The Week.

tenders was from Mr . Ridley , whose tender for the north side was improperly superseded . Mr . Newton , one of the members of the Board , actually moved that Mr . Ridley ' s tender be not entertained because that gentleman had complained of the manner in which he had been treated previously . No less than seven other members voted with Mr . Newton on this motion .

It was , however , negatived by 13 votes . The bearing of this attempt of Mr . Newton's will he understood when it is stated that Mr . Ridley ' s tender was the lowest . The Queen Dowager of the Sandwich Islands has arrived in London . She reached Southampton by the Tasmanian , and shortly after her arrival left for London . Her Majesty had a warm reception on

landing . The inquest on the sufferers by the Tredegar colliery explosion was brought to a close on Thursday , the 13 th inst . The jury , after hearing some further evidence , found a verdict of manslaughter against the manager of the colliery , who they said had neglected his duty in not looking after the proper ventilation of the pit . A case which painfully

illustrates the nefarious means by which respectable young women are enticed from the country for the vilest purposes , has been , brought before Mr . Partridge at the Thames Police-court . A young \ A elsh woman complained that she had been lured by the female agent of au infamous house in Shadwell from respectable service in Llanberis , under the pretence that she would get better wages in London . On her arrival here she was conducted to one of those haunts of vice which are the peculiar disgrace

of the East-end of the metropolis , and from which she with difficulty escaped . The magistrate gave instructions to the police to discover the house if possible , and he promised to return tho young woman to AA ales . A shocking tragedy occurred at Cheltenham on the night of the 12 th inst . A messenger employed by the Liberals was walking down a principal thoroughfare and shouting some party cry when he was

shot in the face by a Conservative elector of the name of Glass . The unfortunate man died in a few minutes ; and Glass , who had all day laboured under the greatest excitement appeared to be horrified by what he had done . He avers that the act was unintentional . There will , of course , be a full inquiry into all the circumstances of this most lamentable occurrence .

The shooting at Wimbledon was rather dreary business on Monday . Rain fell heavily , and the number of spectators was consequently very small . The volunteers , however , went on with their work through it all . The prizes will not ho distributed at the Crystal Palace this year . They will be given to the successful competitors at AVimbledon this day , and

afterwards the meeting will be brought to a close by a review of several of the metropolitan corp 3 . In Scotland one election deserves special notice . In Dumbartonshire the Conservative , Mr . Smollett , was opposed by Mr . Stirling , a Liberal . In the morning Mr . Smollett led considerably ; but gradually Mr . Stirling crept up , and at the close of the poll tho numbers for each candidate were equal , 574 . There is thus a double return .

A cm-ions case was heard at Worship-street Police-court on Tuesday . A woman , named Sarah Goals , was charged with attempting to shoot James Giles , a master bootmaker , of the Hackney-road . Some time ago-she went , dressed as a man , and got work in Mr . Giles ' s establishment . She remained thero in this disguise , and earned a good character . At last Mr . Giles

found out that she was a woman , and ho removed her from his workshop , but made her manager of a shop which he opened elsewhere . Money was lost there , and he closed the shop . Since then Geales seems to have considered herself aggrieved , and went the other day to the prosecutor's shop and presented a pistol at him . Fortunately it missed fire . She was remanded . Two houses in process of demolition in . Chandos-street ,

Covent Garden , fell on Tuesday evening . Two men who were at work in them were buried in the ruins and killed . It may be remembered that , some time ago , two men , Henry James and George Grant , complained to Mr . D'Eyneourt , at the Clerkenwell Police-court , that they had been confined in a filthy place in St . Pancras Workhouse . The

Poor-law-Board ordered an inquiry into the matter , which was conducted by Mr . Farnall . The Board has now communicated to the St . "Pancras Guaidians its decision on the case . That decision is wholly unfavourable to the guardians . The Poor-Law Board thinks they acted most improperly in the case ; and further , that the separation ward iu which James and Grant were

confined is wholly unsuited for any such purpose . Mr . Disraeli delivered his opinion upon the results of the elections at a dinner at Newport-Pagnell on AVednesday . It appears that though the Conservatives may lose some ' twenty seats their numerical strength will be just the same . The Conservatives who have been ejected always deserted their party on a division ,

and therefore their absence from the House will be no loss . That is Mr . Disraeli's view of the matter . On au examination of the division list on the vote of censure on Lord Palmerston ' s Government in July , 1864—the last great party division—it will be found , however , that Mr . Disraeli's statement is scarcely borne out . With some five or six exceptions the Conservatives who have

lost their seats then went into the same lobby with Mr . Disraeli . Oxford University has rejected Mr . Gladstone . The poll closed on Tuesday evening , and Mr . Hardy had a decisive majority over the Chancellor of the Exchequer . An inquest has been held on the body of the man Lynes , who was shot at Cheltenham election . The deceased was a messenger to Mr . Berkeley's committee , and the man Glass was one of the voters for Mr , Shreider . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder "

against Glass , who was committed for trial at the next Gloucestershire Assizes . On Thursday , at the Warwick Assizes , before Mr . Justice Blackburn , Hannah Maria Wedgewood , the wife of Mr . William Robert Wedgewood , of Greyshot Hall , Hampshire , was indicted for forging and uttering a promissory note for £ 1 , 000 , at Birmingham , on the 13 th May last . The case for the prosecution was , that in 1861 the prisoner

commenced negociating loans with a Mr . Williams , solicitor , of Birmingham , after representing that a lady named Jones had made a will bequeathing her £ 10 , 000 . In April , 1864 , these loans amounted to the large sum of £ 11 , 650 , the repayment of which was deferred , at the request of the prisoner , until 1865 . In May , 1864 , she negociated by correspondence , through Mr .

AAllliams , a further loan of £ 1 , 000 , which was advanced by Mr . Holdsworthy , of Birmingham , at 16 per cent , interest . For this loan a promissory note was given as security , endorsed by Miss Jones , Westfield Hall , Spilsby , and other highly respectable persons . The whole of the transactions with Mr . AYilliani 3 were conducted by the prisoner by correspondence , and in nil

cases she represented that she was acting on behalf of someone else—sometimes for Miss Jones , at others for her sister , and sometimes for other persons . The defence was that the prisoner had acted as the agent and under the direction of her husband . The jury found the prisoner guilty , and in reply to the learned judge Mr . Williams said that the

total amount the prisoner had obtained by forgery was £ 12 , 000 . She w . is sentenced to seven years' penal servitude . The Great Pastern has arrived at Valentia . The night before her arrival was rather stormy . The tender which carried the shore end of the cable was late in arrival , and it is expected that the Great Eastern will not be able to start on her voyage till this day ( Saturday . ) At the Middlesex Sessions on Wednesday , Charlotte Searle was tried on a charge of inducing