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The Week.
exclusive of the large contributions despatched from Manchester , Liverpool , Glasgow , and Dublin . The Gazette announces that the Victoria Cross will be conferred upon Lieutenant Chaplin , who so greatly distinguished himself at the capture of the Taku forts , ancl upon three other officers , an " hospital apprentice , " and two privates , who also distinguished themselves by acts of bravery during the campaign in China . Au abstract of the will of the late Duke of Bedford is published . The personality has been
sworn under £ 600 , 000 . His Grace has bequeathed the Ludlow Irish estates to Earl ( Lord John ) Russell , who also obtains a life interest in a sum of £ 15 , 000 . AVe regret to have to announce the death of the Bishop of Durham . The Right Rev . Prelate died at Auckland Castle on the 9 th inst . Dr . Villiers , who was 48 years of age , was long known as a prominent member of the Evangelical party in tbe Church , and in 1 S 56 was raised to the episcopate on the death of Dr . PercyBishop of Carlisle . In I 860 he was
, translated to the see of Durham , on the elevation of Dr . Longley to the Archbishoprick of York . The deceased prelate was brother to tho present Earl of Clarendon , and of the Hon . C . Villiers , the President of the Poor-law Board . —— -The death of Madame Catherine Hayes is announced . The deceased lady was an accomplished vocalist . Her death , so young ( she was only forty ) will he much deplored hy the musical public . A scheme is on
foot for the formation of a volunteer camp and clubhouse at Aidershot , with practice grounds near Wimbledon and AA anstead . This project has received the sanction of Lord Combermere , Lord Clarence Paget , Sir Howard Douglas , ancl other persons of distinction , ancl a special appeal is made to the ladies of the United Kingdom to assist in the undertaking , " as a testimonial of their appreciation of the patriotic feeling which has influenced the gentlemen of England to arm themselves in their country's
defence . " It appears that the proposed site at Aldershot has been offered by its " patriotic owner on extremely favourable terms , " ancl several gentlemen residing in the neighbourhood have undertaken to provide funds for the erection of a church on a piece of ground presented by one of them for that special purpose . The
great object of this movement is to secure to the volunteers of the country " every facility for attaining efficiency in rifle practice , " and to afford them adequate opportunities of being brigaded with the regular troops . Its promoters urge that "the moral ancl physical welfare of the youth of England ivould be thus provided for ; military discipline and gentlemanly habits would be promoted , and country air and manly exercise substituted for the enervating influences of a town life . " Lord Carlisle draws a cheerful and
encouraging picture of the present state of Ireland . In the course of a speech he delivered at the dinner of the Irish Agricultural Society , he asserted that the sister kingdom " has never exhibited such an exemption from general crime , from political agitation , or from physical distress ancl privation , as that which she now enjoys . " In 1841 , the extent of land under tillage or in meadows ancl pasture was 13 , 000 , 000 acres ; in 1861 it was upwards of 15 , 000 , 000 acres . The value of the live stock twenty years ago was
£ 21 , 000 , 000 ; it is now £ 33 , 000 , 000 . During the last ten years the property rated to the poor had increased nearly a million in value , while the expenditure for the relief of the poor had decreased from £ 1 , 150 , 000 in 1851 to less than half that sum at the present time . A remarkable dimunition had also taken place in the number of offences reported to head-quarters . In 1850 , the number was 10 , 639 ; in 1860 it was 3 , 531 . ——The Warrior , says the Times , answered her helm like a yacht while proceeding clown
the Thames , on the 8 th . The highest speed attained was at the rate of 14 i knots an hour , but as the engines were working 12 revolutions per minute below full speed , it is anticipated that at least 15 knots may easily be accomplished . The Admiralty have invited several of the leading builders to send in tenders for three more iron frigates of 6 , 620 tons each . These new vessels will be 2 > lated from stem to stern , and it is stated that their armour will weigh rather more than double that of the Warrior . Tenders for
: a further addition to our iron-cased fleet will , it is expected , he issued in the course of a month or so . The report of the select ¦ committee on the education of destitute children has been issued . It is against Government interference with this class of children . The committee say that for children who have acquired criminal or ¦ vagrant habits provision is made by the Industrial Schools Bill , and until that measure shall have been tried , no other provision at the expense of the state should be made . The shipowners of Hull
engaged in the Baltic trade have been peculiarly unfortunate during the past twelve months , deck-loading being held by many to be the chief cause of their numerous and heavy losses . The steamer Z . C . Pearson—the property of Mr . Pearson , the munificent donor of the Hull People's Park—has , it is feared , shared the fate of so many of her companion ships . She left Risra , for Hull , on the 26 th or 28 th ult . ancl since then nothing has been heard of her . So _ strong is the impression that she has gone clown , that fifty guineas insurance was asked at Lloyds on Friday . The success
which has attended the performances of Blondin has had its natural effect in producing rivals in his line of business . On Monday evening a female Blondin essayed the extraordinary exploit of crossing the Thames at Cremorne upon a tight-rope ; and had it not been for an accidental defect in the fixing of the rope , the exploit ivould have been quite successful . The lady ascended from the Surrey side , ancl had achieved three-fourths of the distance acrosswhen to the surprise of alland no doubt to the horror of
, , many among the many thousands of spectators , she was observed to falter . The moment was one of painful suspense . She made her way backwards , however , ancl in a short time again essayed the ascent ; again she stopped when a considerable way across , sat clown , and made signs to the people below , as if to cast up a rope to her . Ultimately , she let herself down to the surface of the river , and was taken up in a boat . The attempt of the female
Blondin has , therefore , not been successful ; but it is right to say that she blames , with apparent reason , the absence of guide-ropes to steady the main cord , as the cause of her failure . These guideropes have huge lumps of lead attached to them ; and it is understood that Mr . E . Smith , the lessee , avers that the ropes were cut away by some atrocious theives for the sake of the plunder . A tragic affair has undergone partial investigation at the Clerkenwell police-court , the circumstances of which are involved in some
obscurity at present ; but it is to be feared that the occurrence is one more of those too-frequent cases of domestic vice , illicit love , ancl deadly vengeance . Early in the morning a young man named Francis Cosstim was stabbed in the head with a knife , ivhich penetrated the skull to the brain . This took place at the corner of Exmouth-street , the person inflicting the wound being Charles AVilliam Jeffs , a reader in a newspaper office , ancl who is in custody , charged with the crime . Jeffswho had been at volunteer drill
, , returned home , ancl found Cossum in the house with Mrs . Jefts , and following him as he rushed out , overtook ancl stabbed him in the street as described . Both men when in court exhibited , by their bandages and dressings , ample tokens of the serious nature of the rencounter , ancl it is not at all unlikely that the wound of the
prosecutor may y ' et hav » a fatal termination . In reply to the interrogation of the magistrate , Cossum admitted that he had been carrying on a clandestine correspondence with the prisoner ' s wife ; but beyond that fact the details remain yet to be elicited ; the inquiry having been adjourned for further evidence . A murder , with some circumstances of atrocity , has been perpetrated near Frome . The murderer and his victim were both agricultural labourers , ancl both bear the same name of Greenland , but they are
only distantly related . On Saturday night they had a difference about the division of the week ' s ' wages , the whole of which had been paid to Byard Greenland . A man named Millgrove , who was one of the party , says that Bayard raised his arm , and directly after Uriah Greenland fell , exclaiming that Bayard had done for him . The blow was mortal , and the instrument with which it was inflicted was a dagger knife . The accused avers that Uriah ran upon the knife . A gentlemannamed Charles Routledge
, , residing at Notting-hill , was , on Monday , brought before Mr . Ingrain , at Hammersmith Police-court , charged with causing the death of his son , a lad 17 years of age . Evidence in support of the charge proved that on Saturday night , in his own house , the prisoner had a quarrel with his son , which terminated in a scuffle , when the son was seized with a fit , probably epileptic , and almost immediately died . It is not supposed that he was struck or received any bodily injury , but that the fatal attack was brought
on by mental excitement . The coroner ' s inquest was held on Tuesday , but nobody deposed to having seen or heard blows struck . The surgeon ' s opinion was that death was caused hy apoplexy , and in this the jury concurred . The father stands out on remand , the magistrate refusing to discharge him until surgical evidence be given before him as to the cause of death . An unhappy man , Augustus Hilton , was hanged at Cambridge on Saturday . He had murdered his wife in an excess of passion , or under a momentary
impulse of insanity . The notable circumstance in the case is that Hilton know he was guilty , and said so ; and all the persuasive power of judge ancl counsel could not make him think that it was right to plead the contrary . Miss Elizabeth Hawkins , a young lady , charged witli stealing a roll of ribbon in a mercer ' s shop in Chelsea , at AA estminster Policecourt . There was no question about the furtive taking and pocketing of the ribbon , bnt the defence was that the young lady
was of a dull mind , ancl subject to fits of abstraction ; that when she took the ribbon she knew not what she was doing—in the words of the counsel who attended for her—" her mental power while in tht prosecutor's shop was totally absorbed in matching the silk she had purchased , " therefore , the taking of the ribbon was a purely physical act—her mind was not in it . The magistrate , after hearing much evidence in support of this view , decided on discharging the accused . A peculiar nuisance has been long complained of in a certain locality in the Citv , and the Corporation has at length
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The Week.
exclusive of the large contributions despatched from Manchester , Liverpool , Glasgow , and Dublin . The Gazette announces that the Victoria Cross will be conferred upon Lieutenant Chaplin , who so greatly distinguished himself at the capture of the Taku forts , ancl upon three other officers , an " hospital apprentice , " and two privates , who also distinguished themselves by acts of bravery during the campaign in China . Au abstract of the will of the late Duke of Bedford is published . The personality has been
sworn under £ 600 , 000 . His Grace has bequeathed the Ludlow Irish estates to Earl ( Lord John ) Russell , who also obtains a life interest in a sum of £ 15 , 000 . AVe regret to have to announce the death of the Bishop of Durham . The Right Rev . Prelate died at Auckland Castle on the 9 th inst . Dr . Villiers , who was 48 years of age , was long known as a prominent member of the Evangelical party in tbe Church , and in 1 S 56 was raised to the episcopate on the death of Dr . PercyBishop of Carlisle . In I 860 he was
, translated to the see of Durham , on the elevation of Dr . Longley to the Archbishoprick of York . The deceased prelate was brother to tho present Earl of Clarendon , and of the Hon . C . Villiers , the President of the Poor-law Board . —— -The death of Madame Catherine Hayes is announced . The deceased lady was an accomplished vocalist . Her death , so young ( she was only forty ) will he much deplored hy the musical public . A scheme is on
foot for the formation of a volunteer camp and clubhouse at Aidershot , with practice grounds near Wimbledon and AA anstead . This project has received the sanction of Lord Combermere , Lord Clarence Paget , Sir Howard Douglas , ancl other persons of distinction , ancl a special appeal is made to the ladies of the United Kingdom to assist in the undertaking , " as a testimonial of their appreciation of the patriotic feeling which has influenced the gentlemen of England to arm themselves in their country's
defence . " It appears that the proposed site at Aldershot has been offered by its " patriotic owner on extremely favourable terms , " ancl several gentlemen residing in the neighbourhood have undertaken to provide funds for the erection of a church on a piece of ground presented by one of them for that special purpose . The
great object of this movement is to secure to the volunteers of the country " every facility for attaining efficiency in rifle practice , " and to afford them adequate opportunities of being brigaded with the regular troops . Its promoters urge that "the moral ancl physical welfare of the youth of England ivould be thus provided for ; military discipline and gentlemanly habits would be promoted , and country air and manly exercise substituted for the enervating influences of a town life . " Lord Carlisle draws a cheerful and
encouraging picture of the present state of Ireland . In the course of a speech he delivered at the dinner of the Irish Agricultural Society , he asserted that the sister kingdom " has never exhibited such an exemption from general crime , from political agitation , or from physical distress ancl privation , as that which she now enjoys . " In 1841 , the extent of land under tillage or in meadows ancl pasture was 13 , 000 , 000 acres ; in 1861 it was upwards of 15 , 000 , 000 acres . The value of the live stock twenty years ago was
£ 21 , 000 , 000 ; it is now £ 33 , 000 , 000 . During the last ten years the property rated to the poor had increased nearly a million in value , while the expenditure for the relief of the poor had decreased from £ 1 , 150 , 000 in 1851 to less than half that sum at the present time . A remarkable dimunition had also taken place in the number of offences reported to head-quarters . In 1850 , the number was 10 , 639 ; in 1860 it was 3 , 531 . ——The Warrior , says the Times , answered her helm like a yacht while proceeding clown
the Thames , on the 8 th . The highest speed attained was at the rate of 14 i knots an hour , but as the engines were working 12 revolutions per minute below full speed , it is anticipated that at least 15 knots may easily be accomplished . The Admiralty have invited several of the leading builders to send in tenders for three more iron frigates of 6 , 620 tons each . These new vessels will be 2 > lated from stem to stern , and it is stated that their armour will weigh rather more than double that of the Warrior . Tenders for
: a further addition to our iron-cased fleet will , it is expected , he issued in the course of a month or so . The report of the select ¦ committee on the education of destitute children has been issued . It is against Government interference with this class of children . The committee say that for children who have acquired criminal or ¦ vagrant habits provision is made by the Industrial Schools Bill , and until that measure shall have been tried , no other provision at the expense of the state should be made . The shipowners of Hull
engaged in the Baltic trade have been peculiarly unfortunate during the past twelve months , deck-loading being held by many to be the chief cause of their numerous and heavy losses . The steamer Z . C . Pearson—the property of Mr . Pearson , the munificent donor of the Hull People's Park—has , it is feared , shared the fate of so many of her companion ships . She left Risra , for Hull , on the 26 th or 28 th ult . ancl since then nothing has been heard of her . So _ strong is the impression that she has gone clown , that fifty guineas insurance was asked at Lloyds on Friday . The success
which has attended the performances of Blondin has had its natural effect in producing rivals in his line of business . On Monday evening a female Blondin essayed the extraordinary exploit of crossing the Thames at Cremorne upon a tight-rope ; and had it not been for an accidental defect in the fixing of the rope , the exploit ivould have been quite successful . The lady ascended from the Surrey side , ancl had achieved three-fourths of the distance acrosswhen to the surprise of alland no doubt to the horror of
, , many among the many thousands of spectators , she was observed to falter . The moment was one of painful suspense . She made her way backwards , however , ancl in a short time again essayed the ascent ; again she stopped when a considerable way across , sat clown , and made signs to the people below , as if to cast up a rope to her . Ultimately , she let herself down to the surface of the river , and was taken up in a boat . The attempt of the female
Blondin has , therefore , not been successful ; but it is right to say that she blames , with apparent reason , the absence of guide-ropes to steady the main cord , as the cause of her failure . These guideropes have huge lumps of lead attached to them ; and it is understood that Mr . E . Smith , the lessee , avers that the ropes were cut away by some atrocious theives for the sake of the plunder . A tragic affair has undergone partial investigation at the Clerkenwell police-court , the circumstances of which are involved in some
obscurity at present ; but it is to be feared that the occurrence is one more of those too-frequent cases of domestic vice , illicit love , ancl deadly vengeance . Early in the morning a young man named Francis Cosstim was stabbed in the head with a knife , ivhich penetrated the skull to the brain . This took place at the corner of Exmouth-street , the person inflicting the wound being Charles AVilliam Jeffs , a reader in a newspaper office , ancl who is in custody , charged with the crime . Jeffswho had been at volunteer drill
, , returned home , ancl found Cossum in the house with Mrs . Jefts , and following him as he rushed out , overtook ancl stabbed him in the street as described . Both men when in court exhibited , by their bandages and dressings , ample tokens of the serious nature of the rencounter , ancl it is not at all unlikely that the wound of the
prosecutor may y ' et hav » a fatal termination . In reply to the interrogation of the magistrate , Cossum admitted that he had been carrying on a clandestine correspondence with the prisoner ' s wife ; but beyond that fact the details remain yet to be elicited ; the inquiry having been adjourned for further evidence . A murder , with some circumstances of atrocity , has been perpetrated near Frome . The murderer and his victim were both agricultural labourers , ancl both bear the same name of Greenland , but they are
only distantly related . On Saturday night they had a difference about the division of the week ' s ' wages , the whole of which had been paid to Byard Greenland . A man named Millgrove , who was one of the party , says that Bayard raised his arm , and directly after Uriah Greenland fell , exclaiming that Bayard had done for him . The blow was mortal , and the instrument with which it was inflicted was a dagger knife . The accused avers that Uriah ran upon the knife . A gentlemannamed Charles Routledge
, , residing at Notting-hill , was , on Monday , brought before Mr . Ingrain , at Hammersmith Police-court , charged with causing the death of his son , a lad 17 years of age . Evidence in support of the charge proved that on Saturday night , in his own house , the prisoner had a quarrel with his son , which terminated in a scuffle , when the son was seized with a fit , probably epileptic , and almost immediately died . It is not supposed that he was struck or received any bodily injury , but that the fatal attack was brought
on by mental excitement . The coroner ' s inquest was held on Tuesday , but nobody deposed to having seen or heard blows struck . The surgeon ' s opinion was that death was caused hy apoplexy , and in this the jury concurred . The father stands out on remand , the magistrate refusing to discharge him until surgical evidence be given before him as to the cause of death . An unhappy man , Augustus Hilton , was hanged at Cambridge on Saturday . He had murdered his wife in an excess of passion , or under a momentary
impulse of insanity . The notable circumstance in the case is that Hilton know he was guilty , and said so ; and all the persuasive power of judge ancl counsel could not make him think that it was right to plead the contrary . Miss Elizabeth Hawkins , a young lady , charged witli stealing a roll of ribbon in a mercer ' s shop in Chelsea , at AA estminster Policecourt . There was no question about the furtive taking and pocketing of the ribbon , bnt the defence was that the young lady
was of a dull mind , ancl subject to fits of abstraction ; that when she took the ribbon she knew not what she was doing—in the words of the counsel who attended for her—" her mental power while in tht prosecutor's shop was totally absorbed in matching the silk she had purchased , " therefore , the taking of the ribbon was a purely physical act—her mind was not in it . The magistrate , after hearing much evidence in support of this view , decided on discharging the accused . A peculiar nuisance has been long complained of in a certain locality in the Citv , and the Corporation has at length