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    CONTINENTAL NOTES . FRANCE . The Moniteur of Saturday contains a decree prolonging the period ( which expired on Friday ) for the free admission of corn , or , in other words , prolonging the suspension of the sliding-scale . The Italian papers state that the garrison of Rome 13 to bo powerfully reinforced , but the French avor that no more troops will bo sent to tho capital of the Papal States than are necessary to fill up the gaps caused by illness , and by tho draughting of men to Civita Yecchia to assist in the construction of tho fortifications which are being made there . Tho Emperor arrived at tho camp of Chsllons on Saturday , and was received by Marshal Canrobert and staff , amid loud acclamations .

    An Egyptian admiral , charged with tho organisation of tho Naval School to be created at Alexandria , has arrived in Paris . Tho object of his mission is to make himself thoroughly acquainted with tho system as conducted in France . It is stated that a , Frenchman who holds tho rank of General 'of Division in the Persian army has been appointed by the Shah Minister of War . Tho Moniteur publishes a convention entered into between the French Minister of Commerce and Agriculture and tho Oddit Foncior of Franco for carrying out tho provisions of certain laws relative to drainage operations , which lawa authorised loaua to bo" made to iliflurent landowners to tho amount altogether of 100 , 000 , 000 francs . __ , . ' , . PKnco Napoleon arrived in Paris on Monday night from Warsaw and Dresden , nutl at eight o clock next morning ho loft for tlio enmp at LhiUons . After rc-

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    At the Court of Bankruptcy , Messrs . Sehlesm-C er , Schlesinger , and Parfitt , drysaltery of Basinghal -street , passed their last examination upon . accounts showing debts 7769 / ., and assets between 2000 / and 3000 / . Judgment was reserved upon the question of certificate in the case of Messrs . Hooper and Wass , picture dealers , of New Burlington-street . On Monday , at Birmingham , the Greek merchant , Antonio Calvocorressi , was brought up on remand , charged with having caused to be made in Birmingham a lar * e quantity of Turkish piastres for circulation in Alexandria , s / ria , and Turkey . Upon the testimony of the Turkish Consul for Birmingham and the detectives , the prisoner was committed for trial , the offence being considered a misdemeanour and not a felony . Bail was accepted for the prisoner . A / till . 1 IUO «¦** - W « f' » -w * - » - — — "i .. ( Sultan issued decree calling

    A short time ago the a in a great portion of the old Turkish coins at a premium . In consequence of that decree , an extensive scheme appears to have been got up in this country for defrauding the Turkish Government . At the Soutliwark policecourt , on Tuesday , a young Frenchman named Hugon was examined on a charge of being concerne . l in the manufacture of a coining-press and sixteen dies , designed for making false Turkish coin . This case is , doubtless , connected with the one at Birmingham . In the latter instance , the order had been given to Mr . Da vies , diepress maker , ofBlackf riars-road , who , suspecting sometbing wrong , informed the police of the matter . The prisoner was remanded ; and just before the magistrate was leaving the bench , another man was brought into the court in custody , said to be Hugon ' s father , who is charged with complicity in the transaction .

    Close ou the discovery of the Turkish piastre business comes the capture , on Monday evening , at Walworthconimon , of three mo % Richard and John Webster , brothers , ' and Moses Burner , for having in their possession two plates of ten-rouble notes of the Bank of the Russian Empire . They were apprehended in consequence of ¦ Information given by the Russian consul in London , and after being examined at Lambeth policecourt on Wednesday , were remanded . A serious charge " has been preferred against a policeunder

    more dupes belonging to the servant-girl class appeared to prefer charges against her . As in the case previously reported , the swarthy charmer had got large quantities of wearing apparel from the aspirants after rich Ifu 3-bands and large families , which articles were to be covered with churchyard mould , and , read and prayed over , to secure the coveted blessings . Although the prisoner reiterated her innocence , the magistrate declared his intention of sending her to the sessions for trial . The ticket-porter of the Borough-market , named William Hill , -who is accused of causing the death of his mother by striking her on the head with his fist , has been committed for trial on the charge of manslaughter , according to the verdict returned by the coroner ' s jury .

    At Greenwich , on Saturday , the case of Mr . Roper passea through another stage . He was examined before the magistrate of the town on a charge of atglmpting to defraud the Kent County Fire Company . On Wednesday , after some additional evidence had ieen heard , the proceedings were again adjourned—this time to enable Mr . Roper to procure the attendance of the man who wrote from Bedford to say that he was the person who had been in treaty with Mr . Roper for his business , and had paid him 21 . as a deposit . The presence of this witness is of the utmost importance to Mr . Roper .

    An extraordinary case of defalcation and malversation , illustrating the inefficiency of administration of the Inland Revenue has come to light this week . On Thurs ^ dav , at a meeting of the Ward of Bassishaw in the City , the chairman , Mr . Hyde Clarke stated that the defaulter Fox , had been at the same time assessor and collector , the Inland Revenue had taken two securities for 1500 / ., which had realised 150 / ,, and the default for which the reassessment in the Ward was made , was supposed to be about 7000 / . Fox had , while assessor , warrant collector

    and before receiving his yearly as , received sums from various parties , including upwards of 2000 / . from the Corporation of London , for which he had given the usual rec 3 ipt , which he was allowed to print , and Government now claimed the amount again . The defalcation arose mainly from the irregular mode in which Government condvicts its business , and the want of efficient audit . The Ward are me moralising the Treasurv , and propose to apply for a Committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the local administration of these taxes . .

    man named Donovan . It was alleged that , pretence of requiring money to effect the arrest of a ticket-of-leave man . at Birmingham , Donovan obtained a sum of Vol . frpni the authorities at Scotland-yard . Suspicion was excited by the inspector , who gave him the order for the money , discovering that be was in London at the time he was supposed to be in Birmingham . It was then ascertained that he had received no authority to go to Birmingham , and his arrest ensued . As there was . a probability of a similar charge bciiig preferred against him , he was remanded . taken

    The shoemaker , named James Owens , who was into custody some days ago for administering to his daughter , or advising her to take , poison , has been committed for trial by Mr . Arnold , on a charge of counselling his daughter to commit suicide . The woman , who is about twenty-five years of age , has now quite recovered from the effects of the poison . Francis John Beckfprd , manager in Messrs . Smith , Payne , and Smith ' s banking establishment , was apprehended a few days ago on a charge of embezzling . When the case came on for further investigation at the Mansion House , tho solicitor for the prosecution stated that the prisoner , since Iiis former appearance , had become insane , and was now iu that condition in the infirmary of Newgate . fam various

    The penalty attached to being ous assumes forms . In the case of the Mayor of Melbourne , at present staying in London , it manifests itself by a succession of claimants to relationship with that colonial dignitary . One set of theso would-be kindred—who , by tho way , are all very poor—are very indignant at being repudiated , and havo made complaint on tho subject to Mr . Selfe , at the Thames police-court . Mr . Smith Jhas ¦ written to tho magistrate showing the claim to be totally unfounded . Sarah and EUon Newson , charged last woek at Greenwich , tho otie with stealing a case of jewels from her master ' s house at New Cross , and the other with receiving a portion of the property , underwent a second examination , when confirmatory evidence was adduced , and both prisoners were committed to Newgate for trial .

    Ebenezer Whitehoad was brought before the Lord Mayor charged with forging and uttering three cheques , two for tho purpose of defrauding Messrs . Prescott and Co ., and the other for a like purpose against the London and County Bank . Tha cheques had been handed to tradosmon in paymont of purchases made from them . Evidence having boon adduced irt support of tho chargo , tho priaouor , who was undefended , autlsflod himself with a simple denial of the statements , and was coinmittod for trial at tho Central Criminal Court . Lowia LowSb , formorly a drapor of Clorkonwoll , and lately arrested as an absconding bankrupt , and remanded on the churgo at Guildhall , has boon committed for trial , and had a furthor ohurgo pr ' ofan'od against him of fraudulently soorotlng his books from his creditors , which is adjourned for additional ovidouco . Tho female fortuno-tollor , Ann Williams , has boon brought up ou remand , at Worship-street , when two

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    with a man on the preceding afternoon , and he burst into tears as he spoke . He was remanded till Saturday . The woman , it is hoped , will reecover . Attempted Mubdeu . —On Wednesday , a determined attempt was made to murder Mr . Budd , senior inspector of police at Woolwich Dockyard . After obtaining a large quantity of gold in change , at the Ship . Hotel , opT posite the Dockyard , Mr . Budd crossed the road to return to . bis office , and when near the Dockyard wall lie was gently touched on his shoulder by some person from

    behind ; whilst in the act of turning his head , a pistol was fired , which inflicted a wound on his cheek . The miscreant was immediately secured , and recognised as a workman who was discharged from the establishment in 1854 , in -which year he was convicted of stealing a quantity of metal from the steam factory department , and sentenced to fonr months' imprisonment . The prisoner is a man upwards of sixty years of age , named Edward Council ; a second pistol , fully loaded , was found in his possession .

    S " uicn > E . —An inquest has been held to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Mr . Skinner , a surgeon at Camden-town , who committed self-destruction by swallowing a large dose of prussic acid . The deceased had run through a large fortune left him by his father , formerly in practice at Brixton , and had become so immersed in pecuniary difficulties , that a bill of sale was either on the premises , qt threatened to be enforced at the period of his committing suicide . There could be no doubt but that these difficulties preyed very much on a mind naturally highly excitable , and in a momentary fit of madness he drank off a draught sufficient to kill half a dozen people . The most distressing part of the case was , that the deceased ' s wife entered the apartment just as he drank the poison and fell dead to the floor . Verdict , Insanitv .

    Murder and Suicide . —On Wednesday , a young man named . Robert Bond , living at Forton ,- near Garr s ' tang , shot dead Mary Hannah Wainman , a young lady whom he had been courting for some time , and afterwards blew out his brains . The murderer had been paying hi 3 addresses to his victim , and some difference having arisen between them , his mind was lashed , into such a stale 6 f frenzy ., that he perpetrated this diabolical murder in broad day light . He then deliberately walked home , and , entering the drawing-room in his father ' s house , loaded his gun and placed the muzzle in his mouth . The next moment he pulled back the trigger , and blew off the top part of his head . Bond was twenty-five years of age , and the girl only nineteen years old .

    CRIMINAL RECORD . Medical Practice at Manchester . —At Manchester , two German doctors named Wilhelm and Stadtmuller , have been charged , under revolting circumstances , with having caused the dqgtfi of a young unmarried woman , by endeavouring to procure abortion . They were committed for trial on a charge of wilful mugder . Attempted Muruek .- —A deliberate crime was perpetrated near Worksop on Thursday week . Sarah Hare , in the service of a farmer , was visited by a young man named John Whitwood , who was paying his addresses to her . He prevailed upon her to accompany him a short distance on his way home , when he charged her with going with other" young men , and , on her denying this , he attempted to make her take poison with him ,

    saying they would both die together . She refused , and he then declared he would kill her . He threw her on the ground , drew o knife from his pociet and cut her throat . She struggled to escape , but he inflicted another gash on her throat and several on her hands and arms , and stamped on her head . Notwithstanding those fearful injuries , the girl contrived to break from her brutal assailant by throwing him on his back , and succeeded in reaching her master ' s house , but it is not expected she will survive . Whitwood made his escape , but was npprehoiuled on the following day at Worksop , when he was found to havo a large wound in his throat , which he is supposed to have inflicted with tho object of destroying himself .

    Jealousy and Attempted Murdkr . —At Birmingham , a j-oung man named William Smith , an ironworker , becamo violently attached to a widow , Mrs . Owen . His visits to her house were frequent ; they wore in tho habit of walking out together , and were apparently on the best possible terms . Up to yesterday woek matters roir . ained in this state ; but on that day it is said Mrs . Owen rejected his addresses , and declined to oontinuo tho intimacy . Smith was violently enraged , but afterwards appeared to havo bocomo reconciled . On Monday , after being all day in hor company , ho passed tho night at lier house . Tho next morning , after breakfast , Mrs . Owon went to hor own room to dross , to go

    out , when Smith rushed up-stairs after hor . Immediately a girl named llummins , who was in tho house , heard a l ' uarful shriek . Slio went into tho bedroom , and saw Mi's . Owon stretched on tho floor in a pool of blood , and Smith standing over her cutting her throat with a razor , llmnmins sprang upon the murderer , and succeeded in wresting tho weapon from his grasp , at tho same time soroaming . Smith then drew a knife , and mado a , " second attack up on his vieJJm . Mrs . Owou had aufilciout strength to break from him , and had reachod tho stairs in hor flight , whon sho was mot by a polloeeanstablo . Smith was arrested In tho house . He said ( hat it was jealousy which hud lud him to tho commission of ( ho crime ; that ho had soon Mrs . Owen talking

    Affray with Poachers . —At Daresbury , near Warrington , five men , all notorious poachers , and natives of Warrington , were charged with unlawfully wounding some keepers in the employ of Mr . Lyon , of Appleton Hall . The head keeper stated that he was watching on Friday night with assistants ,-and saw a body of poachers pass . After giving them time to set their nets , the keepers sprang out of the cover . A desperate conflict ensued . The poachers retreated in a body , and some were captured . At this time another body of poachers came into the field , and , seeing how matters were going with their companions , in their turn ran after the keepers , and coming up with those who had their captives on the gcound , seriously maltreated them . The cries of their comrades brought tho keepers to their rescue , and the result was a general flight of the poachers , leaving two of their number in the keepers' hands . Tho magistrates committed tho prisoners .

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    No . 446 , OCTOBEK 9 . 1858 . 1 ; THRJMDBl" ' 1055

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 9, 1858, page 1055, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2263/page/7/