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committed on Friday week in Nunhead Cemetery . A man respectably attired , named Trist , was discovered lying upon a recently-formed grave in the agonies of death . Notwithstanding medical effort he expired very shortly after being found in that state . The grave was that of his mother , and the unfortunate man appears to have swallowed poison in a paroxysm of grief . An inquest has been held on the body of Mr . Trist . The evidence disclosed a remarkable eccentricity of character , such

as to lead a jury to return a verdict that the act hail heen committed while in a state of unsound mind . The three foreigners , Lhemann , Flatow , and Werner , who were committed on the charge of defrauding a French firm ot silk goods to tiie extent of £ 30 , 000 , were put on their trial at the Central Criminal Court . The two former prisoners pleaded guilty , and the trial of Werner was put off till the next session . A woman named Mary M'Morrow was on AA edne 3 day tried at the

Derby Assizes for attempting to murder her husband by setting fire to his clothes . The man died from the effects of tbe burns about a fortnight after the atrocious act had been perpetrated . It was urged in defence that the man had fallen into the fire whilst in a state of intoxication . The prisoner was found guilty , and sentenced to seven years' penal servitude . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —Austria and Prussia , have so far met the proposals of Denmark as to agree to a suspension of

hostilities until the 31 sfc inst . " The German Powers have added the request that Denmark will send plenipotentiaries to Vienna , in order to come to an understanding with Austria and Prussia relative to the basis of peace . " It is believed that the Emperor of the French looks with no favourable eye on the progressing negociations . Whatever decision the b 3 lligerent powers may come to , the rival claims of the Duke of Augustenbiirg and Oldenburg will prolong the dispute and keep alive

a discussion fraught with danger to the peace of Europe . Rumours are current in Paris that the Emperor may soon make another attempt at mediation in American affairs . A recall of French troops , to the number of 10 , 000 , from Mexico is at once to be made . King Leopold has sought to bring the parliamentary dead-lock at Brussels to an end by dissolving the Chamber of Deputies . The King left Brussels on Tuesday for A icby , on a visit to the Emperor of France . The visit is the

subject of general comment in Paris . The Emperor Maximilian entered the city of Mexico on the llth June , and was "enthusiastically received . " If we may believe a Madrid journal—the Epoea—there was good ground for tho rumours which have lately been current of an intended insurrection in Spain . The Epoea assorts that tbe measures adopted by the Government on the 6 th inst . were fully justified hythe position of affairs . "The conspirators were ready to

take possession of the telegraph lines , and announce to the provinces that a revolution had broken out in Madrid , after which they would have awaited the effect of this intelligence . " THE CAPE . —Advices from Capetown to the 1 st of June state that considerable anxiety was felt in the colony respecting a small territorial dispute , which had attained tbe dignity of " a question . " This "' f am bookie question , " it seems , looked so threatening at one time that the Governor deemed it necessary

to make a warlike demonstration ; but Mr . Cardwell stated in the House of Commons , that his despatches gave him no reason to apprehend the outbreak of another Caffre war . NEW ZEALAND . —The only news of interest brought by the overland mail is that which relates to the recent disaster to our arms in New Zealand . It seems that in the attack upon the native pah , which was garrisoned by about 800 Maories , all

went well for our troops up to a certain point . The pah was ' entered , and our men , finding it deserted , spread over the ground . In an instant a tremendous fire of musketry was opened upon them from various points where the natives lay concealed . A panic seized the British troops , and the melancholy slaughter , which lias already been reported followed . General Cameron had received reinforcements , and there was the greatest confidence that the Maori triumph would be but short-lived . Our defeat

on this o . easion is attributed by newspaper correspondents to the disgraceful conduct of the 43 rd Regiment , " which fled ignominionsly from before the enemy , leaving their officers behind to be slain . " General Cameron on the other band , says the disaster arose from the intricacy of the works inside the pah , and the lamentable loss of officers at the very moment they were most most needed . The Gazette of Tuesday contains dispatches from the military and naval commanders in New Zealand , detailing the particulars of the unfortunate affair at Taui-anga . They add little to the information already pub-

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lished unofficially , but these dispatches , and especially that of Commodore Sir William Wiseman , abound in instances of individual gallantry , botli of officers and blue jackts . AMERICA . —The Africa brings New York advices to the evening of the 7 th instant , with the intelligence that a Confederateforce had crossed the Potomac . Our information respectingthis movement is confused and conflicting , and all that can besafely said at present is thac a body of Southern troops ,

estimated by Mr . Lincoln at from 15 , 000 to 20 , 000 strong , and represented to be led by General Swell , had taken possession of Harper ' s Ferry and Hagerstown in Maryland—throwing out in v .-irioas directions what are described as marauding parties . _ No opposition appears to have been offered to the progress of the invading column—which must have slipped quietly down the Shenandoah Valley—until it reached Martinsburg , which was occupied bGeneral Sigel . At this point some severe fihting

y g took place , but the Federals were obliged to fall back to Harper ' s Ferry , which they in turn evacuated , apparently without striking a blow for its defence . General Sigel retired to Maryland Heights , and the Confederates are reported to have been preparing to attack that position . Our present advices throw as little light upon the object as upon the strength of this expedition ; but Mr . Lincoln had called upon the States of New York , Pennsylvania , and Massachusetts to send about 30 , 000

militia into the field to meet this unexpected movement on the part of the Confederates . General Hunter is moving northwards to attack the invaders ; and there is an an improbable statement that he had already got as far as

Charlestown—a place close to Harper ' s Perry . " Great alarm , " it is said , " was felt along the Pennsylvania border . " From the neighbourhood of Petersburg there is no news of importance , although it was " expected" that General Grant was" nearly ready for another demonstration . " General Wilson had succeeded in rejoining the army of the Potomac , but with the loss of a considerable number of men , and twelve pieces of artillery . He is said to have destroyed sixty miles of the

Danville Railway . Turning to the campaign in Georgia , we find that General Johnston evacuated Kenesaw Mountain and Marietta on the 3 rd , and that General Sherman was following him iu his retreat . Martial law has been proclaimed in Kentucky , the Government being apprehensive that the draft and enlistment of negroes in that state might give rise to disturbances . Mr . Fessenden has definitively accepted the Secretaryship to tho Treasury at AVashington . By the arrival of the

Hibernian we have New York advices to the evening of the 9 th inst . It is asserted that the Confederate force which had so unexpectedly entered Maryland bad been largely reinforced , and was marching upon Baltimore . The Governor of New York had promptly responded to . Mr . Lincoln ' s call for assistance , and had ordered some 5 , 000 of the militia of his State to proceed to Washington . Tho Confederate steamer Florida , which was supposed to be in the Channel , seems to have taken an entirely different direction on leaving Brest . She was spoken at sea on the 5 th ult . by a packet ship from Sydney , which has arrived at Plymouth . She hacl captured two Federal merchant vessels .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

ROYAL ARCH . — Very few of the Prov . Superintendents hold Prov . G . Chaps . As a rule , the office is more ornamental than useful . P . Z . —We are not in the confidence of the noble earl . You must , therefore , address him yourself . T . AV . W . —We cannot undertake , as a rule , to return MS ., or reply to letters by post .

LODGE OE HARMONY , ST . THOMAS ' , AVEST INDIES . —The letter promised last August has not yet come to hand . * * We have received a copy of the photograph of the ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new Masonic buildings , which shall be noticed next week . ERRATA . —In Bro . Purton Cooper ' s communication , pp . 521 and 522 , vol . 10 , for " Chateau of Coulomsues , " read " Chateau of

Coulommes ; for " acceptable to all literary men , " read " accessible to all literary men ; " for " another tract in defence of the Order of Rose Croix , " read " another tract not in defence of the Order of Rose Croix .