Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
factory , but the return presents still more cheering features . In 1863 there wero 4 , 996 non-efficients ; in 1864 there were only 4 , 000 . In 1863 only 12 , 802 volunteers were returned as receiving the allowances of 30 * . ( artillery ) and 20 s . ( engineers and rifles ); in 1864 the number was 14 , 562 . Under the bead of " Efficients receiving 10 s . extra as passed into second class in musketry practice , " the number increased from 3 , 523 in
1863 , to 0 , 027 in 1864 . At the last meeting ofthe Court of Common Council a portrait of Mr . Peabody was presented , which the court , by a unanimous vote , expressed their approbation of , and ordered to be bung in a most conspicuous place . It was referred to a committee to consider and report upon the pay to be given to the City police , with a view to its increase .
A meeting of the London boardmen who have been deprived of their work by an edict of Sir Richard Mayne was held on Wednesday in the AVorking Men ' s Christian Institution , Parker-street , Drury-lane . The Earl of Shaftesbury presided . Several of the men told their grievances and asked the Earl of Shaftesbury to help them to procure redress . His lordship
promised to do all in his power . As a first step be recommended the men to petition the Legislature on the subject . The Marquis Townsheiid presided at a meeting in St . Martin's Hall , to express sympathy with Poland . Mr . Edmond Bcales and several other gentlemen addressed the meeting , enlarging on the struggle which the Poles had made for independence , and
pointing out the destitution in which many of the exiles were in Paris and elsewhere . Resolutions of sympathy with the cause of Polish nationality were passed , and steps taken to raise subscriptions to relieve tbe distress of the Poles . — - —A number of delegates representing the workmen of the most important of the iron districts of Great Britain met at Brierly Hill on Monday , to decide upon tho course which ought to be
adopted with reference to the notice given by the ironmasters that the prolongation of the North Staffordshire puddlers ' strike would be met by a general lock-out . At first there seemed to be a strong disposition to resist the employers , but ultimately a resolution was carried—the North Staffordshire delegate alone dissenting — " respectfully"
requesting the puddlers to resume work at once . The Indo-European Telegraph was opened throughout on Tuesday , and at twenty-five minutes past eight o ' clock on AA ednesday morning , a telegram was received iu London from Kurrachee announcing the fact . The extraordinary will case of Nut-tall , in which John Else has figured in so many codicils , was , it may
be hoped , brought to a final close on Saturday last . It may be remembered that the latest discovered of codicils in relation to the will was in May hist year , when the furniture of the testator was sold by auction , and among other tilings the bod on which ho died , which on being taken down was discovered to contain some more codicils . On this tbe parties applied to have
a new trial , which the Master of the Rolls refused , and the Lord Chancellor , on being appealed to , confirmed his judgment on Saturdaj' , mainly on the ground that these papers were discovered in time to have been used in tbe late action if they wero so minded . A will cause in which a man named Cathrill put forth a will made by a widow lady in Lambeth in
his favour , was finished on Tuesday . The jury , by their verdict , branded this will as not drown up by the testator ; and the judge ordered it and the documents relating to it to be impounded , as he was of opinion that the parties who brought it forward ought to be indicted . Tbe persons charged Avith the City burglaries , now increased to
ten in number , Avere all brought before the Lord Mayor on Tuesday , the magistrate of Bow-street , before whom they were first brought , having consented to hand them over to the
The Week.
City magistrates . Tbe evidence given did not advance the case of Walker's burglary much beyond tho point to which it had been carried before ; but the burglary at Mr . Johnson ' s , in Threadneedle-street , was also enteral on . The prisoners seemed ' anxious to exonerate their wives , but they were all remanded ' without bail . It is understood that more than one of the
prisoners is now anxious to turn Queen's evidence . —¦— -An . immense sugar-house , in course of erection near Edinburgh , fell on Monday afternoon , killing four men , ami injuring others of the workmen . We regret to have to report a shocking accident which occurred at Erith on Tuesday last . By the capsizing of a boat ten young cadets belonging to the training ship Worcester were drowned . An
explosion of gas took place on Tuesday evening in Saville House , Leicester-square—a house forming a conspicuous featurein London of the Georgian era—which set fire to tbe premises , and the conflagration consumed the greater part of the building and all that it contained . Fortunately , no lives were lost . Theglare of the fire illuminated the sky to a great distance . The-Prince of AVales paid a visit to the scene of the fire , and watched the efforts made for the subjugation with evident interest . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The new number of the Sevue des
Deux Mondes contains , from the pen of M . Eugene Forcade , a searching , well reasoned , and thorougly independent critique of the Emperor's Preface to his " History of Julius Ctesar . " Hero worship , the writer points out , is the salient feature of this Preface , a worship which the author demands of his readers as a religious right , and Caisar , the subject of the biography , the object for whom present adoration is claimed . Against thi _
claim M . Forcade enters a determine protest , denying the right of any man to this species of demi-godhood . It is , he thinks ,, somewhat preposterous that at a time when even the divinity of our Saviour is called in question , we should be required to acknowledge the divinity of Julius Cresar . AA e hear that the commercial negotiations between Austria and Prussin
have resulted in " mutual concessions , " and a commercial treaty between Austria and the Zollverein will speedily be signed . The Austrian Premier has announced to the Reichsratb that no representative of the Government will attend tho sittings of the Finance Committee " until the Lower House shall have decided whether the vote on tho budgets of 1865
and 1866 is to bo taken upon tbe basis of an understanding between the House and the Government . " Tho official evening paper of A ienna states that the greater number of the Polish refugees who were interned in Austria have already quitted the country . Among them is tho ex-Dictator Langicwicz , who after his two years of confinement is free . He has gone to Switzerland . The Bavarian and Saxon Cabinets are announced to have abandoned all intention of moving the German Diet
to recognise the Prince of Augustenberg as Duke of Scbleswig-Holstein , for the simple reason that the Prussian Government has intimated its determination to regard as waste paper any resolution which the Federal Diet may adopt on the subject . The Queen-Mother of the Netherlands died at the Hague on AVcdnesday evening . All the members of the Royal Family Avere present at her Majesty's bedside when she died . The Queen-Mother was Anna Panlovna , daughter of Czar Paul I . of Russia . She was born in 1795 , and was married to the Prince , afterwards King AVilliam II . of the Netherlands , in 181 C . She Avas left a widow in 18-19 .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
R . R . — A \ e know nothing of the circumstances , nor do not wish to know .. Wc have ' nothing to do with private quarrels . S . S . —Write a little more fully . AVs do not understand what you wish to be informed . T . S . —AVe should certainly say not . P . M . —We will make inquiries . C- JIAX .- —The subject is under consideration .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
factory , but the return presents still more cheering features . In 1863 there wero 4 , 996 non-efficients ; in 1864 there were only 4 , 000 . In 1863 only 12 , 802 volunteers were returned as receiving the allowances of 30 * . ( artillery ) and 20 s . ( engineers and rifles ); in 1864 the number was 14 , 562 . Under the bead of " Efficients receiving 10 s . extra as passed into second class in musketry practice , " the number increased from 3 , 523 in
1863 , to 0 , 027 in 1864 . At the last meeting ofthe Court of Common Council a portrait of Mr . Peabody was presented , which the court , by a unanimous vote , expressed their approbation of , and ordered to be bung in a most conspicuous place . It was referred to a committee to consider and report upon the pay to be given to the City police , with a view to its increase .
A meeting of the London boardmen who have been deprived of their work by an edict of Sir Richard Mayne was held on Wednesday in the AVorking Men ' s Christian Institution , Parker-street , Drury-lane . The Earl of Shaftesbury presided . Several of the men told their grievances and asked the Earl of Shaftesbury to help them to procure redress . His lordship
promised to do all in his power . As a first step be recommended the men to petition the Legislature on the subject . The Marquis Townsheiid presided at a meeting in St . Martin's Hall , to express sympathy with Poland . Mr . Edmond Bcales and several other gentlemen addressed the meeting , enlarging on the struggle which the Poles had made for independence , and
pointing out the destitution in which many of the exiles were in Paris and elsewhere . Resolutions of sympathy with the cause of Polish nationality were passed , and steps taken to raise subscriptions to relieve tbe distress of the Poles . — - —A number of delegates representing the workmen of the most important of the iron districts of Great Britain met at Brierly Hill on Monday , to decide upon tho course which ought to be
adopted with reference to the notice given by the ironmasters that the prolongation of the North Staffordshire puddlers ' strike would be met by a general lock-out . At first there seemed to be a strong disposition to resist the employers , but ultimately a resolution was carried—the North Staffordshire delegate alone dissenting — " respectfully"
requesting the puddlers to resume work at once . The Indo-European Telegraph was opened throughout on Tuesday , and at twenty-five minutes past eight o ' clock on AA ednesday morning , a telegram was received iu London from Kurrachee announcing the fact . The extraordinary will case of Nut-tall , in which John Else has figured in so many codicils , was , it may
be hoped , brought to a final close on Saturday last . It may be remembered that the latest discovered of codicils in relation to the will was in May hist year , when the furniture of the testator was sold by auction , and among other tilings the bod on which ho died , which on being taken down was discovered to contain some more codicils . On this tbe parties applied to have
a new trial , which the Master of the Rolls refused , and the Lord Chancellor , on being appealed to , confirmed his judgment on Saturdaj' , mainly on the ground that these papers were discovered in time to have been used in tbe late action if they wero so minded . A will cause in which a man named Cathrill put forth a will made by a widow lady in Lambeth in
his favour , was finished on Tuesday . The jury , by their verdict , branded this will as not drown up by the testator ; and the judge ordered it and the documents relating to it to be impounded , as he was of opinion that the parties who brought it forward ought to be indicted . Tbe persons charged Avith the City burglaries , now increased to
ten in number , Avere all brought before the Lord Mayor on Tuesday , the magistrate of Bow-street , before whom they were first brought , having consented to hand them over to the
The Week.
City magistrates . Tbe evidence given did not advance the case of Walker's burglary much beyond tho point to which it had been carried before ; but the burglary at Mr . Johnson ' s , in Threadneedle-street , was also enteral on . The prisoners seemed ' anxious to exonerate their wives , but they were all remanded ' without bail . It is understood that more than one of the
prisoners is now anxious to turn Queen's evidence . —¦— -An . immense sugar-house , in course of erection near Edinburgh , fell on Monday afternoon , killing four men , ami injuring others of the workmen . We regret to have to report a shocking accident which occurred at Erith on Tuesday last . By the capsizing of a boat ten young cadets belonging to the training ship Worcester were drowned . An
explosion of gas took place on Tuesday evening in Saville House , Leicester-square—a house forming a conspicuous featurein London of the Georgian era—which set fire to tbe premises , and the conflagration consumed the greater part of the building and all that it contained . Fortunately , no lives were lost . Theglare of the fire illuminated the sky to a great distance . The-Prince of AVales paid a visit to the scene of the fire , and watched the efforts made for the subjugation with evident interest . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The new number of the Sevue des
Deux Mondes contains , from the pen of M . Eugene Forcade , a searching , well reasoned , and thorougly independent critique of the Emperor's Preface to his " History of Julius Ctesar . " Hero worship , the writer points out , is the salient feature of this Preface , a worship which the author demands of his readers as a religious right , and Caisar , the subject of the biography , the object for whom present adoration is claimed . Against thi _
claim M . Forcade enters a determine protest , denying the right of any man to this species of demi-godhood . It is , he thinks ,, somewhat preposterous that at a time when even the divinity of our Saviour is called in question , we should be required to acknowledge the divinity of Julius Cresar . AA e hear that the commercial negotiations between Austria and Prussin
have resulted in " mutual concessions , " and a commercial treaty between Austria and the Zollverein will speedily be signed . The Austrian Premier has announced to the Reichsratb that no representative of the Government will attend tho sittings of the Finance Committee " until the Lower House shall have decided whether the vote on tho budgets of 1865
and 1866 is to bo taken upon tbe basis of an understanding between the House and the Government . " Tho official evening paper of A ienna states that the greater number of the Polish refugees who were interned in Austria have already quitted the country . Among them is tho ex-Dictator Langicwicz , who after his two years of confinement is free . He has gone to Switzerland . The Bavarian and Saxon Cabinets are announced to have abandoned all intention of moving the German Diet
to recognise the Prince of Augustenberg as Duke of Scbleswig-Holstein , for the simple reason that the Prussian Government has intimated its determination to regard as waste paper any resolution which the Federal Diet may adopt on the subject . The Queen-Mother of the Netherlands died at the Hague on AVcdnesday evening . All the members of the Royal Family Avere present at her Majesty's bedside when she died . The Queen-Mother was Anna Panlovna , daughter of Czar Paul I . of Russia . She was born in 1795 , and was married to the Prince , afterwards King AVilliam II . of the Netherlands , in 181 C . She Avas left a widow in 18-19 .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
R . R . — A \ e know nothing of the circumstances , nor do not wish to know .. Wc have ' nothing to do with private quarrels . S . S . —Write a little more fully . AVs do not understand what you wish to be informed . T . S . —AVe should certainly say not . P . M . —We will make inquiries . C- JIAX .- —The subject is under consideration .