The Week.

they were scarcely felt in the excitement of the proceedings ¦ It was decided at a meeting held at tho Town Hall , Manchester , on Tuesday , to erect a statue of the late Mr . Cobden . The meeting ivas presided over by the Mayor , and among the speakers were Mr . Henry Ashworth , Mr . Oliver lleyivood , Mr . E . AAL AALitkin , M . P ., and Mr . T . B . Potter ,

M . P . A committee was appointed , and subscriptions amounting to £ GGl were promised during the day . Dr . Simon , the medical officer of the Privy Council has reported on the alleged epidemic in Russia and North Germany . The disease in Russia , he says , is simply relapsing , and typhus fever arising from poor and insufficient food and want of sanitary

precautions . It is not now in this country , and need , therefore , cause no alarm . The disease iu Northern Germany , he says , is new to this country , although for twenty-eight years it has prevailed extensively in successive small epidemics both in Europe and America throughout the entire breadth of tho north temperate zone . It is a febrile nervous affection of a very

painful and very dangerous kind , but Dr . Simon ' s inquiries lead him to the conclusion that it is not communicable from one individual to another . Dr . Simon sees no reason for placing ships arriving from tho Baltic in quarantine , but he urges that great care should be exercised by the authorities at the ports to detect any cases of fever which may occur on board vessels from

Russia or German ports . The Customs collectors throughout tho United Kingdom have received instructions to report the arrival "from any port in the Baltic of a vessel in which there is any case of cholera , smallpox , typhus or typhoid fever , or in ivhich any disease whatever is extensively prevalent , " to the local authorities , " in order that they may take such measures as they see fit for the protection of the public health within their jurisdiction . " The collectors are , however , directed to

use the greatest discretion in conveying the information , so that unnecessary alarm may be avoided . ——The difficulty between tlie masters and iron-workers in the AA'eh-erhanipton district has been got over . On Saturday the masters met a deputation from the men , and a resolution was agreed to that some system of arbitration for tbe prevention of strikes and lock-out

should , as early as possible , be prepared . -At the Central Criminal Court the Italian , Peliziioni , who had been found guilty of the murder of Harrington , was again put on his trial for stabbing the potman of the public-bouse , Rebbejk . The trial which commenced on the AALednesday of last week was not brought to a conclusion until Saturday , ivhen a verdict of not

guilty was returned . On Monday Pelizzioni received a free pardon from the Home Office , as regarded the former conviction , and was set at liberty ! Easter Term opened on AALednesday . The Lord Chancellor dispensed with the usual breakfast to the judges , & c , a fact which gave rise to a good deal of f-ossip . No cases of any importance wore tried . A heavy

sentence was passed upon a Sir . AA'illiam Stoate , of Alleford , at the Tiverton petty sessions on Tuesday . Mr . Stoate is a barrister , not practising , but engaged partly in farming . To a farm of bis in Devonshire lie had sent a flock of sheep some months ago . He provided no food for the animals , and a great number of them died literally of starvation . The Society for

the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals heard of the case and took it up . The defendant , who is said to be eccentric in character , dofeuded himself , but had really no answer to the charge . Thc magistrates sentenced him to six weeks' imprisonment , and to pay the costs of the proceedings . A very painful case was investigated by Dr . Lankester and a coroner ' s jury , on AALednesday . A woman named Mary Green , living near Highgate Archway , had died from rupture of the womb . According to the evidence , tho services of a Dr . Gardiner had been bespoken

for Mary Green's confinement . On Thursday midnight she was taken ill , and Dr . Gardiner ' s successor , Mr . Butler , was sent for . He promptly attended , but on being told that there would be some difficulty as to payment , he went away , saying the husband was to go to the worknouse for assistance . Mr . Butler states that at that time there was no prospect of immediate

birth . John Green went to the Islington workhouse and stated what he wanted . The porter told him he must bring his marriage certificate before assistance ivould be given to him . Meantime the poor wife was suffering from the effects of delayed delivery , and when medical aid was obtained it was too late . She died soon after . Tho jury in their verdict

censured 'those who by their neglect had caused her death Messrs . Terry and Burgh , secretary and manager of the late Unity Bank , ivere placed on their trial at tbo Central Criminal Court on Monday . Owing to some technical objection taken to the indictment they refused to plead ; but this availed them nothing , for they were held to plead Not Guilty to tho charge

of conspiring to defraud , and the trial went on . Mr . Howell , the accountant , was examined as to the state of the accounts . The case was continued on Tuesday and AALednesday . Alderman Mechi and some other directors ivere examined , and all declared they had no idea that in making out the balance-sheet the prisoners had included forged and over-due bills among the assets . The surviving auditor was -also ev _ Aii ' m « A , ami lie stated Hint

there was no attempt on the part of the prisoners to conceal anything from the auditors . On Thursday the defence was entered into , and the prisoners immediately acquitted—the Judge having , as early as Tuesday , stated there was no caso against them . ——Thomas Lund , late secretary of the Blackburn Cooperative Cotton Spinning and AA'caving Company , was

committed for trial at Blackburn , on AALednesday , on several charges of forgery and embezzlement . His frauds upon the Company are said to amount to from £ 2 , 000 or £ 3 , 000 . An accident took place on the Bristol and Exeter Railway on Tuesday night to tbe night express train from London to Plymouth , which was brought to a stand at the AALeston Junction . The danger

signal was exhibited , but the night was foggy ; and a short train from Bristol ran into the stationary train , drove a firstclass carriage against tho girders of the station , and brought down the roof . Several passengers were seriously hurt , but no lives were lost . Four men were suffocated at a colliery at Church , near Accrington , on Tuesday week . There must have

been an explosion of gas in the pit , but no report was heard , and the bodies of the deceased showed no marks of burning-. The fire and explosion ivhich took place in tho Borough the other day has unfortunately led to a fatal result in the case of ono of the persons injured . Mrs . Tilleard , the wife of tbe proprietor of tho shop , expired at six o ' clock on Tuesday evening . An inquest was held ou AALednesday on the body of Mrs . Tilleard . The husband of the deceased woman and other

witnesses were examined , and , as the inquiry was considered an important oue , it was adjourned for further evidence . An unfortunate accident happened near the Seven Sisters-road , Holloway , on Saturday evening . Two men were at work in a sewer which is being made there , when suddenly a part of it fell in . One of tho men was buried alive , and all efforts to

extricate him failed . FOREIGN INTELT / IGEXCE . —Tlie Legislative Body ' s customary address in reply to the Speech from the Throne wn .. presented on Sunday to the Emperor Napoleon , in which lie said that Franco was grateful for their labours , and added : —Under the present regime its life is being developed . It sees administrative obstacles disappear , progress is ensured , and security guaranteed . By the electoral movement , and the voice of the tri-