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children , the eldest a boy now heir apparent to the earldom of Guilford , The dignity of Lord Prior of Ireland , of the sacred order of St . John of Jerusalem or of Malta , has just been revived in the person of an illustrious Irishman , Field Marshal Prince Nugent , Knight of the Golden Fleece , & c . This dignity ivas conferred upon his highness by the Count Colloredo , Lieutenant of the Grand Mastership of the Sacred Council of the Order of St . John , noiv residing at Rome . The field marshal has taken the solemn vows of a professed knight of the order . The
Gloucester Election Commissioners , according to their voluminous report , now placed in the hands of members in Parliament , state that Sir AV . Hayter and Mr . Moffatt do not appear to have been cognizant of the bribery that was proved to have taken place . These two gentlemen are , therefore exonerated . Sir R . AA . Garden , Jlr . Price , Admiral Berkeley , and Jlr . Jlonk are also exonerated ; but the Commissioners give schedules of the names of individuals who accepted bribes , and of those who were guilty of other corrupt practices . The Commissioners say
that bribery ivill not be checked until the briber is punished as the more culpable person than the receiver of the bribe . They also severely condemn the practice of employing messengers , which ought to be done aiA'ay with . -The llev . Canon AA ' odehouse has seceded from the Established Church . The Rev . Canon explains the grounds of his secession in a letter to the Bishop of Nonvieh . He objects to the Athanasian Creed , to the ordination of priests , to the consecration of bishops , to the
form of absolution , and so forth , and he seeks a form of public worship and doctrine more enlarged or more adapted to a free Protestant nation . One might , therefore , judge that Canon AVodehouse will not be able to identify himself with any of the Dissenting denominations , unless he can alight upon one of them AA-hich is more capable of embracing all the faithful than the Church of England itself . Captain Harrison died , leaving his family totally unprovided for , but at a meeting held on Tuesday £ 900 of subscriptions on their behalf were raised in the room .
The ease of the Rev . Jlr . Hatch has been again argued at Queen ' s Bench , when cause was shown against the rule calling upon Mr . Pratt , tho solicitor , to answer for improper conduct as an attorney . A new feature came out , in the shape of the letter which Jlrs . Hatch had written , and Avhich showed that Sir . Pratt was somewhat justified in the course he had pursued . Under such circumstances , the court was of opinion that the rule should be discharged , and that it never should have been asked for on the ground specified . The question of the guilt or innocence of Mr .
Hatch seems to stand out independently of any mistake committed by Mr . Pratt , and we shall thus probably hear of the case coming up in a different shape . In the case of Beatson v . Skene , heard a fow days ago , a rule -nisi has been moved for a new trial , and granted . The Beverley election has taken place . Mr . Walker , the Conservative candidate , was returned . The numbers were—Walker , 590 ; Gridley , 473 . At Pontefract , Mr . Childers ( Liberal ) was elected . If the
proposed commercial treaty with France is sanctioned by Parliament , the duty on spirits will be the same as that on rum and colonial spirits . The present duty for all vines will be reduced to 3 s . a gallon , and on and after the 1 st of April , 1 S 61 , it will be fixed in proportion with the amount of spirits they contain , and vary from Is . to 2 s , per gallon . All the wines beloiv 15 degrees will only pay the minimum , and nearly all French wines will be included in this class . Although there was some heaviness in prices , the stock markets recovered towards the close ,
especially when it was stated that the French Exchange had righted itself , and that the amount of gold taken from the Bank was not more than £ 32 , 000 , The demand for money , hoivever , was considerable , and nothing was done under the minimum rate of i per cent ,, while Exchequer Bills through the pressure of sales , receded and finally closed 10 s . to 15 s . pi-em . Arrivals of specie were announced from the AVest Indies and the Brazils , but they will have little influence in checking the drain if the action of the Bank authorities in other respects is not effective .
Consols at official hours were last quoted 94 J to - } , and subsequently the tendency ivas again upwards , the final prices being 91 £ - to - | for the Sth of February . FOREIGN - NEAVS . —Rumours of a congress are still rife iu Paris . The correspondent of the lndependanee Beige , who at all events during the reign of M . AA aleivski dreiv his inspirations from the Foreign Office , speaks of it as an event most likely to occur . The great difficulty in
the way is said to he the opposition of tho Pope , but it is asserted that his holiness is ready to make some concessions . Tho Morniiuj Chronicle publishes a statement from its Paris correspondent to the effect that the Queen of Spain , in spite _ of the Moorish Avar , and in opposition to the advice of her ministers , intends to protect openly the temporal power and interests of Rome . This statement really is difficult to be believed , for it is certain that the Emperor of the French ivill not alloAV Spain to interfere when he has put a formal veto on Austrian interferenceThe
. Moniteur has published a decree announcing the suppression of the Waivers . The Minister of the Interior assigns the following reason for this bold and vigorous attack on M . Veuillot and tho Ultramontanists . tinners , we are told , was the " organ of a religious part } ' whose pretensions were every day becoming in more direct opposition to the privileges of the state . " The truth is that Louis Napoleon has resolved once for all , to put down the pretensions of the high church party . He has had more than enough of their haughty intolerance , and he will
not endure the dictation of men ivliom he lias more than repaid for all the aid they may have gii-en him in earlier days . For all this , hoivever , the Emperor of the French will not forsake the cause of the Church . Another decree in the Afmilew ivas to the effect that "the linkers
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having been suppressed , violent articles in reply to its provocations are henceforth without motive and Avithout excuse . The ivhole press will understand that these grave questions must bo discussed ivith that quietness . and moderation which are ordered by the interests of public peace and respect for religion . " Louis Napoleon has struck a terrible tiloiv at the power of the Ultramontanists ; but he does not Avish them to be assailed by the vituperation of renegade journalists . It is reported that the Wnioers ivill be published at Brussels . The Fays
says : —Numerous deputations from Savoy , composed of persons of high standing , arrive daily in Paris" Count Cavonr ' s visit is postponed ; but , meanwhile , the rumour as to the annexation of Savoy and Nice to France gains ground . According to one source of information , the arrangement was made before the commencement of the Italian campaign , but conditionally on the expulsion of Austria from the Italian peninsula . At Cliambery the party hostile to the ' session made a demonstration on Sunday last , and it is not easy to believe that Victor
Emmanuel will assent easily to give up tho oldest territorial possession of his house . Tho positive language of the French newspapers on tho subject is , however , startling and significant . A statement in the Message . r du Midi is to the effect that , "clerks at the French Ministry of tlio Interior are employed in sorting papers relative to the old departments of Mont Blanc aud the Maritime Alps . " There is some reason to believe , moreover , that Count Cavour is not unwilling to make this concession to Louis Napoleon , as the price for the annexation of the Italian
Duchies and the Homagnii , Count Bissengen told the authorities ab Venice , that the Emperor of Austria had recently used the following language— " Venice shall never be ceded , nor sold , nor separated in anyway from the Austrian ! monarchy , nor detached from the empire , so
long as Ave have a musket to defend it . " AA e shall see what the new pamphlet by the author of " Le Pctpe et , le Congres" says to all this . Agitation is said continually to prevail in A enetia . A telegram states that " seven officers had been , iu the course of the day , attacked and wounded at Verona , that attempts had been made to hoist the triceloured flag at three different towns , and that several persons had been arrested at A ' enice . " Farini will probably sit in tho Sardinian Parliament as deputy for Milan . At Naples General Pianelli has demanded
reinforcements . It is stated that the troops on the frontier are to be increased . A manifestation , with shouts of " Viva laCoiistituzione , " has taken place . The Secretary of the French Embassy at Rome , the JIarquis Cadou Larochefoucault has embarked for Civita Vecchia . It is asserted that he is the bearer of important despatches from the French Government to the Pope . ——The steamer Madrid has been run into by the steamer Seine , Great damage was caused by the accident , but no lii'es AA ' CI-C lost Latest intelli received from the seat of that
. gence Avar announces the fortification of the Spanish encampment before Tetuan continues . AVithin the last feiv days several noblemen and gentleman went . to Vienna , in order to represent to the government that it would be wise to abandon altogether the attempt to impose the imperial patent of September on the Hungarian population . The emperor and the ministers positively refused to receive the deputation , and it really seems as i f the Austrian government AA-ere bent on driving into rebellion the most
loyal and devoted subjects of the house of Hapsburgh , At Rome , on the 22 nd nit ., there was a popular demonstration to protest against the address of the nobility to the Pope . A large mob assembled , shouting " Long Live Napoleon ! Down with Antonelli ! Doivn ivith government by priests ! " General G'tiyon ivas at length compelled to interfere .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
' "P . 7 ,. "— Write to the Grand Scribe E . " 11 . A . "—AA ' e ivill communicate to you direct in tho course of tivo or throe days . "S , S . "—Every JIason , no matter ivhat his rank , is entitled to be ' present at the Grand Festival , if he choose to purchase a ticket .
" Bno . F . iRNPiELD , Asst . G . See ., is the secretary of the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Jlasons and their AVidoivs . "B . B . " should make his complaint to the Board of General Purposes ; it is not our province to interfere in such a case . "J . AV . "—Read the article again . AVe never gave so ridiculous an opinion .
" A YOUNG- JfAsox . " —It would be invidious for us to give an opinion as to whom is the best JIasonic teacher . FREEMASONRY IS . DRUIUS . —AVo shall have a few words to say upon the observations of a ErotlterVUtwe , at a Druids' dinner at Lancaster , next week . "P . P . " —Before twelve , A . M .
AVE have continually stated , that we will not give up the names of om- correspondents under any circumstances , excepting with their per-.mission
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children , the eldest a boy now heir apparent to the earldom of Guilford , The dignity of Lord Prior of Ireland , of the sacred order of St . John of Jerusalem or of Malta , has just been revived in the person of an illustrious Irishman , Field Marshal Prince Nugent , Knight of the Golden Fleece , & c . This dignity ivas conferred upon his highness by the Count Colloredo , Lieutenant of the Grand Mastership of the Sacred Council of the Order of St . John , noiv residing at Rome . The field marshal has taken the solemn vows of a professed knight of the order . The
Gloucester Election Commissioners , according to their voluminous report , now placed in the hands of members in Parliament , state that Sir AV . Hayter and Mr . Moffatt do not appear to have been cognizant of the bribery that was proved to have taken place . These two gentlemen are , therefore exonerated . Sir R . AA . Garden , Jlr . Price , Admiral Berkeley , and Jlr . Jlonk are also exonerated ; but the Commissioners give schedules of the names of individuals who accepted bribes , and of those who were guilty of other corrupt practices . The Commissioners say
that bribery ivill not be checked until the briber is punished as the more culpable person than the receiver of the bribe . They also severely condemn the practice of employing messengers , which ought to be done aiA'ay with . -The llev . Canon AA ' odehouse has seceded from the Established Church . The Rev . Canon explains the grounds of his secession in a letter to the Bishop of Nonvieh . He objects to the Athanasian Creed , to the ordination of priests , to the consecration of bishops , to the
form of absolution , and so forth , and he seeks a form of public worship and doctrine more enlarged or more adapted to a free Protestant nation . One might , therefore , judge that Canon AVodehouse will not be able to identify himself with any of the Dissenting denominations , unless he can alight upon one of them AA-hich is more capable of embracing all the faithful than the Church of England itself . Captain Harrison died , leaving his family totally unprovided for , but at a meeting held on Tuesday £ 900 of subscriptions on their behalf were raised in the room .
The ease of the Rev . Jlr . Hatch has been again argued at Queen ' s Bench , when cause was shown against the rule calling upon Mr . Pratt , tho solicitor , to answer for improper conduct as an attorney . A new feature came out , in the shape of the letter which Jlrs . Hatch had written , and Avhich showed that Sir . Pratt was somewhat justified in the course he had pursued . Under such circumstances , the court was of opinion that the rule should be discharged , and that it never should have been asked for on the ground specified . The question of the guilt or innocence of Mr .
Hatch seems to stand out independently of any mistake committed by Mr . Pratt , and we shall thus probably hear of the case coming up in a different shape . In the case of Beatson v . Skene , heard a fow days ago , a rule -nisi has been moved for a new trial , and granted . The Beverley election has taken place . Mr . Walker , the Conservative candidate , was returned . The numbers were—Walker , 590 ; Gridley , 473 . At Pontefract , Mr . Childers ( Liberal ) was elected . If the
proposed commercial treaty with France is sanctioned by Parliament , the duty on spirits will be the same as that on rum and colonial spirits . The present duty for all vines will be reduced to 3 s . a gallon , and on and after the 1 st of April , 1 S 61 , it will be fixed in proportion with the amount of spirits they contain , and vary from Is . to 2 s , per gallon . All the wines beloiv 15 degrees will only pay the minimum , and nearly all French wines will be included in this class . Although there was some heaviness in prices , the stock markets recovered towards the close ,
especially when it was stated that the French Exchange had righted itself , and that the amount of gold taken from the Bank was not more than £ 32 , 000 , The demand for money , hoivever , was considerable , and nothing was done under the minimum rate of i per cent ,, while Exchequer Bills through the pressure of sales , receded and finally closed 10 s . to 15 s . pi-em . Arrivals of specie were announced from the AVest Indies and the Brazils , but they will have little influence in checking the drain if the action of the Bank authorities in other respects is not effective .
Consols at official hours were last quoted 94 J to - } , and subsequently the tendency ivas again upwards , the final prices being 91 £ - to - | for the Sth of February . FOREIGN - NEAVS . —Rumours of a congress are still rife iu Paris . The correspondent of the lndependanee Beige , who at all events during the reign of M . AA aleivski dreiv his inspirations from the Foreign Office , speaks of it as an event most likely to occur . The great difficulty in
the way is said to he the opposition of tho Pope , but it is asserted that his holiness is ready to make some concessions . Tho Morniiuj Chronicle publishes a statement from its Paris correspondent to the effect that the Queen of Spain , in spite _ of the Moorish Avar , and in opposition to the advice of her ministers , intends to protect openly the temporal power and interests of Rome . This statement really is difficult to be believed , for it is certain that the Emperor of the French ivill not alloAV Spain to interfere when he has put a formal veto on Austrian interferenceThe
. Moniteur has published a decree announcing the suppression of the Waivers . The Minister of the Interior assigns the following reason for this bold and vigorous attack on M . Veuillot and tho Ultramontanists . tinners , we are told , was the " organ of a religious part } ' whose pretensions were every day becoming in more direct opposition to the privileges of the state . " The truth is that Louis Napoleon has resolved once for all , to put down the pretensions of the high church party . He has had more than enough of their haughty intolerance , and he will
not endure the dictation of men ivliom he lias more than repaid for all the aid they may have gii-en him in earlier days . For all this , hoivever , the Emperor of the French will not forsake the cause of the Church . Another decree in the Afmilew ivas to the effect that "the linkers
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having been suppressed , violent articles in reply to its provocations are henceforth without motive and Avithout excuse . The ivhole press will understand that these grave questions must bo discussed ivith that quietness . and moderation which are ordered by the interests of public peace and respect for religion . " Louis Napoleon has struck a terrible tiloiv at the power of the Ultramontanists ; but he does not Avish them to be assailed by the vituperation of renegade journalists . It is reported that the Wnioers ivill be published at Brussels . The Fays
says : —Numerous deputations from Savoy , composed of persons of high standing , arrive daily in Paris" Count Cavonr ' s visit is postponed ; but , meanwhile , the rumour as to the annexation of Savoy and Nice to France gains ground . According to one source of information , the arrangement was made before the commencement of the Italian campaign , but conditionally on the expulsion of Austria from the Italian peninsula . At Cliambery the party hostile to the ' session made a demonstration on Sunday last , and it is not easy to believe that Victor
Emmanuel will assent easily to give up tho oldest territorial possession of his house . Tho positive language of the French newspapers on tho subject is , however , startling and significant . A statement in the Message . r du Midi is to the effect that , "clerks at the French Ministry of tlio Interior are employed in sorting papers relative to the old departments of Mont Blanc aud the Maritime Alps . " There is some reason to believe , moreover , that Count Cavour is not unwilling to make this concession to Louis Napoleon , as the price for the annexation of the Italian
Duchies and the Homagnii , Count Bissengen told the authorities ab Venice , that the Emperor of Austria had recently used the following language— " Venice shall never be ceded , nor sold , nor separated in anyway from the Austrian ! monarchy , nor detached from the empire , so
long as Ave have a musket to defend it . " AA e shall see what the new pamphlet by the author of " Le Pctpe et , le Congres" says to all this . Agitation is said continually to prevail in A enetia . A telegram states that " seven officers had been , iu the course of the day , attacked and wounded at Verona , that attempts had been made to hoist the triceloured flag at three different towns , and that several persons had been arrested at A ' enice . " Farini will probably sit in tho Sardinian Parliament as deputy for Milan . At Naples General Pianelli has demanded
reinforcements . It is stated that the troops on the frontier are to be increased . A manifestation , with shouts of " Viva laCoiistituzione , " has taken place . The Secretary of the French Embassy at Rome , the JIarquis Cadou Larochefoucault has embarked for Civita Vecchia . It is asserted that he is the bearer of important despatches from the French Government to the Pope . ——The steamer Madrid has been run into by the steamer Seine , Great damage was caused by the accident , but no lii'es AA ' CI-C lost Latest intelli received from the seat of that
. gence Avar announces the fortification of the Spanish encampment before Tetuan continues . AVithin the last feiv days several noblemen and gentleman went . to Vienna , in order to represent to the government that it would be wise to abandon altogether the attempt to impose the imperial patent of September on the Hungarian population . The emperor and the ministers positively refused to receive the deputation , and it really seems as i f the Austrian government AA-ere bent on driving into rebellion the most
loyal and devoted subjects of the house of Hapsburgh , At Rome , on the 22 nd nit ., there was a popular demonstration to protest against the address of the nobility to the Pope . A large mob assembled , shouting " Long Live Napoleon ! Down with Antonelli ! Doivn ivith government by priests ! " General G'tiyon ivas at length compelled to interfere .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
' "P . 7 ,. "— Write to the Grand Scribe E . " 11 . A . "—AA ' e ivill communicate to you direct in tho course of tivo or throe days . "S , S . "—Every JIason , no matter ivhat his rank , is entitled to be ' present at the Grand Festival , if he choose to purchase a ticket .
" Bno . F . iRNPiELD , Asst . G . See ., is the secretary of the Royal Benevolent Institution for Aged Jlasons and their AVidoivs . "B . B . " should make his complaint to the Board of General Purposes ; it is not our province to interfere in such a case . "J . AV . "—Read the article again . AVe never gave so ridiculous an opinion .
" A YOUNG- JfAsox . " —It would be invidious for us to give an opinion as to whom is the best JIasonic teacher . FREEMASONRY IS . DRUIUS . —AVo shall have a few words to say upon the observations of a ErotlterVUtwe , at a Druids' dinner at Lancaster , next week . "P . P . " —Before twelve , A . M .
AVE have continually stated , that we will not give up the names of om- correspondents under any circumstances , excepting with their per-.mission