Knights Templar.

direct , instead ot referring the Sir Knts . to the Prov . G . Commander , as the proper local authorit y through whom such application should be made . He ( the Prov . G . Commander ) was of opinion that the Grand A ice Chancellor had not acted with propriety in thus ignoring a power which emanated from the Supreme Grand Master of the Order . It was clue , however , to the Eminent Commander of Royal Kent to say that , on discovering bis errorhe had immediateland cheerfully

, y submitted in every way to the authority of the Prov . Grand Conclave . The Prov . G . Treasurer ' s account showed a balance of 407 rupees . After some further work , tbe Prov . G . Conclave was closed according to due and ancient form .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —Her Majesty and the younger members of the Royal family continue at Balmoral . The Prince aud Princess of AVales have been leading a comparatively quiet life , though they have visited the Opera once or twice . The Duke of Cambridge presided on Wednesday evening at a meeting of the Society of Arts . Mr . Hawes read a paper on the results of the late International Exhibition , and after some smart discussion , the Duke of Cambridge delivered an address on the general subject of international exhibitions . He approved of them highlbut expressed his opinion that in order to

y , realise their highest results they should not be held too frequently , certainly not oftener than once in ten years . IMPERIAL PARLIAMEXT . —The HOUSE or LORDS rc-asscmbled on Monday night , after the AVhitsuntide recess . In reply to a question from Lord Brougham , who complained of the high " rate of speed at which railway trains are run , Lord Granville said tbe Government bad no intention of introducing a bill on the subject . Lord Ebury moved an address for a royal commission" to consider

, what steps should be taken to obviate the evils complained of as arising from the present compulsory and indiscriminate use of the burial service of the Church of England . Some discussion followed , in which the Archbishops of Canterbury and York , and the Bishop of London took part , and ultimately " Lord Ebury withdrew his motion on the understanding that the subject should he dealt with by the Episcopal Bench . Tho Customs and Inland Revenue Bill , and the Stock Certificates to Bearer Bill , were read a third time and

passed . On Tuesday , the business transacted was very unimportant . The HOUSE . COMMONS re-assembled on Thursday , the 30 th ult ., after the AVhitsuntide recess . " ' . Mr . O'Hagan , the Attorney-General for Ireland , took the oaths aud his seat , aud soon afterwards he made what may be called his maiden essay in Parliament by informing Mr . Pope Heimossy that it had been decided to stay the proceedings which had been taken against the Rev . P . Lavelle , and other persons , who were charged .. with rioting . The setting aside of Mr . Churchwards contract for tlfe . niail service

between Dover and Calais was again the subject of discussion . Mr . AValpolc moved a resolution which , iu effect , proposed that the House should reverse its recent decision against Mr . Churchward , but the proposition was , of course , strongly opposed by the Government , which , on a division , triumphed by a majority of 14 . Mr . Gladstone ' s resolutions with reference to the taxing of railway traffic were passed , after a short discussion . On Friday , Mr . Roebuck gave notice of his intentionto move an address to the Crown , "praying that her Majesty would cause negotiations to be entered into with the

European Powers , with a view to the recognition of the Confederate States of America . " Lord Robert Montague will move an amendment to this proposition . —One or two questions of minor importance having been put and answered , Mr . Gregory made a vehement attack on the Turkish Government , more especially with regard to its treatment of the Christian subjects of the Sultan , and he trusted that the inlluence of England would not be exerted to prop up "the decrepid institutions " of the Ottoman empire . Mr . Layard warmly replied ,

defending the policy of the Government , and contending that Turkey was not the " sick man " Mr . Gregory imagined . After some discussion , Mr . Gregory ' s motion for papers was negatived . On Monday , Sir Robert Peel confirmed the statements which have been repeatedly made aud as repeatedly contradicted , that Federal agents have been at work in Ireland . They had not , however , recruited openly , aud although the authorities were " following the matter up , " it was hard to arrive at the facts . On the consideration of the Inland Revenue Billas amendedMr . Hunt moved the addition of a clause

exempt-, , ing deeds , contracts , & c , under the Highway Act of last Session from stamp duty . The motion was opposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and after some discussion the House divided , when the Government obtained a majority of 30 , On Tuesday , in reply to a question from Mr . Gregory , with reference to the intended purchase of the Exhibition building , the Chancellor of the Exchequer ¦ said Lord Palmerston , in moving the vote , would explain the objects to which it was proposed to devote the building . —The

Attorney-General stated , in answer to a question from Mr . Hopwood , that the Alexandra case would come on for trial on the loth inst . —Mr . Whalley moved his annual motion with reference tothe Maynooth grant , and was , as usual , beaten on division . —Mr . Fenwick asked for a royal commission to inquire into the best means of protecting out sea fisheries , which , as the hon . gentleman urged , are threatened with destruction from the trawling so extensively practised at present . Several members opposed tho motion , and Mr . Milner Gibson thought it would be inexpedient to appoint a commission until the

negotiations now going on with Franco for a joint inquiry were brought [ to a conclusion . On a division , however , Mr . Fenwick ' s proposition was carrried by a majority of 23 . The House was counted out at a quarter-past eight o ' clock , during a speech from Mr . Hassard on the laws relating to charitable property iu Ireland . On AVednesday , the House was occupied with the discussion of the bill for closing public-houses on Sundays . Mr . Somes moved the second reading of the bill . He and the hon . members who supported the measure contended that it was demanded by the working-classesand that it

, would decrease drunkenness , and thereby diminish crime and pauperism . Captain Jerris moved the rejection of the bill . The grounds of opposition to it were that it was an unfair restriction , and would operate hardly on the working classes . Sir G . Grey in the course of the debate , while opposing the bill , quoted some very interesting statistics to show that there had been a general decrease of drunkenness in the country . Eventually on a divison the bill was rejected by a majority of 175 the numbers being—for the bill 103 ;

, , against it , 27 " . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The mortality of the metropolis last week somewhat exceeded that of the week previous . There were 1296 deaths in the course of the week , while the corrected average for tbe last ten years only amounts to 1139 . This is a high rate of excess so near to Midsummer . The average of births is , however , also in excess . There were 1997 children born ; the average being 1770 . Small-pox still continues to be fatal in numerous instances . Mr . Farnall ' s

weekly return shows a further decrease of 5822 in the number of recipients of parochial relief . A correspondence which passed between M . Moreira and Lord Russell immediately before tbe formerapplied for his passports , has been published . The Brazilian Minister , writing on the 5 th of May , said his government had no desire to reopen the question arising out of the circumstances which preceded the recourse of this country to reprisals ; but , as the susceptibilities of the people of Brazil had been wounded by the measures taken by Admiral Warren , he asked her Majesty ' s Government to express " regret at the acts which accompanied the reprisals , " to declare that it had no intention of violating the territorial sovereignty of Brazil

, and to acknowledge the justice ofthe demands made for reparation by the persons whose property had been seized . Lord Russell , while repudiating any designs of aggression on the Emperor ' s territory , declined to accept this ultimatum , and M . Moreira , iu a very tart rejoinder , demanded his passports . Lord Russell , of course , complied with his wishes , but expressed his regret at " this needless interruption of diplomatic relations . There was a rather stormy meeting of the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established

Church , on Wednesday . The meeting was held at Willis ' s Rooms , the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding . The report stated that on various occasions grants had been refused by the Committee of Council to schools promoted by the society , and complained of the obstacles thus thrown in the way of tbe dissemination of education on Church principles . After a rather warm discussion , a resolution was carried asserting that the fact of a school being founded exclusively for Church teaching was not by the terms of union excluded from

union with the National Society . An anti-slavery conference was held in Manchester , on AVednesday , followed by a public meeting at the Free Trade Hall , in tho evening . The meeting was marked by the greatest uproar and confusion , and it was not without difficulty that the partisans of the North got through their programme . No resolutions were proposed . Mr . Joseph Barker made an attempt to reply to the speeches of Mr . Lincoln ' s friends , hut he was forced down , and the demonstration endedas it begunamid scenes of disorder .

, , ——The Government has agreed to take the International Exhibition building off the hands of the Royal Commissioners and the contractors . It is estimated that £ 484 , 000 will be required for the purpose of the site and structure , and for carrying out various alterations , but for the present year it is only proposed to take a vote of £ 172 , 000 . The Lord Clyde , a Clyde steamer of remarkable speed , arrived at Cardiff from Greenock the other day , and after taking on board a number of packages of a " neat appearance , " she steamed away on

Saturday morning under the eyes of tbe United States Consul , who had made several unsuccessful efforts to ascertain \ t \\ c nature of her cargo . The Lord Clyde cleared for Nassau . Dublin possesses a " public analyst , " and that officer bas just made a disclosure to which it may be useful to give prominence . He was employed by the South Dublin Board of Gaurclians to examine the brandy and sugar supplied to the workhouse . The brandy he found to be "spirits of wine , " flavoured with prunes and coloured with burnt sugar . The sugar proved on analysis to be a really horrible compound . In the first place , it contained " a large proportion of treacle , aud a considerable amount of such impurities as sporules of fungus , particles of cane , albumen ancl starch granules , " but , worse than all , he discovered