The Week.

become a tool in the hands of Russia to advance the designs of that Power . He went at great length into the history of the question , and contended that Denmark had been guilty of great oppression in the Duchies . He declared that the recent policy of the Government had deprived England of all influence on the Continent , and asked the Opposition to support his resolution , which was to the effect that it is unjust and inexpedient to insist upon the provisions of the

Treaty of 1852 , as a basis of the Dano-German dispute . Mr Peacocke moved an amendment to the effect that the Danish Government in this approaching Conference should be called on to maintain tbe provisions of tho Treaty of 1852 . He' deprecated the moving of the previous question , as tending to create an idea in the country that the Opposition had no policy on this matter . Mr . A . Egerton supported the amendment . The discussion was continued bMr . G . DuffLord Robert

Mony , tagu , Mr . C . Bentinck , Mr . Baillie Cochrane , Mr . Newdegate , Sir IT . Verney , and Mr . Liddell . Mr . Layard condemned the discussion of this question on the eve of the meeting of the Conference . He went through the statements of Mr . Osborne , and controverted them . Mr . Disraeli , while declaring that he disapproved entirely of the policy of the Government , agreed that this was not a fitting time to discuss the question . He

denounced the delay of the Government in producing papers , ancl said the whole of the difficulties had arisen through the refusal of the Government to assent to the Congress proposed by France . Lord Palmerston defended the Government , ancl contended that in refusing to take part in the proposed Congress they had correctly represented the opinion of England . After a few words from Mr . Kinglake , Mr . Osborne withdrew Iiis motion . On Wednesday , Mr . Blake moved the second

reading of the Grand Juries ( Ireland ) Bill , the chief object of which was to separate the fiscal from the criminal business transacted by the juries . Mr . Dawson moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months . A lengthy discussion followed , after which the bill was thrown out , on a division , by 150 votes to 27 . —The second reading of the forfeiture of Lands ancl Goods Bill was postponed to tbe 18 th of June . — The Chief Rents ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time after some discussion .

GENERAL HOIIE JSEWS . —The date of mortality is still high for the season . The deaths last week numbered 1 , 523 , while the average number for the last ten years only amounted to 1 , 361 More than half the number of deaths last week were of persons under twenty years of age . The births for the week were 1 , 972 children , ivhich is rather below the average . Mr . Farnall ' s fortnightly return read at the meeting of the Central Relief Committee of Lancashire , showed a further

reduction of between 7 , 000 and 8 , 000 in the number of persons receiving parochial relief in the cotton manufacturing districts . The Poor-Law Board ' s statement for the past week is not so cheerful as its predecessor . The total decrease of pauperism was only 290 . The diminution in the number of the adult ¦ able-bodied paupers , however , was 800 ; at the same time , two or three unions show an increase in that class . Rochdale relieved 209 Blackburn 93 ancl Chorlton 47 more than in the

, , previous week . The Convocation of the Province of Canterbury met on Tuesday . Archdeacon Bickersteth was unanimously elected Prolocutor in the room of the Dean of Bristol , who has retired on the score of ill-health . The dispatch of business was then proceeded with . The death of the Bishop of Peterborough is announced . He will he chiefly remembered as tutor to Her Majesty when Princess Victoria . He died at the venerable of eighty-four . The Lord Mayor

prosided at a meeting at tho Mansion House , on Monday , when Mr . Cowper and Mr . Tite , M . P ., appeared as a deputation from the Shakespeare Committee to urge upon the citizens the desirableness of erecting a monument to Shakespeare , somewhere in Piccadilly , which should be worthy of Shakespeare , worthy of London , and worthy of the art of the nineteenth century . Something less than £ 3 , 000 has been subscribed for this great

work , ancl the deputation thought if the citizens would put their shoulder to the wheel they would raise what was yet , wanting . The citizens present appointed a committee . A Reform Conference , attended by delegates from a number of towns , was opened in Manchester , on Wednesday , under the presidency of Mr . George Wilson . A report from " the Executive " was read , laying down the proposed basis of the new agitation . The programme recommended for adoption was " such an extension of the franchise as will confer the suffrage , in counties as well as in boroughs , upon every mile person ,

householder or lodger , rated or liable to be rated for the relief of the poor , together with a more equitable distribution of seats , vote by ballot , ancl a limitation of the duration of Parliament to three years . " This was not comprehensive enough to meet the views of Mr . Earnest Jones and several other delegates , who would agitate for nothing less than " registered manhood suffrage" —the new name , apparently , for universal ' suffrage ; bub , after a long discussion , " the Executive ' s" report was carried

by a large majority . -The arrivals of cotton at Liverpool during the last ten or twelve days have been very heavy , the value of the whole being estimated at from five to six millions sterling . The Alexandra has been restored to her owners by the Government . The Inman steamer City of New York , which recently struck on Daunt's Rock , near Cork , has become a total loss . She parted in two on Tuesday , and at once disappeared . On Thursday , the 14 th , General Garibaldi visited Mr . P . A .

Taylor , M . P ., at Campden Hill , and thence proceeded to the residence of Signor A . Campanella , at Maids Hill . In the evening he visited the Royal Italian Opera , and-was most enthusiastically greeted by the audience . Soon after ten o'clock on Friday morning , General Garibaldi , accompanied by the Duke of Sutherland , proceeded by the Midland Railway to Bedford , to witness so ne interesting experiments in steam loughing and other agricultural operationswhich were

conp , ducted by Messrs . Howard , the well-known implement-makers of that town . The clay was favourable ancl the General was much interested in this , to him , novel application of science to agriculture . As on all former occasions every spot at which a view of Garibaldi could be obtained was crowded with enthusiastic spectators . On Saturday morning the General paid a visit to the brewery of Messrs . Barclay and Perkins—that establishment which almost verifies the dictum of old Dr . Samuel

Johnson ( when it—the brewery , not the dictum—was Thrale ' s ) that " it possessed a potentiality of wealth beyond the dreams of avarice . " In the afternoon Garibaldi went to the Crystal Palace , accompanied by the Duke of Sutherland and the Earl of Shaftesbury , to receive an addreses from his Italian countrymen now in London . Therewasanimmenseattendanceofthewealthierclasses , and the road from London to S 3 'denham put one in mind of a Derby clay . Garibaldi was received at the entrance to the palace by

his countrymen , to whom he spoke in an animated manner in his own language , eulogising the people ancl the institutions of England and dwelling upon all the aid that England had given Italy iu the cause of tbe national independence . He was then conducted to luncheon , and afterwards occupied a place in the central transept , when loud and prolonged cheering burst forth from the assembled thousands . The addresses and swords to him and his son Menotti

were then presented , after ivhich there was a concert of Italian music , including , of course , Garibaldi ' s Hymn . On Monday he paid a second visit to the Crystal Palace , where about 60 addresses were presented to him , and where from 20 , 000 to 30 , 000 of the middle and working classes were assembled to see him . The day was lovely and Garibaldi had the opportunity of seeing that unequalled building and its

magnificent grounds lighted up with brilliant sunshine which was denied him on Saturday , but the effect of which once seen is never forgotten . The reception of the general by the vast assembly was as enthusiastic as on any former occasion . In the course ofthe day it became generally rumoured that the general was about forthwith to leave England in consequence of his health , which was confirmed the next day though the cause

was doubted . A private meeting of noblemen and gentlemen was held on Tuesday , at Stafford House , to consider the propriety of presenting the general with some substantial mark of admiration . It was unanimously agreed that a subscription , should be raised for the purpose , and nearly £ 2 , 000 was subscribed by those present . On Wednesday the general made his entry into the City amid the greatest demonstrations of popular

enthusiasm . The crowd , of course , was not so great as on the occasion of his arrival in the metropolis , ancl it was distributed over a much larger area . The ceremony at the Guildhall scarcely occupied an hour . Mr . Scott , the Chamberlain , addressed the general in a most eloquent and appropriate speech ; and Garibaldi ' s reply , which was brief and to the point , was enthusiastically applauded . Tho weather was everything that could be

desired ; indeed , Juno or July could have produced a lovelier day The question of the departure of Garibaldi from England was warmly discussed in the evening at a meeting of the joint committees . Mr . Seely made a statement as to the canses which had led the General to arrive at his determination , and espe-