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full meeting of the senate , and frankly stated the object of his mission , which he said , is "to examine in what way Great Britain may most honourably and amply discharge the obligations which , for purposes European and Ionian rather than British , she had ^ ontracted . " In furtherance of these ends he invites " all such information and counsel on the state of the islands and of their laws as ought to influence the conduct of the protecting power , " The address was well received .
— - ^ The Marquis Turgot , accompanied by all the persons connected with the French embassy , has been received by the federal council of Switzerland . His excellency made a speech , in which he declared that the emperor attached a high importance to the maintenance of friendly relations with that republic——The Hanoverian ministry has just been defeated in the chamber of representatives on a proposition to increase the direct taxes . Very lately it was defeated in the upper chamber on a question relating to the administration of justice . ——An Indian
telegram was received on Saturday . Lord Clyde marched to attack Amethee on the 9 th of November . The rajah submitted and entered the British camp . On the 10 th the fort surrendered . On the 11 th the sepoys fled from the Gewarree , which was captured by the English . General Michel reached Hosungabad on November 8 th * Kerr occupied Kopoor Karia on the 4 th . They cannot pursue Tantia Topee with cavalry oh account of the impracticable nature of the ground . Tantia , when last heard o £ was near Sindwarra ; and it was supposed he will make westward .
From China , we learn that Lord Elgin ' s negotiations at Shanghai , had proved satisfactory . The emperor of Japan is reported at Shanghai to have died . The American minister liad not yet returned .- ——The New York news to the 24 th ult ., informs us that , clearance having been refused to the vessel in which the Walker emigrants were to leave Mobile for Nicaragua , had created much excitement , and the intending emigrants , / about four hundred in number , had demanded their passage-money back . Jt is positively denied by Senor Yrissari that he had
furnished these m en with passports . It was believed at Washington that Walker was already on his way to Nicaragua ; and that while the discussion had been proceeding at Mobile he had left a smaller southern port with five hundred of his emigrants . A mass meeting of Jews was to be held in New York with regard to the seizure of the boy Mortara by the inquisition at Rome . -The fog , last week , in the northeastern suburbs , added to want of prudence , led to a collision on the North London
Railway . The fog delayed the passenger trains , an d the traffic got into confusion , for the goods trains still continued to run . The consequence was , that at the Plackney station a goods engine ran into a stationary passenger train , smashing the hindmost carriage , and seriously injuring more than thirty of the passengers , several of whom are lying in great danger . The Eastern Counties Railway was the scene of an accident which happened about the same time as that on the North London . Several persons were severely injured . There appears to have been
negligence or misunderstanding on the part of the officials , which it is to be hoped the inquiry instituted by the directors will detect , and that the offenders will be punished .- Another terrible explosion has taken place , by which twenty-four lives have been sacrificed . The scene of the calamity was Tyldesly Colliery , near Manchester , the time Saturday , and the occasion an accumulation of firedamp . Many of the victims were literally blown to pieces . No one is left to tell the tale of how the fire-damp got ignited . Two cases of
forgery were investigated before the city magistrates on Thursday . William Cory was charged with having uttered two forged cheques upon the London and County Bank . Mr . Mullens prosecuted for the committee of bankers , prisoner was remanded . The second case was that of Thomas Singfield , lately carrying on business as a wine merchant , who was charged with uttering false bills of exchange to the amount of 1 , 0 Q 0 £ ., with intent to defraud Mr , Ford , a publican .
The prisoner had also sold him 200 £ , worth of what he called first-class sherry , but which was nothing but coloured water ; the sample was good . Hewas committed for trial . ' Elizabeth Martha White , wife of a master mariner , was charged at Greenwich police court , with cruelty to her . stepdaughter , six years of age . The poor child was found to be in a shocking state from bruises , excoriations , and cuts . These were proved to be the work of the stepmother , who , the father , notwithstanding , gravely affirmed was " a kind-hearted and feeling woman i" The
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The Week
full meeting of the senate , and frankly stated the object of his mission , which he said , is "to examine in what way Great Britain may most honourably and amply discharge the obligations which , for purposes European and Ionian rather than British , she had ^ ontracted . " In furtherance of these ends he invites " all such information and counsel on the state of the islands and of their laws as ought to influence the conduct of the protecting power , " The address was well received .
— - ^ The Marquis Turgot , accompanied by all the persons connected with the French embassy , has been received by the federal council of Switzerland . His excellency made a speech , in which he declared that the emperor attached a high importance to the maintenance of friendly relations with that republic——The Hanoverian ministry has just been defeated in the chamber of representatives on a proposition to increase the direct taxes . Very lately it was defeated in the upper chamber on a question relating to the administration of justice . ——An Indian
telegram was received on Saturday . Lord Clyde marched to attack Amethee on the 9 th of November . The rajah submitted and entered the British camp . On the 10 th the fort surrendered . On the 11 th the sepoys fled from the Gewarree , which was captured by the English . General Michel reached Hosungabad on November 8 th * Kerr occupied Kopoor Karia on the 4 th . They cannot pursue Tantia Topee with cavalry oh account of the impracticable nature of the ground . Tantia , when last heard o £ was near Sindwarra ; and it was supposed he will make westward .
From China , we learn that Lord Elgin ' s negotiations at Shanghai , had proved satisfactory . The emperor of Japan is reported at Shanghai to have died . The American minister liad not yet returned .- ——The New York news to the 24 th ult ., informs us that , clearance having been refused to the vessel in which the Walker emigrants were to leave Mobile for Nicaragua , had created much excitement , and the intending emigrants , / about four hundred in number , had demanded their passage-money back . Jt is positively denied by Senor Yrissari that he had
furnished these m en with passports . It was believed at Washington that Walker was already on his way to Nicaragua ; and that while the discussion had been proceeding at Mobile he had left a smaller southern port with five hundred of his emigrants . A mass meeting of Jews was to be held in New York with regard to the seizure of the boy Mortara by the inquisition at Rome . -The fog , last week , in the northeastern suburbs , added to want of prudence , led to a collision on the North London
Railway . The fog delayed the passenger trains , an d the traffic got into confusion , for the goods trains still continued to run . The consequence was , that at the Plackney station a goods engine ran into a stationary passenger train , smashing the hindmost carriage , and seriously injuring more than thirty of the passengers , several of whom are lying in great danger . The Eastern Counties Railway was the scene of an accident which happened about the same time as that on the North London . Several persons were severely injured . There appears to have been
negligence or misunderstanding on the part of the officials , which it is to be hoped the inquiry instituted by the directors will detect , and that the offenders will be punished .- Another terrible explosion has taken place , by which twenty-four lives have been sacrificed . The scene of the calamity was Tyldesly Colliery , near Manchester , the time Saturday , and the occasion an accumulation of firedamp . Many of the victims were literally blown to pieces . No one is left to tell the tale of how the fire-damp got ignited . Two cases of
forgery were investigated before the city magistrates on Thursday . William Cory was charged with having uttered two forged cheques upon the London and County Bank . Mr . Mullens prosecuted for the committee of bankers , prisoner was remanded . The second case was that of Thomas Singfield , lately carrying on business as a wine merchant , who was charged with uttering false bills of exchange to the amount of 1 , 0 Q 0 £ ., with intent to defraud Mr , Ford , a publican .
The prisoner had also sold him 200 £ , worth of what he called first-class sherry , but which was nothing but coloured water ; the sample was good . Hewas committed for trial . ' Elizabeth Martha White , wife of a master mariner , was charged at Greenwich police court , with cruelty to her . stepdaughter , six years of age . The poor child was found to be in a shocking state from bruises , excoriations , and cuts . These were proved to be the work of the stepmother , who , the father , notwithstanding , gravely affirmed was " a kind-hearted and feeling woman i" The