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The Week.
W . Armstrong and Mr . Whitworth would take place . —Mr . Roebuck , in compliance with the request of Lord Palmerston > withdrew his motion in favour of tlle recognition of the Confederate States . Mr . Lindsay having entered into an explanation of the circumstances under which he and Mr . Roebuck came to have their interview with the Emperor , Lord Palmerston
administered to both his " lion , friends " a severe reproof for their ^ irregular" conduct in constituting themselves channels of communication between the House of Commons and a foreign Sovereign . —Tbe O'Donoghue denounced Mr . Roebuck ' s denunciations of the Northern States ; while Mr . Whiteside regretted that no opportunity was afforded him of showing how many
thousands of Irishmen had been killed in this war . The right hon . gentleman said that Federal agents were at this moment recruiting in Ireland . —The House then went into Committee on the Fortifications Bill , and all the clauses were agreed to . On Tuesday Mr . Childers , on the order of the day for going into Committee on the Union Relief Aid Acts Continuance Bill ,
moved a resolution affirming the desirableness of allowing local authorities to devote a portion of tho money to be raised under tbe bill to assisting operatives to emigrate to the colonies . The hon . gentleman , Mr . Marsh ( who seconded the resolution ) , Mr . Newdegate , Mr . B . Ferrand , Mr . Adderley , and Sir B . Leighton , urged emigration as one means of relieving the present pressure ,
while Colonel Wilson Patten , Mr . Cobden , Mr . Hibbert , Mr . Villiers , Mr . Henley , aud Mr . Gladstone , opposed the motion , which was withdrawn , Mr . Childers , however , intimating his
intention of moving a clause on the subject when the report came up . The bill then passed through Committee , Mr . Villiers accepting a proposition made by Mr . Tollomaclie that no union with an expenditure of less than 6 s . 6 d . in the pound should he entitled to the assistance of a rate in aid . —Mr . A . Mills , who submitted that Sir C . Wood had reduced the ¦ India Council to " a mere cipher , " moved an address for the' appointment of a
Royal Commission to inquire into the subject of the Home Government of India . Mr . Bazley seconded the motion , which was opposed by Sir C . Wood , Sir E . Colebvooke , and Lord Stanley . The motion was then withdrawn . —On the motion of Colonel North , it was agreed to address the Crown , praying for a Commission to -inquire whether something may not be done
to- expedite tbe realization of army prize property . Oh Wednesday the House went into committee on the Partnership Law Amendment Bill ; but Mr . Hubbard immediately moved that the chairman leave the chair . He contended that it did not follow that because the House had sanctioned th principle of limited liability that further legislation was
necessary in the same direction before time had been given to ascertain-how tbe change worked . Mr . T . Baring also opposed the bill as contrary to the sound principles of commerce . Mr . Milner Gibson thought that if Mr . Hubbard ' s object was to offer a decided opposition to the bill the more candid course would have been to have moved an amendment to the second reading .
On a division the motion of Mr . Hubbard was negatived by 70 to 40 . The various clauses of the bill were subsequently agreed to with amendments . - ¦
. GENERAL HOME NEWS . —On Saturday the Prince of AVales performed the very interesting ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Warehousemen and Clerks' Schools , about to be erected at Caterlmm . A large octagonal tent was erected for the purpose , which surrounded the stone , and was arranged as an ainpitheatre for the accommodation of 3000 persons , for
the most part ladies . The interior was tastefully decorated , and , when filled , presented a very agreeable scene . Earl Russel presented an address to His Royal Highness , who briefly
replied , acknowledging the usefulness of the institution . He then laid the stone in the usual manner , and the Bishop of Wins Chester read prayers . The Hon . Artillery Company attended a a ' guard of honour , and the band of the Grenadiers enlivened the proceedings by playing suitable music . Ladies presented purses at the end of the ceremony , by which about £ 5000 was
raised . Of course there was a collation , Earl Russell presided and Lord Brougham was present , and the usual toasts were proposed and acknowledged . At the close of the day ' s proceedings , it was announced that the amount received in the purses and at the dejeuner was £ 7850 . The rifle championship of England was on Tuesday decided at Wimbledon . Thefortunate winner of the Queen ' s Prize was Sergeant Roberts , of the 12 th Shropshire , who made a score of 65 . In the match between eleven members of the House of Lords and elo . var . of
the House of Commons , the Peers were defeated , the Commons scoring 460 points against their 423 . In the contest between-Cambridge and Oxford , the former won .- The silver medal of the Association has been carried off b y Mr . Whisker , an Essex volunteer . Mr . Jopling , who , two years ago , beat all rivals , and secured tho championship , has won for his corps—Lord
Ranelagh ' s— -the distinction of a year ' s possession of the St . George ' s Challenge Vase . The number of persons receiving parochial relief in the distressed unions has undergone a further decrease of 5885 . At a meeting of the governors of Bethlem Hospital , it was stated that a deputation from St . Thomas ' s Hospital had waited upon them a few days ago , to whom it was stated that
the governors of St . Thomas's might have Bethlem Hospital either in exchange for a new hospital , to be built to tlie satisfaction of the Bethlem governors , or for a sum of £ 200 , 000 , and that the deputation would recommend to the St . Thomas ' s governors to accept the latter proposal . The July sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced on Monday . One of the
cases tried was the charge . against AVebb , a cowkeeper , of the City Road , of murdering his wife . He was acquitted . Early in the day Arthur Wade , the fellow who is charged with disgusting assaults upon pregnant women , pleaded guilty to several of the indictments against him , and was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment . Another of the persons concerned in the murder of Mr . Fitzgerald , of Kilmallock , was tried
at the Limerick assizes on Monday . The prisoner was Matthew Dillane , a brother of the man who was executed some time ago for having "procured" Beckham and Walsh to assassinate the unfortunate gentleman . Owing to some technical flaw , Dillane could not be tried on the capital charge , and on the Attorney-General making an announcement to this effect , the prisoner
pleaded guilty to the minor counts in the indictment . He was sentenced to be kept in penal servitude for ten years . The long protracted . trial of the six prisoners charged with riot at the Cremorne Gardens , on the Oaks night , was concluded on Saturday , when , after the careful summing up of the Assistant Judge , the jury found all six prisoners guilty .
Four of them—Herbert , Birkett , Saville , and Sbawcross—were fined £ 50 each , and were required to find two sureties in £ 500 to keep the peace for the next twelve months . M'Dougall was fined . £ 20 , and Mott £ 10 , the first to find two sureties in £ 100 , and the other to enter Into into his own recognisances to keep the peace for the same period . A . curious and novel point of
law in connection with the Matrimonial Causes Act came before the magistrate at the Marylebone police court , on Tuesday . About five years ago a married woman applied for and obtained a magistrate ' s protection order against her husband ' s interfering with her property . She has since become a pauper and an inmate of the Marylebone workhouse ; and the husband on being applied to , refused to contribute to her support on the pica that
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
W . Armstrong and Mr . Whitworth would take place . —Mr . Roebuck , in compliance with the request of Lord Palmerston > withdrew his motion in favour of tlle recognition of the Confederate States . Mr . Lindsay having entered into an explanation of the circumstances under which he and Mr . Roebuck came to have their interview with the Emperor , Lord Palmerston
administered to both his " lion , friends " a severe reproof for their ^ irregular" conduct in constituting themselves channels of communication between the House of Commons and a foreign Sovereign . —Tbe O'Donoghue denounced Mr . Roebuck ' s denunciations of the Northern States ; while Mr . Whiteside regretted that no opportunity was afforded him of showing how many
thousands of Irishmen had been killed in this war . The right hon . gentleman said that Federal agents were at this moment recruiting in Ireland . —The House then went into Committee on the Fortifications Bill , and all the clauses were agreed to . On Tuesday Mr . Childers , on the order of the day for going into Committee on the Union Relief Aid Acts Continuance Bill ,
moved a resolution affirming the desirableness of allowing local authorities to devote a portion of tho money to be raised under tbe bill to assisting operatives to emigrate to the colonies . The hon . gentleman , Mr . Marsh ( who seconded the resolution ) , Mr . Newdegate , Mr . B . Ferrand , Mr . Adderley , and Sir B . Leighton , urged emigration as one means of relieving the present pressure ,
while Colonel Wilson Patten , Mr . Cobden , Mr . Hibbert , Mr . Villiers , Mr . Henley , aud Mr . Gladstone , opposed the motion , which was withdrawn , Mr . Childers , however , intimating his
intention of moving a clause on the subject when the report came up . The bill then passed through Committee , Mr . Villiers accepting a proposition made by Mr . Tollomaclie that no union with an expenditure of less than 6 s . 6 d . in the pound should he entitled to the assistance of a rate in aid . —Mr . A . Mills , who submitted that Sir C . Wood had reduced the ¦ India Council to " a mere cipher , " moved an address for the' appointment of a
Royal Commission to inquire into the subject of the Home Government of India . Mr . Bazley seconded the motion , which was opposed by Sir C . Wood , Sir E . Colebvooke , and Lord Stanley . The motion was then withdrawn . —On the motion of Colonel North , it was agreed to address the Crown , praying for a Commission to -inquire whether something may not be done
to- expedite tbe realization of army prize property . Oh Wednesday the House went into committee on the Partnership Law Amendment Bill ; but Mr . Hubbard immediately moved that the chairman leave the chair . He contended that it did not follow that because the House had sanctioned th principle of limited liability that further legislation was
necessary in the same direction before time had been given to ascertain-how tbe change worked . Mr . T . Baring also opposed the bill as contrary to the sound principles of commerce . Mr . Milner Gibson thought that if Mr . Hubbard ' s object was to offer a decided opposition to the bill the more candid course would have been to have moved an amendment to the second reading .
On a division the motion of Mr . Hubbard was negatived by 70 to 40 . The various clauses of the bill were subsequently agreed to with amendments . - ¦
. GENERAL HOME NEWS . —On Saturday the Prince of AVales performed the very interesting ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Warehousemen and Clerks' Schools , about to be erected at Caterlmm . A large octagonal tent was erected for the purpose , which surrounded the stone , and was arranged as an ainpitheatre for the accommodation of 3000 persons , for
the most part ladies . The interior was tastefully decorated , and , when filled , presented a very agreeable scene . Earl Russel presented an address to His Royal Highness , who briefly
replied , acknowledging the usefulness of the institution . He then laid the stone in the usual manner , and the Bishop of Wins Chester read prayers . The Hon . Artillery Company attended a a ' guard of honour , and the band of the Grenadiers enlivened the proceedings by playing suitable music . Ladies presented purses at the end of the ceremony , by which about £ 5000 was
raised . Of course there was a collation , Earl Russell presided and Lord Brougham was present , and the usual toasts were proposed and acknowledged . At the close of the day ' s proceedings , it was announced that the amount received in the purses and at the dejeuner was £ 7850 . The rifle championship of England was on Tuesday decided at Wimbledon . Thefortunate winner of the Queen ' s Prize was Sergeant Roberts , of the 12 th Shropshire , who made a score of 65 . In the match between eleven members of the House of Lords and elo . var . of
the House of Commons , the Peers were defeated , the Commons scoring 460 points against their 423 . In the contest between-Cambridge and Oxford , the former won .- The silver medal of the Association has been carried off b y Mr . Whisker , an Essex volunteer . Mr . Jopling , who , two years ago , beat all rivals , and secured tho championship , has won for his corps—Lord
Ranelagh ' s— -the distinction of a year ' s possession of the St . George ' s Challenge Vase . The number of persons receiving parochial relief in the distressed unions has undergone a further decrease of 5885 . At a meeting of the governors of Bethlem Hospital , it was stated that a deputation from St . Thomas ' s Hospital had waited upon them a few days ago , to whom it was stated that
the governors of St . Thomas's might have Bethlem Hospital either in exchange for a new hospital , to be built to tlie satisfaction of the Bethlem governors , or for a sum of £ 200 , 000 , and that the deputation would recommend to the St . Thomas ' s governors to accept the latter proposal . The July sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced on Monday . One of the
cases tried was the charge . against AVebb , a cowkeeper , of the City Road , of murdering his wife . He was acquitted . Early in the day Arthur Wade , the fellow who is charged with disgusting assaults upon pregnant women , pleaded guilty to several of the indictments against him , and was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment . Another of the persons concerned in the murder of Mr . Fitzgerald , of Kilmallock , was tried
at the Limerick assizes on Monday . The prisoner was Matthew Dillane , a brother of the man who was executed some time ago for having "procured" Beckham and Walsh to assassinate the unfortunate gentleman . Owing to some technical flaw , Dillane could not be tried on the capital charge , and on the Attorney-General making an announcement to this effect , the prisoner
pleaded guilty to the minor counts in the indictment . He was sentenced to be kept in penal servitude for ten years . The long protracted . trial of the six prisoners charged with riot at the Cremorne Gardens , on the Oaks night , was concluded on Saturday , when , after the careful summing up of the Assistant Judge , the jury found all six prisoners guilty .
Four of them—Herbert , Birkett , Saville , and Sbawcross—were fined £ 50 each , and were required to find two sureties in £ 500 to keep the peace for the next twelve months . M'Dougall was fined . £ 20 , and Mott £ 10 , the first to find two sureties in £ 100 , and the other to enter Into into his own recognisances to keep the peace for the same period . A . curious and novel point of
law in connection with the Matrimonial Causes Act came before the magistrate at the Marylebone police court , on Tuesday . About five years ago a married woman applied for and obtained a magistrate ' s protection order against her husband ' s interfering with her property . She has since become a pauper and an inmate of the Marylebone workhouse ; and the husband on being applied to , refused to contribute to her support on the pica that