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were marks of a struggle with a man having taken place . The body has not been identified . A coroner ' s jury have returned an open verdict . At a Court of Aldermen , on the ISth inst ., Mr . Alderman AA'ilson , the colonel of tbe City of London Militia , referred to the late march-out of that corps , and the outrageous conduct of the mob on that occasion , and pointed out
that he did his utmost to render the passage of the corps through the streets as regular aud as non-obstructive to traffic as possible . He maintained that if he had ordered any of the corps nnder his command at the time to drive off the " roughs , " and some mischance had arisen , he might have been charged with manslaughter , if not with murder . ¦
A specially-convened conference of the local authorities of the metropolis was held on the ISth inst . for the purpose of taking into consideration the proposed rating of occupiers of small tenements and owners . After a good deal of discussion , resolutions were adopted suggestive of the insertion of additional clauses in the Reform Bill , so as to establish what was
considered to be a more just arrangement between the landlord and tenant . The ISth inst . was speech day at the AA ^ ellington College . There was a brilliant gathering , including Prince Arthur , the Earl of Derby , and other noblemen . The Queen ' s Medal has been carried oil' by Air . E . A . Buchanan , son of Sir A . Buchanan , British Ambassador at St . Petersburg . The prize
given by the Earl of Derby is taken by Mr . S . T . Irwin , the son of an officer who served with great distinction in the Peninsular war . Several persons residing in the districts of St . Andrew's , Holborn , and St . Peter ' s , Saffron-hill , have been summoned before the magistrate at Clerkenwell Police-eourt for nonpaj-ment of tithes to tho incumbents of those districts . On tho hearing of tho various eases , Mr . Bennett , solicitor , appealed for tho defendants , and contended that thoy wero not liable . Mr .
Cooke , tho magistrate , gave judgment . Ho camo to tho conclusion that his was not the court iu which tho claim should bo made , and ho dismissed tho cases . AA'illiam Matthews , alias AVilliam Martin , aud AA'illiam Bowling , two of tho five ruffians who , a few days ago , garottod and robbed au old lady in tho open daylight , iu tho most frequented thoroughfare in Islington , were ,
on tho 19 th inst .. sentenced by tho Assistant-Judge , at tho Middlesex Sessions , respectively to seven years' penal servitude , and two years' imprisonment with hard labour . Eight individuals wero brought before tho Assistant-Judge , at tho Middlesex Sessions , charged with stealing from tho person on tho memorable occasion of tho lato march out of tho City of London Militia .
Six of tho accused were found guilty , and wero severally sentenced to various periods of imprisonment . FOREIGN ISTEIIIGEXCE . —At last a Constantinople telegram tells us of a victory gained by Omar Pasha over the insurgent Cretans . On the 3 rd inst . tho Turkish general attacked the insurgents in a very strong position in the district of Lazethe .
The strength of this position is greatly insisted upon in the telegram , of course , with tbe view of magnifying Omar Pasha ' s victory . The Turkish army , we are told , assaulted the entrenchments , carried them , and put the insurgents to fli ght . Unfortunately for our faith in this story , the telegram adds that while the Cretans lost 500 in killed and wounded , the total loss
of the Turks was only ten killed and sixty wounded . Now , seeing that the insurgents fought behind strong entrenchments and that the Turks were the assailants , these figures are wholly incredible . Indeed , they make us doubt the story altogether . Perhaps , however , Omar Pasha has met with some resistance in one of his attacks on a village where there were no men , and
having captured it , killed and wounded the number of Cretan women and children mentioned in the telegram . The Viceroy of Egypt arrived at Toulon on the 15 th inst . The ships and
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forts fired salutes . The Emperor and Empress of Austria are to leave Alenna for Paris on the 10 th July . Meanwhile the King of Prussia is home again , and the Czar also has arrived at Berlin . From India wo rogrot to learn that tho Asiatic cholera has broken out at Umballa , that many soldiers havo died , and lhat tho natives aro perishing iu largo numbers . A new namo has
now appeared in tho list of places in which episcopal confirmations in conno-. tion with tho Church of England will in future tako placo . Tho Bishop of Calcutta has paid a visit to Burmah to celebrate tho rito of confirmation—tho first time an English prolate has officiated in that empire . Just as tho Emperor Napoleon paraded his troops beforo tho Czar at Paris , tho King
of Prussia has paraded his troops beforo tho Czar at Berlin . There was a review upon tho Tompelhof field , which tho telegram says was of a most brilliant character . King AA'illiam seoms to havo boon voryattontivo to his imperial visitor . The Viceroy ol " Egypt arrived in Paris on tho 10 th inst . On his arrival at tho Tuilorios ho was received by tho Empress . Tho Emperor , in
consequence of indisposition , had boon imablo to receive several others of his royal visitors in tho earlier part of tho day . —Under tho influence of Baron von Buost Austria seoms to bo going into a regular course of constitutionalism . Tho Reichsrath havo
boon assured that various measures will bo proposed in this direction . Ministers aro to bo made responsible . Thoro is to bo trial by jury iu criminal cases , and tho scheme for tho reorganisation of tho army is to bo submitted to Parliament . All those things give ovidonco of tho salutary influence of Baron von Boust . Ho is going about tho work of building up Austria onco nioro in a fitting manner .
There are still reports in France that a cause of quarrel will be found with Prussia , and that there will be war before long That such an impression widely prevails it seems impossible to doubt . But there is evidence of another kind forthcoming . Thus , a Berlin telegram informs us that the Emperor Napoleon has promised to visit the King of Prussia at Berlin later in
the year . This does not look much like war . The King of Prussia , after he has visited Ems , is to come to this country The same telegram that tolls us this , also informs us that , while the Czar was in Berlin , Prince Gortschakoff had a long interview with Count Bismarck . The Pope made a speech on the 17 th inst ., on the anniversary of his accession . He compared
himself to the voice in the desert which directed the Jews , and made a vehement appeal to the cardinals who were present , and who had offered him their congratulations . The semi-official France contradicts the statement made in
Berlin that the Emperor Napoleon has promised to visit that city . This denial adds strength to the reports current in Paris and elsewhere that there is no good feeling between Franco and Prussia , and lhat war at a no vory distant dato is far from improbable . Tho prosonco of Prussian garrisons in somo of tho South Gorman fortresses is stated as tho thing most likely to bo put forth as a cause of war . This may or may
not bo correct . It is certain that onco war was rosolvod upon , a ground of quarrel would bo found . It is not easy , however , to beliovo that the Emperor of tho French has mado up his mind that thoro shall bo war . Tho demand for it is raised in sovoral of tho Paris journals , and notably in that now ono La Situation , which fairly screams for tho humiliation of Germany . But war is a game at which two havo to play , and victory is uot always given to those who boast tho most .
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were marks of a struggle with a man having taken place . The body has not been identified . A coroner ' s jury have returned an open verdict . At a Court of Aldermen , on the ISth inst ., Mr . Alderman AA'ilson , the colonel of tbe City of London Militia , referred to the late march-out of that corps , and the outrageous conduct of the mob on that occasion , and pointed out
that he did his utmost to render the passage of the corps through the streets as regular aud as non-obstructive to traffic as possible . He maintained that if he had ordered any of the corps nnder his command at the time to drive off the " roughs , " and some mischance had arisen , he might have been charged with manslaughter , if not with murder . ¦
A specially-convened conference of the local authorities of the metropolis was held on the ISth inst . for the purpose of taking into consideration the proposed rating of occupiers of small tenements and owners . After a good deal of discussion , resolutions were adopted suggestive of the insertion of additional clauses in the Reform Bill , so as to establish what was
considered to be a more just arrangement between the landlord and tenant . The ISth inst . was speech day at the AA ^ ellington College . There was a brilliant gathering , including Prince Arthur , the Earl of Derby , and other noblemen . The Queen ' s Medal has been carried oil' by Air . E . A . Buchanan , son of Sir A . Buchanan , British Ambassador at St . Petersburg . The prize
given by the Earl of Derby is taken by Mr . S . T . Irwin , the son of an officer who served with great distinction in the Peninsular war . Several persons residing in the districts of St . Andrew's , Holborn , and St . Peter ' s , Saffron-hill , have been summoned before the magistrate at Clerkenwell Police-eourt for nonpaj-ment of tithes to tho incumbents of those districts . On tho hearing of tho various eases , Mr . Bennett , solicitor , appealed for tho defendants , and contended that thoy wero not liable . Mr .
Cooke , tho magistrate , gave judgment . Ho camo to tho conclusion that his was not the court iu which tho claim should bo made , and ho dismissed tho cases . AA'illiam Matthews , alias AVilliam Martin , aud AA'illiam Bowling , two of tho five ruffians who , a few days ago , garottod and robbed au old lady in tho open daylight , iu tho most frequented thoroughfare in Islington , were ,
on tho 19 th inst .. sentenced by tho Assistant-Judge , at tho Middlesex Sessions , respectively to seven years' penal servitude , and two years' imprisonment with hard labour . Eight individuals wero brought before tho Assistant-Judge , at tho Middlesex Sessions , charged with stealing from tho person on tho memorable occasion of tho lato march out of tho City of London Militia .
Six of tho accused were found guilty , and wero severally sentenced to various periods of imprisonment . FOREIGN ISTEIIIGEXCE . —At last a Constantinople telegram tells us of a victory gained by Omar Pasha over the insurgent Cretans . On the 3 rd inst . tho Turkish general attacked the insurgents in a very strong position in the district of Lazethe .
The strength of this position is greatly insisted upon in the telegram , of course , with tbe view of magnifying Omar Pasha ' s victory . The Turkish army , we are told , assaulted the entrenchments , carried them , and put the insurgents to fli ght . Unfortunately for our faith in this story , the telegram adds that while the Cretans lost 500 in killed and wounded , the total loss
of the Turks was only ten killed and sixty wounded . Now , seeing that the insurgents fought behind strong entrenchments and that the Turks were the assailants , these figures are wholly incredible . Indeed , they make us doubt the story altogether . Perhaps , however , Omar Pasha has met with some resistance in one of his attacks on a village where there were no men , and
having captured it , killed and wounded the number of Cretan women and children mentioned in the telegram . The Viceroy of Egypt arrived at Toulon on the 15 th inst . The ships and
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forts fired salutes . The Emperor and Empress of Austria are to leave Alenna for Paris on the 10 th July . Meanwhile the King of Prussia is home again , and the Czar also has arrived at Berlin . From India wo rogrot to learn that tho Asiatic cholera has broken out at Umballa , that many soldiers havo died , and lhat tho natives aro perishing iu largo numbers . A new namo has
now appeared in tho list of places in which episcopal confirmations in conno-. tion with tho Church of England will in future tako placo . Tho Bishop of Calcutta has paid a visit to Burmah to celebrate tho rito of confirmation—tho first time an English prolate has officiated in that empire . Just as tho Emperor Napoleon paraded his troops beforo tho Czar at Paris , tho King
of Prussia has paraded his troops beforo tho Czar at Berlin . There was a review upon tho Tompelhof field , which tho telegram says was of a most brilliant character . King AA'illiam seoms to havo boon voryattontivo to his imperial visitor . The Viceroy ol " Egypt arrived in Paris on tho 10 th inst . On his arrival at tho Tuilorios ho was received by tho Empress . Tho Emperor , in
consequence of indisposition , had boon imablo to receive several others of his royal visitors in tho earlier part of tho day . —Under tho influence of Baron von Buost Austria seoms to bo going into a regular course of constitutionalism . Tho Reichsrath havo
boon assured that various measures will bo proposed in this direction . Ministers aro to bo made responsible . Thoro is to bo trial by jury iu criminal cases , and tho scheme for tho reorganisation of tho army is to bo submitted to Parliament . All those things give ovidonco of tho salutary influence of Baron von Boust . Ho is going about tho work of building up Austria onco nioro in a fitting manner .
There are still reports in France that a cause of quarrel will be found with Prussia , and that there will be war before long That such an impression widely prevails it seems impossible to doubt . But there is evidence of another kind forthcoming . Thus , a Berlin telegram informs us that the Emperor Napoleon has promised to visit the King of Prussia at Berlin later in
the year . This does not look much like war . The King of Prussia , after he has visited Ems , is to come to this country The same telegram that tolls us this , also informs us that , while the Czar was in Berlin , Prince Gortschakoff had a long interview with Count Bismarck . The Pope made a speech on the 17 th inst ., on the anniversary of his accession . He compared
himself to the voice in the desert which directed the Jews , and made a vehement appeal to the cardinals who were present , and who had offered him their congratulations . The semi-official France contradicts the statement made in
Berlin that the Emperor Napoleon has promised to visit that city . This denial adds strength to the reports current in Paris and elsewhere that there is no good feeling between Franco and Prussia , and lhat war at a no vory distant dato is far from improbable . Tho prosonco of Prussian garrisons in somo of tho South Gorman fortresses is stated as tho thing most likely to bo put forth as a cause of war . This may or may
not bo correct . It is certain that onco war was rosolvod upon , a ground of quarrel would bo found . It is not easy , however , to beliovo that the Emperor of tho French has mado up his mind that thoro shall bo war . Tho demand for it is raised in sovoral of tho Paris journals , and notably in that now ono La Situation , which fairly screams for tho humiliation of Germany . But war is a game at which two havo to play , and victory is uot always given to those who boast tho most .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
* * * All communications to bo addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , AA ' . C . ROSA CRUCIS . —AA'ill our correspondent send his address , as a letter is waiting for him at our office . Several communications received must be deferred until next week .