The Week.

Louise and Princess Beatrice , and her Majesty walked in the grounds on the morning of the 20 th inst . with the Princesses . The Queen drove out in tho afternoon , accompanied by Princess Louise and the Princess of Leiningen : and her Majesty Avalked in the grounds on the morning of the 21 st inst ., Avith Princess Louise and

Princess Beatrice . —Divine service was performed hy the Rev . Geo . Protheroe , before the Queen , Princess Louise , Prince Leopold , and Princess Beatrice . The Ladies and © entlemen in Waiting were present . —Her Majesty ¦ walked in the grounds on the morning of the 23 rd inst . Avith Princess Louise . Prince Leopold and

Princess Beatrice also went out . The Queen walked in tho grounds in the afternoon with Princess Louise , and her Majesty went out driving on the morning of the 24 th inst . The Queen drove out in a carriage-and-four in the afternoon ivifch Princess Louise and Prince Leopold : and her Majesty walked in the grounds on tho morning of the 25 th , with Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice .

IMPEB . TA . 1 I PAHLI . WIEXT . —In the House of Lords on the 19 th inst ., the Lord Chancellor brought in a bill to amend the lav / relating to extradition treaties . Its object was , he said , to enable French official documents to be received in our courts of law in cases of extradition , ¦ with the necessity of viva voce evidence to prove Avhat

they were . The bill Avas brought in to remove difficulties Avhich stood in the way of the renewal of tho Extradition Treaty with . France . The Lord Chancellor expressed an opinion that the scope of tho treaty should be enlarged . After a few words from the Earl of Clarendon the bill

was read a first time . After some other business had been disposed of the House adjourned . — - —On the 20 th inst . Lord Stratford de Redcliffc moved for some papers in relation to the Danubian Principalities . Ho took the opportunity to favour the House with his views on foreign affairs . He attacked Prussia for her

aggrandising tendencies , and expressed a strong opinion that iu some shape or other England should interfere . At any rate the House of Lords ought to protest against the dismemberment of Austria . The Earl of Derby threw something like ridicule on the suggestions of the noble lord , and declared that neither tho duty nor the policy

of England would lead her to interfere in the war . After some bills had boon advanced a stage , Lord Shaftesbury expressed his approval of tho course which had been taken in prohibiting the Reform meeting in Hy de-park . The House soon afterwards adjourned . On the 23 rd inst . there was a rather sharp

discussion , began by the Marquis of Glanricarde , who called attention to that part of the speech of Earl Russell at the Cobden Club dinner on the 2 lst inst ., in Avhich he censured the Government for sharing with France in proposing an armistice based partly on tho cession of Yenetia to Prance . Lord Derby found fault Avith this ,

and explained that the Government had simply consented to join France in proposing an armistice without entering into any details . Since then France had conducted the negotiations on her own authority . He announced that an armistice had been concluded . Earl Russell exp lained what he had said , and expressed his gratification at hearing that an armistice was concluded . Some bills

were advanced a stage , and the House adjourned . On the 21 th inst . the Extradition Treaties Bill was read a third time and passed . Earl Granville asked what instructions had been given to the military in reference to the meeting in Hyde-park on the previous evening . Lord Derby was not able to get the precise instructions ,

but he took the opportunity of expressing gratification that no lives had been lost . He acquitted those who wereleaders in tho movement of any intention to provoke a conflict with the authorities , but he believed their intention was not to hold a meeting for the discussion of Reform topics , but to make a demonstration for

the purpose of overawing the Government , and giving the impression that there Avas a general feeling in favour of Parliamentary reform . He hoped the experience of the previous evening would show them the impossibility of calling such a mooting without mischief . The noble earl enlarged on the mischief which

had been done , and concluded by expressing an opinion that not improbably the inhabitants of the neighbourhood might he called upon to act as special constables . Earl Granville pithily remarked that the events of the previous evening were a sufficient answer to those Avho insisted that the working men did not care for reform . Iu tho House of Commons on the 19 th inst . Mr .

Mill asked the questions of which he had given notice iu reference to the cruelties in Jamaica . The Chancellor of the Exchequer found great fault with the questions —first , because they assumed that the conduct complained of was illegal , and next that in some instances they were inaccurate . He announced that the

Government did not intend to take any further steps in the matter without fresh information . In reply to Mr . P . A . Taylor , Mr . Walpole said it was by his order that Sir Richard Maync had interdicted the proposed meeting iu Hyde-park . Sir George Grey added that before he left office he had given orders that no meetings should

be allowed in the parks . In reply to Mr . J . S . Mill , Mr . Walpole said the interdict simply applied to meetings in tho parks , and not to orderly meetings elsewhere . There was a short discussion , in reference to the Helston

election , Mr . Lowe introducing it by reading a letter from the Mayor of Helston , explaining his conduct . The Chancellor of tho Exchequer expressed his opinio a that the Mayor , tho returning officer , had not actei from any evil purposes . Viscount Cranbbrne introduced the Indian budget . The gross revenue of

1861-5-was £ 45 , 653 , 000 , and the expenditure £ 45 , S 46 , 000 , leaving a deficit of £ 193 , 000 . In 1865-6 the gross revenue Avas £ 47 , 01-1 , 000 , and the expenditure £ 47 , 021 , 000 , showing a surplus of £ 20 , 000 . This was chiefly owing to the great increase in the opium duty . This year it was estimated that there would be a deficit of £ 72 , 800 , but that

was a sanguine estimate , for it took into account a very largo revenue from opium—larger , he Avas afraid , than would be obtained . On the other hand , it must be borne in mind that the expenditure on public works was very large , and that Avas a charge Avhich under other circumstances need not be wholly paid out of revenue . He

showed how much had been done in the carrying out of public works , and urged that much more must be done to push forward railways . He described the condition