The Week.

that the Act should he limited to twelve months , so that opportunity mig ht be afforded for its better discussion . The Attorney-General at first opposed the proposal ; but finally Lord Stanley consented to its adoption , and the bill passed through committee , was read a third time , and passed . Mr . Watkin subsequently consented to the discharge of tho order for the resumption of the debate on his motion . relating to the currency , and the House soon afterwards adjourned .

. On the 7 th inst ., Mr . Walpole , replying to Mr . P . A . Taylor , supported the decision of Mr . Knox in reference to the charges of . assault made against the police . Subsequently there were brief conversations in reference to the Naval Reserve , the Turkish Loan , and the Navigation Laws . As to the first , Mr . Berkeley urged that something should be done to strengthen the force . Mr . Ilubjjju'd called attention to the non-payment of interest on the Turkish loan ,

and drew from tbe Chancellor of the Exchequer the information that steps were being taken iu connection with our allies to secure the interests of the bond-holders . The Public Schools Bill was withdrawn , and other measures having been advanced a stage , the House adiourued to the 10 th inst ., to give the House of Lords time to complete the business ifc has in baud . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The weekly return of the

Registrar-General , dated Saturday , August 'lth , issued on the 7 th inst ., shows , we regret to say , a further increase in the deaths from cholera of 149 , and of diarrheca , 7 , the numbers for the last four weeks being of the former , 32 , 310 , 901 , 1 , 053 , and of the latter , 150 , 221 , 347 , 351 . Cases in small numbers appear to have occurred and been fatal all over the London districts ; in Kensington , Marylebone , St . Pancras , Islington , and Holborn the numbers are considerable . The violence

of the epidemic is still greatest in the districts first attacked . There is some subsidence in Poplar and Stepney , but increased virulence in Bethual-green and Whitecliapol . The total number of deaths from all causes during the last four weeks havo been 1 , 540 , 1 , 798 , 2 , GG 0 , and 2 , 661 , showing that although the increase from cholera and diarrhoea is 15 G , the increase from all causes is only one . An appendix contains an elaborate report on the water supply of the

eastern districts . The report is entirely silent as to the attacks of cholera in the provincial towns . The Bishop of London has published an appeal on behalf of the destitute poor in the cholerastricken districts . AH accounts agree in representing the condition of large numbers of the humbler classes in the East End of Loudon as deplorable in the extreme ; while the fortitude with whicli their sufferings have been borne , and the self-sacrificing devotion with

which thoy assist one another in the dire emergency which has arisen lend additional eloquence to the Bishop ' s appeal . — A man named Charles Batt was brought up ou the 2 nd inst ., charged with being concerned in the great stamp robbery in Manchester in May last . Between the 26 th and the 28 th of May , the stamp office in Manchester was entered , aud £ 12 , 000 worth of stamps stolen . AVith one of these stamps the prisoner was found dealing on the 19 th

Julj-, at Somerset House , and he was given into custody . At Bowstreet , one of the clerks in the Manchester stamp office identified the prisoner as having come into the office on the 26 th May , and bought a half-crown stamp . His manner thou excited suspicion . The prisoner was remanded . A deputation waited on the 3 rd inst ., upon Dr . Simon , the chief medical officer of the Privy Council , m reference to the unhealthy state of the district in the neigbourhood

of the River Lea . Some very important statements were made in a memorial which was presented , and Dr . Simon promised to give the matter his best attention . A very alarming case of death from Asiatic cholera has been the subject of investigation by a coroner ' s jury . It seems that a man was noticed walking along Whitechapel when suddenly he exclaimed " Oh ! " ran to the other side of the street , and fell down . He was carried into the London Hospital , aud

was found to be dead . A post-mortem examination revealed the fact that his sudden death bad been caused by Asiatic cholera . Mrs . Gladstone has made an admirable suggestion , which we trust will be carried out . It is to assist the London Hospital to provide a temporary home for tho children who are recovering from cholera . Many of the little sufferers arc , it appears , orphans and homeless ——A conference was held in Manchester on the 2 nd inst . for the

purpose of more stringently enforcing the laws against drunkenne Among the speakers were several medical men , who stated tha cholera was most virulent and fatal in its attacks when it broke among persons of intemperate habits . This local movement no doubt have the effect of repressing in Manchester the more pubh exhibition of a vice which is always odious , but is now positively dangerous to the health of the community . In the Cou-t of

Chancery on the 3 rd inst . there was a moti to commit iwo daughters and a son-in-law of a lunatic named Smedley , who uad been confined in a private asj-lum by order of the court . These three relatives of the poor man had offered a reward to anyone who would effect his liberation ; but as it appeared that they acted in ignorance of the law the motion was not pressed , and the Lords Justices simply admonished them against a repetition of their

conduct . Another " Hyde Park case " was heard at Marlboroughstreet Police-court . Policeman Patrick Geratty , 26 D , was charged with assaulting Edwin Albert Wright . Mr . Wright is a clerk in the London and Brighton Railway office , and on Tuesday , the 20 th ult ., went to see what had been done in Hyde Park on the previous evening . Ho was with a friend iu Park-lane when the police charged the people , and the defendant struck Mr .

Wright a blow on his head with a truncheon . A frightful wound was inflicted , and Mr . Wright is still under medical treatment . It was shown that the plaintiff had done nothing whatever to warrant this brutality . Witnesses were called for the defence , and Mr . Knox discharged the prisoner , virtually on the ground that when he committed the assault he was engaged , under orders , in driving back an unruly crowd . A deputation of the governors and managers 0

the London Hospital waited upon the Lord Mayor on the 4 th inst to ask his Lordship ' s influence with the Corporation to procure a grant u . r the hospital . The representations as to the demands on tlie hospital for the accommodation of cholera ' patieuts were alarming . Tbo Lord Mayor promised to do all that was asked of him . It is to be hoped that the public generally will come forward and assist the hospital authorities . They are doing a great , good work , and we

who are outside may assist tbem materially out of our surplus means The Duke of Cambridge has reported most favourably on the review at Wimbledon at the close of the meeting of the National Rifle Association . His Royal Highness especially praises the punctuality with which the volunteers came on tbe ground . A deputation of leading bankers and merchants in the city waited upon the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House on the 6 th inst ., to ask his lordship to

put himself at the head of a committee for raising funds to relieve the cholera sufferers . His lordship gladly consented , and made a statement in court as to the needs of the sufferers , and the desirability of affording them speedy assistance . There is little doubt the Lord Mayor ' s appeal will meet with a hearty response . It was hoped the cholera was decreasing at the close of last week , but it is said now to be as bad as ever . 'The sudden death of the Marqui *

Camden places a Garter at the disposal of the Government , and occasions a vacancy in the representation of Brecon . The Earl Of Brecknock , who is now elevated to the peerage , is an Adullamite , and voted against the Reform Bill in most of its stages . A rather strange murder case has been brought under the notice of Dr . Lattices ter . It appears that one morning , last month a iady residing in tho City-road went into her front garden for the purpose of watering

the plants . On going to a tub in which the water was kept , she discovered the body of a child apparently eighteen months old , head downwards . The name of the child or the perpetrators of the foul deed has not , up to the present time , been discovered but the jury have come to the conclusion that the unfortunate child has been wilfully murdered , and it is likely that a Government reward will be offered for the apprehension of the

murderer . At another child-murder investigation , at which Dr . Lankester had to preside , on the 7 th inst ., he stated that no less than four cases of a similar character had been brought under his attention within a day or two . The Reform demonstration at the Guildhall , ou the Sth inst ., was a great affair . Long before the time for commencing the business of the meeting , the great hall wa » crowded to excess . The people unable to obtain admission filled the