The Week.

within its vast though lessened limits ; and Richmond , Kew , Gravesend , Greenwich , and other places up and down the river were largely visited . On Claphamcommon something like a fair was held . All the Episcopal churches , the Roman Catholic chapels , and some of the dissenting places of worship had services

¦ during the day , and in most of them there were large ¦ congregations . —There was a considerable gathering of working men—chiefly members of the Reform League —in Hyde Parle . A meeting was held at which speech es were delivered in support of tho right of the people to meet in the park . The Government Reform Bill

was also strongly denounced . —If Mr . Gladstone had definitely renounced all leadership of the Liberal party , few people who may read the report of the proceedings at a numerous meeting at Peterborough a few days since would be surprised , for they will there see that Mr . Whalley has lost confidence in Mr . Gladstone .

There was on Mr . Whalley's part no mincing of the melancholy declaration . Mr . Gladstone last year only reduced the duty on pepper . Therefore Mr . Whalley has no confidence in him . The meeting , however , does not seem quite to have taken this view . They rated Mr . Whalley for having ratted , aud they declared

their unabated confidence in Mr . Gladstone . One of Mr . Whalley's friends stated that that gentleman would retrace his steps if he were convinced he was wrong . -A fact was stated by one of the speakers at the Peterborough meeting , which strongly illustrates the worthlessness of the Government Reform Bill as a

measure of enfranchisement . At Peterborough , as most of our readers know , there arc great engine factories belonging to the Great Northern Railway . To accommodate the many workmen there employed the company has built a fair-sized town , which is called New England . It is within the parliamentary borough of Peterborough , and the men who live in it are almost to a men intelligent artisans . Well , one of the speakers at the meeting mentioned above stated that while a £ 5 ratine- franchise

¦ would give every one of these men a vote , Mr . Disraeli ' s scheme would not enfranchise a man of them . The reason , we take it , is , that the company pays the rates . The volunteer review at Dover on the 22 nd inst . was a brilliant affair , unmarred by ' a single accident . The South Eastern and London , Chatham , and Dover

Railway Companies acquitted themselves admirably in the ¦ conveyance of troops . They fulfilled the obligations they had undertaken without confusion or delay . All the volunteers arrived at Dover even before the stipulated time . The review there was magnificent . The Duke of Cambridge saw the troops march past , and

among the other distinguished persons present were Prince Teck and Earl Granville . The appearance of the olunteers was all that could be desired , and the specacle of the sham fight was very fine . Several war vessels took part in the mock battle . Mr . Hastings Russell , M . P ., has been called upon for an explanation

of his conduct recently in deserting his party at an important crisis . His letter , in reply , is not very definite . However , he trusts he shall not have to leave his party again . Moreover , he adds a very strong

advocacy of the necessity of party oi'ganisation . ——• Mr . Dillwyn and Mr . Hibbert , M . P ., have also written letters in explanation of their recent vote . Mr . Dillwyn's explanation explains nothing . Mr . Hibbert ' s letter , if it meant anything , means distinctly that he is in favour of personal rating , and therefore could not vote for Mr .

Gladstone ' s amendment . The operative tailors of London held a meeting on the 22 nd inst . in the AYhambra Palace , to consider whether they should or . should not strike for the adoption of a new time log which has been drawn up . The meeting was almost unanimous in favour of the strike , and resolutions to that effect were

adopted . A treaty of alliance with the operative tailors of Paris and Brussels was signed . ——Our readers will be glad to learn that a small expedition , the command of which has been entrusted to Mr . E . D . Young , is about to be despatched in search of Dr . Livingstone . Mr . Young will be supplied with a small iron steamboat , with

which he will be able to navigate Lake Nyassa to its northern end , where , according to the story of the Johanna men , Dr . Livingstone was murdered . There is now some reason to hope that this story is unfounded , traders having been within ten miles of the alleged massacre two months after its supposed occurrence

without having heard anything about it . If the chance of Livingstone's safety was even more slender than it is , the dut y of this country to ascertain tho fate of the bold explorer would still be pai'amount , and we congratulate the Royal Geographical Society on the zeal and earnestness with which they are engaging in this

good work . The Chancery suit which threatened to prolong the Edmunds and Brougham scandal disappeared onthe 24 thinst . The withdrawal of the twoparties took place amid mutual courtesies and disclaimers . The case of the clergyman who was charged with indecently assaulting a young girl in a railway

carriage on the South Eastern Railway was again before the magistrate at Southwark Police-court on the 24 th inst . The charge was that the defendant had behaved indecently to the complainant as she was getting out ; of a carriage . On the second hearing of the case witnesses were called to disprove tho complainant ' s

statement , and to discredit her . One of these was a man , who said he had been discharged with a good character from the Royal Artillery . It now turns out that he was a deserter , and that his story was trumped up . Additional evidence was adduced on behalf of the defendant , and the magistrate dismissed the case .

Richard Martin was again brought up at the Marlborough-street Police-court on the charge of stealing three gold embroidered shawls , value £ 120 , the property of Messrs . Lewis and Allenby , silk mercers , of Regent-street . Some very strange revelations were made respecting the antecedents of the accused . And

it was proved pretty clearly in the evidence that he has been for some time past indulging in a wholesale victimising of West-end tradesmen , and that his operations have been characterised by a good deal of originality and cleverness , spiced with a large amount of cool impudence . The magistrate decided upon remanding the prisoner . At the Marlborough-street Police-court