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The Week.
to Burton-on-Trent , was standing at the Market Harbovough Station , for the purpose of taking in water , when it was ran into Ly . another excursion train returning from London to Leicester . The accident resulted in the death of one man , but there avc several persons iu so precarious a condition that there lives are despaired of . There were two excursion trains , travelling over the same line , that left Enstonsquare , within five or cix minutes of each other , and it is understood the station before the first left in
that the latter train ran into . An - quest has been formally opened on the body of the demised passenger . The Rev . J . Livescy , of Sheffield , who was convicted at- the York assizes of making- a false entry of burial at tho Sheffield cemetery , aud sentenced to " three weeks' imprisonment , has received a free pardon from Her Majesty . The examination of the prisoner Cooper , who wns chavged ' with shooting his wife at Islewovth , was couclvided at the Islcworth Town Hall on Saturday . Further evidence was adduced , leaving little doubt of the prisoner ' s guilt . He reserved his defence , the only comment ho made on the evidence being to deny -a statement of the witnesses that be had previously threatened to shoot the deceased aud her mother . He was fully committed tar trial .
Walsh , the accomplice of Beckham m tho assassination ot Jlr . Fitzgerald , at Kilniallock , has been executed at Limerick . Another murder has been perpetrated in Ireland . An old man , named Hugh Heane . v , and his son , were returning homo from Ballyinena- market , when ilvev encountered three men , who were apparently waiting for them on ' the road . The men immediately commenced to beat the Heancys with stones , and left the old mau insensible on tho road . A ' shocking tragedy has taken place near Bridport , in DorsetshireIll-feeling had arisen between two fannersin the parish of
. , Walditch , named Stone and Fookc , in consequence of some dispute concerning the rating of their property . On Friday morning , Stone was walking past Fooks ' s house , when Fooks deliberately brought out his gun and shot him in the back of the head , death being instantaneous . He then returned to his own bedroom , and shot himself iu the head . He lies in a very dangerous urate . A telegram has been received . from Gibraltar , stating that the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamship Massilta , was chased by two steamers
in the Bay of Biscay on her passage out , but escaped under cover of the night . The Massilta had a large amount of treasure on board . All sorts of sunrises were afloat in the city with respect to the affair —the Tuscarora and a companion steamer being suggested on the one hand as the chasers , and on the other the No . 200 and the Oeicio , Confederate ships . FOSEIGJX IxiELLifi-nxcE . —The one topic winch has been aosorhing attention throughout all Europe , to tho exclusion of every other , is the defeat and capture of Garibaldi , of which telegraphic
intelligence was received on Saturday . On Friday , as our readers avc aware , Garibaldi was at Aspromonte , about ten hours' march from Reggio , and was then being pursued by a corps of Bersngheri . The latter were under the command of Colonel Pallavicino , and in tho course of the day attacked Garibaldi , who was strongly posted , but after a sharp contest was taken prisoner with all his followers . The forces engaged on each side were about equal . The loss of the Royal troops is ' stilted to be twelve killed and 200 wounded . In the course of the action Garibaldi had the misfortune of receiving two wounds .
After the battle Garibaldi was put on board an Italian frigate and conveyed to the fortress of Spezzia . The sympathy manifested for Garibaldi is universal throughout Italy ; and influenced by a false report of his death , popular demonstrations of a threatening character tool ; place at Milan , Brescia , Como , & c , and the military had to clear the streets by force . Colonel Pallavicino , who has rendered such service to Victor Emmanuel , was formerly a companion in arms of GaribaldiHe has been rewarded by his new patrons
with-pronio-. tion to a generalship . An extraordinary council of Italian Ministers has been held to decide upon the further steps to be . taken in regard to the late crisis . A trial will , no doubt , take place—indeed , it is now in the power of the Crown , wo should think , to stay tho proceedings — but we foci satisfied that neither on Garibaldi nor on his followers will any penal sentence be executed . A lengthy diplomatic circular of Cardinal Antonelh's , regarding the
disposal of Church property by the Italian uovernmenr , nas just ueen published . It only reiterates the old assertions of immutable rights , and the old vituperation of revolutionary governments . Italian . affairs give ample occupation to the Emperor of the French at the p resent moment . Councils of Ministers are being held daily , aud the Ministers who arc absent from Paris have been ordered to return , to be present at another council this day . In connection with the frequent Cabinet Councils a rumour may be mentioned that M . M . De PersignyFoaldand Thouvenel will tenderor have tendered their
, , , resignation in the event of the Roman question not being promptly settled . —Interchanges of courtesy are frequent between the Court of Denmark and the Admiral of the English fleet in the Baltic . On Friday the Commander-in-chief and several naval officers in the British linvnl service had the honour of dining with the King , and on Saturday his Majesty paid a formal visit to "the fleet , and inspected several of the ships . Omar Pasha bass issued a bulletin ^ announcing that his troops have driven tbe Montenegrins' from °
Ce ' . t-i < nieafter the inhabitants had burned their houses . This success of the Turks may probably end the warfare which has caused slaughter and devastation ' in the Turkish provinces borderingoiiMontenegro . The Onedia has arrived at Southampton with the Brazilian and
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River Plate mails . The advices from Rio Janeir o aro unimportant . But from Buenos Ayres we learn that Senor Ricstra , the Finance Minister , had resigned office , in consecpience of the Chamber of Deputies having rejected his proposal to redeem a portion of the paper currency by the issue of Treasury bonds . This step was followed by a rise in the doubloon from 413 to 423 , or nearly SJ- per cent . It is thought that a corresponding depreciation will take place
in tho value of Buenos Ayrean bonds . Ti-. o industrial prospects of the Argentine Republic are d ally brightening , and a steady flow of emigration into La Plata is expected . J ' .- —A telegraphic message i ' ror . i Bombay on the 12 th ult communicates the fact that Rao Sahib , a relative and an abettor of the infamous Nana Sahib , of Cairapore notoriety , has been sentenced to death for the part he took in the la ^ e mutinies in India . Apprehensions are entertained of drought and famine in the Western
provinces . The commercial news is indicative of slow but gradual improvement . A : \ IERIC . S . —There have been several arrivals since our last , the most reec-nt dates being to the 20 th ult . The encampment at Harrison ' s Landing was completely evacuated by General M'Clcllan ou the morning of the 18 th instant , and the vanguard of those troops which retreated by land arrived on the same day in safety at Williamsburg ]) . Nothing was known respecting tho destination of General M'Clellan ' s
army ; but the journals publish some vaunting assertions that a grand plan , sure to result in a great victory , was to be executed . A retreat had been made by General Pope from Culpepper to Rappahannock , which was not accomplished altogether free from molestation , the Confederates following close on his heels , and skirmishes
and artillery engagements occurring throughout a whole week . At length the Confederates made a dash , which resulted in the capture of a staff officer and Pope ' s personal luggage , maps , official dispatches , and papers relating to the campaign . Another attack upon Baton Rouge was expected . The Confederates were within eight miles of the city , have received considerable reinforcements , and are strongly posted . On the other hand , the Federals havo contracted their linos to a small area , and in anticipation of defeat have made preparations for shelling and destroying the city . General Butler has issued an
order for the surrender of all private arms . Against this the French consul has protested : Butler , however , persists in his determination . He has also ordered that all slaves who give information to the Federal authorities of Confederate movements shall receive their freedom . The Confederate Congress was opened at Richmond ou the ISth ult ., with a message from President Jefferson Davis . The document refers entirely to the conduct cf the war and the temporary measures rendered necessary by it . Bills had been introduced into
the Southern Congress providing for an export duty on cotton and tobacco , and one for retaliatory measures directed against " those who digrace the profession of arms by making war an occasion for the commission of great crimes . " Tiie prospects of the South are , of course , referred to in a very hopeful strain . It is stated that Mr . Thurlow Weed has recently had several interviews with President Lincoln , and has been charged with an important mission from the United States Government to that of her Britannic- Majesty . Mr .
Weed was expected to leave New York by the Arabia , but we believe his voyage was deferred until next steamer . The exact nature of his " mission" has not , of course , been allowed to transpire .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
W . J . 23 . — - '" cither under the Ancient Charges nor the Book of Constitutions , can the Master of a Lodge prevent a charge being brought before the Lodge against a brother for slander and backbiting—but such a course is better avoided as only tending to destroy the harmony of the Lodge . We look upon the Board of General Purposes as the most , impartial tribunal , and , therefore , if there is any real charge against a brother affecting his Masonic position , it had better be referred there at once . J . G . W . —1 . A Lodge cannot be opened in the second or third
degree without- having been previously opened in the first . 2 . A Prov . Grand Officer or Past Grand Officer may legally wear his Prov . Grand Apron in another province , though he will not hold any rank therein . A Prov . Grand Officer wears his purple apron even in Grand Lodge , but not the collar of the lodge of which he is a P . M . 3 . It is not requisite to call a special meeting to decide upon the removal of a lodge after it has been agreed to at two regular
meetings . It is not necessaVy to obtain the previous consent of the Prov . G . M . for the removal of a lodge from one house to another in the same town . 4 . If a brother threatened a W . M . of a lodge that he and another would black -hall all candidates proposed by any particular brother or brethren , and refused to withdraw the threat , we wonld advise the lodge to expel this brother making the threat , and leave linn to his remedy before the Board of General Purposes . R . A . M . —It is not usual , nor is it permitted in England , to wear the Royal Arch clothing in a Craft lodge .
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to Burton-on-Trent , was standing at the Market Harbovough Station , for the purpose of taking in water , when it was ran into Ly . another excursion train returning from London to Leicester . The accident resulted in the death of one man , but there avc several persons iu so precarious a condition that there lives are despaired of . There were two excursion trains , travelling over the same line , that left Enstonsquare , within five or cix minutes of each other , and it is understood the station before the first left in
that the latter train ran into . An - quest has been formally opened on the body of the demised passenger . The Rev . J . Livescy , of Sheffield , who was convicted at- the York assizes of making- a false entry of burial at tho Sheffield cemetery , aud sentenced to " three weeks' imprisonment , has received a free pardon from Her Majesty . The examination of the prisoner Cooper , who wns chavged ' with shooting his wife at Islewovth , was couclvided at the Islcworth Town Hall on Saturday . Further evidence was adduced , leaving little doubt of the prisoner ' s guilt . He reserved his defence , the only comment ho made on the evidence being to deny -a statement of the witnesses that be had previously threatened to shoot the deceased aud her mother . He was fully committed tar trial .
Walsh , the accomplice of Beckham m tho assassination ot Jlr . Fitzgerald , at Kilniallock , has been executed at Limerick . Another murder has been perpetrated in Ireland . An old man , named Hugh Heane . v , and his son , were returning homo from Ballyinena- market , when ilvev encountered three men , who were apparently waiting for them on ' the road . The men immediately commenced to beat the Heancys with stones , and left the old mau insensible on tho road . A ' shocking tragedy has taken place near Bridport , in DorsetshireIll-feeling had arisen between two fannersin the parish of
. , Walditch , named Stone and Fookc , in consequence of some dispute concerning the rating of their property . On Friday morning , Stone was walking past Fooks ' s house , when Fooks deliberately brought out his gun and shot him in the back of the head , death being instantaneous . He then returned to his own bedroom , and shot himself iu the head . He lies in a very dangerous urate . A telegram has been received . from Gibraltar , stating that the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamship Massilta , was chased by two steamers
in the Bay of Biscay on her passage out , but escaped under cover of the night . The Massilta had a large amount of treasure on board . All sorts of sunrises were afloat in the city with respect to the affair —the Tuscarora and a companion steamer being suggested on the one hand as the chasers , and on the other the No . 200 and the Oeicio , Confederate ships . FOSEIGJX IxiELLifi-nxcE . —The one topic winch has been aosorhing attention throughout all Europe , to tho exclusion of every other , is the defeat and capture of Garibaldi , of which telegraphic
intelligence was received on Saturday . On Friday , as our readers avc aware , Garibaldi was at Aspromonte , about ten hours' march from Reggio , and was then being pursued by a corps of Bersngheri . The latter were under the command of Colonel Pallavicino , and in tho course of the day attacked Garibaldi , who was strongly posted , but after a sharp contest was taken prisoner with all his followers . The forces engaged on each side were about equal . The loss of the Royal troops is ' stilted to be twelve killed and 200 wounded . In the course of the action Garibaldi had the misfortune of receiving two wounds .
After the battle Garibaldi was put on board an Italian frigate and conveyed to the fortress of Spezzia . The sympathy manifested for Garibaldi is universal throughout Italy ; and influenced by a false report of his death , popular demonstrations of a threatening character tool ; place at Milan , Brescia , Como , & c , and the military had to clear the streets by force . Colonel Pallavicino , who has rendered such service to Victor Emmanuel , was formerly a companion in arms of GaribaldiHe has been rewarded by his new patrons
with-pronio-. tion to a generalship . An extraordinary council of Italian Ministers has been held to decide upon the further steps to be . taken in regard to the late crisis . A trial will , no doubt , take place—indeed , it is now in the power of the Crown , wo should think , to stay tho proceedings — but we foci satisfied that neither on Garibaldi nor on his followers will any penal sentence be executed . A lengthy diplomatic circular of Cardinal Antonelh's , regarding the
disposal of Church property by the Italian uovernmenr , nas just ueen published . It only reiterates the old assertions of immutable rights , and the old vituperation of revolutionary governments . Italian . affairs give ample occupation to the Emperor of the French at the p resent moment . Councils of Ministers are being held daily , aud the Ministers who arc absent from Paris have been ordered to return , to be present at another council this day . In connection with the frequent Cabinet Councils a rumour may be mentioned that M . M . De PersignyFoaldand Thouvenel will tenderor have tendered their
, , , resignation in the event of the Roman question not being promptly settled . —Interchanges of courtesy are frequent between the Court of Denmark and the Admiral of the English fleet in the Baltic . On Friday the Commander-in-chief and several naval officers in the British linvnl service had the honour of dining with the King , and on Saturday his Majesty paid a formal visit to "the fleet , and inspected several of the ships . Omar Pasha bass issued a bulletin ^ announcing that his troops have driven tbe Montenegrins' from °
Ce ' . t-i < nieafter the inhabitants had burned their houses . This success of the Turks may probably end the warfare which has caused slaughter and devastation ' in the Turkish provinces borderingoiiMontenegro . The Onedia has arrived at Southampton with the Brazilian and
The Week.
River Plate mails . The advices from Rio Janeir o aro unimportant . But from Buenos Ayres we learn that Senor Ricstra , the Finance Minister , had resigned office , in consecpience of the Chamber of Deputies having rejected his proposal to redeem a portion of the paper currency by the issue of Treasury bonds . This step was followed by a rise in the doubloon from 413 to 423 , or nearly SJ- per cent . It is thought that a corresponding depreciation will take place
in tho value of Buenos Ayrean bonds . Ti-. o industrial prospects of the Argentine Republic are d ally brightening , and a steady flow of emigration into La Plata is expected . J ' .- —A telegraphic message i ' ror . i Bombay on the 12 th ult communicates the fact that Rao Sahib , a relative and an abettor of the infamous Nana Sahib , of Cairapore notoriety , has been sentenced to death for the part he took in the la ^ e mutinies in India . Apprehensions are entertained of drought and famine in the Western
provinces . The commercial news is indicative of slow but gradual improvement . A : \ IERIC . S . —There have been several arrivals since our last , the most reec-nt dates being to the 20 th ult . The encampment at Harrison ' s Landing was completely evacuated by General M'Clcllan ou the morning of the 18 th instant , and the vanguard of those troops which retreated by land arrived on the same day in safety at Williamsburg ]) . Nothing was known respecting tho destination of General M'Clellan ' s
army ; but the journals publish some vaunting assertions that a grand plan , sure to result in a great victory , was to be executed . A retreat had been made by General Pope from Culpepper to Rappahannock , which was not accomplished altogether free from molestation , the Confederates following close on his heels , and skirmishes
and artillery engagements occurring throughout a whole week . At length the Confederates made a dash , which resulted in the capture of a staff officer and Pope ' s personal luggage , maps , official dispatches , and papers relating to the campaign . Another attack upon Baton Rouge was expected . The Confederates were within eight miles of the city , have received considerable reinforcements , and are strongly posted . On the other hand , the Federals havo contracted their linos to a small area , and in anticipation of defeat have made preparations for shelling and destroying the city . General Butler has issued an
order for the surrender of all private arms . Against this the French consul has protested : Butler , however , persists in his determination . He has also ordered that all slaves who give information to the Federal authorities of Confederate movements shall receive their freedom . The Confederate Congress was opened at Richmond ou the ISth ult ., with a message from President Jefferson Davis . The document refers entirely to the conduct cf the war and the temporary measures rendered necessary by it . Bills had been introduced into
the Southern Congress providing for an export duty on cotton and tobacco , and one for retaliatory measures directed against " those who digrace the profession of arms by making war an occasion for the commission of great crimes . " Tiie prospects of the South are , of course , referred to in a very hopeful strain . It is stated that Mr . Thurlow Weed has recently had several interviews with President Lincoln , and has been charged with an important mission from the United States Government to that of her Britannic- Majesty . Mr .
Weed was expected to leave New York by the Arabia , but we believe his voyage was deferred until next steamer . The exact nature of his " mission" has not , of course , been allowed to transpire .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
W . J . 23 . — - '" cither under the Ancient Charges nor the Book of Constitutions , can the Master of a Lodge prevent a charge being brought before the Lodge against a brother for slander and backbiting—but such a course is better avoided as only tending to destroy the harmony of the Lodge . We look upon the Board of General Purposes as the most , impartial tribunal , and , therefore , if there is any real charge against a brother affecting his Masonic position , it had better be referred there at once . J . G . W . —1 . A Lodge cannot be opened in the second or third
degree without- having been previously opened in the first . 2 . A Prov . Grand Officer or Past Grand Officer may legally wear his Prov . Grand Apron in another province , though he will not hold any rank therein . A Prov . Grand Officer wears his purple apron even in Grand Lodge , but not the collar of the lodge of which he is a P . M . 3 . It is not requisite to call a special meeting to decide upon the removal of a lodge after it has been agreed to at two regular
meetings . It is not necessaVy to obtain the previous consent of the Prov . G . M . for the removal of a lodge from one house to another in the same town . 4 . If a brother threatened a W . M . of a lodge that he and another would black -hall all candidates proposed by any particular brother or brethren , and refused to withdraw the threat , we wonld advise the lodge to expel this brother making the threat , and leave linn to his remedy before the Board of General Purposes . R . A . M . —It is not usual , nor is it permitted in England , to wear the Royal Arch clothing in a Craft lodge .