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The Week.
the 7 th inst . At that date the Infante Dom Augusto A-as much better , and progressing rapidly towards convalescence . Dom John , evidently sacrificed his life in his solicitude for his brother's recovery . He even went so far as to lie beside Dom Agusto and read to him . The King \ vas in perfect health , and continued to reside at Caxias . LaAA-s had been brought forivard empoAvering the King ' s tAvo sisters to succeed to the throne in case of failure of the male line . According to a dispatch from
Turin there is a rupture betiveen the Courts of Eome ancl Portugal . . It appears that Avhile all the other Courts of Europe have expressed the deepest regret and sympathy at the death of King Don Pedro and his brothers , the Holy Father and Head of the Eoman Catholic Church has not offered a word of consolation . "The . Portuguese Government , hurt at this silence , have recalled their representative from Eome . The disturbances at C ' astellamare , in Sicily , have been completely
suppressed . On Saturday Baron Eicasoli informed the Chamber of Deputies that almost all the chiefs of the movement had been arrested and : order restored , and that the local authorities considered there was no reason to apprehend any further outbreak . Prince Oscar of -Sweden is treated with great distinction at Turin . The garrison Avas under arms to receive him when he arrh'ed . Prince Oscar received , on the 10 th , the visits of the Ministers , after which he partook of a splendid
entertainment at Court , the Swedish Minister and the chief dignitaries of the State being among the guests . The Syndic and Municipal Junta of Turin had an audience of his Eoyal Highness . The Prince visited the theatre on the following evening . Letters from Eome state that the Pope is about to inaugurate in person the opening of the railway from that city to the Neapolitan frontier . Eussia has consented to the reestablishment of a Papal Nuncio at St . Petersburgan office
, suppressed for the last eight years . The Pope announced the fact to the Cardinals on Tuesday , and at the same time expressed a hope that this concession might be the precursor of other concessions on the part of the Emperor of Eussia to the unfortunate people of Poland . The Pope also stated that he had addressed a personal request to the Emperor of Eussia for the liberation of the priests confined in the citadel of Warsaw , and the restoration of those who have been exiled to Siberia .
The Eussian semi-ofiiicial journal , in an article concerning the settlement of the dispute arising from the seizure of the Confederate Commissioners , congratulates Secretary 'Seward upon the " uprightness and intelligence of his policy , " and hopes that there will be negotiations for the recognition of common principles respecting [ the rights of neutrals . The English Government is likewise exhorted to " . give to the world solemn guarantees for the future , " by : signing a convention which shall
ensur <> " universal respect for the rights of neutral powers . " AA e learn from Alexandria , that the French Consul at Uripomi , 'Syria , has obtained satisfaction for the recent ill treatment by the Turks of some persons under the protection of France . AMERICA . —By the la ! est advices from New York we are told that popular excitement on the subject of the Trent dispute had " materialy subsided" and that since the settlement the tone
, of the press in speaking of England had become " much more moderate . " Almost all the leading banks have suspended specie payments , a course which has been led or followed by the United States Treasury itself . The interest on the public debt to Jan 1 will be paid in specie , but the demand notes Avill not be redeemed . This alarming state of things , says the Journal of Commerce , is only the begining f another leaf in the
history of the war , and that recourse to immediate taxation , in proportion to the national expenditure , can alone prevent a grand collapse at its conclusion . The Eugenia Smith , from which tAvo persons' \ A-ere taken by a Federal vessel , is supposed to be an American , hoisting English colours . Messrs . Mason and Slidell have left America for Europe . A British steamer conveyed them to Halifax , from Avhence they will be brought to England in the next Cunai-d steamer . The military news was
not without importance . A landing of Federal troops had been effected on another point of the South Carolina coast ; Fort Pickens had again opened fire on the Southern defences at Pensacola ; and rumours from Kentucky were evidently preparing the Avay for a decisive battle in that quarter . It is ominous to read of a destructive fire at Richmond so soon after the conflagration at Charleston , which Avas generally believed to
be the work of disaffected negroes . Several more Federal vessels will soon be on their way to Europe to protect American commerce against the depredations of Southern privateers . j
The Week.
MEXICO . —By the arrival at Londonderry of the Canadian steamship Nova Scotia we have ] dates from NBAV York to the 4 th of January . There is important news from Mexico . The Spanish expedition had arrh'ed at Vera Cruz , and taken possession of the city without resistance . The Spanish commander had issued an address to the troops announcing that " their mission had only just commenced . " To the inhabitants he had issued a proclamation disclaiming all ideas of conquest
, and declaring that the simple object of Spain was to obtain " guarantees " for the future good conduct of Mexico . AA ' e are of course , told that the Spaniards ivere received ivith great enthusiasm . It may be inferred from the tone of the NBAV York pi-ess , that the Federal Government will observe a strict neutrality in the Mexican embroglio , unless the Spanish occupation should become a permanent one . A TBALIA . —The Australian mail brings us intelligence that
there has been a " ministerial crisis " in Victoria—an occurence too common and too uninteresting to attract any attention out of the colony . Th e party sent in search of Mr . Burke's exploring expedition had discovered and rescued the only survivor , a man named King , who was living with the blacks at Cooper's Creek . But Mr . Burke and his companion , Mr . Wills , had actually succeeded in traversing the continent and reaching the Gulf of Carpentaria , whence they effected their return to
Cooper's Creek , where they died of exhaustion , and where their papers have been found . In Queensland , there had been a shocking massacre by the blacks , who had treachourously murderep a squatter named AVillsand his servants , the number that perished being altogether eleven men , three women , and five children . The perfidious savages ivere pursued by the neighbouring settlers and the native police ; and some thirty of them had alseady been slain . A neiv goldfield had been discovered on the Lachlan Biver , in New * South Wales , and was expected to be very productive . »
NEW ZEALAND . —The Sew Zealand advices are favourable , inasmuch as they announce a confident expectation that peace will be maintained and confirmed . The new Governor , Sri-George Grey , had commenced a series of visits to the Maori tribes ; and it was hoped that the best results would ensue from his personal intercourse with the native chiefs . There were favourable accounts of the success obtained by the diggers in the New Zealand goldfields .
INDIA AND CHINA . —The intelligence from India mainly relates to the policy of Mr . Laing , as expounded on the occasion : of intervieAvs Avith some important local associations ; from China we have details of the coup d'etat at Pekin , by which one minister AA-as executed , and two graciously alloAved to commit suicide . Prince Kung Avas acting as Regent for theyoung Emperor , in concert with the Dowager Empress and the Empress mother .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
To SUBSCRIBERS AND OTHERS . —All remittances by cheque , postoffice orders , & c , are to be made payable to the Proprietor Mr . AVilliam Smith , C . E ., 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand . COMMUNICATIONS for the EDITOR to be addressed to H . G Warren , Esq ., Salisbury-street , Strand . ALL ORDERS OR Communications AA-ith respect to the publishing department to be addressed to the publisher 19
Salisbury-, , street , Strand . E . S . —It ivas not our fault that there was no notice of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Dorsetshire in the FREEMASONS MAGAZINE . A Grand Officer of the Province promised to call at the private house of the Editor , and give him a report , bus failed to clo so . A Constant Reader ( a ia < ly by the bye . ) We are not certain
A ' .-ho is the patentee of paper clothes , but we can inform her that they are sold at Mr . Granger ' s , Stationer , Holborn , a feiv doors AVest of Chancery-lane . AVe think he advertises himself as patentee . AA ' EST YORKSHIRE . —Will some brother oblige us by forwarding the card of meetings for 1862 . LANCASHIP . E . —Will some brother favour us with the published meetings in this province .
AVe shall be glad to receive the appointments of those various lodges marked " no returns . "
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The Week.
the 7 th inst . At that date the Infante Dom Augusto A-as much better , and progressing rapidly towards convalescence . Dom John , evidently sacrificed his life in his solicitude for his brother's recovery . He even went so far as to lie beside Dom Agusto and read to him . The King \ vas in perfect health , and continued to reside at Caxias . LaAA-s had been brought forivard empoAvering the King ' s tAvo sisters to succeed to the throne in case of failure of the male line . According to a dispatch from
Turin there is a rupture betiveen the Courts of Eome ancl Portugal . . It appears that Avhile all the other Courts of Europe have expressed the deepest regret and sympathy at the death of King Don Pedro and his brothers , the Holy Father and Head of the Eoman Catholic Church has not offered a word of consolation . "The . Portuguese Government , hurt at this silence , have recalled their representative from Eome . The disturbances at C ' astellamare , in Sicily , have been completely
suppressed . On Saturday Baron Eicasoli informed the Chamber of Deputies that almost all the chiefs of the movement had been arrested and : order restored , and that the local authorities considered there was no reason to apprehend any further outbreak . Prince Oscar of -Sweden is treated with great distinction at Turin . The garrison Avas under arms to receive him when he arrh'ed . Prince Oscar received , on the 10 th , the visits of the Ministers , after which he partook of a splendid
entertainment at Court , the Swedish Minister and the chief dignitaries of the State being among the guests . The Syndic and Municipal Junta of Turin had an audience of his Eoyal Highness . The Prince visited the theatre on the following evening . Letters from Eome state that the Pope is about to inaugurate in person the opening of the railway from that city to the Neapolitan frontier . Eussia has consented to the reestablishment of a Papal Nuncio at St . Petersburgan office
, suppressed for the last eight years . The Pope announced the fact to the Cardinals on Tuesday , and at the same time expressed a hope that this concession might be the precursor of other concessions on the part of the Emperor of Eussia to the unfortunate people of Poland . The Pope also stated that he had addressed a personal request to the Emperor of Eussia for the liberation of the priests confined in the citadel of Warsaw , and the restoration of those who have been exiled to Siberia .
The Eussian semi-ofiiicial journal , in an article concerning the settlement of the dispute arising from the seizure of the Confederate Commissioners , congratulates Secretary 'Seward upon the " uprightness and intelligence of his policy , " and hopes that there will be negotiations for the recognition of common principles respecting [ the rights of neutrals . The English Government is likewise exhorted to " . give to the world solemn guarantees for the future , " by : signing a convention which shall
ensur <> " universal respect for the rights of neutral powers . " AA e learn from Alexandria , that the French Consul at Uripomi , 'Syria , has obtained satisfaction for the recent ill treatment by the Turks of some persons under the protection of France . AMERICA . —By the la ! est advices from New York we are told that popular excitement on the subject of the Trent dispute had " materialy subsided" and that since the settlement the tone
, of the press in speaking of England had become " much more moderate . " Almost all the leading banks have suspended specie payments , a course which has been led or followed by the United States Treasury itself . The interest on the public debt to Jan 1 will be paid in specie , but the demand notes Avill not be redeemed . This alarming state of things , says the Journal of Commerce , is only the begining f another leaf in the
history of the war , and that recourse to immediate taxation , in proportion to the national expenditure , can alone prevent a grand collapse at its conclusion . The Eugenia Smith , from which tAvo persons' \ A-ere taken by a Federal vessel , is supposed to be an American , hoisting English colours . Messrs . Mason and Slidell have left America for Europe . A British steamer conveyed them to Halifax , from Avhence they will be brought to England in the next Cunai-d steamer . The military news was
not without importance . A landing of Federal troops had been effected on another point of the South Carolina coast ; Fort Pickens had again opened fire on the Southern defences at Pensacola ; and rumours from Kentucky were evidently preparing the Avay for a decisive battle in that quarter . It is ominous to read of a destructive fire at Richmond so soon after the conflagration at Charleston , which Avas generally believed to
be the work of disaffected negroes . Several more Federal vessels will soon be on their way to Europe to protect American commerce against the depredations of Southern privateers . j
The Week.
MEXICO . —By the arrival at Londonderry of the Canadian steamship Nova Scotia we have ] dates from NBAV York to the 4 th of January . There is important news from Mexico . The Spanish expedition had arrh'ed at Vera Cruz , and taken possession of the city without resistance . The Spanish commander had issued an address to the troops announcing that " their mission had only just commenced . " To the inhabitants he had issued a proclamation disclaiming all ideas of conquest
, and declaring that the simple object of Spain was to obtain " guarantees " for the future good conduct of Mexico . AA ' e are of course , told that the Spaniards ivere received ivith great enthusiasm . It may be inferred from the tone of the NBAV York pi-ess , that the Federal Government will observe a strict neutrality in the Mexican embroglio , unless the Spanish occupation should become a permanent one . A TBALIA . —The Australian mail brings us intelligence that
there has been a " ministerial crisis " in Victoria—an occurence too common and too uninteresting to attract any attention out of the colony . Th e party sent in search of Mr . Burke's exploring expedition had discovered and rescued the only survivor , a man named King , who was living with the blacks at Cooper's Creek . But Mr . Burke and his companion , Mr . Wills , had actually succeeded in traversing the continent and reaching the Gulf of Carpentaria , whence they effected their return to
Cooper's Creek , where they died of exhaustion , and where their papers have been found . In Queensland , there had been a shocking massacre by the blacks , who had treachourously murderep a squatter named AVillsand his servants , the number that perished being altogether eleven men , three women , and five children . The perfidious savages ivere pursued by the neighbouring settlers and the native police ; and some thirty of them had alseady been slain . A neiv goldfield had been discovered on the Lachlan Biver , in New * South Wales , and was expected to be very productive . »
NEW ZEALAND . —The Sew Zealand advices are favourable , inasmuch as they announce a confident expectation that peace will be maintained and confirmed . The new Governor , Sri-George Grey , had commenced a series of visits to the Maori tribes ; and it was hoped that the best results would ensue from his personal intercourse with the native chiefs . There were favourable accounts of the success obtained by the diggers in the New Zealand goldfields .
INDIA AND CHINA . —The intelligence from India mainly relates to the policy of Mr . Laing , as expounded on the occasion : of intervieAvs Avith some important local associations ; from China we have details of the coup d'etat at Pekin , by which one minister AA-as executed , and two graciously alloAved to commit suicide . Prince Kung Avas acting as Regent for theyoung Emperor , in concert with the Dowager Empress and the Empress mother .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
To SUBSCRIBERS AND OTHERS . —All remittances by cheque , postoffice orders , & c , are to be made payable to the Proprietor Mr . AVilliam Smith , C . E ., 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand . COMMUNICATIONS for the EDITOR to be addressed to H . G Warren , Esq ., Salisbury-street , Strand . ALL ORDERS OR Communications AA-ith respect to the publishing department to be addressed to the publisher 19
Salisbury-, , street , Strand . E . S . —It ivas not our fault that there was no notice of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Dorsetshire in the FREEMASONS MAGAZINE . A Grand Officer of the Province promised to call at the private house of the Editor , and give him a report , bus failed to clo so . A Constant Reader ( a ia < ly by the bye . ) We are not certain
A ' .-ho is the patentee of paper clothes , but we can inform her that they are sold at Mr . Granger ' s , Stationer , Holborn , a feiv doors AVest of Chancery-lane . AVe think he advertises himself as patentee . AA ' EST YORKSHIRE . —Will some brother oblige us by forwarding the card of meetings for 1862 . LANCASHIP . E . —Will some brother favour us with the published meetings in this province .
AVe shall be glad to receive the appointments of those various lodges marked " no returns . "