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      | g | FRANCE . fM SEBIISB OF LOTOS HAPOLSOJl ' S POPEIABIIY . - JSb following from the correspondence of the ^ OS shows that the President ' s popularity Is aSmdj waning—at least amongst the population of ¦ gSie feeling of dissatisfaotio B at tha conduct and tijjTvant of energy of the President of the Rapnblio fgpregret to perceive , on the increase . The comjagrwone hears on all sides are not founded on anj fl || £ on of his foreign policy , hut rather arise out of figaigtre gge fl state of the population and the en . fctHMSWenta if thB Treasary : Domestic suffsriBg &&B tkose who murmur almost entirely regardless Kfcfcat is passing in foreign conn tries : and if one

      ¦ tejfidge by the nature of the charges against the HSadentand his government , it wonld seem as if flJU ' renchpeeple , completely intent on their own gqpition , had become careless whether a republic or Bparcliy existed in any eoantry of Europe . They fatfi plenty to oosupy them at home without troubling flpsselres with the business of their ne i ghbours . It ¦ ijpssless to inquire of those whs express discontent HpecisB charges against their sew chief . There ^ fiji particular act censured , so far as can ba Ob . Stf ** ; so accusation brought sgainBfehim for any igfifiofact . It it precisely what the discontented faf&his want of energy , his apathy , his indifference tfftie state of the country , his originatiBg no mea . HEBto relieTO its condition or rmder its embarncOents less , that have excited a feeling bo d&Rntfrom that which exiBted scarcely a fort * 0 § pk since . v * B nay be that great snfferirg tends to reader

      ¦ titininatient and unreasonable ; but the fact is , AH the discontent is great , the suffering perhaps tfS ' greater ; the extrication from GYerwhslnrng f l ^ fibelieTed to be , if not possible , at least difficult iifki extreme . The situation is sad indeed , and MfrrHch requires bo ordinary amount of energy nBlkillto CDmbat or relieve * and it is uiekesb flaaltfil tbe fact teat Louis Napsleon is * not now , VittSsver he might have been , beliered to be the man « fei a destined to save the eountry . * SJjs best repntstiona and the greatest popularity •• tfifiwt proof against reTolation . To those who Httli the triuffiplBit paaage of the sew President ^ ngh Paris not many days since , it must be fet&ge to witness the change which has tsken ptasiiincethen . Will it be believed that bats were ulbtMA this day , and in a placa of public resort . f&jftjr before twe months , the Frsaldent WOHld be atTncennra , either in conBeqnenca of an unsue . ecsrffcl # wp dVtal , or of something still more formidable ?'

      fbe following is the celebrated letter of Prince Lo ^ s N apoleon to M . Leo * de Malleville , which caped the reaignatien of the latter : — ' ^ Eljsee , Deo . 27 , 1848 . Keasiear le Ifinlitre—I hne wised the Prefect of Fo Qet If he did not sometimes receive reports on dJple-SMKf . He has 'replied in the sSroatiTe , sod has added &ak be yeiterday sent the eeplei of a dUpatch on Italy . Shin dispatches , you will understand , ought to be sent torn directly , and I mast express to you my discontent alike deity whioh jou have allowed to elapse in com . SBoksting them to me .

      Xbeg of yos alio to send nas ' the ilxteen cartoons « Ue& I hav « demanded . Cthesa are the document ! nlathe to tbe afftirs of Strasbourg and Boulogie . ] lib net understand , either , why tbe Miniiter of the Intsrior s hould draw sp tbe articles which ara personal tams ; that icas aot done » o under Luc ' s Philippe , Mai it matt not ba to now . For some < 3 ay § , also , I bar * not received telfgwpblo dispatches ; in short , I pscdye very well that the Ministers whom I have aamd wish to treat m * as if the famous CamBtitu . ttesYof Sleyes were in force , bnt I will not snfftr it . Bcesive , Honiienr le Hinistre , the sisurance of sy msltiniiiTii of high totiiotloDi w L . N . Bboviums . > . I forgot to say that there ars still at St Ltztrre Sgjhty women in a state ef arrest , of whemonly one has b « M Brought before a council of war : tell me if I hare t&trigkt to hate them set at liberty ; for in that case I sfasH givs the orotr at this very instant .

      AFP 0 IXTHE 3 T 3 . Tbe Monukds of Thursday published a decree of the President of the Republic , dated 2 nd inst , appointing Vice Admiral Cecille Ambassador of France to the Court of Great Britain ; and M . Lagrene Plenipotentiary of the French Republic at the oanferenoes about to bs openedtat Brussels for the setilfioent of the Italian question . TBB PAPAL C ^ QSSTION . Tie Spanish and PortugneEe governments hare toaSa a proposition , in common with the goTern-Bteot of the Republic , with a Tiew to the holding of conferences between the three governments , as to tfiepresent position of the Pope , and the best mode of restoring him to his dominions . The tiro governne&ta propose tnit the conference shonld ba held wftfp at Madrid or Barcelona . The French gorennnent has not hitherto given any reply in this raspeefc .

      THX aSKMBLT . At the csnclnsien of the sitting of the National Assembly on Wednesday , an interesting discussion took place on the laws with rapeot to the combination among workmen , for the purpose of raiBing mat , &s . In France the combination laws are stiff ia force , and that in the most stringent sense . By that portion of the penal code which has reference to oembinations , a difference is drawn betwesa a combination of workmen and that of masters . In tht ease of workmen , the rery faot of their haying cceibtned Is considered as a delict , iadependently of all aggravating oirennutanesi , Bnehaitha employmeatof threats or of violence . Both acts are offences in ths eyes of the law ; but where threats or violence are employed , the amount of punishment is of come considerably greater . In the case of masters .

      coafition or combination is not of itself considered us ? offence ; it only becomes so when the object of it is to reduce wages unjustly and nndnly . Sneh is the state of the law as it baa stood since the time of the Empire ; but M . Merin kronght forward a pro poaUiOD some months ago , whioh , after having been oooadered and amended by so less than two eomtatitbtet , was brought ; before the Assembly . The priasiple o ! the measure consists in suppressing the difference established by the penal code , and reextablishicc : a perfect equality between workmen and mntGn ; It proposed Bimply to etrika the offence called combination out of the penal code , and not to punish coalitions , whether on the part of workmen or Bisters , in any case , nnles 3 when they wereiacecsffianied by the aggrarating and really nnlawfolaicamitances of violence , threats , or other illicit

      mtBcaaTres . The measure was strongly opposed by M . Leon Fancier , the new Minister " of the Interior , MM . Aylq , Baroche , and Roaher . They each insisted oh th « grave inconveniences which might result , not only is the interests of the masters , bat of the workmen themselves , from proclaiming the complete and abeolate liberty of coalition among workmen . The ream given by M . Faueher for a different law in the two countries is carious . ' la England , ' said be , 'withoutdoubt , the liberty ef combination is

      sbSHBte ; there if in the coalition an enormous eon . cownxe ; but there the remedy is by the side of the evil ; for if the English workman refuses to woxk , fh » frontier is constantly open to all foreign prodacts , isd theae products may replace those which the osteal industry does not give . In France it is not the tame ease , To authorise coalition would be to eenstitute those armies of workmen almost always in » state of open war sgainst the heada of the workshop *; it would be to organise insurrection , ia the otelitn ; it woald be the organisation of permanent

      nr . ' rja- This Leon Faueher is the chief of the Freneh Fn * Tntenl These plondcren and oppreswra o . fee proletarian ! are the tamo heartless crew all the ttwJdover .-ED .-flU . ] Faucher and hii supporter * insisted that the aaesBon shonld be referred to another ipecial eomiinion , aad the majority of the Auembly went with thea . Tha consequence is , that farther evidence « 31 be taken on the subject , and another report made : or . ia otlier words , the measure is shelved . oeiween

      A tharp contest took plaee on Tflunday $ h » moderate party and the nltra-democrats , on { heoecasion of the monthly election of the president « ae > president , and secretaries ef the Committee of Foreign Affiurs . M . deMomay has been elected president , his opponent being M . Bastide , late Mintfte of Foreign Affairs . M . Aylies has been elected fiefc-presideut , against M . Baune , one of the most exalted of the Montagnaxds . MM . Eeeckeren and Sdnondde Lafayette , both moderates , have been fleeted secretaries , the competitors being MM . 2 arier Darrien sod Bnvignier , altra-demoerats .

      BE JORXIGX MLICI « f IHK R 1 W QOVSESUEKT . Ib the Assembly on Monday M . Beaune awended tOBtribuae to address questions to the Cabinet re-Satire to Foreign Affairs . M . Baaune said that he did not object to the passage of tha ministerial prograanie , in which it was stated that the government SrSdBotlighay engage the honourof France . But S » Coartitution being now toted , and 6 . 000 , 000 ot faffiagK havinst elevated to the presidency the eegtewofthe Emperor Napoleon , Franee Bhonld no IiofBr hue an anonymouipoliey . It was mQiipen-• tUe that the conduot ofthenewgoTerameBt sbenld f nwtby of her . AlthoHgh Brussels had been fixed «* ftfigeat of mediation onltalian affairs , —althpngn

      jLLagrenee had been appointed to rep laee M . de Otofruevillo as the Plenipotentiarj ef France , the emftRBea , he affirmed , wonld cofc take place , ob > eXB » Austria refused to recognise the mediation , and ^ aUnalaBd had no i nterest in Italy common wit h thafei France . What course did the Cabinet mean lorMKsne towards the Raman people ? Did it ibtewi % join AnBtria in reinstatinf the Pope , wno J ^ d fisf erred , to the hospitality of France , that of 9 kbiglwho was now only known by the massacre nf hk people aud the conflagcatloa of his cities * A 3 respected the Sicilian question , was war to reijflmneaBa . or -was ths armistice concluded on the i fliBI tf Messina to be oontinuai ? lie demanded ?«^ MdCal tep l f to those qcestiwa ia the intoest

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      of hbraanHy and the hononr of France . From thence M . Beaune travelled to Spain . He wished that eoun ^ ry to be allowed to govern itself freely , and that France should reneunee that dynastio policy that had preited on both during tke last eighteen years , and that no less disgraceful system pursued sinca February , which converted the soldiers of France into agents ef the Holy Hennandad . He then passed over to Prussia and Anstiia . The Utter , he maintained , wpb the soul of the Holy

      Alliance , and to show the ill-will of her rulers towards France , he cited an exprtision of one of her diplomatists , who recommended that' the French revolution be left to stew in its own gravy . ' The eman . cipation of Italy , the alliance with free Germany , and the reconstruction of Poland , should bB the main objects of the policy of Frances After an excursion to Constantinople , and a recommesdation to send a French fleet to protest tha integrity of the Ottoman Empire , M . Bea . un B deficended from the tribune .

      M . Drouinde Lhuys , Minister for Foreign Affairs , who followed , deelared that the pending negotiations imposed upon him the utmost reserve . He main , tained that the negotiations opened at Brassels were not broken off . and that the mediation bad not been refused by Austria . The question at issue was one of peace and war . There were two policies in presence Binoe February ; one favourable to peace , and the other inoiting to war . He advocated the former , and should merer be a partisan ef the latter . M . Lamartine here xose and justified the foreign polioy pursued by the Provisional Government with the full concurrence of all its members , and invited its opponents to a public discussion on its merits .

      M . Ledru Rollin , who followed , contended that the policy of the Provisional Government had been paai fie and fraternal . He was ready to repeat the explanation he had already given respecting the expedition to Risqnons Tout . The manifesto of the 5 th March proclaimed the propaganda of ideas ; it Iceland the treaties of 1 S 15 at an end , at the same time that the boundaries of the different RtattB , find by those treaties , should be respected . He then examined the policy punned with regard to Sioily . There , also , negotiations were at an end , in consequence ef the protest of Spain , and the declaration of the Emperor Niobolaa that he wonld defend with the sword the treaties of 1815 . What waa the cotutaot of France in Rome ? She knew that Austria was marching

      her troops towards the Pontifical dominions . She knew that a compact existed between Austria and Naples to restore the Pope , and he anderstoed , but could not beltBTe , that France hadjoiaed tbe league . He had heard that « Cabinet Council had been held at tbe close of December , and that it wonld allow the intervention of Austria and Naples to be proposed for the restoration of the Pope . He also was informed that on the first of January , the PresideBt of the Republio went up to the Papal Nando , aad , in pregenoeof the whole Corps Diplomatique , had given him an assurance that the P « pe would soon be reinstated in his temporal pewer . If ft was trie that Austria and Naples were preparing to ester tha Roman states , tbe governmec t was bound by the

      manifesto of the 5 th March to oppose that intervention , for that manifesto deelared that France would eause Italian independence to be respected . The Roman revolution was legitimate . The Roman people were justified in rising against a temporal sovereign . Ministers , wben asked vbat wag tbe course pursued by the Cabinet , replied , negotiations were pending , instead of acting . The situation was grave in the extreme . Russia has declared that she wonld maintain by her arms the treaties of 1815 . A . Russian fleet waa at present in the Adriatic , supported by 80 , 000 men ot theMoldo-Wallacbian army , Prussia was marohing troops to the Rhenish provinces and a Prussian General had lately proposed , at a dinner given to his offioew , the following

      toast—1 To our next meeting on the banks of the Rhine . ' England herself had bean alarmed by these military movements , and had lately , sept one of her ablest statesmen to Belgium to inquire into their abjectj after which he repaired to Paris . M . Ledru Rollin maintained that energetic measures were indispensable , in presence ef tha military movements of Russia and the other Absolutist Powers , and the reosnt declaration of the Emperor cf Russia that he wonld defend with arms the treaties of 1815 . Napoleon had said that Europe would be either Republican or overrun by tha Cossacks in the eonrse of fifty yean . The Czar appeared disposed to realise the latter part of the prediction . It was not only the cause of the repnb ) ic . but that of civilisation France had

      received the mission to protect . By following another eoxtne , the government would betray the country and promote the eauie of b&tbarity . M . Dronin de Lbuys , having risen , called on M . Ledru Rollin and bis friends , if they wished to sebiticute a question of war for a question of negotiation , to bring forward a proposition to that effect . ( Cries of' Tbe order of the day' from all sides . ) M . Laroohejacquelin said that he opposed the order of the day because it was neeenary that the Ministry should tell the Assembly if the facts denounced by M . Ledru Rollin should be impnted to tbat Cabinet or to the preceding one . M . Dreuvn de Lhuys replied that the mediation relative to Sicily was said to be at an end . This was not the case : the negotiations were still pending ,

      and no declaration of the natnre described by M . Ledru Rnllin had been made to the English and French Governments . # There was no truth ) either in the meeting of a Cabinet Council at which a combined invasion of Italy with Austria and Naples had been agreed to . The veto of Russia had net impeded the Sicilian negotiations , and if another Power wished to participate in them France eeuld not oh ject to it . If two hundred thousand Russians menaced France , which he denied , France had five hundred thousand men to oppose to them . It « as notexaet , either , to say that Prussia was arming . The Government having applied to the Cabinet of Berlin for information on tbe sabject , was assured that , sinee April last , bo increase bad taken place in tbe PrnHiaa army . On the contrary , its effective force had been radioed .

      M . Ledrn Rollin again rose , and maintained the aeemaey of the fact he had adduced , and which were famished to him by foreign diplomatists . In reply to sn sllniion of M . Larochejacquelin , M . Ledru Rollin said that hs was so sincerely converted to the Repablic that he offered , on the 23 th of February , to accept the embassy to St Petersburg . M . Larochejaoqaelin replied , that when the Revolution occurred , he had been sent for by M , La . tnartine , who had offered him an embassy . M . Lamartine confirmed that statement . After a few words from Dronyn de Lauys and Da Tracy , Minister of Marine , the Assembly poised to the order of the day .

      DISSOLUTION Or THX ASSEMBLY . Petitions continue to crowd in from the departmente , urging ( and some in very strong terms ) the National Assembly to dissolve . Tha feeling on that point appears to be strong in tbe provinces . The CeusiEE vs la Girokss gees io far as to recommend the President to dissolve tha Assembly by force , and reminds him that he has determined military chiefs to support him , if necessary .

      PERSECUTION 09 TBK MUOCaiTS . A married eouple , named Lsclerc , were tried last week before the court-raartial for taking part in the insurrection of June . The husband , a journeyman painter , commanded the insurgents at the capture of the post on the Place Maubert , and he then SOt it on fire by means of straw and turpentine . The woman whowasacantmtereof the 12 th legion , also aoted with the insurgents , and went round to tradesmen to compel them to give the materials for burning down the post . She wa 3 sentenced to five years ' imprisonment , and her husband to two .

      The CoKsnxuiioBxix ( Thiera a paperli gives the following - . — ' Letters from Caen state that about fifty insurgents lately amnestied , and coming from Cherbourg , manifested on their way , by their language and conduct , such an evident disposition to creite &ew disturbances * that the National Guard ef Caena 3 £ embledofitsown accord , and surrounded and escorted these dangerous men . The exasperation became so great , that the prefect and the other magistrates found it prudent to placa ths offenders in oonfinemeat . and Bend to Paris for instructions as

      to tbe ultimate disposal of them . ' [ There can ba no donbt that the allsgatien as to the * dangerous language and eosduct' of the amnestied insurgents is a lie , get npj to cover this infamous attsck of the Caen omrgtoit upon the unfortunate democrats . These villains of the shop will not allow the government to ahow mercy , eve * when eo dis posed . -ED . N . S . ] M . Thomassin , one ef tbe founders of the famous banquet du peuple , whioh wai to have taken plaoe at Vinoennes , has just been released after a captivity of six months in forts and on the pontoons .

      STGMHCANl ! „ . , General Changarnier visited tba Military Hespital of Val-de-Grace en Tuesday . On tbat occasion some National Guards repeatedly cried ' Vive General Chamarnier . ' The operatives in the Faubourg then quitted their workshops , erying ' Vive lafopuUique Damooratiqu * ct 8 odmU .

      THE LEGITIMISTS . The Tmwoarreipondent says : — 'Is it observed that the hopes of the Legitimista are becoming higher every diy ; It was remarked , for in these times noshing passes nnnotieed , that at the lart reception tf M , de Falloux , the concourse of Legitimists ef ancient family , such as the Montmorenciefl , 4 a ., was greater than at any period sinee tha revolntion of 1830-at least in the salont of a Minister . Two of the most distinguished statesmen ef the day , who were present , are said to have decUred openly tbat the R ? pnblic had now had a fair chance , and it was evident thai it was a form of government incompatible with the character or sympathies of tbe French people . H . PBODDHOIf . M . Pr . oudh . en is seriously ill of typhus feT « .

      IHB B 0 UBQEOI 5 IE . A curious fact , illustrative of the determined hostility of the bourgeoisie of Paris to everything appertaining to Republicanism , eccBrred on Sunday , on the occasion of the election of a Colonel of the 10 th Legion of the National Guard . General Launaten , personally unknown to t& « inhabitants of taalquar .

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      « Paris , and having nothing to recommend him ioeo weI 1 " lcnoWn Legitimist principles , obtained 1 , 852 Votes ; while M , Ramond , who was penoiall } known to the arrondisBement . aHd justly beloved by his oomrades , polled only 1 , 121 . GERMANY . PANIC OP THH B 0 IALI 3 TTEBROBI 3 TS OF VIENNA . It is asserted in a proclamation issued by the Governor of Vienna , that ' a club of evil-designing knaves' has been formed for the purpose of storming tke bastions by night and of spiking the cannon

      thereon . The governor ( Field-Marshal Welden ) adds that , should any attempt of that kind be made , all fcba troops in garrison will be ready to aut at a quarter of an hour ' s notiee ( the alarm to ba given'by three cannon shots ) , and informs tha public that the santinsls have received _ orders to fire on all persons approaching the fortifications by night aad in a body . It appears that the eonsmrators are distinguished by wearing black feathers in their hats . All persons found wearing suoh emblems , or glased bands , or white buckles ia their hats , are immediately arrested .

      DIVIDE AKD C 3 KO . UBR . According to letters from Lemberg , the Austrian authorities are still doing all they can to put down the Polish' element' ( that is to say , all Polish tendencies ) , and to foster the Rutfienian one . Those Poles who some time ago returned to Ga'ioia , from their respective places of exile , have received orders to leave tbe country again . IBB DSLICACT 07 THB ' TIMES . * The Vienna correspondent of the Times , after detailing the atroeities of General Weldea ' s terrorism

      adds : — ' One oannot in justice but say that it serves them right . They are indeed very wroth , and take their revenge by making the most atrocious pans and conundrum * on the score of ths Emperor , Prince Windlsehgratz , and tkelBaa of Croatia . Nor can reepeet for the sex induce them to spare the Princess Sophia , for that lady and the Ban are made the subject of a disgusting caricature . I will not shock the decfiBoy ol your leadeia by & detailed account of it , but I will merely say that it is much admired by the "Viennese . '

      PKBBKCCTION . The first steps of tbe prosecution of the deputies who endeavoured to inoite tbe people in the prn . Tinoes to refuse the payment of taxes have been taken . In addition to the arrest of M . Temme , other measures of the government show that the proscription of the depcties of the left who joined in tbe refusal of the taxes vote will be an active one . M . Bredt , Commissary of the district of Elberfeld , has been suspended from his office . M . Fischer , Assessor of the Upper Court of Dalmen , has also been arrested .

      An extraordinary aot of suicide waa committed a few days ago at Erfnrt . A soldier , who had been degraded from the rank of a non-commissioned officer , placed himself in front of a twelve-pounder , and blew himself to pieces . One of his arms -was picked np in a public equare in the town . Tbe ball in its progress considerably damaged five houses . Disaffection of ibb Viebmbbb . —The same cor respondent writing on the 2 nd inat ., says : — 'New Tear ' s Day has brought another severe proclamation

      from General Welden , informing us tbat there are Still pupld who defy all military and civil authority , and announcing the General ' s resolution to banish from Vienna all foreigner * , and all Austrians not Viennese , unless the * give the most satisfactory reasons for the seoesaity of their Btay in this town . Now , it ia traa the people , especially in the suburbs , are refractory and disaffected , but the gallant General ' s measures are not the less vexations and unadvised . He cannot banish the real eaemies of the Government , viz ., the Viennese themselves . .

      The censorship is re-established in substance , tkmgh not in earne . The state of siege , far from being relaxed , ib likely to be enforced with greater severity . The year 1848 was a year of destruction and misery , but this 1849 threatens to ba worse , at least as far as Austria is concerned .

      THE WAR IN HUNGARY . After the capture of PreBbarg , Prince Windiechgra'z ordered the Austrian standard to be displayed . To this seme Hungarians objected , and their Field Marshal answered . —* The Hungarians have themselves declared the pragmatic sanction Abolished , They cannot , consequently , be surprised tbat Austria should agree to that , and henceforth treat Hungary , like Bohemia , as a province of the monarchy . ' According to the Daily Nswa , intelligence from Vienna to the 1 st , stateB that Prince Windischgra < z on that day sent in a dispatoh from the Ban of Croatia , reporting the rencontre of the Ban ' s division with a troop of Hungarians , commanded by General

      Persesl . Being informed of the presence ot General Perwel ' fl forces in the vicinity of Moor , Baron Jellachioh inarched on the 29 th nit . from Kisber upon Moor , where he found the Hungarians , about 10 , 000 strong , in an advantageous position . Baron Jel-Iaehich ' a division is 23 . 000 men strong ; nevertheless , he thooght it advisable to wait for Mine reinforeements . At length he ordered the Hungarians to be attacked by the brigade » f Gramaont . asdby the Wallmoden Cuirassiers , who , with General Ottisger , had joined him from the corps d ' armcf of Prince WiBdiscbgrafz . The Wallmoden Cuirassiers forced the enemy ' s position , and captured six pieces of artillery , and a good many prisoners . ( The bulletin mentions several thousands . ) The

      Hungarians upon this commenced their retreat , which they effected in good order , in the direction of Stuhlweissenburg . Notwithstanding theie bulletins of victories gained by toe Austrians the Vienna correspondent of the Tihxb intimates that the victories hitherto gained have been of little moment . This precious correspondent aignifioantly adds : — ' I shall be happy to see the Magyars conquered ; but until they are conquered I will not say they are io . ' Impartial and geaerouBBKU . The Vienna correspondent of the Trans , writing on the 2 nd instant , says : — ' Yesterday ' s bulletin , containing tbe account of Baron Jellachich'a victory ) is more egitofoctery than any ef tne forme ? ones . Its atyle'ia leas pompous , and it seems to be more true . There is , indeed , a slight mistake about the numbers , for it seems strange that the Ban fought with

      from eight thousand to ten thousand Hungarians , several thousands of whom were captured , and many more slain , and that as many as eight thousand : of the ten thousand have effected their retreat . To make amends we have a splendid bulletin from the other side , in which tbe battle and retreat at Wiesel . burg is held uo as a signal victory . I Bent you all the news I coold collect about the Wieeelburg fight , and that the Hungarians made a smart battle and oovered their retreat . Prince Windiscbgratz ' s bulletin says , they ran away in a ' wild flight , ' and I thint"I mentioned bow destructive that' wild flight ' proved to the Austrian division . Now , General Georgy , the Hungarian leader , will not even confess the retreat , but begins his report , ' Vivat the Magyar ! To-day we have conquered ; ' and tben comes a long description of the battle , in which , if General Georgy ' » Io be credited , the Austriana ran

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      8 IB 6 B 07 C 0 M 0 RN . It is stated in the oorrespondance of the Times , that the army commanded by General Wrbna , arrived before Comoro on the 30 th of Dacember last , and summoned that fertress to surrender . This request not being complied with , the Imperial troops surrounded Cemorn on either bank of the Danube . The siege is now being earried on . Comorn is commanded by ueneral Mejtheny , formerly an officer of the Imperial army . The properties of several of the Hungarian nobles have boen confiscated , including Count Louis Batthiany , Count Anton Zsppary , and the Counts Cftaimir Batthiany and Vidos . HCNGABIJJf TACTICJ ,

      The correspondent of the TiMsa says : I have had some interesting conversations with Magyars from the conquered districts of Presburg , Raab , and Tyrnau . Their account of the campaign are far different from those which feave been published in the bulletins . They protest it was never KoBsuth ' a plan to make anything like a stand in the uo-caUed German Comitats , that is to say ' . m these Hungarian counties in which , the majority of the iahabitanta are German ; but to draw his troops back as the enemy advanced , and to carry the stores away

      and to destroy them . But they « ay , whereever the Magjars did find it necessary to make head against the Imperial forces , they fought with great gallantry . Thu ? , at Tyrnau , 3 , 000 Magyars held out againat 17 , 000 Austrians for above three days . They say , further , that the whole peasant population of Hungary is for Kossuth and against the Emperor ; that the inhabitants of the cities are indeed lukewarm in the canse , bat that very Magyar on the Moors iB ' reiolved to make this a Russian campaign for Prince Windischgratz , in which Buda-Pesth is to stand in the place of

      Moscow . AUSTRIA * MSB UNMASKED . The Tmsa correspondent says : — 'In a former letter I commented on part of a bulletin in which i was asserted that General Urban , after hunting the Magyars through the whole of Siebenbnrgen , and drivingIbera [ over tbe frontier , had returned , . n four C marches to Kloumburg . I took theUbwty offitingout to you how absurd it would be in a geS after the fatigues of a long puramt , to cam his troops in forocd marches back to a place which was not in want of protection , leaving the frontier open to fresh inroads . A report from Hermannstadt ia Siebeoburgen , in the Wans * Zatme » Yabd * teB the Btatemente of that bulletin , form it mention is made of General Urban and hiswrps , and it is quietly asserted that that brave General was for a , ong time surrounded and Borely pressed by the Hungarian Sz'kler Hussars . The praohceei wnjing tncbulletins all on one Bide is as impolitic aa odioua .

      ITALY . Letters from Venice of the 23 rd ult ., statethat the AustrianB , having attacked Malgbera , were repulsed at the point of tbe bayonet , by the Pontifical troopB is garrison At tbat foil .

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      ? w SL'JkSAl ?»¦ eU t r from p ' "» . of the 23 d sit . , tbaton that day three hundred Hungarian Jewrters from the Austrian a * my had pag 8 ed through that eity , en their way to Tuscany , fo rate ! -theItalian bo y 7 W 6 re tbe advan ° e E ttard ef a larger It is rumoured that the Congress ia not to take place arBrussels , and SirH . Ellis , M . de Tocqueville , Signor Rico ) , and the otfatr Brussels sptoutB are to abstain from protocoling for the present .

      STATH OF BOMB . I he Pope having published a protest against all that has been done by the Roman eovernment sine © De theukht proper to * out and rue , ' the egid protest waa placarded at Rome , but the psople immediately tore it down . ' The Alba , of the 28 th ult . contains a report of the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of the 26 th ult . The miniBtry having promised a deputation of the c ubs that the constituent * of the stats ahonld be proclaimed on that day , at toe opening of thesittine the

      minister roada letter from the Junta , in which it dedared that if the ministry and the chambers should not immediately proelaim the comtituente , the Jun . a would tike the initiative with regard ta it . The minute ? then read his report , and a project of the eleotorallaw . fle then delivered a speech , in whioh le pointed out the necessity of immediately calling tne constitutnte , m order to prevent popular movements . The deputies thus found themselves obliged to come to Home dsciaios . The majority would not hear of a coniMuente ; but as , on the other hand , there appeared to be imminent danger in refusing it , a medium course ought to be adopted . Several deputies asserted tbat

      the ehamber was incompetent , and on that and other pretextsthemajonty d eclared against theconstituente . Theagitation m the public tribunes now became very great , when one of the deputies contrived to quit tke chamber , leaving it in insufficient number to deliberate . The chamber then declared itself unable to continua us discussion * , notwithstanding the prote&k of the deputy Audwot , who required it to proceed forthwith , to save tne country from aaarchy . The people in the tribunes then became exasperated , and hiBBed and hooted the deputies , who immediately separated . Thus ended thesitting . The ministry ha ) declared tint to-raottow H would act on its own responsibility . W 880 LUTMH OP THE CHAMBERS—A eONSTlTUBKT

      AB 5 EMBLI CONVOKED ! AdviooBfrom Rome of the 28 sh ult ., announce that the Minister of the Interior on that day read the decree for the dissolution of the chamber ? , which broke up accordingly . Tae decree for tbe convocation of the Constituent of the Roman States was published at Rome on the afterwon > f the 29 th ult . The Castle of St Angelo saluted the event with 101 discharges of cannon , and the people exhibited the greatest enthusiasm . The Assembly will be elected by universal suffrage and the ballot . There will be 200 members , paid at the rate of two crawns a day , without property qualification . The Assembly will meet at Rame on the 5 th inst .

      SIGHS OF A RSNBWAL OT TflB WAB IN 1 CMBARDY . The Piedmonik 9 B Gjukitb cf the 2 d pubUeheB an address of tbe Committee of the Provinces of Parma , Placenoia , Modena , and Reggio , to the President of ihe Council of Min isters , praying for the resumption of hostilities . This address waa presented on tbe 24 th ult . The Genoa Gazrttb , of the 1 st , states that the Genoa and Milan courier had returned with the letters and journals for the latter city , the Austrians having refused to let him pass the frontier . It was said that Kadetzkf intended to resume hostilities himself ; ho 1 m concentrated troops oo the frontier , and particularly at Plaooncia .

      SPAIN . IHB QUBEN ARRESTED . We take the following choice story frenj the MORN-180 Post !— Madrid , Dec , SO .- The Queen of Spain and the Indies arrested ! Who would have thought it ? And yet such was the cue the other night . It is a favourite custom of her Majesty to leave the palaee in diBguise after dark , and visit one of her favourites , for the fun of the thing , as she saya . Narvflf 2 is as well aware of this as any member of the royal household , and winked at the frail monarch ' s eseapadts , until he discovered that the Grandee cabal had gained such an influence over her , that she was actually in the habit of repairing to the residence of a certain noble , where the hostile ooterio met to

      revel and plot . This of courae opened the eyes of the Diotator to the excessive impropriety of Isabella ' s nooturcal vagaries , and he determined to disgust her , if passible , with such proceedings , and at the B&Taetime gratify his own vindiotivB feelings , now fully roused by her enmity—an enmity which seme time since would have reduced him to his original insignificance , if Madame Muncz had not considered his maintenance , in power necessary . In effect , he stationed police agents near & secret door of the palace on the night the Queen was expected to go out , with orders to arrest tbe first person who opened it , At about half-past ten o ' clock the Queen , little suspecting what was in store for her , quitted her resU dence by the private door , and was almost

      immediately made & prisoner , and tbat too in snob a rude manner , for her captors were ignorant of her rank , that Bhe got frightened , and cried out ' I am the Queen ! ' Suffice it to say that she was taken back to the palace by an offioer in the confidence of Narvaex , who was in waiting dose by , whilst the Diotator got oat o f the scrape by pretending that the police had made a mistake , whilst waiting to surprise an individual who was suspected of robbing the palace by means ef a false key that fitted the secret deor . Occurrences like this may appear inoredible in England , but here they are matters of notoriety , albeit they are not commented upon as ther deserve to be in society and by the press , for fear of the vengeance of the government .

      IHB CARLIST WAB . In common with our contemporaries we published in our last number a report ot a great victory gained by Cabrera over General Concha . The Baid lepoit turns out to be a fabulous invention .

      INDIA . THE WAR IN MOULXAW . The following is from the summary ef tbe Bombay Tiubs :- 'At the date of our last , the troops which had crossed the Ravee had been directed to advance , and we have now assembled on the Chenaub , under the command of Lord Gough in person , an army of 20 , 000 men , with seventy pieces of attillery —\ ncluding thrae regimanta of dragoons , five of regular and fsur of irregular native cavalry , seven troops of horse , and as many companies of foot artillery , with five field batteries of European , and fifteen of native infantry , These are cxpeoted to advance to the northward in two divisions , in quest of an enemy . One body of insurgents , about 15 , 000 strong , are said

      to be posted a little way beyond the Jhelam , under Shere Singh and his brother , and a brother of Moolraj ; Ohuttur Singh is somewhere near Peahawur . The troops at tho last-named Btation have mutinied . Major Lawrence and Lieutenant Bowie were otliged to seek safety in flight : they are now in Kohat . The troops in Attock remain faithfal , [ and Captain Abbott is still able to hold his own in the Hmreh count « y . Of the Jatnoo division , under Colonel Steinbaob , we have heard nothing since our last . After some days of severe skirmishing before Mdul . tan , an attack was made on the field-works established near onr camp , and by the fire from whioh our troopa had been for some time greatly annoyed . Tbe arrangements seem to have been admirablethe conduct of the troops beyond all praise . The enemy were broken and driven back at all

      pointsfive of their guns remaining in our hands . This occurred on the 7 th Nov . Since then everything has remained as formerly . The first portion of the Bombay column , above 7 . 000 strong , with twentyfour guns , left Roree on the 21 st ult ., and would be all on their upward march within a week afterwards ; they wonld probably reach Moultan between tbe 12 th and 20 th inst . A detachment , consisting of tbe 3 rd Native Infantry , Turnhull's battery , and 500 of Jaoob ' s horse , had got as far ai Ooeh , but when within a week ' s maroh of Moultan were directed to halt . All the troops now in the field , amounting to above forty thousand in number , including Wijieh ' aarmy and the garrison at Lahore , and including some 15 . 000 of our allies' aeem in excellent health and tbe highest spirit , It is doubtful whether any o peration of importance will be commenced until all our troops shall have arrived at their

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      UNITED STATES . ( From the American papers . ) THBOOiD MANIA . Tbe excitemest with regard to California continues unabated . Every day we hear further accounts of the productiveness of the gold regions , Indeed , the first olasa of diggers are beginning to talk of returning home to esjey their fortunes . Letters are constantly published from individuals « onn « oted with tbe army , and well known here , which state that

      they have money enough , and they are about to return . Ona person talks of thousands of pomsds of gold being stored up by himBelf and his associates . Othors speak of the mountain ores aa being slill richer than the river sands . Rich silver miaes are known to exist in various parts of the country , but they are not worked . Quicksilver mines are found at innumerable places , and many of them afford the richest ore . The new Almaden mine at Santa Cl&ta&imtherieheatoidof wbltb . we have any accounts .

      AHARCHY IK CALIFOHHIA . Something should be dose here at once for the establishment of peaca 3 nd good order in the oeuntry . All law , botn ciyil and military , iaat as end . Among the mines , and indeed moBt patts of the country out of the villages , no authority but that of the strongest exists ; and outrages of tho most disgraceful nature are constantly occurring , and tbe offenders go unpuawhed . There ara wow atevvt twenty-five vessel in this port , and I believe there is not one « f them that has a crew to go to sea . The Diyohcb Cask . —One of the nine days' wonders of the preBB is the case of Mrs Butler . It is now asserted that Mr Butler has withdrawn his suit , has settled a proper income upon the lady , and permits one of the children to reside with her .

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      mBmmsiMmms > mBKwa * Mmtuae * * mtwwmmBtmmatstMts * mamtmmmmmmtt ^ mmB *^ mm THE MAIL ROBBERY ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . Exeter , Satdbpat . —The prisoners charged with having , on new year ' s night , broken into tho Post Office tender , while the train was in motien , between Bristol and Bridgewater , were brought up this morning for re-examination belore the magistrates . The spacious Guildhall was densely crowded . The chairmen and secretaries of the Great Western , South Davon , Bristol and Exeter Railway ? , were among thoBe present . —Christopher Arden , Esq ., the major , presided , and on the bench were Dr M iller , Mr Barham , Mr H . Hooper , Mr Kennaway , Mr Carew . Mr Harris , Mr D . B . Davy , Dr Shafter , and other magis-Irate * . —The priaoners , on being placed at the bar , looked anxiously round , but betrayed no for ther aiens of emetion .

      Tie Clerk of tbe Court opened the more formal proceedings by addressing the prisoners . — ffhat is your n » me ? Henry Poole . —What is your name ( addressing the other prisoner ) ?—The prisoner ? I deoline to give my name ; at least , for the present . Mr W . Peacock , brother ot the solioitor to the General Po 9 t Office , said that the act under which ( be prisoners were charged made the stealing of letters from a post bag liable to transportation for life . On ths evening of the 1 st of January , the guard Barrett received from the PeBt Office a large nsmber of bags of letters , which he conveyed to the Great Western Railway at Paadiagton . They were conveyed quite safe to Bristol , but on their arriving at Bridgewater it was found that the bags had been broken epen . He immediately made esarch in the other carriages , and the two prisoners were found ia a first class carriage . Under the Beat where tbe pri-Foner Poole was sitiing a number of registered and unregistered letters were found .

      Mr E . H . A . Fisher , of London , a clerk in the inland department of the Post Office , deposed , that on the evening of the 1 st be made up tbe T&tittOCk and Truro bags . In one of tbase bags , tbe TaviBtock , there was a registered letter . ( Letter produced . It was addressed . ' H . P . Dwarris , Ire Rectory , nenr Callington . ' ) Letters for Callington are put into i the Taviatock bag . Ia the Truro there was also a ' registered letter , it waa addressed 'R-. y . J . Harding . Both the letters bore the inland stamp of that night . ' After the letters were put into the bags the latter ' were tied and sealed with wax in witness ' s presence . The Tavistock bag was given to Mr Collinson , ano- i ther clerk in the office . Ths Truro bag was put into - the mail cart .

      Mr J . Collinson , of London , was next examined . — I am a clerk in the iniand department of the General Poflt ' Office , London . On Monday evening I made up the Plymonth post bag . In that bag I placed two registered letters , addressed to Mr J . A . Rogers , 17 , Georae Street , Plymouth , and Mr Robert Morris , Bank of Eigland Branch , Plymouth . I forwarded the usual notices to the postmaster concerning them . They are the same as these produced . I saw tbat the letters were duly placed in tbe mail bag , They bore the inland date etamp of the l % t inat . Tha Plymouth

      bag I saw sealed and tied up with string , and it was taken out to the mail guard . There were other letters addressed to Plymouth not registered . I find amongBt the letters produced six of them bearing the inland Bta ^ jp of the 1 st of January , In regular course those letters would be placed by me in the Plymouth bag . I also made up the mail bag for Devonport . I find amongst the letters produced two addressed to persons at Devonport . They bear the inland date stamp of the craning e f the 1 st . After the letters were deposited in the Devonport bag it was sealed and tied ia my presence .

      Leonard'Barrett was then called . —I live at 1 , Mary Street , Ddyonport , and am a mail guard regularly employed in her Majesty ' s Post Offioe . I was tke guard of the night down mail train to Devonoort on the 1 st . On that night I received at the General Post Office the Truro and Peczanoe sacks , the London and Plymouth sacks , and the London and D <; von > port bag . I accompanied the bags to the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway , and they were deposited in the Post Office tender . I rode with tke bags to the railway station at Bristol . Arrived at Bristol ten minutes past one , and I there took out three bags . I put in the Taunton and Exeter bag , and I then got out of the Post offioe tender , aad locked tha door , I left tne bags as I had placed them , and they were in tbe same state as when

      I received them in London . When I left the tender at Bristol I took with roe sixteen bags into tbe travelling Post Office van . On leaving Bristol the train consisted of two second class carriages next to the engine tender , nest tho travelling Post Office , then the Pest Office tender , and next a first elass carriage . I rode in tho travelling Post Offioe , There was no guard in the Post Office van . After leaving Bristol , the first station we stopped at was Bridgewater . I then went to the PobI Office tender , and I observed my bags had been misplaced . The Plymouth , bag had been shifted , and on examining it , I found it had been cut open . It was tied with a pieee of string , but not sealed . I then left the tender , and went to the travelling Post Office , and made aooramuniaaUon to Mr Bnrcbel , the Post Office clerk .

      Mr Burohel aocompanied me into the tender . He got oil * , and Mr Silk , another clerk , came . We looked at the Davouport bag . It bad been opened and tied again . The bags were re-tied with very small string , not ths same as tied at the Post Office . I left Mr Silk io charge of tbe tender , and I then walked down to the first class carriage . Ia tbe first compartment I saw a gentleman lying down . Tho next body rra the ladies' carriage . I did not see any ohq in that . In the third compartment the blinds were so closely drawn down that I could not see the inside , I tben went to the fourth compartment , and saw another gentleman lying down asleep . I called the guards and policemen . Mr Silk went out . He came back and gave me two pieces of string . I produce them . I then went upon the platform , and

      saw two men sitting in the division nearest the platform . They were the prisoners at the bar . In the other division was Mr Andrews , who is present . A door divided them . Poole wore a cloak , with a collar nearly up to his eyes , and had a broad-brimmed baton . Hehtkd&h&ndket ^ hiefnp to hiarf&ee . The other prisoner had a Chesterfield coat on ; I made a communication to Mr Barlow , a direotor , who was travelling in the ladies' carriage . Mr Barlow came up to the door , and called out loudly three times , Poole , ' but gotnoanswer . Poole appeared to be asleep . Mr Barlow shook Poole ' a bat , bat stii j no answer was given . Mr Barlow then took up his hat , and said , ' Ah ! Poole , you are yaj sleepy to-night , ' Mr Barlow then left the door . Rbynard kept in the carri age . Gibbens , the superintendent of the

      Plymouth ponce , came up and announced himself to be a police offioer . I told Gibbons what had hap . pencd in the Post Office van , and that it must ba them ( the prisoners ) , as it could only have been done by persons from the first class carriage . Neither of them made any reply . Gibbons and Rhynard got into the carriage . We then went on to Exeter , and the prisoners were removed into the superintend , ent ' fl room . I went in . Whilst there something was brought lBto the room . It was a shawl and was examined by Mr Silk ; it contained a number of registered letters and parceh . I then proceeded on to Plymonth . When I reached tha Plymouth Post Offioe I saw the Plymouth bag opened . The Tavistock was inside it . It had been opened , and was tied up with different string to that used by the Post

      Offic e . It bad no seal . I have known Poole about four or five years . He was a guard in the employ of the Great Western Railway Company . He was afterwards guard of the mail trains of Sundays . I fasten the PoBt Office tender with a key similar to those used by the company ' s servants . Poole loft the service of the company about eight or nine monthB ago . When he was in the employ the lamps in the Post Offioe van were fixed by the side of the door-way on the inside . X hare made a trial to ascertain if any one could pass from the first class carriage to the Post Office tender . I did so yesterday ( Friday ) morning , on the dowu mail train , Between Bristol and Bridgewater . I proceeded from the door of the third compartment of the first class carriage , alone the step , then over the buffers of the carriage and the tender , taking hold of the handles of the parcels department on to the step of the Poat Office

      tender . 1 walked atang the stop , and lifted the win * dow np with my nail , and then got in . I did this while the train was in motitn . I produce three p&veelt o ( fetti&g' , the fitsi piece I got from the sacks and bags that had been opened , and re-tied with this string . Mr Burohel and Mr Silk were present when I removed it . The second piece was given me at Exeter either by Thomas , the guard , or Williams , the policeman . The third pieee I got from lomo person I do not know in the superintendent ' s room , at Exeter . The sewnd piece I should aay by ap . pearance was the same as had been removed from ihe mail bags wheu re-tied . It is very different to that used by the Post Office . I packed up other pieces of string in the tender , which ib the same » s used in tying up the mails at the Post Office . It has sealingwax upon it . I have some pieces of wax which I picked up in the Post Offioe tender at Exeter .

      Joseph GibboBBi superintendent of tbe Bridge * water police , was next called : ^ was a passenger by the down mail train on the night of the 1 st instant . On arriving at Bridgewater I was informed by Rbynard and Barrett that the mail bags had been robbed . I entered the third compartment of tbe firat-elaucarnage , fttdsawthetwoprisonwBin one division , and Mr Andrews in the other . I told the prisoners that they must consider themselves in cmtody on suspicion of stealing the Post Offiee bags . They both replied , I know nothi . g about it . ' asked Poolo if he knew the other man . He replied .

      1 No' The other prisoner said , 1 am a respectable roan , and have fifty men in my employ , ' I said , I think I have Been your face . Be said , ' No , no , you have not . I ara a reBpeowme man ; ' I asked him bis name . He made no answer . I proceeded on to Exeter wUSx them . While w . e were going along RhyBard , the polioemaa , gave me a pocket book . I produce it . I examined it , It contains a £ 5 city of Exeter bank note , dated Feb . 11 , 1848 , No . 926 . In the pocket-book I found a pair of moustaches , some thread , and a piece of strics , also & gold chain and a key . On arriving at tha Exeter railway Nation the pr . UKme . ra m& removed , I searched tha

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      other prisoner , and fousd a gold watch and © lain maker ' s name , Nswton , London , No . 817 mewS on the back , G . M . in capitalB , goldIpin dE § ring . amUl 9 , 6 d I received ' » o p& l'SS from Rhynard , which I produoo . ( The crape was made up in the » hap « of two caps , with a fall to cover the face . ) The officer pnt them on , and as a disguise they were complete . ) I had from Rhynard a piece of wax candle . Pi ole gave me a knife engraved . Shortly afterwards a bundle was brought into the waiting-room at Exeter . It was openedV and it contained thirteen packagw . 1 produce them . When they were produced the person who brought them said , ' There they are ; I found them under the seat where they were sitting . ' Poole said , That

      Bridgewat&r policeman should be here now ; he Marched the carriage , and why were they not found then V I said , ' You shall see him presently . ' fie said , ' Why you Baw the carnage searched ; didn't you put tho light down V I replied , ' I did not see the carriage searched . ' Burcbel and Silk wtre present . The packages were tben marked . The pri-Boners were tben removed to the Guildhall at Exeter , charged with havfeg robbed the mail . Joseph Rhjnard , a guard in the service fif the Great Western Company , was next sworn .-On the night of the lit infant I was guard to the down mail tram . At tbe Exeter station at Bristol I saw the two prisoners on the platform just before the tram started . 1 let a paasengtr into the first com

      . ?\ JL "S * 1 the t 8 nder of the fi » ' "l ass carriage . ttS iUaJ ? ' T ? J % two PriBonerB tJ «» & . They looked in , but did n * t Bo in . They wCDt to the * U « d compartment . There was a gentleman in wS ^ TCLTfi . * ^ ' u alf 0 rm ' Andraff 8 ' WnenI opened the door they seemed to hesitate gOiBg in . lhay did go in . 1 urged them to so and complained of their dalay . The , went in . Tbat waa about half-past one on the 2 nd . The nsxt placs we Btopped at waa Bridgewater , and there % kQ ttftUCUard wade & communication to me . I wect to the Post Offioa tender , and saw tha bags scattered on tho floor . 1 saw on tho floor pieces of string and sealioz wax . I gave them to Barrett I then ' wei-t to Mr Barlow , who was in the train , asd made a coramun :.

      eatioH to him . I went to the comparin ^ ftl whore these men were . I opened the door and found the prisoners seated inside . I asked them to allow me to look at their tickets . They were from Bristol to tseter . Wjtoesa was tb . 9 first person who entered that compartment after the train stepped . Bath tbe priaonere wsre awake . Camo out and « hut the . ' oor . andflhortly after returned aad found the donr open and Mr Barlow there . The carriage waB not searched by witness or in his presence . He got into the carnage and the pruonara were separated . Hb took the one who refuBad to give bis came into the further oomparfcment with an intention of search nj { hfm , but found the place too narrow . Policeman Willianw and Mr Gibbona got into the carriage and the

      train procpeded towards Exeter . He knew Poolft and recognised him at Bridgewater . Did not know it waa him at Bristol on account of his bein ? dressed rather peculiar . On going along towards Exeter witness aaked Poole what train he went to Bristol by . He said he w « nt up by the third class . It waa an early train ; it was Jim Clatk »' a train- He is the man that goeB with the early thiril clai'S traiu » Witfleia asked him it he knew the other mao , or whether they both wen , up together , but he said he had no knowledge whatever ef tha other . The other prisoner replied : I know you j I Baw yon the other day , and 1 knevr you twelve months ago . ' This waa eaid to Poole . Poole asked how it " was the mail

      guard did not ride in ihe nail carriage , meaning the Post Office tender ; he always usderstood he rode in it . Witness searohed the pockets of the division where the prisoners Bat at Bridgewater and found the two pieces of crape and a piece of wax candle ^ produced by Mr Gibbon * , into whose custody he eav « them . As they were going along witness put hia hand under Poole ' s cloak , and in the pocket of it found a pocket-book , whioh was the one produced by Mr Gibbons . He also fonnd several pieces of sealing wax in Poole ' s pocket , whioh he gave to Mr GibboBS . The ceat the other prisoner had on could be worn either side ; it was dark outside , but he coald not tell the colour of ths inside .

      C . Williams , policeman oa the Great Western Railway at Bridgewater , saw the two prisoners in a first class carriage , on the arrival of the mail train on the 1 st instant : He got into the carriage and came to Eiater with them . Last witness , Gibbons , and the prisoners , got up , r > n the arrival of the train at Exeter . Iearing him and Mr Andrews in the earriaje , which was then searched . Thomas , the under guard , came to tha carriage , and some one else stood at the door . Saw Thomas ssarcb it and found a large bundle underneath the seat where Poole sat . No one put anything in the carriage after the prisonera left it .

      J . Andrews , solicitor , of Modbury , vraa a passenger from Paddington to Plymouth by the down mail train on the night of the 1 st January , and rode in the first class carriage . Just beloro the train started from Bristol two persons entered the carriage ; he knew now tbat the prisoners were the two persons They did not remain in the compartment with him ,, but went through by the other division , closed tha door , and pulled down the blind . When they firsfc got into the carriage they dragged in a piece of twine , whioh was left on thefljor at witness ' s feet .

      Witness coiled it up and found part ol it ehut in at the other door . He broke it and threw it , m the floor . On arriving at Bridgewater his attention was called to something that had occurred . Part of tho carriage was partially searohed , but bo one examined under the seats . The parties before named got into the caui&ga and proceeded to Exater , where they all got out with the exception of him and Williams . Witness saw a man search tke carriage and pull a bundle from under the seat . Witness did not leave the oarriage between Bristol asd Exeter .

      J . Tuonan , a guard on tbe Great Western nail * way , travelled by the down mail train on tlie night of the lat January as nndet guard . He went to & first class oarriage at Bridgawater . and saw the two prisoners in it . He saw a piece of Btring adhering ; o the heel of Poole ' s boot ; he took it off and cave it b Mr Silk , Did aot examine tie carriage pariicu . larly at that time . He recognised Pcole on entering the carriage , and&aid to the porter * that ' s Harry Poole . ' On his arrival at Exeter , witness went to the waiting room with tbe prisoners , and afterwards searched tho carriage , under the & » at of which ho found & bundle , containing letters and small parcels . He opened one corner of the handkerchief and saw some registered letters . Underneath tbe same seat and near the handle he found an oil-case cap . On the arrival of the train at Laira , be again searched , the carriage with a man employed at tne station , and

      under the seat opposite where Poole was Bitting and where the other prisoner had benn Bitting , be found a hook , used ingoing from one carriage to another , to hold on by . H . Clark , Buperintendent at the Tauoton Railway Station , corroborated this witness ' s evidence . II . G . Silk , a cle ? k ia the travelling Poat Office between Exeter and Bristol , travelled by the down mail train on tbe night of the 1 st January , . accompanied by Mr Burchell . Bamtt rodo with them , but on arriving at Bridgewater he got out ; he shortly returned , and Burohell and witness got out and went to the Post Offiee tender . Witness observed tbe mail bags strewed about the floor and greatly disarranged . Ha noticed tho Devonport bag , whioh was tied up with a different string and not sealed . Ho examined the parcels and letters produced , and said they were the same as were found under tbe seat of the carriage , he havinmarked them with his initials .

      g George Burchell , also a clerk in the trare / iing Poat Offioe between Bristol and Exeter , accom . panied the last witness by the down mail tram on he lat January . He made a list of the letters and parcels in the bundle , and put his initials to them . 0 « re-tied the bags that had been opened , and sealed , them with the official seal , Robert Moms , o ! Pljmeuth , sa \ d he was agent to the Bank of England Branch at Plymouth . Tka packet produced was ordered to him . He opened it , and found it to contain the letters of adminis * tration of a will in the estate of Thomas Cull , Esq ., deceased . The packet was sent from the Bank of England . The witness marked it for the purpose of identification .

      Mr Page , of Pl / mouth , goldsmith , said the letter produced belonged to him . It contained three di *» mend rings enclosed in a small box . The valae of the whole would be about £ 70 It was sent from Weatherstone and Rogers , Henrietta Street , Covent Garden , London . Samuel Grandell , Devonport , jeweller , said the packet produced was addressed to him ; it contained a box in whicbSwas enclosed a silver watch eaaj value £ 2 , six hair ring grid mounts , and two gold studs . Mr Charles Csx , Devonport , optician , said Ma

      package contained a box enclosing a respirator of the value of thirty shillings . The other parcels were not opened . James Ashton , a policeman at the Stareross station of the South Davon Railway , Baid on Monday evening about a qua » t « before eight o ' clock , two persons came to too Starcrws station for two first dais ticfcets to Bristol by Ihe up mail train . Witness issued two tickets to one of them , who had a drab soarf or shawl round his neck . He paid for both tickets . He believed the vriso&oi Poole was the man who took the tiekete .

      John Fisher , ' pohtemn on the Great Western Hailway at Bristol , recollected the up train arriving on tha 1 st of January . Witness collected the tiokets . There were bat two first elass aid one second . He produced the two first class tioketa , which were from , StMoross to Bristol . He did not see any sue come out of the carriage , bst tbe parties came up to him and presented the tickats . It was about five minutes to twelve , and ten minutes after railway time . The first ticket presented waB by a man wearing a large cloak , a green felt Jim Crow hat , and a moustaone . The man tbat presented tbe other first class ticket wore a dark coat , he did not notice anything particular in his dress . They had no luggage- The man who were the moustache puthis finger and thumb to his upper lip for the purpose , apparently , of pressing down tho mouataohe . Was on duty on tbe platform at the same station when tha down mail armed . Fat a gentleman ia the first compartment of the first oiasa

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 13, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1505/page/7/