The Week.

in consequence of the Italian Government having demanded conditions which the Pope would not accept . It is also confirmed , on the same authority—the official journal of Eome—¦ that the negotiations were opened at the Pope ' s instance , and Ein consequence of a private letter Avritten by him to King Victor Emmanuel . The crisis in the Austrian Ministry is

wholly attributed to difficulties about the Hungarian question . The Emperor called in lo fill the office of Chancellor of Hungary a statesman in whom the Magyar party feel confidence , and who is disposed to go much farther in the way of an arrangement with them than Von Schmerling and his adherents in the Cabinet . Tlie latter accordingly have all resigned .

—¦—The inhabitants of Messina are in gieat alarm about the cholera in Alexandria . Indeed , on the arrival of one of the French mail steamers from the latter port , something like a serious disturbance took place . The authorities had , it is believed , previously taken all precautionary measures necessary , but the popular fear was not to be allayed .

The French Corps ^ Leg islatif has adopted , by an immense majority , the bill for the execution of new public works in Algeria . Omar Pasha has arrived in Paris and had an interview with M . Drouyn de l'Huys . The Naples papers continue to be full of somewhat vague reports regarding tho brigand Giardullo , recently arrested , and the revelations which are made

by him . These revelations are reported to implicate many persons hitherto deemed honourable and trustworthy , but whom Giardullo now accuses of having been the patrons and promoters of brigandage . The papers , however , do not publish any names , rightly thinking that an impeachment by a captured assassin is not the kind of evidence to be accepted without substantial

corroboration . Nothing is said about the fate of the Englishman in whom we here are so deeply interested . A despatch from Dresden announces the publication by Count Vitzthura of documents which are represented as conclusively establishing tbe fact that the famous will attributed to Peter the Great , and of which we heard so much during the time of the Crimean Avar , is a mere fabrication . Count Vitzthuin has discovered that a

genuine will does exist , but that its purport is the very reverse of the policy of annexation and unbounded conquest recommended in the other document . Here is a lively theme for our historical critics to discuss . Mr . Kinglake , if we remember rightly , makes no account whatever in his " Crimean AA ar , " of the alleged -will on which so much stress was laid ; we are not quite sure that lie even mentions it . Telegrams received from

Brest state that the steamer which arrived there from New York brought news confirming the total defeat and capture of Negrete in Mexico by the Imperial forces . The Count de Chambord , the heir of the Burhons , has taken to studying and Avritiug on some of the great questions connected with capital and labour and their mutual relations . He has lately published a lengthened article on the subject . The views of this very respectable and harmless exiled prince Avill be read with some interest .

GBNEIUL HOME NEWS . —The mortality in the principal towns of England is still on the increase . Last week the total number of deaths in the eleven principal towns amounted to 2881 , being at the rate of 26 in tho thousand . The mortality in Manchester and Stafford much exceeded this , being at the rate of 30 , which is considerabl y more than even Liverpool .

Dublin is the healthiest of the three capitals , being 21 , while London and Edinburgh both reach 25 . The total number of deaths in London was 1455 , or 213 above the average . The births for the same period were 1969 , or as nearly as possible the average number according to the last 10 years . A shocking traged y Avas enacted at a late hour on AVednesday

night , the 28 th ult ., on the public road leading from the Old Ford Station of the Great AVestern Railway . The wife of a man named Robinson had deserted him , and went to live with a man named Lewis . Robinson met them coming fromthe railway station , and asked his wife to return to him . Avhich she refused to do . Robinson then discharged a pistol at Lewis , the bullet from

which lodged in his right eye : He was removed to the hospital , where lie still remains in a precarious state . The wretched man , Robinson , then ran a little Avay up the road , and with a razor inflicted a dreadful gash in his own throat , of which he almost instantly died . A serious fire took place early on the morning of the 29 th ult ., on the extensive premises

belonging to Messrs . Sothehy , AVilkinson , and Co ., the lithographers , in the Strand . The building Avas four storeys high , and all were filled with goods belonging to the business of the firm . The engines were soon on the spot , but it was a considerable time before the flames Avere subdued , and the premises in which the fire originated Avere nearly all destroyed , while the houses

immediately adjoining were more or less injured . The last meeting of the present Convocation Avas held on the 29 th ult . Agreeably to the Royal licence , the amended canons bringing the law of the Church into harmony with the new act on clerical subscription were considered and agreed to ; and a resolution was passed expressing the hearty concurrence

of Convocation in the bill , which now awaits the royal assent . The revenue returns for the quarter and year ending June 30 were published lately . The revenue for the year was £ 69 , 588 , 756 against £ 09 , 992 , 959 in the previous year . There

was thus a decrease of £ 404 , 203 . The three items on which this decrease arose were customs , £ 517 , 000 ; property tax , £ 936 , 000 ; and miscellaneous , £ 165 , 703 . In excise there was an increase of £ 893 , 000 ; stamps , £ 19 , 000 ; taxes , £ 7 , 000 ; post office . £ 290 , 000 ; and Crown lands , £ 5 , 500 . The revenue of the quarter was £ 17 , 54-9 , 520 against £ 18 , 274 , 200 in the corresponding quarter last year . The decrease , £ 724 , 680 , is thus larger

than the Avhole decrease of the year . Bearing in mind the reductions which have been effected in taxation the ac . counts must be regarded as eminently satisfactory . Mr . Bright has issued his address to the Electors of Birmingham . Mr . Bright declares in the most emphatic language that the Parliament now about to expire has been disloyal to

its pledges , and has neglected its first duty , and that the Ministry which climbed into office on the pretence of devotion to the cause of Reform has violated its most solemn pledges . For himself he claims to be held free of any share in a betrayal of popular trust , which he denounced and resisted to the utmost of his power , and he expresses a hope that the coming election

will show that the cause of freedom , based on a true representation of the people , is advancing irresistibly to a triumph . Mr . Bright states that he is ready to accept again the duties of a representative of Birmingham , and to speak for the con . stitueney and the cause of Reform in the coming Parliament . Professor Faweett addressed a meeting of the

electors of Bri ghton on Thursday evening , the 29 th ult ., and met Avith an enthusiastic reception . The Liberals are now thoroughly united in support of him and Mr . AA'hite . At Greenwich a Conservative candidate—Sir J . H .

Maxwell—has come forward hoping to profit by the division in the Liberal Camp . Alderman Lusk held a meeting in Finsbury , and had a most cordial reception . Everywhere electioneering is going on amain . An inquest on the body o £ the wretched man Thomas Eobinson , who after , shooting tho paramour of his wife , destroyed his own life , was opened at Bow on Friday , the 30 th ult . The first witness was the wife , who attributed her separation from him to the brutal manner iu