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juryman was robbed of his watch and chain on Saturday , close to the barrister ' s benches . While he was telling the Court of his loss , another individual discovered that his watch , too , had gone . There was some talk about the police , one man being told off for each court , and then the judge promised to see about some better arrangement for the protection of the public in the court . A meeting was held on Wednesday at the St . James's Hallto protest against the purchase of the Exhibition
build-, ing . Mr . Beresford Hope presided , and in opening the proceedings utterly condemned the building as entirely unfitted for the purpose to which it was intended to be applied . No amount of tinkering could , he said , make it suitable . Resolutions were proposed and carried , condemning the purchase and for sending a petition to Parliament against it . FOEEIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The Emperor of the French has
addressed to General Forey , a letter of congratulation upoii the fall of Puebla . The Emperor highly eulogises the courage and perseverance of the army , and deplores the loss of so many men , but declares it a consolation to remember that their blood has not been uselessly shed for the interests and honour of France and of civilisation . The Emperor again assures the world that the object of France is not to impose upon the Mexicans a government against their willbut simply that Mexico may be
; regenerated by a government founded on the national sentiment , and by the true principles of order and progress . If we may believe a Paris journal , the Memorial Diplomatique , the Austrian Cabinet has consented to concur with the western powers in fresh remonstrances and proposals in favour of the Poles . . It is stated in Copenhagen , and on what is believed to be reliable anthority , that Count Sponneck , well known as an efficient
administrator and financier , and who formerly held the portfolio of Finance Minister , will accompany King George to Greece , and remain in that country five years . The Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia are likely to have a meeting at Carlsbad . The King has been unconsciously the Emperor ' s best friend , for he has abdicated by his conduct all chances of leading the German nations . The King of Prussia will not receive the address of the corporation of Breslau , inasmuch as that ducument is declared to be illegal since the issue of the recent oidinance . A sort of semi-official warning is given that
newspapers must not publish any such addresses . The Kreuz Zeitung , Feudalist organ , states that the story about some negotiations entered into with the Crown Prince , in the view that His Royal Highness should provisionally act as the representative of the King , is a mere invention . Telegrams from Cracow state that the Polish leader Broniewski has met with considerable success at Nagoszow , in the palatinate of Plockand that in Lithuania an engagementfavourable to
, , the insurgents , has taken place at Olkienika , near Kowno Governor Mouravieff is stated to have committed fresh atrocities , having caused the Abbe Cumecki and the landowner Leskowicz to be shot , and the Polish chief Colysko to be hung . The Opinion Rationale , of Paris , comments on the wonderful manner in which the National has supplanted the Imperial Government in Warsawand observes that the presence of the
, Russian authorities is now the only obstacle to the establishment of perfect order , tranquility , and security in the capital of Poland . A very important communication is made in a private letter , received at Berliu from Warsaw . It appears that the insurgent chief , Heinrich Abiclit , and the Capuchin monk . Konarski , were hanged by order of the Russian Government , Immediately after the execution , it is said , ^ the Grand Duke
Constantine received a warning from tbe National Government that it could no longer be responsible for his safety . The warning is alarming , ami must not be despised , for the threats of the invisible Government have more than once been executed by their devoted agents . The Russian official journal has published a despatch , in which Prince Gortchakoff expresses the Emperor Alexander ' s satisfaction at the Washington Cabinet ' s
refusal to concur in diplomatic remonstrances in favour of Poland , and adds : — " Such facts draw closer the bonds of sympathy between Russia and America . The Emperor knows how to appreciate the firmness with which Mr . Seward maintains the principle of non-intervention . " During the discussion which took place on Saturday in the Italian Chamber of Deputies upon the foreign policy of the Government the Minister for Forei
gn Affairs stated that in regard to the Roman question the policy of Italy had not varied . The Government is always ready to treat " on the basis of non-intervention . " In other words , the Government would discus 3 an arrangement with France provided , that a withdrawal of the French troops from Rome were a
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fundamental condition , but would not hear of any more futile proposals for a compromise on other grounds . In regard to Poland , the Minister declared that Italy could not look on and adapt a passive policy , and that therefore in any concert of European Powers she must play a part . Prince Napoleon has returned from Upper Egypt to Cairo , where he held a review of the Egyptian troops , at which the foreign consuls were present . After the review the Prince set out on his return to Alexandria .
It is asserted in Paris that the modifications proposed by the Austrian Cabinet have received the assent of the French and English governments , and that the English , French , and Austrian notes respecting the Polish insurrection will be simultaneously despatched to-day to St . Petersburg . The Nor ' d ^ expressing the belief or the wish of the Russian embassy in Paris , affirms , however , that the notes will probably not be sent before the end of the month .
AMERICA . —The principal intelligence brought by the Etna from New York , with advices to the 5 th inst ,, is the announcement that the Confederate defences at Port Hudson had been assaulted by the Federals under General Banks . The assault was only , as we are told , " partially successful , " and 3000 Federal soldiers were killed or wounded ; but " fighting was still progressing . " The latest advices from the Federal camp before
Vicksburg extended to the 31 st ult . —two days later than tbe latest accounts previously received . The bombardment of the Confederate works continued , but without producing much effect ; and the Federals were constructing approaches and mines . There were contradictory rumours respecting General Joseph Johnston's movements ; but one report affirmed that he was advancing , at the head of a force estimated at from 15 , 000 to 30 , 000 men , between the Yazoo and Big Black River , with the purpose of retaking Haines Bluff , and that a Federal corps
had marched to meet him . It had been asserted—but the New York press discredited the assertion—that a Confederate officer , accompanying a flag of truce on the Rappahannock , had represented General Grant to have been unsuccessful in all his attacks on Vicksburg , and to have fallen back to the Big Black River . Tbe Federals were said to have ascended the Red River to Shrevesport , and to have there destroyed two large iron-clad steamers on the stocks . There was no certain news respecting
the Confederate movements on the Rappahannock ; but it was still said that General Lee , with a considerable corps , was marching towards Gordonsville . President Lincoln , moved no doubt by the warmth with which the Illinois legislature was proceeding to act , had revoked General Burnside's order suppressing the Chicago Times , and that journal had consequently re-appeared . A great Democratic meeting , held in New York ,
had passed resolutions , declaring that the Federal Government had no right to coerce the states by military force , and recommending that hostilities should be suspended , and that a convention should be summoned to settle existing differences . Further intelligence has been brought by the Hibernian , but only a few hours later than the Etna ' s advices . The principal news is an announcement that General Lee had evacuated
Fredericksburg , and had abandoned the line of the Rappahannock ; but nothing was known respecting the direction of his army ' s march . The Federal troops had crossed the river once more , and had taken possession of Fredericksburg . There were advices from General Grant ' s camp before Vicksburg to the 2 nd inst . and it was stated that ho had planted heavy guns close to the Confederate works , and that he had despatched a
division up the Yazoo river . General Joseph Johnston , with a Confedrate force of which no estimate is given , was said to be at Jackson . No further intelligence had been received respecting General Banks's operations at Port Hudson .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
A SUBSCRIBER . —You can work the chapter as at present constituted , if the lodge to which it is attached continues in existence . R . B . —No . J . S . —The Boole of Constitutions is at present out of print , so far as Grand Lodge is concerned , but we have little doubt Bro . Spencer has some copies by him .
KNIGHT TEMPLAR . —Apply to Bro . Mark Shuttleworth , Old Jewry . A YOUNG MASOJT . —We have not seen the work in question , -
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juryman was robbed of his watch and chain on Saturday , close to the barrister ' s benches . While he was telling the Court of his loss , another individual discovered that his watch , too , had gone . There was some talk about the police , one man being told off for each court , and then the judge promised to see about some better arrangement for the protection of the public in the court . A meeting was held on Wednesday at the St . James's Hallto protest against the purchase of the Exhibition
build-, ing . Mr . Beresford Hope presided , and in opening the proceedings utterly condemned the building as entirely unfitted for the purpose to which it was intended to be applied . No amount of tinkering could , he said , make it suitable . Resolutions were proposed and carried , condemning the purchase and for sending a petition to Parliament against it . FOEEIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The Emperor of the French has
addressed to General Forey , a letter of congratulation upoii the fall of Puebla . The Emperor highly eulogises the courage and perseverance of the army , and deplores the loss of so many men , but declares it a consolation to remember that their blood has not been uselessly shed for the interests and honour of France and of civilisation . The Emperor again assures the world that the object of France is not to impose upon the Mexicans a government against their willbut simply that Mexico may be
; regenerated by a government founded on the national sentiment , and by the true principles of order and progress . If we may believe a Paris journal , the Memorial Diplomatique , the Austrian Cabinet has consented to concur with the western powers in fresh remonstrances and proposals in favour of the Poles . . It is stated in Copenhagen , and on what is believed to be reliable anthority , that Count Sponneck , well known as an efficient
administrator and financier , and who formerly held the portfolio of Finance Minister , will accompany King George to Greece , and remain in that country five years . The Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia are likely to have a meeting at Carlsbad . The King has been unconsciously the Emperor ' s best friend , for he has abdicated by his conduct all chances of leading the German nations . The King of Prussia will not receive the address of the corporation of Breslau , inasmuch as that ducument is declared to be illegal since the issue of the recent oidinance . A sort of semi-official warning is given that
newspapers must not publish any such addresses . The Kreuz Zeitung , Feudalist organ , states that the story about some negotiations entered into with the Crown Prince , in the view that His Royal Highness should provisionally act as the representative of the King , is a mere invention . Telegrams from Cracow state that the Polish leader Broniewski has met with considerable success at Nagoszow , in the palatinate of Plockand that in Lithuania an engagementfavourable to
, , the insurgents , has taken place at Olkienika , near Kowno Governor Mouravieff is stated to have committed fresh atrocities , having caused the Abbe Cumecki and the landowner Leskowicz to be shot , and the Polish chief Colysko to be hung . The Opinion Rationale , of Paris , comments on the wonderful manner in which the National has supplanted the Imperial Government in Warsawand observes that the presence of the
, Russian authorities is now the only obstacle to the establishment of perfect order , tranquility , and security in the capital of Poland . A very important communication is made in a private letter , received at Berliu from Warsaw . It appears that the insurgent chief , Heinrich Abiclit , and the Capuchin monk . Konarski , were hanged by order of the Russian Government , Immediately after the execution , it is said , ^ the Grand Duke
Constantine received a warning from tbe National Government that it could no longer be responsible for his safety . The warning is alarming , ami must not be despised , for the threats of the invisible Government have more than once been executed by their devoted agents . The Russian official journal has published a despatch , in which Prince Gortchakoff expresses the Emperor Alexander ' s satisfaction at the Washington Cabinet ' s
refusal to concur in diplomatic remonstrances in favour of Poland , and adds : — " Such facts draw closer the bonds of sympathy between Russia and America . The Emperor knows how to appreciate the firmness with which Mr . Seward maintains the principle of non-intervention . " During the discussion which took place on Saturday in the Italian Chamber of Deputies upon the foreign policy of the Government the Minister for Forei
gn Affairs stated that in regard to the Roman question the policy of Italy had not varied . The Government is always ready to treat " on the basis of non-intervention . " In other words , the Government would discus 3 an arrangement with France provided , that a withdrawal of the French troops from Rome were a
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fundamental condition , but would not hear of any more futile proposals for a compromise on other grounds . In regard to Poland , the Minister declared that Italy could not look on and adapt a passive policy , and that therefore in any concert of European Powers she must play a part . Prince Napoleon has returned from Upper Egypt to Cairo , where he held a review of the Egyptian troops , at which the foreign consuls were present . After the review the Prince set out on his return to Alexandria .
It is asserted in Paris that the modifications proposed by the Austrian Cabinet have received the assent of the French and English governments , and that the English , French , and Austrian notes respecting the Polish insurrection will be simultaneously despatched to-day to St . Petersburg . The Nor ' d ^ expressing the belief or the wish of the Russian embassy in Paris , affirms , however , that the notes will probably not be sent before the end of the month .
AMERICA . —The principal intelligence brought by the Etna from New York , with advices to the 5 th inst ,, is the announcement that the Confederate defences at Port Hudson had been assaulted by the Federals under General Banks . The assault was only , as we are told , " partially successful , " and 3000 Federal soldiers were killed or wounded ; but " fighting was still progressing . " The latest advices from the Federal camp before
Vicksburg extended to the 31 st ult . —two days later than tbe latest accounts previously received . The bombardment of the Confederate works continued , but without producing much effect ; and the Federals were constructing approaches and mines . There were contradictory rumours respecting General Joseph Johnston's movements ; but one report affirmed that he was advancing , at the head of a force estimated at from 15 , 000 to 30 , 000 men , between the Yazoo and Big Black River , with the purpose of retaking Haines Bluff , and that a Federal corps
had marched to meet him . It had been asserted—but the New York press discredited the assertion—that a Confederate officer , accompanying a flag of truce on the Rappahannock , had represented General Grant to have been unsuccessful in all his attacks on Vicksburg , and to have fallen back to the Big Black River . Tbe Federals were said to have ascended the Red River to Shrevesport , and to have there destroyed two large iron-clad steamers on the stocks . There was no certain news respecting
the Confederate movements on the Rappahannock ; but it was still said that General Lee , with a considerable corps , was marching towards Gordonsville . President Lincoln , moved no doubt by the warmth with which the Illinois legislature was proceeding to act , had revoked General Burnside's order suppressing the Chicago Times , and that journal had consequently re-appeared . A great Democratic meeting , held in New York ,
had passed resolutions , declaring that the Federal Government had no right to coerce the states by military force , and recommending that hostilities should be suspended , and that a convention should be summoned to settle existing differences . Further intelligence has been brought by the Hibernian , but only a few hours later than the Etna ' s advices . The principal news is an announcement that General Lee had evacuated
Fredericksburg , and had abandoned the line of the Rappahannock ; but nothing was known respecting the direction of his army ' s march . The Federal troops had crossed the river once more , and had taken possession of Fredericksburg . There were advices from General Grant ' s camp before Vicksburg to the 2 nd inst . and it was stated that ho had planted heavy guns close to the Confederate works , and that he had despatched a
division up the Yazoo river . General Joseph Johnston , with a Confedrate force of which no estimate is given , was said to be at Jackson . No further intelligence had been received respecting General Banks's operations at Port Hudson .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
A SUBSCRIBER . —You can work the chapter as at present constituted , if the lodge to which it is attached continues in existence . R . B . —No . J . S . —The Boole of Constitutions is at present out of print , so far as Grand Lodge is concerned , but we have little doubt Bro . Spencer has some copies by him .
KNIGHT TEMPLAR . —Apply to Bro . Mark Shuttleworth , Old Jewry . A YOUNG MASOJT . —We have not seen the work in question , -