The Week.

Belgians , the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia , and other royal personages are expected to attend , and a hope is expressed that the Emperor of the French may be induced to comply with the invitation of the Royal Commissioners . IMPEEIAII PAELIAMEOT . —No business of importance was transacted in the House of Lords , on Thursday , the 13 inst . On Friday another discusssion took place on the "Revised Code . " The subject was introduced by Lord St . Leonards , who ,

while by no means hostile to the general principle of the measure , felt that some further modifications were necessary in order to prevent the exclusion of the children of the poorer classes from the benefits of the Parliamentary grants . Lord Kingsdown and the Bishop of London spoke in a similar strain ; but Lord Granville gave no encouragement to the hope that further alterations would be conceded in the direction indicated . On Monday the Marquis of Normanby made his

promised speech against the new Italian kingdom , which was warmly defended . by Lord Russell . The noble Earl described the case as " one between liberty on the one hand , and bigotry and tryanny on the other ; " and expressed a hope that the old governments , which have found so persistent a champion in the noble Marquis , would never be restored . —After a few remarks from Lord Malmesbury ancl other Peers , the House adjourned . On Tuesday the bill restricting the jurisdiction of the

Court of Queen ' s Bench with respect to the issve of writs of habeas corpus in colonies possessing duly constituted tribunals was read a second time ; as was also the measure empowering the Secretary of State or the Commander in chief to issue commissions for the army , militia , and volunteer force under authority given by sign manual . In the House of Commons on Thursday night week , Sir G . C Lewis asked for a sum of moneyfor the enlargement of theMilitary Collegeat Sandhurst .

, The vote was opposed by Mr . Selwyn , and on a division the Government sustained a defeat . — : —On Thursday the 13 th , the Secretary for War moved the re-committal of the vote , and , after a long discusssion , the motion was agreed to ; without a division . At a subsequent period of the evening , the item was passed , with other votes . In answer to a question from Mr . Adderley , Mr . Chichester Foi-tescue stated that Sir George Grey's plan for a native administration in New Zealand , is to

-offer the natives a system of self government , to be worked out by their own councils , under the guidance of English assistants . He was unable to say what expenditure the scheme would entail , bnt at present the Imperial government had not incurred the slightest responsibility with respect to it , and it was intended for the future to place the management of native affairs in the hands of the colonial government . It was proposed to reduce the number of troops in New Zealand as soon

as possible , but great caution must be used in taking such a step . Mr . Roebuck held that the present position of affairs arose from a false idea of humanity ; and that if colonisation was to be carried on , the native races must disappear before the new comers . —•—On Friday Sir George Bowyer requested information with respect to certain alleged actual or comtemplated outrages in the " Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . " Lord Palmerston replied that there was no such state in Europe as

the " Kingdom of the Two Sicilies , " that the Government were in possession of no information with respect to the matters referred to , ancl that the hon . Baronet would do well to receive with caution the statements made to him by persons in Italy . In answer to a question from Mr . Darby Griffith , Mr . Liyard , said the Government had been assured by Baron Ricasoli that no further cession of Italian territory would be made to France , but Her Majesty ' s Ministers must declineon public grounds

, , to lay on the table a copy of tbe correspondence baaring upon this question . Mr . Freeland moved an address for a copy of the report drawn up by Lord Hobart and Mr . Foster on the financial position of Turkey , and also for a copy of the correspondence which has taken place between England and France on the subject . Mr . Layard thought it inexpedient to produce the papers moved for , but explained that the report of Lord Hobart and Mr . Foster showed that

there was nothing'fundamentally wrong in Turkish finance ; that the state of the country was really sound ; that the present difficulties of the Ottoman Empire had arisen entirely from mismanagement ; and that , with certain reforms , those difficulties would disappear , and a balance be established between revenue aud expenditure . The hon . gentleman spoke in high terms of - Abdul Aziz , ancl anticipated important results from his rule . After short conversations on the consolidation of the statutes and the alleged ' religious persecutions in Spain , the House went

into Committee of supply , when the vote for the postal packet service was agreed to . On Monday Mr . Layard made a statement wich respect to the seizure , at Tangiers , of a Lieuttenant of tho Sumter , by the ex-united States Consul at Cadiz , which will be read with considerable astonishment . It appears that these two gentleman , on landing at Tangiers , were pounced upon by the United States Consul , who threatened the Moorish authorities with war if they did not lhim with troops

suppy to aid him in securing the persons ofthe two " rebels . " This threat , which was defended by an appeal to some treaty existing between the United States and Morocco , had the desired effect , and on . neutral ground the two Southerners were seized and put in irons . It was reported that they had subsequently been liberated , but instead of this , they were placed on board an American ship , and are now probably in Fort Warren or Fort

Lafayette . Our Consul at Tangiers remonstrated without effect against this act , and Mr . Layard could only express a hope that President Lincoln , on being informed of the whole facts of the case , would restore the prisoners to liberty . The debate on Maritime Law was resumed by Mr . Lindsay , and the question was discussed at great length , ending in the withdraw ! of Mr . Horsman's resolutions . On Friday Mr . Gregson raised a discussion on the proceedings of the Taipings ; in the course of

which Mr . Layard stated that it was the firm determination ol Her Majesty ' s Government to maintain a strict neutrality between the Tartar jdynasty and the rebels ; unless , indeed , it should become absolutely necessary to interfere , in order to protect British interests against the marauding hordes whose progress had hitherto been marked by the most frightful excesses . -On AVednesday , Mr . Ayi-tou . moved the second reading of his Accidents Compensation Bill , by which masters were

made , to a greater extent , responsible for accidents by which their servants suffeied . The bill was opposed by the Attorneygeneral , and ultimately withdrawn . After some further business , the House adjourned . G-EXRRATJ HOME NEWS . — Mr . Bright has addressed a letter to the Secretary of an association atBirininghani , who addressed him on the income tax . In this letter the hon . gentleman declares that he has no hope of redress from the House of Commons , whose interests as a class all lie in keeping taxation where

it is now placed , on the poor and middle , fo the exemption of the upper classes ; that the army revels on the spoils of the industrial classes chiefly through the misconduct of Lord Palmerston and Earl Russel , who brought on the Russian war ,, and who no longer keep down the people by force only because they find fraud , delusion , and panic more effectual instruments for that purpose . He therefore recommends agitation . One of the drawbacks to the prosperity of Brighton has long been felt to

be the scarcity of pure fresh water for domestic purposes . An Artesian well was commenced some time ago , ancl continued at a heavy expense till the workmen reached the depth of 1282 feet , without any visible sign of success . On Sunday night , however , as the workmen were about to resume their occupation , they were surprised to find that the water had made its appearance in their absence during the previous day , and risen to such an extent thattaken by surprise as they werethey were nearlall

, , y drowned in it . The supply promises to be most abundant , and the quality good . There is general rejoicing in the town . A deputation of the clergy and laity of the Church of England waited upon the Lord Chamberlain on AVednesday to protest against the closing of the theatres during Passion Week , and to urge him to devise some means for returning to the old rule . The Archdeacon of London was the spokesman ofthe deputation ,

and he appeared to view the question mora in its relation to the union of Church and State than as a matter of religious feeling . Lord Sydney , in his reply , contradicted a statement made in the memorial , to the effect that managers themselves had not applied for the permission which had been granted . He declared that the step had been taken in consequence of the representations which they had made ; and he pointed out that all theatres iu in Great Britain , excepting those in the metropolis , had

power to open during Passion AVeek . His lordship simply promised to take the subject into consideration . John Gould , who murdered his daughter at Windsor , in December last , and Charlton , the engine-driver on the Newcastle ancl Cailisle Railway , who murdered an old woman named Emmerson , at Durran Hill , have both been executed . At the York azzises a man named Thompson was charged with the murder of a poor woman , named O'Rourke , who lodged at Sheffield with an operative named Wastnidge , into ivliose house a kind of grenade was thrown by a person connected , it was