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The Week.
county of Cork ; but , Lord Palmerston , having pronounced in favour of Middlesex , in consequence of the rejection of the Ministerial proposal to enfranchise Chelsea-cum-Kensington , Mr . Knightley moved a resolution awarding a third member to the metropolitan county . This was stoutly opposed by Mr . Disraeli , who argued in support of Mr . Collins ' s scheme for splitting the AVesfc Riding up into two constituencieseach to return two members . On a division
, being taken on Mr . Knightley ' s motion , the Government again found itself unfortunate in its selection—a majority of fifty appearing against the proposition to increase the representation of Middlesex . The Chelsea clause of the bill was then negatived , on the motion of Sir G . C . Lewis , who gave notice that , at a future stage , he should move a clause for dividing the AVest Riding into two constituencies , each to have the privilege of returning two
members . The clause enfranchising Birkenhead was passed by a large majority , and the bill passed through Committee . The remainder of the sitting was almost entirely occupied with the discussion of the clauses of the County Surveyors ( Ireland ) Bill . On Tuesday , tbe House held a morning sitting , the greater part of which was occupied with the discussion of the clauses of the Harbours Bill—a measure whicli provides for the abolition of passing tollsancl ives power to local authorities to borrow money
, g from the Government , at a low rate of interest , for the improvement and maintenance of harbours . Mr . Thompson moved thafc thebillbe referred to a Select Committee , but the proposition was opposedbyMr . Milner Gibson , and was ultimately withdrawn . Several clauses were then agreed to . At , the evening sitting , Mr . M . Gibson stated in reply to Mr . Pease , that the slaver Nightingale , recently captured on the AVest Coast of Africawas an American shipthough
, , she cleared from Liverpool . Lord Clarence Paget , in answer to a question from Mr . AVyld , said there could be no doubt respecting the melancholy loss of Her Majesty's ship Camilla , in the Japanese waters . Lord Robert Montagu was ventilating his views on the Schleswig-Holstein question , when the House was counted out . Ou . AVednesday , Sir John Trelawny moved the third reading of the Church-rate Abolition Bill . He was followed by Mr . Collier , who
analysed Mr . Sotheron Estcourt ' s scheme , and pointed out its great and radical defects . Mr . Estcourt himself , after paying a high compliment to the good faith which Sir J . Trelawny had exhibited , proceeded to explain and defend his own measure , and fco set forth fcjie principles upon which , in his judgment , a compromise might be based . He moved that the bill be read a second time that day three months . Mr . H . Lewis , in a maiden speech , supported , and Mr . Cross , who again brought forward his own plan , opposed the bill .
Sir G . C . Lev / is expressed his determination to vote for the third reading , ancl advocated a system of pew rents as a substitute for church-rates . After speeches from Mr . Newclegate and Mr . Buxton , the latter supporting Mr . Estcourt's compromise , Mr . Bright showed how that scheme would render church-rates perpetual in many parts of the country , rncl expressed his conviction that if , as at Manchester ancl Rochdale , the Church would throw herself upon the voluntary princileshe would have no reason to regret the
p , change . After speeches by Mr . Hubbard , Mr . Stansfeld , and Mr . AAliiteside , the House divided . The result was a tie , there being for the third reading 274 , ancl the same number against ifc . The opposition indulged in vociferous cheering , whicli was renewed upon tlie speaker declariner that he should give his vote with the Noes , having gathered before the debate that the majority of the members were iu favour of a settlement other than that contained in the bill . Before the debate on church-rates Sir Charles Bnrrell moved
the second reading of his AAlndow-cleanmg Bill . This singular attempt at legislation was defeated by a majority of forty-one . GEXERAI HOME NEWS . —The number of deaths registered in the metropolis last week was 1121 , showing a trifling excess over the two previous weeks . Of births there were 1943—boys 1017 , ancl girls , 926 . The mean height of the barometer was 29-859 inches , and au average temperature of 60-5 degrees was recorded by tbe thermometer . Tuesdays Gazette announces that the
dignity of a K . C . B . has been conferred upon Lord Dufferin , the British member of the late European Commission in Syria . The 160 th anniversary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts wa ? celebrated in St . Paul ' s Cathedral on Tuesday . The Bishop of Ripon preached the sermon . The operations of the society in India and the colonies are very extensive , and its income during the last year amounted to upwards of £ 90 , 000 . On
Tuesday both houses of Convocation of fche Province of Canterbury assembled afc their usual place of meeting . In the upper House a request which had been made for the appointment of a committee of the Lower House in regard to a new Church hymnal was taken into consideration . After a good deal of discussion their lordships agreed that it was not advisable to proceed with the matter at present . Ifc was also agreed to send an intimation to the Lower House that their lordships did not approve of the alteration which had been made in the 29 th canon affecting the sponsorship at baptism . In the Lower House Archdeacon Denison , as
chairman of the committee appointed to examine the " Essays and Reviews , " read the report agreed to by the committee , which was discussed on the following days . It having been shown by experiment at Shoeburyness that eight , ancl even ten inch iron plates are easily pierced and shattered by heavy Armstrong guns , —the resistance which strong iron bars are capable of offering to the same ordnances has , within the last few days , been tested . Two batteries
composed of 10-inch and 8-inch bars were set up and strengthened in every possible way , but the projectiles thrown from the guns went crashing through the formidable fabrics , splintering the bars , and forcing back the Masonry and woodwork behind . The result of these trials , seems to confirm Sir Hope Grant ' s opinion of the Armstrong gun , that it is the most terrible weapon of destruction in the possession of any government . .
On Saturday night a terrific fire broke out on the premises of Messrs Parr , Curtis , and Madeley , of Manchester , who are the largest self-acting mule manufacturers in the kingdom , by ivhich property was destroyed to the enormous extent of between £ 100 , 000 and £ 120 , 000 . A meeting of the creditors of Messrs . Eaikes and Co . of the Hull and East Eicling Bank , was held on Tuesday when it was resolved to wind up the concern under the private
arrangement clauses . The liabilities amount to £ 89 , 025 , and the assets are set clown in the balance sheet at close upon £ 22 , 140 . The dividend anticipated , therefore , is about 5 s . in the pound . The bad debts of the concern amount to about £ 180 , 000 . It is stated in the Daily News that the number of Masons now out on strike in London is greater than during the lock-out of 1 S 59-60 . The Operatives' Committee report additions to the number of employers
who have accepted their compromise , and they appear to be confident that they will be able to force their terms upon a very considerable proportion ofthe firms who yet hold out . An inquest has been held on the body of Martha Holliday , who was so brutall y murdered , at Kingswood Eectory , on Monday night last . The family of the incumbent having gone from home for a few days , the deceased was left in charge of the house , and on Tuesday morning her lifeless body was found in the bed-room , the murder
having evidently been perpetrated under circumstances of great barbarity . The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . There were evidently two or more persons concerned in the terrible transaction , and ifc appears to be pretty certain that plunder was the immediate object of the ruffians . In the room where the murder was committed a bundle of letters was fouud which had apparently been dropped by one of the men in the hurry of retreat . These documents shciv
that the owner was a German , and that had he applied to Mdlle . Tietiens , the celebrated singer , who had kindly consented to defray the expences of his passage back to his native country . Further evidence of the movements of two foreigners in the neighbourhood have been obtained , and a reward of £ 200 is offered for their apprehension , one-half of which will be paid by the Home Office , ancl the other by Mr . Alcock , M . P . At the
Central Criminal Court on Friday , William Crane , porter , Joseph Barker , shoemaker , Peter Debock , silk dealer , and John Newton , silk dealer , were charged with stealing ten bales of silk , worth £ 1000 , the property of the St . Katharine ' s Dock Company . The evidence , which is very voluminous , ivas not got through , and the trial was adjourned till the following day , when Newton , Crane , and Barker were acquitted , and Debock was found guilty . A sentence of IS months' imprisonment was passed upon him . At the Surrey Sessions , Charles Collins , the man who escaped from
the Southwark Police Court , ancl who was subsequently captured afc Manchester , was sentenced to four years' penal servitude for stealinna watch . In the Court of Queen's Bench on Saturday , an action was brought against the Great Northern Railway Company to recover damages for an accident attended by a fatal result . The plaintiff was Mrs Pymm , whose husband , a magistrate of the county of Hertford , met with his death while travelling last year by a Manchester express train . A verdict was returned for
the plaintiff . Damages , £ 1000 for the widow , and £ 1500 each for eight children . This gives the enormous total of £ 13 , 000 . An action has been brought in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , by AVilliam Mabe , lately a butler in the service of Lord Saltoun , by which the plaintiff claimed to recover wages , and also damages for an assault alleged to have been eommitteed by his lordship . The defence was that Mabe , the butler , had created a disturbance , ancl that , bein"
drunk and incapable of performing his duties , violence had to be used to remove him from tbe house . The circumstances took place during certain marriage festivities at his lordship's residence . A verdict was returned for Lord Saltoun . A most amusing trial has taken place in the Court of Common Pleas to-day . A sculptor brought an action against the celebrated cantafcrice Mdlle . Tiefcjens for the price of a bust of herself , whicli the sculptor had executed . The latter maintained that the bust was to be charged for ; the prima donna insisted that the sculptor had worked for the honour of it , and for indirect profits which
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The Week.
county of Cork ; but , Lord Palmerston , having pronounced in favour of Middlesex , in consequence of the rejection of the Ministerial proposal to enfranchise Chelsea-cum-Kensington , Mr . Knightley moved a resolution awarding a third member to the metropolitan county . This was stoutly opposed by Mr . Disraeli , who argued in support of Mr . Collins ' s scheme for splitting the AVesfc Riding up into two constituencieseach to return two members . On a division
, being taken on Mr . Knightley ' s motion , the Government again found itself unfortunate in its selection—a majority of fifty appearing against the proposition to increase the representation of Middlesex . The Chelsea clause of the bill was then negatived , on the motion of Sir G . C . Lewis , who gave notice that , at a future stage , he should move a clause for dividing the AVest Riding into two constituencies , each to have the privilege of returning two
members . The clause enfranchising Birkenhead was passed by a large majority , and the bill passed through Committee . The remainder of the sitting was almost entirely occupied with the discussion of the clauses of the County Surveyors ( Ireland ) Bill . On Tuesday , tbe House held a morning sitting , the greater part of which was occupied with the discussion of the clauses of the Harbours Bill—a measure whicli provides for the abolition of passing tollsancl ives power to local authorities to borrow money
, g from the Government , at a low rate of interest , for the improvement and maintenance of harbours . Mr . Thompson moved thafc thebillbe referred to a Select Committee , but the proposition was opposedbyMr . Milner Gibson , and was ultimately withdrawn . Several clauses were then agreed to . At , the evening sitting , Mr . M . Gibson stated in reply to Mr . Pease , that the slaver Nightingale , recently captured on the AVest Coast of Africawas an American shipthough
, , she cleared from Liverpool . Lord Clarence Paget , in answer to a question from Mr . AVyld , said there could be no doubt respecting the melancholy loss of Her Majesty's ship Camilla , in the Japanese waters . Lord Robert Montagu was ventilating his views on the Schleswig-Holstein question , when the House was counted out . Ou . AVednesday , Sir John Trelawny moved the third reading of the Church-rate Abolition Bill . He was followed by Mr . Collier , who
analysed Mr . Sotheron Estcourt ' s scheme , and pointed out its great and radical defects . Mr . Estcourt himself , after paying a high compliment to the good faith which Sir J . Trelawny had exhibited , proceeded to explain and defend his own measure , and fco set forth fcjie principles upon which , in his judgment , a compromise might be based . He moved that the bill be read a second time that day three months . Mr . H . Lewis , in a maiden speech , supported , and Mr . Cross , who again brought forward his own plan , opposed the bill .
Sir G . C . Lev / is expressed his determination to vote for the third reading , ancl advocated a system of pew rents as a substitute for church-rates . After speeches from Mr . Newclegate and Mr . Buxton , the latter supporting Mr . Estcourt's compromise , Mr . Bright showed how that scheme would render church-rates perpetual in many parts of the country , rncl expressed his conviction that if , as at Manchester ancl Rochdale , the Church would throw herself upon the voluntary princileshe would have no reason to regret the
p , change . After speeches by Mr . Hubbard , Mr . Stansfeld , and Mr . AAliiteside , the House divided . The result was a tie , there being for the third reading 274 , ancl the same number against ifc . The opposition indulged in vociferous cheering , whicli was renewed upon tlie speaker declariner that he should give his vote with the Noes , having gathered before the debate that the majority of the members were iu favour of a settlement other than that contained in the bill . Before the debate on church-rates Sir Charles Bnrrell moved
the second reading of his AAlndow-cleanmg Bill . This singular attempt at legislation was defeated by a majority of forty-one . GEXERAI HOME NEWS . —The number of deaths registered in the metropolis last week was 1121 , showing a trifling excess over the two previous weeks . Of births there were 1943—boys 1017 , ancl girls , 926 . The mean height of the barometer was 29-859 inches , and au average temperature of 60-5 degrees was recorded by tbe thermometer . Tuesdays Gazette announces that the
dignity of a K . C . B . has been conferred upon Lord Dufferin , the British member of the late European Commission in Syria . The 160 th anniversary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts wa ? celebrated in St . Paul ' s Cathedral on Tuesday . The Bishop of Ripon preached the sermon . The operations of the society in India and the colonies are very extensive , and its income during the last year amounted to upwards of £ 90 , 000 . On
Tuesday both houses of Convocation of fche Province of Canterbury assembled afc their usual place of meeting . In the upper House a request which had been made for the appointment of a committee of the Lower House in regard to a new Church hymnal was taken into consideration . After a good deal of discussion their lordships agreed that it was not advisable to proceed with the matter at present . Ifc was also agreed to send an intimation to the Lower House that their lordships did not approve of the alteration which had been made in the 29 th canon affecting the sponsorship at baptism . In the Lower House Archdeacon Denison , as
chairman of the committee appointed to examine the " Essays and Reviews , " read the report agreed to by the committee , which was discussed on the following days . It having been shown by experiment at Shoeburyness that eight , ancl even ten inch iron plates are easily pierced and shattered by heavy Armstrong guns , —the resistance which strong iron bars are capable of offering to the same ordnances has , within the last few days , been tested . Two batteries
composed of 10-inch and 8-inch bars were set up and strengthened in every possible way , but the projectiles thrown from the guns went crashing through the formidable fabrics , splintering the bars , and forcing back the Masonry and woodwork behind . The result of these trials , seems to confirm Sir Hope Grant ' s opinion of the Armstrong gun , that it is the most terrible weapon of destruction in the possession of any government . .
On Saturday night a terrific fire broke out on the premises of Messrs Parr , Curtis , and Madeley , of Manchester , who are the largest self-acting mule manufacturers in the kingdom , by ivhich property was destroyed to the enormous extent of between £ 100 , 000 and £ 120 , 000 . A meeting of the creditors of Messrs . Eaikes and Co . of the Hull and East Eicling Bank , was held on Tuesday when it was resolved to wind up the concern under the private
arrangement clauses . The liabilities amount to £ 89 , 025 , and the assets are set clown in the balance sheet at close upon £ 22 , 140 . The dividend anticipated , therefore , is about 5 s . in the pound . The bad debts of the concern amount to about £ 180 , 000 . It is stated in the Daily News that the number of Masons now out on strike in London is greater than during the lock-out of 1 S 59-60 . The Operatives' Committee report additions to the number of employers
who have accepted their compromise , and they appear to be confident that they will be able to force their terms upon a very considerable proportion ofthe firms who yet hold out . An inquest has been held on the body of Martha Holliday , who was so brutall y murdered , at Kingswood Eectory , on Monday night last . The family of the incumbent having gone from home for a few days , the deceased was left in charge of the house , and on Tuesday morning her lifeless body was found in the bed-room , the murder
having evidently been perpetrated under circumstances of great barbarity . The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . There were evidently two or more persons concerned in the terrible transaction , and ifc appears to be pretty certain that plunder was the immediate object of the ruffians . In the room where the murder was committed a bundle of letters was fouud which had apparently been dropped by one of the men in the hurry of retreat . These documents shciv
that the owner was a German , and that had he applied to Mdlle . Tietiens , the celebrated singer , who had kindly consented to defray the expences of his passage back to his native country . Further evidence of the movements of two foreigners in the neighbourhood have been obtained , and a reward of £ 200 is offered for their apprehension , one-half of which will be paid by the Home Office , ancl the other by Mr . Alcock , M . P . At the
Central Criminal Court on Friday , William Crane , porter , Joseph Barker , shoemaker , Peter Debock , silk dealer , and John Newton , silk dealer , were charged with stealing ten bales of silk , worth £ 1000 , the property of the St . Katharine ' s Dock Company . The evidence , which is very voluminous , ivas not got through , and the trial was adjourned till the following day , when Newton , Crane , and Barker were acquitted , and Debock was found guilty . A sentence of IS months' imprisonment was passed upon him . At the Surrey Sessions , Charles Collins , the man who escaped from
the Southwark Police Court , ancl who was subsequently captured afc Manchester , was sentenced to four years' penal servitude for stealinna watch . In the Court of Queen's Bench on Saturday , an action was brought against the Great Northern Railway Company to recover damages for an accident attended by a fatal result . The plaintiff was Mrs Pymm , whose husband , a magistrate of the county of Hertford , met with his death while travelling last year by a Manchester express train . A verdict was returned for
the plaintiff . Damages , £ 1000 for the widow , and £ 1500 each for eight children . This gives the enormous total of £ 13 , 000 . An action has been brought in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , by AVilliam Mabe , lately a butler in the service of Lord Saltoun , by which the plaintiff claimed to recover wages , and also damages for an assault alleged to have been eommitteed by his lordship . The defence was that Mabe , the butler , had created a disturbance , ancl that , bein"
drunk and incapable of performing his duties , violence had to be used to remove him from tbe house . The circumstances took place during certain marriage festivities at his lordship's residence . A verdict was returned for Lord Saltoun . A most amusing trial has taken place in the Court of Common Pleas to-day . A sculptor brought an action against the celebrated cantafcrice Mdlle . Tiefcjens for the price of a bust of herself , whicli the sculptor had executed . The latter maintained that the bust was to be charged for ; the prima donna insisted that the sculptor had worked for the honour of it , and for indirect profits which