Royal Arch.

committee should be appointed to revise and where necessary amend them . Comp . P ATTISON moved the appointment of tlie committoo , ivhich was seconded by Comp . SAVAGE . After a short conversation , iu the course of which Comp . AVARREN intimated his intention , if no other Comp . did so , of taking the opinion of Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter as to the desirableness of having only one governing body for tho Craft and Archthe resolution AA-as agreed toand the committee appointed

, , as folloivs : —Comps . Hall , G .. T . ; Pattison , P . G . N . ; Havers , P . G . S . B .: Roxburgh , G . Reg . ; Savage , G . S . B . ; Le Veau , P . G . D . C ; Evans , G . N . ; and Warren . Letters of . thanks from tho Committees of tho Girls and Boys Schools , for the donations voted by Grand Chapter having been read , tho convocation AA'as closed .

Ireland.

IRELAND .

CARLOAV . THE members of tho United Sen-ice Lodgo , No . 215 on the registry of Ireland , lately established in Newbridge , entertained on AVednesday , Jan . 25 th , inwards of forty members of the Order to a grand banquet in the new court house , ivhich was beautifully illuminated with gas on the occasion . The invitations wove numerous , and in consequence , deputations from Carloii-AthNaasand Dublinattendedand wore

, y , , , , most hospitably received . After the installation of the AV . JI ., Bro . Lieut . Colonel Burdett , and of the S . AV ., Bro . Eyre POAVOII ( the Lord of the Manor of Newbridge ) , and of Bro . Bacon , & c , the brethren proceeded to banquet and enjoyed a most agreeable evening . Several officers of the garrison , either members or visitors , wore present . In that locality , this Lodgo under present auspices , promises to be second to none iu that and the adjoining counties .

Denmark.

DENMARK .

COPENHAGEN . A LETTER from Copenhagen all tides to the grand funeral ceremonies held at the different Lodges in that country , iu consequence of the recent decease of the royal brother , King Oscar of Sweden , anil also to the great loss incurred by tho brethren through the demise of the worthy Pro . Levetzau , in his seventy-seventh year , deeply regretted by all classes of the community .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . DAVID HOUSTOUN . Tins worthy brother , who was Treasurer of tho Lodge of St . JIark , No . 102 , GlasgoAv , died on the 2-lth ult ., at the early ago of twenty-four . He was highly esteemed by the members of the Lodge , and though but a young Mason , his loss nill be deeply felt .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —The event of the week has been the arrival of the young Prince of Orange , whom rumour describes as a probable suitor for the baud of the Princess Alice . Her JIajesty has received the young Dutchman with the greatest distinction , and has invited a large number of visitors to meet him ; among whom were the Duke of Cambridge , the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort , JIarquis aud Marchioness Chandos , Lord and Lady Dunfermline , Lords Palmerston , Sidney and John Russell ; the Duchess Mistress of the RobesThe rince Consort

of Sutherland acts again as . P with his visitors have been hunting and shooting this week ; and on Tuesday , the Royal Family with the Prince of Orange visited Eton College . There was a dramatic performance at the Castle on Tuesday ; the pieces performed were " A Bachelor of Arts , " and " Nine Points of the Law . " About eighty guests wero present at the Queen ' s invitation . Her Majesty will shortly appoint a day for the special reception of the officers of the Volunteer Corps , at St . James ' s .

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —In the HOUSE of LORDS , on Jlonday , the Bishop of London complained that the authorities had not been sufficiently active in putting down the disturbances in the parish of St . George ' s-in-the-East . Lord Granville said that an arrangement had been approved of by Sir R . Jlayne , which , he trusted . Avould leaA-e no further cause for complaint . On the motion of the Duke of Marlborough a select committee was appointed to inquire into the assessment and levy of church rates . On Tuesday several petitions were presented against

the abolition of church rates . The Bishop of Oxford presented a petition expressive of alarm at the measure it is proposed to introduce ou the subject of endowed schools . The bill proposes that no school founded subsequently and prior to the Toleration Act is to be deemed a Church of England school , nor any dissenters from the Church of Euglaud to be incompetent , as such , to be trustee , master , or scholar , unless ea declared b y the instrument of foundation . The bill , if it becomes laiv , Will confiscate iin ¦ r-nm-mous uniomit of ci - -ch-si ; i . 'Efira ] property in

England . In reply to Lord Dimgamion , the Archbishop of Canterbury said that a bill ivould be shortly introduced to provide for repairing dilapidated glebe houses . Lord Brougham introduced a bill for the reform of the laws respecting the transfer of real property . ——In the HOUSE of COMMONS , on Monday , a conversation took place with reference to the parish of St . George ' s-in-the-East . Mr . Butler asked whether it ivas the intention of the government to introduce a bill to put down such disgraceful excesses as had lately occurred in thaf-The

parish . Home Secretary replied , as Lord Granville had replied intho House of Lords , that a plan , suggested by Jlr . King , the rector , iiai ' A been agreed to for checking the disturbances at St , George ' s . The plan is , to place a large body of police at the door of the church , in order to prevent the ingress of persons ivho were going there with the intention of creating a disturbance . The government dul not intend to bring in a bill on the subject . Tho Chancellor of tho Exchequer said that he expected the commercial treaty with France would be ratified within few

a days , and that on Jlonday next , when he made his financial statement , he would mention all the neiv proposals called for bvthe changes in our commercial policy ivith France . He added that oil Thursday of next week he would enter into an explanation of the several stipulations of the compact . Tho treaty is not yet complete , aud will be fully considered in a committee of the Avhole house . The Lord AdA-ocato moved for leave to bring in a bill to abolish the annuittax in Edinburghand

y , to make provision for the payment of the stipends of the clergy . Leavo was finally given to bring iii the bill . Sir G . C . Lewis brought iu a bid for a reform of the corporation of the City of London , with the main principles of which the public aro familiar . On Tuesday Jlr . Spooner postponed his motion , in reference to Jlaynooth , until next Tuesday week . Mr . Duncombe gave notice that on Friday he should move "That future elections for Gloucester and AVakefield slioiihlbn taken bballot

y . " In reply to a question by Sir A . Agnoiv , the Foreign Secretary said that our consul at Cadiz had been made aware of the arrest of Martin Escalante , a British subject ; that Escalanto had been arrested and imprisoned according to the laws of tho country ; that Jio had been sentenced , and that the British consul was noiv taking steps to obtain his release . Jlr . S . Herbert said that government did not intend to embody fresh regiments of Militia in the place of those about to bo disembodied . Jlr . JI . Gibson declined to give any details respecting the

treaty of commerce with France . Mr-. AV . S . Lindsay then moved " for a committee to inquire , into the burdens and restrictions affecting merchant shipping . Tho motion was seconded by Mr . Horsfall . Jlr . Digby Seymour considered that tho motion was too narrow , and that the committee should be instructed to into all the causes of the depressed condition of the shi pping interest , and moved an amendment to that effect , ivhich ivas seconded by Mr . Somes . A lengthy discussion took placein which the representatives of several seaport boroughs took

, part . _ Jlr . Milner Gibson quoted the usual statistics to shoiv that tho shipping trade had increased since the navi gation laws were repealed , and believed that its present depressed condition was merely ono of those ' lluctuations to which all trades are subject . The amendment was then withdrawn , and the original motion modified iu conformity ivith the sum'estions ofthe President of the Board of Trade . Jlr . Jlellor obtained leave to bringin a bill to amendtlieCorruptPraetices Act , and thehousc adjourned . AVednesday in the of

On House Commons Jlr . Jl'Jbihon moved the second reading of his bill for an appeal in criminal eases , Avhieh , he said , was freed from many of the provisions which had been found so objectionable when he introduced it last session . The object Avas to assimilate the law of England to the law of France and America , aud the lion , gentleman quoted , in favour of his measure , the opinions of Lord Camdenthe late Lord Deuinanand Chief Baron PollockJlrAV

, , . . . Ewart seconded the motion , but recommended that the bill should he referred to a select committee . Sir G . C . Lewis opposed the bill , on the ground that the proposed alteration would not materially affect the prerogative of the CroAvn in criminal cases . He contended that the highest authorities were against any change in the oxistinc laiv , and that , though there were many wrong acquittals , there were very few wrong convictions . He opposed the measure also on the ground of and that it would

expense , argued produce delay in the administration of the law , and render punishment less certain . He concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time . Several other legal members agreed with the Home Secretary , though some desire was expressed that the whole subject should be examined by a committee . Jlr . M'Malum did not press his motion to a division . In tho course of his speech , Sir G . C . Lewis observed that , in the case of Dr . Smetliurst , he had recommended her JIajesty to exercise the Royal prerogative solely with reference to the medical testimony adduced at the trial . 'The house adjourned at half-past five .

GENERAL HOME NEAVS . — 'Two cabinet councils have been held this week , at which the whole of the ministers ivere present . The public health has slightly improi-ed , in consequence of the fineness of the weather .- The great question of n , separation of the contents ofthe British Museum , says the Alhenien ' iii , has been decided . The separation is to take place . The library , of course , remains in Great Russell-street . Professor Owen , and his interesting famil y of beasts , birds , and fishesbones , rocks , plants , and crystals—have leave to quit . The public will learnwith leasurethat the

, very great p , question has been solved in this sense , Lord North , the eldest son of Earl Guilford , died suddenly at the residence of his mother-in-law , Lady Gray De Ruthyu , at AA'ateriug-, *? ' . l'Ti ' 3 H v ¥ < iSTkV- to Was thirty years o ' f agft ( r . nd has left % -aa