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The Week.
which they are to be aA'ailablc . Sei-eral other clauses ivere considered ) ancl the ' remaining orders of tlie clay having been disposed of , tho House adjourned . On Tuesday notice was given that Sir . Stansi ' eld will shortly move a resolution in favour of a reduction of the national expenditure : that , in a few days , Mr . Berkeley will bring forward his animal motion on the ballot ; and that Sir . AVhite ivill , on an early dav , mill attention to the present state of onr relations with China . Sir . F . Peel stated , in reply to Mr . AV . Martin , that the Government had under consideration the propriety of
compensating postmasters for the additional labour imposed upon them by the establishment of Post-otlice Savings Banks . Lord Falnierstoit contradicted the report that a , literary pension had been conferred upon Sir . G . L . Banks , who had , however , received a grant of £ 50 from the Eoyal Bounty . Mr . Layard , in reply to a question from Mr . Darby Griffith , slated that Her Majesty ' s Government had received no explanation from the Government of France with reference to Prince Napoleon ' s visit to Naples ; aucl Lord Palmerston informed
Lord Robert Montagu that it ivas not intended to propose a permanent Commission of AVorks . Mr . Ayvton obtained leave to bring in a bill to authorise the construction of tramways on turnpike and other roads , —it being understood that the measure shoulclbe referred to a Select Committee . Sir . Hubbard's resolution , attaining the necessity of a re-adjustment of the income tax , was opposed by Mr . Gladstone , and on a division , was negatived by a majority of 37 . On AVednesday the house was occupied tho whole afternoon with the discussion of the Church-rates Abolition Bill , 'lhe second reading of the bill AVUS moved by Sir J . Trclawny , ivho said that ample
opportunities had been given for the proposal of any scheme ot compromise in regard to church-rates . No such scheme had , howbeen brought forward , and he contended that tliis ivas ci'idenco that the only solution of the difficulty AVUS the adoption of his bill . Those who opposed church-rates simply sought to remove an anachronism , and they ought to receive the support of the House . Mr . Buxton supported the bill , but thought that the time ivas approaching ivhen a compromise might be agreed upon . Mr . S . Estcourt saicl this question bad not- been dealt with by Parliament in
a business-like manner . Tho subject ought to have been falcon up by Government . There ivould then have been some likelihood of getting a permanent settlement of the question . In order to promote such a settlement , they ought to lay Clown a resolution Avhich should be the basis on Avhich to ground further proceedings . Such a resolution he proposed to move as an amendment on the motion for tho second reading of the . bill . It w-as— " That it is unjust , and inexpedient to abolish the ancient customary right exercised fro in time immemorial
by ' . the ratepayers of every parish in England to raise hy rate amongst themselves the sums required for the repair of their church , until some other provision shall have been made by Parliament for the discharge of those obligations to ivhich by custom or statute the churchivardcns on tlie part of the parish are liable . " After a long discussion Sir John Trelawny having spoken in reply , the House divided , ivhen the second reading of tlie bill was lost by 287 votes to 286 . A second division then took place on the amendment , which ivas carried by 288 votes to 271—the announcement of of the numbers being greeted with great cheeing .
GEXERAI , H 03 IB NEAVS . —The deaths in London m the Avecek that ended on Saturday were 124-9 ; they ivere less than they had been in many previous weeks . The vuerago number of deaths as derh'ed from the returns of corresponding weeks in ten previous years ( corrected ) is 1 , 224 The mortality therefore , still exhibits au excess oi'cr the estimated amount ; liut in the present instance the excess is not considerable . Tlie births in the iveek exceeded the deaths registered in the same time by 697 . The Money Market Xeoieiv has " some reason to believe" that a A'ery important change
in the Government is about to take place . This is no less than the substitution of Lord Canning for Sir Charles AVood ae the India Office . Lord Eussell delivered a speech on the subject of education at the annual meeting of the British and Foreign Society , on Monday . The noble Earl expressed no opinion on the merits or demerits of the " revised code , " ' but ho pointed that the existing system of grants failed to reach a large number of schools which stand in need of assistance . Ho could not assent to the proposal to
raise local rates for the support of such schools ; " you must still look , " he said , " to the national funds as an assistance to local efforts and voluntary . subscription , ami it remains the greatest task that Government can perform to extend the benefits of education to the people of tin ' s country . " A national system on the Prussian principle ivas , bo considered , impossible in England ; " for this is a free country , and education must partake of the civil and religious character of the nation . " The Globe confirms the statement that
Col . Bentinck , ofthe -Ith Dragoon Guards , is to bo placed on half pay . This , in all probability , will not be tho only change ivhich the Duke of Cambridge may see fit to make in this regiment , hi consequence of the scandalous revelations made during the sittings of the recent court-martial . The text of the treaty betivecn England and the "United States for the bettor suppression of the slave trade has been published in the American journals . Its stipulations provide that cruisers of either country , expressly authorised under the treaty , may ,
within certain limits , search British or American vessels suspected to be slavers , and may detain them and send them to be tried by mixed commissions sitting at Sierra Leone , Capetown , and New York .
The Week.
Sir . AVilliam Fan-bairn , m a lecture at the Boyat Institution , London on Friday night , admitted that Sir AA'illiam Armstrong hail fairl y beaten the iron-plate commission with his 300-iiounder . The Commissioners will , however , he saicl , try again , though Sir AA illiam threatened to keep ahead of them with ordnance more powerful than ive havo yet seen tested . Mr . Fairbaini thinks it- has now become a question " whether Ave mast not be content , as before , to have ships thafc are penetrable by shot , " and he regrets the suspension of the works at Spitlioad , " since under no circumstances Avould ships be made so invulnerable as to resist the combined effects cf the poiverful ordnance that might be brought to bear npoin them from w'ell-coiistvuctocl forts . " Orders have been issued for the immediate com
mencement of the Enterprise , the sloop of war designed by E . J . Reed . Tliis vessel , Avhich AV' 11 be constructed on an entirely neiv principle , will measure only 1 , 000 tons burden , but her armament will consist of 100-poimclor Armstrong guns , and the Times states that her power of attack will be greater in proportion to her tonnage than even tint of the new " rams , " the Defence ancl Resistance . A large extent of the ten country is threatened ivith a most serious disaster . All attempts to check an inundation apprehended on the bursting of the Middle Level Sea Sluicenear Lynnluwe hitherto
, , proved unsuccessful , and an immense tract of country is noiv under water . Much anxiety is felt iu tbe district , and the farmers are removing their stock and other property to places of safety , under the impression that the flood must make still "further progress . A serious accident occurred on Friday , the 9 th inst ., on the London , Chathsm , and Dover Railway . At Ospvingo , near Faversham , several carriages belonging to a passenger train broke loose , ran off tbe line , unci ivere precipitated clown an embankment . Three of the passengers
were killed , while two others sustained dangerous injuries . The cause of this melancholy occurrence does not appear to be knoAA'n . ——An Englishman , named Sliller , has been charged before the Lord Mayor ivith being concerned in the recent forgery of Russian notes , and after undergoing an examination , was remanded . AVhen the former prisoners were tried , all the parts of a Russian bank-note ivere found engraved on copper , except the ornamental border ; that missing portion of the foreery turned up , being found on the prisoner Miller .
At the Central Criminal Court , Charles Piukstone , a young clerk , was sentenced to four years' penal servitude for forgery ; and Thomas AA ' alters , for stealing a ivatch , Avas sentenced to ten years ' penal servitude . The body of Sir . John Simmons , master of a vessel called the Fox , has been found in the Grand Surrey Canal , nuclei' circumstances which lead to the suspicion that he has been robbed and then murdered . FOREIGN ISTEIJACJEXCE . —According to the Paris correspondent of the Daily UnasM . De Persigny will speedily visit
Londonos-, , tensibly on private business , but really for the purpose of conferring with the English Cabinet respecting the state of affairs in America . Letters from Eonie state that General Goyon had informed the Pope of his recall . His departure ivas fixed for the 18 th . Sir J . Hudson , tlie British Minister , before his departure for Naples , had a long conference with Cardinal Autoiielli . People who profess to have conversed ivith our diplomatist talk of a probable solution of the Eoman question within two months . A grand revieiv took
place on AVednesday at the Champ de Alars , Paris , in presence of the Emperor of tlie French ancl the King of Holland . The Emperor and the King ivere on horseback , accompanied by Marshal Eandon Slinister of AA ' ar . The military lnanoouvrcs are described as having been admirably executed , but it rained very hard , during the greater part of the time , and therefore the concourse of spectators ivas comparatively small . According to our correspondent , the rain ivashed the enthusiasm out of almost everybody present .
AMERICA . —The City of Vera " Fork , ivhich has arrived ac Quceustowii , brings news from New York to the 3 rd inst , The surrender of New Orleans to the Federals is fully confirmed . The Mayor of the city does not appear to havo delivered it up with a very good grace . Fort Macon hacl surrendered . General Beauregard is reported to have retired to Memphis , w-herc a great battle between his forces and those of General Halleck ivas imminent . It vras thought probable that General Lovell , with the Confederate troops which he hud carried off from New Orleansivould proceed to
, Corinth iu order to join General Beauregard , who was knoivn to have previously received strong reinforcements . Part of the Confederate flotilla from New Orleans AVUS reported to have already ascended the Mississippi to Fort Wright , and to have there attacked Commodore Foote ' s Federal gunboats , which were engaged in shelling the Confederate works .
To Correspondence.
TO CORRESPONDENCE .
X . —A Past Grand Steward is certainly a Past Grand Officer ; but it is barren honour giving neither rank nor precedence . You clo not , therefore , rank with the P . Grand Officers . OiiE & A . —We havo not forgotten the subject . Several communications are uuaA'oidably postponed , owing to the late hour at ivhich ive received them , ancl the pressure on our columns .
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The Week.
which they are to be aA'ailablc . Sei-eral other clauses ivere considered ) ancl the ' remaining orders of tlie clay having been disposed of , tho House adjourned . On Tuesday notice was given that Sir . Stansi ' eld will shortly move a resolution in favour of a reduction of the national expenditure : that , in a few days , Mr . Berkeley will bring forward his animal motion on the ballot ; and that Sir . AVhite ivill , on an early dav , mill attention to the present state of onr relations with China . Sir . F . Peel stated , in reply to Mr . AV . Martin , that the Government had under consideration the propriety of
compensating postmasters for the additional labour imposed upon them by the establishment of Post-otlice Savings Banks . Lord Falnierstoit contradicted the report that a , literary pension had been conferred upon Sir . G . L . Banks , who had , however , received a grant of £ 50 from the Eoyal Bounty . Mr . Layard , in reply to a question from Mr . Darby Griffith , slated that Her Majesty ' s Government had received no explanation from the Government of France with reference to Prince Napoleon ' s visit to Naples ; aucl Lord Palmerston informed
Lord Robert Montagu that it ivas not intended to propose a permanent Commission of AVorks . Mr . Ayvton obtained leave to bring in a bill to authorise the construction of tramways on turnpike and other roads , —it being understood that the measure shoulclbe referred to a Select Committee . Sir . Hubbard's resolution , attaining the necessity of a re-adjustment of the income tax , was opposed by Mr . Gladstone , and on a division , was negatived by a majority of 37 . On AVednesday the house was occupied tho whole afternoon with the discussion of the Church-rates Abolition Bill , 'lhe second reading of the bill AVUS moved by Sir J . Trclawny , ivho said that ample
opportunities had been given for the proposal of any scheme ot compromise in regard to church-rates . No such scheme had , howbeen brought forward , and he contended that tliis ivas ci'idenco that the only solution of the difficulty AVUS the adoption of his bill . Those who opposed church-rates simply sought to remove an anachronism , and they ought to receive the support of the House . Mr . Buxton supported the bill , but thought that the time ivas approaching ivhen a compromise might be agreed upon . Mr . S . Estcourt saicl this question bad not- been dealt with by Parliament in
a business-like manner . Tho subject ought to have been falcon up by Government . There ivould then have been some likelihood of getting a permanent settlement of the question . In order to promote such a settlement , they ought to lay Clown a resolution Avhich should be the basis on Avhich to ground further proceedings . Such a resolution he proposed to move as an amendment on the motion for tho second reading of the . bill . It w-as— " That it is unjust , and inexpedient to abolish the ancient customary right exercised fro in time immemorial
by ' . the ratepayers of every parish in England to raise hy rate amongst themselves the sums required for the repair of their church , until some other provision shall have been made by Parliament for the discharge of those obligations to ivhich by custom or statute the churchivardcns on tlie part of the parish are liable . " After a long discussion Sir John Trelawny having spoken in reply , the House divided , ivhen the second reading of tlie bill was lost by 287 votes to 286 . A second division then took place on the amendment , which ivas carried by 288 votes to 271—the announcement of of the numbers being greeted with great cheeing .
GEXERAI , H 03 IB NEAVS . —The deaths in London m the Avecek that ended on Saturday were 124-9 ; they ivere less than they had been in many previous weeks . The vuerago number of deaths as derh'ed from the returns of corresponding weeks in ten previous years ( corrected ) is 1 , 224 The mortality therefore , still exhibits au excess oi'cr the estimated amount ; liut in the present instance the excess is not considerable . Tlie births in the iveek exceeded the deaths registered in the same time by 697 . The Money Market Xeoieiv has " some reason to believe" that a A'ery important change
in the Government is about to take place . This is no less than the substitution of Lord Canning for Sir Charles AVood ae the India Office . Lord Eussell delivered a speech on the subject of education at the annual meeting of the British and Foreign Society , on Monday . The noble Earl expressed no opinion on the merits or demerits of the " revised code , " ' but ho pointed that the existing system of grants failed to reach a large number of schools which stand in need of assistance . Ho could not assent to the proposal to
raise local rates for the support of such schools ; " you must still look , " he said , " to the national funds as an assistance to local efforts and voluntary . subscription , ami it remains the greatest task that Government can perform to extend the benefits of education to the people of tin ' s country . " A national system on the Prussian principle ivas , bo considered , impossible in England ; " for this is a free country , and education must partake of the civil and religious character of the nation . " The Globe confirms the statement that
Col . Bentinck , ofthe -Ith Dragoon Guards , is to bo placed on half pay . This , in all probability , will not be tho only change ivhich the Duke of Cambridge may see fit to make in this regiment , hi consequence of the scandalous revelations made during the sittings of the recent court-martial . The text of the treaty betivecn England and the "United States for the bettor suppression of the slave trade has been published in the American journals . Its stipulations provide that cruisers of either country , expressly authorised under the treaty , may ,
within certain limits , search British or American vessels suspected to be slavers , and may detain them and send them to be tried by mixed commissions sitting at Sierra Leone , Capetown , and New York .
The Week.
Sir . AVilliam Fan-bairn , m a lecture at the Boyat Institution , London on Friday night , admitted that Sir AA'illiam Armstrong hail fairl y beaten the iron-plate commission with his 300-iiounder . The Commissioners will , however , he saicl , try again , though Sir AA illiam threatened to keep ahead of them with ordnance more powerful than ive havo yet seen tested . Mr . Fairbaini thinks it- has now become a question " whether Ave mast not be content , as before , to have ships thafc are penetrable by shot , " and he regrets the suspension of the works at Spitlioad , " since under no circumstances Avould ships be made so invulnerable as to resist the combined effects cf the poiverful ordnance that might be brought to bear npoin them from w'ell-coiistvuctocl forts . " Orders have been issued for the immediate com
mencement of the Enterprise , the sloop of war designed by E . J . Reed . Tliis vessel , Avhich AV' 11 be constructed on an entirely neiv principle , will measure only 1 , 000 tons burden , but her armament will consist of 100-poimclor Armstrong guns , and the Times states that her power of attack will be greater in proportion to her tonnage than even tint of the new " rams , " the Defence ancl Resistance . A large extent of the ten country is threatened ivith a most serious disaster . All attempts to check an inundation apprehended on the bursting of the Middle Level Sea Sluicenear Lynnluwe hitherto
, , proved unsuccessful , and an immense tract of country is noiv under water . Much anxiety is felt iu tbe district , and the farmers are removing their stock and other property to places of safety , under the impression that the flood must make still "further progress . A serious accident occurred on Friday , the 9 th inst ., on the London , Chathsm , and Dover Railway . At Ospvingo , near Faversham , several carriages belonging to a passenger train broke loose , ran off tbe line , unci ivere precipitated clown an embankment . Three of the passengers
were killed , while two others sustained dangerous injuries . The cause of this melancholy occurrence does not appear to be knoAA'n . ——An Englishman , named Sliller , has been charged before the Lord Mayor ivith being concerned in the recent forgery of Russian notes , and after undergoing an examination , was remanded . AVhen the former prisoners were tried , all the parts of a Russian bank-note ivere found engraved on copper , except the ornamental border ; that missing portion of the foreery turned up , being found on the prisoner Miller .
At the Central Criminal Court , Charles Piukstone , a young clerk , was sentenced to four years' penal servitude for forgery ; and Thomas AA ' alters , for stealing a ivatch , Avas sentenced to ten years ' penal servitude . The body of Sir . John Simmons , master of a vessel called the Fox , has been found in the Grand Surrey Canal , nuclei' circumstances which lead to the suspicion that he has been robbed and then murdered . FOREIGN ISTEIJACJEXCE . —According to the Paris correspondent of the Daily UnasM . De Persigny will speedily visit
Londonos-, , tensibly on private business , but really for the purpose of conferring with the English Cabinet respecting the state of affairs in America . Letters from Eonie state that General Goyon had informed the Pope of his recall . His departure ivas fixed for the 18 th . Sir J . Hudson , tlie British Minister , before his departure for Naples , had a long conference with Cardinal Autoiielli . People who profess to have conversed ivith our diplomatist talk of a probable solution of the Eoman question within two months . A grand revieiv took
place on AVednesday at the Champ de Alars , Paris , in presence of the Emperor of tlie French ancl the King of Holland . The Emperor and the King ivere on horseback , accompanied by Marshal Eandon Slinister of AA ' ar . The military lnanoouvrcs are described as having been admirably executed , but it rained very hard , during the greater part of the time , and therefore the concourse of spectators ivas comparatively small . According to our correspondent , the rain ivashed the enthusiasm out of almost everybody present .
AMERICA . —The City of Vera " Fork , ivhich has arrived ac Quceustowii , brings news from New York to the 3 rd inst , The surrender of New Orleans to the Federals is fully confirmed . The Mayor of the city does not appear to havo delivered it up with a very good grace . Fort Macon hacl surrendered . General Beauregard is reported to have retired to Memphis , w-herc a great battle between his forces and those of General Halleck ivas imminent . It vras thought probable that General Lovell , with the Confederate troops which he hud carried off from New Orleansivould proceed to
, Corinth iu order to join General Beauregard , who was knoivn to have previously received strong reinforcements . Part of the Confederate flotilla from New Orleans AVUS reported to have already ascended the Mississippi to Fort Wright , and to have there attacked Commodore Foote ' s Federal gunboats , which were engaged in shelling the Confederate works .
To Correspondence.
TO CORRESPONDENCE .
X . —A Past Grand Steward is certainly a Past Grand Officer ; but it is barren honour giving neither rank nor precedence . You clo not , therefore , rank with the P . Grand Officers . OiiE & A . —We havo not forgotten the subject . Several communications are uuaA'oidably postponed , owing to the late hour at ivhich ive received them , ancl the pressure on our columns .