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The Week.
of interest connected with the doings of the royal family is a report , that Prince Alfred ( her Majesty's second son ) is shortly to embark in the Euryalus , Capt . Tarleton , C . B ., for a voyage round the world .------Politics have been at a standstill , owing to the adjournment of Parliament for the re-election of the new Ministers . Conjectures are freely bandied about as to the length of time the Derby government is likely to stand , and the speeches of its members to their
various constituencies , have been wide as the poles asunder ; no two of them appearing to agree upon any given ^ point . The difficulty with regard to the Walewski letter is yet unsettled , Lord"Malmesbury not having prepared the reply which is to lead to the readjustment of amicable feelings between England and Prance . The new passport system is daily showing how vexatiously it is likely to work , a result for which English hotel-keepers will have good cause to thank the Emperor of the French before the close of the summer . — Orsini and his
companions have been , of course , convicted and sentenced to death , with the exception of Gomez ( for whom extenuating circumstances were found ) , who is doomed to hard labour for life . The prisoners have appealed , but there 0 an be no hope of their being successful . The examination of M . Bernard still continues ; but though there can be little doubt he was privy to the plot , yet it is generally supposed he cannot be legally convicted . Another complication has arisen which may create some difficulty ; an Englishman named Hodge who
travelled with Orsini , has been arrested in Sardinia and demanded by France . ' It is not improbable that he will also be , if he has not been already , demanded by England as a British subject . It is clear Sardinia cannot comply with both demands , and she will be placed in an awkward position , whichever she declines to comply with . Should Hodge be given up to France , a grave question of international law must arise between France and England . ~ The intelligence from India continues satisfactory , and ere long news of the most important battle
of the war , that for the possession of Lucknow , which is reputed to be very strongly fortified , may be expected . Some American missionaries in Syria , who were quietly and piously pursuing their work , without fuss and without any aid but that of their own convictions of duty , have been brutally assailed by a party of Arabs , and murder and a worse crime have been committed upon the inoffensive teachers , male and female . The American Consul had sent for the nearest frigate , and would probably menace the authorities in the event of the culprits not being secured . -The committee of the House of Commons have decided that Mr . Butt
received fees in his capacity of advocate for the Ameer Ali Moorad , but that there is nothing to show that in his Parliamentary capacity he accepted a farthing . The murder in the Haymarket is still commented on , but the guilt of Lani is so clear as to . deprive the subject of rauch of the interest generally attaching to murder . -There is a scheme on foot which will excite the utmost interest , namely , that of holding another Great Exhibition , in London , in 1861 . At present the subject is before the Council of the Society of Arts , in order to the
decision of the question whether that admirable body shall take upon itself the direction of the whole scheme . A special meeting has been convoked for the purpose , and we trust that an object so eminently calculated to promote the welfare of the metropolis , and the best interests of civilized nations , will be at once taken up , and carried out in the manner it deserves .- We hear that the Lyceum Theatre is about to be pulled down to make way
for a monster hotel , on the American system . If carried out , it is stated that the dreary waste now called Exeter Change , will be swept away , and a more magnificent and commodious theatre erected ; -During the past week , a conference of Italians ( not refugees ) has been holding sittings in London to revivea moral agitation in favour of a national league to procure Italian freedom . The conference ( which is still adjourned ) was to have been held at Turin ; but in consequence of
the attempted assassination of the Emperor of tho French , the deputies decided upon coming to London . They deprecate all forcible means , and express the utmost horror of assassination . ~—A meeting of the Railway Passengers' Assurance Company was held on Wednesday , when Bro . Yeau road the report , which congratulated the proprietors on the increasing prosperity of the institution ; and said the total income for the half-year ending 31 st December last , received and
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The Week.
of interest connected with the doings of the royal family is a report , that Prince Alfred ( her Majesty's second son ) is shortly to embark in the Euryalus , Capt . Tarleton , C . B ., for a voyage round the world .------Politics have been at a standstill , owing to the adjournment of Parliament for the re-election of the new Ministers . Conjectures are freely bandied about as to the length of time the Derby government is likely to stand , and the speeches of its members to their
various constituencies , have been wide as the poles asunder ; no two of them appearing to agree upon any given ^ point . The difficulty with regard to the Walewski letter is yet unsettled , Lord"Malmesbury not having prepared the reply which is to lead to the readjustment of amicable feelings between England and Prance . The new passport system is daily showing how vexatiously it is likely to work , a result for which English hotel-keepers will have good cause to thank the Emperor of the French before the close of the summer . — Orsini and his
companions have been , of course , convicted and sentenced to death , with the exception of Gomez ( for whom extenuating circumstances were found ) , who is doomed to hard labour for life . The prisoners have appealed , but there 0 an be no hope of their being successful . The examination of M . Bernard still continues ; but though there can be little doubt he was privy to the plot , yet it is generally supposed he cannot be legally convicted . Another complication has arisen which may create some difficulty ; an Englishman named Hodge who
travelled with Orsini , has been arrested in Sardinia and demanded by France . ' It is not improbable that he will also be , if he has not been already , demanded by England as a British subject . It is clear Sardinia cannot comply with both demands , and she will be placed in an awkward position , whichever she declines to comply with . Should Hodge be given up to France , a grave question of international law must arise between France and England . ~ The intelligence from India continues satisfactory , and ere long news of the most important battle
of the war , that for the possession of Lucknow , which is reputed to be very strongly fortified , may be expected . Some American missionaries in Syria , who were quietly and piously pursuing their work , without fuss and without any aid but that of their own convictions of duty , have been brutally assailed by a party of Arabs , and murder and a worse crime have been committed upon the inoffensive teachers , male and female . The American Consul had sent for the nearest frigate , and would probably menace the authorities in the event of the culprits not being secured . -The committee of the House of Commons have decided that Mr . Butt
received fees in his capacity of advocate for the Ameer Ali Moorad , but that there is nothing to show that in his Parliamentary capacity he accepted a farthing . The murder in the Haymarket is still commented on , but the guilt of Lani is so clear as to . deprive the subject of rauch of the interest generally attaching to murder . -There is a scheme on foot which will excite the utmost interest , namely , that of holding another Great Exhibition , in London , in 1861 . At present the subject is before the Council of the Society of Arts , in order to the
decision of the question whether that admirable body shall take upon itself the direction of the whole scheme . A special meeting has been convoked for the purpose , and we trust that an object so eminently calculated to promote the welfare of the metropolis , and the best interests of civilized nations , will be at once taken up , and carried out in the manner it deserves .- We hear that the Lyceum Theatre is about to be pulled down to make way
for a monster hotel , on the American system . If carried out , it is stated that the dreary waste now called Exeter Change , will be swept away , and a more magnificent and commodious theatre erected ; -During the past week , a conference of Italians ( not refugees ) has been holding sittings in London to revivea moral agitation in favour of a national league to procure Italian freedom . The conference ( which is still adjourned ) was to have been held at Turin ; but in consequence of
the attempted assassination of the Emperor of tho French , the deputies decided upon coming to London . They deprecate all forcible means , and express the utmost horror of assassination . ~—A meeting of the Railway Passengers' Assurance Company was held on Wednesday , when Bro . Yeau road the report , which congratulated the proprietors on the increasing prosperity of the institution ; and said the total income for the half-year ending 31 st December last , received and