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The Week.
Mr . Henley took part in the discussion which followed . On Tuesday , amidst roal-s of laughter , Mr . Hadfield asked the Home Secretary if the fight had come off , and what he intended to do to the naughty people concerned in it . Sir G . Lewis , in reply , said he had heard that the fight between Sayers aud Heenan had that day come off in the county of Hants ; but he had no knowledge as to whether the police were present or not , and that he could say nothing as to whether he should direct any steps to be taken to punish those who had been parties to the
breach of the peace until he had better information . Mr . Hemiessy elicited from Mr . Cardwell a satisfactory statement with regard to the steps- which are being taken to relieve the distress existing in the west of Ireland , the reality of which is fully admitted by the government . On AA'ednenday Mr . Murray moved the second reading of the Attorneys , Solicitors , Proctors , and Certificated Conveyancers Bill , which , he said , had come down from the other house , with the object of improving the position of attorneys and solicitors . The measure was opposed by Mr .
Knight , Mr . J . Locke , Mr . E . James , and Mr . Lowe , and supported by Mr . M . Smith , Mr . S . Mills , and Mr . Bovill , who asked the house to read the bill a second time , asserting that its aim was not more to benefit solicitors and conveyancers than to protect the public against persons who practised without being duly certificated . The Solicitor-General also supported the second reading . The bill was read a second time by Ifll to 29—majority 1 C 2 . Mr . T . Dnncombe moved the second reading of the Jews Act Amendment Bill , the object of which is to enable
Jewish members , upon election , to take their seats without the necessity of a previous resolution of the house . Mrs Newdegate moved that the bill should be read a second time that day six months . On a division , the amendment was negatived , and the bill read a second time , by a majority of 117 to 75 . GENERAL HOJIE NEWS . —The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has arrived in town from Dublin ; it is expected that ho will remain in England at least a month . Lord Palmerston rode on horseback to Danebury
( thirteen miles ) last Saturday morning , saw his horse , Mainstone , gallop , then cantered back to Broadlands , had out another horse after luncheon , and rode all over the estate—pretty well for a man of seventy-five . On Monday Mr . Gladstone was installed rector of the University of Edinburgh . Mr . Gladstone's most eloquent oration was in every respect worthy of his unrivalled powers . The weather was last week
unusually cold for April , and the mortality of London was high , though , as in the previous week it was considerably lower than it had been in the last three weeks in March . The deaths in the week that ended last Saturday were 1 , 407 . In the ten years , 1 S 50-59 , the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1 , 119 , which , if corrected for increase of population , becomes 1 , 231 . The deaths of last week , therefore , exceeded by 17 ' ) the average rate of mortality . The births of 932 boys and 934 girls , in all 1 , S 66 children , were registered
, in London . In the ten years , 1 S 50-59 , the average number was 1 , 6 S 4 . Mr . John Finlaison , the celebrated actuary and government calculator , died on Friday morning at his residence at Notting-hill , in his seventy-seventh year , nearly fifty of which were spent in the government service . One of those cases which are now often witnessed in our naval ports , occurred at Portsmouth on Friday last , when one ofthe Algiers' crew , a "bounty" man , was discharged from the ship for " incompetency" amid the derision of the crew . The Algiers is
a well manned ship . The teetotalers held several open air meetings in the metropolis , on Sunday , against the AAlne Licenses Bill . By the death of Captain Leicester Vernon , which occurred on Saturday , from a rupture of a bloodvessel , under awfully sudden and melancholy circumstances , a vacancy is created in the representation of Berkshire . The deceased was a captain in the Royal . Engineers , and Assistaut-Deputy-Quartermaster-General in Ireland from 1843 to 1850 . In politics he was an independent conservative . He sat for Chatham from June , 1 S 53 , to 1857 , and in 1859 was returned for Berkshire . The
ballot has been tried by the liberal electors of Harwich as a means of deciding between the claims of the three liberal candidates . Mr . Thompson obtaining the largest number of votes , Mr . Brett came next , and Mr . Montague Chambers stood at the bottom of the poll . Mr . Brett has announced his retirement in a graceful address , and , we presume , Mr . Chambers will take a similar step . , The ballot in this case , as in others of a similar kind , has worked admirably . Judgment has been given in the Consistory Court , in the case of Rosier , who was prosecuted by
the rector of St . George ' s-in-the-East for brawling in the church . Dr . Twiss held that a portion only of the charges brought against the defendant had been proved , and , therefore , while sentencing him to be admonished , he only fixed him with tho liability to pay the sum of ten pounds towards the costs . In giving judgment , the learned judge took care to point out that by law the rector has no authority to preserve order in the church , and that he cannot delegate this duty to any other person . The churchwardens and their sidesmen were the persons
with whom this duty lay ; and if any other persons interfered for this purpose , without their authority , they would be liable to imprisonment . The great event of the week has been the fight between Sayers and Heenan , which has excited interest in all classes . The event took place on Tuesday , and the spectators were of a very different class to what usually is found on such occasions . The Times assures us , that there were present many members of both houses of parliament , poets , artists , authors , and even clergymen . The men fought for two hours and a quarter , and nearly forty rounds . After the seventh round a £ ?} ow of Heenan broke the ris'lit arm of Sayers , lint for which accident ,
The Week.
iu spite of the enormous disparity in size and weight , the Affisvioar * would undoubtedly have been beaten before the first hour had expired ;; even as it is , the knowing ones insist that two rounds more would have ! left Sayers the victor . The ropes were cut , however , and the battle considered a drawn one , neither [ combatant claiming' the victory . The University of Cambridge have quite enough law on their bonds ahead }' , being defendants in no less than seven actions brought by parties whom they have illegally imprisoned . A meeting has beea held this !'
week of delegates of those employed in the Post Office , to express tha ' opinions ofthe general body on their bad pay and overwork . A memorial praying for eight hours' labour and increase of pay was submitted ,-and approved of unanimously . Sarah ScholeB , the daughter of William Seholes , and the sister of AAllliam Edward Sclioles , the two men found murdered in her bedroom , at Manchester , has declared to a policeman that she committed the murders . She said that her father and brother entered the room to beat herand she killed them in defending
, herself . She said she knocked her brother down with the walkingstick , and then throttled him , and that afterwards she served her father in a similar manner . Subsequently ,. before the magistrates , she dejii-ert that she knew anything of the matter . She appears to be in a state of insanity , and , of course , no statement she may make at present can be " relied on . An alarming fire broke out on Tuesday at Greenwich , and was not stopped until an immense range of manufacturing premises and no fewer than thirteen private houses were destroyed . A large number
of workmen will be thrown out of employment , and , moreover , the furniture of the inmates of the houses was , for the most part , consumed . The Toronto Yacht Club has sent to the Royal Yacht Club of England a cordial invitation to visit the lakes when the Prince of AValescomes over . There are a number of steam vessels belonging to the ' members of the English club , and it would be a fine trip for some of them to cross with the prince and run up the lakes to the head of Lake Superior . The dimensions of the canal looks have been furnished .-
A meeting to settle the question as to a renewal of the great prize fight , was held at the office of Bell ' s LJfc on AVednesday morning . Sayers was present , and was quite fresh aud vigorous , excepting that his right arm was bound up . Heenan did not appear , and will not be likely to show for a fortnight . Sayers is most anxious to renew the battle , being confident of victory ; but we are told that this will not be permitted under any circumstances . On AVednesday morning , at Birmingham , a young shoemaker , named Price , who had been rejected by the girl he was courting , murdered her in a . biutal maimer by Btabbing . On being taken into custody he said , " I did it , and know I shall be hanged for it . I did not think of it five minutes before . "
FOEEIG'N NEWS . —The Momtsnr announces that the French legislative body has agreed to the contingent of 100 , 000 men for the present year by 23 S against 8 votes ; and also publishes a decree reducing , by one centimetre , the minimum height required for recruits . An order has been addressed to the Union and to the Gazelle de France , which recommends a more respectful treatment of international questions , and states that "These journals , in designating the Count do Monteinolin as Charles VI ., thus ignored the constitutional rights of tho Queen of Spain ,
which have been recognized by all Europe . " There again appears someprobability that the conference will take place . England proposes Brussels as the place where it should be held , while France insists upon Paris , in which she is supported by Russia . On Saturday last a Genevan deputation , representing all parties , presented Sir Robert Peel with a testimonial , consisting of a cup and a rifle . The most cordial expressions were exchanged . Sir Robert Peel promised the support of England for the preservation of the independence and neutrality of Switzerland ; the
deputation expressed their thanks to the English ministry and parliament . The popular meeting .-. ; in Switzerland continue . The most important , because attended by citizens of a greater number of cantons , was held at Olten , the great junction terminus of the railway net in Northern or German Switzerland . Another , held at Lausanne , is significant for this reason , that the canton Vaud , of which Lausanne is the capital , is that in which the French sympathies have hitherto prevailed most .
AVinterthur , in the densely peopled canton of Zurich , and Thun , in the canton of Berne , witnessed similar assemblies . The latest news from the capital of the Swiss Confederation is that England , Russia , and Prussia have replied to the Swiss note ofthe 5 th of April relative to the assembling of a conference by consenting to the demand of the Federal Council , and that the English Government has given encouraging assurances to the Swiss . To this we can only observe , that nothing of either of these assertions , at least as far as the English Government is
concerned , is borne out by what is to be gathered from the gossip in the west end According to the official Spanish journals the order has been given to all the provincial battalions to return to their homes ; and it is added that the partisans of Count Moiitemolin are everywhere disappearing . The sentence of death against General Ortega was to be executed on Monday . The Moorish plenipotentiaries are expected at Tetuan . The civil war in the interior of Morocco has prevented them from setting out at an earlier period . The Emperor of
Morocco has been obliged to pursue the Pretender - According to advices received from Sicily , the revolutionary movement is increasing iu the country , which is full of armed men , the Royal Inteudant Celeste has made common cause with the revolutionists . Artillery and other troops have been sent to the citadel of Messina . A popular demonstration has taken place at Avesa in favour of Victor Emmanuel , in consequence of which the town has been declared in a
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The Week.
Mr . Henley took part in the discussion which followed . On Tuesday , amidst roal-s of laughter , Mr . Hadfield asked the Home Secretary if the fight had come off , and what he intended to do to the naughty people concerned in it . Sir G . Lewis , in reply , said he had heard that the fight between Sayers aud Heenan had that day come off in the county of Hants ; but he had no knowledge as to whether the police were present or not , and that he could say nothing as to whether he should direct any steps to be taken to punish those who had been parties to the
breach of the peace until he had better information . Mr . Hemiessy elicited from Mr . Cardwell a satisfactory statement with regard to the steps- which are being taken to relieve the distress existing in the west of Ireland , the reality of which is fully admitted by the government . On AA'ednenday Mr . Murray moved the second reading of the Attorneys , Solicitors , Proctors , and Certificated Conveyancers Bill , which , he said , had come down from the other house , with the object of improving the position of attorneys and solicitors . The measure was opposed by Mr .
Knight , Mr . J . Locke , Mr . E . James , and Mr . Lowe , and supported by Mr . M . Smith , Mr . S . Mills , and Mr . Bovill , who asked the house to read the bill a second time , asserting that its aim was not more to benefit solicitors and conveyancers than to protect the public against persons who practised without being duly certificated . The Solicitor-General also supported the second reading . The bill was read a second time by Ifll to 29—majority 1 C 2 . Mr . T . Dnncombe moved the second reading of the Jews Act Amendment Bill , the object of which is to enable
Jewish members , upon election , to take their seats without the necessity of a previous resolution of the house . Mrs Newdegate moved that the bill should be read a second time that day six months . On a division , the amendment was negatived , and the bill read a second time , by a majority of 117 to 75 . GENERAL HOJIE NEWS . —The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has arrived in town from Dublin ; it is expected that ho will remain in England at least a month . Lord Palmerston rode on horseback to Danebury
( thirteen miles ) last Saturday morning , saw his horse , Mainstone , gallop , then cantered back to Broadlands , had out another horse after luncheon , and rode all over the estate—pretty well for a man of seventy-five . On Monday Mr . Gladstone was installed rector of the University of Edinburgh . Mr . Gladstone's most eloquent oration was in every respect worthy of his unrivalled powers . The weather was last week
unusually cold for April , and the mortality of London was high , though , as in the previous week it was considerably lower than it had been in the last three weeks in March . The deaths in the week that ended last Saturday were 1 , 407 . In the ten years , 1 S 50-59 , the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1 , 119 , which , if corrected for increase of population , becomes 1 , 231 . The deaths of last week , therefore , exceeded by 17 ' ) the average rate of mortality . The births of 932 boys and 934 girls , in all 1 , S 66 children , were registered
, in London . In the ten years , 1 S 50-59 , the average number was 1 , 6 S 4 . Mr . John Finlaison , the celebrated actuary and government calculator , died on Friday morning at his residence at Notting-hill , in his seventy-seventh year , nearly fifty of which were spent in the government service . One of those cases which are now often witnessed in our naval ports , occurred at Portsmouth on Friday last , when one ofthe Algiers' crew , a "bounty" man , was discharged from the ship for " incompetency" amid the derision of the crew . The Algiers is
a well manned ship . The teetotalers held several open air meetings in the metropolis , on Sunday , against the AAlne Licenses Bill . By the death of Captain Leicester Vernon , which occurred on Saturday , from a rupture of a bloodvessel , under awfully sudden and melancholy circumstances , a vacancy is created in the representation of Berkshire . The deceased was a captain in the Royal . Engineers , and Assistaut-Deputy-Quartermaster-General in Ireland from 1843 to 1850 . In politics he was an independent conservative . He sat for Chatham from June , 1 S 53 , to 1857 , and in 1859 was returned for Berkshire . The
ballot has been tried by the liberal electors of Harwich as a means of deciding between the claims of the three liberal candidates . Mr . Thompson obtaining the largest number of votes , Mr . Brett came next , and Mr . Montague Chambers stood at the bottom of the poll . Mr . Brett has announced his retirement in a graceful address , and , we presume , Mr . Chambers will take a similar step . , The ballot in this case , as in others of a similar kind , has worked admirably . Judgment has been given in the Consistory Court , in the case of Rosier , who was prosecuted by
the rector of St . George ' s-in-the-East for brawling in the church . Dr . Twiss held that a portion only of the charges brought against the defendant had been proved , and , therefore , while sentencing him to be admonished , he only fixed him with tho liability to pay the sum of ten pounds towards the costs . In giving judgment , the learned judge took care to point out that by law the rector has no authority to preserve order in the church , and that he cannot delegate this duty to any other person . The churchwardens and their sidesmen were the persons
with whom this duty lay ; and if any other persons interfered for this purpose , without their authority , they would be liable to imprisonment . The great event of the week has been the fight between Sayers and Heenan , which has excited interest in all classes . The event took place on Tuesday , and the spectators were of a very different class to what usually is found on such occasions . The Times assures us , that there were present many members of both houses of parliament , poets , artists , authors , and even clergymen . The men fought for two hours and a quarter , and nearly forty rounds . After the seventh round a £ ?} ow of Heenan broke the ris'lit arm of Sayers , lint for which accident ,
The Week.
iu spite of the enormous disparity in size and weight , the Affisvioar * would undoubtedly have been beaten before the first hour had expired ;; even as it is , the knowing ones insist that two rounds more would have ! left Sayers the victor . The ropes were cut , however , and the battle considered a drawn one , neither [ combatant claiming' the victory . The University of Cambridge have quite enough law on their bonds ahead }' , being defendants in no less than seven actions brought by parties whom they have illegally imprisoned . A meeting has beea held this !'
week of delegates of those employed in the Post Office , to express tha ' opinions ofthe general body on their bad pay and overwork . A memorial praying for eight hours' labour and increase of pay was submitted ,-and approved of unanimously . Sarah ScholeB , the daughter of William Seholes , and the sister of AAllliam Edward Sclioles , the two men found murdered in her bedroom , at Manchester , has declared to a policeman that she committed the murders . She said that her father and brother entered the room to beat herand she killed them in defending
, herself . She said she knocked her brother down with the walkingstick , and then throttled him , and that afterwards she served her father in a similar manner . Subsequently ,. before the magistrates , she dejii-ert that she knew anything of the matter . She appears to be in a state of insanity , and , of course , no statement she may make at present can be " relied on . An alarming fire broke out on Tuesday at Greenwich , and was not stopped until an immense range of manufacturing premises and no fewer than thirteen private houses were destroyed . A large number
of workmen will be thrown out of employment , and , moreover , the furniture of the inmates of the houses was , for the most part , consumed . The Toronto Yacht Club has sent to the Royal Yacht Club of England a cordial invitation to visit the lakes when the Prince of AValescomes over . There are a number of steam vessels belonging to the ' members of the English club , and it would be a fine trip for some of them to cross with the prince and run up the lakes to the head of Lake Superior . The dimensions of the canal looks have been furnished .-
A meeting to settle the question as to a renewal of the great prize fight , was held at the office of Bell ' s LJfc on AVednesday morning . Sayers was present , and was quite fresh aud vigorous , excepting that his right arm was bound up . Heenan did not appear , and will not be likely to show for a fortnight . Sayers is most anxious to renew the battle , being confident of victory ; but we are told that this will not be permitted under any circumstances . On AVednesday morning , at Birmingham , a young shoemaker , named Price , who had been rejected by the girl he was courting , murdered her in a . biutal maimer by Btabbing . On being taken into custody he said , " I did it , and know I shall be hanged for it . I did not think of it five minutes before . "
FOEEIG'N NEWS . —The Momtsnr announces that the French legislative body has agreed to the contingent of 100 , 000 men for the present year by 23 S against 8 votes ; and also publishes a decree reducing , by one centimetre , the minimum height required for recruits . An order has been addressed to the Union and to the Gazelle de France , which recommends a more respectful treatment of international questions , and states that "These journals , in designating the Count do Monteinolin as Charles VI ., thus ignored the constitutional rights of tho Queen of Spain ,
which have been recognized by all Europe . " There again appears someprobability that the conference will take place . England proposes Brussels as the place where it should be held , while France insists upon Paris , in which she is supported by Russia . On Saturday last a Genevan deputation , representing all parties , presented Sir Robert Peel with a testimonial , consisting of a cup and a rifle . The most cordial expressions were exchanged . Sir Robert Peel promised the support of England for the preservation of the independence and neutrality of Switzerland ; the
deputation expressed their thanks to the English ministry and parliament . The popular meeting .-. ; in Switzerland continue . The most important , because attended by citizens of a greater number of cantons , was held at Olten , the great junction terminus of the railway net in Northern or German Switzerland . Another , held at Lausanne , is significant for this reason , that the canton Vaud , of which Lausanne is the capital , is that in which the French sympathies have hitherto prevailed most .
AVinterthur , in the densely peopled canton of Zurich , and Thun , in the canton of Berne , witnessed similar assemblies . The latest news from the capital of the Swiss Confederation is that England , Russia , and Prussia have replied to the Swiss note ofthe 5 th of April relative to the assembling of a conference by consenting to the demand of the Federal Council , and that the English Government has given encouraging assurances to the Swiss . To this we can only observe , that nothing of either of these assertions , at least as far as the English Government is
concerned , is borne out by what is to be gathered from the gossip in the west end According to the official Spanish journals the order has been given to all the provincial battalions to return to their homes ; and it is added that the partisans of Count Moiitemolin are everywhere disappearing . The sentence of death against General Ortega was to be executed on Monday . The Moorish plenipotentiaries are expected at Tetuan . The civil war in the interior of Morocco has prevented them from setting out at an earlier period . The Emperor of
Morocco has been obliged to pursue the Pretender - According to advices received from Sicily , the revolutionary movement is increasing iu the country , which is full of armed men , the Royal Inteudant Celeste has made common cause with the revolutionists . Artillery and other troops have been sent to the citadel of Messina . A popular demonstration has taken place at Avesa in favour of Victor Emmanuel , in consequence of which the town has been declared in a