The Week.

Government . The adjournment of the House to Monday , when it is hoped the members of , 1110 Government will be enabled to take their seats , was , after some discussion , agreed to . The House , after opposition by Mr . Ayrton , went into committee on the Thames Navigation Bill , and some clauses were agreed to . Other bills were advanced a stage , and the House adjourned until Monday .

GESEEAE HOME NEWS . —The return of the Registrar General for the week ending July 7 shows a considerable diminution in the number of deaths as compared with the previous week . The deaths were 1 , 2-92 , as against 1 / 100 in the previous week , ancl 1 , 536 in the corresponding week of last year . Three deaths from cholera , four from carriage accidents

in the streets , one from coup de sohil , and ono from hydrophobia , were registered . The annual rates of mortality in thirteen of the principal towns were as follows : —Birmingham , 17 ; Hull , 18 ; Dublin , 20 ; Bristol , 21 ; London , 22 ; Newcastle-on-Tyne , 23 ; Edinburgh , 24 ; Glasgow and Sheffield , 25 ; Manchester , 29 ; Salford , 30 ; Leeds , 36 ; Liverpool , 38 . The death of the

Marquis of Lansdowne is announced . He died rather suddenly on the afternoon of the 5 th inst . He was born in 1816 , ancl succeeded to the marquisate in 1863 . He had , however , been a member of the House of Lords from 1856 by the title of Lord AA ycombe . He is succeeded by his son , the Earl of Kerry , born in 1845 . The Brighton coroner opened on the -Ifch inst . a very

interesting inquiry into the death of a Mrs . Warder , the wife of Dr . Warder , a physician , who has been staying at Brighton for some time . Mrs . AA arder , whose brother is a surgeon practising at Brighton , was taken ill some four or five weeks ago , and her brother called in Dr . Taafe to attend her . Dr . Taafe administered various remedies without success , and finding that he could not account for the disease by any natural cause , he

communicated this fact to Mr . Ilrauwell . It was then agreed that if on Sunday morning they could not como to a more decided conclusion as to the diagnosis of the case , another medical man should he called in . On the Sunday morning , however , Mrs . Warder died . Dr . Warder , on the suggestion being made to him , assented to a post-mortem examination . This was made by Dr . Taffe and two other medical men . They all agree that

death is not to be accounted for ou natural causes . The viscera have been sent to Professor Taylor for analysis , and ihe inquest was adjourned for ten days . Air . Disraeli has issued his address to the electors of Buckinghamshire . Tha document opens with something like a sneer at the late Ministry , and concludes with the expression of belief that the new Government will , witli

prudence and firmness , get on very well . That is a free reading , but fairly describes the address . On the 6 th inst . Mr . Locke and Mr . Layard , the members far Southwark , addressed a crowded meeting at the Bridge House Hotel , ou the present political crisis . The former gentleman denounced the opposition by . which the Government Eeform Bill was defeated as unfair

and dishonest , and insisted upon now going back to the old lines of the constitution , ancl declaring for household suffrage . Tho ex-Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs made a powerful speech —while ascribing the defeat of the Government and tho suspension of Eeform to tho personal animosity of the Tories towards Earl Russell and Mr . Gladstone , he was satisfied that it

only required working men to agitate in order to ensure , at no very distant date , the triumph of the Eeform party . Those members of the new Government who require re-election are issuing their addresses They are not all to be returned without opposition . Mr . Long opposes Mr . Bovill at Guildford , with good prospects of success . At Cockermouth Lord Naas is to be opposed by Air . Wilfrid Lawson , who is well known ancl respected in the town . Lord Eoyston is threatened with opposition in

Cambridgeshire , though who is to oppose him is not yet stated . In one or two other cases it is not unlikely there will be an attempt to prevent the return of those seeking re-election . It is said that not improbably the session of Parliament will be brought , to a close about the 28 th of July , or , at furthest , in the week following . The Princess of AA'ales laid the foundation stone for the new Home for little Boys near Farningham on the

7 th inst . The Prince of AVales was also present at the ceremonial , which was in all respects successful . The institution will doubtless benefit considerably by the help it has received from Royalty . It is a most admirable charity , and works great good . The annual meeting of the National Eifie Association at AA'imbleclon began on the 9 fch inst . Several corps reached

the ground on the 7 th inst ., ancl on the Sth inst . Divine service was performed in the camp . There is every prospect of the gathering this year being highly successful . Last year it suffered a good deal from the . general election which took place at the time when it was being held . This year it lias narrowly escaped a similar interruption . Lord Brougham presided at

the annual dinner of the Social Science Association , which was held at the Ship Hotel , Greenwich . The attendance was not very numerous , but the proceedings were of an interesting character . Lord Chelmsford , the new Lord Chancellor , was sworn in on the 9 th inst . in the presence of the Lords Justices , the Master of the R , olls , Vice-Chancellors Kindersley and AVood ,

and a large number of the members of the bar . The laying of the Atlantic Cable has commenced under favourable circumstances . The shore end has already been laid . All vessels were to complete " coaling" at Berchaven , aud proceed to sea to splice tho main cable to the shore end . It is expected that the latter important operation will soon be accomplished . So far all goes well . The Jamaica Committee met , and elected Mr .

J . S . Mill , J . I . P ., chairman ot the committee in the place of Mr . Charles Buxton , M . P . The meeting also approved the resolution of tha executive committee in reference to the prosecution of Air . Eyre . Tho business of the 'Vimbledon rifle gathering began on the Qth inst ., and some matches was shot off . The chief feature of interest in the clay's proceedings was the arrival , at the camp of the Belgian riflemen , who havo come over to

return the visit paid last year by several English volunteers to Belgium . They were everywhere enthusiastically received . Mr . Parnall has presented his report on the condition of the sick poor iu workhouses . He recommends the abolition of pauper nurses and the erection of hospitals for the sick apart from the workhouses . A very painful inquiry was held on the 10 th

inst . by Mr . St . Clair Bedford at the St . James ' s Vestry Hall . It was in reference to the death of Dr . Joseph Toynbee , phy » sician , of Saville row . The evidence adduced left no doubt that on the 7 th inst . the deceased was engaged in making experiments with the inhalation ot the mixed vapours of chloroform and prussic acid as a remedy for singing ,

in the ears , when he allowed the poisonous vapour to reach his lungs , and died almost instantly . Hisservant , in fact , found him dead on the said day ,, on the couch in his consulting room . The death of the unfortunate gentleman has made a most painful sensation among his friends aud the medical profession . In the Central

Criminal Court on the 10 th inst . one of the numerous gang , who fleece officers and foolish young men while pretending to lend them money , was brought to justice . The fellow ' s name was Ormerod Potts . Ho seems to have offered to lend money to an officer , and , for bills for £ 600 , let him have about £ 90 . This was too little , and as Mr . Potts had overstepped the law he was indicted , found guilty , and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment . It is to be presumed that some of the