December, and ratified on Thursday, has been presented to
both Houses of Parliament. The following is the
official translation from the French.

"Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, his Majesty the Emperor of
Austria, and his Majesty the Emperor of the French,
being animated with the desire of terminating the present
war at the earliest possible moment, by the re-establishment
of general peace on solid bases, affording to
the whole of Europe every guarantee against the return
of the complications which have so unhappily disturbed
its repose; being convinced that nothing would be more
conducive to that result than the complete union of their
efforts until the common object which they have in view
shall be entirely attained; and acknowledging, in
consequence, the necessity of coming to an immediate
understanding with regard to their respective positions,
and to arrangements for the future; have resolved to
conclude a Treaty of Alliance; and have for that purpose
named as their Plenipotentiaries: [Here follow the
names and titles of the Plenipotentiaries, and the
intimation that they have agreed to and signed the
following articles.]

"1. The High Contracting Parties refer to the declarations
contained in the Protocols of the 9th of April
and 23rd of May, of the present year, and in the Notes
exchanged on the 8th of August last; and as they
reserved to themselves the right of proposing, according
to circumstances, such conditions as they might judge
necessary for the general interests of Europe, they
engage mutually and reciprocally not to enter into any
arrangement with the Imperial Court of Russia without
having first deliberated thereupon in common.

"2. His Majesty, the Emperor of Austria, having, in
virtue of the treaty concluded on the 14th of June last with
the Sublime Porte, caused the Principalities of Moldavia
and Wallachia to be occupied by his troops, he engages to
defend the frontier of the said Principalities against any
return of the Russian forces; the Austrian troops shall
for this purpose occupy the positions necessary for
guaranteeing those Principalities against any attack.
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and his Majesty the Emperor of the
French having likewise concluded with the Sublime
Porte, on the 12th of March, a treaty which authorises
them to direct their forces upon every part of the Ottoman
empire, the above-mentioned occupation shall not
interfere with the free movement of the Anglo-French
or Ottoman troops upon these same territories against
the military forces of the territory of Russia. There
shall be formed at Vienna between the Plenipotentiaries
of Austria, France, and Great Britain, a Commission,
to which Turkey shall be invited to send a plenipotentiary,
and which shall be charged with examining and
regulating every question relating either to the exceptional
and provisional state in which the said Principalities
are now placed, or to the free passage of the different
armies across their territory.

"3. In case hostilities should break out between
Austria and Russia, her Majesty the Queen of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, his
Majesty the Emperor of Austria, and his Majesty the
Emperor of the French, mutually promise to each other
their offensive and defensive alliance in the present war;
and will for that purpose employ, according to the
requirements of the war, military and naval forces, the
number, description, and destination whereof shall, if
occasion should arise, be determined by subsequent
arrangements.

"4. In the case contemplated by the preceding
article, the High Contracting Parties reciprocally engage
not to entertain any overture or proposition on the part
of the Imperial Court of Russia, having for its object the
cessation of hostilities, without having come to an
understanding thereupon between themselves.

"5. In case the re-establishment of general peace,
upon the basis indicated in Article 1. should not be
assured in the course of the present year, her Majesty
the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, and his
Majesty the Emperor of the French, will deliberate
without delay upon effectual means for obtaining the
object of their alliance.

"6. Great Britain, Austria, and France, will jointly
communicate the present treaty to the court of Prussia;
and will with satisfaction receive its accession thereto,
in case it should promise its cooperation for the
accomplishment of the common object.

"7. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the
ratifications shall be exchanged at Vienna in the space
of a fortnight.

"In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries
have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal
of their arms." At Vienna, the 2nd of December in the
year of our Lord 1851.

                                      (Signed) WESTMORELAND
                                                     BUOL-SCHAUENSTEIN.
                                                      BOURQUENEY.

The election for the borough of Marylebone terminated
on the 19th inst. The candidates were Lord
Ebrington and Mr. Jacob Bell. Lord Ebrington was
returned by 6919 to 4160.

       NARRATIVE OF LAW AND CRIME.

At the Central Criminal Court on the 2nd inst.,
Philip Walmsley, a fashionably dressed young man, was
tried for Bigamy. The charge was that he married
Augusta Anne Lewis, being already lawfully married
and his real wife still alive. Mr. Walmsley, described
as a "gentleman," fourteen years ago married Margaret
Helena Munns, he being then nineteen and she seventeen
years of age. After a brief period, Walmsley misconducted
himself; and, to get him out of the way, he was
presented with a commission in the Indian army on
condition that he should never return to England.
But his old habits of misconduct recurring, he was
cashiered; and in May last he returned to this country.
Here he met and married Miss Lewis, a young ladv of
twenty-three, with a fortune of £10,000 or £11,0007;
£2000 or £3000 of which he has already squandered.
The facts were undisputed: the jury found him guilty,
and the recorder sentenced him to two years' imprison-
ment with hard labour.

A Double Murder was committed on the evening of
the 8th inst., in Warren Street, Fitzroy Square. A
man named Bartlemy, accompanied by a young woman,
called upon Mr. Moore a soda-water manufacturer in
Warren Street. After he had been there some time,
Moore's servant heard a scuffle, and the cry of
"Murder!" and running into the passage, arrived in
time to see Bartlemy shoot Moore dead. The assassin
at once made for the front door; but he there found that
a neighbour, one Collard, barred the way. Locking the
door, Bartlemy sought to fly by the back garden in the
New Road. Collard, anticipating this, ran round, and
finding Bartlemy leaping from the garden-wall, seized
him as he alighted. The ruffian, however, drew another
pistol, fired, and Collard fell. Fortunately another
person was near, and he secured the assassin. Collard
was carried to the University College Hospital; but it
was found that the wound was mortal, the ball having
entered the belly and passed through the body. He
was able, however, to make a dying deposition of the
facts, and to indentify Bartlemy as the murderer. There
were indications of a severe struggle in Moore's back-
parlour—blood spattered about, furniture smashed, and
on the floor a broken cane loaded with lead, which had
been used by Bartlemy. It would seem that the young
woman who accompanied him has escaped. After a
protracted investigation, which has thrown no light on
the motives of the crime, the murderer has been
committed for trial.

At the Central Criminal Court, on the 20th inst.,
Francis Robert Newton and Philip William Newton
were tried for an Assault on Adam Stewart Ker, with
intent to murder him. The circumstances of this case
are well known. Both prisoners were convicted, but
the younger was recommended to mercy. The elder
was sentenced to nine months, and the younger to three
months imprisonment in Newgate.

In the Court of Queen's Bench, on the 20th inst., an
action of Libel was tried at the instance of Mr. Birch,
proprietor of a Dublin newspaper called the World,