The Week.

American flagship Colorado , and two other vessels forming the squadron under Admiral Goldsborough , have arrived at Southampton . Charles Mayhew , the person charged with having for some great length of time carried on a regular system of bribery whereby gentlemen summoned to act as jurors and not liking to serve gofc out of doing so without incurring the pecuniary penalty , ami whereby himself gained a livelihood ,

surrendered in discharge of his recognisances on the loth inst . at the Guildhall police-court . The city solicitor stated that he had the names of no less than ( ifteen persons whom the prisoner had from time to time represented in the manner complained of , and naturally enough expressed surprise that respectable gentlemen , as they all had the character of being , should

lend themselves to such practice ? . After some additional evidence in support of the charge had been adduced , the city solicitor requested a remand , in consequence of the non-attendance of an important witness , ancl intimated thafc in the next case he intended to bring against the prisoner he should charge him with forgery as well as

perjury . Mr . Alderman Abbiss , the presiding magistrate , declared the charge brought against tlie accused to be very serious , and remarked that the more ifc was developed the more important it became ; but , taking into consideration the age of the prisoner and the state of his health , agreed to accept au increased bail of two sureties in 250 Z . each ancl the prisoner himself in 500 i .

The prisoner was remanded on those terms . Sir Arthur Cotton , who has been long and favourably known for his persistent efforts to promote the means of intercommunication in India , has written a p . qier which shows how successful works of 'irrigation have proved wherever tbey bave been carried out , and how greatly the country still lacks improvements of tliis character . Hy the death of Sir John Pollard Willoughby ,

Bart ., a vacancy has occurred in Her Majesty ' s Council for India . On the 17 th inst . was resumed the inquiry respecting the death of the child who , while suffering from cholera-, was brought the other day to the Hackney Workhouse , and was refused admission , and who died next morning at tbe German Hospital , death being , as alleged , accelerated , if not caused , by

the length of time the workhouse oliicials allowed the poor little fellow to remain outside the entrance of the workhouse . The jury expressed their opinion that the master of the workhouse had committed a serious error of judgment . A deplorable shipwreck has taken p ' ace in the Prince's Channel , near the Nore . During the heavy gale on the 14 th inst . the

brig Meliance struck on the Girdler Sand , ' and then drifted into the Alexandra , and from thence into the Prince ' s Channel , where she sank . The captain and several of the crew were unfortunately drowned . On the 17 th inst . a large number of unemployed dockyard artisans assembled on Depttord-green , for the purpose of devising some means whereby the distress which

has resulted from the present depression in the ship-building trade can be alleviated . It appears that for some mouths past , the greatest distress has existed among the iron shipbuilding population on both sides of the Thames , owing fco the general depression in that particular trade , and that the condition of the several thousand : ' who have been thrown oufc of employment is

becoming every day worse and more deserving of pity and relief It is said that in the yard of one establishment , where several thousands used to find employment , scarcely a dozen men are at ivork . Many suggestions were thrown out at tlie meeting , to meet the crisis that lias arisen . One was that the attention of the Admiralty should be drawn to the matter , with

the object of inducing their lordships to consider the claims of these unemployed persons to a goodly share of any work that may be going . If the Lords of the Adniiraly seriously contemplate

any additions to the Eoyal Navy—and it is pretty generally reported that some steam rams and other works are about to be ordered—tbe suggestion will probably be considered . A meeting in behalf of the Permissive Bill movement was held afc the Agricultural Hall on the 17 th inst . Dr . Edmonds and other speakers enforced the views of the United Kingdom

Alliance ; and the resolutions were unanimously adopted . Afc a meeting held afc the- Whittington Club , measures have been taken to establish an Industrial Partnership Clothiers' Company in the metropolis . Dr . Burns , who presided , referred to the success of the co-operative movement in the North of England as an irrefutable argument in favour of similar experiments in

London . He gave a very lucid explanation of the principles upon which the projected company would be based . Further explanations were given by the other speakers , aud the resolutions , which were of an eminently practical character , met with an unanimous and enthusiastic response from a crowded meeting . A Charles Collins , saicl to bo respectably connected .

ancl a member of a volunteer corps , and a William Allen , were brought before the presiding magistrate at the Lambeth Policecourt on the 10 th inst ., charged with obtaining money by false pretences and by fictitious cheques . The evidence adduced led to the belief that a very extensive swindle had been discovered , and that the parties to it had succeeded in defrauding a number

of tradesmen at Southampton . Committed for trial . — The Great " Eastern reached her moorings at Liverpool , on the 19 th inst . The funeral of the bite Mr . Edward Tinsley took place also . There was a considerable attendance of literary men on the mournful occasion . The trial of Jeffery for the ¦* t . Giles' murder took place at the Central Criminal Court , on the 20 th inst . Mary Butcher , who murdered her two children by drowning them tn a tub of water , has been declared to be of

unsound mind , and her trial was in consequence indefinitely postponed . "Died from drinking bad water" is a more terse rendering of the verdict passed by a coroner's jury which , sat at Poplar . The unfortunate man whose death was the subject of inquiry drank a quantity of water from a pump in Bow Creek , and in a lew hours he died of cholera . Dr . Letheby's

analysis of the water established the fact that it was impregnated witii noxious matter . Tiiis pump should be instantly closed . An inquest has been hehl on the body of the man who was burnt to death at the fire which occurred the othernight , at Professor Holloivay ' s pill ancl ointment establishment . During tlie inquiry the rather startling fact was adduced thafc in

tbe cellar under Professor Holloivay's shop a dangerous manufacturing process is carried on . On the night of the fire the cellarman wits , as usual , attending to the copper , which contained between 12 cwt- and 14 cwt . of ointment , described as a very inflammable material . The duty of the cellarman was to sweep up the cellar and leave it tidy . It appears that he attempted to

put tbe lid on the copper , and that on doing so a draft ivhich the closing of the lid had caused , attracted the gas-jet , which was above the top of the copper , a little to the side , and without anything in tbe shape of explosion the copper and it contents became suddenly a mass of flame . The deceased was one of those who came to assist in extinguishing the flames .

The coroner , iu summing up , remarked that having 12 cwt . of boiling fat in the cellar iu question was like sleeping over a volcano to those who lived near . The verdict of the jury was " Accidental suffocation . " They added to ther verdict the recommendation that one of the superintendents should remain in future until he saw the gas-jets put out , and the lid

put on The Cornish miners are leaving their homes by thousands . Many are emigrating to Australia and America , while others are seeking employment in the coal-fields of South