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The Week.
o'clock p . m ., for Kelso , on a visit to tho Duko and Duchess of Roxburgho , at . Floors Castle . IMPERIAL PAKLIAJIEXI . —The HOUSE or LOHDS sat a short time on tho 17 th insfc ., and put several bills forward a ' stage . On the 19 th inst . some bills wero disposed of . The Archbishop of Canterbury stated that the report of the ritual
commission was being sent round to the commissioners to bo signed , after which it would be laid before her Majesty , and , if approved , published . The Earl of Shaftesbury complained bitterly of the delay which had taken place in producing the report . It would be impossible now for hiiv . to proceed with the Clerical Vestments Bill this session . Tho Archbishop of
Canterbury and the Bishop of London defended the commission , and the matter dropped . On the 20 th inst . the House sat for a short time to complete tbe remaining business of the session . The Commons' amendments to the Skipton Grammar School Bill wero considered and agreed to , and the bill ( No . 2 ) to make provision for tbe expenses of fortifications was read a
third time and passed . Tbe HorsE or Coiraoxs had a short sitting on tbe 19 th inst . The business done bad no public interest . On the 20 th inst . the House sat for a short time to finish off tbe remaining business , and thus prepare for the prorogation . Tbe members gave the finishing touch to their remaining business , and then attended in the House of Lords to
hear the royal assent given to forty-two bills , including the Appropriation Bill . After disposing of tho business , tho Houso adjourned . Parliament was prorogued on the 21 st inst . The proceedings wero of the usual uninteresting and formal character . Tho remaining bills wero converted into Acts by receiving tho Royal Assent , the Lord Chancellor , iu tho presence of a fow officials and curious spectators , read tbe Queen ' s Speech , and tho Reform Session of ISO" was at an end . The Queen ' s Speech
was generally jubilant . Our foreign relations aro friendly , and wo havo reconciled Franco and Prussia . The King of Abyssinia is obstinate , and therefore force is to be used to compel him to giro up our countrymen whom ho holds prisoners . Ireland is tranquillised , thanks to the valour of our troops , tho admirable conduct of tho police , aud tho loyalty of tiie people . Some taxes havo boon removed from shipping , and a postal convention with
tho United States has reduced tho rate of postage between the two countries by ono half . Tho Confederation of tho North American colonies has been aceomiilisbed . Greatest work of all —tho reform Bill has been jiassed , and her Majesty hopes that those who aro for the first time admitted to the exercise of tho elective franchise may prove themselves worthy of tho confidence
reposed in them . Tho Factory Acts have been extended ; a Trades' Unions Commission appointed , and the administration of tho poor laws in the metropolis improved . Thinking of all the good thus done , our legislators will have in their leisure the gratifying consciousness that ( heir labours in tho session havo not been misapplied . That is tho speech in brief . —Before tho
Commons adjourned , Mr . AVinterbottom took bis seat for Stroud , and a now writ ivas ordered for the election of a member for tho Dublin University in place of Mr . Chatterton . GEXERAI- HOIIE MEWS . —The Registrar-General ' s return as to the health of London does not show any marked diminution of deaths from diarrhcea and cholera , the numbers for the last
s even weeks being respectively—diarrbcen , 51 , 115 , 170 , 190 , 217 , 1 S 9 , and 200 ; cholera , G , 12 , 10 , 15 , 19 , 13 , and 15 . The deaths from all causes were 1 , 391 , which , instead of being below , as usual , the estimated number , is 51 in excess . The annual rates of mortality in thirteen of the principal places in the United Kingdom , for each 1 , 000 of the population , were as follow : —Bristol , 17 ; Dublin , 21 ; Edinburgh , 22 ; Hull , 23 ; Birmingham , London , and Sheffield , 21 ; Glasgow , 25 ; Man-
The Week.
Chester , 26 ; Liverpool , 27 ; SalfordandNewcastle-on-Tyne , 28 ; and Leeds , 29 . On the 18 th inst ., at the Thames Policecourt , Captain J . Orwin , late master of the ship Copse , was charged with attempting to murder Henry Cuckmore , the cooP of the same vessel . The evidence showed that the conduct of
the accused when at sea lately had been of a most extraordinary character . He seems not only to have twice attempted the life of tho cook for not assisting to poison or otherwise make away with the rest of the crew , but he also contemplated selling the vessel and enrso , and pocketing the proceeds . The accused was remanded . Tbe bearing of tbe charges of conspiracy against
tbe president , secretary , and several members of the Operative Tailors' Association , was resumed at tbe Marlborough-street Police-court . Aftor listening to a good deal of additional evidence , Mr . Knox came to the conclusion that the charges were sufficiently established to justify bis committingthe accused for trial . They were committed accordingly . The August
sessions of the Central Criminal Court began on the 20 th inst . The calendar is rather a heavy one . The business had no special interest . On the 21 st inst . eight persons who are charged with conspiring together , in connection with the tailors' strike , surrendered to take their trial . The main object of the prosecution is to put a stop to the system of
"picketing , - " or , at all events , to have the question of the legality or illegality of such proceedings decided . After a long bearing , the jury found Druitt , Lawrence , and Adamson , threeof the prisoners , guilty , and acquitted the others . The new line of railway between King ' s-cross and Edgware is now open to the public . A shocking affair is reported to have taken
place at Crayford , Kent . A young fellow named Skinner , during a romp with a young woman named Millis , took up a gun—said to have been left loaded and capped in readiness for shooting depredatory birds—ancl saying , "PJI shoot you , Eliza , " pulled the trigger , and killed the poor girl instantly A horrible accident has occurred on the works now nriwrpssinc in
connection with the St . John ' s AA ood Railway . One of the engines used in working cranes canted over and fell upon a cart to which a horse was harnessed . The unfortunate animal received the full contents of the boiler on its back , and is said to have been literally boiled alive . The workmen had a providential escape . An extraordinary affair occurred at the Guildhall police-court on the 21 st inst . The woman , Hannah Lynchagainst whom on the previous day a coroner's jury
, returned a verdict of manslaughter , she having by the throwing of a . jug caused the death of another woman , was brought before Sir R . AA . Cm-den charged with the offence , hut there was no witness present to give evidence against her , and the magistrate could not consequently do anything in the matter . The cause of this was said to be the negligence on the part of the coroner in not issuing the necessary warrant . Tiie prisoner
was remanded for the purpose of giving the coroner an opportunity of explaining . FOUEIGX I-S-IT . I . LIGEJ ,-CE . —A telegram from Frankfort anliounces the partial destruction of the cathedral of that cityan edilice of no beauty , but of considerable historical interest inasmuch as a long and illustrious line of German emperors were crowned witbinits walls . Attention is generally directed
on tbe continent to the meeting ot tbe Emperors at Salsburg . The affair is to be treated , so far as the town is concerned , as in nowise apolitical demonstration . But tho continental papers insist that the Emperors will discuss politics , and the fact that tbe Baron Buest is to be present lends some colour to their assertions . The proposed interview between the Emperor Napoleon and the King of Prussia does not seem likely to take place .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
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The Week.
o'clock p . m ., for Kelso , on a visit to tho Duko and Duchess of Roxburgho , at . Floors Castle . IMPERIAL PAKLIAJIEXI . —The HOUSE or LOHDS sat a short time on tho 17 th insfc ., and put several bills forward a ' stage . On the 19 th inst . some bills wero disposed of . The Archbishop of Canterbury stated that the report of the ritual
commission was being sent round to the commissioners to bo signed , after which it would be laid before her Majesty , and , if approved , published . The Earl of Shaftesbury complained bitterly of the delay which had taken place in producing the report . It would be impossible now for hiiv . to proceed with the Clerical Vestments Bill this session . Tho Archbishop of
Canterbury and the Bishop of London defended the commission , and the matter dropped . On the 20 th inst . the House sat for a short time to complete tbe remaining business of the session . The Commons' amendments to the Skipton Grammar School Bill wero considered and agreed to , and the bill ( No . 2 ) to make provision for tbe expenses of fortifications was read a
third time and passed . Tbe HorsE or Coiraoxs had a short sitting on tbe 19 th inst . The business done bad no public interest . On the 20 th inst . the House sat for a short time to finish off tbe remaining business , and thus prepare for the prorogation . Tbe members gave the finishing touch to their remaining business , and then attended in the House of Lords to
hear the royal assent given to forty-two bills , including the Appropriation Bill . After disposing of tho business , tho Houso adjourned . Parliament was prorogued on the 21 st inst . The proceedings wero of the usual uninteresting and formal character . Tho remaining bills wero converted into Acts by receiving tho Royal Assent , the Lord Chancellor , iu tho presence of a fow officials and curious spectators , read tbe Queen ' s Speech , and tho Reform Session of ISO" was at an end . The Queen ' s Speech
was generally jubilant . Our foreign relations aro friendly , and wo havo reconciled Franco and Prussia . The King of Abyssinia is obstinate , and therefore force is to be used to compel him to giro up our countrymen whom ho holds prisoners . Ireland is tranquillised , thanks to the valour of our troops , tho admirable conduct of tho police , aud tho loyalty of tiie people . Some taxes havo boon removed from shipping , and a postal convention with
tho United States has reduced tho rate of postage between the two countries by ono half . Tho Confederation of tho North American colonies has been aceomiilisbed . Greatest work of all —tho reform Bill has been jiassed , and her Majesty hopes that those who aro for the first time admitted to the exercise of tho elective franchise may prove themselves worthy of tho confidence
reposed in them . Tho Factory Acts have been extended ; a Trades' Unions Commission appointed , and the administration of tho poor laws in the metropolis improved . Thinking of all the good thus done , our legislators will have in their leisure the gratifying consciousness that ( heir labours in tho session havo not been misapplied . That is tho speech in brief . —Before tho
Commons adjourned , Mr . AVinterbottom took bis seat for Stroud , and a now writ ivas ordered for the election of a member for tho Dublin University in place of Mr . Chatterton . GEXERAI- HOIIE MEWS . —The Registrar-General ' s return as to the health of London does not show any marked diminution of deaths from diarrhcea and cholera , the numbers for the last
s even weeks being respectively—diarrbcen , 51 , 115 , 170 , 190 , 217 , 1 S 9 , and 200 ; cholera , G , 12 , 10 , 15 , 19 , 13 , and 15 . The deaths from all causes were 1 , 391 , which , instead of being below , as usual , the estimated number , is 51 in excess . The annual rates of mortality in thirteen of the principal places in the United Kingdom , for each 1 , 000 of the population , were as follow : —Bristol , 17 ; Dublin , 21 ; Edinburgh , 22 ; Hull , 23 ; Birmingham , London , and Sheffield , 21 ; Glasgow , 25 ; Man-
The Week.
Chester , 26 ; Liverpool , 27 ; SalfordandNewcastle-on-Tyne , 28 ; and Leeds , 29 . On the 18 th inst ., at the Thames Policecourt , Captain J . Orwin , late master of the ship Copse , was charged with attempting to murder Henry Cuckmore , the cooP of the same vessel . The evidence showed that the conduct of
the accused when at sea lately had been of a most extraordinary character . He seems not only to have twice attempted the life of tho cook for not assisting to poison or otherwise make away with the rest of the crew , but he also contemplated selling the vessel and enrso , and pocketing the proceeds . The accused was remanded . Tbe bearing of tbe charges of conspiracy against
tbe president , secretary , and several members of the Operative Tailors' Association , was resumed at tbe Marlborough-street Police-court . Aftor listening to a good deal of additional evidence , Mr . Knox came to the conclusion that the charges were sufficiently established to justify bis committingthe accused for trial . They were committed accordingly . The August
sessions of the Central Criminal Court began on the 20 th inst . The calendar is rather a heavy one . The business had no special interest . On the 21 st inst . eight persons who are charged with conspiring together , in connection with the tailors' strike , surrendered to take their trial . The main object of the prosecution is to put a stop to the system of
"picketing , - " or , at all events , to have the question of the legality or illegality of such proceedings decided . After a long bearing , the jury found Druitt , Lawrence , and Adamson , threeof the prisoners , guilty , and acquitted the others . The new line of railway between King ' s-cross and Edgware is now open to the public . A shocking affair is reported to have taken
place at Crayford , Kent . A young fellow named Skinner , during a romp with a young woman named Millis , took up a gun—said to have been left loaded and capped in readiness for shooting depredatory birds—ancl saying , "PJI shoot you , Eliza , " pulled the trigger , and killed the poor girl instantly A horrible accident has occurred on the works now nriwrpssinc in
connection with the St . John ' s AA ood Railway . One of the engines used in working cranes canted over and fell upon a cart to which a horse was harnessed . The unfortunate animal received the full contents of the boiler on its back , and is said to have been literally boiled alive . The workmen had a providential escape . An extraordinary affair occurred at the Guildhall police-court on the 21 st inst . The woman , Hannah Lynchagainst whom on the previous day a coroner's jury
, returned a verdict of manslaughter , she having by the throwing of a . jug caused the death of another woman , was brought before Sir R . AA . Cm-den charged with the offence , hut there was no witness present to give evidence against her , and the magistrate could not consequently do anything in the matter . The cause of this was said to be the negligence on the part of the coroner in not issuing the necessary warrant . Tiie prisoner
was remanded for the purpose of giving the coroner an opportunity of explaining . FOUEIGX I-S-IT . I . LIGEJ ,-CE . —A telegram from Frankfort anliounces the partial destruction of the cathedral of that cityan edilice of no beauty , but of considerable historical interest inasmuch as a long and illustrious line of German emperors were crowned witbinits walls . Attention is generally directed
on tbe continent to the meeting ot tbe Emperors at Salsburg . The affair is to be treated , so far as the town is concerned , as in nowise apolitical demonstration . But tho continental papers insist that the Emperors will discuss politics , and the fact that tbe Baron Buest is to be present lends some colour to their assertions . The proposed interview between the Emperor Napoleon and the King of Prussia does not seem likely to take place .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
* * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street . Strand , London , AA . C . ROSA CKIICIS . —AVe have received your letter ; as , however , it does not comply with our requirements , we cannot insert it .