The Week.

His Eoyal Highness has been examined for his lieutenant ' s comnrisssion in hospital and has passed . His Royal Highness is now allowed to take outdoor exercise . I MPERIAL PARLIAMENT . — -On Thursday , the 5 th inst ., in the House of Lords the first measures of the session received the

royal assent , viz ., the bills granting annuities to the Prince and Princess of Wales , and legalising Saturday , the 7 th , a holiday in London . On Friday Lord Stanley of Alderley contradicted the rumour that it is proposed to change the port from which the Galway Company ' s ships are to start on their outward voyages . On Monday Lord Malmesbuiy , in compliance

with an appeal from the Government , agreed to postpone his motion on the subject of the arrest of three officers of Her Majesty's ship Forte , by the Brazilian authorities , as the case has been referred to the arbitration of the King of the Belgians . The noble Earl remarked , however , that this trouble arose entirely from the tact that the English officers were not

in uniform , and he strongly censured the practice of officers leaving their ships in civilian dress . Lord Grey obtained a Select Committee to inquire into the propriety of allowing landowners to raise money for the purpose of taking shares in railways calculated to increase the value of their property , in

the same way that they are empowered to charge their estates with terminable annuities for the purpose of improving their land by drainage . In the HOUSE OE COMMONS , on Thursday the 9 th , Lord Clarence Paget stated , in reply to a question from Mr . Hibbert , that he was not aware that it . was the intention of the Government to fit out ships for the conveyance of emigrants from the cotton manufacturing districts to the colonies .

Mr . Cobden made an elaborate attack on the naval administration of the country . He complained that the Admiralty had gone on building wooden ships of war long after it had become certain that such vessels must prove wholly useless . Vast sums of money had thus been wasted , and he urged that it was the duty of the House to take care that the reckless policy of past

years should never he repeated . Lord Clarence Paget defended the policy of the present Government , while Sir John Pakington , speaking on behalf of himself and his colleagues in the Derby Administration , replied with great warmth to what he called the reckless charges of the hon . member for Rochdale . Lord E . Montagu , Sir M . Peto , Mr . Laird , and Mr . Bentinck also took part in the discussion , at the close of which the remaining votes in the Navy Estimates were agreed to . The Union Relief Aid Act Continuance Bill was read a third time

and passed ; and several other bills having been advanced a stage , the House adjourned . On Friday Mr . Bratnley-Moore brought forward his motion on the Brazilian dispute . The hon . member does not appear to haye referred at all to the alleged ill-treatment of three of the officers of Her Majesty ' s ship Porte . He seems to have confined himself to the ' wrecking of the Prince of Wales , and the alleged murder of several of the

crew of that vessel . He contended that there was no satisfactory evidence to support the position which had been taken up by Her Majesty's Government . It was clear , in his opinion , that no murder had been committed , aud that the present dispute was entirely due to what he held to be the unjustifiable conduct of Mr . Christie , the British Envoy at Rio , and Mr .

Consul Vereker . Mr . Collier defended the conduct of the Government , which was strongly condemned by Mr . Seymour Fitzgerald and Lord R . Cecil . On Monday Mr . Heunessy started a conversation with reference to the " mission" of Superintendent Walker , of the metropolitan police , and Inspector Whicher , the well-known London detective , in August ! -ist . Sir George Grey explained that the Russian Ambassador

in London had sent him a letter , stating that the Grand Duke Constantine , charmed with the English police system , was anxious , if possible , to have it introduced into Poland . His Imperial Highness was further desirous that some intelligent officers might be sent to Warsaw , to enlighten the authorities there as to the practical working of a system which so sorely puzzles continental governments . This request was made before

there were any indications of the recent outbreak , and- the Government complied with the wishes of the Grand Duke by sending out Messrs . Walker and Whicher , who were to explain to the functionaries at Warsaw how it was possible in England tqjnaintain order without the employment of a military force . The " mission , " however , came to nothing , for the agents of the

Russian government seem to have speedily come to the conclusion that an English constable ' s truncheon was not the weapon to keep the Poles in order . Mr . Adderley moved an address to the Queen , praying that , pending the inquiry into the whole system of criminal punishments , the regulations with reference to the granting of tickets of leave might be strictly enforced . The motion was opposed by Sir George Grey , and

after a long discussion , it was withdrawn . Sir G . C . Lewis then proceeded with his statement explaining the army estimates . Mr . Gladstone promised to bring in his budget soon after the close of the Easter recess . ——On Wednesday , Sir J . Trelawny moved the second reading of the Affirmations Bill , the object of which was to enable persons who did not believe in the binding nature of an oath to make

affirmations , when requisite , instead . —The Attorney-General opposed the bill , and moved that it be read a second time that day six months . A rather lengthy discussion followed , ending in the rejection of the bill by 1-12 votes to 1 ) 6 . —Mr . Adderley moved the second reading of the Security from Violence Bill , the object of which was to punish with flogging garotters and

those who had committed robberies with violence . —Mr . Hadfield moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months . After some debate , the bill was read a second time by 131 votes to 6 S . The London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Bill , and the Bill for the Embankment of the North side of the Thames , were both read a second time . The latter was ordered to be referred to a select committee .

GENERAL HOME NEWS . — The rejoicings on the arrival of the Princess Alexandra and the Royal wedding have this week filled the papers , to the exclusion of all other information . With very great regret we have to record that the rejoicings in London on Tuesday evening have been attended with several accidents and loss of life . Innumerable fractures of bones are reported as having occurred in different parts of the metropolis ,

but far worse is the account of those who have lost their lives . Between Fleet-street and the Mansion House . No less than seven women were knocked down beneath the feet of the surging crowds and trodden to death . At Manchester , too , a fatal casualty is reported . At Cork , on the same evening , there was a riot , which the police found it impossible to quell . A mob of

ruffians attacked the houses of those who had illuminations , and with stones smashed in every window and destroyed every device . The Mayor ( Mr . Maguire , M . P . ) , who sought to induce the disturbers to cease their disgraceful work , was roughly handled . As the police drove the mob from one place it gathered in another . Finally the military was called in , when

the work of destruction ceased . Some arrests have been made . Nineteen men and boys were killed by an explosion at the Coxlodge Colliery , near Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on Tuesday morning . The cause of this deplorable calamity is for the present unknown . Mr . Waltliew has held an inquest on the