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The Week.
stopped . A distressing accident resulting in the loss of twelve lives , occurred at a colliery at Prior's Lee , in Shropshire , on Monday . A shocking accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the Chalk Farm tunnel of the London and Northwestern Railway . Two labourers-were engaged in the tunnel examining the metals and chairs of the line , when they saw a train approaching . They stepped on to the other line , and while still blinded and deafened with the smoke and
reverberation of the first train , they were run into by one coming in an opposite direction , and hurled against the sides of the tunnel . They were picked up still breathing and conveyed to the hospital , in a hopeless condition . An inquest has been held on the body of J . B . Smith , an old man , whose death it was alleged was partially owing to neglect on the part of Whitechapel Workauthorities . The evidence , however , exonerated them , and the verdict was ' ¦ death from thoid fever . "
yp ForajKHf IXTELLiGiixcE . —From France tho principal news is the financial report of M . Fould . The unforeseen expenses of 1 SG 2 have amounted to 35 millions of francs , arising from the Mexican expedition" and the advancement of premiums on exportation . 31 . Fould talks of supplementary grants to meet these claims . Alluding to 1863 , M . Fould calculates on a surplus of 110 , 000 , 0001 ' ., which he estimates will meet the expenses for that year of the Mexican expedition , as well as any unforeseen expenses . The Budget of 186-1 will
be presented with a , diminution of four millions , and M . Fould states that were it not for the extraordinary expenses which weigh upon 1862 and 1 S 03 it would have been possible to re-enter on a normal situation at the beginning of 1 S 04 , but which desirable result was only adjourned . The death of the Archbishop of Paris took place on Monday morning at six o ' clock . A report in Tuesday ' s Moniteur , followed by an Imperial decree , annoi . nccs a step of some importance in French administration of local affairs . The councils of prefecturh dispose every year of more than 200 , 000 disputed
questions regarding public works , highways , local contributions , mines , watercourses , nuisances dangerous to health , & o . Up to the present these proceedings did not take place in . the presence of the parties , and were not open to publicity . Now , Count Persigny proposes , and the Emperor decrees , that the sittings of the Councils of l ' vefecture , when engaged in disposing of contested questions of the nature indicated , shall he public , and that the pintles concerned shall be . allowed to sustain their claims in person or by representative . "This wise and useful reform , " says Count Persigny , "will be received with satisfaction by tho populations everywhere . " Marshal O'Domiell declared , in tho Spanish Senate , on Monday ,
that the Cabinet of Madrid had never intended to interfere in the internal affairs of Mexico , and that tho withdrawal of the Spanish troops had been rendered necessary by the excessive pretensions of France . The rupture was not caused hy General Prim , but by tho support lent hy the French to General Almonte , who had deceived the French cabinet . Marshal O'Dounell ' s speech is said to have " produced a great sensation , " and the Senate immediately voted , by a great majority , the address in reply to the Queen ' s speech .- A telegramof the 30 th Decemberfrom Athensannounces that
, , , a great popular demonstration had just taken place in that city , the crowd shouting enthusiastically for Prince Alfred as King of the Greeks . The lion . Mr . Elliott , however , has again announced that Prince Alfred can positively not accept the throne ; but our representative did his best to make the refusal seem less unwelcome , by assming the Provisional Government and the nation generally of England ' s sympathy and good will . ——It was believed that Mr . Elliott had officially communicated to the Provisional
Government the British Cabinet ' s intention to cede the Ionian Islands to Greece . A circular from Prince Govtchakovfj published in the oilicial journal of St . Petersburg , declares that Russia never desired to put forward the Doko of Lcivehtenbevg as a candidate for the Greek crown . It adds that the British Government has been satisfied with the Russian Cabinet ' s declarations , and that , consequently , on the proposal of the Russian Envoy , " Earl Russell aud Baron lirunnbw signedon the 4 th Decembernotes recapitulating
, , the existing agreement that no member of the reigning families of the protecting powers should be eligible for the throne of Greece , aud stating that any eventual election of Prince Alfred or the Duke of Leuuhtenberg should he considered as not having taken place . The notes further state that France shall be invited to join England and Russia iu this new agreement . " The Prance asserts that two of the great powers—no doubt Austria and Russia—are indisposed to assert to a cession of the Ionian protectorate by
Kngland to Greece . The assertion derives some little corroboration from the language of the official journal of St . Petersburg , which declares that " if England is at liberty to renounce the protectorate of the Ionian Islands , it is for Europe alone to determine their subsequent destiny , and to do so with the same considerations for the common interest which , on a fanner occasion , confided the protectorate of those islands to England . " It is stated that rather curious instructions have been transmitted from Paris with regard to the candidature of the Due D'Aumale—that the Government will neither support nor oppose his election to the throne of Greece . The Prussian Parliament has been summoned to meet on the 14 th of January ; and no doubt its session will be a stormy one .
AHETUCA . —The Chiua , which arrived at Liverpool on Sunday , has brought us the intelligence that Genera ! BtinisioVs repulse at Fredericksburg on the 13 th ult . was deemed by him too complete for him to venture on any fresh attack . He consequently , after the two following days had been spent in unimportant skirmishes , retreated across the Rappahannock during the night of the I 5 th instant . The operation of withdrawing the Federal army across the river was commenced at nightfall and was completed soon after daybreak . It was covered ba storm of wind and rainaud
y , appears to kave been undiscovered hy the Confederates , who made no attempt to impede it or to press the Federal rear . All the Federal guns , wounded , and stores were safely brought across , and the pontoon bridges were then removed , while the river was rapidly rising . General Burusidedid not encounter much censure for his disaster , which public opinion attributed to the orders of Secretary Stanton and General Halleck . General M'Clcllan was summoned to Washington on the afternoon of the 10 th inst ., and
there is a report that he would he solicited to resume the command of the army of the Potomac . President Jefferson Davis had arrived iu Tennessee from Virginia , had reviewed portions of the Confederate army , and had declared that at an } ' price Tennessee must be preserved , to the Southern Confederacy . It was supposed that important operations would ensue , and that a battle would probably be fought between General Rosencratz ' s army and the Confederate forces . According to accounts brought by the North America to the 20 th of Decemberthe result of the battle at Fredericksburg
, had created great excitement at New York , and meetings were to be held to let the President know what the people wished to have done . It was rumoured that Mr . Seward and General Burnside had resigned ; but the rumour had not been confirmed . Congress had appointed a committee to vmraive into the circumstances connected
with the battle . The official account of the Federal losses ou the 13 th states that 1400 were killed and 8000 wounded . Confederate General Loe officially reports his loss at 1 S 00 killed and wounded . He took 550 prisoners , and lost S 00 , who were captured by the Federals . Confederate Generals Thomas Cobb and M . Gregg were killed in the battle . In North Carolina there had been fighting , which ended in the defeat of the Confederates at Kingston hy General Foster . He took that place on tho 11 th December with 000 prisoners and elftveu pieces of avtillevy . The Federals immediately advanced
in the direction of Goldsborough and Weldon . On the Yazoo River the Federal gunboat Cairo had been blown up by a torpedo . Fighting was said to be going on at Corinth , and at Harper ' s Ferry the Confederates had been driven back in an attack on the place . The reverse of the Federal army at Fredericksburg has already , it would seem , caused tho " inspired" journals of Paris to publish paragraphs hinting at a possible mediation between the American belligerents . At all events the Prance states that , after General
Burnside ' s defeat on the 13 th inst-., President Lincoln had a long conference with the French Envoy at Washington , and that the "peace party" drew favourable inferences from this interview . INDIA ASD CHINA . —There is not much important news by the India aud China mail , the news from Calcutta coming down to no later a date than by a previous mail . The Chiua Mai ! gives an account of a " bloodless revolution " in Japan , the chief object of which appears to be nothing less than the destruction of Yeilu asthe
capital city of the empire . An attack on J-Liukoii' by the Taephigs was expected , and a large fire which was reported at that port just as the mail was leaving , it was thought , might he the work of the Taephig incendiaries , imperial troops are advancing for the protection of Hankow . We regret to And that the ravages of cholera at Shanghae are not abating . The news from Melboavua is indicative of pretty general prosperity .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
D . S . E . B . —A Mason who some years buck obtained the Royal Arch degree , and who then ( previous to the existing regulations ) necessarily received the P . Master ' s degree , cannot be acknowledged as a Past Master in a Craft lodge , or allowed to be present in the Boards of Installed Masters during the ceremony of installation . BXCELSIOII . —No . 1 shall be attended to at an early date . —2 . The practice of making virtual P . M . ' s , i . e ., giving the P . M . ' s degree , was discontinued under the English Constitution on the arrangement of the degreesacknowledged at the time of the union in 1813 .
, —3 . All the proceedings of the lodge smeo the time of the loss of the warrant are irregular . You should apply for a warrant of confirmation . It would be readily granted , the cost being £ 2 2 s . — 4 s . It was customary under the York Constitutions to elect all the officers half-yearly , and occasionally to give the second and third degree in the same night , though irregular . The officers are still elected half-yearly in Ireland . —5 . We presume that at the time of the alteration of numbers of lodges there might have
been several vacancies below yours , and none below that of the other lodge named . A lodge might have escaped alteration of its number at the time , owing to the want of intervening numbers or special indulgence .
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The Week.
stopped . A distressing accident resulting in the loss of twelve lives , occurred at a colliery at Prior's Lee , in Shropshire , on Monday . A shocking accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the Chalk Farm tunnel of the London and Northwestern Railway . Two labourers-were engaged in the tunnel examining the metals and chairs of the line , when they saw a train approaching . They stepped on to the other line , and while still blinded and deafened with the smoke and
reverberation of the first train , they were run into by one coming in an opposite direction , and hurled against the sides of the tunnel . They were picked up still breathing and conveyed to the hospital , in a hopeless condition . An inquest has been held on the body of J . B . Smith , an old man , whose death it was alleged was partially owing to neglect on the part of Whitechapel Workauthorities . The evidence , however , exonerated them , and the verdict was ' ¦ death from thoid fever . "
yp ForajKHf IXTELLiGiixcE . —From France tho principal news is the financial report of M . Fould . The unforeseen expenses of 1 SG 2 have amounted to 35 millions of francs , arising from the Mexican expedition" and the advancement of premiums on exportation . 31 . Fould talks of supplementary grants to meet these claims . Alluding to 1863 , M . Fould calculates on a surplus of 110 , 000 , 0001 ' ., which he estimates will meet the expenses for that year of the Mexican expedition , as well as any unforeseen expenses . The Budget of 186-1 will
be presented with a , diminution of four millions , and M . Fould states that were it not for the extraordinary expenses which weigh upon 1862 and 1 S 03 it would have been possible to re-enter on a normal situation at the beginning of 1 S 04 , but which desirable result was only adjourned . The death of the Archbishop of Paris took place on Monday morning at six o ' clock . A report in Tuesday ' s Moniteur , followed by an Imperial decree , annoi . nccs a step of some importance in French administration of local affairs . The councils of prefecturh dispose every year of more than 200 , 000 disputed
questions regarding public works , highways , local contributions , mines , watercourses , nuisances dangerous to health , & o . Up to the present these proceedings did not take place in . the presence of the parties , and were not open to publicity . Now , Count Persigny proposes , and the Emperor decrees , that the sittings of the Councils of l ' vefecture , when engaged in disposing of contested questions of the nature indicated , shall he public , and that the pintles concerned shall be . allowed to sustain their claims in person or by representative . "This wise and useful reform , " says Count Persigny , "will be received with satisfaction by tho populations everywhere . " Marshal O'Domiell declared , in tho Spanish Senate , on Monday ,
that the Cabinet of Madrid had never intended to interfere in the internal affairs of Mexico , and that tho withdrawal of the Spanish troops had been rendered necessary by the excessive pretensions of France . The rupture was not caused hy General Prim , but by tho support lent hy the French to General Almonte , who had deceived the French cabinet . Marshal O'Dounell ' s speech is said to have " produced a great sensation , " and the Senate immediately voted , by a great majority , the address in reply to the Queen ' s speech .- A telegramof the 30 th Decemberfrom Athensannounces that
, , , a great popular demonstration had just taken place in that city , the crowd shouting enthusiastically for Prince Alfred as King of the Greeks . The lion . Mr . Elliott , however , has again announced that Prince Alfred can positively not accept the throne ; but our representative did his best to make the refusal seem less unwelcome , by assming the Provisional Government and the nation generally of England ' s sympathy and good will . ——It was believed that Mr . Elliott had officially communicated to the Provisional
Government the British Cabinet ' s intention to cede the Ionian Islands to Greece . A circular from Prince Govtchakovfj published in the oilicial journal of St . Petersburg , declares that Russia never desired to put forward the Doko of Lcivehtenbevg as a candidate for the Greek crown . It adds that the British Government has been satisfied with the Russian Cabinet ' s declarations , and that , consequently , on the proposal of the Russian Envoy , " Earl Russell aud Baron lirunnbw signedon the 4 th Decembernotes recapitulating
, , the existing agreement that no member of the reigning families of the protecting powers should be eligible for the throne of Greece , aud stating that any eventual election of Prince Alfred or the Duke of Leuuhtenberg should he considered as not having taken place . The notes further state that France shall be invited to join England and Russia iu this new agreement . " The Prance asserts that two of the great powers—no doubt Austria and Russia—are indisposed to assert to a cession of the Ionian protectorate by
Kngland to Greece . The assertion derives some little corroboration from the language of the official journal of St . Petersburg , which declares that " if England is at liberty to renounce the protectorate of the Ionian Islands , it is for Europe alone to determine their subsequent destiny , and to do so with the same considerations for the common interest which , on a fanner occasion , confided the protectorate of those islands to England . " It is stated that rather curious instructions have been transmitted from Paris with regard to the candidature of the Due D'Aumale—that the Government will neither support nor oppose his election to the throne of Greece . The Prussian Parliament has been summoned to meet on the 14 th of January ; and no doubt its session will be a stormy one .
AHETUCA . —The Chiua , which arrived at Liverpool on Sunday , has brought us the intelligence that Genera ! BtinisioVs repulse at Fredericksburg on the 13 th ult . was deemed by him too complete for him to venture on any fresh attack . He consequently , after the two following days had been spent in unimportant skirmishes , retreated across the Rappahannock during the night of the I 5 th instant . The operation of withdrawing the Federal army across the river was commenced at nightfall and was completed soon after daybreak . It was covered ba storm of wind and rainaud
y , appears to kave been undiscovered hy the Confederates , who made no attempt to impede it or to press the Federal rear . All the Federal guns , wounded , and stores were safely brought across , and the pontoon bridges were then removed , while the river was rapidly rising . General Burusidedid not encounter much censure for his disaster , which public opinion attributed to the orders of Secretary Stanton and General Halleck . General M'Clcllan was summoned to Washington on the afternoon of the 10 th inst ., and
there is a report that he would he solicited to resume the command of the army of the Potomac . President Jefferson Davis had arrived iu Tennessee from Virginia , had reviewed portions of the Confederate army , and had declared that at an } ' price Tennessee must be preserved , to the Southern Confederacy . It was supposed that important operations would ensue , and that a battle would probably be fought between General Rosencratz ' s army and the Confederate forces . According to accounts brought by the North America to the 20 th of Decemberthe result of the battle at Fredericksburg
, had created great excitement at New York , and meetings were to be held to let the President know what the people wished to have done . It was rumoured that Mr . Seward and General Burnside had resigned ; but the rumour had not been confirmed . Congress had appointed a committee to vmraive into the circumstances connected
with the battle . The official account of the Federal losses ou the 13 th states that 1400 were killed and 8000 wounded . Confederate General Loe officially reports his loss at 1 S 00 killed and wounded . He took 550 prisoners , and lost S 00 , who were captured by the Federals . Confederate Generals Thomas Cobb and M . Gregg were killed in the battle . In North Carolina there had been fighting , which ended in the defeat of the Confederates at Kingston hy General Foster . He took that place on tho 11 th December with 000 prisoners and elftveu pieces of avtillevy . The Federals immediately advanced
in the direction of Goldsborough and Weldon . On the Yazoo River the Federal gunboat Cairo had been blown up by a torpedo . Fighting was said to be going on at Corinth , and at Harper ' s Ferry the Confederates had been driven back in an attack on the place . The reverse of the Federal army at Fredericksburg has already , it would seem , caused tho " inspired" journals of Paris to publish paragraphs hinting at a possible mediation between the American belligerents . At all events the Prance states that , after General
Burnside ' s defeat on the 13 th inst-., President Lincoln had a long conference with the French Envoy at Washington , and that the "peace party" drew favourable inferences from this interview . INDIA ASD CHINA . —There is not much important news by the India aud China mail , the news from Calcutta coming down to no later a date than by a previous mail . The Chiua Mai ! gives an account of a " bloodless revolution " in Japan , the chief object of which appears to be nothing less than the destruction of Yeilu asthe
capital city of the empire . An attack on J-Liukoii' by the Taephigs was expected , and a large fire which was reported at that port just as the mail was leaving , it was thought , might he the work of the Taephig incendiaries , imperial troops are advancing for the protection of Hankow . We regret to And that the ravages of cholera at Shanghae are not abating . The news from Melboavua is indicative of pretty general prosperity .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
D . S . E . B . —A Mason who some years buck obtained the Royal Arch degree , and who then ( previous to the existing regulations ) necessarily received the P . Master ' s degree , cannot be acknowledged as a Past Master in a Craft lodge , or allowed to be present in the Boards of Installed Masters during the ceremony of installation . BXCELSIOII . —No . 1 shall be attended to at an early date . —2 . The practice of making virtual P . M . ' s , i . e ., giving the P . M . ' s degree , was discontinued under the English Constitution on the arrangement of the degreesacknowledged at the time of the union in 1813 .
, —3 . All the proceedings of the lodge smeo the time of the loss of the warrant are irregular . You should apply for a warrant of confirmation . It would be readily granted , the cost being £ 2 2 s . — 4 s . It was customary under the York Constitutions to elect all the officers half-yearly , and occasionally to give the second and third degree in the same night , though irregular . The officers are still elected half-yearly in Ireland . —5 . We presume that at the time of the alteration of numbers of lodges there might have
been several vacancies below yours , and none below that of the other lodge named . A lodge might have escaped alteration of its number at the time , owing to the want of intervening numbers or special indulgence .