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Summary Of Ie¥S For January.

commemoration of the Prince of Prussia having on the 1 st ult . completed his fiftieth year of service in the Prussian army . To give greater effect to this military display , a special mission attended from this country to invest the Prince with the Order of the Bath .

In connection with this . quarrel , the conduct of the government of the little kingdom of Wurtemberg cannot be too highly lauded , in having refused a passage through its territories to the Prussian troops . In Sweden there ha . s been a vigorous stand made by the people in opposition to an attempt of the government of that country to do away with the blessing

( purely Masonic ) of religious liberty . On the 1 st of the month , the King of Portugal opened the Cortes of his kingdom with a speech from the throne , in which he directed their attention to the necessity of opening up the resources of the country by railways and other public works .

On the 3 rd , the Archbishop of Paris was sacrilegiously assassinated by a fanatic priest named Verger , who was tried for the offence on the 17 th , and sentenced to death . The funeral of the murdered prelate took place with great pomp on the 10 th . On the 9 th , the King of Sardinia opened his parliament at Turin , and congratulated the representatives of his kingdom on the position which Sardinia occupied in the councils of Europe .

The lull given to the expression of public discontent at Naples by the attempted assassination of the King has completely worn away , and fresh arrests are the order of the day in that capital . We learn also of the circulation of a new coinage among the people , bearing the effigy of Prince LucienM . urat , whom some parties are desirous to place on the throne once occupied by his father .

JUDICIAI

On the 5 th Mr . Russell Gurney opened the Central Criminal Court , for the first time , in his capacity of Recorder of the city of London , and sentenced to eighteen months'imprisonment an impostor named Philip Henry Arthey , who had defrauded several tradesmen by passing as Lord John Hay . On the 6 th , at the Middlesex sessions , two women , one possessed of < % ticket of leave , were found guilty of burglary , and sentenced to four years' penal servitude . On the 7 th several of the post-office servants were convicted of opening letters committed to their care , and of embezzling their contents . On the 8 th a policeman named Compton was convicted at the Central Criminal Court of burglary , and sentenced to transportation for life .

The 12 th was the first day of Hilary Term . Judgment was given in the case of Swinfen v . Swinfen , affirming that a client is bound by the arrangements made for him by his counsel at his own discretion . The same day there was opened a special sessions of the Central Criminal Court , when true bills were found both in the case of the bullion robbery and the Great Northern frauds .

On the 13 th , Pierce , Burgess , and Tester , were indicted for the gold-dust robbery , and were , after a trial of three days' duration , convicted , and sentenced , the former to two years' imprisonment , and the two others to transportation for fourteen years . On the 16 th , Bedpath was convicted of his frauds upon the Great Northern Company , and sentenced to transportation for life ; Kent was acquitted .

On the 23 rd , was tried in the Court of Exchequer , Hancock v . Lord Ernest Tane , with a verdict of £ 135 . 1 fts . for the plaintiff , who claimed £ 150 . 196 * ., for jewelry supplied to the noble defendant , who pleaded infancy . ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . The last week of the old year was , as far as the town of Cardiff is concerned , one of horrors ; wrecks , suicides , sudden and accidental deaths , and attempted murders , swelling the dismal catalogue of casualties . On the 30 th of December , an inquest , the details of which were of a most harrowing character , was held at the University College Hospital , on the body of

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THE GRAND SECRETARY. Article 1
THE MASONIC PRESS AND GRAND LODGE. Article 3
HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 7
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 11
ROYAL FREEMASONS' GIRLS' SCHOOL. Article 12
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 13
PROVINCIAL. Article 25
ROYAL ARCH. Article 61
THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE, Article 64
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 67
MARK MASONRY. Article 68
SCOTLAND. Article 68
IRELAND. Article 75
COLONIAL. Article 76
AMERICA, Article 77
INDIA. Article 79
MASONIC FESTIVITIES. Article 82
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR JANUARY. Article 85
Obituary. Article 91
NOTICE. Article 94
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Summary Of Ie¥S For January.

commemoration of the Prince of Prussia having on the 1 st ult . completed his fiftieth year of service in the Prussian army . To give greater effect to this military display , a special mission attended from this country to invest the Prince with the Order of the Bath .

In connection with this . quarrel , the conduct of the government of the little kingdom of Wurtemberg cannot be too highly lauded , in having refused a passage through its territories to the Prussian troops . In Sweden there ha . s been a vigorous stand made by the people in opposition to an attempt of the government of that country to do away with the blessing

( purely Masonic ) of religious liberty . On the 1 st of the month , the King of Portugal opened the Cortes of his kingdom with a speech from the throne , in which he directed their attention to the necessity of opening up the resources of the country by railways and other public works .

On the 3 rd , the Archbishop of Paris was sacrilegiously assassinated by a fanatic priest named Verger , who was tried for the offence on the 17 th , and sentenced to death . The funeral of the murdered prelate took place with great pomp on the 10 th . On the 9 th , the King of Sardinia opened his parliament at Turin , and congratulated the representatives of his kingdom on the position which Sardinia occupied in the councils of Europe .

The lull given to the expression of public discontent at Naples by the attempted assassination of the King has completely worn away , and fresh arrests are the order of the day in that capital . We learn also of the circulation of a new coinage among the people , bearing the effigy of Prince LucienM . urat , whom some parties are desirous to place on the throne once occupied by his father .

JUDICIAI

On the 5 th Mr . Russell Gurney opened the Central Criminal Court , for the first time , in his capacity of Recorder of the city of London , and sentenced to eighteen months'imprisonment an impostor named Philip Henry Arthey , who had defrauded several tradesmen by passing as Lord John Hay . On the 6 th , at the Middlesex sessions , two women , one possessed of < % ticket of leave , were found guilty of burglary , and sentenced to four years' penal servitude . On the 7 th several of the post-office servants were convicted of opening letters committed to their care , and of embezzling their contents . On the 8 th a policeman named Compton was convicted at the Central Criminal Court of burglary , and sentenced to transportation for life .

The 12 th was the first day of Hilary Term . Judgment was given in the case of Swinfen v . Swinfen , affirming that a client is bound by the arrangements made for him by his counsel at his own discretion . The same day there was opened a special sessions of the Central Criminal Court , when true bills were found both in the case of the bullion robbery and the Great Northern frauds .

On the 13 th , Pierce , Burgess , and Tester , were indicted for the gold-dust robbery , and were , after a trial of three days' duration , convicted , and sentenced , the former to two years' imprisonment , and the two others to transportation for fourteen years . On the 16 th , Bedpath was convicted of his frauds upon the Great Northern Company , and sentenced to transportation for life ; Kent was acquitted .

On the 23 rd , was tried in the Court of Exchequer , Hancock v . Lord Ernest Tane , with a verdict of £ 135 . 1 fts . for the plaintiff , who claimed £ 150 . 196 * ., for jewelry supplied to the noble defendant , who pleaded infancy . ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . The last week of the old year was , as far as the town of Cardiff is concerned , one of horrors ; wrecks , suicides , sudden and accidental deaths , and attempted murders , swelling the dismal catalogue of casualties . On the 30 th of December , an inquest , the details of which were of a most harrowing character , was held at the University College Hospital , on the body of

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