The Week.

six stone . The noble lord asserted that the present practice of racing with light weights was an encouragement of gambling , and at the same time a source of danger , since boys ivere employed AA'ho had not sufficient control over the horses . The Earl of AA'inchilsea opposed the bill ; as did also the Duke of Beaufort . Earl Granville contended that the subject was more fitted to be dealt witli by the Jockey Club- than by Parliament . The Earl of Derby denied that there was any necessity

for such a measure ; and asserted that ifc would not cure the evils which ifc Avas intended to meet , even if they were as great as Lord Redesdalo had represented them to be . Tho noble earl recommended the withdrawal of the bill . Lord Redesdale assented , and the bill was withdrawn . In the HOUSE of COMMONS , on Monday , a political event of great significance occurred ; Lord J . Russell withdrew the Reform Bill , about which so much sham enthusiasm has been got up throughout the country . The affair went off very quietly . Lord John Russell made the best

defence he could for himself and his colleagues ; and Mr . Disraeli was kind enough to sympathise Avith government at being ivell out of a disagreeable embarrassment . Air . Bright made one of his most effective speeches , in which of course he was as indignant as the occasion required , and talked "Bunkum" for the benefit of Manchester and the radical newspapers ; he will find it very difficult hoivever fco arouse any public enthusiasm on the matter . The House and the public Avere sick of the bill , and disgusted at the delay of public business—the working classes

elo not and never did care one straw about reform ; and concentrate their interest on the questions of AA-ages , shorter hours of labour , and , above all , the ruinous price of food . On Tuesday Lord Pahnerston saicl , that in order to afford aid and shelter to persons who might claim the protection of the British flag in Sicilian waters , the admiralty had been instructed to station one ship at Marsala , one at Messina , another at Palermo , and four ships iu the Bay of Naples ; that an envoy was on his AA-ay from Naples to this country to whom her Majesty ' s government

would not hesitate to express the views ivith which they regarded the bombardment of Palermo ; thafc the government of Naples had applied to its foreign allies to guarantee the possession of tho Two Sicilies ; that Austria had positively and peremptorily refused to interfere ; that there AA'as every reason to believe that the French Government ; had arrived at a similar determination ; and thafc it ivas unnecessary for him to say

what the feeling of the British Government must be on such a matter . Admiral Buncombe moved for a select committee to inquire into the constitution of the Board of Admiralty , and the various duties devolving , thereon . Lord C . Paget opposed the motion , on the ground that all the matters to which it referred wore already under consideration . Mr . B . Osborne and Colonel Dickson supported the motion . Sir J . Pakington , although he considered that an inquiry should be instituted , yet he was of opinion thafc that inquiry should be

conducted b y a well selected commission ; he should oppose the motion . Sir C . Napier supported the motion , but said it ivas impossible that such an enormous machine as the navy could be properly Avorked , AA'hile the Lords of the Admiralty were changed with each successive administration . The motion w'as then , by leave of the house , Avithdrawn . On AVednesday the House went into committee on the Mines Regulation Bill . On Clause 1 , providing that no child under 12 years old shall be employed in mines , except according to the terms of Clause 2 , ivhich

provides that boys between id and 12 may be so employed upon the production of a certificate that they can read and write , Mr . Paget objected that such children were too young for the work , and moved to insert " 13 " in the place of " 12 " years . Air . Clive opposed the amendment , which , after a long discussion , AA'as negatived by 178 to 71—majority 107 . The Local Board of Health , & c , Bill was read a second time , as AA'ere also the Local Governments Supplemental Bill , ancl tho Friendly Societies' Act Amendment Bill . GENURAL HOME NEAVS . —The returns of Loudon for tho week that ended last Saturday show a total number of 909 deaths , and a decrease

on that of the previous week , which was 1 , 001 . In the ten years 1850-59 , the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last AA'eek will be found , after correction for increase of population , to be 3 , 079 . The present state of the public health appears to bo comparatiA'ely good ; for the deaths were less by 110 than they would have been if the average rate of mortality for the first week in June had prevailed . Last iveek tlie births of S-12 boys and 819 girls , in all 1 , 001 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the

years ISoO-o !) the average number AA'as 1 , 500 . Volunteers are striving to obtain for themselA'es all . the rights and privileges AA'hich are attached to the military profession . By an Act of George IA' ., soldiers and volunteers ivhile employed on duty are exempted from the payment of tolls . But some of the turnpike gate-keepers and toll-takers have refused to recognise this right , and the result has been an appeal on behalf of the volunteers to magisterial justice . The adjutant of the Queen ' s AA ' estminster obtained a summons against the toll taker at

Vauxhall-bridge . On the same d-iy the lessee of the Kennington and other turnpike-gates AIMS summoned by three volunteers for making them pay the toll when they rode home in a cab after their drill . Mr . Elliott , the magistrate at Lambeth , by whom tho summons ivas heard , said the ease was an important one , and took a week to consider his judgment . The scene which ivas enacted on Sunday night in the parish church of St . George's-in-thc-Easfc has disappointed the hopes of those ivho expected that the disgraceful riots ivhich have so long prevailed were dying out . AVhile the people ivern ivaiting outside until the large rates were thrown open for their admission , sixty-three persona

w'ere alloAved to pass through the private door of the rectory into the church—a circumstance which appeared to be offensive to the pseudo " parishioners , " who , as soon as they entered the church , vented their indignation by yells , hisses , and the other discordant sounds which have become so familiar there . These marks of disapprobation were repeated ivith increased vigour when the Rev . Bryan King , the rector , ascended the reading desk , for the ; purpose of commencing the service . At this

time there were about l . oOO persons in the church . Air . King proceeded ivith the service with dignity ancl retired afc the close . After the service the clergy were pursued by the hived mob of ruffians , and pelted with mud by them ; one gentleman narrowly escaped severe injury . AVe still continue to receive details of the loss of vessels ancl their crews , during the late gales . The poor fishermen of Yarmouth ancl its neighbourhood have suffered most sei'evely . An exploring expedition was despatched in search of twenty fishing vesselswhiehwith two hundred

, , souls on board , left Yarmouth and Lowestoft before the gales commenced ; and from the information ivhich the expedition brought back , it is feared that the whole of the missing party hai'e perished on tho coast of Holland . The most important case at the Central Criminal Court was that of the great jewel robbery at the AVest End . The sufferers were Mr . Emanuel , of Hanover-square , from AA-hom a locket , of the value of £ 1 , 600 , AA'as stolen ; and Messrs . Hunt and Roskell , of Bond-streetwho AA'ere plundered of four bracelets of the value of . £ ' 000 .

, The last ease was proceeded with first ; and as the evidence with regard to the woman ' s identity was nofc sufficiently clear she was acquitted , while the male prisoner was found guilty of receiving the property knowing it to be stolen . In the other case both prisoners were found guilty , and the counsel for the prosecution then stated that there . was reason to believe they had stolen property of the value of £ 10 , 000 from a jeweller ' s shop in Paris . The male prisoner ivas sentenced to ten and his female confederate to four years' penal servitude . She was removed

from the bar shrieking out that she was guilty , and her accomplice innocent . The builders' strike has again occasioned proceedings in a police court . Three workmen have been charged , at Clerkenwell , with having endeavoured by threats to compel Air . Anley , a builder , to discharge tivo men in his employ . These tivo men were working under " the declaration , " aud the defendants , afc least tw o of them , had gone up

as a deputation to Mr . Anley , ancl on behalf of the workmen generally had threatened- to strike unless their obnoxious companions were immediately discharged , Mr . Corrie held these proceedings to be illegal , and , after delivering an elaborate judgment , he sentenced two of the defendants to one month ' s imprisonment with hard labour . A base trade outrage was perpetrated on AVednesday morning , at Brieriey-hill , on the premises of Messrs . Charles Stewart and Co . Seventeen pairs of belloivs have been rendered entirely useless by cutting large pieces out of the

sides of them . Tho bellows were mostly UOAV , and from the manner in Avhich they were mutilated a loss of about . £ 10 will be entailed upon the firm , besides throwing betAA'een 30 and 10 men out of employment till they are either replaced or repaired . -In tho Court of Exchequer , Lord Chief Baron Pollock has delivered judgment on the application of Mrs . Swinfen for a neiv trial against Lorel Chelmsford . The public are sufficiently familiar with the details of this remarkable case to render ifc necessary for us to state their nature .

The application was refused , but leave of appeal was granted . In the Court of Chancery the Lords Justices have delivered judgment in the appeal of Air . Simpson against the decision of Vice-Chancellor AVood , ivliereby he declined to restrain the directors of the AA ' estminster Palace Hotel Company from letting off a portion of that hotel to the India Board for a period of three , or , if the lessee desired , of five years . Lord Justice Knight Bruce saicl that the case ivas one of great difficulty ; he thought however that the appeal should be dismissed , but without costs . Lord Justice Turner was of opinion that the directors had exceeded their powers . As Lord Justice Knight Bruce and the

A'ice-Chaiicellor are agreed , the eflect of the judgment is that the appeal is dismissed , but that the plaintiff is only burdened with his OAVII costs . John Pliinley EdAA'avels , merchant , of Birmingham , who absconded a short time ago , taking ivith him a considerable sum of money , was apprehended the early part of last week at Stockholm , by IAA-O detective police officers , on a charge of forgery , and brought back to Birmingham , where he arrived on Alonday . He was brought up before Air . Ivynnersley , stipendiary , charged with forgery , and Mr . Mofcteram , of the

Oxford circuit , instructed by Messrs . Hodgson and Allen , applied for a remand till Friday , which CAMS granted . On the application of Jfr . John Smith , Avho appeared for the prisoner , the magistrate agreed to accept bail , the prisoner in £ 2 , 000 and two sureties of £ 1 , 000 each , twenty-four hours' notice to be given to the prosecutors . A meeting of the East India Company was held on AA ' ednesday . The differences between the company and Sir Charles AA ' ood formed a prominent topic of discussion . Thanks were voted to Air . Hadfield , and other members of

Mr . Black , parliament , for their successful efforts in obtaining fche publication of the unmutilated despatches of Sir Alexander Burnes . The extraordinary trial of Baines v . Browne , AA'hich has heen going ou in tho Court of Exchequer for several days past , and ivhich has excited so much public attention , was brought to a conclusion on AVednesday . After the examination of the groom , upon whose testimony so much depended , both the judge and jury expressed a strong opinion that the allegation that an improper intimacy hael taken place betAA'een Mrs . Baines and Dr . Burroughs ( which allegation constituted the libel complained of ) , had completely broken down .