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that the prosecution was not instituted to further the ends of justice , refused to allow the costs of the trial . A grave charge has for some time been hanging over Air . Phillips , an extensive horse-dealer in the West-end , that he had -poisoned his wife . The charge was preferred by the mother and sister of the deceased ; and on their complaint the body was exhumed , and an inquet held . The medical evidence showed that there was not the slightest pretence for the charge , but that , in their

opinion , the death was caused by the excitement iu which the relations of the lady kept her during her confinement . The jury accordingly returned a verdict entirely freeing the husband from all blame in the matter . A woman named Wilson , who was last week acquitted , at the Central Criminal Court , on the charge of attempting to poison a Mrs . Cornell , was at once re-apprehended , and now stands accused of having caused' ( lie death of a Mrs . Atkinson , by the administration of arsenic . According

to the statement of the prosecuting solicitor iu this second case , Mrs . Atkinson was the wife a draper at Kirby Lonsdale , in AVestmoreland , and was iu the habit of visiting London periodically , for the purpose of making purchases of goods . Shehad known AVilson for some years ,-and on going to town in October , 1 SG 0 , she went to lodge at tho prisoner ' s house . She was there seized with violent illness , and in the course of a few days died . When AA'ilson was apprehended on the charge of attempting to poison

Mrs . Cornell , Mr . Atkinson ' s suspicions were aroused , and the body of his wife was exhumed . Portions of the viscera were submitted ton well-known analyst , who found distinct traces of arsenic . It is stated that there are other charges of an equall y serious natnre to be preferred against the prisoner . The first trial before the Special Commission at C'loiimel has resulted in the acquittal of the prisoner Rohan , who was charged with firing a pistol at Colonel Knox , in the county of Tipperary . The colonel

was examined , and distinctly swore to the prisoner as having held his horse while another man ( ired at him , and further referred to certain marks , which tended more clearly to identify him . On the other hand , a host of witnesses of his own class swore that the prisoner was in another place altogether at the time of the outrage . The Solicitor General in his reply , denounced this attempt at an alibi as [ a [ conspiracy to defeat the ends of justice ; but it mado its impression on the jury , who

returned a verdict of not guilty . A curious case nas been before the Court of Eqchoquer , when the now celebrated Madame Rachel sued the lion . Captain Carnegie , for the remuneration due to her for enamelling his wife ' s person . Tho gallant sailor denied that lie hod given any sanction for the exercise of the plaintiff ' s art upon his wife , or any one else , or that he knew anything of the matter till he was horrified by having a bill presented to him for close upon a thousand pounds .

He had never refused his wife proper medical attendance , but ho did not consider that this came within tho range of a medical charge . The jury took the same view of tho question , and without a moment ' s hesitation returned a verdict in favour ofthe defendant . A dreadful explosion occured on Saturday , at ' the percussion cap manufactory of Messrs . Walker of Birmingham . The whole of the premises were demolished , and some of tho adjoining buildings were seriously damaged . Nine bodies were

taken from the ruins , and upwards of thirty of the workpeople , chiefly boys and girls , were al * o more less seriously injured , and the report of their condition is on the whole favourable . The belief in the town is that the explosion was caused by the two brothers , partners in the firm , being engaged in the cellar mixing the powder—a process so dangerous that its performance in a town is illegal . j FOREIGN IN'L ' I ; LT . IG ! -: XCK . — It is now asserted that the object '

of the King of Portugal ' s choice is the Princess of Hanover , and that His Alajcsty has received the Houoverian plenipoten- tiaries on the subject . The Portuguese Chambers are to j close on the 30 th inst . The Elector of Hesse ' s ultimate np- ! pointment of a Ministry pledged to re-establish the constitution j of 1831 , and the electoral law of 1 S 19 was due to a Prussian j threat , that his dominions should be occupied by Prussian troo-is . I He yielded to the menaiice of a military intervention , but nro- i

tested ; and now the semi-official Herlin journal states that the ¦ concentration of Prussian troops has been suspended , but that ¦ " further action is reserved , should the now Alinistry not realise ' ' their promises . '' in eorro- 'poudenee from Rome it is stated j that the Marquis de Lavalctte had a long audience with the i Pope , and reports were current that tho French occupation would be restricted to the province of Rome . On the other . hand , it is stated that the reactio -y leaders in Rome are reviving their operations , and in Naples some fresh outbreaks of

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brigandage are talked of . A despatch from Turin confirms the report that Garibaldi has returned to the hermitage at Caprerea : and we may , therefore , presume that the Italian " party of action" has abandoned any immediate intention of endeavouring to excite a war with Austria . The crime of incendiarism has assumed such alarming proportions in Russia , that an Imperial decieo has been issued , authorising the Governors of provinces to put any place where incendiarism

shall take place under martial law , and tho crime , as we'd as murder , rapine , and the destruction of crops , is to be punishable with death .- The city of Belgrade is reported to continue in a very disturbed state , and many shocking incidents to be daily occurring . The peasants who were summoned iu defence of the city against the Turks , have plundered indiscriminately the native and foreign merchants . The result has been that martial law has

been proclaimed , and is being vigourousiy carried out . According to the French Jlonileur , the Turkish Government had recalled the commandant ofthe garrison , and sent Ahmet Eft ' endi to make a searching inquiry into the circumstances which led to tho conflict . Al . Catargi , tho President of the Council of Ministers for Wallachia , was assassinated on Friday as he was leaving the Chamber of Deputies at Bucharest . The cause was not known , nor the assassin discovered . According to Mexican intelligence transmitted by way of New York , the French troops had fallen back to Orizaba from the neighbourhood of Puebla , and were awaitimr instructions and

reinforcements from Europe . Tho jloniieur says that intelligence from Washington justifies us in considering the rumour of the i etreat of tho French to Y ' cra Cruz as unfounded . AJIEIITCA . —The advices brought by the Europa are to the 12 th inst . There had been some skirmishing , but no important engagement , in front of Richmond since the battle of Fair Oaks , as the action on the 31 st of May and 1 st of June appears to be now termed in the North . General M'Cleilan had officially

reported that the Federal loss in that battle amounted to 5 , 700-men , including 1200 missing . The Bichmond Despatch estimated the loss of the Confederates at SOOO men , and that of the Federals at 12 , 000 to 20 , 000 men . General M'Cleilan had received a reinforcement of 20 , 000 men , and it was reported that GO . 000 more troops would be sent to him . The action between the Federal and Confederate flotillas , which preceded the surrender of Memphis , had been attended with considerable loss on

both sides , and hail resulted in the capture or destruction of every Confederate gunboat except one , which escaped by her great speed . General Halleck , reported that the Confederates had fallen back to Tnssilla , and that General Beauregard himself had retreated to Okolona . The Bohemian has brought us advices two clays later . James Island , near CharlestoiChad been occupied by the Federals . The Confederates had been reinforced in East Tonncsse . Theie had been a further rise in the price of gold at New York ; and one or two of the New York journals were venturing to oppose the passing of Secretary Chase's bill , autlionsinff the issue of additional demand notes to the amount of 150 , 000 X 100 dollars .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

Tin : GRAND SKCKKTAIIV . —Just as we were going to press , u-c received a letter iiom Bro . Gray Clarke , which shall appear if he wishes it , but as ho informs us that his former letter was not written l ' or publication , and accuses us of using it to serve our " own cinN . " we withhold it until we hear from him again . Had ib--. Clarke wished his former letter "private , " or directed it ( :- ; Bro . AVarren individually , it would

never have appeared : hot- by directing it merely to the Editor , wo were led to bcii .-ve he meant it for the Craft . We repeat that we never give np the names of Correspondents without their consent , en . l wo are prepared to assume the responsibilify of refa .-iii ; y . In this case the name would have been given up if asked for in a proper manner . [ Owing to this being our index number , several communications arrived loo late for insertion . ]

Bro . W . B . SMITH shall be written to next week . A , A . —The black siik gown by ail means . C . If . AY . —A brother cannot be Master of two lodges at one time , even in different provinces , without a dispensation from the Grand Master , which he is very jealous of giving . V .. Z . —AA ' e arc not in the secret .