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every sitting , tho report on tho resolutions respecting the Duke of Connaught ' s Marriage Grant was agreed to , and a Bill giving effect thereto was brought in and read a first time . The House then went into Committee on the Contagious Diseases ( Animals ) Bill , and made very

considerable progress . The Highways Bill was read a third time , as was the Admiralty and War Office ( Retirement of Officers ) Bill . On the House meetting again at nine o'clock , shortly after a debate on a motion by Mr . MeArthur on the Natal Local

Government , which in the end was withdrawn , the House was counted out . On Monday and Tuesday , the House was chiefly occupied with the debate on the Vote of Censure proposed by the Marquis of Hartington . At the sitting on the former day the principal speakers , in addition to his

Lordship , were Mr . D . Plnuket , Sir Charles Dilke , Messrs . Baillie Cochrane , Ashley , R . Plunkett , and Bourke ; at the latter , Lord Saudon , Mr . Gladstone , Mr . Sidebottom , and Messrs . Birley , Gourley , Stansfeld , and Cross . The debate was resumed on Thursday , and it was expected the division

would be taken early this morning . On "Wednesday , the Duke of Connaught ' s Establishment Bill was read a third time , only thirteen members voting against it , while 151

supported it . The Contagious Diseases ( Animals ) Bill passed through Committee amid loud cheers , and was reported to the House . The Bishoprics Bill was talked out .

Among the Queen ' s guests at Osborne on Saturday were Lord Sandon , the Dean of Westminster , and Miss Victoria Baillie , who had the honour of being included in the Royal Dinner Party . On Tuesday , the Prince and Princess of "Wales ' s children , with the Rev . J . N . Dalton in attendance

on them , arrived at Osborne . After luncheon , Her Majesty , Avho was accompanied by the Princess Beatrice , invested the Marquis of Salisbury with the insignia of the Garter . His Lordship , preceded by Sir Albert "Woods , Garter , -was introduced by Sir John Cowell , when the Queen having

conferred on the noble Lord the honour of Knigthood , invested him with the Riband and George of the Order , and then delivered to him the Garter . The Marquis then kissed hands and retired . A private investiture of the Order of the Bath was subsequently held and Sir J .

Lintorn Simmons was invested with the Riband and Badge of the Military Division of the First Class of the Order , and Lieut .-Gen . Sir A . B . Kemball ( military ) and Lord Tenterden ( civil ) with the insignia of their respective divisions of the Second Class , the honour of

Knighthood having been previously conferred upon them . Mr . Edward Hertslet , Librarian of the Foreign Office , was Knighted . Sir Augustus Paget , our Ambassador at Rome ,

Mr . Thomson , our Minister in Persia , and Mr . Locock , our Minister in Guatemala , had audiences of Her Majesty . The Marquis of Salisbury , K . G ., was present as Secretary of State .

The Grand Duke and Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz dined with the Prince and Princess of "Wales on Thursday last , and again on Monday , the former , as well as the Prince and Princess Christian , visited their Royal Highnesses and stayed to luncheon . In the

afternoon the Prince and Princess , with the Duchess of Teck , left London by special train from the Victoria Station to Chichester , on a visit to the Duke of Richmond and Gordon at Goodwood during the race week . The Duke of Connaught was present at the distribution of prizes to the

cadets of the Royal Military Academy , Woolwich . The Marquis of Lome has been appointed Viceroy of the Dominion of Canada in succession to Lord Dufferin , whose term of office has expired . No doubt the appointment of the Queen ' s son-in-law will be cordially welcomed by the loyal

Canadians , and the presence of the Marchioness of Lome ( Princess Louise ) will strengthen—if such , at least , be possible—the loyalty of all classes of her mother ' s subjects in British North America . It is another link in the chain of Imperial Government which the present Ministry has done so much to promote . Several events of interest iu the Masonic world have

happened since we wrote last . The Provincial Gathering in Hertfovdsuire passed off satisfactorily . On Wednesday the Provincial Gratid Chapter of Kent held its first meeting since its constitution during the summer of last year , and the muster of Companions at Dover , where the P . G .

Chapter met , was worthy of the occasion , and showed the increasing interest which is taken in this Province in R . A . Masonry . "We must also mention that on Friday a new Mark Lodge , the West Sraithfield , No . 223 , was consecrated , the

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duty of performing the ceremony being entrusted to Bro . Frederick Binckes , Grand Secretary of the Mark Grand Lodge . On "Wednesday a grand banquet was given at

c reemasons' Tavern to the American Knights Templar of tho Mary Commandery , No . 36 , Philadelphia , who were in London during their visit to Europe . Next week will be held the Provincial Grand Lodge of "Worcestershire .

Tho banquet given by tho members of the Conservative party to the Earl of Beaconsfield and the Marquis of Salisbury came off on Saturday last in the Duke of Wellington ' s Riding House at Knightsbridge , which his Grace had considerately offered for tho purpose . The room was

beautifully decorated for the occasion , and the guests , who numbered some five hundred , included all the most distinguished members of the Conservative party . The Duke of Buccleugh presided , and was supported right and left by the guests of the evening . The toasts of the distinguished

Ministers , given separately , were cheered to the echo , and the Earl and the Marquis were very eloquent in acknowledging the great honour which had been paid them . To-day ( Saturday ) each of them will receive the Freedom of the Cit y of London presented in a gold box , when the

ceremony will take place in the Guildhall , and will be presided over by the Lord Mayor . In the evening her Majesty ' s Ministers will be entertained at a grand banquet at the Mansion House . The banquet will be held in the

Egyptian Hall , and covers will be laid for 820 . On Monday the Premier and his colleague will receive a number of addresses , which will be presented by Provincial Delegations , in token of the eminent services rendered at the Berlin Congress .

It is satisfactory to know that the measures taken for raising the unfortunate Eurydice have been successful , and that she has at length been beached in Sandown Bay .

By the time these lines are published it is most probable the ship will be in Portsmouth harbour , when , of course , the inevitable inquiry into the circumstances of the loss will be commenced .

The First Lord of the Admiralty presided on "Wednesday afternoon at the distribution of prizes to the successful pupils of the Royal Naval Hospital School , Greenwich , among those present being Admiral "Wellesley , Lord

Gilford , Admiral Hood , Admiral Hall , Sir Massey Lopez , M . P ., Captain Codrington , R . N ., General "Walker , & c , & o , After the ceremony had taken place the right honourable gentleman delivered a short address on the highly suecessful manner in which the school was conducted .

Among those on whom the Civil List Pensions for the present year have been bestowed by the Queen will be found the names of Mrs . "Wornum , who receives £ 100 in recognition of the services to art of her late husband , Mr . Ral ph N . "Wornum , keeper and secretary of tho

National Gallery ; Mrs . Cruikshank , widow of George Cruikshank , the artist , who receives £ 100 per annum in consideration of her straitened circumstances ; and Lady

Creasy , who is awarded £ 150 per annum , in recognition of the literary services of her late husband Sir Edward Creasy , author of The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World , and other valuable works .

Since Sir Garnet Wolseley has landed and formally taken possession of Cyprus in behalf of Queen Victoria , the work of administration has been begun in earnest . The troops , too , have arrived , and for the present are camping out , as there is not sufficient barrack accommodation for them .

The Duke of Edinburgh has particularly distinguished himself by the zeal and energy with which he works in order to get things straight . At the same time there ia no harrying the natives , and consequently the people take very kindly to the new government . As a matter of

coarso there is , and for some time will be , a considerable influx of people on the look out to make fortunes , and no doubt there will be excellent opportunities for men of enterprise to win a handsome return for their venture , but there arc certain to be a far greater number who will

come to grief . The Berlin Treaty is being gradually carried out , and soon the different powers who are parties to it will have ratified it . The Crown Prince of Germany has recently done this on behalf of the Emperor , and the

President of the French Republic had affixed his signature last week . The Austrian army of occupation has entered Bosnia , and , in the main , the reception accorded to it has been of a cordial character . Some difficulties appear to have arisen between Greece and Turkey , but these , no doubt , will bo overcome , though Turkey seemg anxious to .