The Week.

try . He rose to liigh rank in the scri-ice , and every step he attained was entirely due to merit . His death took place at his residence in Eaton Place West . Our navy has received another addition in the shape of a steam frigate , launched fi'om Deptford dockyard on Wednesday . Of course she is nofc of the much canvassed steelplated sides construction , Laving been two years on the stocks . The name of the new frigate is the Newcastle , and she is considered in every respect a very superior specimen of naval architecture . The

hop growers held a meeting at Maidstone on Wednesday , to consider the propriety of memorializing the Chancellor of the Exchequer for a postponement of the duty due in the course of November next . A very melancholy picture was drawn b y the chairman of the meeting of the prospects of the growers for the present season—prospects , lie said , darker than any it had over been their lot to look upon : without hops , and but little of but either money or credit . The following resolutions were agreed to : — " Owing to the almost total

blight in the hops , coupled with the unprcccdcntedl y wet and late harvest , the hop growers are unable even to thrash ' their corn , and arc quite unable to meet the half-year ' s duty of 1859 , due in November next . This meeting , therefore , earnestly requests the Chancellor of the Exchequer to grant a jiostponement of the payment of the duty until November , 1861 , and the planters hereby pledge themselves to pay the 1860 duty when the same is due . " Every one has aebnittedsince ever railway trains commenced to runthe need

, , for some means of communication between the passengers and the engine-driver and guards , and yefc none have been devised ivhich are considered to meet the requirements of the case . On Tuesday last an accident occurred , showing one of many kinds of casualities where the want of that referred to might load to serious consequences . As the express train south from Carlisle was on its way to Lancaster , the luggage on the roof of a carriage caught fire by a spark from the engineand blazed awaynotwithstanding all the efforts of the

af-, , frighted passengers to attract attention to their alarming situation , nnfil the tram was brought up at its usual rime at the station . Amongst other calamities from the storm that swept our coasts and devastated the shores of the North Sea last week was the loss of tho steam-ship Arctic , on her passage from Hull to Sfc . Petersburg !! .

The ill-fated vessel struck on a roof off Ilarborg , when twelve persons were cither washed overboard , or lost their lives in attempting to reach tho shore . It was reported by the captain of the Arctic that Mr . Sheridan Knowles , tho veteran dramatist , was amongst those lost . Happily , however , Mr . Knowles was not a passenger ; but , on the contrary , is residing in the south of England , in his usual health . A private telegram received at Shields on Monday reports tho alarming intelli of the destruction of upwai'ds of

gence fifty vessels by fire at Constantinople . One of the ships is named the Isabella , on her first voyage to the Black Sea . The long protracted investigation by the coroner into the death of Mrs . Mary Emsley , who was murdered above two months ago at Stepney , has now reached its termination . The jury hai'e returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against James Mullins , so that ho stinds committed now both by tho decision of the coroner ' s court and by the

magistrate . An extensive seizure of stolen property has been made by the police , consisting of 100 dozen skins of leather , valued afc £ 350 . The person in whose house they were found , Thomas Wade , jeweller , Paragon Place , Lock ' s Fields , Walivorth , was brought before the magistrate at the Mansion House , but refused to give any account of how the property came into his possession . It is understood that the skins arc the produce of a robbery committed on the premises of Messrs . Fisher and King , leather factors , Leadenhall Place , on the 1 st of September . A well got-up Frenchman , calling himself

Violet , has been practising extensively on the sympathies of servant girls in various parts of the metropolis . His mode of operation was to call where a family was from , home , represent himself as acting for some persons of distinction just coining to town , as having been robbed of his pocket book and money , winding up with a successful application for a loan , leaving his " ten guinea " watch and chain in assurance of repayment . It need hardly be said that the true value of the watch in all cases was nearbfive shillingsMrDaymanat

y . . , Hammersmith police court , committed him for trial on several charges . At the Middlesex Sessions at Clerkenwell , the application of Mr . E . T . Smith , for a renewal of his licence for the Alhambra was opposed by some of the managers of the metropolitan theatres . The licence , however , was granted unanimously . The application on the part of Mr . Simpson , that the licence of the Stadium , Cremornc , should be renewed , was also granted unanimously , the threatened withdrawn

opposition being . Mr . Morton , of Canterbury Hall , had the licence ofthe Boar and Castle , Oxford Street , transferred from tho present proprietor to himself . Richard Sweet , who , under the convenient character of a " dealer , " acted as receiver ancl disposer of property for thieves and burglars , has been convicted of having a large quantity of stolen jewellery in his possession , and sentenced to four years' penal servitude . A colourserjeant named John Black , on leave of absence from India , was found guilty of stealing ten sovereigns in a coffee house , where he lodged , and was sentenced to three months' hard labour .

The Week.

FOEEIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The French forces arc proceeding vigorously against the Druses . General Hautpoul , after militarily occupying Der-el-Kamar , and installing the Christians in their houses , pushed on to Djiebdjeiniro , and expected shortly to be joined by the forces of Fuad Pacha , when they ivould commence joint operations . The Consiitutionnel publishes an article by M . Boniface on the invasion of Naples by the Sardinian troops . The vmter-while exculpating Garibaldicharges the Sardinian

Govern-, , ment , hy its invasion of the Roman States and the Neapolitan territory , with A'iolating every principle of international law , and acting in contradiction to all the principles invoked by itself . ——The Pans says it is well informed that the Austrian Government

lias resolved to effect great political , financial , and administrative reforms , and that the new constitution will bo published shortly after the Warsaw meeting . This agrees with previous intelligence . It appears that the King of Naples has determined to make a stand afc Capua . The cannonading under the waUs is briskly keptup . On the 9 th the Garibaldians gained fresh positions . The loss of life must have been heavy , as hostilities were afterwards suspended for twenty-four hours in order to bury the dead . King Victor

Emmanuel has arrived at Grottamore , where he has established his head-quarters . He has also issued a proclamation in which he summarises the recent- events in Italy . He states that in carrying out the design of a united and independent Italy the memory of his father was his guiding star , and that ho educated himself upon his model . Subsequent to his accession , Piedmont was blessed with freedom of election , education , great public works , free-trade ancl commercecivil and reliious liberty" an army which has just

, g , revived the military traditions of Italy under the tricolour flag , " and concord between prince and people . Alluding to his taking part in the Crimean struggle , A ictor Emmanuel declares that that was but another move to enhance the importance of Piedmont , which was soon turned to account at tho Congress of Paris . Tho first time his envoys were able to speak before Europe they demonstrated to all that the preponderance of Austria in Italy was dangerous to the independence . and liberty of Piedmont . Hence the Avar of 1859

, ivhen his magnanimous ally , the Emperor Napoleon III , felt that the cause of Italy was worthy of the great nation over which he rules . He justifies the annexation of the duchies on the ground that the expulsion of their rulers arose immediately out of the war begun by himself , but at the same time enters into a vindication of himself in regard to Iris previous dealings aud proposals , not only to the

Grand Duke of Tuscany , but also to the Pope and the two last Kings of Naples . He deplores , however , the cession of two most noble provinces of his hereditary kingdom , and directs fierce denunciations , alike against- the friends of the Papacy , ancl the republican party . In conclusion , ho informs the people of South Italy that his troops are coming amongst them to consolidate order , as they had entered the Marches and Urnbria in order to disperse that jumble of persons of all nations and of all languages who were

assembled there , and he also informs us that he knows he closes the era of revolutions in Italy . The Patrie , among its latest news , says , under reserve , that the Sardinian Government was , in compliance with the party of action , preparing to wrest A enetia from Austria within six months , unless diplomacy should before thafc period aftain the desired end . The measures taken to effect this purpose are described to be nn army of 250 , 000 men and the const-ruction of a powerful fleet . An attempt has been made to

assassinate the Queen of Spain afc Madrid . A young man aimed a pistol afc her Majesty , afc the Puerta del Sol , but fortunately the weapon missed fire . The man is said to bo insane . IJTJJIA AND CHINA . —The news brought from India by the Overland Mail contains nothing of striking interest . The death of Mr . AA'ilson had greatly unsettled the course of Government , and much , distrust and no little dissatisfaction existed . Commercial affairs , howeverhad improvedand money was abundant . The war in

, , China had commenced . The allied troops having reached thePeiho on August 1 , established themselves at Peitang , and attacked the Tartar camp on fche 12 th , from which the Chinese fled in disorder . The troops at the departure of the mail were in front of the Taku forts , tho grand attack on which was to take place on the 15 th . The rebels AA'ere making great progress , and had attacked the native city of Shanghae . They ivere driven back by the French troops , hut great alarm naturally exists , and trade was quite stopped .

Public Amusements.

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE . A genuine English Opera , on an English subject , the music by an English composer , and the libretto by an English author , has been produced at this theatre by Bro . E . T . Smith , and commanded a real English success , the whole of the artistes engaged being English , notwithstanding the ladies designate themselves as Madames . " Robin Hood " is certainly one of the best operas that has been produced for years , and does the utmost credit to Mr . Macfarren ,