The Week.

the order the lady sent three halves of notes , and a Postoffice order for the balance . This did not suit the advertisers , who wrote for the other halves of the notes . This excited suspicion , inquiries were made , and it was discovered that none of the addresses given were the parties known . Tfie Post-office order was gone , but the thieves evidently expected more . An inquest was held last week on the body of Mrs . Bromage , who ,

it will be remembered , was found dead in her own house at the bottom of her bed-room stairs . It appears she was suffering from internal disease , and as her husband admitted he had been drinking on the night in question and fell down the stairs , it is supposed she had come to his assistance , and that the cold and excitement had hastened her death . The jury returned a

verdict accordingly . The revenue returns for the end of the year have been published . There is a decrease in the Customs , in the property tax , and in the miscellaneous . In the former items there is an increase , mainly , on the Excise , which amounts to £ 110 , 000 on the last quarter . After deducting the increase the falling off in the last quarter amounts to £ 62 , 000 ; on the

last three quarters nearly £ 1 , 120 , 000 . fMr . Gladstone calculated the total loss on his reductions last April as £ 3 , 800 , 000 . As there is only another quarter to come it is probable that the result will be within a million or more of his calculations . 'The Italian , Fermi , who stabbed the German , Dornhusch , in the City , was brought up on Saturday last , and the wounded man

was able to attend and give evidence , which he did with great forbearance towards the prisoner . Fermi made a rambling defence , denied that he was insane , alleged that the prosecutor had ruined him and his children , and was committed-for trial at the Old Bailey . Fenianism has made an appearance in one of our police-courts . On Monday at the Thame ' s court two men , named Butler and Farrell , were charged with

endeavouring to induce a private soldier named Farrell to desert , and further with being in possession of some soldiers' clothing . Farrell , the soldier , stated that he Avas met on Saturday at Kensington by a man who invited him to drink . He accepted the invitation , and afterwards accompanied the man to ahouse in Whitechapel , where the prisoners and other Irishmen were drinking . After a time , the soldier

says , he was got upstairs , and there the prisoners wanted to swear hint in as a Fenian , take off his uniform , dress him in plain clothes , and send him to Ireland . He refused to yield to their solicitations , and after a struggle got into the street . He informed the police at once , and they apprehended the prisoners . On searching the house several articles of soldiers '

clothing were found . The defence set up for the prisoners was , that the whole affair was a drunken joke played on the soldier . The magistrate , however , remanded the men . A fire broke out on Monday afternoon in a warehouse belonging to the St . Katharine ' s Dock Company . In the same warehouse , not long ago , a similar conflagration took place . In spite of

the efforts of the fire brigade , the flames spread , and an immense quantity of property was destroyed . The ori gin of the fire is unknown . On Wednesday morning the flames Avere effectually got under , but in all probability it will be a week before the fire is wholly extinguished . The damage is estimated at not less than £ 200 , 000 . Six seamen , mostly young men , were

brought up at Bow-street police court on Monday , and charged with piracy . It seems they shipped at Calcutta on hoard the Scotland , the captain of which had his leg broken the day the vessel left port . While he was laid by with the broken leg the prisoners complained as to provisions , and wished to go back to Calcutta Apprehensive of a mutiny , Captain Campbell signalled for assistance from a ship a ship in sight , whereupon the prisoners hauled down the

signals and altered the course of the ship . They appear , however , not to have had enough knowledge to navigate her , and as she was in danger the captain was allowed to take command again , but not before he had by their orders destroyed the entries in the official log book of their misconduct . The vessel arrived at the island of Ascension , and there found a British man-of-war . A court of inquiry was held , and the prisoners

Avere ordered to be sent home in another vessel to be tried , and the captain came to England by the mail steamer . The Scotland has not yet arrived with the rest of the crew . The captain was examined , and several of his statements were contradicted by the prisoners . The men were remanded . Mr . AVilliam Henry Oakes AVarren , who was charged on Saturday last with

stealing an overcoat from the Westminster Palace Hotel , was brought up again at the police court on Monday . It was shown that the prisoner was most respectably connected , but it was also shown that he had been in the habit of going to various hotels and leaving without paying his bills . He was committed for trial . At Bethnal-green on Wednesday an

inquest was held on the body of an unfortunate woman named Bellinger , who , it was shown by the clearest evidence , had died from starvation . The poor woman appeared to have been neglected by some of her relatives ; and the Coroner adjourned the inquest with a view to ascertain whether a criminal charge could be sustained agrinst any person . It is

shocking that in the midst of so much plenty people should be constantly dying from want of food ; but in this case no blame can attach to the neighbours or to the parish authorities . FOEEIGN INTELLIGENCE . —A rumour is . prevalent on the Continent , we know not with what foundation , that England , France , and Russia have undertaken to restore order in Greece . They are to send ships to the Greek waters , and Avhen certain

points are occupied the Hellenic constitution is to be suspended and the Chamber dissolved . In all probability there is not a word of truth in all this . England would not be likely to interfere in any such manner in the affairs of Greece . On Wednesday , the 27 th ult ., Queen Isabella opened the Spanish Cortes in person , and delivered a temperate speech . With the

exception of a paragrph devoted to the war with Chili , she starts no new topic of interest . The promise of a bill for extinguishing or liquidating the old debt will be good news to the national creditors , while philanthropists will derive comfort from the prospect of a measure for putting an end to the slave trade between Cuba and the

coast of Africa . The Brazils mail arrived at Lisbon , from whence we have a telegram stating that reports were current at Buenos Ayres , at the latter end of November , that , through , the efforts of European mediation , a peace was about to be concluded between Paraguay and the Allies . We have also news from the Pacific . The state of affairs between Spain and

Chili remained much the same . The Chilians Avere preparing for the contest , and were determined to resist the demands of Spain to the utmost . From Peru we learn that another little revolution had taken place . After the President , General Canseco , had exercisen his powers for a few days , a public meeting was called , at which General Prado was declared

Dictator of the country , and General Canseco was at once deprived of all authority . There seems to be little doubt that France and Austria are drawing closer together , and a probable alliance between them is widely discussed in the Prussian papers . One of the latest testimonies to this good understanding was given on Sunday last . On that day the Austrian Ambassador at

Paris , Prince Metternieh , on behalf of the Emperor of Austria , presented the Prince Imperial with the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary . The presentation was accompanied by