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London has been honoured in the past week by the visit of some hundreds of the Parisian National Guard, of all arms, in full uni- form. Upwards of a thousand of these military citizens came over by special trains and packets on early days in the week, and have been prominent in the throng -of metropolitan passengers. Some four hundred visited Westminster Abbey in a body; and fortunately ar- riving while the Canon Residentiary was present, they were by his orders admitted " gratis " to a sight of every part of the building. The military barracks were of course visited, and eagerly viewed; and it Is said that the complimentary Nationals expressed" admiration and plea- sure at the excellent arrangements of each." The theatres were crowded by masses of the Guards; and pleasant fraternization was set on foot by the performance alternately of French and English national music. There was universal shaking of hands in places of public resort, and on the part of the French the warmest expression of pleasure at the " surprising " frankness and cordiality of their reception here. London has been honoured in the past week by the visit of some hundreds of the Parisian National Guard, of all arms, in full uni- form. Upwards of a thousand of these military citizens came over by special trains and packets on early days in the week, and have been prominent in the throng -of metropolitan passengers. Some four hundred visited Westminster Abbey in a body; and fortunately ar- riving while the Canon Residentiary was present, they were by his orders admitted " gratis " to a sight of every part of the building. The military barracks were of course visited, and eagerly viewed; and it Is said that the complimentary Nationals expressed" admiration and plea- sure at the excellent arrangements of each." The theatres were crowded by masses of the Guards; and pleasant fraternization was set on foot by the performance alternately of French and English national music. There was universal shaking of hands in places of public resort, and on the part of the French the warmest expression of pleasure at the " surprising " frankness and cordiality of their reception here.
On Wednesday a numerous deputation from the body waited on the Lord Mayor, at the Mansionhouse; the French Ambassador, by letter, be- speaking an audience for his countrymen. The Chief Magistrate and se- veral of the Aldermen appeared in state robes, and conducted the deputa- tion from the chief entrance of the Mansionhouse to the Egyptian Hall; where the Lady Mayoress and a number of visiters had assembled. The Commandant of the Guards made a speech, and the Lord Mayor a reply; both of which are reported.
The Commandant stated, that many of the members of the Parisian National Guard had accepted the invitation of the National Guard at Calais to visit them; awl it having been suggested to them that as they were so near Loudon, they could do nothing better than pay a visit to their excellent English friends in that Capital, they had determined to adopt the agreeable advice of their fellow country- men. They felt that they could not visit the shores of England without paying their respects to the Lord Mayor of London, especially as they had met with the kindest reception from all ranks of the people in every part of this hospitable country. It was the ardent wish of the National Guard of Paris that the good understand- ing and the kind feeling which prevailed between the twe countries should meet with no interruption; and the members of the body whom he represented would, he assured the Lord Mayor, ever bear in remembrance the great .fterclialitjwith which they had been received, and which was calculated to give an additional im- pulse to the good feeling which existed between the two countries. (Loud cheers from the whole body.) The Lord Mayor—" I hope, and believe, that these visits Will have the effect of promoting and increasing good feeling and cordiality between the two countries; as I am convinced that much of the peace and tranquillity of Europe, the restora- tion of which is so much to be desired, will depend upon the continuance of a kind and friendly feeling Subsisting between France and England. (Loud cheering.) I ,i1111 most happy to see you all; and I trust that youtwill, during your temporary sojourn In London, avail yourselves of the opportunity of seeing as many of the pane places and works of art as possible, and that you will return home gratified with the result." (Great applause.) The Commandant then expressed an anxious hope that the Lord Mayor Would pay the National Guard of Paris a visit, and receive from them, in their own country, their warm acknowledgments of the reception which they had met with in England. The Lord Mayor "affectionately re- sponded" to the invitation; and the members of the National Guard retired, and proceeded to visit the Royal Exchange, and other public buildings of the City.
The Morning Post reports a visit to Claremont- " We are assured that a deputation from the Parisian National Guards now in London have waited on the Comte de Neuilly, at Claremont, to offer their con- dolence with the royal exile on his altered fortunes; that they were very gra- ciously received; and that the Comte expressed his regret that he could not pre. sent them to his illustrious consort, in consequence of that sagest lady's indis- position; but added, that as he understood they were not to leave London for a few days, he should have much pleasure in introducing them, on a future occa- sion, to the Comtesse de Nenilly. On their return to town, as we are farther informed, the members of the deputation determined that at their next inter- view they would present to the Comte an address expressive of their devotedness to his person and regret for his misfortunes; and this address, we understand, has actually been drawn up, preparatory to another visit to Claremont. The names of several of the members of this deputation have been communicated to us ; but it must be obvious that the present state of feeling in Paris affords the most cogent reason for declining to give them publicity."
By Friday, most of the National Guards had left London ; but a few are
still seen in the streets.
The Chartist prisoners, Ritchie, Lacey, Fay, Cuffey, and Dowling, who were convicted at the last Old Bailey Sessions and sentenced to transporta- tion for life, were removed on Monday to Millbank Penitentiary; where they will remain until their final departure for Van Diemen's Land.
At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, George Bridge Mullins, sur- geon, was tried for treasonable conspiracy. The trial was similar in all its features to that of Caffey and the other prisoners who were convicted at the September Sessions; Powell being again a principal witness. George Davis gave evidence that the prisoner laid before the "War Committee" a plan for barricading London. St. Paul's was to be burnt if it could not be taken. The case occupied the whole of Thursday and yesterday, and continues today; protracted by the cross-examination of all the Crown witnesses at immense length, with the object of urging on the Jury that the conspiracy formed was wholly the work of the approvers themselves.
At the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, William Trewbridge was tried for stealing a portmanteau containing goods the property of Messrs. Nicoll the tailors, at the Shoreditch terminus. The particulars of the ease have been already men- tioned. He was convicted, and sentenced to seven years' transportation.
On Wednesday, Ann Trinham was tried for the murder of Alice, her child, by casting her into the Thames. The case was mentioned at the time of its occur- rence. The woman either fell or jumped from a steamer at night, with the child in her arms; and she was saved by a waterman, but her child was drowned. There was no evidence to prove that the woman did actually jump into the river —she snight have fallen in; though, from her desponding and distressed condition, the former surmise was a natural one. Her counsel, Mr. Clarkson, made good use of the deficiency; Mr. Justice Manle, in summing up, referred to it; and the Jury quickly found the accused "Not guilty."
Three Post-office letter-carriers were severally convicted of stealing letters con- taining money. At the Mansionhouse, on Monday, Henry Braman with two aliases a surgeon, was charged with marrying three wives. Certificates were produced showing that he had married Elizabeth Timley in 1843, Emily Georgians Rose in 1847, and Hannah Amelia Bland in September of the present year; all three being now alive: two appeared at the court against him. Suspicions exist that this was not the whole extent of Mr. Bramell's polygamy. With Miss Bland, a very young lady, he had become acquainted on the voyage from India, while he was acting as surgeon to the ship: he pretended to settle 3,000/. on her out of 5,0001. that had been left him; but the whole was an invention. He abandoned this wife at an hotel in Liverpool. The polygamist was remanded.
White and Cartwright, two soldiers of the Grenadier Guards, have behaved in a very disgraceful manner to two French National Guards, part of the importa- tions that have visited London this week. The soldiers met the Frenchmen in Fleet Street; the National Guards offered to treat them; at the public-house, a half-sovereign was put down in payment for liquor; White took it up, paid the publican, and pocketed the change; a squabble ensued; and when a policeman interfered, the soldier still tried to retain half-a-crown. He was taken into cus- tody; on which Cartwright attempted a rescue. They were produced at the Guildhall Police-office on Tuesday: Alderman Gibbs sent White to prison for a month, and Cartwright, for the assault on the officers for seven days. [In addi- tion to the civil punishment, the military disgrace of dismissal from her Majesty's service is to be inflicted on the thief.]
A young French officer was also hustled by the swell mob in Regent Street, and robbed of his watch and purse.
At Worship Street Police-office, on Thursday, William Hunt, a miserable-look- ing man, was charged with attempting to utter three forged five-pound notes, purporting to be issued from the branches of the Bank of England at Manchester, Birmingham, and Newcastle. Hunt offered to sell the notes at a public-house, for 41. each, stating that he had found them in the street; a constable was sent for; in the mean time, a companion, who looked like a Jew, made oft The notes were skilfully imitated, but they were ;pronounced bad at the Bank. Several forged notes have recently been passed on tradesmen at Mile-end, Wapping, and the neighbourhood; and two are supposed to have been changed by the Jew: both purported to be Newcastle notes, and were counterparts of the Newcastle forgery offered by the accused. Hunt persisted that he found the notes.—Re- mended.
An organized system of fraud has just been discovered. Several men appear to have leagued together to give one another references and characters to enable each to defraud tradesmen of goods; which were immediately turned into money, while the tradesmen saw no more of their customers the houses to which the property had been sent being speedily evacuated. Three men—Moor, Downing, and Birch—were charged at Southwark Police-office, on Monday, with having been concerned in several offences of the kind. Cases were proved against them; and Mr. Cottingham said he should eventually commit Moor for felony, and the others for conspiring to defraud; but they are to be brought up again next Mon- day. At Clerkenwell Police-office, on Saturday, Sarah Bishop and Ann May, two married women, sisters, were charged with the murder of Harriet May, a child three years old, the daughter of one of the prisoners. The women, with the children of May, seven in number, were in the most distressed condition: May's husband seems to have deserted her. The people of the house in which the women lodged said the deceased had been treated with cruelty. A surgeon stated that he had examined the body: there were marks of blows on various parts of the head; both collars-bones had been fractured, and had been united by chance; there were other marks of ill-treatment: death had been ceased by rup- ture of a vessel in the head, from the blows inflicted, and doubtless death soon re- sulted from the emaciated condition of the child. May said that the child died in her absence; from a fit, her sister told her. Both were remanded. The Coroner's Jury have not been satisfied by the surgical evidence as to whether the effusion on the brain was caused by violence or was the result of dis- ease; and they have returned an open verdict.
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