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the prisoner ' s allegations that himself and his brother had been persecuted by the police , and added that he was satisfied there was no foundation for the story . The ' prisoner was again brought before Mr . Payne on Monday , and a number of police gave testimony , from ivhieh it appeared that he ivas even a more incorrigible scoundrel than had been supposed ; and Mr . Payne adhered to his original sentence , at which the convict could
hardly have been surprised , although to the last he continued his assertion about police persecution . Another phase of the great forgery case in the City has appeared . Emile AA erner , the London agent of the French firm which has been done out of from £ 25 , 000 to £ 30 , 000 worth of goods , has been charged at the Mansion House with being concerned in a conspiracy
to defraud his employers . The prosecutor having given bis evidence at some length , a remand was applied for . The prisoner's solicitor " hoped on another occasion to be able to give an entirely different complexion to the affair ; " but as the Alderman sitting for the Lord Mayor drily replied that it would be uphill work , anil remanded the prisoner , most distinctly refusing to
admit him to bail . A man named Abramson has been charged at Marlborough-street with uttering forged Russian bank-notes to a money-changer in the Haymarket . The evidence was clear enough , and the guilty knowledge was shown by the fact that the prisoner bolted when the money-changer detected the attempted imposition . The prisoner was remanded for a we . elc
chiefly for the production of regular evidence of the forgery . The landlady of a tavern was summoned before the magistrate at Clerkenwell for having allowed wine to be drunk on her premises after eleven o'clock at night . The defendant ' s answer to the charge was that she had some friends to keep her son ' s birthday , and that they alone ivere drinking the wine when tbe police entered . The magistrate , however , decided
that a publican could not even give away a glass of wine after the statutory hours , saying that this was one of the penalties of keeping such a house . A licensed victualler could not even—said the magistrate—have cards in his house for his own use . The defendant was discharged , with a caution , on payment of the costs of the case . A man named Myers murdered his wife at Sheffield on Saturday ,
and afterwards attempted to commit suicide . The murderer , whose self-inflicted wounds are not considered necessarily fatal , appears to have long been in the habit of ill-treating his unfortunate wife . The inquest on the victims of the late railway accident ivas resumed on Monday . The officials of the company proved that the signals ivere all in order , and'that , in
addition , men were stationed along the line with hand signals . The general order ivas to show the " danger" signal for five minutes after the train passed , and the " caution" signal for five minutes more . The first train was started to stop at Egham , as ive all know ; the second , wliich was started exactly six minutes after it , was to run quite through Egham and stop
at the station beyond . The witnesses stated that the dange r signals were exhibited at the station when tho second train came in at the rate of about ten or fifteen miles an hour . The inquiry ivas again adjourned . Tiie Rev . P . Penson , vicar of Clanficld , Oxfordshire , was fencing with his son , a naval cadet , a few days ago . The lad , after some time , took down a gun to
use it en garde . The gun was loaded , and the charge exploding , the rev . gentleman received a wound , which soon afterwards proved fatal . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The Moniteur says that the representatives of the belligerent Powers in the London Conference meet , under the auspices of the French plenipotentiary , for the purpose of settling the points in dispute relating to the execution of the armistice . Their labours will hardly be very
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useful if there should be good ground for the ominous addition — " It is probable that hostilities maybe resumed on the 26 th inst . " —which the official journal of Berlin made to its announcement that the armistice between Germany and Denmark had been prolonged for a fortnight . The Memorial Diplomatique asserts that Earl Russell has intimated that if , in the
event of a resumption of hostilities between Germany and Denmark , the Austrian fleet should proceed to the Baltic , an English squadron would also be sent into that sea . The Memorial Diplomatique adds that Count Apponyi , " wishing at any price to avoid a collision which would extend the Dano-German conflict , and might set the four corners of Europe
on fire , " immediately undertook that the Austrian fleet should not enter the Baltic . The politicians of Paris are agreed that something more than the " water-cure" is the object of the meeting of the three potentates of Austria , Russia , and Prussia , at Kissengen . Taking into consideration the fact that simultaneous with their presence the attendance of Prince
Gortschakoff , Count Reehberg , and Baron Bismarck is also announced , the probability seems strong that a political understanding of some nature is aimed at by the three Courts . France , it is said , naturally looks with some degree of distrust on this threefold gathering . Report has it that another attempt will be made by the Emperor to revive his scheme for a European Conference , in
the belief that his project ivould meet with more success . INDIA , CHINA , AND AUSTRALIA . —By the present mail we have intelligence from Calcutta to May 8 ; China , April 29 ; and Sydney , April 22 . The Indian news is unimportant . It was believed in China that the great Taeping movement or
rebellion was all but extinguished , although fears are entertained that the rebels may for a length of time continue to carry on marauding operations in the southern provinces of the empire . In Japan it was asserted that the Council of Daimios had agreed upon a peaceful policy with foreigners , and had themselves left the seaports and returned to their provinces . The Mikado himself is in favour of a more extended
intercourse . Details are given of the recent stubborn engagements ; n New Zealand betiveeu our own troops and the Maories , from ivhieh it appears that the natives have no immediate intention of submitting , nor is there a prospect that they will soon be compelled to adopt that course . AMERICA . —New York despatches to the evening of the 4 th
inst . have been brought by tho Peruvian and dig of Baltimore . On the morning of the 3 rd , as General Grant reported in a despatch dated the afternoon of that day , tbe Federals assaulted the enemy , driving him into his entrenchments , but gaining no decisive advantage , though the Northerners occupied a position within fifty yards of the enemy , and were there remaining .
General Grant added that the Federal losses were not severe , but other official despatches stated them at 3 , 000 mon killed or wounded , including one general and five colonels . No estimate was given of the losses of the Confederates , 300 of whom were made prisoners . General Sherman continued bis advance in Georgia ; but the Confederate journals asserted that one of his
corps , commanded by General Howard , had been defeated on the 28 th ult . ivith a loss of 5 , 000 to 7 , 000 men ; and it was also said that General Forrest was about to operate against General Sherman ' s communications .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
R . B . —AA ' e have no idea to what you are alluding . J . J . —In due time . S . S . —AVe do not think it necessary . AA e are not afraid of speaking out if we think there is any justification for our doing so .
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the prisoner ' s allegations that himself and his brother had been persecuted by the police , and added that he was satisfied there was no foundation for the story . The ' prisoner was again brought before Mr . Payne on Monday , and a number of police gave testimony , from ivhieh it appeared that he ivas even a more incorrigible scoundrel than had been supposed ; and Mr . Payne adhered to his original sentence , at which the convict could
hardly have been surprised , although to the last he continued his assertion about police persecution . Another phase of the great forgery case in the City has appeared . Emile AA erner , the London agent of the French firm which has been done out of from £ 25 , 000 to £ 30 , 000 worth of goods , has been charged at the Mansion House with being concerned in a conspiracy
to defraud his employers . The prosecutor having given bis evidence at some length , a remand was applied for . The prisoner's solicitor " hoped on another occasion to be able to give an entirely different complexion to the affair ; " but as the Alderman sitting for the Lord Mayor drily replied that it would be uphill work , anil remanded the prisoner , most distinctly refusing to
admit him to bail . A man named Abramson has been charged at Marlborough-street with uttering forged Russian bank-notes to a money-changer in the Haymarket . The evidence was clear enough , and the guilty knowledge was shown by the fact that the prisoner bolted when the money-changer detected the attempted imposition . The prisoner was remanded for a we . elc
chiefly for the production of regular evidence of the forgery . The landlady of a tavern was summoned before the magistrate at Clerkenwell for having allowed wine to be drunk on her premises after eleven o'clock at night . The defendant ' s answer to the charge was that she had some friends to keep her son ' s birthday , and that they alone ivere drinking the wine when tbe police entered . The magistrate , however , decided
that a publican could not even give away a glass of wine after the statutory hours , saying that this was one of the penalties of keeping such a house . A licensed victualler could not even—said the magistrate—have cards in his house for his own use . The defendant was discharged , with a caution , on payment of the costs of the case . A man named Myers murdered his wife at Sheffield on Saturday ,
and afterwards attempted to commit suicide . The murderer , whose self-inflicted wounds are not considered necessarily fatal , appears to have long been in the habit of ill-treating his unfortunate wife . The inquest on the victims of the late railway accident ivas resumed on Monday . The officials of the company proved that the signals ivere all in order , and'that , in
addition , men were stationed along the line with hand signals . The general order ivas to show the " danger" signal for five minutes after the train passed , and the " caution" signal for five minutes more . The first train was started to stop at Egham , as ive all know ; the second , wliich was started exactly six minutes after it , was to run quite through Egham and stop
at the station beyond . The witnesses stated that the dange r signals were exhibited at the station when tho second train came in at the rate of about ten or fifteen miles an hour . The inquiry ivas again adjourned . Tiie Rev . P . Penson , vicar of Clanficld , Oxfordshire , was fencing with his son , a naval cadet , a few days ago . The lad , after some time , took down a gun to
use it en garde . The gun was loaded , and the charge exploding , the rev . gentleman received a wound , which soon afterwards proved fatal . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The Moniteur says that the representatives of the belligerent Powers in the London Conference meet , under the auspices of the French plenipotentiary , for the purpose of settling the points in dispute relating to the execution of the armistice . Their labours will hardly be very
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useful if there should be good ground for the ominous addition — " It is probable that hostilities maybe resumed on the 26 th inst . " —which the official journal of Berlin made to its announcement that the armistice between Germany and Denmark had been prolonged for a fortnight . The Memorial Diplomatique asserts that Earl Russell has intimated that if , in the
event of a resumption of hostilities between Germany and Denmark , the Austrian fleet should proceed to the Baltic , an English squadron would also be sent into that sea . The Memorial Diplomatique adds that Count Apponyi , " wishing at any price to avoid a collision which would extend the Dano-German conflict , and might set the four corners of Europe
on fire , " immediately undertook that the Austrian fleet should not enter the Baltic . The politicians of Paris are agreed that something more than the " water-cure" is the object of the meeting of the three potentates of Austria , Russia , and Prussia , at Kissengen . Taking into consideration the fact that simultaneous with their presence the attendance of Prince
Gortschakoff , Count Reehberg , and Baron Bismarck is also announced , the probability seems strong that a political understanding of some nature is aimed at by the three Courts . France , it is said , naturally looks with some degree of distrust on this threefold gathering . Report has it that another attempt will be made by the Emperor to revive his scheme for a European Conference , in
the belief that his project ivould meet with more success . INDIA , CHINA , AND AUSTRALIA . —By the present mail we have intelligence from Calcutta to May 8 ; China , April 29 ; and Sydney , April 22 . The Indian news is unimportant . It was believed in China that the great Taeping movement or
rebellion was all but extinguished , although fears are entertained that the rebels may for a length of time continue to carry on marauding operations in the southern provinces of the empire . In Japan it was asserted that the Council of Daimios had agreed upon a peaceful policy with foreigners , and had themselves left the seaports and returned to their provinces . The Mikado himself is in favour of a more extended
intercourse . Details are given of the recent stubborn engagements ; n New Zealand betiveeu our own troops and the Maories , from ivhieh it appears that the natives have no immediate intention of submitting , nor is there a prospect that they will soon be compelled to adopt that course . AMERICA . —New York despatches to the evening of the 4 th
inst . have been brought by tho Peruvian and dig of Baltimore . On the morning of the 3 rd , as General Grant reported in a despatch dated the afternoon of that day , tbe Federals assaulted the enemy , driving him into his entrenchments , but gaining no decisive advantage , though the Northerners occupied a position within fifty yards of the enemy , and were there remaining .
General Grant added that the Federal losses were not severe , but other official despatches stated them at 3 , 000 mon killed or wounded , including one general and five colonels . No estimate was given of the losses of the Confederates , 300 of whom were made prisoners . General Sherman continued bis advance in Georgia ; but the Confederate journals asserted that one of his
corps , commanded by General Howard , had been defeated on the 28 th ult . ivith a loss of 5 , 000 to 7 , 000 men ; and it was also said that General Forrest was about to operate against General Sherman ' s communications .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
R . B . —AA ' e have no idea to what you are alluding . J . J . —In due time . S . S . —AVe do not think it necessary . AA e are not afraid of speaking out if we think there is any justification for our doing so .