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The Week.
Friday , several measures , including the Union Relief Aid Continuance "Bill , and the Tobacco Duties Bill , received the royal assent by commission ; ancl after a short conversation , Lord AVestbury ' s bill for augmenting the value of the Crown livings in the gift of the Lord Chancellor , was read a second time . In the House of Commons on Thursday , March 26 , Mr . Dodson called attention to the charges of the Diplomatic Service , entering into various details and adducing examples to show the
complication in which the diplomatic expenditure ivas involved , and moved a resolution , "That all sums required to defray the expenses of the Diplomatic Service ought to be annually voted by Parliament , and that estimates of all such sums ought to be submitted in a form that will admit of their effectual supervision and control by this House . "—Mr . Layard said no doubt what had been stated by Mr . Dodson was to some extent true " hut the system had hitherto worked well , and he opposed the
resolution on two grounds—economy and the efficiency of the public service . If the diplomatic charges were annually submitted to the House , he had no doubt ( for reasons which he explained ) they would be considerably increased , while the service would be less efficient than it was . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer confessed that all his prejudices and prepossessions were in favour of the resolution . But he had no hesitation in saying thatpracticall he preferred the arrangement as it
, y , stood to that proposed in the resolution , which he hoped the House would not adopt . The resolution was negatived by 136 to 65 . —The House then went into a committee of supply on the Civil Service Estimates , and votes for Revenue Departments and certain classes of Civil Service Estimates , were agreed to , without much discussion . On the vote of £ 25 , 278 , usually known as the " Regium Donum , " for dissenting
ministers in Ireland , Mr . Williams objected to the vote . On a division , the vote was carried by 53 votes to 26 . On Friday , tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer , in reply to a question from Mr . Henry Seymour , stated that he had heard that a proposal was likely to be made to the Government with respect to purchasing for some public object the Exhibition building ; but he did not think the proposal was one that could be entertained . In answer to Lord John Manners , Sir George Grey said the Inspector of Factories in Lancashire had reported that steps were being
taken to adapt the machinery in the mills to the use ot Indian and other descriptions of cotton . Mr . Hennessy made another appeal on behalf of Poland ; and Mr . W . E . Forster raised a discussion on the fitting out of war vessels in this country for the Confederate States . The Solicitor-General warmly defended the conduct of the Government with respect to the fitting out of the Alabama , and retorted that the American government had not always respected our neutrality
when their own interests were concerned . The recent disturbances at Staleybridge was brought before the House by Col . Wilson Patten , who was anxious to know whether the Home Secretary entertained any apprehensions as to the future . —SirJGeorge Grey , in answer to this appeal , expressed a strong opinion on the " extremely injudicious" course taken by the Mansion House Committee , in practically censuring the local Relief Committee , by a grant of £ 500 in money for that district , but the right
hon . Baronet had no fear whatever with regard to these riots , as the civil and military authorities were quite prepared to meet any attempt to renew the disturbances . GI-NEEAE HOME NEWS . —The Corporation of the City of London have voted 250 guineas for the gold casket in which the freedom of the City is soon to be presented to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . Out of thirteen competing designs for this casketone in the cinque-cento stylesent in by Mr . Bensonwas
, , , selected on Saturday , and the work ordered to be completed forthwith . The casket is not to be , as heretofore , a mere lump of precious metal , but will be an exquisite specimen of enamel and jewelled work , miniature coronets of the Prince and Princess carefully jewelled , in perfect imitation of the originals , surmounting the top of this costly little cofler . The table of the revenue for the last quarter and for the financial year has just been published . The important result is that upon the
whole year there is an increase over last year of £ 929 , 082 . The quarter shows a decrease of £ 392 , 868 . The great decrease is on the Excise , which falls short on the quarter by £ 379 , 000 , and on the year by £ 1 , 177 , 000 . The great increase is under that not very intelligible head the miscellaneous , which shows an increase on the ouarter of £ 391 , 598 , and on the year of £ 1 , 006 , 027 . The property tax fell off half a million on the quarter ; but there is an increase of £ 232 , 000 on the year . The Customs show an increase of £ 360 , 000 , of £ 14-0 , 000 on the
twelve months . The only item besides the Excise on which there is a decrease over the whole year is the taxes , which fall off to the extent of £ 10 , 000 . Lord Palmerston was , on Monday , installed as Lord jRector of the University of Glasgow . In consequence of the eager throng of the citizens , to whom the sensation of a remarkable stranger coming among them is at all times as welcome as it is rarely gratifiedthe ceremony was removed from the old College Hall
, to tbe neighbouring church of St . John's , which was filled from an early hour by au excited throng of students and ticketholders , who whiled away the tedious hours of waiting by strains of melody of a character rather different from those which are wont to rise within those walls . On the appearance of Lord Palmerston he was loudly cheered . After thanking the students for the honour they had conferred on him in
electing him to the office of Lord Rector , he proceeded to exercise one of its privileges by lecturing the young men on their studies , and urging them to strain after excellence in all to which they devoted their attention . In the evening there was a grand banquet , at which about a thousand persons were present . In responding to the toast of his health , the noble Lord congratulated the country on the satisfactory state of the
revenue , and while making due allowance for the irritation produced both in the Northern ancl Southern States of America by our strict neutrality in the civil war , he assured his audience that our relations with foreign governments were altogether on a most friendly footing . By ten o ' clock on Tuesday morning , his lordship was again afoot , the object of admiration to an excited crowd that lined the streets through which he drove to
the Brooraielaw , where he embarked on board the Wol f , steamer , for a trip clown tbe Clyde . He landed at Greenock , where he was splendidly feted , and returning to Glasgow he addressed a crowded meeting , principally of the working classes , who . held a soiree in his honour in the Cit y Hall . Before leaving Glasgow , on AVednesday morning , his lordship was made a member of the Garter Club . After that ceremony he
proceeded to Edinburgh , where , in the afternoon , the freedom of the city was conferred upon him . In acknowledging the compliment , his lordship spoke strongly of the advantages arising from municipal institutions , in the preservation of the liberties
of the people , and in . the education of men to take part in the larger , affairs of the nation . Subseqently , at the university , his lordship received the degree of LL . D . The Duke of Grafton died on Thursday , March 26 tb . The title and estates descend to his eldest son , Lord Euston , whose accession to the peerage causes a vacancy in the representation of Thetford . Lord Augustus Fitzroy , a brother of the present Dukeand one of the Queen's equerrieswillit is
statedbe-, , , , come a candidate for Thetford , —a pocket borough returning two members , in which the Fitzroys and Barings are all powerful . An interesting meeting took place on Saturday at the AVorking Men's Club , Clare-market , to carry out a plan which had been , formed for providing refreshments at moderate charges to the working classes . The company sat down to a substantial dinnerwhichit was statedcould be furnishedand was
-, , , , pro posed to be furnished , to working men at 4 _ -d . per head . The Rev . Joseph Irving , M . A ., presided , and the meeting was afterwards addressed by several clergymen and others who take an interest in the well-being of the working classes . The designs for the Albert memorial , in London , are about to be exhibited at AVestminster . It is semi-officially announced that no decision has yet been arrived at with respect to the precise form of the
memorial , but it appears to be taken for granted that the amount subscribed , £ 60 , 000 , will be insufficient to meet the cost of a befitting record of the nation ' s sense of the private worth and public services of the deceased Prince , and that an appeal for a grant of money from Parliament will be necessary . The Staleybridge operatives have accepted the compromise offered by the Local Relief Committee—that the relief should
be distributed half in money and half in tickets . Au announcement to this effect was made at a meeting of the Committee , on Saturday , by a deputation representing the various schools in the town . The operatives now plead for a weekly holiday to enable them to go in search of employment ; but as a general revision of the occupation of the scholars is contemlatedthe Committee decline at present to grant the request
p , . At the same assizes , Duncan M'Phail and George AA oods were sentenced to death , for the murder of Mrs . AA alne , at Rochester . The jury added to their verdict a recommendation to mercy , but the learned judge told the doomed convicts that he could hold them out no hope that , in their case , the preroga-
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The Week.
Friday , several measures , including the Union Relief Aid Continuance "Bill , and the Tobacco Duties Bill , received the royal assent by commission ; ancl after a short conversation , Lord AVestbury ' s bill for augmenting the value of the Crown livings in the gift of the Lord Chancellor , was read a second time . In the House of Commons on Thursday , March 26 , Mr . Dodson called attention to the charges of the Diplomatic Service , entering into various details and adducing examples to show the
complication in which the diplomatic expenditure ivas involved , and moved a resolution , "That all sums required to defray the expenses of the Diplomatic Service ought to be annually voted by Parliament , and that estimates of all such sums ought to be submitted in a form that will admit of their effectual supervision and control by this House . "—Mr . Layard said no doubt what had been stated by Mr . Dodson was to some extent true " hut the system had hitherto worked well , and he opposed the
resolution on two grounds—economy and the efficiency of the public service . If the diplomatic charges were annually submitted to the House , he had no doubt ( for reasons which he explained ) they would be considerably increased , while the service would be less efficient than it was . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer confessed that all his prejudices and prepossessions were in favour of the resolution . But he had no hesitation in saying thatpracticall he preferred the arrangement as it
, y , stood to that proposed in the resolution , which he hoped the House would not adopt . The resolution was negatived by 136 to 65 . —The House then went into a committee of supply on the Civil Service Estimates , and votes for Revenue Departments and certain classes of Civil Service Estimates , were agreed to , without much discussion . On the vote of £ 25 , 278 , usually known as the " Regium Donum , " for dissenting
ministers in Ireland , Mr . Williams objected to the vote . On a division , the vote was carried by 53 votes to 26 . On Friday , tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer , in reply to a question from Mr . Henry Seymour , stated that he had heard that a proposal was likely to be made to the Government with respect to purchasing for some public object the Exhibition building ; but he did not think the proposal was one that could be entertained . In answer to Lord John Manners , Sir George Grey said the Inspector of Factories in Lancashire had reported that steps were being
taken to adapt the machinery in the mills to the use ot Indian and other descriptions of cotton . Mr . Hennessy made another appeal on behalf of Poland ; and Mr . W . E . Forster raised a discussion on the fitting out of war vessels in this country for the Confederate States . The Solicitor-General warmly defended the conduct of the Government with respect to the fitting out of the Alabama , and retorted that the American government had not always respected our neutrality
when their own interests were concerned . The recent disturbances at Staleybridge was brought before the House by Col . Wilson Patten , who was anxious to know whether the Home Secretary entertained any apprehensions as to the future . —SirJGeorge Grey , in answer to this appeal , expressed a strong opinion on the " extremely injudicious" course taken by the Mansion House Committee , in practically censuring the local Relief Committee , by a grant of £ 500 in money for that district , but the right
hon . Baronet had no fear whatever with regard to these riots , as the civil and military authorities were quite prepared to meet any attempt to renew the disturbances . GI-NEEAE HOME NEWS . —The Corporation of the City of London have voted 250 guineas for the gold casket in which the freedom of the City is soon to be presented to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales . Out of thirteen competing designs for this casketone in the cinque-cento stylesent in by Mr . Bensonwas
, , , selected on Saturday , and the work ordered to be completed forthwith . The casket is not to be , as heretofore , a mere lump of precious metal , but will be an exquisite specimen of enamel and jewelled work , miniature coronets of the Prince and Princess carefully jewelled , in perfect imitation of the originals , surmounting the top of this costly little cofler . The table of the revenue for the last quarter and for the financial year has just been published . The important result is that upon the
whole year there is an increase over last year of £ 929 , 082 . The quarter shows a decrease of £ 392 , 868 . The great decrease is on the Excise , which falls short on the quarter by £ 379 , 000 , and on the year by £ 1 , 177 , 000 . The great increase is under that not very intelligible head the miscellaneous , which shows an increase on the ouarter of £ 391 , 598 , and on the year of £ 1 , 006 , 027 . The property tax fell off half a million on the quarter ; but there is an increase of £ 232 , 000 on the year . The Customs show an increase of £ 360 , 000 , of £ 14-0 , 000 on the
twelve months . The only item besides the Excise on which there is a decrease over the whole year is the taxes , which fall off to the extent of £ 10 , 000 . Lord Palmerston was , on Monday , installed as Lord jRector of the University of Glasgow . In consequence of the eager throng of the citizens , to whom the sensation of a remarkable stranger coming among them is at all times as welcome as it is rarely gratifiedthe ceremony was removed from the old College Hall
, to tbe neighbouring church of St . John's , which was filled from an early hour by au excited throng of students and ticketholders , who whiled away the tedious hours of waiting by strains of melody of a character rather different from those which are wont to rise within those walls . On the appearance of Lord Palmerston he was loudly cheered . After thanking the students for the honour they had conferred on him in
electing him to the office of Lord Rector , he proceeded to exercise one of its privileges by lecturing the young men on their studies , and urging them to strain after excellence in all to which they devoted their attention . In the evening there was a grand banquet , at which about a thousand persons were present . In responding to the toast of his health , the noble Lord congratulated the country on the satisfactory state of the
revenue , and while making due allowance for the irritation produced both in the Northern ancl Southern States of America by our strict neutrality in the civil war , he assured his audience that our relations with foreign governments were altogether on a most friendly footing . By ten o ' clock on Tuesday morning , his lordship was again afoot , the object of admiration to an excited crowd that lined the streets through which he drove to
the Brooraielaw , where he embarked on board the Wol f , steamer , for a trip clown tbe Clyde . He landed at Greenock , where he was splendidly feted , and returning to Glasgow he addressed a crowded meeting , principally of the working classes , who . held a soiree in his honour in the Cit y Hall . Before leaving Glasgow , on AVednesday morning , his lordship was made a member of the Garter Club . After that ceremony he
proceeded to Edinburgh , where , in the afternoon , the freedom of the city was conferred upon him . In acknowledging the compliment , his lordship spoke strongly of the advantages arising from municipal institutions , in the preservation of the liberties
of the people , and in . the education of men to take part in the larger , affairs of the nation . Subseqently , at the university , his lordship received the degree of LL . D . The Duke of Grafton died on Thursday , March 26 tb . The title and estates descend to his eldest son , Lord Euston , whose accession to the peerage causes a vacancy in the representation of Thetford . Lord Augustus Fitzroy , a brother of the present Dukeand one of the Queen's equerrieswillit is
statedbe-, , , , come a candidate for Thetford , —a pocket borough returning two members , in which the Fitzroys and Barings are all powerful . An interesting meeting took place on Saturday at the AVorking Men's Club , Clare-market , to carry out a plan which had been , formed for providing refreshments at moderate charges to the working classes . The company sat down to a substantial dinnerwhichit was statedcould be furnishedand was
-, , , , pro posed to be furnished , to working men at 4 _ -d . per head . The Rev . Joseph Irving , M . A ., presided , and the meeting was afterwards addressed by several clergymen and others who take an interest in the well-being of the working classes . The designs for the Albert memorial , in London , are about to be exhibited at AVestminster . It is semi-officially announced that no decision has yet been arrived at with respect to the precise form of the
memorial , but it appears to be taken for granted that the amount subscribed , £ 60 , 000 , will be insufficient to meet the cost of a befitting record of the nation ' s sense of the private worth and public services of the deceased Prince , and that an appeal for a grant of money from Parliament will be necessary . The Staleybridge operatives have accepted the compromise offered by the Local Relief Committee—that the relief should
be distributed half in money and half in tickets . Au announcement to this effect was made at a meeting of the Committee , on Saturday , by a deputation representing the various schools in the town . The operatives now plead for a weekly holiday to enable them to go in search of employment ; but as a general revision of the occupation of the scholars is contemlatedthe Committee decline at present to grant the request
p , . At the same assizes , Duncan M'Phail and George AA oods were sentenced to death , for the murder of Mrs . AA alne , at Rochester . The jury added to their verdict a recommendation to mercy , but the learned judge told the doomed convicts that he could hold them out no hope that , in their case , the preroga-