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The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . On Thursday , the Queen , the Prince Consort , the Prince of Hesse , and the Princess Alice took a ride . The Prince of Wales returned to Cambridge . On Saturday , the Queen , with the Princesses Alice and Helena , took a drive , andthe Prince Consort , with the Prince of Hesse , visited the Exhibition of the Neiv Society of Painters in Water Colours . The Queen has taken carriage airing each day during the Aveek . On Tuesday , the Prince Consort presided at a Council of the Duchy of Cornwall . On AVednesdaythe
, Prince Consort , the King of the Belgians , with the Princeof Hesse , and the Princesses Alice , Helena , and Louisa visited the Botanical Gardens in the Regent's Park . Princes Arthur and Leopold , an d the Princess Beatrice have had au attack of measles , hut are going on favourably . IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —In the HOUSE OP LORDS on Thursday , the 6 th inst . Lord AA'bdekouse in replto a question from the
, y Marquis of Clanriearde , confirmed the melancholy tidings of Count 'Cavour's death . The noble Lord briefly alluded to the commanding ability of the deceased statesman , as did other noble Lords . ——On Friday , Lord Granville moi-ed the second reading of the Budget Bill , and , in doing so , defended at some length the course taken by the Government in throwing their principal financial proposals into one measure . After some discussion , the bill was read a
second time . —¦—On Jlonday , the Bankruptcy Bill , after a long dis-¦ cussion , passed through the Committee . Allthe alterations of the Select Committee were adopted , and a clause ivas added , destroying 'the retrospective character of the measure , so far as non-traders are concerned . The Budget Bill passed silently through the same stage .- On Tuesday , on the motion that the Government of the Navy Bill do pass , Lord Carnarvon called attention to the efforts
being made by France , Spain , " and Italy to raise iron-eased fleets , and suggested the possibility of a combination of these powers iu the Mediterranean . The Budget Bill was then read a third time , and passed . Lord Shaftesbury reverted to his controversy with the Education Commissioners , on the subject of Ragged Schools , and moved for certain returns , which the Duke of Neivcastle promised , if possibleto obtain . On AA ednesdaythe Royal assent was iven
, , g by commission to the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill , as well as toother measures . In the HOUSE or COMMONS , on the 6 th inst ., Sir Charles AA'ood introduced three important bills relating to India —one for the reform of the general government of the country , the second for the reconstruction of the Indian laiv courts , and the
third for the improvement of the position of the uncovenanted officials . The three bills were read a first time . The Excise and Stamps Bill having been considered and ordered to be read a third time , Sir Robert Peel once more brought forward the case of the Protestants in Spain , and charged Lord John Russell ivith supineness in the matter . Lord John briefly defended the course he had taken , and stated that he had ordered the dismissal of the British Vice Consul at Cadiz , who had refused to allow Protestant services
to be celebrated under his roof . Some discussion liaving taken place respecting the conversion of line-of-battle ships into armourplated frigates , the House went into Committee of Supply on the Naval Estimates , and one vote was agreed to . On Friday , Jlr . Gladstone stated , in reply to a question , that no decision had been arrived at with reference to the proposal to render sovereigns coined at the Sydney mint a legal tender throughout Her Majesty's dominions . Lord John Russellin reply to Jlr .
, Liddell , said the Queen ' s Advocate had been consulted with reference to the prohibition of the privateers and ships of war of both the Northern and Southern States of America from entering British ports with their prizes , and that gentleman ' s opinion -was that the IHAV of nations gave to every poiver the right which had been assumed by Her Majesty ' s Government in this matter . The House went into Committee of Supply ,
ivhen Lord Elcho urged the claims of the A olunteers to additional Government aid . Air . H . Berkeley moved that the item for Yeomanry be struck out of the Army Estimates , hut the amendment was opposed . by the Government , and ultimatel y negatived . AA'ith respect to additional Government assistance to the Volunteer force , the Under Secretary for AA ' ar said that while the Government could not consent to give so much per manthey
, would consider the question of supplying targets , drill instructors , and so forth .- On Monday the Appropriation of Seats Bill came on for consideration in committee . Earl Jermyn attempted to prevent the bill from getting into committee ; but after a long discussion , the House decided , by an overwhelming majority , against the noble Earl ' s amendment , Avhich was to the effect ' that the House into committee the that six
go ou measure day months . On a division the amendment AA-ac : rejected ' by a majority of 37 . Colonel Dunne next proposed to strike out the seat granted to South Lancashire , the lion , and gallant gentleman desiring to have it appropriated to Ireland . " " After some discussion , in the course of ivhich Lord John Jlanners
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supported the amendment , a division took place , when Colonel Dunne's proposition was negatived by 228 votes against 67 . Mr . Bazley , on behalf of Air . Jlassey , who occupied his place as Chairman of Committees , then moved that a second member he given to Salford ; but the motion was opposed by the Government , and negatived without a division . The first and second clauses of the bill were agreed tobut on the third—that enfranchising
, Chelsea and Kensington—the Government was defeated , Mr . Knightley carrying his amendment , by which the two metropolitan parishes were struck oufc by a large majority . On Tuesday the House met at twelve o'clock , and completed the consideration in committee of a number of bills introduced with the vieiv of consolidating the criminal laAV . These measures have already been passed by the House of Lords . At the evening sitting , Mr . T . G .
Baring stated that provision had been made in the estimates for the three infantry regiments and the battery of artillery which are about to be despatched to Canada in the Great Eastern ; and Lord John Russell intimated that the conferences on Syrian affairs had resulted in the appointment of a Christian governor of Syria . A resolution , moved by General Lindsay , praying that an address be presented to Her JIajesty on the subject of the position of the colonels promoted for distinguished services in the Crimea , was
agreed to—the Government assenting . The Speaker having announced , amid cheers , that the Lords had passed the Budget Bill , without alteration , Dr . Brady broiv lit forward a motion assertms Jlr . Barber ' s claims to additional compensation . The motion was opposed by the Government , and ivas negatived without a division . On AVednesday , Air . Dillivyn moved the second reading of bis Affirmations Bill , by ivhich he proposed to extend the privilege of substituting affirmations for oaths . A lengthy debate ensuedin the
, course of which Sir G . C . Lewis opposed the second reading . The bill was defeated by a majority of seventy . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The rate of mortality in the metropolis last week shows about an average condition of the public health , the actual number of deaths having been 1101 . Of births there were 1847 registered , 963 being boys , and 884 girls . The
barometer exhibited a mean height of 29-822 inches , and the thermometer a temperature of 53-3 degrees . The census returns for England and Wales have been published . Their strict accuracy is not guaranteed by the Registrar-General , who states that the papers have yet to undergo a more careful revision ; but it is not anticipated that the minute scrutiny ivhich remains to be made at head-quarters will materially affect the interesting figures now submitted to the public . The population of England and AA ' ales on
the Sth of April , was 20 , 205 , 504 , —showing an increase of upivards of 2 , 000 , 000 during the last decade . A considerable increase is also exhibited in the number of houses , inhabited and uninhabited . The tide of emigration has been strong in the interval betiveen 1851 and 1861 , —close upon 2 , 500 , 000 persons having sailed from the ports of the United Kingdom during that period . It is estimated that about 194 , 000 of these were foreigners ; while no fewer
than 1 , 230 , 986 were of Irish origin . The population of London has increased from 2 , 363 , 230 in 1851 , to 2 , 803 , 034 in 1 S 61 . Sir Hope Grant was entertained at a banquet by the members of the United Service Club , on Saturday evening . The Duke of Cambridge presided , and Lord Palmerston , Lord Elgin , and Sir Charles AVood were among the guests . The Duke of Cambridge deprecated "the ignorant impatience" of those who think the Admiralty backward in the construction of iron-cased ships—the f .-ict being that important experiments are being carried on ivith the view of
settling several dehateable points respecting the neiv class of vessels . Sir Hope Grant vindicated the Armstrong guns from the charge of failure in China—declaring their , to be the finest weapons of destruction ever invented . And the military attache to tbe French Embassy in London expressed his faith in a long continuance of the Anglo-French alliance , ivhich " ivill enable us to laugh at the rest ofthe world . " The Times notices the remarkable fact that , since the commencement of the present yearAve have imported fiour
, , Avheat , and other grain from foreign countries to the value of £ 20 , 000 , 000 , —about four titties tbe value of tbe quantit y imported in the corresponding period of 1860 . The 17 th and 30 th Regiments , and the fourth Battalion of the 60 th Rifles , are to be despatched , together with a battery of Royal Artilllery , to our Canadian provinces . The sole object of the Government is to protect British property against any disturbances ivhich may occur
on the frontier . These troops ivill be conveyed across the Atlantic by the Great Eastern . Arrangements are being made for holding a grand volunteer review at Neii-ton-le-Willows , on the 3 rd of August . ——There is a threatened renewal of the unhappy contest betAveen the operatives connected with the building trades and their employers . The announced purpose to introduce the hour system of payment into establishments where at present another system prevails is the reason urged by the men for assuming a hosattitude . On the one side there is an expressed determination to enforce the measure , and on the other to resist it . The fine
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The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . On Thursday , the Queen , the Prince Consort , the Prince of Hesse , and the Princess Alice took a ride . The Prince of Wales returned to Cambridge . On Saturday , the Queen , with the Princesses Alice and Helena , took a drive , andthe Prince Consort , with the Prince of Hesse , visited the Exhibition of the Neiv Society of Painters in Water Colours . The Queen has taken carriage airing each day during the Aveek . On Tuesday , the Prince Consort presided at a Council of the Duchy of Cornwall . On AVednesdaythe
, Prince Consort , the King of the Belgians , with the Princeof Hesse , and the Princesses Alice , Helena , and Louisa visited the Botanical Gardens in the Regent's Park . Princes Arthur and Leopold , an d the Princess Beatrice have had au attack of measles , hut are going on favourably . IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —In the HOUSE OP LORDS on Thursday , the 6 th inst . Lord AA'bdekouse in replto a question from the
, y Marquis of Clanriearde , confirmed the melancholy tidings of Count 'Cavour's death . The noble Lord briefly alluded to the commanding ability of the deceased statesman , as did other noble Lords . ——On Friday , Lord Granville moi-ed the second reading of the Budget Bill , and , in doing so , defended at some length the course taken by the Government in throwing their principal financial proposals into one measure . After some discussion , the bill was read a
second time . —¦—On Jlonday , the Bankruptcy Bill , after a long dis-¦ cussion , passed through the Committee . Allthe alterations of the Select Committee were adopted , and a clause ivas added , destroying 'the retrospective character of the measure , so far as non-traders are concerned . The Budget Bill passed silently through the same stage .- On Tuesday , on the motion that the Government of the Navy Bill do pass , Lord Carnarvon called attention to the efforts
being made by France , Spain , " and Italy to raise iron-eased fleets , and suggested the possibility of a combination of these powers iu the Mediterranean . The Budget Bill was then read a third time , and passed . Lord Shaftesbury reverted to his controversy with the Education Commissioners , on the subject of Ragged Schools , and moved for certain returns , which the Duke of Neivcastle promised , if possibleto obtain . On AA ednesdaythe Royal assent was iven
, , g by commission to the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill , as well as toother measures . In the HOUSE or COMMONS , on the 6 th inst ., Sir Charles AA'ood introduced three important bills relating to India —one for the reform of the general government of the country , the second for the reconstruction of the Indian laiv courts , and the
third for the improvement of the position of the uncovenanted officials . The three bills were read a first time . The Excise and Stamps Bill having been considered and ordered to be read a third time , Sir Robert Peel once more brought forward the case of the Protestants in Spain , and charged Lord John Russell ivith supineness in the matter . Lord John briefly defended the course he had taken , and stated that he had ordered the dismissal of the British Vice Consul at Cadiz , who had refused to allow Protestant services
to be celebrated under his roof . Some discussion liaving taken place respecting the conversion of line-of-battle ships into armourplated frigates , the House went into Committee of Supply on the Naval Estimates , and one vote was agreed to . On Friday , Jlr . Gladstone stated , in reply to a question , that no decision had been arrived at with reference to the proposal to render sovereigns coined at the Sydney mint a legal tender throughout Her Majesty's dominions . Lord John Russellin reply to Jlr .
, Liddell , said the Queen ' s Advocate had been consulted with reference to the prohibition of the privateers and ships of war of both the Northern and Southern States of America from entering British ports with their prizes , and that gentleman ' s opinion -was that the IHAV of nations gave to every poiver the right which had been assumed by Her Majesty ' s Government in this matter . The House went into Committee of Supply ,
ivhen Lord Elcho urged the claims of the A olunteers to additional Government aid . Air . H . Berkeley moved that the item for Yeomanry be struck out of the Army Estimates , hut the amendment was opposed . by the Government , and ultimatel y negatived . AA'ith respect to additional Government assistance to the Volunteer force , the Under Secretary for AA ' ar said that while the Government could not consent to give so much per manthey
, would consider the question of supplying targets , drill instructors , and so forth .- On Monday the Appropriation of Seats Bill came on for consideration in committee . Earl Jermyn attempted to prevent the bill from getting into committee ; but after a long discussion , the House decided , by an overwhelming majority , against the noble Earl ' s amendment , Avhich was to the effect ' that the House into committee the that six
go ou measure day months . On a division the amendment AA-ac : rejected ' by a majority of 37 . Colonel Dunne next proposed to strike out the seat granted to South Lancashire , the lion , and gallant gentleman desiring to have it appropriated to Ireland . " " After some discussion , in the course of ivhich Lord John Jlanners
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supported the amendment , a division took place , when Colonel Dunne's proposition was negatived by 228 votes against 67 . Mr . Bazley , on behalf of Air . Jlassey , who occupied his place as Chairman of Committees , then moved that a second member he given to Salford ; but the motion was opposed by the Government , and negatived without a division . The first and second clauses of the bill were agreed tobut on the third—that enfranchising
, Chelsea and Kensington—the Government was defeated , Mr . Knightley carrying his amendment , by which the two metropolitan parishes were struck oufc by a large majority . On Tuesday the House met at twelve o'clock , and completed the consideration in committee of a number of bills introduced with the vieiv of consolidating the criminal laAV . These measures have already been passed by the House of Lords . At the evening sitting , Mr . T . G .
Baring stated that provision had been made in the estimates for the three infantry regiments and the battery of artillery which are about to be despatched to Canada in the Great Eastern ; and Lord John Russell intimated that the conferences on Syrian affairs had resulted in the appointment of a Christian governor of Syria . A resolution , moved by General Lindsay , praying that an address be presented to Her JIajesty on the subject of the position of the colonels promoted for distinguished services in the Crimea , was
agreed to—the Government assenting . The Speaker having announced , amid cheers , that the Lords had passed the Budget Bill , without alteration , Dr . Brady broiv lit forward a motion assertms Jlr . Barber ' s claims to additional compensation . The motion was opposed by the Government , and ivas negatived without a division . On AVednesday , Air . Dillivyn moved the second reading of bis Affirmations Bill , by ivhich he proposed to extend the privilege of substituting affirmations for oaths . A lengthy debate ensuedin the
, course of which Sir G . C . Lewis opposed the second reading . The bill was defeated by a majority of seventy . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The rate of mortality in the metropolis last week shows about an average condition of the public health , the actual number of deaths having been 1101 . Of births there were 1847 registered , 963 being boys , and 884 girls . The
barometer exhibited a mean height of 29-822 inches , and the thermometer a temperature of 53-3 degrees . The census returns for England and Wales have been published . Their strict accuracy is not guaranteed by the Registrar-General , who states that the papers have yet to undergo a more careful revision ; but it is not anticipated that the minute scrutiny ivhich remains to be made at head-quarters will materially affect the interesting figures now submitted to the public . The population of England and AA ' ales on
the Sth of April , was 20 , 205 , 504 , —showing an increase of upivards of 2 , 000 , 000 during the last decade . A considerable increase is also exhibited in the number of houses , inhabited and uninhabited . The tide of emigration has been strong in the interval betiveen 1851 and 1861 , —close upon 2 , 500 , 000 persons having sailed from the ports of the United Kingdom during that period . It is estimated that about 194 , 000 of these were foreigners ; while no fewer
than 1 , 230 , 986 were of Irish origin . The population of London has increased from 2 , 363 , 230 in 1851 , to 2 , 803 , 034 in 1 S 61 . Sir Hope Grant was entertained at a banquet by the members of the United Service Club , on Saturday evening . The Duke of Cambridge presided , and Lord Palmerston , Lord Elgin , and Sir Charles AVood were among the guests . The Duke of Cambridge deprecated "the ignorant impatience" of those who think the Admiralty backward in the construction of iron-cased ships—the f .-ict being that important experiments are being carried on ivith the view of
settling several dehateable points respecting the neiv class of vessels . Sir Hope Grant vindicated the Armstrong guns from the charge of failure in China—declaring their , to be the finest weapons of destruction ever invented . And the military attache to tbe French Embassy in London expressed his faith in a long continuance of the Anglo-French alliance , ivhich " ivill enable us to laugh at the rest ofthe world . " The Times notices the remarkable fact that , since the commencement of the present yearAve have imported fiour
, , Avheat , and other grain from foreign countries to the value of £ 20 , 000 , 000 , —about four titties tbe value of tbe quantit y imported in the corresponding period of 1860 . The 17 th and 30 th Regiments , and the fourth Battalion of the 60 th Rifles , are to be despatched , together with a battery of Royal Artilllery , to our Canadian provinces . The sole object of the Government is to protect British property against any disturbances ivhich may occur
on the frontier . These troops ivill be conveyed across the Atlantic by the Great Eastern . Arrangements are being made for holding a grand volunteer review at Neii-ton-le-Willows , on the 3 rd of August . ——There is a threatened renewal of the unhappy contest betAveen the operatives connected with the building trades and their employers . The announced purpose to introduce the hour system of payment into establishments where at present another system prevails is the reason urged by the men for assuming a hosattitude . On the one side there is an expressed determination to enforce the measure , and on the other to resist it . The fine