The Week.

ceedings of the day hy a dinner to which he was invited by the Fishmongers' Company , and which Avas given in their hall . At all these places , and all along the various routes by which he passed , he was welcomed by the same cheering , shouting crowds that have followed all his appearances amongst us . On Friday he left London . In an address he has issued to the people of England he apologises to his friends in the country towns for

putting them to trouble and inconvenience by not fulfilling his promise to visit them . He states , however , that he cannot fulfil his promise now : but he hopes to return at no distant period and see something of the domestic life of England . Jlis last day in London was spent in visits to various distinguished parties . He breakfasted with the American Consul , where several

ladies and gentlemen were presented to him ; afterwards he drove to the residence of the Earl of Shaftesbury , and then he went to Stafford House , where his Royal Highness the Prince of AA ales , who had come up from Sandringham that morning , had an interview with him , and remained with him for some time . In the afternoon the general drove to Cliefden ,

the residence of the Duchess Dowager of Sutherland , Avhere he remained until Monday , when he proceeded by the Great AA estern Railway to Penquite , the seat of Col . Peard . He stopped on his journey at AVeymouth , and visited the Channel fleet at Porland . He left our shores on AVednesday morning . After passing the night at Penquite he embarked at Fowey and sailed for Caprera .

He was , however , driven back to St . Mawes Bay by stress of weather . Lord Shaftesbury confirms in every particular , the statement of Mr . Gladstone as to the circumstances under which Garibaldi came to the resolution to bring his visit to a premature close . He declares his firm belief that all those who acted with him in tendering advice to Garibaldi on this subject Avere " animated by the same ardent desire ( without reference

to anything ov anybody but the General himself ) to urge that , and that only , which was indispensable for his personal welfare . " All , this , however , has failed to calm the suspicions of the members of the London Reception Committees , who continue to assert that the General has been hurried away by some sinister influence . A large crowd assembled on Saturday to " protest , " against this alleged affront to the great Italian , but

the police authorities adopted the foolish and mischievous course of dispersing the meeting . A deputation , headed by Mr . Edmond Beales , waited upon Sir George Grey at the Home Office on AVednesday , in reference to the interference by the police with the Garibaldi meeting on Primrose Hill on Saturday last . Mr . Beales asked for information as to the rules under Avhich public

¦ meetings could be held in the open air . Sir George Grey expressed his regret that the meeting should have been broken up , but said that such meetings could only be held in the parks with the consent of Mr . Cowper . He added that if the police had been guilty of violence towards any person a summons should be taken out against the offender . Mr . Shaen

expressed his intention of taking this course . Mr . Purdy ' s returns this week show that 3 , 140 paupers have gone off the rates in the manufacturing districts . Compared with the previous statement it will he seen that the Preston union has decreasod 610 , Manchester township 580 , and Chorlton union 340 . The total decline from the maximum week is now

153 , 440 . The number of adult able-bodied paupers continues very large ; during the three weeks of the present month the numbers have boen 36 , 663 , 35 , 861 , and 34 , 4-82 respectively . The forgemen employed at the ironworks in the Leeds district and at Bowling and Low Moor . have been locked out in consequence of their refusal to sign a declaration upon which the masters insist as a protection against the action of the trade societies . The number of men thns thrown out of employment

must be A'ery large , and the lock out of the forgemen cannot last any length of time without leading to a suspension or , at all events , a curtailment of work in other branches of tho trade . The dispute between Mr . Smee and the Fathers of the Oratory , respecting the property of the late Mr . Hutchinson , which has already engaged the attention of the House of

Commons , is now before the Court of Probate .. Mr . Hutchinson , who was Mr . Smee ' s brother-in-luw , became a Roman Catholic some years ago , joined the Fathers of the Oratory , and passing over his family , bequeathed his property to the Rev Mr . Knox , as trustee for the Oratory . The will is disputed , as having been obtained by undue influence , ancl is likely to occupy the Court

for some days . The Court of Queen's Bench has granted a rule nisi for a habeas corpus to bring up the three men who are at present lying at Kirkdale gaol on a charge of piracy—i having seizen the American vessel J . L . G-eritg , while on the voyage from Matamoras to New York . The plea of the prisoners , who were passengers on board the vessel , is that

they acted under the authority ofthe Confeduvate Government , and the question which it is now sought to decide is , whether this is a case which can be dealt with under the Extradition Treaty between this country and the United States . The Court of Queen ' s Bench has granted a rule nisi to bring up Mr . James Brown , a Manx newspaper proprietor , Avho was some

time ago sent to prison for six months by order of the House of Keys—the local Legislature . It seems that Mr . Brown had the hardihood to publish in his paper an article commenting somewhat strongly upon that august body . He was at once ordered to appear before " the House , " with another offending journalist , and a submissive apology Avas demanded . Mr . Brown declined to do penance in the form prescribed , and he was forthwith ordered to be imprisoned for ' ' contempt ; " but

his companion in trouble was less obstinate , and escaped with a reprimand . Mr . Justice Crompton , in charging tho Grand Jury , on Monday , iu . the case of Mr . Rumble , who is accused of having been concerned in fitting ont the Confederate steamer Rappahannock , argued against the interpretation put by Sir F . Pollock upon the section of the Foreign Enlistment Act which deals with the equipment of vessels for the service of a

belligerent . Mr . Rumble's trial will probably come on in about a week or ten days . A verdict of manslaughter against a Mr . Stephens , one of Dr . Coffin's agents , has been returned in reference to the death of a boy at Limehouse . The Barony of Buckhurst , one of the subsidiary honours of the oxtince dukedom of Dorset , has been revived in the person of Lady De la

AVarr—a daughter of the third Duke—with remainder to hev son , the Hon . and Rev . Reginald Saekville AVest , one of the Queen ' s chaplains . It is a subject of congratulation to the numerous friends of the late Mr . J . C . Tilbury , who was unfortunately killed by his horse falling with him last week , that he had been prudent enough to effect an insurance against all

accidents with the Railway Passengers Assurance Company . By a payment almost trifling he thus secured a sum of £ 1 , 000 for that deservedly popular favourite , his widow , better known as Miss Lydia Thompson , and infant child . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —Earl Russell has been chosen President of the Conference on the affairs of Denmark and Germany

Avhich is now holding its sittings in London . The Conference is much discussed in tho French metropolis , and numerous rumours are current . A prevailing belief is that France will try to turn the Conference into a general Congress ; some think that the Berlin Cabinet , intoxicated with the military success of Prussia , will propose an ultimatum , and leave the other Powers to discuss it ; but in no quarter is any substantial good anticipated as arising from the meeting of the plenipotentiaries .