The Week.

of national education in Ireland was again the subject of discussion . —The O'C ' ouor Don opening the adjourned debate on Sir Hugh Cairn ' s motion relative to the grants made to conventual and monastic schools , hut led to no result . Ou Friday , on the order for going into Committee of Supply , Mr . Morbitfc , in an able speech , moved a resolution to the effect , that , in fche event of any modification of the indirect taxation of this country , the

excise on malt required consideration . The Chancellor of the Exchequer agreed to the propriety of the resolution in the abstract , but said it would be nnadvisabie to pledge the House to any particular course of action in dealing with tbe remission of a specific impost . After some discussion , the House divided—for the motion , 166 , against , 118 ; majority against , 43 , On

Monday , Lord Palmerston made a similar statement to that in fche House of Lords relative fco the Danish question , and Mr . Disraeli promised that no time should be lost in giving the House an opportunity of expressing an opinion with , regard fco ifc . On Tuesday , Mr . JBailiio Cochrane moved for correspondence relating to the

granting of pensions to colonial governors , but upon an explanation from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the Government would be prepared with a measure on the subject next session , the motion was withdrawn . —Mr . Doulfcon moved a resolution declaring ifc to be the duty of the Government to prevent the gradual diminution of open spaces in and around

the metropolis . The motion was opposed by Mr . F . Peel , but on a division the Government was defeated by a majority of 3 d , in a house of 119 . —Mr . Percy Wyndham niOA-ed that the grant for Queen ' s Plates should be discontinued , as it no longer encouraged the breed of good horses . The motion was ultimately withdrawn . —Mr . Disraeli gave notice that he will , on Monday next , move an address to the Crown , thanking her

Majesty for the papers relating to the Conference , but expressing " great regret that Avhile the course pursued by her Majesty ' s Government has failed to maintain their avowed policj- of upholding fche integrity and independence of Denmark , ifc has lowered the just influence of fcbis country in tho councils of Europe , and thereby diminished the securities for peace . " On Wednesday , Mr . Heniiessy moved the second reading of

the Poor-law ( Ireland ) Acts Amendment Bill . The object of the bill was , he said , to asssmilafce fche law in England and Ireland as regarded oufc-door relief . Lord Naas moved the rejection of fche bill . Its principle had been condemned by the select committee which sat upon the subject . After a short discussion , tile second reading of the hill was negatived by 291

votes to 24 . —The Tests Abolition ( Oxford ) Bill passed through committee without opposition , but Mr . Selwyn gave notice that on the motion for the third reading of the bill its rejection would be moved . —The House then went into committee on the Street Music Bill , and a very amusing discussion ensued , which lasted until a quarter to six o'clock , when , in

accord-• ance with the standing orders , the debate was adjourned . The other orders were disposed of , and the House adjourned at six o'clock . —Mr . Kinglake put a notice on the papers of the House of Commons of an amendment to Mr . Disraeli's vote of want of confidence in the Government . The amendment is to substitute for fche sting of the Tory motion the following :

—'" To express the satisfaction with which we have learned that , at this conjuncture , her Majesty has been advised to abstain from armed interference in the war now going on between Denmark and the German Powers . " GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The mortality of London for the last week amounted to 12 G 2 , of which more than one-half were under 20 years of age . The deaths of young persons have been increasing of late , while the deaths of old persons over GO years

of age is on the decrease . The general mortality was high being about 100 in excess of the ten years' average . There were IS 97 births , which was only four below fche average . The Committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into ; the case of Mr . Bewicke , of Threepwood Hall , who was sentenced fco a term of penal servitude for an offence Avhich he never committed , have sent in a report , in which they state

that they do not consider that Mr . Bewicke has made out a case for compensation from the public purse . They , however , recommend that the full value of his goods , which were forfeited upon his conviction , should bo paid to him , minus the net produce of the sale by auction , which has already been handed over to him by the Commissioners of Greenwich

Hospital . The annual meeting of fche Cotton Supply Association has been held , and fche Committee had fco tell of anxious , and , in the main , successful , exertions to excite an interest in fche cultivation of cotton in those countries capable of producing- the plant . India was the great exception in this respect , and hits were freely levelled—to use tho language of

Mr . Hugh Mason—at the administration of Sir Chas . Wood . Mr . Cheetham was very cautious in speaking of the x > robable supply for the present year , but he seemed to be of opinion that ifc would show " a considerable increase" upon that of last year . Three new bishops were consecrated at Canterbury on Wednesday . They were , Dr . Francis Jcune , to the

bishopric of Peterborough ; Dr . C . F . Bromhy , to the bishopric of Tasmania ; and Dr . Samuel A . Crowther , fco the bishopric of the Niger . The last-named is a coloured clergymen . A new church has been erected on the site of the gardens of Vauxhall , Lambeth , which was consecrated on Tuesday by the Bishop o Winchester , with the ceremony usual on such occasions . The church , which is dedicated to St . Peter , has had a district

assigned it out of the parish of St . Mary . The hearing of Bishop Colenso ' s appeal to the Privy Council against the sentence of deposition pronounced against him by fche Bishop of Capetown , hasbeenoi-deredfco stand over until the Michaelmas sittings . The adjourned inquest on the unfortunate victims of the railway accident at Egham has been concluded , and a verdict of manslaughter returned against fche driver and guard of the

train which ran into the one at the station . The adjourned inquest on the body of the woman Louisa Dyer , supposed to have been murdered , has concluded . There are two men in custody charged with being concerned iu the wretched woman's death , and a verdict of wilful murder was returned against them , the evidence being wholly circumstantial . There have

been several changes among our metropolitan police magistrates of late . We learn that Mr . Hall , the chief magistrate of Bowsh-eet , is about to retire from that office , which he has held for tho last twenty-five years . Mr . Henry , who has been his colleague in Bow-street for a considerable time , is to succeed him as chief magistrate ; and it is said that Mr . Flowers , at present

Recorder of Stamford , will Succeed to the vacancy thus created . On Tuesday a coroner ' s inquesfc Avas held on fche body of Mr . Washington Willis , who died suddenly whilst speaking at a public meeting , on Monday , on the subject of reform . The post-mortem examination revealed apoplexy as the cause of death . Effusion of the brain was no doubt produced by the

excitement of public speaking . The deceased was a writer on the Morning Star . A woman named M'Murrough was charged at Alfreton , on Friday , with the horrible offence of setting fire fco her husband . The husband had come into the house drunk , and the wife , in revenge , set fire to him as he lay asleep . The poor fellow ' s life is considered to be in danger . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —As was expected the Conference formally closed on Saturday , and the failure of its object was