The Week.

urge this as an excuse sufficient to justify them in turning out on strike , and many have already refused to work . The Theatre Royal Glasgow has been totally destroyed by fire . ——An inquest was held on Saturday afternoon at the Middlesex Hospital on the body of the young girl Smith , who was burned to death in the attempt to extinguish the flames in the dress of

her companion , which it will be remembered caught fire in the ballet at the Princess Theatre . The jury decided that the death was caused by accident . But at the same time they expressed an opinion that sufficient precautions were not takenat the theatre to extinguish such fires ; and they also urged that means should be employed to render the theatrical dresses uninflammable . -

At the Central Criminal Court , George Grimmett , a clerk , who was found guilty of forging two acceptances , was sentenced to four years penal servitude . A deliberate wife murder was committed in Manchester on Saturday . The victim , a young woman , named Taylor , had been married but seven weeks , and her murderer is only about eighteen years of age . It is believed

that jealousy was the cause ofthe tragedy . Taylor has been committed for wilful murder . An inquest has been held on the body of a female unknown , who was found in a destitute condition at Mile End . She died , it is now proved , from cold and starvation , and she was moreover cruelly neglected by the police on duty . Another tale of seduction , desertion , and

suicide is recorded ; an inquest having been held on the body of Anne Birch , a deceived and rained girl , driven to distraction and self-murder by " respectable young man , an optician , " whose name is not given—the more the pity . The vagabond should be held up to general reprobation . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The debate on the address in the French Senate has elicited from the Emperor Napoleon's ministers some declarations containing the customary ambiguities

and contradictions . M . Thouvenel could not admit the right of the Italians to demand Rome , but could not contest the right of the Romans to he governed according to their wishes . M . Bilault said : — " The Emperor has always desired the independence of Italy and the independence of the Holy See . Various means to this end have been proposed , but have not yet had any result . But the Emperor intends to pursue his object . In

order to characterise the present state of things , I must say that the non possumus which we met with at Rome we now encounter at Turin . " The reinforcements about to leave France and Algeria for Mexico , amount to some 5000 men ; and it i s noteworthy that about half of them is composed of drafts of recruits , to fill up the ranks of the regiments under General

Forey ' s command , although disease alone can have caused vacancies , as there has not hitherto been any serious engagement with the Mexicans . -The Papal Government is endeavouring to contract a fresh loan to the amount of £ 800 , 000 ; but it remains to be seen whether it will find lenders of such a sum . The King of Prussia has shown his dissatisfaction with the

address of the Chamber of Deputies by refusing to receive a deputation for its presentation . The Chamber have , therefore , resolved to send it direct to his Majesty as a letter .- Advices from Athens informs us that the English Envoy has announced to the provisional government that the Duke of Saxe-Coburg has consented to become a candidate for the Greek

crown , and will adopt as his heir his nephew , the Prince of Coburg Kohary , who will embrace the Greek religion . This announcement , it is added , "has produced a favourable impression . " It appears known that some difficulties have arisen in Gotha , hut negotiations are still being carried on to induce the Duke to accept the throne . The Greek Assembly has passed resolutions formally declaring that King Otho and his dynasty have forfeited the Greek Cruwa ; and that Prin

Alfred had been elected King of the Greeks by 230 , 000 votes In the Spanish Cortes the Ministers for Foreign Affairs has declared thai- he could do nothing at present respecting the recognition of Italy , because the question was inseparable from that of Rome . He observed that nearly all the powers which have yet recognised Italy are Protestant . He did not consider the accomplishment of Italian unity was

an easy matter , and he doubted whether the Catholic mind of the Spanish people would approve the recognition of Italy . He recalled the fact that Charles Albert , King of Sardinia , delayed for eight years to recognise Queen Isabella , and said it was possible that Spain might follow the same line of conduct towards his descendant . In conclusion , he denied that Spain followed

the inspirations of France on the subject of Italy . The proposition on the subject was then withdrawn . A semi-official . journal of Vienna states that a minister will speedily be despatched to Venetia , for the purpose of announcing to the inhabitants " extensive reforms" which the Emperor Francis Joseph intends to grant , "Whatever may be the extent and nature of

these " reforms , " it is certain that they will nowise diminish the aversion of the Venetians for their Austrian rulers . From the account which the St . Petersburgh Journal gives of the

insurrection in Poland it appears that large numbers of the clergy are implicated iu it , and were probably the chief instigators . The insurgents are spread over the whole country , and convicts with the military are continuous . The Official Journal cf Warsaw says the attacks of the revolutionary bands have been everywhere repulsed , and that there can be no doubt as to thei ultimate discomfiture , opposed as they are to 100 , 000 well armed

troops . A telegram from St . Petersburgh states that , in consequence of the insurrectionary movement , it has been resolved to increase the force of cavalry stationed in Poland . Two new regiments of Cossacks have already set out for Poland , and are to be followed ! at once by two Uhian regiments and a battery of artillery . Reports arrive of several new encounters between the

troops and the insurgents . The River Plate mail brings accounts of a rather serious misunderstanning with the Brazilian Government . The British Government , it appears , demanded indemnity for the unlawful appropriation of the cargoes of certain English vessels wrecked on the coast of Bio Grande , as well as satisfaction for the imprisonment of three naval officers .

The Brazilian Government refused the demand , whereupou the English seized five merchant vessels . This prompt proceeding soon brought about an arrangement , ancl it is hoped nothing

more serious will arise out of it . INDIA AND CHINA . —We have telegraphic news in brief from India , China , and also by the overland mail papers from Bombay to the 13 th of January . The Indian news is not important The Jynteah rebels on the north-east frontier of Bengal were said to be increasing in strength , and assuming offensive warfare .

A correspondence from Cabul , received at Delhi , states that Dost Mahomed had a fair chace of taking Herat . The import and produce markets were quiet at Bombay and Calcutta . AMERICA . — -The military news brought by the Africa from New York , coming clown to Jan . 22 , is very brief and contradictory . On tho 20 th it was denied that General Burnside ' s

army had crossed the Rappahannock , but on the 22 nd the Washington Star stated that the entire army had crossed the river , and Was stationed above and below Fredericksburg . The New York Times addect that General Sumner ' s division had succeeded in flanking the Confederate position and advancing two miles , not , we suppose , without fighting , for General Hooker is said to be mortally wounded . The withdrawal of Longstreet ' s division into Tennessee is contradicted , and General Lee's army rjinains intact to meet General Buriiside . Great doubt of the