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The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —Her Majesty and the larger part of the Royal Family still remain at Balmoral . The Prince and Princess of AA aIes are at their seat Saiidringham , Norfolk . Prince Alfred is at Edinburgh . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The returns of the London mortality continue to range above the average . The number of deaths last week was 1205 , ivhich is 56 above the ten years '
average . Among the fatal diseases small-pox and scarlatina continue to he conspicuous . The births for the week were 1939 , ivhich is 96 above the average . Mr . Hope , one of the members for AVindsor , died on Sunday , and Mr . Langston , one of the members for Oxford , on the following day . Mr . Hope was Colonial Under-Secretary in the Government of Sir Robert
Peel from 18-11 to 1845 , but latterly the lion , gentlemen has been ranked among the select band of Liberal Conservatives . Mr . Langston was an advanced Liberal , in favour of the ballot and a " wide" extension of the franchise . The Metropolitan Board of Works have at last shown some symptoms of vitality in the matter of the Thames embankment . Considering how
long it is since the Act for constructing the work was passed , it is certainly matter of surprise that the contract for the embankment which lies between Westminster and AVaterloo bridgesbeing the first contract issued—should only have just been settled . The sum demanded by the successful contractor is £ 520 , 000 . There was another estimate lower by £ 25 , 000 ,
hut the board was not satisfied with the securities offered nor with the competency of the contractors to carry out the work . Mr . Farnall reports a further decrease of 1 , 629 in the number f persons receiving parochial relief in the cotton manufacturng districts . With regard to "the state of employment , the following facts have been collected by the Honorary Secretary
of the Central Relief Committee : —On the 26 th ult . there were 267 , 962 operatives in full work , 10 t , 19 S on short time , and 160 , 835 out of work , against 235 , 827 in full work , 118 , 900 on short time , and 171 , 535 out of work in August , and 235 , 827 in full work , 121 , 718 on short time , and 178 , 205 out of work in July . In December last , there were on full time only
121 , 129 , on short time 165 , 000 , and 247 , 230 entirely out of work in the districts then in communication with the Committee . At the meeting of the Central Committee , a very important discussion took place on the probable cotton supply of the coining year . The discussion arose upon a paper prepared by Mr . E . Ashworth , who , basing his
calculations on what he believed to he trustworthy testimony , estimated that in 186-1 the imports of cotton will exceed those of the present year by 610 , 000 bales . The Hampshire magistrates met last week , when the Earl of Carnarvon presented the report of a committee , of which he was chairman , and which was appointed a short time ago at his instance to
consider the prison discipline in the county . The report was of a sweeping nature , and recommended that li . trd labour should be made more use of , that the hours of rest should be diminished , and that the dietary should be reduced , especially in the article of fresh meat . The visiting justices , and especially their chairman , dissented from several of the recommendations of
the committee , but it was agreed to print the report , and take it into consideration on a future day . The annual report of the Chaplain of the Manchester City Gaol bears additional testimony to the fortitude with which the cotton operatives have resisted the temptations of a period of severe distress . Last year there was a large increase in the number of prisoners , but the chaplain expressly states that that increase " was not due to the presence of factory operatives or other
unemployed classes . " This year—that is , in the twelve months ending September 30—there has been a decrease of 149 in the total number of committals . Among tbe persons committed during the year were 148 " returned convicts . " A meeting of the Middlesex magistrates took place at the Session House , Clerkenwell-green , Mr . Pownall in the chair , when reports were read of the state of the prisons under their charge . The
committee that visits the House of Detention called attention to the coroner ' s jury ivhich sat on the death of a prisoner removed from the prison to Colney Hatch , who added to their verdict of " death from natural causes , " that death was accelerated by the treatment he received in the House of Detention-The committee declared that after making the strictest
investigation they could discover no foundation for this statement , and they hoped coroner's juries ivould be cautious in adding opinions to the verdict they were sworn to deliver . The Rev . H . AVard Beecher addressed a crowded meeting at Exeter Hall on Tuesday night , on the American question . Heclaimed the sympathies of Englishmen for the cause of the
North , on the broad ground that the war , as tho North conducted it , washostile to slavery , and would eventually extinguish it . There was a good deal of diversity of opinion manifested , but , upon the whole , the reverend gentleman was heard very patiently during the whole of his speech , which lasted for more than two hours . The reverend gentleman experienced a rough
reception from the people of Liverpool on the previous Friday evening , when he attempted to expound to them that the subjugation of the Confederate States would be for the advantage of the trade and commerce of England . It was some time before he could get a hearing ; and when he proceeded to assert that the Morrill protection tariff was all the fault of the South , and that the negro was upon the whole well off in the North ,
the tumult and uproar of the meeting was renewed . At the Chertsey Agricultural Association , Colonel Lamar , formerly a member of the United States Congress , and who subsequently led a division of the Southern army at Bull Run , made a remarkable and eloquent address on American affairs from a point of view . He drew a forcible picture of the present condition of both the Northern and Southern States , contending
that the Southerners were simply fighting for civil liberty and constitutional government . With respect to the slavery question , he argued that the Southern slaveowners had done more to Christianise the African race and raise the slaves in the social scale than had been effected by any country in the world . He contended , however , that they were still unprepared for perfect
freedom , which , in his opinion , would prove a curse instead of a blessing . It seems that Mr . Mason , the Confederate commissioner , who recently left London for Paris , in obedience to instructions from Richmond , has returned to this country , but only , we presume , in a " private" capacity . The Surrey Magistrates had a meeting on Tuesday , at Kingston , when a
Roman Catholic clergyman who had been in the habit of attending- the prisoners of his own religious persuasion at AVandsworth goal , presented a memorial praying that he might have a room and a salary for the purpose . Tbe visiting justices , to whom tho matter had been referred , reported against the application , and their report was confirmed ; but notice was given
that at the next meeting a motion would be made for the appointment of a Roman Catholic chaplain . The Court of Aldermen met on Tuesday , when by-laws for the regulation of the city traffic , framed under the City Police Act of last session , were read , and ordered to be transmitted to the Home Secretary for his approval . The parishes of Cauldon and AVaterfall , in Staffordshire , appear to be unfortunate in the clergyman who is entrusted with the cure of sculs in both . The Rev . H . Hen-
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The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —Her Majesty and the larger part of the Royal Family still remain at Balmoral . The Prince and Princess of AA aIes are at their seat Saiidringham , Norfolk . Prince Alfred is at Edinburgh . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The returns of the London mortality continue to range above the average . The number of deaths last week was 1205 , ivhich is 56 above the ten years '
average . Among the fatal diseases small-pox and scarlatina continue to he conspicuous . The births for the week were 1939 , ivhich is 96 above the average . Mr . Hope , one of the members for AVindsor , died on Sunday , and Mr . Langston , one of the members for Oxford , on the following day . Mr . Hope was Colonial Under-Secretary in the Government of Sir Robert
Peel from 18-11 to 1845 , but latterly the lion , gentlemen has been ranked among the select band of Liberal Conservatives . Mr . Langston was an advanced Liberal , in favour of the ballot and a " wide" extension of the franchise . The Metropolitan Board of Works have at last shown some symptoms of vitality in the matter of the Thames embankment . Considering how
long it is since the Act for constructing the work was passed , it is certainly matter of surprise that the contract for the embankment which lies between Westminster and AVaterloo bridgesbeing the first contract issued—should only have just been settled . The sum demanded by the successful contractor is £ 520 , 000 . There was another estimate lower by £ 25 , 000 ,
hut the board was not satisfied with the securities offered nor with the competency of the contractors to carry out the work . Mr . Farnall reports a further decrease of 1 , 629 in the number f persons receiving parochial relief in the cotton manufacturng districts . With regard to "the state of employment , the following facts have been collected by the Honorary Secretary
of the Central Relief Committee : —On the 26 th ult . there were 267 , 962 operatives in full work , 10 t , 19 S on short time , and 160 , 835 out of work , against 235 , 827 in full work , 118 , 900 on short time , and 171 , 535 out of work in August , and 235 , 827 in full work , 121 , 718 on short time , and 178 , 205 out of work in July . In December last , there were on full time only
121 , 129 , on short time 165 , 000 , and 247 , 230 entirely out of work in the districts then in communication with the Committee . At the meeting of the Central Committee , a very important discussion took place on the probable cotton supply of the coining year . The discussion arose upon a paper prepared by Mr . E . Ashworth , who , basing his
calculations on what he believed to he trustworthy testimony , estimated that in 186-1 the imports of cotton will exceed those of the present year by 610 , 000 bales . The Hampshire magistrates met last week , when the Earl of Carnarvon presented the report of a committee , of which he was chairman , and which was appointed a short time ago at his instance to
consider the prison discipline in the county . The report was of a sweeping nature , and recommended that li . trd labour should be made more use of , that the hours of rest should be diminished , and that the dietary should be reduced , especially in the article of fresh meat . The visiting justices , and especially their chairman , dissented from several of the recommendations of
the committee , but it was agreed to print the report , and take it into consideration on a future day . The annual report of the Chaplain of the Manchester City Gaol bears additional testimony to the fortitude with which the cotton operatives have resisted the temptations of a period of severe distress . Last year there was a large increase in the number of prisoners , but the chaplain expressly states that that increase " was not due to the presence of factory operatives or other
unemployed classes . " This year—that is , in the twelve months ending September 30—there has been a decrease of 149 in the total number of committals . Among tbe persons committed during the year were 148 " returned convicts . " A meeting of the Middlesex magistrates took place at the Session House , Clerkenwell-green , Mr . Pownall in the chair , when reports were read of the state of the prisons under their charge . The
committee that visits the House of Detention called attention to the coroner ' s jury ivhich sat on the death of a prisoner removed from the prison to Colney Hatch , who added to their verdict of " death from natural causes , " that death was accelerated by the treatment he received in the House of Detention-The committee declared that after making the strictest
investigation they could discover no foundation for this statement , and they hoped coroner's juries ivould be cautious in adding opinions to the verdict they were sworn to deliver . The Rev . H . AVard Beecher addressed a crowded meeting at Exeter Hall on Tuesday night , on the American question . Heclaimed the sympathies of Englishmen for the cause of the
North , on the broad ground that the war , as tho North conducted it , washostile to slavery , and would eventually extinguish it . There was a good deal of diversity of opinion manifested , but , upon the whole , the reverend gentleman was heard very patiently during the whole of his speech , which lasted for more than two hours . The reverend gentleman experienced a rough
reception from the people of Liverpool on the previous Friday evening , when he attempted to expound to them that the subjugation of the Confederate States would be for the advantage of the trade and commerce of England . It was some time before he could get a hearing ; and when he proceeded to assert that the Morrill protection tariff was all the fault of the South , and that the negro was upon the whole well off in the North ,
the tumult and uproar of the meeting was renewed . At the Chertsey Agricultural Association , Colonel Lamar , formerly a member of the United States Congress , and who subsequently led a division of the Southern army at Bull Run , made a remarkable and eloquent address on American affairs from a point of view . He drew a forcible picture of the present condition of both the Northern and Southern States , contending
that the Southerners were simply fighting for civil liberty and constitutional government . With respect to the slavery question , he argued that the Southern slaveowners had done more to Christianise the African race and raise the slaves in the social scale than had been effected by any country in the world . He contended , however , that they were still unprepared for perfect
freedom , which , in his opinion , would prove a curse instead of a blessing . It seems that Mr . Mason , the Confederate commissioner , who recently left London for Paris , in obedience to instructions from Richmond , has returned to this country , but only , we presume , in a " private" capacity . The Surrey Magistrates had a meeting on Tuesday , at Kingston , when a
Roman Catholic clergyman who had been in the habit of attending- the prisoners of his own religious persuasion at AVandsworth goal , presented a memorial praying that he might have a room and a salary for the purpose . Tbe visiting justices , to whom tho matter had been referred , reported against the application , and their report was confirmed ; but notice was given
that at the next meeting a motion would be made for the appointment of a Roman Catholic chaplain . The Court of Aldermen met on Tuesday , when by-laws for the regulation of the city traffic , framed under the City Police Act of last session , were read , and ordered to be transmitted to the Home Secretary for his approval . The parishes of Cauldon and AVaterfall , in Staffordshire , appear to be unfortunate in the clergyman who is entrusted with the cure of sculs in both . The Rev . H . Hen-