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The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COUET . —The Queen and family are at Osborne—the Prince and Princess of AA ales having joined the circle . IMEEEIAL PAELIAMENT . — In the HOUSE OE LOEDS on Thursday , 28 th ult ., the Poor Relief ( Metropolis ) Bill went through its remaining stages , and the AVeights and Measures ( Metric System ) Bill and tho Limited Penalties Bill , were read a third time and passed . On Friday , Parliament was
prorogued , by Royal Commission , until the 13 th of October . The speech from the Throne refers to the failure of the Conference , and the opening of negotiations between Denmark and the Great Powers of Germany ; to the cession of the Ionian Islands to Greece ; to the war in New Zealand ; to the prosperous condition of India ; to the friendly state of our
relations with China ; to the successful endeavours of the Grrcat Powers to effect an amicable arrangement of the difference which had arisen between the Hospodar of Moldo-Wallachia aud his suzerain the Sultan . Regret is expressed at the continuance of the war in America , but her Majesty will continue to observe a strict neutrality between the belligerents , and would rejoice
at a friendly reconciliation between the contending parties . The Queen has seen with satisfaction that the distress in tbe manufacturing districts has to a great extent abated , and her Majesty trusts that increased supplies of the raw material of industry may be extracted from the countries by which it has hitherto been furnished . The summary of the work done by
Parliament is very brief . There is , first , the measure for extending the provision of the Factory Acts , then there are the Government Annuities Bill , the Public AVorks Act Continuance Bill , and the bill for giving increased facilities for the construction of railways . Finally , reference is made to the material diminution in the taxation of the country which Mr .
Gladstone has been able to accomplish . In the HOUSE OP COMMONS on Thursday , the Partnership Law Amendment Bill was withdrawn . In reply to a question from Mr . Kinglake , Mr . Layard said that the Government would advise her Majesty to acknowledge the Mexican empire as soon as the Emperor Maximilian had notified to the Powers of Europe that he was in possession of the capital .
—Lord Edward Howard complained of the efforts which had been , and were being , made by Federal agents to entrap emigrants into the United States service . Mr . Layard saicl the Government could only remonstrate with the authorities at AA asbington , and warn the people who left these shores of the perils which awaited them on the other side of the Atlantic .
— -On Friday , before the summons to attend in the Upper House to hear the Royal Speech read , Lord Palmerston stated , in answer to questions addressed to him , that the French Government had not offered to mediate between Denmark and Germany , and that the question of the Duchies was now left entirely in the hands of tlie belligerents . Her Majesty's
Government would interfere no further in the matter . In answer to other questions , the Premier said the Government intended to consider the subject of the Scotch marriage law , and Sir George Grey intimated that a Royal Commission would be appointed to inquire into the question of middle-class education . GENEEAL HOME NEWS . —The mortality of the metropolis
was , last week , high beyond any previous example .- The deaths amounted to 1 , 607 , which was more than 300 above the average of the last ten years . The principal deaths were from diarrhoea and the chief victims were infants . The births were about 100 above the average . The Registrar General's quarterly return , which has just been issued , presents one or two features of considerable interest . The return of marriages for the
quarter ending March 31 is held to be " a very satisfactory proof that the bulk [ of the population was in prosperous circumstances ; " while in the following quarter the births exceeded the deaths by 71 , 74-2 . Turning to the mortality tables , we find an improvement as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year . The north-western division , which includes Lancacashire and Cheshire , and , therefore , the districts which have
suffered from the cotton famine , shows a lower rate of mortality than the annual average of the last ten years ; while in Yorkshire the deaths rose above the " high average" for that county . The Registrar-General tells the men of Yorkshire that the same temper which has exposed their valleys to the inundation of badly-constructed reservoirs has left their towns exposed
to the deadlier ravages of fevers and of zymotic diseases of all forms . The fourth week of the past month , according to the Poor-law Board ' s return , shows a further decrease of 2 , 080 paupers in the cotton manufacturing districts . Of this number 760 were adult able-bodied paupers . In Ashton-uuder-Lyne union there was a decrease of 220 ; Bury union , 190 ;
Manchester , 250 ; Preston union 420 ; and Salford union , 170 . The numbers now ou the relief lists are 86 , 750—or about 36 , 000 in excess of the pauperism of ordinary times . Last week the Guardians expended £ 4 , 913 in outdoor relief , or £ 78 less than in the preceding week . The number of persons in receipt of relief at present is 191 , 500 below the number on the union lists at
Christmas , 1862 . The Board of Trade has issued a circular to the railway authorities of the kingdom on the question as to how far it might be possible to allay the sense of insecurity at present prevailing among railway passengers . The Board refers specially to two of the suggestions which have been thrown out in the course of the controversy on this subject , — the placing of windows between the compartments of each
carriage , and the adoption of the continental system , hy which guards can pass with safety from carriage to carriage while the train is in motion . The Board considers the latter proposal deserving of consideration , and requests the directors of the various companies to give their opinion of the value of this and other arrangements , and to offer any suggestions which they may think adapted to meet tlie
requirements of the case . —Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell made speeches at a dinner given in honour of her Majesty ' s Ministers by tbe Fishmongers' Company , on Monday night . The Premier spoke of the duty which had devolved upon the Government of " guiding the country through difficulties of the greatest magnitude , " ancl said he trusted that
while they had secured to the people of this country " the blessings and the advantages " of peace , they had at the same time " succeeded in maintaining the position of England among the nations of the world . " Lord Russell pointed out how the opponents of the Reform Bill , of free trade , and other Liberal measures , had lived to see their error , and drew this moral : —
" Let us be permitted to hope that thirty-three years hence , when tbe discussions which have been so well and so ably eonducted during the present year shall have partly passed into oblivion , that those who live at that time will acknowledge that the Ministry of 1864 did not ill consult the honour of their country , did not ill consult the interests of their country , in
the course which they pursued during that year , entangled as their path was with many difficulties . " On Tuesday , the Society of Odd Fellows held high festival at the Crystal Palace . It was calculated that about 25 , 000 persons attended in the course of the day . They came from all quarters , and in all sorts of conveyances , though , of course , the railways conveyed by far the larger number . Early in the day a procession was formed through the grounds , in which men and women joined ,
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The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COUET . —The Queen and family are at Osborne—the Prince and Princess of AA ales having joined the circle . IMEEEIAL PAELIAMENT . — In the HOUSE OE LOEDS on Thursday , 28 th ult ., the Poor Relief ( Metropolis ) Bill went through its remaining stages , and the AVeights and Measures ( Metric System ) Bill and tho Limited Penalties Bill , were read a third time and passed . On Friday , Parliament was
prorogued , by Royal Commission , until the 13 th of October . The speech from the Throne refers to the failure of the Conference , and the opening of negotiations between Denmark and the Great Powers of Germany ; to the cession of the Ionian Islands to Greece ; to the war in New Zealand ; to the prosperous condition of India ; to the friendly state of our
relations with China ; to the successful endeavours of the Grrcat Powers to effect an amicable arrangement of the difference which had arisen between the Hospodar of Moldo-Wallachia aud his suzerain the Sultan . Regret is expressed at the continuance of the war in America , but her Majesty will continue to observe a strict neutrality between the belligerents , and would rejoice
at a friendly reconciliation between the contending parties . The Queen has seen with satisfaction that the distress in tbe manufacturing districts has to a great extent abated , and her Majesty trusts that increased supplies of the raw material of industry may be extracted from the countries by which it has hitherto been furnished . The summary of the work done by
Parliament is very brief . There is , first , the measure for extending the provision of the Factory Acts , then there are the Government Annuities Bill , the Public AVorks Act Continuance Bill , and the bill for giving increased facilities for the construction of railways . Finally , reference is made to the material diminution in the taxation of the country which Mr .
Gladstone has been able to accomplish . In the HOUSE OP COMMONS on Thursday , the Partnership Law Amendment Bill was withdrawn . In reply to a question from Mr . Kinglake , Mr . Layard said that the Government would advise her Majesty to acknowledge the Mexican empire as soon as the Emperor Maximilian had notified to the Powers of Europe that he was in possession of the capital .
—Lord Edward Howard complained of the efforts which had been , and were being , made by Federal agents to entrap emigrants into the United States service . Mr . Layard saicl the Government could only remonstrate with the authorities at AA asbington , and warn the people who left these shores of the perils which awaited them on the other side of the Atlantic .
— -On Friday , before the summons to attend in the Upper House to hear the Royal Speech read , Lord Palmerston stated , in answer to questions addressed to him , that the French Government had not offered to mediate between Denmark and Germany , and that the question of the Duchies was now left entirely in the hands of tlie belligerents . Her Majesty's
Government would interfere no further in the matter . In answer to other questions , the Premier said the Government intended to consider the subject of the Scotch marriage law , and Sir George Grey intimated that a Royal Commission would be appointed to inquire into the question of middle-class education . GENEEAL HOME NEWS . —The mortality of the metropolis
was , last week , high beyond any previous example .- The deaths amounted to 1 , 607 , which was more than 300 above the average of the last ten years . The principal deaths were from diarrhoea and the chief victims were infants . The births were about 100 above the average . The Registrar General's quarterly return , which has just been issued , presents one or two features of considerable interest . The return of marriages for the
quarter ending March 31 is held to be " a very satisfactory proof that the bulk [ of the population was in prosperous circumstances ; " while in the following quarter the births exceeded the deaths by 71 , 74-2 . Turning to the mortality tables , we find an improvement as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year . The north-western division , which includes Lancacashire and Cheshire , and , therefore , the districts which have
suffered from the cotton famine , shows a lower rate of mortality than the annual average of the last ten years ; while in Yorkshire the deaths rose above the " high average" for that county . The Registrar-General tells the men of Yorkshire that the same temper which has exposed their valleys to the inundation of badly-constructed reservoirs has left their towns exposed
to the deadlier ravages of fevers and of zymotic diseases of all forms . The fourth week of the past month , according to the Poor-law Board ' s return , shows a further decrease of 2 , 080 paupers in the cotton manufacturing districts . Of this number 760 were adult able-bodied paupers . In Ashton-uuder-Lyne union there was a decrease of 220 ; Bury union , 190 ;
Manchester , 250 ; Preston union 420 ; and Salford union , 170 . The numbers now ou the relief lists are 86 , 750—or about 36 , 000 in excess of the pauperism of ordinary times . Last week the Guardians expended £ 4 , 913 in outdoor relief , or £ 78 less than in the preceding week . The number of persons in receipt of relief at present is 191 , 500 below the number on the union lists at
Christmas , 1862 . The Board of Trade has issued a circular to the railway authorities of the kingdom on the question as to how far it might be possible to allay the sense of insecurity at present prevailing among railway passengers . The Board refers specially to two of the suggestions which have been thrown out in the course of the controversy on this subject , — the placing of windows between the compartments of each
carriage , and the adoption of the continental system , hy which guards can pass with safety from carriage to carriage while the train is in motion . The Board considers the latter proposal deserving of consideration , and requests the directors of the various companies to give their opinion of the value of this and other arrangements , and to offer any suggestions which they may think adapted to meet tlie
requirements of the case . —Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell made speeches at a dinner given in honour of her Majesty ' s Ministers by tbe Fishmongers' Company , on Monday night . The Premier spoke of the duty which had devolved upon the Government of " guiding the country through difficulties of the greatest magnitude , " ancl said he trusted that
while they had secured to the people of this country " the blessings and the advantages " of peace , they had at the same time " succeeded in maintaining the position of England among the nations of the world . " Lord Russell pointed out how the opponents of the Reform Bill , of free trade , and other Liberal measures , had lived to see their error , and drew this moral : —
" Let us be permitted to hope that thirty-three years hence , when tbe discussions which have been so well and so ably eonducted during the present year shall have partly passed into oblivion , that those who live at that time will acknowledge that the Ministry of 1864 did not ill consult the honour of their country , did not ill consult the interests of their country , in
the course which they pursued during that year , entangled as their path was with many difficulties . " On Tuesday , the Society of Odd Fellows held high festival at the Crystal Palace . It was calculated that about 25 , 000 persons attended in the course of the day . They came from all quarters , and in all sorts of conveyances , though , of course , the railways conveyed by far the larger number . Early in the day a procession was formed through the grounds , in which men and women joined ,