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named Havelan , in what appears to have been a drunken quarrel , in which the unfortunate deceased had no share . He lingered for a few days , and in the meantime Havelan and his wife have made off . The coroner's jury , having heard the evidence , returned a verdict of wilful murder , ancl a warrant was at once issued for Havelan ' s apprehension .

A coroner's inquest , held on the body of a little girl who had died of typhoid fever , revealed a very painful degree of destitution . The deceased was one of five children , the father ot whom was a watchmaker , who was himself laid up with fever . There was no furniture iu the house , and the body of the poor little girl was without any clothing whatever . Her death was

clearly occasioned by want of the common necessaries of life , and the jury returned a verdict accordingly . Dr . Lankester held three inquests on AA'ednesday . In one case a little boy was alleged to have been injured with a hammer ; and as in the absence of the physician who attended on him the precise cause of death could not be determined , the inquiry was adjourned . The two

other inquests were on bodies of persons who bad died suddenly . At the JVTarlborough-strcet Police-court on AA ' ednesday , AVilliam Jessamer was charged with having attempted to murder a blacksmith named Blackburn . While conversing with the unfortunate man the prisoner stabbed him , apparently without provocation . The inculpated person was remanded .

FOKEIGX - INTEMI & EXCE . —The Palrie says that Earl Russell intends to invite the European Powers to join in a protest against the illegal capture of the Florida at Bahia . The Emperor Napoleon , however , it is saicl , has not waited to consult any other Power , but has already sent out despatches to the French representative at Washington , protesting in strong terms against tlie outrageous act of the commander of the Wachusetts , and calling on the Federal Government to release

the Florida and those captured on board her , and to give the Brazilian Government full satisfaction . Should the AA'ashington Government decline to make this reparation , Federal menof-war will be debarred putting into French ports . It continues to be confidently affirmed in Paris , notwithstanding a denial published in tho Monitem ; that a sum of at least £ 20 , 000 , 000 will be borrowed by the Government ,

for the purpose of executing public works of various kinds throughout France . At the sitting of the Turin Chamber of Deputies on Saturday last , General La Marmora delivered a speech in which he counselled the Parliament ancl the country to accept the Franco-Italian Convention . Ho stated that at first he was himself opposed to it , but ho had

since had his early apprehensions removed , and he was nowprepared to act with his colleagues in supporting the treaty . The Eoman question still remained " clear iu all men's minds , " but as regards the mode of solving that problem , " it was not undesirable to have time before them . " He had great confidence in the Emperor of the French , who he

believed" speaking as a private individual "—would also assist the Italians in solving the question of A ' enice . Some arrangement with regard to Venice " might become possible , " ancl he even believed that the mind o £ the Emperor of Austria " might he brought to fresh resolutions with this object . But while tho minister of King Victor Emmanuel is thus hoping for an arrangement which

may secure the emancipation of A ' enice , the " party of action " is at work there , —fighting or marauding on a small scale . Martial law has been proclaimed in eighteen districts of the provinces of Friuli and Treviso . Sentinels and patrols have received orders to fire upon all assemblages which , once summoned to disperse , fail to give an instant obedience . The penalty of death is to be remitted ( magnanimous concession !) to all insurgents who voluntarily surrender themselves , or who are given

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up by the population . It is officially announced in A ' enicethat a band of insurgents is proceeding towards the mountains of the Tyrol , and that troops have been sent to guard the mountain passes . General Delia Marmora , in bis second speech to the Turin Representative Chamber , deplored this insurrectionary movement , and severely blamed the authors of it . So far ,

certainly , there appears no rational hope which could encourage , or even excuse , such an attempt . It will probably be a waste of generous life and nothing more . An arrangement is understood to have been made between the Government at Turin and the house of Rothschild by which the financial difficulty will be made more easy for the country . The damage caused by the

floods in Florence has been much greater than was at first anticipated . Many houses in the city have been all but submerged , and in the country districts the fields have been laid waste for miles , the roads destroyed , and the railway damaged . Fortunately there has been little loss of life . AUSTEALIA . —AA'hen the Australian mail left Melbourne , tho

colony of Victoria was again in the throes of an election contest . The gold fields were producing some rich yields of the precious metal . The anti-transportation agitation was still in progress . From New Zealand the intelligence is very encouraging , so far as the AA ' aikato country was concerned , but there was unfortunately every prospect of a continuance of hostilities in the

province of Taranaki . INDIA . CHINA . —The Calcutta and China mail has arrived . The war in New Zealand hacl not yet terminated , though there had not been any fresh encounters with tlie Maoris ; but it was supposed that General Cameron would soon commence operations against the insurgents in the Taranaki districts . Some 200 of tho Maori prisoners hacl contrived to escape

from tbe island near Auckland , on which they were confined . By the present mail we have still further details of the awful destruction which has been caused by the cyclone at Calcutta .- The loss of life is very great , although not yet fully ascertained ; ancl much distress prevails amongst the native population , who have had their houses washed

away , ancl been deprived of any little property they possessed . A subscription has been set on foot for their relief . The Calcutta papers complain that if a little forethought hacl been exercised by some persons , a considerable amount of the disaster occasioned by the late storm , might possibly have been prevented . The Englishman , says that on the previous clay great

variations wore noted in the barometer of the Observatory , but they were not made known ; further , that although the cyclone was raging at Kedgeree five hours before it reached Calcutta , the telegraph clerks did not avail themselves of the wires to communicate the fact to that city .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

EBEATUJT . —In Bro . Purton Cooper's communication , vol . 10 , page 21 , "Pantheism and Freemasonry , " for " the ideal principle of order , " read the "idealised principle of order . " J . D . P . —\ A'e are not aware of any special privilege granted to the sons of Masons beyond being entitled to be made Masons in preference to other candidates , however exalted . Occasionally , however , they are allowed to be initiated , on dispensation , under the legal age .

J . T . —A \ 'e have received your note enclosing 10 * . for the United Pilgrims Loclge , which we have applied as directed . JtTSTlTiA . —The AV . M . of a loclge would not be justified in ignoring the presence in the ballot box of a black ball against a proposed candidate , even though he knew that tlie blu-k ball had been placed in the box by a brother who hacl openly stated his intention to black-ball every candidate , without reference to his character , position , or respectability .