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      David Barnett And David Polack. Were On ...

      bbu *< Ian the . course of ^ examination came out tbat , a ^ fw > weeks since , Mr * Bavittappeared a »> a witness for TRIKams in an action whioh he had brought , . ami that she had not been remunerated by Mm for her trouble . The present charge would seem to have been brought in revenge : at any rate , after two examinations , it was proved to the satisfaction of the magistrate tfcatMrs . Payitt had not only perjured herself , but had induced a girl to make a false oath , under promise of reward . This girl was proved to be a notorious liar ; but , afters the first examination , she * was * seized with qualms of conscience , and confessed to her mother that she had , sworn falsely . A variety of witnesses , including same police-constables , also proved that Mrs . Pawitt toad , on several occasions , shown' an utter disregard of truth ; that Mr . Broderip , the police magistrate , had once said he would not believe her on oath ; that

      she was in the habit of making : false charges against respectable- people , and had been twice declared guilty of parjury ; and that she was strongly suspected of being a receiver of stolen : goods . —After three examinations , the sfrtnmyinnft against Mr . Williams was dismissed . Since the second examination , one of his children diedfrou * an accident ; and the poor man left the court nearly fainting . Ob getting outside , Mrs . Pavitt threatened that she . would ' have another turn at him . " SmcxDK bt A- Girl *—A girl * twelve years of age , haa . drowned herself at Peterborough , through fear of her mother killing her , though whether this , apprehension was well grounded or not did not appear on . the in-Qttest . A- boy companion gave evidence to the effect

      that she had expressed to him u fear of going home , lest ber mother : should kill her ; that , in answer to some light remark of his , she had said , " Don ' t speak to anybody when thev are miserable ; " and that she had remarked " she thought she should go and drown herself . " At nig h * } she was seen by a policeman- on the Peterborough bridge , and on the following morning she was found drowned in the . Nene . —A somewhat similar case has occurred in Victoria Park , London . A girl was found drowned ia the ornamental water ; and the jury , in their verdict , expressed " their strong disapprobation at the manner in which the deceased was treated by her mistress / ' and their opinion " that the protracted illusage -she . experienced in her service deserves severe censure . "

      Thlb Biot' ame » Mujeed & r at Haslemere .- —Four men have been examined and remanded , charged with being concerned in the murder of Inspector Donaldson , and the riot out of which it grew . From the evidence of Mr . ¦ Bishopp , surgeon , it appeared that that gentleman interfered in a very courageous and gallant manner to defend the unfortunate inspector , and that he was hima & lf several times knocked down and hurt . The constable Freestone is still in too dangerous a state to give evidence . Further rioting , out of revenge to Mr . Bisbopp , being feared , special constables have been sworn in .

      An American-Joseph Adtt . —An American impoator named William Mark has recently been detected in carrying on » series of-frauds similar to those practised a few years since by the notorious Joseph Ady . Mark has for some time past been in the habit of sending circulars to this country addressed to certain tradesmen in London , professing to come from the " Office for the Settlement of Claims against the American Government" in New York , and informing the persons addressed , that on the payment of one pound all their claims will be settled . By tbese- means several tradesmen have been swindled . OProm the statement of an American gemtleman at Guildhall , it would seem that since the passing of an act of Congress , twenty years ago , authorising all who have claims on the American Government , from the Revolution downwards , to apply for payment , several persons have setup in William Murfc ' B line of business .

      John Magbath has been committed for trial for cutting and wounding Mary Ann Church , the keeper of a house which she herself described as " not quite a house of ill fame . " The prisoner had interfered in some quarrel between a girl whom he had come to see and Mrs ; Church's daughter . Being pressed to leave , ho put his arm - round Mrs . Church ' s neck , and , under pretence of embracing her , inflicted a severe wound . G / unmma of Two Buboi . ars . —Two men , named

      Thomas Eves-and Thomas Wright , have been remanded mt- Worship Street , on a charge of burglariously entering fcha house of Mr . Cutting , an upholsterer at Ilmeton . Mr * Cutting- was roused between three and fo » r o ' clock in the morning by the sound of a policeman ' s rattle , and , on looking out of his bedroom window into the yard , law one of the prisoners in the custody of a constable , and several articles strewn about the yard . The other jnriHoner was afterwards apprehended in a coffee-shop in Shoreditcn .

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      State Of Italy. ^Ani Political Condition...

      STATE OF ITALY . ^ ani political condition of tho Italian * peninsula at the pseeenti' moment is deserving of the gravest attention . Except in tho constitutional state of Sardinia ,, which h « a trawalysfient forth its aimed aoas against the colossal tymnsy of Hos « i » , tho whole of the Governments , from tjbt » rXio « th . to the South seem running into a perfect ftMM « f . d « HW » tiMU . ojt jratlwr to be * writhing and

      gibbering in th «> very dotage of exhausted- yet malignant oid age . In the Austrian states , fears of Masizim and the Republicans , who are yet throbbing beneath the foot that tramples them , haunt the Govern- ^ ment night and day ; and , although Lord Palmerston denies it , there seems good ' reason for believing the reports that the army has been increased . At Bonus , tho Pbpq furtively mumbles a threat of excommunication against Sardinia and Spain for their audacity in meddling with the convents ; and at Naples , King " Bomba" sells sul-. phur to Russia , and refuses corn to- linglaud .

      There , iudecd , in the south of the peninsula , as if exacerbated by the smouldering tires of Vesuvius and Etna , the madness , of tyranny is to be seen in its most grotesque and raving excess . A letter from . Naples , published in the Fays , gives sojne particulars of tho execrable tyranny of the police , who imprison and Hog the . people on the most frivolous charges . Beards art ) forbidden ; and the hirsute man is- shaved by force if he neglect to shave himself . Hats , also , must be fashioned according to the whim of Messieurs the sbirri . A merchant of the city , being , guilty of some disrespectful

      observations on- the police , was sentenced to receive one hundred blows with a stick ; audr after the infliction , was token * way dying . A peer of the realm , having left his card with a police agent , was severely reprimanded for stating , on tha card the fact of his being a peer , though he had a legal right to > do so . A projected railway from Naples to the Adriatic seems likely to come to a stand-still , because the Government is afraid of accepting the otfer of some foreign companies with large capital who offered to undertake it . Naples dare not admit foreigners into its stagnant lagune .

      To the foregoing facts , the writer of the letter in the Pays adds : — " On the occasion of the visit of tho King of Portugal , the streets of Naple * were swept and all beggars were put in prison . These two measures form part of the customary ceremonial whenever an august personage honours this capital with his presence . As soon as the King of Portugal had left , the beggars were let loose again . " Another communication from Naples states that Innocerrzio de Cesare , a deputy of the Neapolitan Parliament , and a man of letters , having recently died , his funeral was attended by several friends , who paid him the most marked honour . On the very night of the funeral the police burst into his father's house , aud demanded the names of all who were present at the ceremony . These having been obtained , the offenders were driven from their estates , and otherwise punished , for attending the obsequies of a deputv !

      Sick of state affairs , the king remains idly at Gaetn , refuses to attend to business , and forbids his ministers to communicate with him . Some day he will be rousedby the Revolution .

      Continental, Notes. We Are Enabled To St...

      CONTINENTAL , NOTES . We are enabled to state positively that the French Empress is enceinte . Another Italian , it would seem , has been contemplating an attempt on the life of Napoleon , lie left Paris in company with some supposed confederates , and arrived at Biarritz about the same time as the Emperor . Here he was arrested , owing to his movements exciting suspicion ; and 'on his person were found a poniard unsheathed , and a double-barrelled pistol , loaded . The French Emperor and Empress have returned to Paris from Biarritz , on the Spanish frontier . While staying there , an untoward circumstance gave rise to rumours of a coolness between the French and Spanish Governments . General Znlmln left Madrid for Biarritz on a " complimentary" mission to the French Emperor , who , hearing of his approaching arrival , delayed hit ) own departure for some hours in order to see hint . It > vun found , however , ' that General Zabala could not arrive until a time for which the Emperor was unable to wait ; and he , therefore , departed . A rumour has got wind that Napoleon left suddenly in order to avoid an interview ; but this seems to be a mistake . Tho Emperor conveyed to the General an invitation to follow him to Bordeaux ; but the latter , being pressed for time , returned to Madrid . The Paris tribunals have condemned flfty-fivo persons to imprisonment for fl ¥ e yenra and under , for belonging to Hecrct Republican societies . The course of the municipal elections in France docs , not uniformly run smooth . At -Fecamp , on tho const of Normandy , whore there were twonty- « eveii councillors to be elected , only seven candidates obtained n uuDlcient number of votes to validate the election ; but of thin number only one was chosen from the Government liat . The Protpirite expresses its aMtonduhment ¦ and regret at this result . At St . Benoit-HUBrLoire all the members of the council who wece . diHiniased by Imperial > decree in 16 & 2 ' have been elected in opposition U > Government candidatea . At Bt . Just-en-Chauuseo ( Oi « c ) , a similar event has occurred . M . Ancol , tha late Mayor of Havre , who , it may bo romomborod , was lately suspended , ha » published a letter begging hid fell 6 W"citizen » not to vote for himjogain r but to givo their uuftrages . to a candidate who cannot bo more grateful , but who may bo more favoured . Ghreat pcepac «* lon » are bring : made In Franco for tho

      reception , of Queen Victoria , and we find a good ma accounts , both in-the English and continental papers , gorgeous fetes , of gala-spectacles , of banquets and bj at the Tuilerie 8 , tho Hotel do Ville , and Versailles , ; of some marvellous , fairy-like illuminations in the dep of the vast-old * forest of Foutainebleau . But the fact nothing is knownijis-yct , the arrangements buing k secret with more than usfual pertinacity and success . A new levy for the Sardinian army of the class 18 a 4 will be called out forthwith ; and most probab also , that of lHuo , or at least a portion of it . Tho S

      diniau Government is using its utmost endeavours discover and suppress all attempts at conspiracy , and , addition to a number of persons lately arrested , it is s the police have made a seizure of arms and ammunit in the neighbourhood of Kecco , on tho coast to tho soi of ( Jenoa . —Cholera is at present rather violent in I towns of the Marches and the Roinitgiifl , { tarticulai Anconn and Bologuu . The Government of Lombur professes to be greatly alarmed at Mozxiniun plots a the machinations of the Moderate party ; uud it sho every disposition to re-establish a state of siege . — 7 V « Turin Corre & jiotidetit .

      The Austrians are doing their best to prevent Itali liberals from taking refuge in Switzerland ; and t Swiss authorities , wo arc sorry to add , seom very w disposed to abet them . The Madrid Gazette contradicts for the second til the statement that an oiler has been made bj'tho Spaui Government to furninh a contingent for th » Crimea , to send troops to Italy , and denies that any applicati has beeu made by the Allies to that effect . Two hundred Kussiau prisoners havo just left Fran in exchange for French cufHivcs . Previous to their d parturc they had asked for , and obtained , j > erniission visit the Paris Exhibition ; but this was prevented I the interchange .

      A groat- lire lias token place at Constantinople . 0 : hundred and thirty liouses were destroyed ; and tl French military workshops , which are of wood , had narrow escape . Omar Pacha ' s latu visit to Constantinople is said have been in order that he might represent to the SulU the wretched condition of his army , which is deserilw as wanting common necessaries , as well a . s inuniiu > i )^ war , and u . s being in arrears of pny for ' more than 11 L mouths . Another reason , it i .- > alleged , is that he in ; remonstrate against being placed in a subordinate pus tion in the . Crimea . Unpleasant rumours are atloat ih . he is not on the best terms with the Allied generals .

      Another royul proclumatiou has been issued in ilai over . Il states that the Government has made evei uttempt to bring the Chambers into harmony with tl decree of Uie Federal Diet , duted x \ pril 12 ; but , havii failed , the latter can no longer remain unexecuted . Tl Government , convinced that any further ncgtaiuiu with tho Chambers of 1818 would lead to no result , hi resolved to execute the decision of the Diet without mo delay . Accordingly , by tho ordinance just issued , tl Ministers are authorised , in obedience to the fedcr decree , to reinstate the aristocracy in their fonm rights . Count Kiehnannseggo has left Hanover for I ' fort , to make a \\ oUicial communication respecting tl recent measures of the Government , uud to arrange 1 the aid of the federal army , in the case of a military o cupation being rct ^ uircd .

      The refusal of the Austrian police in Lombaxdy grant passports to Franco is creating much & on & ati < thore . Tho ItulejMituJUuiea says that Piunori ' s brother h been arrested at Jersey , though it does not appear < wluit account . A letter from Co ^ liaxi , iu tho Italia e J \> j > oloof GcMia . states tliat on the 23 rd ult . the Sardinian recruits of tl l & th Jteginaeut revolted , took up arms , mud uttcinj > t < to force the gate of the- barracks , with u view to n-tui to their homes . Order was , however , speedily restore

      und tho . ringleaders arrested . ' 1 he I etuce ( iuzettt : nui tiona a rumour oi ueriou . s disturbances having oecurr < at A neon a , in which a sergeant und a captain were kille and martial law had beou ]> rocluimed iu coiiBequuuee . Tho voluntary aubscriptions to the Spauibh loan the province of Madrid ( says a letter from Spain ) ai much higher thuu the newnpupers ropresent , us the already amount to 2 , 100 , 000 reul « ( the real is worth Ii \ uous ) , und it ia uuppotted will reach 16 " , 000 , 000 reultf o \ oi tho 22 , 000 , 000 uuMigncd to that proviu « c . TlOw cholui Meein . i to bo on the decline .

      According to tho Iiulupvndaiicc Belya , " it ia not in possible" a . now ofl ' ort to briny about ponco may \ m ' this moment making in " high diplomatic spheres . " 11 : foundation for tliirf conjecture in tho story , already hvi to London , of General do l ^ otang ' s now initmioii t Vienna , eoiiHcqucnt upon an autograph letter written b the Kniperor ISrnimin Josuph , at tho iiiHtigutJoti of tl : l < Aii \ miHti l > owngcr of liuHaia , to Napoleon 111 . AlllmuK tl » o 1 mlcpcndancQ cIoch not flpitnk very coiiildcntly of lli truth of its own news , and admits that the tt / uthenticit of the EmprcBH ' n letter is not completely oHtahlinhcd , i takcB tho opportunity of insinuating that t . hft ehaiiceH ( the great caune in which the Alllm nro nnga ^ d hfin on the point of being betrayed , « ro not alto ^ ethor to '' deapined boeauso "* ho gooct lUiderHtanfriittr bchvoe

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 11, 1855, page 762, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_11081855/page/6/