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The Week.
mpton , inste ad of 1 * ., as it was proposed . The rate by Marseilles emains as usual . —¦—The Marquis of Clanriearde , the Bishop f Chichester , Mr . James Spence , and several M . P . ' s waited upon Lord Palmerston , on Friday , as a deputation from the Society for Obtaining the Cessation of Hostilities in America to urge Her Majesty ' s Government to endeavour to bring about peace between the Federal and Confederate States . The noble lord , in reply to the statements submitted to him , said the
Government felt that mediatory proposals could not be made at the present moment with any chance of success , but "if at anyfuture time reasonable ground could be shown for supposing that friendly suggestions would be listened to , Her Majesty's Government would be happy to use their efforts to arrive at such a result as that of terminating this unhappy war . The national balance-sheet for the year ending the 30 th ult . shows a surplus of revenue over expenditure of £ 2 , 449 , 882 . The
returns of tbe Poor-law Board show a decrease with respect to the second week of the month , of 1 , 350 paupers in the cotton manufacturing unions . Of that number , G 57 were adults , able-bodied . The largest diminution took place in tbe five following unions , viz ., Ashton-unde-Lyne , 360 ; Bury , 260 ; Haslingden , 190 ; Manchester , 200 ; and Stockport , 140 . The out-door relief decreased £ 56 , as compared with the week immediatelpreceding the last -The Alexandrawhich has
y . , been re-christened the Mary , left the Mersey for Nassau on Sunday . She goes out , it is said , as a " regular cargo vessel . " On Wednesday , the Metropolitan Board of Works visited the Thames embankment on the north side of the Thames , opposite AA'hiteliall stairs , where Mr . Thwaites , the chairman of tbe board , " laid the first stone of tbe works . " There was a considerable attendance of the members of the board and their ftiendsThe
- . proceedings were of an ordinary character . The _ competition at AVimbledon continues to attract its crowd of visitors . On Saturday considerable progress was made in the shooting , but the only prize decided was that of the Enfield Association . The Owl prize , of which so much has been said , was shot for on Saturday night , and the arrangements made for it , with the various lamps to indicate danger or safety , had a pleasing effect . There were eighteen competitors , but only two succeeded in knocking out the Owl ' s eye . On Sunday
forenoon his Grace the Archbishop of York preached an eloquent sermon in the round tent to a congregation of about 3 , 000 persons in all—volunteers , regulars , soldiers , policemen , in fact all persons on the ground being present . On Monday the Prince and Princess of AA ' ales visited Wimbledon , where the main attraction for the day was the match between the Lords _ and Commons . In this contest the Lords were decidedly the victorsas they won babout 40 points than their
, y more rivals . The vanquished Commoners very generously led the way in cheering the success of their rivals , and the Lords returned the compliment by wishing the Commons better luck next time . The Queen ' s Prize was won by Private AVyatt , of the 1 st London . There was a review of the troops in Aldershot camp on AA ^ ednesday , when the Prince of AVales and the Commander-in-Chiefaccompanied bPrince Louis of Hesse
, y and a brilliant staff , inspected the troops . After the inspection was finished Sir John Pennefather led the troops to an assault on a supposed enemy strongly posted on one of the hills . The movement afforded a fine display for all arms of the service in their most effective aspects , aiid the men being with great consideration lightly accoutred suffered less from the heat of the weather than is usual on such occasions . TSiere is to
reason believe tbe police have at length been so far successful as to have ascertained who the assassin was that so brutally murdered Mr . Briggs . It is , moreover , known that he is on his way to America , by sailing vessel ; but as the detectives are in pursuit by the New York mail steamer , there is little fear as to the result . The name of the presumed murderer is Francis Mullera Germanborn at Cologne 25
, , , years of age , a tailor , or shirt cutter by trade , employed by Messrs . Hodgkinson , Threadncedle-street , and living , before he absconded , at 16 , Park-terrace , Old Ford , Bow . A Chancery suit between Messrs . Sampson Low and Co . and Messrs . Rontledge , whicli turned on the point whether an alien living in a British colony and there publishing a book , could secure for himself the benefit of the English Act of Copyrihthas been
g , decided by Vice-Chancellor Kindersley . The learned judge decided that , on principle , a foreigner publishing under the circumstances stated was entitled to the benefit of the act ; but in the particular case before the Court the benefit was lost from non-compliance with some technical points . A trial in the
Divorce Court has excited some interest . It will be remembered that a few years ago Mr . Hopley , who had kept an educational establishment , was convicted of having caused the death of one of his pupils , a boy named Cancellor , by unmercifully beating him . This gentleman's wife prayed for a judicial separation on the ground of his cruelty to her , and she detailed a series of beatings and illusage , which she and her children were compelled to endure because they did not
conform to the educational and domestic rules—somo of them sufficiently absurd—which he had laid down . Mr . Hopley defended in person , and denied most of the allegations against- him . Sir James Wilde summed up the case at great length and with much minuteness . The jury were absent for some time , and at last stated that they were unanimous upon the first count , but not on the second . It was agreed on both sides to take the verdict of the majority , which was that Mr . Hopley had been
guilty towards his wife of legal cruelty , and by a majority that she bad condoned it . The prayer for a judicial separation was therefore refused . Mrs . Hopley , it is said , on heaving the verdict immediately left England . A woman named Catherine Fanning has died in the London Hospital from injuries sustained from being thrown out of a window . The ruffian who caused her death is A endeIIen , a German sugar baker , now in custody on a charge of murder . ——At Manchester , the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Company charged a man , named Short , with insulting a young woman , named Aldred , while travelling on their line . Miss Aldred was not alone with the defendant . Her sister and one or two other persons were in the same compartment , hut , notwithstanding their presence and their remonstrances , Short is alleged to have boon guilty of the most indecent conduct towards the young woman . The charge was laid under one of the Company's by-laws ; but the magistrate
expressing an opinion that Short ought to be committed for trial , the case was taken as one of assault . The man Nash , who drove the young lady out of the railway carriage at the peril of her life by his indecent conduct has been brought up before the Kingston bench of magistrates on the charge . After hearing the evidence brought before them the magistrates decided on committing him for trial , requiringheavy bail for his appearance . A serious outbreak has
occurred at the Portland Convict Prison , caused , apparently , by the introduction of the new dietary system . A gang of men , on being marched to one of the quarries , refused to work , and attacked one of the civil guards . The officer discharged his rifle , and wounded one of the ringleaders . Several other warders speedily came up , but order was not restored until four or five of the convicts were placed hors de combat by bullet wounds . A boy nine years of age has lost his life in a
singular manner . The proposed railway , in its progress into the City , causes the demolition of a number of houses about Somer'stown and Agar-town . A number of boys hang about the workmen to pick up strays and waifs whicli they may turn into a few coppers . In this case several of them attempted to pull out the wood-work of a window-frame , and swaying it to and fro , they loosened the bricks in which it was embedded , and the whole wall fell , crushing one of their number to death . ——
A shocking accident has occurred to an up-train from Harwich on the Great Eastern line . The train had arrived nearly at tbe Bradfield Station when the engine went off the rails and down an embankment , dragging the whole train , consisting of fourcarriages and trucks , after it . It was found , however , that the passengers bad all escaped with life , and few of them had received serious injury . But the stoker of the train was found killed beneath the engine , his band still grasping the break .
An alarming accident occurred on the North-Eastern Railway on Saturday afternoon . The Scotch express had just passed Washington Station when the axlo . of the front wheels of the engine gave way . Tbe engine ran on in this disabled condition for some distance , but at length some of the carriages were overturned and fell down an embankment . A large number of passengers were more or less severely injured , but happilynotwithstanding the circumstance that two or three of the
carriages were reduced almost to splinters—in no case is a fatal result apprehended . The Duke of Montrose , Lord Lovaine , Admiral Milne , and Mr . Mark Philips were among the passengers , but they all appear to have escaped . On the very day that this accident happened , the North-Easteni Company was condemned by a jury at Newcastle to pay £ 2 , 300 to Mrs . Torrey , the widow of a commercial traveller , who was killed in the accident on the Gothland incline , near . Whitby , somo months ago . A suicide of an extraordinary character was
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
mpton , inste ad of 1 * ., as it was proposed . The rate by Marseilles emains as usual . —¦—The Marquis of Clanriearde , the Bishop f Chichester , Mr . James Spence , and several M . P . ' s waited upon Lord Palmerston , on Friday , as a deputation from the Society for Obtaining the Cessation of Hostilities in America to urge Her Majesty ' s Government to endeavour to bring about peace between the Federal and Confederate States . The noble lord , in reply to the statements submitted to him , said the
Government felt that mediatory proposals could not be made at the present moment with any chance of success , but "if at anyfuture time reasonable ground could be shown for supposing that friendly suggestions would be listened to , Her Majesty's Government would be happy to use their efforts to arrive at such a result as that of terminating this unhappy war . The national balance-sheet for the year ending the 30 th ult . shows a surplus of revenue over expenditure of £ 2 , 449 , 882 . The
returns of tbe Poor-law Board show a decrease with respect to the second week of the month , of 1 , 350 paupers in the cotton manufacturing unions . Of that number , G 57 were adults , able-bodied . The largest diminution took place in tbe five following unions , viz ., Ashton-unde-Lyne , 360 ; Bury , 260 ; Haslingden , 190 ; Manchester , 200 ; and Stockport , 140 . The out-door relief decreased £ 56 , as compared with the week immediatelpreceding the last -The Alexandrawhich has
y . , been re-christened the Mary , left the Mersey for Nassau on Sunday . She goes out , it is said , as a " regular cargo vessel . " On Wednesday , the Metropolitan Board of Works visited the Thames embankment on the north side of the Thames , opposite AA'hiteliall stairs , where Mr . Thwaites , the chairman of tbe board , " laid the first stone of tbe works . " There was a considerable attendance of the members of the board and their ftiendsThe
- . proceedings were of an ordinary character . The _ competition at AVimbledon continues to attract its crowd of visitors . On Saturday considerable progress was made in the shooting , but the only prize decided was that of the Enfield Association . The Owl prize , of which so much has been said , was shot for on Saturday night , and the arrangements made for it , with the various lamps to indicate danger or safety , had a pleasing effect . There were eighteen competitors , but only two succeeded in knocking out the Owl ' s eye . On Sunday
forenoon his Grace the Archbishop of York preached an eloquent sermon in the round tent to a congregation of about 3 , 000 persons in all—volunteers , regulars , soldiers , policemen , in fact all persons on the ground being present . On Monday the Prince and Princess of AA ' ales visited Wimbledon , where the main attraction for the day was the match between the Lords _ and Commons . In this contest the Lords were decidedly the victorsas they won babout 40 points than their
, y more rivals . The vanquished Commoners very generously led the way in cheering the success of their rivals , and the Lords returned the compliment by wishing the Commons better luck next time . The Queen ' s Prize was won by Private AVyatt , of the 1 st London . There was a review of the troops in Aldershot camp on AA ^ ednesday , when the Prince of AVales and the Commander-in-Chiefaccompanied bPrince Louis of Hesse
, y and a brilliant staff , inspected the troops . After the inspection was finished Sir John Pennefather led the troops to an assault on a supposed enemy strongly posted on one of the hills . The movement afforded a fine display for all arms of the service in their most effective aspects , aiid the men being with great consideration lightly accoutred suffered less from the heat of the weather than is usual on such occasions . TSiere is to
reason believe tbe police have at length been so far successful as to have ascertained who the assassin was that so brutally murdered Mr . Briggs . It is , moreover , known that he is on his way to America , by sailing vessel ; but as the detectives are in pursuit by the New York mail steamer , there is little fear as to the result . The name of the presumed murderer is Francis Mullera Germanborn at Cologne 25
, , , years of age , a tailor , or shirt cutter by trade , employed by Messrs . Hodgkinson , Threadncedle-street , and living , before he absconded , at 16 , Park-terrace , Old Ford , Bow . A Chancery suit between Messrs . Sampson Low and Co . and Messrs . Rontledge , whicli turned on the point whether an alien living in a British colony and there publishing a book , could secure for himself the benefit of the English Act of Copyrihthas been
g , decided by Vice-Chancellor Kindersley . The learned judge decided that , on principle , a foreigner publishing under the circumstances stated was entitled to the benefit of the act ; but in the particular case before the Court the benefit was lost from non-compliance with some technical points . A trial in the
Divorce Court has excited some interest . It will be remembered that a few years ago Mr . Hopley , who had kept an educational establishment , was convicted of having caused the death of one of his pupils , a boy named Cancellor , by unmercifully beating him . This gentleman's wife prayed for a judicial separation on the ground of his cruelty to her , and she detailed a series of beatings and illusage , which she and her children were compelled to endure because they did not
conform to the educational and domestic rules—somo of them sufficiently absurd—which he had laid down . Mr . Hopley defended in person , and denied most of the allegations against- him . Sir James Wilde summed up the case at great length and with much minuteness . The jury were absent for some time , and at last stated that they were unanimous upon the first count , but not on the second . It was agreed on both sides to take the verdict of the majority , which was that Mr . Hopley had been
guilty towards his wife of legal cruelty , and by a majority that she bad condoned it . The prayer for a judicial separation was therefore refused . Mrs . Hopley , it is said , on heaving the verdict immediately left England . A woman named Catherine Fanning has died in the London Hospital from injuries sustained from being thrown out of a window . The ruffian who caused her death is A endeIIen , a German sugar baker , now in custody on a charge of murder . ——At Manchester , the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Company charged a man , named Short , with insulting a young woman , named Aldred , while travelling on their line . Miss Aldred was not alone with the defendant . Her sister and one or two other persons were in the same compartment , hut , notwithstanding their presence and their remonstrances , Short is alleged to have boon guilty of the most indecent conduct towards the young woman . The charge was laid under one of the Company's by-laws ; but the magistrate
expressing an opinion that Short ought to be committed for trial , the case was taken as one of assault . The man Nash , who drove the young lady out of the railway carriage at the peril of her life by his indecent conduct has been brought up before the Kingston bench of magistrates on the charge . After hearing the evidence brought before them the magistrates decided on committing him for trial , requiringheavy bail for his appearance . A serious outbreak has
occurred at the Portland Convict Prison , caused , apparently , by the introduction of the new dietary system . A gang of men , on being marched to one of the quarries , refused to work , and attacked one of the civil guards . The officer discharged his rifle , and wounded one of the ringleaders . Several other warders speedily came up , but order was not restored until four or five of the convicts were placed hors de combat by bullet wounds . A boy nine years of age has lost his life in a
singular manner . The proposed railway , in its progress into the City , causes the demolition of a number of houses about Somer'stown and Agar-town . A number of boys hang about the workmen to pick up strays and waifs whicli they may turn into a few coppers . In this case several of them attempted to pull out the wood-work of a window-frame , and swaying it to and fro , they loosened the bricks in which it was embedded , and the whole wall fell , crushing one of their number to death . ——
A shocking accident has occurred to an up-train from Harwich on the Great Eastern line . The train had arrived nearly at tbe Bradfield Station when the engine went off the rails and down an embankment , dragging the whole train , consisting of fourcarriages and trucks , after it . It was found , however , that the passengers bad all escaped with life , and few of them had received serious injury . But the stoker of the train was found killed beneath the engine , his band still grasping the break .
An alarming accident occurred on the North-Eastern Railway on Saturday afternoon . The Scotch express had just passed Washington Station when the axlo . of the front wheels of the engine gave way . Tbe engine ran on in this disabled condition for some distance , but at length some of the carriages were overturned and fell down an embankment . A large number of passengers were more or less severely injured , but happilynotwithstanding the circumstance that two or three of the
carriages were reduced almost to splinters—in no case is a fatal result apprehended . The Duke of Montrose , Lord Lovaine , Admiral Milne , and Mr . Mark Philips were among the passengers , but they all appear to have escaped . On the very day that this accident happened , the North-Easteni Company was condemned by a jury at Newcastle to pay £ 2 , 300 to Mrs . Torrey , the widow of a commercial traveller , who was killed in the accident on the Gothland incline , near . Whitby , somo months ago . A suicide of an extraordinary character was