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      in the street , -which two soldiers who happened to be there took to be of a revolutionary nature . They intimated to the singers to cease ; their intimation was disregarded , and a fray ensued , in which the two soldiers were disarmed and wounded . This occurred on the Piazza d'Armi . The -whole garrison-was immediately called out and drawn up on the great square . Meanwhile , a few gendarmes had been driven back by the rioters -with stones and knives . A detachment of riflemen was inarched to the spot and fired into the air- to disperse the crowds that had assembled . The matter then ended , but the town was in great agitation . " SWITZERLAND . During Tuesday night , a royalist revolution broke outinNeufchatel . The royalists seized the Chateau , arrested the Councillors of State , and hoisted the Prussian-flag . The Neufchatel telegraph was cut . At Chaux de Fonds , and in the western portion of the canton , the population took up arms . According to the latest news , the federal troops have retaken the town , and the insurgent leader , Count Pourtalis ,. has been arrested . . . ¦'¦ ' ' '• • ' GREECE . ¦ ' . ; ¦ .. ' . . Tht fete of the French Emperor was celebrated at the Piraeus on the 15 th ult ., when Admiral Bonet Tilliaumez provided plays and other public entertainments for the people . At a banquet given by the Admiral , at which the superior officers of the French and English armies were present , Mr . Wyse proposed the health of the Emperor , and Admiral Bouet replied by giving the toast of Queen Victoria . The Greek Government turned an eye of cold indifference on this celebration : not one of its employes , nor one of the officers of the court , attended . ' TURKEY . / A sketch of the Tecent events at Serpents' Island is given by the Times Constantinople correspondent , who writes : — " In order to ascertain all the details , which was necessary in order to judge of the nature of the Russian occupation , Lord Lyons despatched her Majesty ' s ship Gladiator , Captain Hillyar , to the spot , while the Turkish Government sent a commissioner there for the same object . The news which they brought back was , as you know , that seven Russian marines , with a lieutenant , had come to the island , giving as the object of their arrival the restoring of the lighthouse . . ....... Before these details arrived , which showed that the Turks , and not the Russians , were actually in possession of the island ( the latter being treated by the former as guests ) , and that the Turkish flag alone was waving over the lighthouse as a symbol of their occupation , the simple fact of the Russian occupation was sent to England , the answer to Which -was the order to Lord Lyons to remove , the Russians from the island . By the tune this answer arrived , the Gladiator had likewise arrived , bringing the above-mentioned details , which modified considerably the first impression that prevailed when the occupation became known , and under which impression the order to remove the Russians had evidently been given . The gallant Admiral followed , therefore , more the spirit than the letter of this order , and sent back Captain Hillyar , of the Gladiator , with instructions to offer to the Russian lieutenant commanding the detachment on the Serpents' Island to give him and liis

      men a passage to Odessa ; and , if they did not consent to this , to proceed to Odessa and ask for their removal by the authorities there . Captain Hillyar proceeded accordingly to the island and made his offer , which , as might be expected , was not accepted by the lieutenant , who excused himself by his orders to remain on the island until further instructions from his superiors . So Captain Hillyar went to Odessa , and asked , according to his instructions , for the removal of the Russian detachment on the Serpents' Island . The Governor asked for forty-eight hours' delay , to telegraph to St . Petersburg for instructions . The answer from there was , that the Russians could not be removed until the question of the Serpents' Island was settled by the Conference at Paris . When Captain Hillyar received tlio answer at Odessa , he returned to Serpents' Island and stationed himself there , sending down the gunboat which had been put at his disposal with the news to the Admiral , who sent buck instructions to him to remain there in observation , and

      prevent any attempts the Russians might make to increase their force . This precaution was not useless , as the sequel showed , for , on the 15 th ult ., a Russian steamer made its appearance before the island , having on board M . Botianoff , Consciller d'Etat , and Gcntilhomme de la Cour , and a staff for the rc-estnblishmcnt of the lighthouse . The Conseiller d'Etnt , when he made the Turkish commander acquainted with his mission , which was to seo the lighthouse restored , was told that the thing had been done , and that the commander of the Turkish detachment had no orders to receive any further reinforcement of Russians on the island . Seeing that his intention of landing an additional force on the island had been foiled by the precautions taken by Admiral Lyons and the Turkish Government , M . Botianoff left in the evening in the direction of the mouths of tlio Danube . Captain Hillyar , suspecting that tliis was done with the view of taking tlio superior commanding Turkish officer there by surprise , nnd gain an onlor of admission through him to the island , sent tho Snako

      gunboat , which overtook and passed the Russian steamer , so that , when if . Botianoff arrived , he found the Turkish Commander aujhit of what had passed and on . his guard , and his object was foiled there just as well as at the island . Thus the question rests for the moment . " ¦ The Russian Commission for the definition of the Asiatic frontier has arrived at Tiflis . The journals of Constantinople confirm the intelligence already given of the demolition of the fortress , and the five barracks of Ismail . Thirteen Russian battalions were engaged in the work of destruction . The Fort of Kilia has also been blown -up by the Russians . Lord Lyons will not quit the Bosphorus till after the complete evacuation of all Turkish territory at present occupied by Russia . Sir Houston Stewart lias gone towards Anapa , and continues to cruise about in the Black Sea . DELYMARK . The Superior Court of Kiel is equally divided on the affair of M . Scheele , ~ who has been undergoing his trial ; and it has declared itself to be incompetent to deliver a decision . THE BANUBIAK PRINCIPALITIES . Great hopes of a more liberal Government were excited in Wallachia when Prince Alexander Ghika was appointed Kaiinakan , or provisional ruler of the province ; but these . anticipations have been in some measure dashed by his refusal to allow any fresh newspapers to be started . He urges that , his Government being only temporary , he should not be justified in making any change previously to the arrival of the Commissioners . Another question that has given great dissatisfaction is that of the recal of the exiles of 1 S 48 , who -were banished for supporting liberal opinions . It was resolved at Bucharest to present a petition to Prince ' Ghika and the Allied Powers in favour of these outcasts . The Prince , being aware of the step , recommended its abandonment , and promised that the patriots should be speedily recalled ; but here Austria seems to have stepped in , and to have prevented the fulfilment of the promise . What renders this omission the more harsh , is the fact that the men who followed the Russian army into Bessarabia , and fought agains >* the Turks , have been allowed to return -unmolested . Prince Ghika is accused of being too deferential to Austria .

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      Our Gitilizatiok Attempted Murder ¦ An"D...

      OUR GITILIZATIOK ATTEMPTED MURDER ¦ AN"D SUICIDE . A youkg ivbman living at Dudley , named Ann Barr , has been shot by her lover , a man of the name of John Dance , and , although not killed at once by the ^ wound , she is still considered in great danger . The would-be murderer committed suicide . immediately afterwards . For some time past , Dance , who was first cousin to his intended victim , had been paying his addresses to the young woman at the house of her father , Mr . Thomas Barr , landlord of the Seven Stars Inn , Dudley , where Dance was engaged by Ms uncle as brewer . His attachment to Miss Barr was , after a time , discovered by her parents , who both highly disapproved of it , as indeed did the young woman herself . They all endeavoured to dissuade him from his courtship , but , as he persisted in it , and was also very unsteady in his habits , Mr . Barr dismissed him from his service . Dance , however , still continued to pay attentions to Miss Barr , ami constantly visited her at her home . He was generally in a very wild and excited state on these occasions— a condition supposed to have been caused by the young woman ' s neglect of him ; and ho threatened several times to kill hex unless she would accept him . As , however , these threats were believed to be nothing more than the ravings of an excited mind , they were totally disregarded by Miss Barr and her family . One night , about twelve o ' clock , Dunce , who was almost mad with drink , went to Mr . Barr ' s house in spite of the remonstrances of his friends , and , finding the front door closed , lie entered the premises at tho back part . He eucouuterccl Miss Barr in tho passage , when , tuking a pistol from his pocket , he shot her through lier neck , tho contents of the weapon lodging themselves in her lower jaw . She at once fell senseless to the ground . Directly afterwards Dance shot himself through tlio brain . He died instantaneously . Surgical assistance was speedily obtained , and Miss Ban ' s wounds wore dressed , but very slight hopes are entertained of her recovery ; she has completely lost her voice , but is nevertheless perfectly sensible .

      It is thought that Dnhco wag somewhat disordered in liis intellect , tho symptoms of which lnorc especially manifested themselves when he was under tho influence of rago or drink . This mental aberration is supposed to have resulted from an accident to his head which happened about three years ngo , when he was employed as a guard by the South Staffordshire Railway Company . Judging from the peculinr spelling and style of composition of the following letter , wliich was found in his pocket , find wliich is « i faithful copy of the original , tho young man could notliave received a trood education : —

      " Dear Ann—I now right to you hopoing thut it will find you quite well in health as it loaves me at this time . You may think that I had forgotten you , but I havenot , nor can I forget those who I have once had the

      pleasure of folded in my arms , and I think I had the pleasure of having those in my arms who once loved me , and if they are as true as those who they once sent me word that I had no respect for them , but I only hope that they respect me as much as I respect them , and then I am sure they love me . I have not had tha pleasure of kissing those sweet lips of yours ' lately but I hope I shall once more have that honour . —My dear Ann , I remain yours extreme and affectionate lover . "J . Dasce . " P-S . I have not shown much affection to you as yet , but I hope-you ' will please to forgive me , that t may see you soon , and I shall see those who I . love . "

      A Business-Mice Swindler.—A Man, With A ...

      A Business-mice Swindler . —A man , with a great many aliases , -who has been obtaining money under false pretences at Stafford , and who was found to possess on his premises an illicit still , and several bottles of whisky wliich had not passed through the excise , has been arrested . Amongst the things discovered by the police was a " Directory , " in which the names of tradesmen from whom he had received goods were struck out , evidently for the purpose of ensuring him from making a second application . A large quantity of goods were removed from Ma house to the police-office ,- ' amongst which are several boxes of cigars , obtained from . different , firms at Manchester ; three barrels of ale , from Warwick ; two large cases of British wines , from Liver , pool ; a quantity of new ropes , from Bristol ; printing type , from London ; ale pumps , also from London , <& c . A wholesale swindler-- has likewise been arrested at Derby .

      Attempting to Stab x . Wife . —A carpenter , named Marls Briggs , has endeavoured to cut his wife ' s throat with a table-knife . The woman had taken some of lier husband ' s money while he was in bed on Tuesday morning , and had sent for gin . On getting up , he missed the money , and asked her for it . She affirmed that she knew nothing of it ; on which he took up a knife , and swore he would cut her throat . The woman having left the room in a passion , he followed her with the knife , which she endeavoured to take from him , but , failing , she took his hand with the knife in it , and drew the weapon across her own throat . Sucb was the statement of the man's little daughter ; but it appeared she had heard .. her-father-at the hospital make a similar allegation . The iroman ivas too much injured to appear ; biit she said to tlie police that the thing was an accident , and that she did not wish to prosecute . It seems she is an habitual . drunkard " . The case was remanded , and the man has since been discharged .

      1 'oiiQisRY . —George Webb , a well-dressed man , who said he -was a tailor in winter , and " attended races" in summer , was charged with uttering a forged order , with " aview to defraud the London and "Westminster Bank . He stopped an errand-boy in Holborn , and told him to take a letter into the Blo ' omsbury branch of the bank , and wait for a book that would be given him . The letter contained an ortler signed " J . Wright , " to deliver his ( Mt . Wright ' s ) bank-book to the bearer . This was immediately detected as a forgery , besides which , Mr . Wright already had his bank-book in his possession . A alitmt book was given to the boy , a constable was set to watch , nnd Webb , on receiving the book , was taken into custody . A number of flash notes of the " Bank of Engraving , " a variety of betting lists , racing cards , & c ,

      and a letter signed " Your darling Tootsy , " in a woman ' s handwriting , were found upon the prisoner , whose defence was that another gentleman had given him the note to send to the bank . He was committed for trinl . — A merchant , recently carrying on business in Thamesstreet , was charged at the Mansion House , before Sir Peter Laurie , with uttering three forged cheques on the Royal British ISank . The accused had formerly been a partner in the firm of Cooper , Pike , and Co ., of Thamesstreet , but dissolved his connexion with that house about a month ago , since which time he had been in constant communication with Mr . Coltson , an old friend and schoolfellow , carrying on business aa a commission and shipping agent in Great St . Helen ' s . A short time ago , Cooi ^ er , the accused , cnlled on Mr . Coltson , and asked that gentleman to let him have & cheque for 20 / ., which request was granted . Shortly afterwards , Mr . Coltson missed three blank drafts from liis cheque-book

      which he had previously shown to Cooper , by whom , us it was subsequently discovered , they ha < I been abstracted . The prisoner had then filled up tlio cheques , at different times , for various sums of money , nntl signed them in Mr . Coltson ' s name . The drafts were all presented and pjiid at tho British Bank , - where Mr . Coltson kept his account . Tlio handwriting of Cooper was well known both to Mr . Coltson und tho cashiers of the Royal British Bank , Cooper having likewise formerly kept an account tlierc . On missing the drafts from his book , Mr . Coltson gave information of the circumstance tondctcctivcofficer , who searched out and apprehended tho prisoner . After he was in custody , nn order for goods , signed " Gatty and Co ., " and another for a cheque-book , signed by the samo firm , nnd written on the cover of a letter directed to Messrs . lingers , Olding , and Co ., the bankers , were found on him . The officer having Btatcd that lie bc-1 ieved ho should be ablo to prove that these orders likewise were forgeries , tho accused was remanded . On a

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 6, 1856, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06091856/page/5/