Obituary.

England—and many other " works which now remain , bear the impress of his fostering hand and kindly care . At Boston , as many of his friends are aware , he had intended to spend the evening of his days , resting from his many labours on his property at Swineshead Abbey . Boston was justly proud of him , and through all the many phases of his eventful life recognised his merits , and undeviatingly gave him its confidence . Three times in succession was he returned as its representative to Parliamentand always by

, majorities most decisive and unmistakable His remains have arrived in England , and ere this is read by the brethren , will have been interred at Boston . Bro . Ingram was initiated in the Phcenix Lodge ( 202 ) , on the Sth April , 1851 , and raised in May 1 S 55 . He afterwards joined the Lodge of Harmony ( 339 ) , Boston . ) ¦ -

BRO . JAMES MORTON WINN , P . M . 957 . This respected and beloved brother suddenly expired at N ewcastleupon-Tyne on Wednesday , the 12 th of September . He had been slightly complaining for some time , and on the day of his death he stated to some of the brethren that he felt very unwell . He bade them adieu ; and it was ordained by the Most High that it should be his last farewell , for they never saw him again alive . Bro . Winn has departed in the prime of lifebeing but forty

, years of age ; but , though comparatively young as a man , he was old as a Mason . Like many a worthy brother , he did not attain his highest honours until long after he became a member of the Craft . He beheld younger , and perhaps less experienced , brethren reach the chair , but he was naturally modest and unassuming , and knew how to "bide his time . " At length the auspicious hour arrived when he who had so long and patiently worked and waited

was also to receive his reward ; and a high honour was that which was conferred upon him , for he was chosen to lie the first AVorshipful Master of a new lodge—the Blagdon ( No . 957)—atBlyth , a rising seaport on the Northumbrian coast . Here it was that Bro . Winn , who was well known and respected by the shipowners and others , had tho proud satisfaction of seeing his lodge flourish—the most influential men in the place " arraying themselves in white

apparel , " and taking their stand beneath the time-honoured banner of Freemasonry . Many a hardy tar , too , whose home was on the ocean wave , here sought to understand the "hidden mysteries , " and Blyth became to the tempest-tossed mariner a Masonic haven . ATell can the members ofthe lodge testify to the maimer in which their AV . M . upheld the dignity of the chair ; nor can they , while memory lasts , forget Brother Winn ' s uniform urbanity , gentleness , and brotherly kindness . All that was mortal of him now rests in a quiet grave in Elswick Cemetery , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; and we trust that the immortal hath " a home , not made with hands , eternal in the heavens . "

THE DEAN AND TUB PAIVKOT-. —An eminent Dean once ( closely ) connected with a celebrated watering-place , but now attached to a , cathedral in the north , has of late , it is well known , beguiled his leisure hours with lecturing upon the advantages of total abstinence from all fermented liquors .- he is , besides , a perfect " counterblast , " to use King James ' s expression , against the use of tobacco . A short time ago some one gave the dean a , yei-y handsome parrot , but its education had been neglected ; it would ' squall and screechwith the

, most vociferous of parrots , but it had not the , gift of talking rationally , like other amusing birds ofthe same species . One day Mr . Dean was expatiating upon the beauties of his favourite ' , and lamenting its only defect , in the presence of two young ladies the daughters ofthe bishop . "Oh , " exclaimed one , rather vivaciousl y , "if that is all , Mr . Dean , wc can easily manage to give Poll an excellent education . Let us take her over to Castle , where we

have a parrot who talks divinely ; ours will soon teach yours , and you will have yours like ours talking all day long . " The dean was pleased with the idea , and Poll migrated from the deanery to the castle . A few weeks afterwards she was returned safe and sound , with a warrant to talk as well as any the most gifted of her family . Poll upon her arrival was placed in the library . About the same time a deputation was ushered in , to ask the dean to fix a day for his lecture to the

giving " Auti-tobacco-and-braiuly-and-water-Association . " As the dean entered the room , he observed Poll glorying in her gilded cage , clutching the wires with her claws and beak , and cracking a bushel of nuts , as she climbed away from the perch to the swing . " Oh I" said the dean , " excuse me , gentleman , a minute ; just come here . This is my parrot , she lias been to the bishop ' s to be taught to speak , and has been brought back this

morning ; pretty Poll ? " Poll screwed her neck round , gave a comical glance at the dean out ofthe corner of her eye , and then with amazing courage and volubility , screamed out ; " Take a pipe ' Mr . Dean—Mr . Dean , take a pipe . Another glass for Mr . Dean . ' Brandy an ' waur—Brandy an'waur , Mr . Dean—Take a pipe , take a pipe . " Oh ! the face of Mr . Dean ; oh 1 the horror of the deputation ; oh 1 the wickedness of those merry young ladies at ——Castle . '

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —Her Majesty , the Prince Consort and , the Princess Alice , are still at Cobourg . The horses of the Prince ' s carriage having run away , H . R . Highness jumped out , but received no further injury than a scratch or two in the face . According to the last . intelligence , the Prince of AVales arrived at Detroit on the 20 th ult .,. where he was most enthusiastically received . His Royal Highness in the afternoon left for Chicago . GENERAL HOAIE NEAVS . —On Saturday morning the Court of

Alderman elected Mr . Aldermun Cubitt , MP ., to fill the office of Lord Mayor for the . ensuingyear . Theannualmeeting ofthe Royal South Bucks Agricultural Association came off on AVednesday , at Salthill , near Slough , and after the termination of the ptoughing ,. the usual dinner took place at the AVindmill , under the presidency of the Right Hon . B . Disraeli , M . P . for the county . Upwards of a hundred gentlemen were present on the occasion . The chairman made a speech of a purely agricultural character , eschewing

politics altogether . The table was graced by the half of a splendid fat buck , the gift of the Prince Consort , who is one of the patrons--of the society . Much as the unseasonable weather of the past summer has excited murmurs for holiday trips frustrated , and croaking fears of a deficient harvest , Dr . Letheby ' s report on the sanitary condition of the City for the last three months shows that the evil has not been altogether unmixed with good . The report gives an average of deaths below that of former years ; whileon

, the other hand , in conformity with the principle of compensation observed throughout nature , the births on an average have been also below previous returns . This favourable state of things is further borne out by the report of the Registar-General . The winter session of the several medical schools in connection with the metropolitan hospitals , was opened on Monday by the delivery of the usual inaugural address . The attendance of students was in most instances numerous , aud the lecturers appear to have been received

with universal satisfaction . On Monday the new railway terminus at the end of A ictoria-street , AVestminster , was opened , connecting the ancient city of Westminster with all the southern parts of England . Much interest was excited by the departure of the first train , which Was an excursion to Brighton , and a large assemblage collected to witness its progress over the new bridge across the Thames at Battersea . The murder of the infant son of Mr . Kent , at the village of Road , in June last , has once more become the subject of public investigation .

Since the coroner s inquest closed with its most unsatisfactory result , nothing but one vague rumour after another , consisting of absurd conjecture or unfounded fabrication , was heard ; and tho acknowledged acumen of our criminal officers seemed to have been fairly bullied , and that , too , in a case where , from the smallness of the field of investigation , their task ought to have been correspondingly easy . A \ vavr » nt was last week issued for the apprehension of Elizabeth Goughthe nursemaid at Mr . Kent ' swho was

accord-, , ingly taken into custody at her father ' s house in Isleworth on Friday . The prisoner was removed to Devizes , and has since been , examined by the magistrates at Trowbridge , but no rational evidence has as yet been adduced . The examination of Mullins before Mr . Selfe , at the Thames Police-court , on the charge of murdering Mrs . Emsley , resulted in the committal of " the prisoner for trial . ——A coroner ' s inquest has been held on

the body of a child found murdered and shockingly mutilated at Homerton . The reputed mother of the child ' is a young woman named Emma Patfield , who is at present in custody charged with the murder , having already undergone several examinations before the magistrate . At the close of the inquiry a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned against the prisoner . The Barracks of Aldershot have been the scene of a deliberate and

cold-blooded murder , involving the lives of two men . On the afternoon of Saturday , as Serjeant Chipp and Corporal Coles , ofthe -list regiment were sitting playing at draughts , a private , who had entertained a feeling of resentment against the Serjeant for having reported him a short time previous , entered the room , and with his rifle shot both the men dead . An investigation into the circumstances took place on Tuesday . From the evidence it appeared that

although there were several persons in the room at the time , no one actually saw the rifle fired b y the man who is in custody . But the testimony was unanimous that a feeling of animosity existed in the . mind of the prisoner towards Serjeant Chipp , and that he had given expression to it in threats of violence on several occasions . In defence , the prisoner asserted that the piece was discharged by accident , and that indeed he was not aware it was loaded . At the close of

the examination a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —A communication from Paris announces the resignation by M . Thonvenelof his portfolio as Foreign Minister , whilst the Emperor was at Ajaccio . The reason assigned for taking this step by the eminent French statesman is said to be the ineffi-