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the motion , which after some discussion was negatived by 196 to 34 , the large majority of the members of the opposition quitting the house . The house then went into committee , ancl on clause four , Mr . Ker Seymer opposed it on the ground that it was inexpedient at a moment like this to part with a source of revenue which produced £ 1 , 500 , 000 per annum . The debate was after some discussion

adjourned to Thursday . Lord Palmerston stated , in reply to the O'Donoghue , that the decision of the Postmaster-General with reference to the Galw . iy subsidy was the decision of the Government . At the same time , however , the Government would be willing to consider any representations ivbich might be made to them on the subject . Lord John Russell , having laid on the table certain official papers relating to the civil war in America , explained the steps which had been taken bthe Government of Washington

y for establishing an effective blockade of the ports of Virginia ancl South Carolina . A Select Committee was appointed to inquire how the education of destitute and neglected children may be efficiently and economically conducted by grants of public money . A committee was also appointed to inquire into the subject of the prohibitions or high duties imposed by foreign governments on tho export of rags . AVedncsday being Derby Day . the bouse did not sit .

G-ENERAL HOME NEWS . —The deaths in the metropolis last week numbered 1237 , showing still a high rate of mortality for the season of the year . In the same period there were 1824 births registered—892 being boys ancl 934 girls . There was an average temperature during the week of 57 ' 5 degrees , and the barometer recorded a mean height of 30-009 inches . At the general meeting of the members of the Fisheries Preservation Association , Lord Saltoun in the chair , it was resolved to appoint a deputation

to wait upon Lord John Russell for the purpose of calling attention to the great exportation of salmon from this country to France during the spawning season , when the fish are in an unwholesome state ancl unfit for food . This has been discovered to have been practised to a very serious extent , thereby diminishing the quantity in our own rivers , and at the same time injuring the health of those who are foolish enough to use them as food . The efforts of the association deserve public support . The

Duke of Cambridge presided at the usual monthly meeting of the National Rifle Association on Monday , and , in opening the proceedings , strongly commended to public support the object contemplated by the Association . The illustrious Duke also took the opportunity of removing an impression that had got abroad , that he was desirous of bringing the volunteers under the immediate control of the Horse Guards . Such was not the case . He wished to see the volunteer force entirely free ; hutat the same time

, , he held that when a large number of corps assembled for- field movements , it was desirable , with the view of obtaining system and order , that the general arrangements should be placed in the hands of an officer representing the AVar Office authorities . The question with reference to the will of Miss Isabella Bankes has been again before tbe Court of Probate . It will bo remembered that the deceased made a will by which she bequeathed the

whole of her property to Dr . Smethurst , who was appointed executor . After her death , Smethurst was convicted of having poisoned her , but was stibsevuently pardoned . He was then put upon bis trial , and found guilty of bigamy . The next of kin of the deceased now opposed probate on various grounds- —¦ the chief being that the conviction for bigamy disqualified Smthurst from acting as executor . Sir C . Cresswell took time to consider his decision . Judgment was given by the Lord Chief

Justice on Monday , in the Court of Queen's Bench , in a case arising out of the Beverley election . A person named Boyes bad been ' convicted on a charge of bribery , and a question arose at the trial whether a witness was bound to answer a question criminative of himself after having received a Royal pardon . His lordship now decided that tbe presiding judge in such a case was bound to insist on the witness answering the question , and that the law officers of the Crown ought not to be called to enter a nolle

upon proseoni . —¦—A fearful crime has been committed at Holywell , Flintshire . Two old people were found in bed with their throats cut . The husband was dead , but the wife , who is 77 years of age , was still alive , and at once confessed that she had murdered her aged partner because " he was troublesome and required her constant attention . " The coroner's jury have returned a verdict of " wilful murder " against the woman .

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The French Legislative Chamber commenced on Monday the discussion of the measure to change the differential duty on cereals into a moderate fixed duty , ancl to liberate importation to a certain extent . The measure is almost sure to he carried . Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde are to leave on Sunday next for Algeria , and will afterwards visit Spain and Syria . The Belgian senate have adopted unanimously the literary convention , and the convention of navigation with France .

Francis IL , formerly of Naples , is not yet wholly deprived of the

The Week.

formal accompaniments of sovereignty . It is announced in a telegram from Madrid that the Court of Spain will maintain a representative with the ex-King so long as he remains in Italy . The position of the Pontiff becomes daily more hazardous . Besides a discontented people , who are continually showing their hostility to his government , and among whom a liberal manifestation is

being organised for the 2 nd of June , tbe presence of Francis II . on Roman territory , and the acts of Mgr . de Merode in furtherance of his schemes , are believed to be seriously compromising the Papal Government ancl hastily carrying it towards a crisis . The budget of expenses of the Government has only been covered by the sacrifice of theCampanaMuseum , which has been sold to France . The Spanish papers publish alengthened official document addressed to the Queen Jot" SpainbO'Donnellexplaining Jancl vindicating

, y , the annexation of San Domingo . This document , which is somewhat hyperbolical in language , represents the conduct of Spaiu , it need hardly be said , in the most chivalrous , disinterested , ancl even self-sacrificing light . Nothing whatever but the purest regard for the welfare of the Dominicans induced the Spanish Government , the public are informed by this official announcement , to accept the addition to their dominions . On Tuesday the Prussian

. Chamber of Deputies was engaged in tbe discussion of the government measure for military reform , ancl in the course of the debate the Minister of Finance made a declaration of some importance . In answer to a question , he declared that the full right of the representatives of the Prussian people to vote the supplies for the maintenance of the army was a part of the constitution , and could not admit of the slishtest doubt .

AMERICA . —By the Arabia we have intelligence from New York to the 16 th ult . Up to that period there had been no collision between the opposing forces . We wish we could augur from this delay that a compromise might yet be effected , but the hostile preparations and proceedings of both sides will not allow us to indulge in such a hope . The Federal Government , it is said , has notified to the foreign powers that it will cease to hold intercourse

with any foreign power which recognises any commissioners from the rebel states . This appears to be a very improbable proceeding , and , if true , will lead to complications with foreign powers which will prove embarrassing and injurious to the Federal Government . The Unionists in Western Virginia were very strong , and the governors of Ohio and Pennsylvania" have pledged their states to protect them . The Virginians have removed the remains of Washington from their resting place in Mount Vernon .

INDIA AND CHINA .- —The principal intelligence from Calcutta by the Overland Mail is the issuo on the 22 nd ult . of a Gazette Extraordinary , containing the long-looked-for scheme for the amalgamation of the Queen ' s and Indian forces . As it was onl y published on the eve of the departure of the mail we are not informed how it was received in the presidency . Mr . Laing was to produce his budget on the 27 th . The news from Hong-Kong comes clown to the 15 th of April . The expedition the -tse

up Yang River was looked on as perfectly successful , and the beneficial results likely to ensue from it absorbed public attention . There is no news from Tien-tsin . Mr . Bruce arrived at Pekin on the 26 th of March . The rebels , as usual , were troublesome , and increasing in ferocity .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

GRAND CONCLAVE . —We are requested to state that it was Bro . John Barker , Past 1 st Grand Captain , who represented the Prov . G . M . for Northumberland , the Rev . E . C . Ogle , at the Grand Conclave on the 10 th inst . Bro . Barker was assisted by Bro . Gillespie , Bannister , andllammarbo ' m . Bro . Barker was specially appointed by Bro . Ogle to do so , who , owing to the serious illness

of his daughter , could not be present , and handed the Prov . G . Master a letter from Bro . Ogle to that effect . LL . D . —Consult the Book of Constitutions . INITIATE . —You are wrong . When you are further advanced you will agree with us . S . S . —AVrite again . State the matter fairly . J . S . must not believe all that he hears .

A . B . —The Earl of Moira , afterwards Marquis of Hastings , was Prov . Grand Master at tho time . BRO . L . —The furniture of the Hounslow Lodge was supplied by Bro . Spencer .

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FREEMASONRY IN FRANCE. Article 1
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SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN AND HIS TIMES. Article 5
GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL INTELLIGENCE. Article 7
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 7
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 9
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 10
IN MEMORIAM—IN FUTURO. Article 10
MASONIC MEMS. Article 11
SUPREME GRAND LODGE. Article 11
METROPOLITAN. Article 13
PROVINCIAL. Article 15
ROYAL ARCH. Article 18
MARK MASONRY. Article 18
THE WEEK. Article 19
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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The Week.

the motion , which after some discussion was negatived by 196 to 34 , the large majority of the members of the opposition quitting the house . The house then went into committee , ancl on clause four , Mr . Ker Seymer opposed it on the ground that it was inexpedient at a moment like this to part with a source of revenue which produced £ 1 , 500 , 000 per annum . The debate was after some discussion

adjourned to Thursday . Lord Palmerston stated , in reply to the O'Donoghue , that the decision of the Postmaster-General with reference to the Galw . iy subsidy was the decision of the Government . At the same time , however , the Government would be willing to consider any representations ivbich might be made to them on the subject . Lord John Russell , having laid on the table certain official papers relating to the civil war in America , explained the steps which had been taken bthe Government of Washington

y for establishing an effective blockade of the ports of Virginia ancl South Carolina . A Select Committee was appointed to inquire how the education of destitute and neglected children may be efficiently and economically conducted by grants of public money . A committee was also appointed to inquire into the subject of the prohibitions or high duties imposed by foreign governments on tho export of rags . AVedncsday being Derby Day . the bouse did not sit .

G-ENERAL HOME NEWS . —The deaths in the metropolis last week numbered 1237 , showing still a high rate of mortality for the season of the year . In the same period there were 1824 births registered—892 being boys ancl 934 girls . There was an average temperature during the week of 57 ' 5 degrees , and the barometer recorded a mean height of 30-009 inches . At the general meeting of the members of the Fisheries Preservation Association , Lord Saltoun in the chair , it was resolved to appoint a deputation

to wait upon Lord John Russell for the purpose of calling attention to the great exportation of salmon from this country to France during the spawning season , when the fish are in an unwholesome state ancl unfit for food . This has been discovered to have been practised to a very serious extent , thereby diminishing the quantity in our own rivers , and at the same time injuring the health of those who are foolish enough to use them as food . The efforts of the association deserve public support . The

Duke of Cambridge presided at the usual monthly meeting of the National Rifle Association on Monday , and , in opening the proceedings , strongly commended to public support the object contemplated by the Association . The illustrious Duke also took the opportunity of removing an impression that had got abroad , that he was desirous of bringing the volunteers under the immediate control of the Horse Guards . Such was not the case . He wished to see the volunteer force entirely free ; hutat the same time

, , he held that when a large number of corps assembled for- field movements , it was desirable , with the view of obtaining system and order , that the general arrangements should be placed in the hands of an officer representing the AVar Office authorities . The question with reference to the will of Miss Isabella Bankes has been again before tbe Court of Probate . It will bo remembered that the deceased made a will by which she bequeathed the

whole of her property to Dr . Smethurst , who was appointed executor . After her death , Smethurst was convicted of having poisoned her , but was stibsevuently pardoned . He was then put upon bis trial , and found guilty of bigamy . The next of kin of the deceased now opposed probate on various grounds- —¦ the chief being that the conviction for bigamy disqualified Smthurst from acting as executor . Sir C . Cresswell took time to consider his decision . Judgment was given by the Lord Chief

Justice on Monday , in the Court of Queen's Bench , in a case arising out of the Beverley election . A person named Boyes bad been ' convicted on a charge of bribery , and a question arose at the trial whether a witness was bound to answer a question criminative of himself after having received a Royal pardon . His lordship now decided that tbe presiding judge in such a case was bound to insist on the witness answering the question , and that the law officers of the Crown ought not to be called to enter a nolle

upon proseoni . —¦—A fearful crime has been committed at Holywell , Flintshire . Two old people were found in bed with their throats cut . The husband was dead , but the wife , who is 77 years of age , was still alive , and at once confessed that she had murdered her aged partner because " he was troublesome and required her constant attention . " The coroner's jury have returned a verdict of " wilful murder " against the woman .

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The French Legislative Chamber commenced on Monday the discussion of the measure to change the differential duty on cereals into a moderate fixed duty , ancl to liberate importation to a certain extent . The measure is almost sure to he carried . Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde are to leave on Sunday next for Algeria , and will afterwards visit Spain and Syria . The Belgian senate have adopted unanimously the literary convention , and the convention of navigation with France .

Francis IL , formerly of Naples , is not yet wholly deprived of the

The Week.

formal accompaniments of sovereignty . It is announced in a telegram from Madrid that the Court of Spain will maintain a representative with the ex-King so long as he remains in Italy . The position of the Pontiff becomes daily more hazardous . Besides a discontented people , who are continually showing their hostility to his government , and among whom a liberal manifestation is

being organised for the 2 nd of June , tbe presence of Francis II . on Roman territory , and the acts of Mgr . de Merode in furtherance of his schemes , are believed to be seriously compromising the Papal Government ancl hastily carrying it towards a crisis . The budget of expenses of the Government has only been covered by the sacrifice of theCampanaMuseum , which has been sold to France . The Spanish papers publish alengthened official document addressed to the Queen Jot" SpainbO'Donnellexplaining Jancl vindicating

, y , the annexation of San Domingo . This document , which is somewhat hyperbolical in language , represents the conduct of Spaiu , it need hardly be said , in the most chivalrous , disinterested , ancl even self-sacrificing light . Nothing whatever but the purest regard for the welfare of the Dominicans induced the Spanish Government , the public are informed by this official announcement , to accept the addition to their dominions . On Tuesday the Prussian

. Chamber of Deputies was engaged in tbe discussion of the government measure for military reform , ancl in the course of the debate the Minister of Finance made a declaration of some importance . In answer to a question , he declared that the full right of the representatives of the Prussian people to vote the supplies for the maintenance of the army was a part of the constitution , and could not admit of the slishtest doubt .

AMERICA . —By the Arabia we have intelligence from New York to the 16 th ult . Up to that period there had been no collision between the opposing forces . We wish we could augur from this delay that a compromise might yet be effected , but the hostile preparations and proceedings of both sides will not allow us to indulge in such a hope . The Federal Government , it is said , has notified to the foreign powers that it will cease to hold intercourse

with any foreign power which recognises any commissioners from the rebel states . This appears to be a very improbable proceeding , and , if true , will lead to complications with foreign powers which will prove embarrassing and injurious to the Federal Government . The Unionists in Western Virginia were very strong , and the governors of Ohio and Pennsylvania" have pledged their states to protect them . The Virginians have removed the remains of Washington from their resting place in Mount Vernon .

INDIA AND CHINA .- —The principal intelligence from Calcutta by the Overland Mail is the issuo on the 22 nd ult . of a Gazette Extraordinary , containing the long-looked-for scheme for the amalgamation of the Queen ' s and Indian forces . As it was onl y published on the eve of the departure of the mail we are not informed how it was received in the presidency . Mr . Laing was to produce his budget on the 27 th . The news from Hong-Kong comes clown to the 15 th of April . The expedition the -tse

up Yang River was looked on as perfectly successful , and the beneficial results likely to ensue from it absorbed public attention . There is no news from Tien-tsin . Mr . Bruce arrived at Pekin on the 26 th of March . The rebels , as usual , were troublesome , and increasing in ferocity .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

GRAND CONCLAVE . —We are requested to state that it was Bro . John Barker , Past 1 st Grand Captain , who represented the Prov . G . M . for Northumberland , the Rev . E . C . Ogle , at the Grand Conclave on the 10 th inst . Bro . Barker was assisted by Bro . Gillespie , Bannister , andllammarbo ' m . Bro . Barker was specially appointed by Bro . Ogle to do so , who , owing to the serious illness

of his daughter , could not be present , and handed the Prov . G . Master a letter from Bro . Ogle to that effect . LL . D . —Consult the Book of Constitutions . INITIATE . —You are wrong . When you are further advanced you will agree with us . S . S . —AVrite again . State the matter fairly . J . S . must not believe all that he hears .

A . B . —The Earl of Moira , afterwards Marquis of Hastings , was Prov . Grand Master at tho time . BRO . L . —The furniture of the Hounslow Lodge was supplied by Bro . Spencer .

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