The Week.

Cemetery was tried on the charge of illegally removing bodies from one grave to another . He was found guilty , but was released on his own recognisances to appear when called up for judgment . A coroner ' s jury in Manchester have found a house agent , named Chorlton , responsible for the death of a young woman , who was killed by the giving way of a portion of the brickwork of the house in which she lived . Chorlton was the agent for the property , and it appears that his attention had

been repeatedly , but without effect , called to the insecure state of the wall which fell in and caused the poor girl ' s death . The inquest on tbe bodies of the nine mon who were killed by the boiler explosion at . Masborough has resulted in a verdict of manslaughter against the person who had charge of the boilers . The explosion was attributed to this man ' s negligencejn failing to regulate properly the supply of water ; but there seems to have been also a want of due care in other quarters . A

coroner ' s jury sitting at Kingsland , to determine the cause of death of a female child , whose life had evidently ' been taken with violence , has found a verdict that the deceased ( whose body was found wrapped up in paper ) was murdered by some person or persons unknown . The jury recommend the parish authorities to offer a reward for the apprehension of the murderer . The Rev . P . M'Lauehlana Roman Catholic priesthas been sentenced

, , to thirty days' imprisonment at Glasgow , for refusing to answer a question put to him as a witness in a criminal trial . It seems that a letter , containing two half sovereigns , was entrusted to a man named M'Gbee , for the purpose of being posted . This letter did not reach its destination , but a few days afterwards

the person to whom it was addressed received an anonymous communication along with the money which "had gone amissing . " This second letter , it was found , was written but not posted by Mr . M'Lauehlan , and the rev . gentleman was called as a witness when M'Ghee was brought before the magistrates . He declined however , to state whether the prisoner was the man to whom he delivered the " restitution letter " for the purpose of being posted . Mr . M'Lauehlan did not obtain a knowled of the

ge felony in the confessional , but while exercising his duties as a spiritual adviser , and he submitted that he could not reveal the secret which the conscience-stricken thief had imparted to him under such circumstances . The Bench endeavoured to remove his scruples , but he remained firm in his determination not to give the required evidence , and he was finally sent to prison . A singular part of the case is , that as soon as M'Ghee heard the

decision of the Bench , he offered to alter his plea of not guilty , if it would have the effect of saving the priest from imprisonment . The proposition , of course , came too late , and the prisoner was discharged , in consequence of the incompleteness of the evidence against him . Mr . Baron Bramwell has given a salutary lesson to the Irish rioters who have evinced so strong a disposition to put down freedom of discussion in this country by means of bludgeons ancl brickbats . At Chesteron

AVednes-, day , his lordship sentenced one of the Birkenhead rioters , who had made a murderous attack on the police , to fifteen years ' penal servitude , nine of the other male prisoners to two years' , and three to one year's hard labour ; one woman to a year ' s hard labour , and the remaining female prisoners to six months ' hard labour each .

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —We learn , from Athens , that the " election" for the vacant kingship is over , and that out of 10 , 127 votes , 9 , 889 were for Prince Alfred . It is well known that the Prince , or we should probably say , the English Government , will not accept the election . It has been determined to recommend to the Greeks King Ferdinand , the father of the present King of Portugal , and who acted as Regent during his son ' s minority , for election ; but it is asserted that His Majesty

has declined the honour , having no wish to leave his retirement . Russia , it is stated , does not agree in the recommendation . The Morning Post announces—and its statement is confirmed by the Globe—that the English Government , if the consent of the powers who signed the treaties of 1815 can be obtained , is willing to abandon the protectorate of the Ionian Islands and to cede them to Greece . " The special mission of Mr . Elliot to the provisional government at Athens" adds the Morning Post

, , " has reference to this and to other important questions bearing on the future of Greece . " The Emperor of tbe French paid , on Tuesday , hisexpeeted visit to Baron James Rothschild . The visit only occupied a few hours . Among the company assembled were Lord Cowley , Prince Metternich ( the Austrian Ambassador ) , Count AValewski , Count Persigny , ancl M . Fould . The TMTonitenr announced that a treaty of commerce , on the largest basis , has been concluded between France and Madagascar , and

that all nations will be admitted to the enjoyment of the benefits secured by it to the French . The Moniteur adds that the treaty " makes no mention of territorial concessions , a subject which might have given rise to grave difficulties . " The same journal announces , with considerable parade , among its latest intelligence from Mexico , a victory obtained before entering Jalapa , by General Berthier ' s vanguard of 100 Chasseurs , over about 200 Mexican Lancers— - "the best volunteer cavalry

, of the country . " The Mexicans had fifteen men killed and thirty-five wounded , while of the French two were killed aud five wounded . The victory had the effect of demoralising and causing to disperse a corps of between 3000 and 4000 National Guards , placed to guard a strong point— " which , " says the Moniteur , "the Mexicans defended against the Americans . " At the approach ofthe French they entirely dispersed . It does

not appear that Jalapa was defended . Committees have been appointed at Nice and Florence for the purpose of collecting subscriptions in aid of the Lancashire operatives , and Messrs . Tripp , English hankers at Paris , have sent a letter to Galignani , urging that a similar course ought to be adopted in the French capital . At Lyons a subscription has been , opened—a step which has received the warm approval of the Saint Public , of that city . " AVe support , " says our French

contemporary , " with all the more sympathy a movement which does so much honour to our city , because England is at this moment the great outlet for our trade , and because it has at various times assisted our operatives . The warm welcome , too , which our delegated workmen received from thoir English comrades at the London Exhibition is fresh in all memories . " Paris letters mention the existence of rumours of an alarming character , relative to the Italian policy of the Emperor of the

French . The clerical party in France just now are on the tiptoe of expectation as to the presumed chance of Prince Murat ascending the throne of Naples—an eventuality which does not appear very probable . In more purely political circles in France attention is about to be drawn to an approaching Imperial pamphlet on the Italian question . The Emperor , it appears , has corrected the proof sheets . The new French Ambassador at Rome , M . de la Tour d'Auvergne , had a private audience of the Pope on AVednesday to present his credentials .

The audience lasted an hour . ——In Austria the new Constitution is on the whole working well . The best understanding is maintained between the two chambers , ancl the Upper House has adopted the war budget precisely as voted by the Chamber of Deputies . The session was to be closed on Thursday by the Emperor in person . General Prim , who commanded the Spanish troops which were sent to Mexico , has made some curious disclosures in the Spanish Cortes . He read some "

confidential letters" addressed to him by the French Admiral Jurien de Lagraviere ; and from those letters , we are told , it appeared that General Almonte had declared that the Emperor Napoleon and the Archduke Maximilian had authorised him to propose the Archduke as a candidate for a Mexican crown , and that " the French troops would guarantee the throne of Mexico to the Archduke . " General Prim had been directed to observe the provisions of the Treaty of London , which stipulated that

neither France , nor England , nor Spain , should attempt any interference with the Mexican form of Government ; and the Euglish representative had received similar instructions . General Prim , therefore , deemed it expedient to re-embark his troops . Long discussion ensued , and the amendment > vhich General Prim , in justification of his Mexican conduct , moved to the address was rejected ; but the general debate still turns upon the same question . The majority of voices was stronglagainst

y the General , and , indeed , we note only one defender who had appeared in the Senate to justify the spirited and honourable course taken by him in regard to the Mexican expedition . Attention having been called to the fact that certain large importations of arms through AVallachia into Servia had given the Porte much alarm , the Prince of Servia has given an explanation on the subject , in which he distinctly denies that he is making any preparations whatever for war , and affirms that he

has no intention to break from his engagements or to encourage any hostile acts towards his suzerain . The arms , it is stated , were merely collected for the ordinary wants of the public service in Servia . CHINA AND JAPAN . —By intelligence from China , ranging from the 25 th of October to the 6 th of November , we learn , that the Imperialists have lately been very successful in their movements against theTaepings . They have captured the rebel stronghold near Ningpo , and the Mohamedans in Shensi have