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      cxistao , who bad known him from a boy , was overcome -with emotion , and finally fainted . Spiruuiza , who was very self-possessed , led hina to a seat , and covered Mm with his own cloak , notwithstanding the opposition of the officers . Immediately "before the fatal shot , he exclaimed , " Liberty for ever !" ¦ ¦ ' . RUSSIA . The Emperor intends visiting Bessarabia on the retarn to St . Petersburg of the Grand Duke Constantine , who is expected to visit London at the end of May .

      © ERMAmr . After barvi ' rrg * sat for one month , the WurtembTrrg Chambers have been prorogued . Prince Alfredj -who is still at Geneva , is expected at the beginning of May to arrive at Goth a , wlere he will reside for a time at Schloss Jtosenan . He is expected Shortly to go to the University of Bonn . Fot the Prince of Wales there has been taken , a dwelling in the immediate vicinity of the University tqwoij where lie will reside for purposes of study . ¦ . ¦/ . ' , MOMTENEGnO .

      The affairs of this little-known corner of Europe are causing som e discussion , at the present time among the diplomatists of Russia anil Austria . The influence of Eussia is exercised in favour of George Petrovitcb , the President of the Senate , who is at the head of a large and powerful party , the great principle of which is a determination never to acknowledge the supremacy of the Porte . The Austrians , on the contrary , support Prince Danilo , and at the same time are endeavouring to persuade the Sultan to grant to lEontenegro a neightouring portion of lowland , so that the Montenegrins may he enabled to rear sufficient sustenance for their own support , which at present they are not able to do , owing to the savage , mountainous , . ' and- woody character of the country : nilinability which forces . them to make inroa . ds into the Herzegovina and Albania in quest of food .

      likely to lead ; to the overthrow of the throne . Had he been concerned in the latter result , be should have justified the slanderous reports so- long current with respect to his entertaining' designs against the Queen-, for whom he had shed his blood on the field of battle . Marshal Serrano had an interview at Paris on Wednesday with Count Walewski on ths subject of the quarrel bet-ween Mexico and Spain . M . "Walewski is extremely desirous that this iinforfeanate affair should be amicably arranged , and is leaving nothing undone for that purposes . The English Ambassador also is-lending his co-operation , and indeed both Governments , acting as they are in . concert , will leave nothing undone towards the pacific solution of a difference which would be attended with serious complications . A great deal , of course , depends on the Mexican lEnvoy himself , and on the nature of the instructions he has received . —Times Paris Correspondent .

      DANUBIAN P-REJCIPAMITIES . An electoral committee has been formed at Jassy , to exercise a popular influence over the elections for the Divans ad hoc . In a manifesto -which they have put foTth , they say that their programme " is founded on the very principles of the treaty of Paris , namely—1 . The union of the Principalities into one state , under respect for the rights of the Sublime Porte , according to the spirit and letter of our ancient capitulations . 2 . The neutrality of the territory- of the Principalities . 3 .

      llespeet for the rights of the Principalities , and particularly for their self-government , according to the spirit and letter of the same treaties . 4 . The heredicy of the chief of the state : the hospodorat has had its day—a European r&rrime ought to succeed it . 5 . The legislative poorer confided to one General Assembly , to represent the interests of the whole nation . 6 . The submission of foreigners residing in the Principalities to all the laws of the country . 7 . The recognition of the right of the Principalities to enter into commercial relations suitable to their « vm interest . 8 . All this under the collective

      guarantee of the powers who signed the treaty of Paris . Tne party of the union Is at th « same time the party of progress and reform . " The new Bessarabian frontier was marked O"nt on the 15 th of March , and the ceded territory evacuated on the 19 th . These events were followed by the retirement of the English fleet from the Black Sea on the 29 th .

      IXEXHAHK . Some interesting particulars of the death of the Sound Dues are given by the Berlin correspondent of the Times ^ - who writes : — " The last vessel that paid Sound Du « s wa 3 the British screw steamer Shamrock , bound from Rostock to Hull with , a caTgo of wheat . The first vessel that passed the . Sound without paying dues was the Prussian schooner Graf von Sclmeriu , hound from Stettin for England , also with a cargo of wlieat . J 3 oth these vessels passed the Sound going outwai'ds . The first vessel that passed the Sound inwards duty free "was the British screw steamer Gertrude , Lound for Stettin ; and in honour of the occasion a private party from that port went out to meet her in a steamer , and

      welcomed her arrival under these improved auspices of the redemption of the Dues . The official rejoicings which the municipality of Stettin had prepared -were deferred , naturally enough , for the first Prussian vessel that passed the Sound inwards duty free . This was the screw steamer Tilsit , which passed the Sound on the . 6 th inst ., and was received on approaching Swinemundc by three ateamers , with all the members of the body corporate of merchants on board , with hundreds of passengers , civic authorities , bands of music , flags , &c . All the vessels v the nautical procession would have to pass , and all houses oh the coast and quays , were rigged out with , every species of bunting that could bis procured . "

      The King has accepted the resignation of Herr von Scheele as Minister for Holstein and as Minister for Foreign Affairs .

      SPAIN . It is stated" that the Progresista party is so broken up and disheartened , that several members of it abstained from voting during the recent elections , -white others voted for the Government candidates . The prospects of constitutional rule in Spain are now very bad . The Iberia newspaper has been acquitted of the charge of sedition , in consequence , it ia whispered , of a violent attack "which it lias made on O'Donnell , to the great satisfaction of Narvaez . Peoplo believe that tho article ¦ was written with a view to this result . Count Montemolin , says rumour , contemplates a Journey to England . The contract for the conveyance of tho mails between Spain and the Antilles lias been taken by a Paris house —Gauthier , Brothers . Tho terms are 32 , 000 dollars for each voyage from Spain to Cuba and hack .

      Tho Madrid Gazette of the 9 th contains a Royal decree granting an •? ample and general amnesty to all those -who , in any manner whatsoever , liavo taken part in tho Carlist insurrections and conspiracies of tho last two years . " Tho decree is based on a report signed by all the Ministers , in which an indulgent view is taken of the Carliat movements , and in which , it is said that tho pardoning of the offenders -will caii 30 no danger to public order . Eftpartero las sent to tho Barcelona newspapers copies of a letter or manifesto addressed to the electors of ttoat city who voted for him in tlie late elections , thanking them for their support * and . explaining hia politfcal conduct . He states that ho lold aloof from tho contest laBt July because he feared : the triumph of tho Government -would end in a sanguinary reaction agalnat liberty , white that of the populace would be

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      QUALIFICATIONS OF STAFF OFFICERS . GESfKEAL OJIDER . Horse Guards , April 9 . Hi 3 Royal Highness ^ the General Commanding in Chief having had under his serious consideration the question of army education , especially as relating to qualifications for staff appointments , is pleased to promulgate , forgencral information , that , from and after the 1 st of January , 1858 , the undermentioned acquirements will be considered indispensable before appointment to the situations annexed : •—Every officer , before appointment , -will be required to undergo an examination on the subjects mentioned , in such manner aa shall be hereafter announced . This regulation is not intended to affect officers now on the staff .

      QUALIFICATIONS OF STAFF OFFICERS . AicUs-de ~ Camp . —To write a distinct and legible hand , and compose English correctly . To have a good colloquial knowledge of one foreign language . To have a good eye for a country , and to be able to produce an intelligible sketch of it . To know the use of the sketching compass , or pocket sextant , in order to lay down and protract the leading features of a country to b& described . To have a thorough knowledge of regimental duty , and tactics , and field movements on an extended scale . Also a knowledge of field fortification , both as regarda construction and correct description on reconnoissance . Uriffade . Majors . —To have all the qualifications of a good adjutant—the same requirements aa are exacted from an aide-de-camp—ami a thorough knowledge of military law and the army and War-office regulations ^

      Dejntty-Assiatartts-Adjutant-Genoral and Quartermaster-General—The following further acquirements will be required to qnalify for deputy-asBistants-aujut&nt-general and deputy-assiatants-quartermaster-general , viz .: — Practical sketching—both on horseback , called " flying sketching , " as well as correct and finished plottingpractical trigonometry and geology , with knowledge of logarithms ; To write , read , and speak at least one foreign language ; to judge of ground and its proper occupation by all arms' ; to have a perfect knowledge of casfrremetation and the principles of permanent fortification : And to be thoroughly acquninted with geography and military history—especially as relates to tho campaigns of ancient and modern commanders .

      Assistants-Adjutant and Assistants- Quarterm < isitr General . —To tho whole of the foregoing -will bo added for assistants-adjutant and assistants-qiiartormastorgeneral , the elements of mechanics , hydrostatics , and geology ; the construction of military bridge * , dams , &c j an acquaintance with tho prrinciplea of strategy ; and statistics of the array . All staff officers should be abfe to vide well . By command of hia Royal Higbneaa the Ctaneral Cknuufudiug-ln-Chtafl € L A- W « x « EHAiav Adjutaut-GijneraL

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      CE ^ TTPvAL CRIMINAL COURT . A . very singular case . of bigamy was tried last Satnr day . James Green , the man accused of the offence u master sweep , residing in the parish of Tottenham * J bis appearance is that of a respectable man . For ' eSto years he lived with a woman named Latleifas man and wife , he being then unmarried . Upon Easter Monday last year , he married , at St . James the Great , Betmurf grew , another woman , named Mitchell , -who for . nV years had been cohabiting with a friend of bis Ona Gardner , also a master sweep . The woman BIitrfiPn stayed with Gardner until the night before the marriage and the woman Latleif also remained with

      Green ntTta the same time . Upon Green marrying Mitchell Latleif went the same day and lived with Gardner . The follow ing Thursday , Mitchell , being tired of her new husband went back to Gardner , whereupon Latleif at once went back to Green , who in April of the same year was mar ried to her at St . Leonard ' s , Shoreditch , and the partfel still kept friends until a short time ago , when Mitchell from some cause not explained , gave Green into custody Gardner , who was called as a witness , said , in answer to the court , " When Green took Mitchell , I took Latleif and when she came back I sent the other home We were all drunk when T ? e did it . " The jury found ' Greea Guilty , and he was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour .

      Allen Beamish , a Very sharp , intelligent lad of fourteen , was tried for forging and utteringan order for the payment of 5 / . lQs ., with intent to defraud . He hadbeea sent by his employer to the bankers to get a cheque for 5 / cashed , and he broug-ht back the right amount ; blithe had written tlie words " ten shillings" into the body , and had put thefigure 1 tefore the 0 in the place for the shillings ; The difference was of course appropriated by himself . He had also forged cheques for 41 . and U . When his employer found out that lie had been robbed .

      be locked the boy into a second-floor room while he went for a policeman ; but the young thief escaped in the meanwhile tlrough the window . The boy , whose head reached only just above the bar , took notes during the trial , occasionally handed down suggestions ia writing to his counsel , as to the questions to be put to the witnesses , and did not exhibit the . slightest appearance of embarrassment . The jury , without any hesitation , found hint Guilty . Mr . Metcalfe , counsel for the prosecution , said , he regretted to have to inform the Court that the

      prisoner had been charged on a former occasion -with obtaining money from a tradesman by representing that he had been sent hy a customer . One of his brothershad been convicted , at the present session , of forgery , and had been sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour . The Recorder sentenced the boy to six months ' hard labour , and at the expiration of that period he is to he sent to a reformatory school for three years . -Emma Dodd , who had been convicted of the manslaughter of her illegitimate child , was brought up for judgment , and sentenced to eighteen months' hard labaur .

      Samuel Shouter , a drover , was triqd for tlie murder of Sophia Dean . The two had cohabit *!; and one night they had a quarrel , daring which tbe man struck the woman a alight blow on the head . Erysipelas set in , and death ensued ; but , as it appeared that tLe smallest injury would have been likely to produce the disease of which she died , owing to her intemperate habits , the man was Acquitted . David Davis and Owen Macarthy , labourers , of notoriously bad character , have been sentenced to six years ' penal servitude , for an assault on Thomas Bitch , captain of the sloop Cunliffe . On tbe 12 th of March , this person was at Greenwich , and ho accompanied a woman home to her house . While she was out , getting some

      liquor for which ho had sent her , the two men , accompanied by a third , entered the room , and Birch , having reason to feel apprehensive , gave the men something to drink , and left . They accompanied him , and offered to ahow him the way to the Hospital , where he wanted : to go ; but they led him instead to the darkest and most disreputable part of tho town , and one of them struck him a violent blow with some sharp instrument at the lack of the head , while another made a snatch at Ins watch , which , however , they failed to obtain , and therefore ran off . On the police nrriving , they found Jhrcn aevcrely wounded , Davis and Wacarthy were subsequently apprehended , but tho third man could not bo identified

      . , , V _ i _ "I"fc . _ . Jl !_ It 1 T « l- — T a . ¦ . * . »* nfnun l r \ fit Ot . O . Cl TOT Josiah Powderbill and John Loary were indicted for a robbery with violence from Ann Sheen , a woman of tho town . She met Powderhill , together with a woman , near St . George ' s Church , Southwark , one night about twelve o ' clock , and , having lent thorn some mon « y oun of kindness , accompanied them to a coflbc-housc , wher e aho treated them with cofl ' ee , eggs , and bacon . _ Tnese aho paid for out of one of sixteen sovereigns which sue then had about her , nnd tboy saw the money in her possession . She afterwards spent tho night with them at several pitblic-houso ^ , and nt ono of these she met Lcary . Aa tho woman by thia timo began to fool the effects ot what sbo had token , she proposed to the barmart of one

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 18, 1857, page 366, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2189/page/6/