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in the course of the evidence it appeared that the two witnesses to the will did not sign it in each other's presence . The deed was therefore declared to be invalid , and the property went to the grandson . An action was brought against the Morning Post at the Surrey Assizes . It may be remembered that a few months ago one of our magistrates was called to decide between two young ladies as to the ownership of a dog . The Post inserted a humourous comment on the affair , ivhich one of the
ladies , Miss Waldron , chose to construe into a libel . The jury held it to be , if a libel at all , one of mildest type , and assessed the damage done to the young lady ' s character at one farthing . At the Central Criminal Court , among other business , Abraham Emden , clerk , has been sentenced to three years' penal servitude'for embezzlement , and in relation to Henry Kernan , who pleaded guilty of a similar offence , sentence was deferred . The five persons charged with having in their possession
certain forged plates , with intent to defraud the Imperial Bank of Russia , were tried and found guilty . Sentence was deferred until some other trials growing out of thesame offence have taken place . The inquest in the Kendon tragedy has terminated . The young man Lawrence , who first shot the giilCoxandthenwounded himself , assigned as a reason that she was pregnant by another person . A post mortem examination was made , when it was found that the poor girl was suffering from dropsy , giving to
her person an appearance that might have excited the prisoner's jealousy , bufc for which there was no other foundation . The jury returned a verdict against Lawrence of Wilful Murder , through jealousy , and the coroner committed him for trial . An important prosecution for keeping public-houses open on Sunday , or rather for supplying refreshment to persons who allege that they are bond fide travellers , has been conducted at the Clerkenwell Police-court . The evidence in each case mainly rested on two police-spies dressed in plain clothes , at once to entrap the publicans into a breach of the law and to "detect " them in it . The defendants in in each case were fined , with
costs . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —It continues to be rumoured in Paris that the Emperor Napoleon , deterred by the unpopularity of the proposed augmentations of the taxes on salt and sugar , has resolved that the proposal shall be withdrawn from the Legislative Body , and that M . Fould shall make good the consequent deficiency of receipts by such savings ancl expedients as he can devise . The credence given to the rumour has
been increased by the announcement in Friday ' s Moniteur that a further reduction of 32 , 000 men and 2200 horses is about to be made iu . the strength of the army in active service . The Pope held a Consistory in Rome on the Sth inst ., at which he nominated sixteen bishops , ancl among them those who are to occupy the vacant sees in France . His Holiness also demanded the opinion of the Cardinals on the canonisation of the martyrs
of Japan . AVe likewise learn from Rome that the Neapolitan General Clary has been ordered to confine his residence to Civita A ecchia , where he will be under the surveillance of the French military authorities . This measure is stated to have been ordered in consequence of his co-operating in reactionary movements . A despatch from Turin states that the French garrison of the Pontifical territory has begun to take some effective measures for the suppression of the sorties of brigands
from the Papal States into the Neapolitan provinces . The band of Chiavone , a noted brigand leader , has been dispersed by French soldiers , who likewise seized a convoy of provisions intended for the use of the Bourbonist brigands . At the same time Crocco , another leader of note , has heen defeated by the Italian troops , which drove the fugitives towards the Roman frontiers . The urgent desire' of the Prussian people for a elimination of the heavy
military expenditure has at length made some impression on the Government . The Vossische Zeilung published on Saturday a letter addressed hy the Minister of Finance to the Minister of AVar , urging on him the necessity of reducing his military budget by two millions and a half of thalers , in order to allow of the removal of the present additional taxes , and to enable the Government to give assurances
to that effect to the people before the elections take place A great outcry has been caused by the' publication of the letter which is stated to have been surreptitiously obtained , ancl the printing office has been searched for the MS of course without success . Others affirm that if it was stolen it was purposely placed in the way of some one likely to make use of it . At all events the recommendation has been adopted , or , what is much the same thing , the King has appointecl a
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commission for considering its possibility . Further concessions to the liberal demands are also held out , to induce the electors to return members favourable to the Government . The whole budget for 1862 is promised to be laid before the chamber in greater detail than hitherto , ancl the items of the budget of 1863 are also to he submitted to it . Moreover , there are to be no new taxes , economy in the public expenditure is to obviate the necessity of an increased income taxancl
, reductions are to be effected in the taxes on the necessaries of life—corn , rice , cattle , ancl meat The Russian Government , justly apprehensive of the stigma which would attach to it if the charge of putting to the torture the printer Zamoyski remained uncontradicted , issued a commission of inquiry to investigate the matter . The commissioners thereupon summoned Zamoyski before themto whom he
de-, clared that since his arrest he had been kindl y treated , ancl that not only had he been free from corporal punishment , but not a hand had been laid upon him . The charge is thus happily completely disproved , supposing of course that the truthfulness of the commissioners can be relied on . Intelligence has been received in Berlin from Athens which represents the insurrection in Greece as rapidly extending itself . The insurgents , it is said ,
retain the wives and children of the inhabitants as hostages , which renders bombardment impossible . The prisons are said to be full . It is , however , extremely difficult to rely upon any of the scattered scraps of news which filter through Germany from Greece . The Spanish Cabinet , has once more declared that " nothing will change its firm determination to abstain from any demonstration prejudicial to the independence of Mexico . " AMERICA . —The Africa , which left New York on the 25 th ult ., brings us accounts of fresh successes obtained by the Federal
troops in North Carolina and YVestern A irginia . Part of General Burnside ' s expedition had advanced from Newbern to Beaufort , which was abandoned by the Confederates , who also blew up Fort Macon . The steamer Nashville , ivhich was lying in Beaufort harbour , was said to have been burned by the Confederates , though another account asserts that she attempted to run the blockade , ancl was captured by the Federal cruisers . The Confederate General Jackson , having been misinformed that
the Federal troops had retired from Winchester , advanced towards that place , ancl the consequence was a severe engagement between his forces ancl the corps of the Federal General Banks . The action resulted in the defeat of the Confederates , who lost several guns , some 250 prisoners , and 600 or 800 killed or wounded , while the Federal loss is represented not to have exceeded 400 men . In their retreat the Confederates were closelfollowed bthe Federalsand the
y y , pur suit , whichis said to have been most disastrous to the vanquished troops , still continual ! at the time of the latest accounts . The operations against Island " No . 10 , " in the Mississippi , had had no decisive results , Commodore Foote being seemingly unwilling to risk his iron-clad gunboats too near the Confederate batteries , and tho mortar-boats having apparently been less effective than they were expected to bo . But some of the Confederate guns
had been silenced , and it was reported that a retreat had been begun by the Confederate troops . It was believed in AVashington and New York that an attack must have been commenced on some of the works which defend the approaches to New Orleans , the Federal mortar fleet having sailed from Ship Island ; and a rumour affirmed that Fort Pike had fallen into the hands of the Federals . A well-known anti-slavery orator , Mr . AA endell Phillips , had been mobbed at Cincinnati , in which city he had undertaken to deliver a lecture .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
Eur . rcA , —Bro . Shuttleworth letter . —Page 238 , lines 13 , ancl 22 , for " country" read " county" page 226 , first column , line 10 from bottom , after " order" read "and , " column 2 line 29 from bottom s / or " Freemasons" read " Freemasonry" line 15 , after Christianity for a semicolon , insert a comma , line 16 after "human redemption , " insert a semicolon - same line , / or " noblest" read "noble ancl . "
R . S . —Certainly not . P . S . —You have no such power . MULTUM . —We will inquire . B . BOLTON . —\ A emusfc respectfully decline this offer , Mcsicus . —Bro . Laslen .
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in the course of the evidence it appeared that the two witnesses to the will did not sign it in each other's presence . The deed was therefore declared to be invalid , and the property went to the grandson . An action was brought against the Morning Post at the Surrey Assizes . It may be remembered that a few months ago one of our magistrates was called to decide between two young ladies as to the ownership of a dog . The Post inserted a humourous comment on the affair , ivhich one of the
ladies , Miss Waldron , chose to construe into a libel . The jury held it to be , if a libel at all , one of mildest type , and assessed the damage done to the young lady ' s character at one farthing . At the Central Criminal Court , among other business , Abraham Emden , clerk , has been sentenced to three years' penal servitude'for embezzlement , and in relation to Henry Kernan , who pleaded guilty of a similar offence , sentence was deferred . The five persons charged with having in their possession
certain forged plates , with intent to defraud the Imperial Bank of Russia , were tried and found guilty . Sentence was deferred until some other trials growing out of thesame offence have taken place . The inquest in the Kendon tragedy has terminated . The young man Lawrence , who first shot the giilCoxandthenwounded himself , assigned as a reason that she was pregnant by another person . A post mortem examination was made , when it was found that the poor girl was suffering from dropsy , giving to
her person an appearance that might have excited the prisoner's jealousy , bufc for which there was no other foundation . The jury returned a verdict against Lawrence of Wilful Murder , through jealousy , and the coroner committed him for trial . An important prosecution for keeping public-houses open on Sunday , or rather for supplying refreshment to persons who allege that they are bond fide travellers , has been conducted at the Clerkenwell Police-court . The evidence in each case mainly rested on two police-spies dressed in plain clothes , at once to entrap the publicans into a breach of the law and to "detect " them in it . The defendants in in each case were fined , with
costs . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —It continues to be rumoured in Paris that the Emperor Napoleon , deterred by the unpopularity of the proposed augmentations of the taxes on salt and sugar , has resolved that the proposal shall be withdrawn from the Legislative Body , and that M . Fould shall make good the consequent deficiency of receipts by such savings ancl expedients as he can devise . The credence given to the rumour has
been increased by the announcement in Friday ' s Moniteur that a further reduction of 32 , 000 men and 2200 horses is about to be made iu . the strength of the army in active service . The Pope held a Consistory in Rome on the Sth inst ., at which he nominated sixteen bishops , ancl among them those who are to occupy the vacant sees in France . His Holiness also demanded the opinion of the Cardinals on the canonisation of the martyrs
of Japan . AVe likewise learn from Rome that the Neapolitan General Clary has been ordered to confine his residence to Civita A ecchia , where he will be under the surveillance of the French military authorities . This measure is stated to have been ordered in consequence of his co-operating in reactionary movements . A despatch from Turin states that the French garrison of the Pontifical territory has begun to take some effective measures for the suppression of the sorties of brigands
from the Papal States into the Neapolitan provinces . The band of Chiavone , a noted brigand leader , has been dispersed by French soldiers , who likewise seized a convoy of provisions intended for the use of the Bourbonist brigands . At the same time Crocco , another leader of note , has heen defeated by the Italian troops , which drove the fugitives towards the Roman frontiers . The urgent desire' of the Prussian people for a elimination of the heavy
military expenditure has at length made some impression on the Government . The Vossische Zeilung published on Saturday a letter addressed hy the Minister of Finance to the Minister of AVar , urging on him the necessity of reducing his military budget by two millions and a half of thalers , in order to allow of the removal of the present additional taxes , and to enable the Government to give assurances
to that effect to the people before the elections take place A great outcry has been caused by the' publication of the letter which is stated to have been surreptitiously obtained , ancl the printing office has been searched for the MS of course without success . Others affirm that if it was stolen it was purposely placed in the way of some one likely to make use of it . At all events the recommendation has been adopted , or , what is much the same thing , the King has appointecl a
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commission for considering its possibility . Further concessions to the liberal demands are also held out , to induce the electors to return members favourable to the Government . The whole budget for 1862 is promised to be laid before the chamber in greater detail than hitherto , ancl the items of the budget of 1863 are also to he submitted to it . Moreover , there are to be no new taxes , economy in the public expenditure is to obviate the necessity of an increased income taxancl
, reductions are to be effected in the taxes on the necessaries of life—corn , rice , cattle , ancl meat The Russian Government , justly apprehensive of the stigma which would attach to it if the charge of putting to the torture the printer Zamoyski remained uncontradicted , issued a commission of inquiry to investigate the matter . The commissioners thereupon summoned Zamoyski before themto whom he
de-, clared that since his arrest he had been kindl y treated , ancl that not only had he been free from corporal punishment , but not a hand had been laid upon him . The charge is thus happily completely disproved , supposing of course that the truthfulness of the commissioners can be relied on . Intelligence has been received in Berlin from Athens which represents the insurrection in Greece as rapidly extending itself . The insurgents , it is said ,
retain the wives and children of the inhabitants as hostages , which renders bombardment impossible . The prisons are said to be full . It is , however , extremely difficult to rely upon any of the scattered scraps of news which filter through Germany from Greece . The Spanish Cabinet , has once more declared that " nothing will change its firm determination to abstain from any demonstration prejudicial to the independence of Mexico . " AMERICA . —The Africa , which left New York on the 25 th ult ., brings us accounts of fresh successes obtained by the Federal
troops in North Carolina and YVestern A irginia . Part of General Burnside ' s expedition had advanced from Newbern to Beaufort , which was abandoned by the Confederates , who also blew up Fort Macon . The steamer Nashville , ivhich was lying in Beaufort harbour , was said to have been burned by the Confederates , though another account asserts that she attempted to run the blockade , ancl was captured by the Federal cruisers . The Confederate General Jackson , having been misinformed that
the Federal troops had retired from Winchester , advanced towards that place , ancl the consequence was a severe engagement between his forces ancl the corps of the Federal General Banks . The action resulted in the defeat of the Confederates , who lost several guns , some 250 prisoners , and 600 or 800 killed or wounded , while the Federal loss is represented not to have exceeded 400 men . In their retreat the Confederates were closelfollowed bthe Federalsand the
y y , pur suit , whichis said to have been most disastrous to the vanquished troops , still continual ! at the time of the latest accounts . The operations against Island " No . 10 , " in the Mississippi , had had no decisive results , Commodore Foote being seemingly unwilling to risk his iron-clad gunboats too near the Confederate batteries , and tho mortar-boats having apparently been less effective than they were expected to bo . But some of the Confederate guns
had been silenced , and it was reported that a retreat had been begun by the Confederate troops . It was believed in AVashington and New York that an attack must have been commenced on some of the works which defend the approaches to New Orleans , the Federal mortar fleet having sailed from Ship Island ; and a rumour affirmed that Fort Pike had fallen into the hands of the Federals . A well-known anti-slavery orator , Mr . AA endell Phillips , had been mobbed at Cincinnati , in which city he had undertaken to deliver a lecture .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
Eur . rcA , —Bro . Shuttleworth letter . —Page 238 , lines 13 , ancl 22 , for " country" read " county" page 226 , first column , line 10 from bottom , after " order" read "and , " column 2 line 29 from bottom s / or " Freemasons" read " Freemasonry" line 15 , after Christianity for a semicolon , insert a comma , line 16 after "human redemption , " insert a semicolon - same line , / or " noblest" read "noble ancl . "
R . S . —Certainly not . P . S . —You have no such power . MULTUM . —We will inquire . B . BOLTON . —\ A emusfc respectfully decline this offer , Mcsicus . —Bro . Laslen .