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The Week.
pressing , and will no doubt obtain the attention of Her Majesty's Government . " Cholera retreats but slowly from the large towns it has visited . Last week the deaths were respectively in Dublin 82 ; Edinburgh , 36 ; and Liverpool , 14 . .. So fewer than eight persons were killed in the streets of the metropolis by vehicles during the week , and a death from hydrophobia was
registered . Her Majesty the Queen has caused a letter to be written to Mr . AA atkin , M . P ., expressing her deep sorrow at the calamity ivhich has befallen the people of Quebec , and forwarding a subscription of £ 300 to the fund now being raised for the relief of the sufferers . There were only two attacks of cattle plague reported last week—one in AA arivickshire , and
the other in the JXbrth Biding . It is expected that no more weekly reports will be necessary . The death of Sir James Knight Bruce is announced . It is not a fortnight ago since this eminent ijuclge resigned his seat on the Chancery Bench ; and , instead of passing into a dignified retirement or being elevated , as seemed probable , to the House of Lords , he went
home to die . This lamentable event has excited genuine regret in legal circles . —¦—The question of tho rival TBelgravias was decided , or rather left undecided , on the Sth inst . in Vice-Chancellor Stuart ' s court . Messrs . Hogg and Co . had registered a magazine , entitled TBelgravia , in October , lSG-l ; but they did not publish a copy of it until September 20 , 1 SGG , some time
after Messrs . Maxwell and Co . had announced their intention to publish , in October , a magazine entitled Belgravia . Each firm prayed for au injunction to restrain the other from publishing a . TBelgravia . A'ice-C'hancellor Stuart decided that the prior publication by Messrs . Hogg of their TBelgravia was not sufficient to entitle them to the exclusive use of the title , and that the prior announcement by Messrs . ilaxivell of their intention to publish a Belgravia was not sufficient to entitle
them to the sole use of that title . The prayer of each party was therefore rejected , and they were counselled to confer with each other , and come to some amicable arrangement . For some time past there have been summonses taken out at the Marlborough-streel Policecourt against master bakers for baking bread on
Sundays . 31 r . Knox , it necm ^ , thought that this was the result of some vindictiveness on the part of the journeymen bakers , and expressed a wish to receive a deputation from them and hear explanations . Such a deputation waited upon him on the Sth inst . They told him that after the passing of the Act under ivhich the masters were summoned the journeymen had their
Saturday nights and Sunday on which to rest . This continued up to 1859 , when the provisions of the Act began to be neglected , and ' gradually the system of Sunday baking of bread was coming in again . They pointed out that they worked usually eighteen hours a day for six days in the week , and where Sunday baking took place they had to work for the same
period then . This was too exhausting , and they had taken measures to enforce the Act . They added that there was no occasion whatever for the baking of bread on Sundays . Mr . Knox thanked them for their explanations . Lord Mayor's show on the 9 th inst . was scarcel y so imposing an affair as usual . Still , as the weather was fine , thousands of people
thronged the streets to see the procession as it passed alono-. In the Court of Exchequer Chief Baron Kell y , in welcoming the Lord Mayor , took occasion to express a hope that the Recorder , Mr . Russell Gurney , would before long occupy a higher position . In the evening there was the usual " -rand banquet at the Guildhall , at whicli the Earl of Derby and several of tho Ministers were present . Tho proceedings were of the ordinary character . A deputation waited upon Lord
John Manners to ask his lordship to use his influence to procure an extension of the A ictoria Park . The deputation explained that there was great reason to fear that gas and other companies ivould seek to erect noxious manufactories close to the park , and urged that in order to prevent this the vacant land should be taken into the park . It would then be less than the AVest-eud parks . Lord John Manners very much doubted whether the House
of Commons ivould provide the necessary funds , but he promised to give tho matter his best attention . The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had the case of Thos . AVilliam Doyle and others , appellants , v . George Charles Falconer , respondent , before them . Mr . Doyle was Speaker of the Lower House of Assembly of Dominica , and in the course of a debate had to call Falconer to order . Falconer replied iu strong language , and , as he refused to apologise , was
ordered into custody for contempt , Eor this he brought an action in the Court of Common Pleas against Mr . Doyle , and got £ 770 damages , Tbe case now came on appeal to the Judicial Committee . Judgment was postponed . Mr . James Freehand AAlIkinson , late managing director of tho Joint Stock Discount Company , was arraigned before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House on tho charge of embezzling respectively cheques for £ 4 , 000 and £ 860 . He
had some transactions with Messrs . Capper and Co ., sharebrokers , on his own account , and owed them about £ 5 , 000 . He handed to them in payment the cheques above mentioned , entering them jn the hooks as transactions on account of the company . He was remanded , and heavy bail was taken for his appearance . The Queen held a Privy Council on the 10 th inst ., at which the prayer for the mitigation of the cattle plague was ordered to be
discontinued . Sir John Rolt , Sir Samuel Canning , Sir Samuel Baker , Sir James Anderson , and Sir AA illiam Thomson , were knighted by her Majesty . Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued to the 15 th January . A deputation from tho Sunday Rest Association waited upon Lord John Manners on the 10 th inst ., to ask him to put a stop to tho Sunday bands in thc parks . It was argued that the bands drew people from churches and chapels , and children from
Sunday schools ; that they create a disregard of the Sabbath ; that the sale of programmes at the performances was illegal , and that it was unfair to allow the bands while preaching in the parks was forbidden . As we read Lord John Manners's reply , it is not very favourable to the objects of the deputation . He told them that to do what thej- asked would be to wholly subvert the previous course of the Government ; pointed out that if the sale of programmes was
illegal , proceedings could be taken by any private person ; ancl as to allowing preaching , if it were permitted they would be having all sorts of persons , infidels and others , holding forth . -A dense fog overspread London on the 10 th inst ., and caused great interruption to business . AVe have heard of no serious accident however . Tho Rev . AA . Selwyn , Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Cambridge , has met with a most serious accident . He was out riding with Mrs .
Selwyn and some other members of his family , when he was thrown from his horse . He was taken up perfectly insensible , and up to four o ' clock the next day it had not been thought advisable to take off his clothes . He was reported to be progressing as favourably as could be expected . At a meeting of the Court of Common Council on the 12 th inst . a report was brought up from a committee to whom the matter had been referred , recommending that steps
should be taken to extend the municipal franchise to all £ 10 householders in the City , even though they be not freemen . It was suggested that each person before he should he entitled to vote should have been on the rate-book for a year . AA'ith this amendment , after a long discussion , the report was adopted . On the 12 ( h inst . the AA orking Men ' s Industrial Exhibition , which during the last ten weeks has been open at the Agricultural Hall , Islington , was brought
to a close . It is gratifying to find that this exhibition has been a success in the fullest sense of the term , and that a surplus of £ 800 is at the disposal of the committee who have had the management of the affair . The proceedings were of an interesting character . A choir of several hundred voices sang the " Ode to Labour , " which was composed specially for the opening of this exhibition ; after which Lord John Manners , First Commissioner of AA ' orks , delivered
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
pressing , and will no doubt obtain the attention of Her Majesty's Government . " Cholera retreats but slowly from the large towns it has visited . Last week the deaths were respectively in Dublin 82 ; Edinburgh , 36 ; and Liverpool , 14 . .. So fewer than eight persons were killed in the streets of the metropolis by vehicles during the week , and a death from hydrophobia was
registered . Her Majesty the Queen has caused a letter to be written to Mr . AA atkin , M . P ., expressing her deep sorrow at the calamity ivhich has befallen the people of Quebec , and forwarding a subscription of £ 300 to the fund now being raised for the relief of the sufferers . There were only two attacks of cattle plague reported last week—one in AA arivickshire , and
the other in the JXbrth Biding . It is expected that no more weekly reports will be necessary . The death of Sir James Knight Bruce is announced . It is not a fortnight ago since this eminent ijuclge resigned his seat on the Chancery Bench ; and , instead of passing into a dignified retirement or being elevated , as seemed probable , to the House of Lords , he went
home to die . This lamentable event has excited genuine regret in legal circles . —¦—The question of tho rival TBelgravias was decided , or rather left undecided , on the Sth inst . in Vice-Chancellor Stuart ' s court . Messrs . Hogg and Co . had registered a magazine , entitled TBelgravia , in October , lSG-l ; but they did not publish a copy of it until September 20 , 1 SGG , some time
after Messrs . Maxwell and Co . had announced their intention to publish , in October , a magazine entitled Belgravia . Each firm prayed for au injunction to restrain the other from publishing a . TBelgravia . A'ice-C'hancellor Stuart decided that the prior publication by Messrs . Hogg of their TBelgravia was not sufficient to entitle them to the exclusive use of the title , and that the prior announcement by Messrs . ilaxivell of their intention to publish a Belgravia was not sufficient to entitle
them to the sole use of that title . The prayer of each party was therefore rejected , and they were counselled to confer with each other , and come to some amicable arrangement . For some time past there have been summonses taken out at the Marlborough-streel Policecourt against master bakers for baking bread on
Sundays . 31 r . Knox , it necm ^ , thought that this was the result of some vindictiveness on the part of the journeymen bakers , and expressed a wish to receive a deputation from them and hear explanations . Such a deputation waited upon him on the Sth inst . They told him that after the passing of the Act under ivhich the masters were summoned the journeymen had their
Saturday nights and Sunday on which to rest . This continued up to 1859 , when the provisions of the Act began to be neglected , and ' gradually the system of Sunday baking of bread was coming in again . They pointed out that they worked usually eighteen hours a day for six days in the week , and where Sunday baking took place they had to work for the same
period then . This was too exhausting , and they had taken measures to enforce the Act . They added that there was no occasion whatever for the baking of bread on Sundays . Mr . Knox thanked them for their explanations . Lord Mayor's show on the 9 th inst . was scarcel y so imposing an affair as usual . Still , as the weather was fine , thousands of people
thronged the streets to see the procession as it passed alono-. In the Court of Exchequer Chief Baron Kell y , in welcoming the Lord Mayor , took occasion to express a hope that the Recorder , Mr . Russell Gurney , would before long occupy a higher position . In the evening there was the usual " -rand banquet at the Guildhall , at whicli the Earl of Derby and several of tho Ministers were present . Tho proceedings were of the ordinary character . A deputation waited upon Lord
John Manners to ask his lordship to use his influence to procure an extension of the A ictoria Park . The deputation explained that there was great reason to fear that gas and other companies ivould seek to erect noxious manufactories close to the park , and urged that in order to prevent this the vacant land should be taken into the park . It would then be less than the AVest-eud parks . Lord John Manners very much doubted whether the House
of Commons ivould provide the necessary funds , but he promised to give tho matter his best attention . The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had the case of Thos . AVilliam Doyle and others , appellants , v . George Charles Falconer , respondent , before them . Mr . Doyle was Speaker of the Lower House of Assembly of Dominica , and in the course of a debate had to call Falconer to order . Falconer replied iu strong language , and , as he refused to apologise , was
ordered into custody for contempt , Eor this he brought an action in the Court of Common Pleas against Mr . Doyle , and got £ 770 damages , Tbe case now came on appeal to the Judicial Committee . Judgment was postponed . Mr . James Freehand AAlIkinson , late managing director of tho Joint Stock Discount Company , was arraigned before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House on tho charge of embezzling respectively cheques for £ 4 , 000 and £ 860 . He
had some transactions with Messrs . Capper and Co ., sharebrokers , on his own account , and owed them about £ 5 , 000 . He handed to them in payment the cheques above mentioned , entering them jn the hooks as transactions on account of the company . He was remanded , and heavy bail was taken for his appearance . The Queen held a Privy Council on the 10 th inst ., at which the prayer for the mitigation of the cattle plague was ordered to be
discontinued . Sir John Rolt , Sir Samuel Canning , Sir Samuel Baker , Sir James Anderson , and Sir AA illiam Thomson , were knighted by her Majesty . Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued to the 15 th January . A deputation from tho Sunday Rest Association waited upon Lord John Manners on the 10 th inst ., to ask him to put a stop to tho Sunday bands in thc parks . It was argued that the bands drew people from churches and chapels , and children from
Sunday schools ; that they create a disregard of the Sabbath ; that the sale of programmes at the performances was illegal , and that it was unfair to allow the bands while preaching in the parks was forbidden . As we read Lord John Manners's reply , it is not very favourable to the objects of the deputation . He told them that to do what thej- asked would be to wholly subvert the previous course of the Government ; pointed out that if the sale of programmes was
illegal , proceedings could be taken by any private person ; ancl as to allowing preaching , if it were permitted they would be having all sorts of persons , infidels and others , holding forth . -A dense fog overspread London on the 10 th inst ., and caused great interruption to business . AVe have heard of no serious accident however . Tho Rev . AA . Selwyn , Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Cambridge , has met with a most serious accident . He was out riding with Mrs .
Selwyn and some other members of his family , when he was thrown from his horse . He was taken up perfectly insensible , and up to four o ' clock the next day it had not been thought advisable to take off his clothes . He was reported to be progressing as favourably as could be expected . At a meeting of the Court of Common Council on the 12 th inst . a report was brought up from a committee to whom the matter had been referred , recommending that steps
should be taken to extend the municipal franchise to all £ 10 householders in the City , even though they be not freemen . It was suggested that each person before he should he entitled to vote should have been on the rate-book for a year . AA'ith this amendment , after a long discussion , the report was adopted . On the 12 ( h inst . the AA orking Men ' s Industrial Exhibition , which during the last ten weeks has been open at the Agricultural Hall , Islington , was brought
to a close . It is gratifying to find that this exhibition has been a success in the fullest sense of the term , and that a surplus of £ 800 is at the disposal of the committee who have had the management of the affair . The proceedings were of an interesting character . A choir of several hundred voices sang the " Ode to Labour , " which was composed specially for the opening of this exhibition ; after which Lord John Manners , First Commissioner of AA ' orks , delivered