The Week.

an end , and the members of the Committee are relieved from the anxious duties to which they have devoted themselves with such conspicuous zeal during the whole period of our suffering . Before separating , they put upon formal record their sense of the assistance rendered to the manufacturing districts by the Poor-law Board , and by the official commissioners—Mr .

Farnail and Mr . Rawlinson . Theresult of the conferences between a committee of Her Majesty ' s Government and the Canadian delegation is stated in a despatch which Mr . Cardwell has addressed to Lord Monck . On the first of the five questions submitted for consideration , that of the confederation of the British North American provinces , the assurance Avas repeated

that the imperial Government" will use every means of influence " for the realisation of the project . On the question of the defence of Canada , the delegation " expressed unreservedly the desire of Canada to devote her whole resources , both in men and money , for the maintenance of her connection with the mother country , " but they made various suggestions , the nature of

which is explained by the following passage in the despatch : — "On the part of Her Majesty ' s Government we assented to the reasonableness of the proposal that if the province undertook the primary liability for the works of defence mentioned in the letter of Lieutenant Colonel Jervois , and showed a sufficient security , Her Majesty's Government should apply to Parliament

for the amount required , and her Her Majesty's Government would furnish the armaments for the works . But we said that the desire and decision of the provincial legislature ought to be pronounced before any application was made to the Imperial Parliament . " With regard to the Reciprocity Treaty , it was intimated that Sir Frederick Bruce "had already received instructions to negociate for a renewal of the treaty , and to act in concert with the Government of Canada . " It

Avas agreed that the North-western territory should be handed over to Canada , and that negotiations should be opened with the Hudson's Bay Company for the termination of their rights , ijhe imperial Government to guarantee the Company's indemnity , provided the amount demanded be " reasonable and the ¦ security sufficient . " A meeting was held at Willis ' s Rooms yesterday to raise funds for the benefit of St . Nicholas's

Middleclass College , at Lancing , Sussex . The Archbishop of Canterbury presided . The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the first resolution in a very earnest speech , in which he strongly enforced the necessity of making provision for the sound education of what was called the lower middle class . The meeting was altogether most successful . Some time ago the

Rev . Mr . Gueritz , the rector of Colj'ton in Devonshire , refused to read the Burial Service at the funeral of one of his parishioners . The ^ deceased was a Unitarian at the time of his death , but he had been baptised by a clergyman of the Church . His friends appealed to the Bishop of Exeter , and on Wednesday his Lordship gave judgment , —admonishing Mr . Gueritz against

similar conduct in future , and sentencing him to pay the cost of the proceedings . The Bishop of Norwich held his triennial visitation yesterday . The right rev . prelate , in his charge , condemned latitudinarianisin on the one hand , and the Romanistic tendencies which have latel y invaded his diocese , on the other . He besought his clergy to submit with soberness to the

rule of "this church , " and to aim at increased earnestness , godliness , and prayer . We regret to have to announce the death of Dr . John Graham , Bishop of Chester , Avhich took place at an early hour yesterday morning . The deceased Prelate was born at Durham , in 1794 ; graduated at Cambridge as fourth wrangler in 1816 ; was appointed master of his college ( Christ ' s ) in 1830 ; and eighteen years later Avas consecrated Bishop of Chester . He was also Clerk of the Closet ,

and before his elevation to the Episcopate was one of the late Prince Consort's Chaplains . ——At a meeting of the Common Council yesterday it was agreed , with two dissenting voices , that a bust of the late Mr . Cobden should be placed in the common hall , the cost of which should not exceed £ 200 . A letter from Mrs . Cobden , acknowledging the address of condolence presented to her by the council on her husband ' s death ,

was ordered to be recorded on the journals of the court . A breach of promise case Avas tried in the Bail Court yesterday . The plaintiff was a working tailoress named Brown ,- and Mr . Mead , the defendant , lias a business as confectioner in the neighbourhood of Seven Dials . The plaintiff had lived as servant in Mead ' s house during his first Avife ' s lifetime , and

that lady appears to have recommended her as a suitable successor after her death . The day of the marriage was fixed , but Mead married another person . The defendant ' s counsel eould not struggle against the facts , and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £ 40 . A breach of promise case , Hepburn against De Robeck , Avas speedily and quietly settled

before Mr . Baron Martin . The case was marked for a special jury , but through some mistake no jury panel was annexed to the record , audit became a question for the parties whether they would try by a common jury . Mr . Hawkins , Q . C ., Avho appeared for the plaintiff , informed his lordship that if a few minutes were allowed for consultation , much time might eventually be saved .

Another trial was then proceeded with , and Mr . Hawkins entered into communication with Mr . ICarslake , Q . C ., Avho represented the defendant , and it was ultimately announced that the parties had agreed that his lordship should , as a jury , find a verdict for the plaintiff with £ 1 , 200 damages . His lordship accordingly did so . An action for damages for wrongful dismissal , was tried before Mr . Commissioner Kerr , in the

Sheriff ' s Court . The plaintiff was called a liar by the superintendent of the department in which he Avas employed by the defendant , Mr . Wilson , and that epithet he resented by striking the superintendent a blow in the face . He was pummarily dismissed , and now claimed damages in lieu of the usual notice . Mr . Commissioner Kerr held that , under the circumstances , the

action could not be sustained , but said he could not blame a man who resented being called a liar by a blow . In his opinion , both parties should have been dismissed , or neither . A shocking case of cruelty to a wife was before the Bow-street court . The accused was Thomas O'Brien , a shoemaker , and his wife said she had long endured the cruel treatment of her husband , but it

was " slow death" to her , and now had determined to bring him before a magistrate . This morning ( continued the poor woman ) he came home to our lod ging , at 20 , Ship-yard , Temple-bar , while I Avas in bed and asleep . He woke me by dragging me out of the bed by the hair of my head , knocked me about the face and head , and bit my arm ( exhibiting the

Avound . ) I had given him no provocation , being fast asleep . He was drunk . The prisoner's defence was that his wife was given to drink , but the magistrate told him if it were so ( which the wife denied ) the fact would be no excuse , and remanded him for a week for further evidence . At Clerkenwell , a man named Edward Jones , was charged with attempting to murder

a girl named Stone at a house of vicious resort in Somer ' s-town . A policeman , who was called to the house , described the condition in which he found the girl , and said that he was told by the inmates that she and Jones had been fighting for two hours , but nobody had interfered with them . The magistrate remanded the prisoner , Avho had a very narrow escape of Lynch

law from the mob which thronged the streets leading to the court . A man named Christopher Musgrave was brought up at Bow-street police-court , charged Avith having Avrit-