The Week.

her altogether did not amount to more than 36 , 829 dollars ; rather more than £ 7000 . On her return to England she will anchor at Milford Haven , but no . decision has yet been arrived at with respect to her future employment . The silk-mercers , drapers , haberdashers , and lacemen of the City have held a meeting for the purpose of adopting measures to secure the early closing on Saturday of establishments connected with their respective trades . The AVest-end tradesmen are also supporting the movement . Lord

¦ Cl yde has been entertained at a grand banquet by the Prime AVarden and Company of Fishmongers . In his speech Lord Clyde said he had known English soldiers for half a century , and that now , as during all his experience , they are as obedient soldiers , when " properly officered , as ever served in the British army . " —On Saturday evening the Bishop of London preached in the open air to between 1 , 500 and 1 , 600 working men and children , in one of the most uncivilised portions of the outskirts of the metropolis .

The place selected for this mission-service lies between Shepherd'sbush and the Great AA estern "Railway , on the east of Wormwood Scrubs . In spite of the unseasonable weather , the reports of the grain crops in different parts of England are more favourable than might have been expected , and , if the present change should continue , there is no reason to fear any serious shortcoming either as to quantity or quality . The inquiry into the frightful murder in tho Walworth Road terminated on Monday . The jury

returned a verdict of " AVilful Murder" against the accused in each case . It appears that a very few days before the murders were committed the prisoner at present charged with the crime , had insured , for the sum of £ ' 100 , the life of MaryStrceter . The defence it is stated , will rest on hereditary insanity . At the Midland Assises , Francis Price , aged 24 , shoemaker , has been convicted of the wilful murder of Sarah Pratt , at Birmingham , on the 18 th of

April last . It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner , who is a shoemaker , had been paying his addresses to the deceased , who was a barmaid or servant at a small inn at Deritend , near Birmingham , but his attentions did not seem to have been acceptable to her , and he therefore took an opportunity of stabbing her . He was sentenced to death . An inquest was held on Monday at Bristol , on the body of Mr . George Hayes HinchclUl ' e , one of tho -coroners for the county of Stafford . The deceased gentleman was

married on the AVednesday previous at . AVest Bromwich to a lady of equal position in society , and in the course of that day the newdy- ' . vcdded pair arrived at the Queen ' s Hotel , Clifton . Nothing strange ivas observed in the manner of the bridegroom , until he went to his wife ' s chamber some time after she had retired for the night , where he shortly afterwards re-appeared and requested to be provided with another bed-room . The house being full , Mr . Hinch-¦ clift ' e was told that he could not he accommodatedand he proceeded

, to the Sedan-chair Tavern . His wife , alarmed at his strange behaviour , telegraphed for her brother , Mr . Fereday , of AA ' cst Bromwich , who arrived in the course of the following day , and Mr . Hinchcliffe was sought out and prevailed on to return to his wife . He dined with her and her brother the same evening . On Saturday he took lodgings for the night at the house of Mr . Price , grocer , of Thomas-street , and there committed suicide by throwing

himself out of window . It appeared he was " .- / . bouriug under hernia , resulting from over exertion in hunting . A verdict of temporary insanity was returned . On Thursday the 2 d inst ., Mr . Lucius Brutus Blackner , eldest son of John Blackner , the author of "The History of Nottingham , " Sec ., committed suicide by banging himself . The deceased was of a nervous temperament , andfiad been on the day previous to witness the execution of Fen ton , the AValkeringhaiii murderer .

CONTINENTAL . —It is stated that immediately on his return from Tccplitz the Emperor of Austria signified to his Ministers his desire that the whole of the reforms which , for nearly a year after the programme of Laxenbourg have been in the course of elaboration , should bo finished and promulgated at as early a period as possible . It is believed that this act would strengthen the alliance between Prussia and Austria , the bases of which were concerted in the interview at Tccplitz It seems that a t chan for the

. grea ge worse has been made in the system of government adopted in Poland at the time of the treaty of Paris ' , and the complaint is , that it is now as oppressive as itVas in the reign of the Emperor Nicholas . The Neapolitan Government is occupied with the convocation of the Parliament . The King , in accordance with the -advice of his Ministers , is disposed to add " a most important article to the constitution of ISIS . Bthis articlefollowing the le

y , examp of Piedmont , every Italian will be able to sit in Parliament , even it not a native of the kingdom of Naples , provided that he is legally eligible in other respects . All efforts to conclude an armistice with Garibaldi having failed , preparations are being made to repulse any attempt at invasion . Improvements are being activel y introduced in the Royal army and navy . Commander

Capecelaco has been appointed Director of the Ministry of Marine . Three hundred soldiers , who were on the point of joining Garibaldi , are said to have been arrested . The Minister of War hail withdrawn the troops from the Ahnizzi , in order to concentrate the principal part of the anny round Naples . The inhabitants of Monteporzio , near Frascati , in the Papal States , excited by anonymous proclamations , began to divide the landed property of Prince Borghese . Men , women , and children took part in the distribution

of lots . A detachment of gendarmerie re-established order . The King of the Belgians is to leave Brussels in a few days for Germany , and will not return to his capital until about the 15 th September . The Federal Council of Switzerland has received a note from the Swedish Government , dated ISth July , reiterating the intentions of Sweden to support the claims of Switzerland at the Conference on the affairs of Savoy . The annual Federal fete has taken lace at Geneva . Officers from all parts of Switzerland

p , to the number of 1 , 200 , assembled on the occasion under the Presidency of General Duf ' our . The enthusiasm was general . There is news of had omen from the East . Disturbances are breaking' out in various parts of Turkey , Bulgaria , Servia , Roumelia , & c , ; and it is thought in Paris that , so far from French intervention in Syria proving successful , the arrival of the French troops will be the signal for a general attack by the Rayas on the Turkish empire . It is rumoured also , that Lord Stratford

de Redelifl ' e is to be sent to Turkey as special Commissioner from England . A letter from Abd-el-Kader corroborates the accounts that have hitherto reached us respecting the Syrian massacres . It ivas on the 9 th of . July , he tells us , that the Mussulmans rushed to

the Christian quarter , slaying-, burning , and pillaging at the same . " The Turkish soldiers came to assist them , under the pretence of putting an end to the disturbances , but making common cause with the robbers , and killing , robbing , and plundering with them . " Abdel-Kader estimates the number killed at 3 , 300 . Abd-el-Kader . has been presented , by the Emperor of the French with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour , in consequence " of the sentiments ivhieh his noble conduct at Damascus has inspired . "—•—News from

Damascus to the 17 th July announce that the massacres had ended . The Kurds and Bedouins had retired into the interior , but the Christians were still concealing themselves . Fuad Pacha arrived at Beyrout on the 17 th instant . Sir Henry Bulwer has advised the Sultan to recall the Grand Alzier . He is expected to arrive in Constantinople immediately . - The Governor-General of Damascus had been deprived of office , and sent away from Syria in order to be tried by the proper tribunals . The Governor-General of

Beyrout had been arrested . Tlie protocols , empoweringFrance to send out an expedition to Syria , were all signed at Paris on Saturday , and the troops have since left for Syria . The Finisterre left Toulon on the 5 th . The Boryslhhie , with half a battalion of chasseurs , left Marseilles on the 6 th . The 5 th regiment of the line had arrived at Marseilles . The Monileur publishes a decree allowing the importation of wool through any customs stations in France . A letter from Nice of the 2 nd saj-s : " AVorkmen have

already commenced their operations at the Government Palace to prepare it for the reception of the Emperor . The wall round the garden has been demolished , and will bo replaced by an iron railing , which will give the approaches to the Palace a much mors pleasing appearance . "

INDIA AND CHINA . —There are two points , worth noticing in the latest news from India . One is that , when everything has been taken into account , including losses and miscalculations , the deficit for the current year will amount £ 850 , 000 . It was expected that Mr . AA'ilson ' s bill would become law in the first week in July , but very small confidence is cxprssscd in the results of the Indian Chancellor ' s financial schemes . There was another important bill before the Council . It was introduced by Mr . Harington , and the

object of it was to disarm all classes , Europeans as well as natives . This bill will encounter a powerful opposition , and the impression was that it was of too sweeping a character . According to the latest accounts the English and French ambassadors had" arrived safely at Singapore . It seems that the 11 th Regiment of Sikhs have received orders to proceed forthwith to China . This regiment , which is one of the finest in the service , had been astounded , on reaching Singapore , to find orders to disembark , and to proceed no

further . The Sikhs did not like this , the more so as no explanations had been given , and great satisfaction has been caused by the conduct of Lord Elgin , who has requested the governor to forward this regiment to China by the first opportunity . The Chinese are extravagantl y inflated with their success of last year , and it will obviously be necessary to strike a severe blow , in order to avoid any repetition of tliese unhappy wars . A great panic prevailed among the natives at Shanghai owing to the approach of the rebels . Allied troops having hc-en landed to keep the city , confidence is partially restored . The native banks are closed . Trail ? is suspended , solely iu consequence of the movements of the rcb .-ls .