sixth , " read "little less than one sixth ; " p . 185 for "he had been told by a brother , " read " the next allegation in the memoria 1 was ; " for " £ 1 17 s . Qd ., " read " London brethren £ 1 7 s . M ., Provincincial 17 * ., and Colonial Brethren 7 s . Gd . only ; " fo " £ 2 G , " read" £ 63 . "