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The Week.
were good grounds to hope for the early release of the English captives in Abyssinia . Iu Committee on the Army Estimates , General Peel made an appeal on behalf of the clerks who aro likely to be displaced through the proposed re-organisation of tho War Office . The estimated saving , he said , was very fc ifling , and not worth the irritation which the Committee's
report was creating . Sir Stafford Norfcheofce spoke in a similar strain , while Lord Hartingfcon defended the proposed changes , on the ground that they were necessary for the efficient working of the department . The subject then dropped ; and several votes having been agreed to , and three or four Bills advanced a stage . On Tuesday last Mr . Miller asked
a question respecting the " Reformatory Exhibition , " which his Royal Highness the Prince of '\ A aIes has consented to open at the Agricultural Hall , Islington , on the 19 th of May . It may to useful to explain that the exhibition will be an " international" one , and that it is proposed to -lay before the public " a display of the industrial products" of the
reformatories of this and other countries . The member for Colchester ' s question appears to havo had reference to the statement in the official programme thafc " several hundred boys and girls , will work at their respective trades and occupations throughout the Exhibition . " Sir George Grey ' said ho considered ifc most inexpedient to make a " public exhibition" of reformatory children ,
and we gather from his reply that none of the inmates of the certified Government institutions will be shown afc Islington . Mr . Childers obtained leave to bring in a bill providing that for the future Greenwich Hospital shall be devoted exclusively to the use of infirm seamen , and the temporary relief of sailors requiring medical assistance . Mr . Bouvcrie obtained leave to bring in a bill for amending the Union of Benefices Act , so as to render it unnecessary to obtain the archdeacon's consent before ,
in any case , a church can be removed . Tho measure appears to have been suggested by the course taken by Archdeacon Hale when it was proposed to remove one of the city churches , —a removal which had received the . sanction of the Primate ami the Bishop of London . Leave was also given to introduce a bill for assimilating the English to the Irish Salmon Fishery Act .
On AA ednesday the second reading of tho Inns of Court Bill w-as moved by Sir G . Bowyer , who explained its object to be to alter aud regulate fche powers ot the benchers of the inns of court in reference to admitting or refusing to admit to the bar , to the government of chat body , and their jurisdiction to disbar any one who in their judgment is disqualified to continue
a member of the bar . The hon . baronet observed that fche benchers were so numerous that the tribunal which they constituted was a shifting one , and ill calculated to exercise a proper judgment in the cases brought before fchem . Moreover , they had no power to administer oaths or compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents , and
the Bill proposed to confer those poweas upon them . It would be left optional to them to refer any case to a judicial committee selected from themselves , but they would bo restrained from exercising the penal powers they now possessed except through tho medium of such a committee . Mr . Roebuck seconded the motion . Mr . Locke opposed the Bill , which , he
contended was altogether unnecessary , inasmuch as the existing system worked satisfactorily . The Attorney-General consented to the second reading , whilst not pledging himself to the details . For example , he was inclined to doubt the policy of dealing with a matter that ought to be included in the larger question of the constitution and arrangements of the inns of court ; and he should have been glad had those bodies initiated legislation themselves upon the subject . The opposition having been withdrawn , the Bill was read a second time . The
Metropolitan Toll Bridges Bill was also read a second time , and ordered to be referred to a select committee , with instructions to inquire into the existing tolls on roads and bridges within the metropolis , and the besfc means of abolishing them . The object of the Bill is to give facilities for opening the bridges over the Thames free of toll to tho public user . The
remainder of the sitting was chiefly occupied with the discussion of the clauses of the Locomotives on Roads Bill , which was passed through committee . GEXERAX HOME NEAVS . —Tho rate of mortality last week was the same as in the week previous—that is to say 2-7 in tho thousand . Glasgow had the discredit of being the highest on
the death-roll , being 31 in the thousand , or 7 above the average of its companion towns . Bristol was the lowest , and was exactly as many below the average as Glasgow was above . The total number of deaths was 2 , S 72 , and of births , -1 , 013 , of both which London furnished one-half . The mortality in London was 1 G 1 above its own ten years' average . We
appear fco be approaching , ancl rather rapidly , thafc moderate ratio of pauperism which distinguishes the manufacturing unions of Lancashire in times of ordinary activity . During the three week's of the present mouth upwards of 8 , 000 persons have ceased to be chargeable to the poor-rates in the cot-ton unions . Last week 2 , 210 went off the relief lists of the
guardians . Only one union is returned as having more paupers ; five experienced no change , and twenty-two counted fewer recipients . In the latter group we observe that the Ashtonunder-Lyne union had 200 fewer paupers ; Blackburn , 120 ; Bury ^ 190 ; Chorley , 110 ; Chorlton , 150 ; Manchester , 420 ; Freston , 290 ; and Rochdale , 100 . Afc the same time the decrease in the number of adult able-bodied paupers was S 70 . The Guardians expended £ 217 loss in out-door relief than in the second
week of April ; and £ 2 , 0 / 0 less than in the corresponding week of lSG'i . Tho pauperism is now 1 in 21 of the population of the unions originally affected by the cotton famine . A deputation waited on tho Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday , torepresent to him the hardship of the mileage duty imposed on stagecoaches and omnibuses , which was levied irrespective bf the passengers carried or the profits made , and from which
other competing systems of conveyance were exempted . The Chancellor of the Exchequer admitted the pressure of the tax upon the interests complaining , and promised that their case should be fairly and fully considered , but refused to commit himself to any pledge in their favour . He threw out some hints about a parliamentary control of omnibus fares ; but
the deputation were of opinion that competition had already lowered tho fares as low as it was possible for omnibus proprietors fco accept . AA ' e regret to announce the death of Mrs . Thcodosia Trollopc , the wife of Mr . Thomas Adolplius Trollope . The deceased lady , who , like her husband , was an accomplished author , resided at Florence , and was tenderly attached to her
adopted country . By her writings on Italy and her translation of Nicolini's " Arnold of Brescia , " as well as by her letters to the Athenamm , she helped to make the Italian character better known and appreciated in England . The Florentine press writes in language of deep sorrow of her untimely death . The annual meeting of the Loudon Art-Union took place on
Tuesday in fche Adelphi Theatre , Mr , Hill , iu the absence of Lord Monteagle , in the chair . The report , which was of aencouraging nature , detailed the past doings of the Union and its plans for the future , and testimonials to the joint secretaries were presented and acknowledged by those gentlemen , after which the drawings for the prizes commenced . General Kmety , one of the leaders of the Hungarian struggle for independence , died lust Monday , aged 54 . After fighting gal-
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The Week.
were good grounds to hope for the early release of the English captives in Abyssinia . Iu Committee on the Army Estimates , General Peel made an appeal on behalf of the clerks who aro likely to be displaced through the proposed re-organisation of tho War Office . The estimated saving , he said , was very fc ifling , and not worth the irritation which the Committee's
report was creating . Sir Stafford Norfcheofce spoke in a similar strain , while Lord Hartingfcon defended the proposed changes , on the ground that they were necessary for the efficient working of the department . The subject then dropped ; and several votes having been agreed to , and three or four Bills advanced a stage . On Tuesday last Mr . Miller asked
a question respecting the " Reformatory Exhibition , " which his Royal Highness the Prince of '\ A aIes has consented to open at the Agricultural Hall , Islington , on the 19 th of May . It may to useful to explain that the exhibition will be an " international" one , and that it is proposed to -lay before the public " a display of the industrial products" of the
reformatories of this and other countries . The member for Colchester ' s question appears to havo had reference to the statement in the official programme thafc " several hundred boys and girls , will work at their respective trades and occupations throughout the Exhibition . " Sir George Grey ' said ho considered ifc most inexpedient to make a " public exhibition" of reformatory children ,
and we gather from his reply that none of the inmates of the certified Government institutions will be shown afc Islington . Mr . Childers obtained leave to bring in a bill providing that for the future Greenwich Hospital shall be devoted exclusively to the use of infirm seamen , and the temporary relief of sailors requiring medical assistance . Mr . Bouvcrie obtained leave to bring in a bill for amending the Union of Benefices Act , so as to render it unnecessary to obtain the archdeacon's consent before ,
in any case , a church can be removed . Tho measure appears to have been suggested by the course taken by Archdeacon Hale when it was proposed to remove one of the city churches , —a removal which had received the . sanction of the Primate ami the Bishop of London . Leave was also given to introduce a bill for assimilating the English to the Irish Salmon Fishery Act .
On AA ednesday the second reading of tho Inns of Court Bill w-as moved by Sir G . Bowyer , who explained its object to be to alter aud regulate fche powers ot the benchers of the inns of court in reference to admitting or refusing to admit to the bar , to the government of chat body , and their jurisdiction to disbar any one who in their judgment is disqualified to continue
a member of the bar . The hon . baronet observed that fche benchers were so numerous that the tribunal which they constituted was a shifting one , and ill calculated to exercise a proper judgment in the cases brought before fchem . Moreover , they had no power to administer oaths or compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents , and
the Bill proposed to confer those poweas upon them . It would be left optional to them to refer any case to a judicial committee selected from themselves , but they would bo restrained from exercising the penal powers they now possessed except through tho medium of such a committee . Mr . Roebuck seconded the motion . Mr . Locke opposed the Bill , which , he
contended was altogether unnecessary , inasmuch as the existing system worked satisfactorily . The Attorney-General consented to the second reading , whilst not pledging himself to the details . For example , he was inclined to doubt the policy of dealing with a matter that ought to be included in the larger question of the constitution and arrangements of the inns of court ; and he should have been glad had those bodies initiated legislation themselves upon the subject . The opposition having been withdrawn , the Bill was read a second time . The
Metropolitan Toll Bridges Bill was also read a second time , and ordered to be referred to a select committee , with instructions to inquire into the existing tolls on roads and bridges within the metropolis , and the besfc means of abolishing them . The object of the Bill is to give facilities for opening the bridges over the Thames free of toll to tho public user . The
remainder of the sitting was chiefly occupied with the discussion of the clauses of the Locomotives on Roads Bill , which was passed through committee . GEXERAX HOME NEAVS . —Tho rate of mortality last week was the same as in the week previous—that is to say 2-7 in tho thousand . Glasgow had the discredit of being the highest on
the death-roll , being 31 in the thousand , or 7 above the average of its companion towns . Bristol was the lowest , and was exactly as many below the average as Glasgow was above . The total number of deaths was 2 , S 72 , and of births , -1 , 013 , of both which London furnished one-half . The mortality in London was 1 G 1 above its own ten years' average . We
appear fco be approaching , ancl rather rapidly , thafc moderate ratio of pauperism which distinguishes the manufacturing unions of Lancashire in times of ordinary activity . During the three week's of the present mouth upwards of 8 , 000 persons have ceased to be chargeable to the poor-rates in the cot-ton unions . Last week 2 , 210 went off the relief lists of the
guardians . Only one union is returned as having more paupers ; five experienced no change , and twenty-two counted fewer recipients . In the latter group we observe that the Ashtonunder-Lyne union had 200 fewer paupers ; Blackburn , 120 ; Bury ^ 190 ; Chorley , 110 ; Chorlton , 150 ; Manchester , 420 ; Freston , 290 ; and Rochdale , 100 . Afc the same time the decrease in the number of adult able-bodied paupers was S 70 . The Guardians expended £ 217 loss in out-door relief than in the second
week of April ; and £ 2 , 0 / 0 less than in the corresponding week of lSG'i . Tho pauperism is now 1 in 21 of the population of the unions originally affected by the cotton famine . A deputation waited on tho Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday , torepresent to him the hardship of the mileage duty imposed on stagecoaches and omnibuses , which was levied irrespective bf the passengers carried or the profits made , and from which
other competing systems of conveyance were exempted . The Chancellor of the Exchequer admitted the pressure of the tax upon the interests complaining , and promised that their case should be fairly and fully considered , but refused to commit himself to any pledge in their favour . He threw out some hints about a parliamentary control of omnibus fares ; but
the deputation were of opinion that competition had already lowered tho fares as low as it was possible for omnibus proprietors fco accept . AA ' e regret to announce the death of Mrs . Thcodosia Trollopc , the wife of Mr . Thomas Adolplius Trollope . The deceased lady , who , like her husband , was an accomplished author , resided at Florence , and was tenderly attached to her
adopted country . By her writings on Italy and her translation of Nicolini's " Arnold of Brescia , " as well as by her letters to the Athenamm , she helped to make the Italian character better known and appreciated in England . The Florentine press writes in language of deep sorrow of her untimely death . The annual meeting of the Loudon Art-Union took place on
Tuesday in fche Adelphi Theatre , Mr , Hill , iu the absence of Lord Monteagle , in the chair . The report , which was of aencouraging nature , detailed the past doings of the Union and its plans for the future , and testimonials to the joint secretaries were presented and acknowledged by those gentlemen , after which the drawings for the prizes commenced . General Kmety , one of the leaders of the Hungarian struggle for independence , died lust Monday , aged 54 . After fighting gal-