The Week.

The sham fight afterwards passed off most successfully . AVhen it was nearly over the Prince and Princess returned to the town and took luncheon with the Mayor , returning to London about five o ' clock . After their arduous exertions the volunteers broke up for a short time for refreshment , and then , forming up , marched to the railway station and took train home . It is

satisfactory to hear that tbe railway arrangements were generally admirable , and that all passed off without serious accident . Those Londoners who did not go ont to Brighton betook themselves in great numbers to the Crystal Palace and places up and down the river . In the evening thg theatres Avere crowded . The day altogether was fairly kept as a holiday

Another effort ivas made to launch the Northumberland . Unfortunately it ivas altogether unsuccessful , and the giant ship still remains upon the ways . The inquest on the body of Mr . C . AV . Pay , who was found a few days ago insensible on the steps of Hawkstono Hall ; \\ aterioo-road , and died from the effects of a fractured skull , was resumed . Several witnesses

Avere called , who gave some account of the movements of the deceased on the day when he was found insensible . They threw no light , however , on the cause of the fracture of the skull , and the jury consequently returned an open verdict , A singular case was heard at the AVestminster police court . Two men , named Runnacles and AA'ilson , were charged with

attempting to rob a pawnbroker ' s shop in Pimlico on Sunday , the 1 st inst . The prisoners had been inmates of the Field-lane Refuge , ancl had there met with a German named Dozen , who had been in tho Federal army . To him they communicated their intention to rob the pawnbroker ' s shop , and asked him to join them . Apparently consenting , he gave information to the police , and when , on Sunday afternoon , the two went to the house , they were received by constables . Runnacles confessed

to having robbed the same house m December last . The magistrate dealt with the case summarily , and sentenced tho prisoners to three months' imprisonment each , with hard labour . On Sunday night , the 1 st inst ., at nearly ten o ' clock , Mary Elmore , the Avife of Daniel Elmore , went into the Prince of Wales public house , Harrow-road . She Avas drunk , and asked a man named Rose to take her home . Reluctantly he

consented . On their way they were met by the woman's husband , who , first calling her an opprobrious name , knocked her down , kicked her , and injured her so that she died in about twenty minutes . For this crime he was brought up at the Marylebone police court on the 2 nd inst ., and committed for trial for Avilful murder . The King of the Belgians arrived in

London , to be present at the funeral of Queen Marie Amelie . His Majesty staying with the Prince and Princess of AA aIes at Marlborough Hcuse . The Nottingham Election Committee sat till nearly five o ' clock on the Srd inst . Mr . Rodwell concluded his address on behalf of Sir R . Clifton , who was then examined . Sir Robert declared

that he hacl never incited men to riot ; that his voters Avere prevented from getting to the poll ; and that the story told by his gamekeeper was wholly false . His evidence was , in fact , a general denial of the statements made against him . The Ex-Queen of the French was buried with considerable ceremony at Claremont . The Prince of AVales and the King of the

Belgians were among those present . Robert Coe , the man AVIIO Avas condemned to death for murder at the last Swansea Assizes , has confessed his crime . It will be remembered that a youth named John Davies Avas missing for several months , and that his body was found in a thicket at Mountain Ash , the head having been severed from it . This Avas the murder of Avhich Coe Avas convicted . In his confession he tells a horrible story . He says that on the day the deceased was missing he

quarrelled with him in the thicket , and knocked him down , leaving him as he believed , either dead or dying . Two days afterwards Coe says he returned to the place , and found Davies still alive . He then chopped off his head . The execution of the murderer is fixed for the 12 th instant . A painful case Avas revealed on the 3 rd inst . at the Mansion

House , Avhere a young girl , eighteen years . of age , Avas charged with having stolen and pawned a large number of articles belonging to her employers . It was sboAvn that the girl and her mother ivere in a state of great destitution , the latter being unwell and requiring certain nourishing articles of food , and it was to supply these that the daughter had become a

thief . She was sentenced to a fine of 40 s ., Avith the alternative of six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour . At the Kingston Assizes , a curious action for libel Avas tried . Dr . Strauss , author of a novel in three volumes , called "The Old Ledger , " sued the proprietors of the Athenceum for damages for a criticism of the book , which he alleged was libellous . The

brief notice in the Athenceum denounced the novel most unsparingly . For the defence passages of the book Avere read to show the justice of the criticism , and while this was being done Mr . Serjeant Ballantine , for the plaintiff , Avithdrew the case . On the 4 th inst . a crowded and highly animated meeting of tho reformers of Lambeth ivas held at the Horns

Tavern . Both members for the borough Avere present . Several able speeches were delivered in support of the Government Reform Bill , among which was that of Mr . Hughes . These were received with general and w _ rn _ approbation . A different feeling AV _ evoked by Mi-. Donltoa ' s speech , which in its tone was that of a Reformer Avhom the bill did not please . He found much fault with it on several grounds , including that adopted by Earl Grosvenor's resolution ; and he

refused to say whether he would give his vote for or against it . In spite of a well-meant endeavour by Mr . Hughes to save his colleague , the meeting by a large majority declared its want of confidence in any Liberal member ivho refused to support the bill . A great Reform demonstration , was held in the Coloured Cloth Hall-yard of Leeds . From ten to twelve thousand persons were present . As this meeting was held to

give expression to the popular feeling throughout the AVest Riding it possessed an eminently representative character . Lord Houghton presided , and speeches were delivered by Lord Frederick Cavendish , M . P . ' ; Mr . AY . E . Forster , M . P . ; Mr . Beaumont , M . P . ; Sir Francis Crossley , M . P . ; Mr . Baines , M . P . ; Mr . Childcrs , M . P . ; Mr . E . A . Leatham , and other influential

gentlemen . The speeches were of the most earnest and hearty character , and proved that tho Liberal party in the West Riding is a unit in supporting the Government bill . A meeting of the civil servants of the Crown employed in the Inland Revenue Departments Avas held to enforce their right to the elective franchise . Mr . F . Seiulamorc , of the Post Office , presided .

Mr . Anthony Trollope moved the first resolution , and Mr . Edmund Yates moved the adoption of a petition praying for the enfranchisement ofthe civil servants of the Crown . As will be readily understood , the proceedings wore highly interesting . Sir Robert Clifton ' s examination before the Nottingham Election Committee was resumed . He underwent a long cross ,

examination , and strongly denied all the charges which hid been made against him . -A painful incident took place on the Brighton review day . It is stated that a volunteer named Patrick' Butler , in a drunken fit , threatened to shoot the Prince of AVales ; and that Avhen the report reached the ears of his commanding officer he was searched , and ten rounds of hal ] cartridge Avere found upon him . The Marquis of Donegall immediately ordered his arrest , and his examination before tha