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very soon after calving , which produced great pain . Several veterinary surgeons testified thafc ic was improper and injurious to move a cow so soon after calving . On the other hand , several farmers and drovers bore witness to the prevalence of the practice , and that in their opinion the animals suffered no harm . The magistrates were unanimous in their condemnation of the

practice , which they said must be put down , and they confirmed the decision of tho magistrate . A new and unexpected light has been thrown upon the long concealed mystery of the Road murder by the voluntary confession of Miss Kent , who was in the first instance charged with the crime , that she was actually tho murderess . It appears that Miss Kent has for

the last year ancl three quarters been an inmate of St . Mary's Home , Brighton , and that a short time ago she made confession to the Rev . Mr . AVagner , who has charge of the institution , and then , as tho rev . gentleman states in his evidence , proposed to give herself up to a magistrate . The written confession is in the most general terms , and couched in

singular language , fitted rather for an attorney ' s office than any other quarter . It sounds strange to find a sister , under any circumstances , write of her brother as " one Francis Saville Kent . " The magistrate of Bow-street , Sir Thomas Henry , before whom she was taken on Tuesday , frequently and solemnly warned the girl of the importance of the step

she was taking , but did nob go into the matter further than to receive and verify her confession , and remitted her to the magistrates ofthe district where the crime was perpetrated . On Wednesday Miss Kent was taken before tho magistrates assembled in petty sessions at Trowbridge . The evidence taken afc Bow-street was read over to tho prisoner , and she declined to pufc any questions to the witnesses . During fche reading of her written confession of the murder the firm composure which she

had previously sustained broke down , and sinking into the arms of Miss Green , the superior of the religious Home at Brighton , where Miss Kent has been located for some time past , she wept bitterly for a considerable period . The prisoner was remanded for eight days , and was afterwards taken to Devizes gaol , where she will remain until the next examination . FOKEIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The Emperor Napoleon will leave

Paris for Algiers an Monday next . He will proceed to Lyons , and there embark for Oran , from whence he will travel by land to Algiers . A short time ago ifc was understood to bo a settled affair thafc M . Baroche was to be appointed to the post of President of the Corps Legislatif . Now it appears , however , that the position is to be filled by Count Walewski , who will ,

consequently , require to secure a seat in the Chamber . M . de Remusat has taken up the cause of the press , which he advocates with much vigour in the columns of the Coiirrier da Dimauclie . The notion that there would arise any danger to the Government from absolute liberty to the press , he treats as unworthy of being entertained . Neither does he believe

that the Government has any fear of the press . The repressive measures adopted arc considered by the writer to be merely designed as a protection against the annoyance and irritation which would be caused by free criticism and contradiction . AMERICA . —The American news brought hy the Nova , Seoliau is of the most horrifying and painful kind . President Lincoln

has been assassinated . On the evening of Good Friday he was in a box at Ford ' s Theatre , at AVashington , when a man named Wilkes Booth , the brother of Edwin Booth , the actor , obtained access to him on the pretence that he bore despatches from General Grant . No sooner was the assassin in tho box than he put a pistol close to the back of Mr . Lincoln ' s head , and shot him . Tbe President lingered until half-past seven o ' clock the next morning , when he died . About the time that the atrocious

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crime was perpetrated a man went to the house of Mr . Seward , who was ill in bed , and insisted on seeing him . Mr . Frederick Seward , who opposed the entrance of the man , was struck down with a bludgeon , and is since dead . Major Seward , who was in the sick room , was knocked down , and is not likely to live , and Mr . Seward was stabbed in several places , and left

for dead . The assassin in this case got away , as Booth had done also . It is stated that proofs have been discovered of their acting in conjunction one with another , and in understanding with some one who is or was afc Richmond . Papers found in the valise of Booth show , it is alleged , that the assassinations were to have been perpetrated on the ' 1 th of March ,

hut that the accomplice refused then to act without further instructions from Richmond . Booth himself is stated to have been a rabid Secessionist . When he had shot the President he exclaimed , " Sic semper tyrannis I" A heavy reward has been offered for the apprehension of him and his accomplice , and it was said Booth had been arrested . AA heii

the Nova Scotian sailed Mr . Seward was not dead . The terrible tragedy created a profound sensation , as well it might , in the North . New York was draped in black as mourning for the great and good President . In accordance with the requirements of the constitution , Mr . Andrew Johnston , the Vice -President , was on Satin-day sworn in as President . He

delivered a very short and simple address , declaring his intention to perform the duties of tho office as best he could . The war news pales before the painful interest of the story of Mr . Lincoln's assassination . It is not without importance ,

however . General Lee had returned to Richmond , and we have no information whatever as to what he mayhave done at AV ' eldon . The Northern newspapers assert that his troops had for the most part deserted him before his surrender . He will , ifc is said , do all in his power to promote peace . Mr . Jefferson Davis may perhaps be of the same mind now ; but on the 6 th of April he issued a

proclamation from Danville declaring that the war would be continued . To all appearance he will have no support in such a course . The Federal armies are closing in on Johnstone's force , which is the only Confederate army east of the Mississippi . Johnstone had evacuated Raleigh , and gone , it was said , to Greensborough . It is not likely , however , that ho would be able to hold out there

or anywhere else . The report of Federal successes in Alabama is confirmed , ancl the siege of Mobile was rapidly progressing-Meantime it was said that the Governor of North Carolina would shortly convoke the State Legislature to revoke the ordinance of Secession . Owing to the assassination of the President , business at New York was almost entirely suspended .

Later ' advices by the Etna say , —Mr . Stanton telegraphs as follows : —'' Mr . William Hunter has been appointed acting Secretary of State during Mr . Seward ' s illness . " President Johnston has announced that he will . make no changes in the Cabinet . Mr . Seward ' s throat is not cut , but his face is gashed . He saved himself by throwing himself out of bod .

The surgeons report his condition unchanged , and that he is doing well . Mr . Frederick Seward ' s condition is critical . The assassins have not vet been apprehended .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

J . S . J . —A \ e will inquire . S . S . —Certainly not . A P . G . OFFICER shall have his complaints attended to . MELTON . —Not in our MAGAZINE . ? J * Several communications are unavoidably left over till nextweek .