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into committee on the Solicitors , Proctors , and Certified Conveyancers ' Bill , but forty members not being present , the house was counted out , —Lord Palmerston having given notice of a series of resolutions founded on the report of the committee on precedents , which , whilst acknowledging the right of the House of Lords to throw out money bills in their entirety , declares that the right of granting aids and supplies to the Crown is in the Commons alone , as an essential part of their constitution , and the limitation of all such grants as to the matter , manner , measure ,
ancl time , is only in them , that to guard for the future against an undue exercise of that power by the Lords , and to secure to the Commons their rig htful control over taxation ancl supply , this houso has in its own hands the power so to impose ancl remit taxes and to frame bills of supply , that the right of the Commons as to the matter , manner , measure , ancl time may be maintained inviolate . —On Wednesday Air . T . Duncombe gave notice that he intended to move an addition to the resolutions , to the effect that an address should be presented to her
Majesty praying her Majesty not to prorogue Parliament until a bill for the repeal of the paper duties had been presented for the royal assent . — The Church Rates Amendment Bill having been withdrawn the Highway Bill was read a second time by a majority of 203 to 102 , and several bills advanced a stage . G-EKEBAI . HOME NEWS . —The event of the week lias been the opening of the contest by the Queen ' of the National Rifle Association at AA'imhledonfor various prizes . The competition commenced at three on
, Monday by the Queen firing the first shot at the 400 yards' range . The ride was fired by her Majesty from a "rest , " fitted by Air . AA'hitworth , the shot from which went direct to the centre of the target . Immediately after the Queen ' s shot , the firing at the short ranges by the volunteers commenced . The shooting for the great prizes of the Queen and tbe Prince Consort takes place to-day . Tho 20 best shots of tho volunteers at ranges of 300 , 500 , and 600 yards , and the 20 next best shots will be the only persons allowed to compete for the Queen ' s prize of
. £ 250 , and the gold medal of the Association ; ancl they will be shot for with the AA'hitworth rifle . The prizes will be delivered on Monday . ¦ The official tables of tho revenue for the quarter and year , both of which terminated on Saturday last , have been published . Thc increase on the quarter amounts to -. 326 , 918 . The increase on the year , up to
the 30 th ult ., was _ £ & , / 27 , 014 . The supplemental vote of credit to be moved for the AA ' ar in China , in excess of the sum already voted by Parliament for the service of the year 1860-1 , is .- £ ' 3 , 800 , 000 , whicli , with £ 850 , 000 already voted , makes a total of £ 4 , 800 , 000 . The annual exhibition in connexion ivith the Royal Agricultural Society of England—that portion of it devoted to the trial of implements—was opened at Canterbury , on AA ' ednesday , under the most promisingauspices . The beauty of thc spot selected for the show , aud thc
prop itious state of the weather , were subjects of general remark , and should the latter continue , there is every prospect of the present proving one of tho most successful meetings tbe society has yet held . A now church ( St . John ' s , AA ' alworth ) , which has been erected during the past 12 months , has been duly consecrated by the Lord Bishop of London , in the presence of a large number of parishioners of St . Alary , Newington , in which parish it is situated , -Sir George R . Brooks Pechell , Bart ,, M . P . for Brighton , died shortly before noon ou the 29 th ult .. at his house
in Hill-street , Berkeley-square , after a short illness . FOREIGX NEWS . —The funeral of Prince Jerome took place , at Paris , on Monday ; it was extremely magnificent . The Ambassadors assisted at the ceremony , ancl an immense crowd was present . All thc theatres were closed that evening . A circular has been addressed to the Ministers by the Duke of Cauibaceres , Grand Master of the Ceremonies , inviting tho functionaries of their respective departments to wear Court mourning . The treaty to arrange the boundaries between Franco and Sardinia has been signed . The Constitution having been declared in Naples , the Neapolitan tricolour flag has been hoisted at Fort St . Elmo ,
ancl was saluted by tho whole artillery of the forts ; but the people do not appear satisfied . Thc new Ministry is formed as follows : —Commander Spinelii , President of the Council ; Commander cle Mavtino , Foreign Affairs ; Signor Del Re , Interior ; Signor Manna , Finances ; Prince Torella , Ecclesiastical Affairs ; Signor Morelli , Public AVorks Marshal Lestucei , AA ' ar ; Admiral Garofalo , Marine . On the 27 th June the French Ambassador , Baron Bremer , while passing through the Strada di Toledo , where much agitation was prevailing , received several
blows on the head from a loaded cane . He fell senseless , and was carried to the palaco of the Legation . He is now recovering ; but the parties who attacked him have not been discovered . The Neapolitan Government has ordered the restitution of the two captured vessels and the release of tho crews and passengers . The Marquis d'Aiitonini , the Neapolitan Minister at the Court of the Tuileries , has sent his resignation to Naples . In Sicily the liberal concessions of the Neapolitan government , far from checking the enterprises of the Dictator , have on
tbe contrary determined him to precipitate the annexation , which he had previously been disposed to delay . He was making preparations to attack Messina . A new ministry has been appointed iu Sicily by Garibaldi as follows—Foreign Affairs , Signor Natolie ; interior , Signor Daita ; AA ' ar , Signer Orsini ; Public Safety , Signor Lij . orta ; Religion , Don Lanza ( Benedictine ) : Public Instruction , Sigma- Loggia ; Finance , Signor Giovanni . From Rome , under date of Juno 20 . we learn that reports are current that the Papa ! government is about io grant reforms , Considerable excitement prevailed , The convention between England . Austria , and the Pwte , for the entitb-isiuuent !'» siitatrinu
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telegraph fine from Eagusa to Alexandria , was signed at Vienna on tha 29 th ultimo . In conformity with the counsels of their legal advisers , the Count cle Monteinolin and Don Fernando have cancelled the renunciation of their pretensions to the throne of Spain which was signed by them at Tortosa , on tho ground that they acted under duresse . The apprehensions at Constantinople entertained of disturbances during the Bei ' ram are now dissipated . The procession of the Sultan passed off in perfect tranquillity . The troops had received
one month ' s pay , ancl appeared favourably disposed . By order of the Sultan the Finance Commission has been transformed into a Council of Control , with extended powers . Mehernct Rusehdi Pacha has been appointed president of the new council . Advices from Beyrout to the 21 st ult . state that the Druses , reinforced by hordes of plundering Kurcles and Bedouins , had attacked the town of Zahli , the last refuge of the Christians . The town was entirely burnt down , ancl 1 , 000 Christians were murdered . Cyprus was agitated in favour of annexation to
Greece . The Greek Government was organising the National Guard . The Turkish Customs authorities had seized a bundle of proclamations in favour of the re-establishment of the Byzantine Empire , The agents in whose possession they were found hacl been arrested ,
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
' ' IKQUIHKR . "—The schools of thc order can at all times be inspected by the brethren during proper hours . Pay a visit to the Asylum , at Croydon , and you will be yourself enabled to judge of its value through the testimony of the residents . " J . J . "—Address a letter to the Board of General Purposes . It is not our province to interfere in the government of a Lodgo on ex parte statements .
' ' A READER . "—AA ' e have for some time had the subject under consideration . " CLIO " sends us the following questions : — 1 . AA'hat are the advantages of being a Alason . —As Alasons we do not profess that the Order possesses any peculiar advantages which we can explain to the uninitiated beyond stating that it binds men together in tho bonds of brotherhood for tho mutual benefit of all , its three grand
principles being brotherly love , relief , ancl truth . 2 . AA'hat are the requirements for a Alason?—He should be a just and upright man , of full age , sound judgment , and strict morals . 3 . Docs admission involve any religious and political questions ?—• None ; excepting a belief in the existence of a Supreme Being . 4 . AVhat are the steps to be taken for admission into the ancient Order , and if admitted , are the expenses so great as to become
inconvenient to a person of moderate means ?—A candidate must seek a friend who is a Freemason to introduce him to a Lodge , into which he cannot be admitted , however , without a ballot . Opinions differ as to what are moderate means . He may bo initiated for £ 5 5 s ., and his annual expenses need not exceed £ 3 3 s . or £ 1 Is . a year , unless ho wills it . Ho can iu Freemasonry , as in all other societies , regulate his expenditure by his means .
" DIOGENES . "—AA'e have received a letter bearing this signature , imauthentica . tcd , relative to the manner in which Alasonry is conducted and governed in AA'cstern India , which we cannot publish on the authority of a correspondent ivho withholds his name from us . If the conduct of the district Grand Alaster be what our correspondent describes it , representation should bo made to tho Grand Master of Scotland from whom he holds his authority .
" Bno . AVEBSTEI ; . "—Mackey ' s for choice ; but neither are of much use to English Alasons . " EEHATIJ . II . "—In our report of Grand Lodge , page 45-1 , " Bro . Barrett , " at the top of the second column , should have been " Bro . Barnard . " Bno . BOUGIITOX ( No . 857 ) ivill please receive our best thanks . ' ' J . O . "—AVe never heard ofthe person alluded to .
" A . YOL-XO BUOTIIEI ! . "—It is illegal to wear the Mark Jewel in either a Craft Lodge or R . A . Chapter , the degree not being acknowledged in this country as a constituent part of Freemasonry . AVere a brother to present himself at Grand Lodgo wearing the Alark Jewel he would , bo compelled to take it oil'before entering . Bno . Do . VALli CAMI ' EKLL . —Your request has boon attended to . Dm vixu PILES . —The lettersofp . ro . the Hon . James Dutton and Bro .
Benson have been handed to thc brother who conducts that portion of thc Frecmu 30 ; is MuguAne ivhich include ,, the Note .- ; and Queries , who will reply by lifter , liro , Spiuin" ; i - Ihi . nkod for his lifter on the .. libject ,
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into committee on the Solicitors , Proctors , and Certified Conveyancers ' Bill , but forty members not being present , the house was counted out , —Lord Palmerston having given notice of a series of resolutions founded on the report of the committee on precedents , which , whilst acknowledging the right of the House of Lords to throw out money bills in their entirety , declares that the right of granting aids and supplies to the Crown is in the Commons alone , as an essential part of their constitution , and the limitation of all such grants as to the matter , manner , measure ,
ancl time , is only in them , that to guard for the future against an undue exercise of that power by the Lords , and to secure to the Commons their rig htful control over taxation ancl supply , this houso has in its own hands the power so to impose ancl remit taxes and to frame bills of supply , that the right of the Commons as to the matter , manner , measure , ancl time may be maintained inviolate . —On Wednesday Air . T . Duncombe gave notice that he intended to move an addition to the resolutions , to the effect that an address should be presented to her
Majesty praying her Majesty not to prorogue Parliament until a bill for the repeal of the paper duties had been presented for the royal assent . — The Church Rates Amendment Bill having been withdrawn the Highway Bill was read a second time by a majority of 203 to 102 , and several bills advanced a stage . G-EKEBAI . HOME NEWS . —The event of the week lias been the opening of the contest by the Queen ' of the National Rifle Association at AA'imhledonfor various prizes . The competition commenced at three on
, Monday by the Queen firing the first shot at the 400 yards' range . The ride was fired by her Majesty from a "rest , " fitted by Air . AA'hitworth , the shot from which went direct to the centre of the target . Immediately after the Queen ' s shot , the firing at the short ranges by the volunteers commenced . The shooting for the great prizes of the Queen and tbe Prince Consort takes place to-day . Tho 20 best shots of tho volunteers at ranges of 300 , 500 , and 600 yards , and the 20 next best shots will be the only persons allowed to compete for the Queen ' s prize of
. £ 250 , and the gold medal of the Association ; ancl they will be shot for with the AA'hitworth rifle . The prizes will be delivered on Monday . ¦ The official tables of tho revenue for the quarter and year , both of which terminated on Saturday last , have been published . Thc increase on the quarter amounts to -. 326 , 918 . The increase on the year , up to
the 30 th ult ., was _ £ & , / 27 , 014 . The supplemental vote of credit to be moved for the AA ' ar in China , in excess of the sum already voted by Parliament for the service of the year 1860-1 , is .- £ ' 3 , 800 , 000 , whicli , with £ 850 , 000 already voted , makes a total of £ 4 , 800 , 000 . The annual exhibition in connexion ivith the Royal Agricultural Society of England—that portion of it devoted to the trial of implements—was opened at Canterbury , on AA ' ednesday , under the most promisingauspices . The beauty of thc spot selected for the show , aud thc
prop itious state of the weather , were subjects of general remark , and should the latter continue , there is every prospect of the present proving one of tho most successful meetings tbe society has yet held . A now church ( St . John ' s , AA ' alworth ) , which has been erected during the past 12 months , has been duly consecrated by the Lord Bishop of London , in the presence of a large number of parishioners of St . Alary , Newington , in which parish it is situated , -Sir George R . Brooks Pechell , Bart ,, M . P . for Brighton , died shortly before noon ou the 29 th ult .. at his house
in Hill-street , Berkeley-square , after a short illness . FOREIGX NEWS . —The funeral of Prince Jerome took place , at Paris , on Monday ; it was extremely magnificent . The Ambassadors assisted at the ceremony , ancl an immense crowd was present . All thc theatres were closed that evening . A circular has been addressed to the Ministers by the Duke of Cauibaceres , Grand Master of the Ceremonies , inviting tho functionaries of their respective departments to wear Court mourning . The treaty to arrange the boundaries between Franco and Sardinia has been signed . The Constitution having been declared in Naples , the Neapolitan tricolour flag has been hoisted at Fort St . Elmo ,
ancl was saluted by tho whole artillery of the forts ; but the people do not appear satisfied . Thc new Ministry is formed as follows : —Commander Spinelii , President of the Council ; Commander cle Mavtino , Foreign Affairs ; Signor Del Re , Interior ; Signor Manna , Finances ; Prince Torella , Ecclesiastical Affairs ; Signor Morelli , Public AVorks Marshal Lestucei , AA ' ar ; Admiral Garofalo , Marine . On the 27 th June the French Ambassador , Baron Bremer , while passing through the Strada di Toledo , where much agitation was prevailing , received several
blows on the head from a loaded cane . He fell senseless , and was carried to the palaco of the Legation . He is now recovering ; but the parties who attacked him have not been discovered . The Neapolitan Government has ordered the restitution of the two captured vessels and the release of tho crews and passengers . The Marquis d'Aiitonini , the Neapolitan Minister at the Court of the Tuileries , has sent his resignation to Naples . In Sicily the liberal concessions of the Neapolitan government , far from checking the enterprises of the Dictator , have on
tbe contrary determined him to precipitate the annexation , which he had previously been disposed to delay . He was making preparations to attack Messina . A new ministry has been appointed iu Sicily by Garibaldi as follows—Foreign Affairs , Signor Natolie ; interior , Signor Daita ; AA ' ar , Signer Orsini ; Public Safety , Signor Lij . orta ; Religion , Don Lanza ( Benedictine ) : Public Instruction , Sigma- Loggia ; Finance , Signor Giovanni . From Rome , under date of Juno 20 . we learn that reports are current that the Papa ! government is about io grant reforms , Considerable excitement prevailed , The convention between England . Austria , and the Pwte , for the entitb-isiuuent !'» siitatrinu
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telegraph fine from Eagusa to Alexandria , was signed at Vienna on tha 29 th ultimo . In conformity with the counsels of their legal advisers , the Count cle Monteinolin and Don Fernando have cancelled the renunciation of their pretensions to the throne of Spain which was signed by them at Tortosa , on tho ground that they acted under duresse . The apprehensions at Constantinople entertained of disturbances during the Bei ' ram are now dissipated . The procession of the Sultan passed off in perfect tranquillity . The troops had received
one month ' s pay , ancl appeared favourably disposed . By order of the Sultan the Finance Commission has been transformed into a Council of Control , with extended powers . Mehernct Rusehdi Pacha has been appointed president of the new council . Advices from Beyrout to the 21 st ult . state that the Druses , reinforced by hordes of plundering Kurcles and Bedouins , had attacked the town of Zahli , the last refuge of the Christians . The town was entirely burnt down , ancl 1 , 000 Christians were murdered . Cyprus was agitated in favour of annexation to
Greece . The Greek Government was organising the National Guard . The Turkish Customs authorities had seized a bundle of proclamations in favour of the re-establishment of the Byzantine Empire , The agents in whose possession they were found hacl been arrested ,
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
' ' IKQUIHKR . "—The schools of thc order can at all times be inspected by the brethren during proper hours . Pay a visit to the Asylum , at Croydon , and you will be yourself enabled to judge of its value through the testimony of the residents . " J . J . "—Address a letter to the Board of General Purposes . It is not our province to interfere in the government of a Lodgo on ex parte statements .
' ' A READER . "—AA ' e have for some time had the subject under consideration . " CLIO " sends us the following questions : — 1 . AA'hat are the advantages of being a Alason . —As Alasons we do not profess that the Order possesses any peculiar advantages which we can explain to the uninitiated beyond stating that it binds men together in tho bonds of brotherhood for tho mutual benefit of all , its three grand
principles being brotherly love , relief , ancl truth . 2 . AA'hat are the requirements for a Alason?—He should be a just and upright man , of full age , sound judgment , and strict morals . 3 . Docs admission involve any religious and political questions ?—• None ; excepting a belief in the existence of a Supreme Being . 4 . AVhat are the steps to be taken for admission into the ancient Order , and if admitted , are the expenses so great as to become
inconvenient to a person of moderate means ?—A candidate must seek a friend who is a Freemason to introduce him to a Lodge , into which he cannot be admitted , however , without a ballot . Opinions differ as to what are moderate means . He may bo initiated for £ 5 5 s ., and his annual expenses need not exceed £ 3 3 s . or £ 1 Is . a year , unless ho wills it . Ho can iu Freemasonry , as in all other societies , regulate his expenditure by his means .
" DIOGENES . "—AA'e have received a letter bearing this signature , imauthentica . tcd , relative to the manner in which Alasonry is conducted and governed in AA'cstern India , which we cannot publish on the authority of a correspondent ivho withholds his name from us . If the conduct of the district Grand Alaster be what our correspondent describes it , representation should bo made to tho Grand Master of Scotland from whom he holds his authority .
" Bno . AVEBSTEI ; . "—Mackey ' s for choice ; but neither are of much use to English Alasons . " EEHATIJ . II . "—In our report of Grand Lodge , page 45-1 , " Bro . Barrett , " at the top of the second column , should have been " Bro . Barnard . " Bno . BOUGIITOX ( No . 857 ) ivill please receive our best thanks . ' ' J . O . "—AVe never heard ofthe person alluded to .
" A . YOL-XO BUOTIIEI ! . "—It is illegal to wear the Mark Jewel in either a Craft Lodge or R . A . Chapter , the degree not being acknowledged in this country as a constituent part of Freemasonry . AVere a brother to present himself at Grand Lodgo wearing the Alark Jewel he would , bo compelled to take it oil'before entering . Bno . Do . VALli CAMI ' EKLL . —Your request has boon attended to . Dm vixu PILES . —The lettersofp . ro . the Hon . James Dutton and Bro .
Benson have been handed to thc brother who conducts that portion of thc Frecmu 30 ; is MuguAne ivhich include ,, the Note .- ; and Queries , who will reply by lifter , liro , Spiuin" ; i - Ihi . nkod for his lifter on the .. libject ,