The Week.

the county and iras in the prime of life . No cause lias yet been assigned for this distressing act . John Devine , the murderer of Mr . Duck , builder , in Marylebone , was executed at Newgate on Monday . The unhappy criminal made a full confession . The crowd was unusually small . -A man , named AAlngfield , residing in a village in the neighbourhood of Doncaster , made a a desperate attempt to murder his housekeeper , whose life was

only saved by the timely interposition of a man named Wilson . The woman was very seriously wounded . A melancholy occurrence took place at Bolton on AVednesday week . A widow named Eylsuids , enjoyed a small pension from the Lonchjn and Nortli-Western Railway Company , in whose employment her husband had been for many years . Having seven children to

support she endeavoured to eke out her pension by keeping a provision shop , biit it was not successful , and she became nervous and Io-. v-spirited in consequence . She was particularly depressed on Tuesday night , and early next morning she cut the throat of her youngest child , about six weeks old . There is little doubt but she was of unsound mind . The death of a

respectable young woman by drowning in the Lea has formed the subject of inquiry , but the proximate cause of that death remains uncleared up . No inducement to suicide is alleged . A sad state of affairs has been disclosed during an inquest at Kingslaiid respecting the death of a woman . The jury decidedly condemn the landlord of the house in which she lived and died ,

for overcrowding , want of ventilation , draining-, & c . FOBEIGN INTELLIGENCE—The Emperor of the French received the Japanese Ambassadors on Tuesday , and beard their announcement that they had come to explain the difficulties regarding the execution of a treaty and the mishap which led to an ' attack upon a French officer . The Emperor delivered a reply , which although courteous and friendly in tone , yet dwelt

decisively on the necessity of causing international law to be respected , and conveyed to ^ tke envoys a cheering assurance that the European Powers would never fail to combine for the purpose of defending their honour and interest in distant countries . A despatch from Paris announces the death of Meyerbeer in the 70 th year of his age . Jleyerbeer was horn at Berlin , and evinced strong musical talent from an early age .

How well the promise of his youth has been realised hy his subsequent career the whole musical world is a witness . In Paris the movement of the Channel fleet is much commented on , hut not much for the benefit of Denmark is expected from that movement . The demonstrative attitude of England , it is thought iu the French metropolis , is assumed too late , more

especially as the French Government appears likely to side rather with Germany than Denmark . —A telegram from Athens states that tho question of the Ionian elections has been settled satisfactorily , and that the Budget has been adopted . In an " allocution" delivered lately in a Consistory held iu the Vatican , the Pops protested against the conduct of the

Emperor of Russia , who , as Pius IX . declares , has driven his subjects into insurrection , and is now endeavouring to extirpate the Roman Catholic religion in Poland by " transporting whole populations into frozen countries , exiling bishops , and depriving them of their functions . " The allocution is said to have made a great impression at Rome . The Moniteur states that

accounts received from Jlexico up to the 29 th of Jlarch , confirm tho news of the rapid progress of the French intervention . The conciliatory part adopted by the French army was beginning , it is stated , to be better understood , and adhesions were accordingly multiplying . The despatches announce a series of military successes , which , it is stated , complete the dispersion of the Jurist bands . The Mexican news contained in the American journals by no means corresponds with the

optimist views of the Moniteur . The latter journal also publishes despatches , the purport of which is to show that there is no real cause for serious apprehension with regard to the insurrectionary movements in Algeria . The English , French , and Italian ships of war at Tunis have landed their marines , which will protect the lives and property of Europeans if the insurgents should attack the city . The

tribes throughout the Tunisian territories are said to have revolted against the Bey , and it is surmised that the insurrection may be connected with the rising of some of the Algerian tribes against the French , and with disturbances which are alleged to have occurred in Morocco . -According to a Vienna telegram , the Emperor and Empress of Russia will arrive on the 15 th of

next month at Kissingeu , where they will stay a fortnight , and where they will probably be visited by the Emperor and Empress of Austria . If this imperial interview really takes place , it may probably be regarded as a sure token that the Russian Cabinet has overcome the grudge which it has cherished against Austria since the Crimean war , and that the old understanding

between Russia , Austria , and Prussia has been fully restored . A Turin telegram bring ns intelligence that Prince Najioleon has chose this time to send a letter to the " Venetian Committee . " In this letter we are told , the Prince expresses his belief that " the Venetian question demands speedy solution , " and his " ardent wish that "

Italyshould be free from the Alps to the Adriatic , in accordance with the words of the Emperor . " Accounts from Copenhagen inform us that tho Danes have entirely evacuated Fredericia , the troops being able to carry away the principal war material and stores and to spike those guns which were left behind . The semiofficial journal of . Berlin has declared , in reference to the announcement made in the French Moniteur of Monday , that

the German Powers have not yet offered to relinquish possession of Jutland , but have intimated their readiness "to make concessions respecting the possession of Jutland should an armistice ho concluded , comprising tho suspension of the blockade , the surrender of the captured vessels , and the evacuation of the Schleswig islands . " At . the same time the semi-official journal of Vienna has announced that the Austrian and Prussian

representatives at the Loudon Conference are * ' to obtain from Denmark a satisfactory indemnity for the damage done to German shipping and commerce , and likewise a full guarantee against any future recurrence of the same . The Conference has met twice in London this week , without , it is stated , any definite result as regards an armistice . The

Moniteur announces that the English Cabinet requested explanations respecting the despatch of an Austrian squadron to the Baltic . The Austrian Government replied that no such intention existed ; and , consequently , the English Cabinet renounced its design of sending a fleet to the Baltic . The fortifications of Fredericia are to be blown up . Such is the order of

General von Gablenz , despite of Fredericia being outside the boundary wliich both Austria and Prussia declared in the beginning should be the limit of military operations . The municipality of the town of Horsens , in Jutland , have refused to pay the war contribution imposed by Marshal von AVrangel , and have been sent off as prisoners to Rendsburg . The first

instalment of the contribution which the Prussian commander proposes to levy in Jutland amounts to £ 96 , 000 . In the Diinubian principalities the people are siding with the Government in their quarrel with tho Chambers , and have made a public demonstration against the vote of censure passed by the latter on the Administration . The Chambers have been prorogued to the 14 th of May . General Garibaldi , has arrived at Gibraltar , and proceeded to Caprera . The Vndiiie reached