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which he could swear to as belonging to him, from
his name being written upon the articles by him-
self Ho therefore waited about the station until the
next Huntingdon train came in, and, upon the priso-
- stepping out of one of the carriage?, he handed
her over to a constable, and, having given directions
for the searching of two other trunks which it was
found she had brought with her, a quantity more of
his property as found in each, marked in the same
way as the oth-r; and the witness added that he was
perfectly satisfied that his wife could identify a great
many other articles, upon examination, if it was ne-
cessary for the ends of justice that she should do so.
The prisoner stoutly protested her innocence, and
having claimed the prosecutor's wife's gold pencilca,e
as having been presented to her by a lady who fre-
quented his house, declared that she had not the
slightest idea as to how the other property sworn to
by the prosecutor got into her trunks, as she had not
herself placed it there.

Mr. lIAmmiLL, however, at once ordered the depo-
sitions to be taken, and she was fully committed
for trial.

LAII3ETIL

William Lear, a well-koown young thief, was
brought before the Hon. G. C. Norton, charged with
stealing a valuable silver watch from the per3on of
Mr. Charles Spencer, a tradesman carrying ou
business at No. 4, Carlisle-street, Lambeth, under
the following very daring circumstances :
Prosecutor stated that on the previous evening
there was a large fire near his house in Hercules-
buildings, and he, with several of his neighbours, went
to the spot to look at it. As soon as he got in the
crowd, while standing with his hands in his pockets,
he was surrounded by a number of lads and men, who
commenced pushing him about. His watch was then
safe in his waistcoat-pocket, and as he was attempting
to put his hands up they were forced down, and he
felt some one at his waistcoat-pocket. The prisoner
was in front of him, and with some difficulty he
forced his right hand up, and caught hold of the pri-
soner's hand with his watch in it. They had a
struggle together, when the watch was broken off the
chain and fell to the ground. He seized hold of the
prisoner by the right hand, and picked up the watch
with the other, when a constable came up and secured
him. There were a number of persons around them,
who attempted to get the prisoner away. When the
constable came up he told him that witness had given
him the watch to repair.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

SECRET TREATY OF THE THREE
NORTHERN POWERS.

It will be recollected (says the Morning Chronicle)
that a few weeks ago several journals, both in Germany
and this country, published an analysis of a series of
notes exchanged between the Cabinets of St. Petorsburgb,
Vienna, and Berlin, on the subject of the present posi-
tion of France, and more especially with respect to the
double eventuality of the establishment of an elective or
an hereditary empire. The conclusion to be drawn from
these notes was, that in the event of the establishment
in France of an elective or personal empire, the change
being merely nominal, and the state of matters remain-
ing in reality what it was before, the Powers might be
disposed, for the sake of the peace of Europe, to make a
further sacrifice of their feelings by acknowledging it as
a government de facto ; but that in the event of an a-
tempt to establish an tiereditary government, the Powers
felt it their duty, as it was also their determina!ion, to
act very differently, and that they were resolved never to
permit so flagrant a violation of existing treaties and of
public law. As long us a member of the House of Bour-
bo❑ should exist, the powers were resolved, if the ques-
tion of right to the throne of France should arise, nut co
tolerate its being taken po..session of by a usurper. To
allow that would be to inflict a mortal blow on all the
dynasties of Europe. Such is a resume of the numerous
notes exchanged between the three northern Powers in
the course of the months of February, March, and
April. Iu the bt•ginni:g of May it was agreed that
these notes should be made the foundation of a regular
treaty between the two Emperors and the Kiog of
Pros.ia, and accordingly this treaty, which is dated the
20th of May, 1852, has been signed, ratified and ex-
changed. We are now enabled to give en analysis of
this important document, which has not yet appeared in
any journal.

This convention, like the treaty of the 26th of Sep-
tember, 1815, is placed by the three Sovereigns under
the invocation of the most holy and undivided Trinity.
Their Majesties tha Emperor of Austria, the King of
Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia, considering—
That the basis of European order is hereditary right,
that in that respect there is a joint responsibility and in-
terest (solidariti) between all European States; consider-
ing also that, as regards France, the house of Bourbon
personifies and represents the hereditary right, and
that the present head of that Rouse is the Count de
Chambord;

That the power exercised by M. Louis Napoleon Bo-
naparte is a power de forte, which cannot even prop it-
self up with the pretended right of the Emperor Napo-
leon, since the latter voluntarily renounced, by the first
article of the treaty of Fontainebleau, " for himself, his
successors, and descendants, as well as for each member
of his family, all the rights of sovereignty and domina-
tion, as well over the French nation and the kingdom of
Italy, as over any other country;"
That, according to the rules of international right, the
violation of the treaty of Fontatnebl,au by the Emperor
Napoleon, while it releosed the Powers from the engage-
month taken by them csith respect to him, did not release
him from his renunciation for himself and his descen-
dants, of the crown of France;
That, moreover, the v,--ry origin of the present power
of the President of the French Republic is the negation
of hereditary right;
For all these motives, and for many others which it is
useless to enumerat?, the subscribers to the present
convention consider it their duty to determine before.
hand, by common accord, the conduct which they &ight
to hold in the event that one or other of the eventuali-
ties above enumerated should present themselves.
In the case that the Prince Louis amaparre, present
President of the French Republic, should get himself
elected by universal suffrage as Emperor for lire, the
Powers will not recognie that new form of elective
power till after explanations shall have been demanded
from Prince Louis Bonaparte as to the sense and mean-
ing of his new title, and after he shall have taken an
engagement--first, to respect the treaties; secondly, not
to endeavour to extend the territorial limits of France;
and thirdly, formally to renounce all pretensions to the
continuation or fouudine of a dynasty.
In the case that the Prince Lens Bonaparte should
declare himself hereditary Emperor, the Powers will
nut reeogniee the new Einperor, and will address
to th© Freech Government, as well as to all the
other European Governments, a protest fiwided
on the principles of public law and on !he letter of
the tretitir,s. They will atterwards consult, acc9rdinv
to the circumstances, as to the ulteriir measures which
they may thick it neces.ury to take. In the rave that
a popular or military movement sh overturn the
Government of Pruice Louis B or simply is
the case of the death of that personate, the Powers bind
and oblige themselves to aid and favour by all means in
their power the restoration of the legitimate heir of the
Crown, and in the sequel they will recognise no other
dynasty but that of the Bourbon;, and no other claimant
but M. Count de Chambord. In acting thud they pro-
test beforehand against the imputation of wishing to at-
tack the ind, pendence of France. France is free to or-
ganize her internal government as she chooses, and the
Powers do not reject the system called constitutional any
more than they reject any other system.
But the recognition of legitimate and hereditary
royalty does not intereet France alone; it interests all
European States. It is a national principle iu as far::
regards France, and an international principle in asf
this
as regards the other European Powers. It
is on
account that the right and the duty devolve upon t
it
Sovereigns of defending that principle, and of assisting
to triumph in as far as depends upon them•;
sEpu,
FRE-
This Convention is signed—Fast-tees J
DERICY WILLIAM, NICOLAS.

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RAIL WAY '4IAR IF, MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JULY 30.
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LIVERPOOL, JULY 30.
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dull and inactive to-day, and our quotations remain at the
wberue
tlojawness:t_rairirskoefnyneeastde,rLdaayn.cashTitriee
and
and 13irkenhead), 20!i—Caledonian, 203
/a--Eastern Court-
ties. 11 3East Lancashire, 194—Lancashire and York-
shire, 831/2—London
w and North- W eaten], 130 —Ditto, New
Quarters, 31 53—Ditto, Fifths, si, _
74. im'nf.—Midland -6%
North Staffordshire, 4 11-16 dis.--Stirew,bury and Chester,
, ' 4
19 %
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2134—York and North Midland, 2G3i ra and Dover,
MANCH ESTfi:R. *
JULY 30.
STOCK Excamroz.—The bu in
ex-
cept in Sheffield Stock, of which many
to-day was small,
Prices were scarcely altered from their
sales were made.
The sales were :---East m their rates of yesterday.
Dovers, 2 l 7/;i—Black burns Lancashire, IN—Sheffields, 341/2
London Stock, 131%_6' ' _ —North Staffords, 4-y8 dis.—
84—Midland, 7G',,.1 reat Northern, 20—Leeds Stock,
13IR MING H
STOCK EXCHANGE. ' AM, JULY 30.
case after nccount-day —As was anticipated would be the
satisfactorily, the '(yesterday), which passed off very
animated, and there railway share market has again become
all descriptions of was to-day a decided improvement in
on 'Change
were:_Birmingham,
stock. Among the transactions reported
Valley, 11/, Bs. e :—Birmingham, Wolverhampton. arid Stour
mass Al 9 91 per share—Shrewsbury and Birmingham
i—Ditto (Class, B) Cl. 18s. 9d.—Ditto, Pre-
ference, 11 y
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