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Masonic Festivities.
well as the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , AI . AV . G . M ., aucl the Bight Hon . Lord Panmure , R . AA ' . D . G . AI . Amougst the lady patronesses are , the Countess of Zetland , the Viscountess Combermere , the-Hon . Mrs . AA ' ellington Cotton , and Lady Arabella Hesketh . The claims of the institution are of such a nature as to go at once to the heart of every true and Avorthy Brother , and no doubt the ball this year will prove a more brilliant one than aiiy yet held in the magnificent rooms ofthe town hallIt be repeated to thojionour of tho Brethren thatlast year tho
pro-. may , ceeds of the ball , amounting to £ 100 , ivere generously given to two of the local charities , named Tho Stranger ' s Friend Society , and Tire District Provident Society . This year there is likely to be a heavy demand on the funds of tho institution by the recent death of orre of the Brethren who has left eight children . as claimants ou this charity , aud therefore Ave may fairly expect thc simple mention of this sad circumstance , combined with the fact that this annual gathering is like a re-union of the Brethren will cause this year's proceeds to exceed any yet acknowledged by and have
the Treasurer . Bro . AA ' . AI . Allender is this year the Hon . Sec , wc no doubt that all the arrangements will be carried out to thc entire satisfaction of the Brethren .
BEO . GENGE'S BALL . 1 Bno , GEORGE GENGE ' S annual concert and ball take place on Tuesday next , ivhen , from his great experience in directing public entertainments , a rare evening ' s amusement may be relied upon . Diving to a mistake in the early edition of the Era , of Sunday last , a number of Bro . Genge ' s friends made their appearance at the tavern last evening only to be disappointed ,
The Week.
THE WEEK .
HER Majesty and the royal family continue in good health at AVindsor . The Queen and Princesses ride and walk out daily . The Prince of Wales and the Prince Consort have been shooting and hunting this week . On Saturday ihe Queen and the Prince , accompanied by the Prince of Wales and tho Duke of Cambridge , went to the Ridiog-house to witness the distribution of food and clothing to about 700 poor persons of Windsor and Clewer pari .-hes . -In Paris , on New Year ' e-daydeputations of all the public bodies waited on the Emperor
, and the Empress at ihe Tuileries , to offer theni the customary felicitations . Count de Moiitalembert has heen again pardoned , and with him the publisher of the Correspomlant , and one of the immediate results of the persecution is that that journal ' s influence is doubled and trebled . As an example , tire secretary of the French Academy , Monsieur Villeniain , has just joined the ranks of iis collaborates ? , and contributes an article to the number which is to appear next weekThe French government is calling under arms every man that it can lay
. its hands upon . The entire contingent of conscripts for the year is ordered to join , and this is a thing unprecedented in time of peace . Cards are handed about in Milan urging the inhabitants to sbstain Irom all amusements at the approaching carnival season , and to save tiieir money for important purposes . The belief in approaching lA-ar is general and strong in the Austro-Iialian provinces . On the 11 th an attempt ivas unsuccessfully made at Pavia to set a military magazine on fireThe University of Pariah as been closed by order of the
. Austrian authorities . This is in consequence of the disaffected spirit and the recent assassination of Professor Erniho Briccio . -The result of the eensu s taken in the Sardinian states 1 ms been published , and » lio **» the whole number * of inhabitants to be r ., 111-1- 807 , being an increase of y- (> 7 per cent , over the cenms of 18-18 . The province of Turin shows the large increase of 12-J ; per cent ; that of Genoa , 13 ' }; and that of Iglesias ( in the island of oardinia ) , Hj . The increase
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Masonic Festivities.
well as the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , AI . AV . G . M ., aucl the Bight Hon . Lord Panmure , R . AA ' . D . G . AI . Amougst the lady patronesses are , the Countess of Zetland , the Viscountess Combermere , the-Hon . Mrs . AA ' ellington Cotton , and Lady Arabella Hesketh . The claims of the institution are of such a nature as to go at once to the heart of every true and Avorthy Brother , and no doubt the ball this year will prove a more brilliant one than aiiy yet held in the magnificent rooms ofthe town hallIt be repeated to thojionour of tho Brethren thatlast year tho
pro-. may , ceeds of the ball , amounting to £ 100 , ivere generously given to two of the local charities , named Tho Stranger ' s Friend Society , and Tire District Provident Society . This year there is likely to be a heavy demand on the funds of tho institution by the recent death of orre of the Brethren who has left eight children . as claimants ou this charity , aud therefore Ave may fairly expect thc simple mention of this sad circumstance , combined with the fact that this annual gathering is like a re-union of the Brethren will cause this year's proceeds to exceed any yet acknowledged by and have
the Treasurer . Bro . AA ' . AI . Allender is this year the Hon . Sec , wc no doubt that all the arrangements will be carried out to thc entire satisfaction of the Brethren .
BEO . GENGE'S BALL . 1 Bno , GEORGE GENGE ' S annual concert and ball take place on Tuesday next , ivhen , from his great experience in directing public entertainments , a rare evening ' s amusement may be relied upon . Diving to a mistake in the early edition of the Era , of Sunday last , a number of Bro . Genge ' s friends made their appearance at the tavern last evening only to be disappointed ,
The Week.
THE WEEK .
HER Majesty and the royal family continue in good health at AVindsor . The Queen and Princesses ride and walk out daily . The Prince of Wales and the Prince Consort have been shooting and hunting this week . On Saturday ihe Queen and the Prince , accompanied by the Prince of Wales and tho Duke of Cambridge , went to the Ridiog-house to witness the distribution of food and clothing to about 700 poor persons of Windsor and Clewer pari .-hes . -In Paris , on New Year ' e-daydeputations of all the public bodies waited on the Emperor
, and the Empress at ihe Tuileries , to offer theni the customary felicitations . Count de Moiitalembert has heen again pardoned , and with him the publisher of the Correspomlant , and one of the immediate results of the persecution is that that journal ' s influence is doubled and trebled . As an example , tire secretary of the French Academy , Monsieur Villeniain , has just joined the ranks of iis collaborates ? , and contributes an article to the number which is to appear next weekThe French government is calling under arms every man that it can lay
. its hands upon . The entire contingent of conscripts for the year is ordered to join , and this is a thing unprecedented in time of peace . Cards are handed about in Milan urging the inhabitants to sbstain Irom all amusements at the approaching carnival season , and to save tiieir money for important purposes . The belief in approaching lA-ar is general and strong in the Austro-Iialian provinces . On the 11 th an attempt ivas unsuccessfully made at Pavia to set a military magazine on fireThe University of Pariah as been closed by order of the
. Austrian authorities . This is in consequence of the disaffected spirit and the recent assassination of Professor Erniho Briccio . -The result of the eensu s taken in the Sardinian states 1 ms been published , and » lio **» the whole number * of inhabitants to be r ., 111-1- 807 , being an increase of y- (> 7 per cent , over the cenms of 18-18 . The province of Turin shows the large increase of 12-J ; per cent ; that of Genoa , 13 ' }; and that of Iglesias ( in the island of oardinia ) , Hj . The increase