The Week.

iii a , millitary point of view . Lord Palmerston ' s public doings in Scotland were characteristically enough brought to a close on Friday , by His Lordship scaling Arthur ' s Seat with the agility of sound-wind member of the Alpine Club , and visiting an old woman , "Peggie Forbes , " who was a servant in Dugald Stewart ' s bouse when "Young Master Henry" was a pupil of the

renowned philosopher . On Saturday morning , the Premier left Edinburgh , and his progress to London was marked by an amusing incident . On arriving at Carlisle , where the train stopped for a short time , the noble Viscount was conducted to a point from which he could obtain a point of view of the famous Border city . An enterprising photographer , with a very fine eye to business ,

pushed his way up to the Premeir , and requested the honour of being permittedlto take His Lordship ' s portrait . Lord Palmerston at once complied with the request , and "took off his overcoat with the air of a man " peeling" for a pugilistic encounter , amidst the laughter and cheers of the crowd who formed a ring around him . " The admiring crowd pressed rather

inconveniently upon him ; he gaily remonstrated with them , "Unless I am perfectly still , you know , it won't do ; " and when the necessary arrangements had been made , the photographer " put the noble Viscount in proper position , and soon completed the operation . " It is scarcely necessary to say that after this incident the noble Lord left Carlisle amid the enthusiastic

cheers of the witnesses of this , perhaps , unparelleled at fresco " sitting" of the great Minister . At the meeting of the Central Relief Committee , Mr . Farnall reported a further decrease of 2298 in the number of persons receiving parochial relief it appears , from Mr . Madura's monthly return , that in the last week in March , as compared with the last week in February there was an increase of 14 , 152 in the total number relieved by the local committees and boards of guardians . The

threatened interference of the Government with the privileges of the City continues to cause some excitement among the members of the corporation . A motion made by a member of the Common Council to appoint a special committee to watch over any measures that may be introduced was rejected , and the matter was placed in the hands of one of the existing committees . —•—

A small wooden craft , believed to have been intended for the Confederate service , has been seized at Liverpool by order of the Government . She is fitted with a screw ; and two guns , it is said , were found on board when the seizure was made . The gunboat was built on the Mersey for Messrs . Frazer , Trenhohn , and Co . who , rightly or wrongly , are understood to be

Confederate agents . A public meeting was held at the Freetrade Hall , Manchester , on Tuesday night , for the purpose of protesting against the construction in this country of ships intended for the Confederate service . The chair was occupied by Alderman Harvey ; and among the gentlemen who addressed the meeting were Professor Newman and Mr . Goldwin Smith .

Resolutions in accordance with the objects of the meeting , and a memorial , calling upon the Government to enforce the laws of neutrality , were adopted . Her Majesty ' s Government , judging from the papers submitted to them that the seizure of the British steamer Peterhoff by a Federal cruiser was altogether unjustifiable , have intimated that Lord Lyons will be

instructed to press for the immediate release of the ship , and also for compensation , if no legal ground of capture can be alleged b y the government of Washington . Mr . Gladstone was thrown from his horse while riding in Rotten Row on Saturday evening . The right lion , gentlemen was a good deal cut arid bruised about the head and face , and was obliged to keep his bed on Sunday . On Monday , however , he was better , and the latest reports of hi 3 condition are favourable . One of the farmers who suffered so severely from the Middle Level inundation has

succeeded in obtaining a verdict for compensation against the Middle Level Commissioners . This decision , it is stated , will rule about a hundred cases , involving damage to the enormous amount of £ 70 , 000 . It is not often that one of the sterner sex brings an action for breach of promise of marriage , but such a case was tried at tbe Gloucestershire Assizes . The Judge in

summing up drew the distinction between the position of a woman whose trust had been betrayed , and a man whose hopes had been blighted in this way . The jury measured the injury in this clear case of jilting , by the award of £ 20 . Three actions are now pending with the view of testing the real character of the deeds which William Roupell declared that he

forged . The value of the estates which are now the subject of litigation is stated to be £ 130 , 000 , and a mass of evidence will , it is said , be brought forward to show that the instruments by which this property was conveyed to the present holders are perfectly genuine , and that the object of the ex-Member for Lambeth in avowing himself a forger was to obtain the

restitution of the estates to the family . The Rev . Thomas Wycherley , a Baptist minister , late of Clapham Rise , was brought up at the Lambeth Police Court , on Wednesday , charged with having received certain articles knowing them to have been stolen . Mr . Wycherley was , it seems , in the habit of visiting a girl named Newton , who had been one of his congregation , and

who lived in service at the house of Mrs . Sophia Levy , of Stockwell . This girl , who had been much trusted , robbed her mistress very largely and absconded . A few days afterwards Mr . Wycherley took the girl to the police station , where she confessed that she had robbed Mrs . Levy . She was subsequently tried and convicted . It turned out , however , that Mr .

Wycherley had been dealing with some of the stolen property , and the police sought to take him into custody . Tliey failed to do so until the other day , when he was arrested at Whitchurch . The case was adjourned , bail being taken for Mr . Wycherley's

appearance . ——Joseph Brooks and Isaac Brooks , were tried at the Central Criminal Court on Monday , on a charge of havin ° - murdered William Davey , a police-constable , at Acton . Davey was shot at his own door on the 19 th of January last . The evidence against the prisoners was purely of a circumstantial character . At tbe close of the case for the prosecution , Mr .

Ribton , for Isaac Brooks , submitted that no evidence had been adduced to show his complicity in the crime , and Baron Wilde directed a verdict of acquittal . Joseph Brooks was , however , found guilty , and was sentenced to death in the ordinary form . His sister , who was in court , screamed out loudly when sentence was pronounced upon him . Benjamin Wilsonfound guilt

, y of forging a bill of exchange for £ 25 , was sentenced to nine months' imprisonmeut ; and a marine , proved to have stolen two £ 5 notes and a sovereign , was sentenced to twelve month ' s imprisonment . Forty-two of the persons concerned in the disgraceful riots at Stalybridge , Ashton , and Hyde , have been convicted at the Chester assizes , and sentenced to various terms

of imprisonment . Leeds has been the scene of a trao-ic occurrence . On Saturday morning , a man named Gair , murdered a woman with whom he was living , and afterwards attempted to destroy his own life . The murderer now lies at the Leeds infirmary in a precarious state . Henry Carter , the young man who murdered his sweetheart , nt Birmingham , ' in December last , was executed at Warwick , on Monday .- It is stated that another

Confederate cruiser has left a British port , for _ the purpose of harassing the mercantile marine of the North . This ship , the Japan , or Virginia , is said to have started from Greenock ; and it would appear that she got away throuo-h a curious blunder on the part of the United States Consul at Liverpool . That functionary having been informed of the alleged destination of this vessel , telegraphed to Mr . Adams , omitting , however , to state the important fact that the Japan was lying in the Clyde . Mr . Adams , naturally enough supposing