The Week.

church of Crathie . The Rev . Dr . Boyd officiated . —The Queen , accompanied by Princess Christian , drove out on the morning of the 2-lth inst ., and again in the afternoon . GESEBJX HOME NEWS . —The Registrar General ' s return of births and deaths in the metropolis for the week ending Saturday , September 22 , states that the whole number of deaths in London were 1350 , being 144 iu excess of the estimated

average ; but that excess is more than covered by the deaths from cholera . The deaths in the four last weeks from cholera were respectively 198 , 157 , 1 S 2 , and 150 , and from diarrhooa , 12 S , 132 , 110 , and OS , showing a decrease , as compared with the previous week , from both forms of the epidemic of 44 . ' The other portions of the return have nothing noteworthy as to the

incidence of mortality . The annual rates of mortality , per 1 , 090 inhabitants , in the week ending September 15 , for the metropolis and twelve other large town- , were as follows : — Bristol and Birmingham , IS ; Edinburgh , 19 ; Sheffield and Hull , 21 ; Glasgow , 22 ; London , 23 ; Leeds , 26 ; Dublin , 27 ; Salford , 29 ; Manchester , 30 ; Newcastle-on-Tyne , 35 ; and

Liverpool , 52 . The gas question is still being watched by the Court of Common . Council . A report of the Special Gas Committee was submitted to that body on the 20 th instant , aud justifies the hope that something will yet he done to ensure to the citizens of London a better and cheaper supply of gas . It appears not improbable that tho present Government will

proceed with the legislative measures by which their predecessors proposed to remedy the- grievances complained of . The trial of Jefl ' ery for the murder of the child whose body was some weeks since discovered hanging iu a cellar in St . Giles ' s was commenced at the Central Criminal Court on the 20 th inst The court was crowded during the day , and intense interest was evinced by all present . The plea of insanity was set up ; but

the prisoner was found guilty , and sentenced to death . He then admitted his guilt . The extraordinary charges -igaiust Charles Mayhew , who has , it is alleged , by means of perjury , systematically procured the release of gentlemen in the City from serving as grand jurors , were proceeded with at tho Guildhall . One witness stated that his firm paid him the sum of three guineas a year—that is a guinea for each partner . In another

ease the prisoner was charged with impersonation and forgery According to the evidence he had represented himself as tho clerk of a solicitor named Kingsford , and used the name of a gentleman who had once been a fellow-clerk of his in the office of another legal firm . The prisoner was again remanded . The remarkable inquest , which has been held on the body of

Mr . Richard Golding , a gentleman who died at Christmas last , and whose body was exhumed at the instance of Dr . Lankester , has been brought to a termination . The most important evidence was that of a Professor Rogers , who stated that he had found a trace of arsenic iu the deceased ' s stomach , aud had also found slight traces of morphia , but not in a sufficient quantity

to destroy life . He expressed his belief that Mr . Golding had died from an attack of bronchitis ; and he did not think that the small quantity of arsenic which he found would accelerate death . Dr . aud Mrs . Part were both examined at great length , and all the facts connected with the illness , death , and burial of the deceased were gone into

minutely . The verdict of the jury declared that death arose from natural causes . An inquest lias been held on the bod y of Ada Bell , who lost her life in the collision between the Bruiser and the Kasioell . A verdict was returned which was equivalent to a charge of manslaughter against the mate of the Bruiser , and that individual was committed for trial . Flogging in the army and navy still has its champions in both Houses of Parliament . Such atrocities cannot much longer

be tolerated in a free and Christian country ' . The 21 st inst . ( St . Matthew's Bay ) was speech day at Christ ' s Hospital . The occasion was honoured by the presence of a distinguished company , including one or two leading members of the Corporation of the City of London . The usual ceremonies and speeches connected with tho event passed c-fi in a very satisfactory manner . The preacher was the Rev . AA'illiam AA ebster . In

a lucid report tho official assessors at Greenwich give a digest of the evidence pro and con . which was submitted to them in the inquiry relative to the collision between the JXaswell and the Bruiser steamers . The facts are summed up very judicially , and few will question their conclusion—that the chief mate of the Bruiser was in fault . Another murder case has

been the subject of inquiry at the Central Criminal Court . Timothy Murphy , of AVhitechapei notoriety , the principal actor . in the brutal brawl which led to tho untimely death of the unfortunate man , Thomas Sullivan , was arraigned on the charge wilful murder . In compliance with the decision arrived at by the coroner's jury , however , the accused was only charged with

the minor offence of manslaughter . After heaving evidence , the jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter , and he wassentenced to five year ' s penal servitude . An inquest has been held on the body of Alfred Charles Holmes , a child , or rather an infant , fifteen months old . The evidence disclosed the shocking fact that the child had been reduced to the last

stage of emaciation , and had literally died of starvation . The jury took a serious case of the matter , and returned a verdict which was equivalent to one of manslaughter against the mother , who was committed for trial . A serious railway accident occurred on the Trent A " alley line . The engine of a goods train ran off the line in consequence of the breaking of an axle-tree . The trucks were completely smashed to

pieces , and the merchandise with which they were laden was scattered in all directions ; fortunately no one was injured . An awful case o ! destitution occupied tho attention of the Middlesex coroner on the 21 st instant- It was that of a poor old woman , aged 76 , who , it was discovered , had been obliged , through want and through a repugnance to seeking the assistance provided by law , to positively starve herself to death .

Only for the kindness of a manageress of a threepencc-a-night lodging-house , the friendless unfortunate would no doubt have been allowed to die in the streets . As it was , she had the protection of the workhouse , which the poor woman seemed to have so much repugnance to during life . The clothes she had on her were only valued at a shilling . A ship from Nen

Orleans , laden with 1 , 361 bales of Sea Island cotton , has been wrecked . Tho fate of her crew is unknown . A Bombay cotton ship—the Bates Family by name—has also had a . narrow escape . When off tho AVestern Islands she suffered severely from a storm , and there is reason to believe that a ship which bore her company foundered . The deputation from the

Religious Liberation Society , which is now on a visit to North Wales , is meeting with an enthusiastic reception . The conference at Denbigh was attended by Mr . Edward Miall , Mr . Goldwin Smith , Mr . Henry Richard , and Dr . Sandwith , of Kars . Mr . Goldwin Smith's speech was worthy of the man . and of the subject . Ho declared that he was the enemy of the

Establishment , because ho was a faithful son of the English .. Church , and argued that her emancipation from political thraldom would ensure the restoration of her ancient freedom .. The Working Men ' s Club Union have done a wise thing in seeking the co-operation of the trades' societies . The report of the social meeting , which has been published , will bo read , with interest by all who are interested in the self-elevation of the working classes . The Avreck of the English vessel the