Red Cross Knights.

when the above-named knights , together with Sir Knts . T . F . Giles , G . T . Noyce , and Alfred Thompson were admitted to the Priestly Order of Eusebius , and duly confirmed as Chiefs iu the College of Viceroys . After this interesting ceremony the conclave was closed after the usual prayer by the High Prelate . As the members very laudably desire to husband their funds for the purchase of furniture and other paraphernalia , without which the solemn rites of the Order cannot be efficientl

y per formed , there was not any banquet on this occasion at the expense of the conclave , but about fifteen Knights Companions remained , under the presidency of Sir Knt . Ord , and partook of a capital supper , provided at short notice by the worthy host . The usual toasts were duly honoured . Sir Knt . Little responded for the Grand Viceroy Ensebins , Sir Knt . AVilliams , M . P ., and the rest of the Grand Councilafter which the health of the

, absent M . P . S . was proposed , coupled with that of his representative , Sir Knt . Ord . Sir Knt , Noyce proposed the health of Sir Knt . Terry , whose proficient rendering of the ritual has been of great service in three conclaves of the Order , and that worthy frater responded in hearty terms for the kind reception ofhis name . We feel assured that the Rose ancl Lily Conclave has a brilliant future before it . Earnest thinkers and talented

brethren are already to be found amongst its children—men who express their high sense of the elevated teachings of the Order , and whose utmost endeavours will be exerted to promote its prosperity-. In the course of the evening the G . Recorder undertook to confer the dignity of K . H . S . ancl Knight of St . John upon all members of the conclave who were also Royal Arch Masons , in conformity with an edict to that effect recently

promulgated by the Grand Council , and this intimation was received with great satisfaction , most of tho Knts . being eligible , having attained the supreme degree of Ancient Craft or Capitular Masonry .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

TEE COURT . —The Queen , accompanied by Princess Beatrice . and Prince Leopold , rode out on ponies on the morning of the 29 th ult- In tho afternoon her Majesty drove out , accompanied by Princess Louise , and attended by the Hon . Mrs . Gordon . The Queen , accompanied by Princess Louise , rode out on ponies on the morning of the 30 th ult . In the afternoon her Majesty

drove , accompanied by Princess Christian . Her Majesty gave a dance to the tenants and servants of Balmoral in a tent near the Castle . Her Majesty , accompanied by the Royal Family , ancl attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in AYaiting , was present during the afternoon , and again after the supper in the evening . The Queen went out driving on the morning of

the 31 st ult ., accompanied hy Princess Christian . In the afternoon her Majesty , accompanied by Princess Louise , rode on ponies up to the Shell in Glen Gelder . The Queen drove out on the morning of the 1 st inst ., accompanied by Princess Christian . In the afternoon her Majesty , accompanied by

Princess Louise and Prince Leopold , and attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athole , drove to the Lynn of Quoich . The Queen attended Divine Service in the parish church of Crathie on the 2 nd inst . The Queen , accompanied by Princess Beatrice and Prince Leopold , rode out on ponies on the morning of the 3 rd inst . In the afcernoon her Majesty drove out , accompanied by

Princess Christian and Princess Louise . IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —In the SOUSE OF LORDS on the 31 st ult . the royal assent was given by commission to fifty-nine bills , including the following public bills : —Customs ( Inland Revenue ) , Fortifications ( Provision for Expenses ) , National Debt , Habeas Corpus Suspension ( Ireland ) Act Continuance No .

2 , Petty Sessions ( Ireland ) Act ( 1 S 51 ) Amendment , Inclosure , Local Government Supplemental , and Land Drainage Supplemental Bills . The commissioners were the Lord Chancellor , the Earl of Cadogan , and Lord Colville . —At the evening sitting the Earl of Derby announced that the Superior Spanish Court , to which the case of the Tornado had been referred .

The Week.

hacl quashed the decision of the court below . There would , therefore , be a new trial of the case . — Earl Russell gave notice of a motion for the 24 th of June against the Irish Church . Subsequently there was some talk about the cattle plague , in the course of which the Duke of Marlborough said there had only been two cases in London

during the past week . —The Earl of Kimberley moved the second reading of the Offices and Oaths Bill , and a discussion thereon ensued . The rejection of the bill was moved , and the Earl of Derby suggested its postponement . It was , however read a second time . A similar course was taken with the Transubstantation , & e ., Declaration Abolition Bill , and their

lordships afterwards put other measures on the stage . On the 3 rd inst ., the House had a lengthy conversation in reference to the reported intention to remove the Knightsbridge Barracks . The speeches were not of any general interest . Several bills having been advanced a stage , there was much discussion and several amendments and divisions upon the report of

the increase of the Episcopal Bill . Some of the amendments were carried , and the report agreed to . Their lordships adjourned at a quarter to eight o ' clock On the 4 th inst- the House pushed several bills forward a stage . A conversation arose as to the discrepancies between the standing orders of the House of "Lords and those of the House of Commons in reference to

railway bills . Lord Stanley of Alderley suggested that some measures should be taken to reconcile the two sets of standing orders . Lord Redesdale suggested a course by which the difficulty might be got over , but insisted that the standing order of their lordships was a perfectly fair one . After some conversation the Duke of Richmond undertook , on the part of the Government , totaka some steps by which an understanding on the subject between the two Houses might be come to . Their

lordships rose at twenty minutes to seven o ' clock . -In the HOUSE OE COMMONS , on the 30 th ult ., the Chancellor of the Exchequer , replying to Sir Andrew Agnew , said it would be premature to withdraw the Scotch Reform Bill with a view of making it more in accordance with the English bill and with the wishes of Scotland . —Lord Stanley , answering a question pufc

to him by Mr . Monk , said he had no late information as to the ex-Emperor Maximilian . He discredited the report that Juarez had ordered Maximilian to be shot . —The House having gone into committee on the Reform BUI , took up the consideration of clause 8 , tho first of the redistribution part of the bill . The clause proposed to disfranchise Yarmouth , Lancaster , Totnes ,

and Reieate . The Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to postpone tho clause in order that he might add to ifc a recital of the reasons why the boroughs were to be disfranchised . This course was opposed , and eventually Mr . Disraeli read the recital which he wished to add . This set forth statements in the reports of the Bribery Commissioners to the effect that the

horoughs were incurably venal , and therefore ought to be disfranchised . Then , on the clause being pufc to the House , various amendments were proposed . Sir George Bowyer wished to strike the clause out altogether . Mr . Baxter wished to reduce the members for Yarmouth and Lancaster to one for each place . Other members had amendments to strike out one

or other of the places named from the clause . In the course of the discussion , Mr . Gladstone insisted upon the necessity for punishing the corruption of the places named , while Mr . Bright protested against punishing the innocent along with the guilty , as would bo done if the boroughs were wholly disfranchised . A motion to omit Yarmouth from the clause was negatived , and then on a division the recital proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was added to the clause by 325 votes to 49 . When