The Week.

nounced as a system of espionage and cruelty . —The noble lord was followed by Mr . Butler Johnstone , one of the youngest members of the House , who . in a maiden speech , warmly defended the Government of Victor Emmanuel . —The debate was continued by Mr . Leveson Gower , Sir G . Bowyer , Lord Palmerstone , and other members , and the motion negatived . On Monday , the Attorney-General , in reply to a question from Mr . Hadfieldsaid the Jud had sent in a communication to

, ges -the Lord Chancellor on the subject of certain proposed changes in the circuits , but it was not likely that any re-arrangement of the circuits would be carried into effect before the next summer assizes . —The Marquis of Hartington , in reply to Sir AAllliarn Scott , said the volunteers were not amenable to military law except when on actual service . —In answer to a question feom Mr . B . Cochrane , Lord Pahnerston said the arrangements with

reference to the throne of Greece could not yet be said to be settled , but there was reason to hope that the question would speedily be adjusted . —The remaining clauses of the Prison Ministers' Bill were disposed of in committee , after a good deal of discussion and several unsuccessful attempts to alter some of the provisions of the measure . The Customs and Inland Revenue Bill also passed through committee . On Tuesday

, in reply to a question from Mr . Hennessy , Lord Pahnerston said no good result could follow from continuing the controversy respecting Mr . Odo Russell ' s despatches with reference to the departure of brigands in French uniform from Rome . These brigands had obtained possession of old uniforms , and there was no reflection whatever upon the French authorities . — -Mr . Roebuck raised another discussion on the case of the two Ionian

judges who had been dismissed from office . The lion , gentleman censured the conduct of the Duke of Ne . vcastle , whose proceedings in this matter were defended by his Grace's undersecretary , Mr . Chichester Fortescue . —General Peel took up the defence of Sir Henry Storks , while Lord Stanley , who attributed no blame to the Lord High Commissioner , was of opinion that the Duke of Newcastle had not shown a proper regard for the independence of the Bench in

arbitrarildisy missing the two judges . —Mr . Gladstone warmly defended the course pursued by the Government , and gave a frightful picture of the corruption of what may be called the public nienof the Ionian Islands . —A long debate followed on the question of the Occupation of the waste lands of India , leading to nothing except the expression of a hope that arrangements might be made leading to the colonisation of India , whilst the rights of

the natives were fully preserved . On AVednesday , two Bills relating to statute labour on roads and bridges in Scotland were -read a second time . Mr . Hadfield moved the second reading of the Judgments , etc ., Law Amendment Bill . It was opposed by the Solicitor-General ,. ancl on a division it was negatived by 4 * 3 votes to 23 . —Sir J . Fergusson moved the second reading of the Accidents Compensation Bill , the object of which was to fix- the

amount for which railway companies and others would be liable in cases of accidents to individuals . —Mr . Longfield moved the rejection of the Bill , whieh was also opposed by the Solicitor-General . After some discussion , the motion for the second

reading was negatived by 90 votes to 70 , A curious question then arose . Last week the Cliurcli Rates Redemption Bill of Mr . Aleock was moved for a second reading . The question was then put that the " Bill be now read a second time , " and the ¦ House by a majority of nine negatived the motion . —Mr . Aleock now moved that the Bill be read a second time on the 10 th of June , basing his motion on the fact that the House had only so far decided that the Bill should not be read a second time on

the day when it was first brought forward . Mr . Mowbray opposed the proceeding as irregular ; but the Speaker ruled that Mr . Aleock was right . Some discussion followed , and eventually the House decided by a majority of 39 to 25 that the Bill jshould not be read a second time on the 10 th of June . After disposing of some other business , the House adjourned . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The mortality in London is again

on the increase . In the week before last the deaths had fallen to 1726 ; last week it rose again to 1439 , which was 215 beyond the corrected average return for the last ten years . The deaths from small-pox were slightly higher than that of the previous week , 71 instead of 68 ; the average mortality is 11 . There were 2155 children born in the course of the week ; the average number would be 1911 . It is announced , apparently on

authority , that the balance sheet of the International Exhibition will show a small surplus . This must he a welcome result to . the guarantors , but it is added that the balance is entirely due o the liberality of the contractors for the building , who ,

besides waiving many of their claims , made good what was a deficit of £ 15 , 000 by handing over that amount to the Royal Commissioners . It appears from a parliamentary return that in the two first months of the present year , 51 , 950 , 789 pounds of cotton , of the value of £ 2 . 705 , 635 , were shipped from the port of Bombay . A full meeting of the senate and convocation of the London University was held at Burlington House , on Wednesdayto confer degrees . Earl Granville presidedand

, , after the various graduates had been presented for their degrees , his lordship spoke in terms of high praise of the University . At the meeting of the Central Relief Committee , Mr . Farnall reported a further decrease of 5073 in the number of persons receiving parochial relief in the unions suffering from the cotton famine . The question of finding employment for the cotton operatives was discussed by the Committee , and the

conclusion arrived at was " that labour at the ordinary rate of wages on desirable public improvements could be found for the chief portion of the cotton workmen now in receipt of relief , if means to obtain loans for long terms , at low rates of interest , were provided . "—TheCommifctee of the Blackburn Town Council , to which the question of finding employment for the operatives onpublic works was referred , has adopted a memorial to Sir George Grey praying for a Government loan , at 3 £ per cent ., to enable

them to proceed with such works as they deemed desirable . The Mansion House Committee for the relief of distress in Lancashire have announced their determination , whenever any emigration committee was prepared to send out a given number of emigrants , to advance a capitation grant of £ 2 a head for the purposes of outfit . A fearful calamity has befallen another of our magnificent Atlantic steamships . The Anglo-Saxon , which left Liverpool for Quebec on the 16 th of April , with about 450

souls on board , was totally lost near Cape Race on the 27 th , The ill-fated ship went ashore during a dense fog ; she broke up soon after having struck ; 237 persons , including the captain perished ; and that all the mails were lost . The Anglo-Saxon carried out , in addition to the large living freight , a very valuable cargo , about one half of whieh consisted of tea . It is said to have been heavily insured at Lloyds , and the loss will , it is estimated , exceed £ 100 , 000 . The two men , Light and Hides , who are charged with having forged Federal Treasury

notes to a large amount , were committed for trial by the Sheffield magistrates on Saturday . It would seem that the prisoners were the facile tools of a cunning American , who engaged to hand them over a considerable sum of money on their completing their work of forgery . They completed their part of the bargain ; but the American having obtained possession of the notes , at once disappeared , without fulfilling his golden promises . The inquest on the body of the man whobeing

, found drowned in the river , was supposed by some of the police to answer the description of the murderer of Emma Jackson , was resumed on Saturdaj ' . An attempt was made to combat tho results of decomposition , and by some scientific process to restore the countenance to its natural hue , and an adjournment was ordered for the purpose ; but on the jury meeting again in the course of the afternoon nothing had been elicited ,

and the jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned . " Not only has the body not been identified as that of the man who was in company with Jackson , but no person appears to have come forward to identify him at all . A shocking outrage has been committed in Bedford . A gentleman proceeding towards his home with his wife , was set upon by what appears to have been a mixed mob of civilians and militiamen ( who are at present out for drill ) ancl so seriously

, beaten that he died on the following morning . The shock of the outrage was so great to an aged lady , a friend of the victim , that she died under the excitement , and his wife , who does not appear to have been assaulted , is in a precarious condition . Another shocking murder has been committed at Liverpool . A sailor , named Thomas , murdered a Mrs . Rowlands , the keeper of a boarding-house , and afterwards made an attack on two other women in the same house . It seems that Thomas , who is

in custody , owed Mr . Rowlands some money , and no motive can be assigned for the murder beyond the annoyance the prisoner felt at being pressed for payment of the debt . A man , named Wheeldon , residing at Nottingham , shot his wife on Wednesday , and afterwards attempted to commit suicide . Both now are in a pz-eoarious state . It seems that Wheeldon and his wife had lived on very bad terms ancl had recently separated , and it is believed that the tragic affair arose out of the woman ' s refusal to return to her husband . A serious accident took place at Brighton , on AVednesday evening . A very large audience had