The Week.

was brought up at tbe Guildhall Police-court , charged with having sent unwholesome meat to the London market . Knott had four cows which died from over-feeding , and as soon as they were dead he had them dressed , and sent to market here . Of course the meat -was inflamed and unfit for human food , aud Knott , who had been a butcher , must have known this .

Attempts were made in the course of the hearing of the case to have it settled on the payment of a fine . Alderman Lusk , however , sturdily resisted the blandishments of the defendant ' s solicitor , ancl ordered Knott to be imprisoned for a month . . An inquest was hold on the Sth inst- on the body of the woman Snow , who was murdered a few days since by Bourdier , the

man with whom she cohabited . The evidence was almost precisely the same as that adduced at the examination of Bourdier at the police-court . The jury found a verdict of wilful murder against him . The state of the atmosphere in the Metropolitan Railway tunnels is being carefully examined . The inquest on the body of the woman who died while in a carriage on the

lino , which was adjourned till the Oth inst ., was again adjourned , owing to the scientific witnesses' report not being ready . Tho Trades' Unions Commissioners , who aro sittiug at Manchester , aro bringing out ovidonco of groat interest and importance . Hitherto it has referred almost exclusively to tho brickmakors ' unions . Tho statements of master brickmakors , and tho

confessions of somo o £ tho unionists show that thovo is not much to chooso between the latter and tho saw grinders of Sheffield . Outrages of a most atrocious kind woro regularly committed upon those who had in any way offended tho union . Tho inquiry is

continued . Tho proceedings of tho British Associatiou at Dundee aro more interesting than , tho speech of tho Duke of Bucclouch in opening them . The reported death of Dr . Livingstone has boon freely discussed in tho geographical section . Unquestionably , that section , and tho one ou economical scionco , presided over by Mr . Grant Duff , aro tho most interesting . Tho

freedom of Dundee has been presented to tho Duko of Bucclouch , Sir Roderick Murchison , Sir Charles Lyall , and Sir "William Armstrong . A collision of a very serious and melancholy character has taken place on tho Thames . As tho Metis steamer was coming up the river from Gravosond on the fjfh inst ., she "was run into by a steam collier , ancl had her

stern carried away . It is saicl that thero -wore seventy passengers on board , somo of whom woro at tho time of the collision taking tea in the cabin , and others dancing on deck . The collision was so sudden that little chance of escape was allowed , and it is feared that the loss of life was more serious than has been as yet ascertained . Lieut . James

Robertson , of tbe Royal Engineers establishment , was drowned in the river Medway on the 7 th inst . The deceased , with some brother officers , had gone out for a sail in a boat . Tho boat was capsized by a squall . The other officers were saved , but Lieut . Robertson , though he could swim well , was drowned . On the 9 th inst . the foundation stones of three houses ofthe

Stockveil Orphanage were laid in the presence of a large gathering , chiefly composed of Mr . Spurgoon ' s congregation . The interest of the occasion was enhanced by the presence of Mrs . Hillyard , the lady who many months ago gave £ 20 , 000 for the purpose of founding an orphanage for boys , and whose name has been a secret . It will be seen that several additional large sums have

been contributed and are promised to the undertaking , which , as it deserves , has every prospect of permanent success . A murder has been committed on the Clapham-road . There was a row it seems in Hands-court , C'lapham-road , and a coppersmith named Benjamin Grove endeavoured to make peace . Some one resenting his interference stabbed him in the abdomen , ancl he is since dead . A man named Patrick Morgan is in custody charged

with the murder . Another death has been caused by the colli . sion between the Metis and the Wentioorth on the river . Sergeant Barry , of the metropolitan police , died on the 9 th inst . from the shock which he sustained in the collision . A little girl , only nine years of age , was brought before the magistrate at the Thames Police-court , on the 9 th inst ., charged by her

father , a person named Jeremiah Welch , with having stolen his watch . The magistrate was naturally surprised at the charge , ancl it transpiring that the missing watch had been found , discharged the unfortunate child , but not without treating the hasty father to some good words of advice . At the Thames Police-court a woman , named Elizabeth Perry , was charged

with attempting to murder her husband , William Perry , a labourer . This was the old story of squandering hard-earned and much-needed money on strong drinks , and consequent frequent domestic quarrels . The wife seems to have been the principal offender . In an evil moment she attempted to cut her husband ' s throat . She was remanded for further inquiries .

The Boundary Commissioners appointed to mark the limits of the new borough of Chelsea held a court on the 10 th instant . They were assisted in their labours by a large map , and by such information as the local public were able to impart . The inquest on the bodies of the sufferers by the collision on the river between the Hells and the Wentworth was opened on

the 10 th inst . The proceedings were of a formal character , and the inquest was adjourned in order that a full investigation may he made into the circumstances of the collision The man Bourdier , charged with murdering Man' Ann Snow in the Old

Kent-road , was brought up at the Lambeth police-court . He was asked if he wished for professional advice , but said he did not—it would be of no benefit to him . He was committed for trial . The City police have made a good haul . They have taken into custody the remaining members of the gang of burglars of whom the notorious Caseley was the leader . The

prisoners were brought up at the Mansion House . They were taken while-surveying for a burglary , and most ingenious burglarious implements were found upon them . The examination of tho prisoners was adjourned . A frightful accident took place on the Midland Railway , near Chapel-en-le-Frith , on the 9 th inst . Owing to some cause , which is not yet made

quite clear , a cattle train came into collision with a ballast train Several of the ballast workmen were injured , ancl a girl who was with them was killed . But this was not the worst . The cattle trucks , instead of running off the line , rushed pell-mell towards tbe N " ew Mills station , their course not being arrested until they had dashed into the express train from Manchester .

Ihe express , fortunately , was not driven off the rails , and tho men who were working it managed to escape by jumping off the train . But the consequences to the cattle train were most deplorable . Nearly all the drovers were killed ; indeed , it would appear that out of six only one escaped , and the line was strewn with the mutilated bodies of cattle ancl sheep .

There is a tailors' strike in Birmingham . The differences between the masters and the men donot appear to bo of a serious character ; and the strike thus far has been conducted in a manner which is creditable to both parties . An inquest was opened on the llth inst . on the body of the man Groves , who was stabbed in a brawl on the Clapham-road . The evidence

taken implicated the man Patrick Morgan , who is in custody , but the coroner remarked that he must have more impartial testimony than that ghen . The inquest was adjourned . Another inquest was opened on the body of a sufferer in the collision between the M , tis and the Wenlwnrlli . The deceased , Sergeant Parry , of the police , died from the shock he sustained in the collision . Formal evidence was taken , and the inquest