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felt quite certain , that whatever might be the expectations formed by brethren of the W . M . elect , all would heartily join with him in thanking the present Master for what he had done . Bro . J . C . Peatson thanked Bro . Binckes for proposing his health , and the brethren for the hearty manner in which they had responded . Bro . J . L . Hine proposed the health of the founder of the Lodge , Bro . Lyons Wright , P . M ., which was received with continued applause . He said his masonic and private
connection with Bro . Wright ( which extended over many years ) had proved his value , not only as a mason , but a private friend , he could not sit down without calling attention to the great services Bro . W . had rendered in the establishment and conducting . of the Masonic Lodge Rooms , the parent of the building ; now fairly started as their future home , he alluded to the Freemasons' Hall in Cooper-street . Bro . Wright returned ' thanks , and said , although his professional duties compelled him to leave Manchester , his heart was with them , and that it always gave him pleasure to hear of the success of masonry in that city .
Colonial.
COLONIAL .
TRINIDAD . ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN . We have been requested to publish the following correspondence . Trinidad , May Gth , 1863 . MY LORD , —I have the honour herewith to enclose an address to our Gracious Sovereign Her Majesty the Queen , and respectfully to request that you will be pleased to forward the ssme to
her Majesty ' s principal Secretary of State for the Colonies , to be by him laid before her Majesty . I have the honour to be , Your Lordship ' s most obedient and humble servant , DANIEL HART , To the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , Prov . Grand Master . Most Worshipful Grand Master . To Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria by the Grace of God
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , Sec ' . . ¦ We , her Majesty ' s most loyal and dutiful subjects , the Freemasons of the Island of Trinidad , holding of the United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England , desire to approach their beloved Sovereign with the expression of their congratulations upon the happy occasion of the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra .
In every portion of her Majesty ' s vast dominion this auspicious event is hailed with joy , as it is the pride of every British subject to love and revere their queen and all attached to her sacred person . In participating in the joy of the whole British nation we wish her Majesty length of days and the consummation of all her desires respecting her royal descendants . Done in Provincial Grand Lod at Port of Spain this fifth
ge day of May , Anno Luminus , 5863 , Anno Domini , 1863 . For and on behalf of the Freemasons of our province , ( Signed ) DANIEL HART , Prov . G . M . JOHN O'BRIEN , D . Prov . G . M . M . M . PHILIP , S . Prov . G . W . W . T . BEERETON , J . Prov . G . W . Richard L . Gibb ? , Prov . G . Secretary .
Downing-street , 13 th June , 1863 . MY LORD , —I have had the honour to lay before the Queen tbe address to Her Majesty , from the Freemasons of Trinidad ; on the occasion of the marriage of His Boyal Highness the Prince of Wales , which has been forwarded through your lordship . I have received Her Majesty's commands to request that you will communicate to the gentlemen who signed the addresson
, the part of the Freemasons of the colony , the satisfaction which Her Majesty has derived from the expression of loyalty and attachment to Her person and Throne which are contained in it . I have honour to be , Your Lordship ' s most obedient servant , The Earl of Zetland . NEWCASTLE .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —Her Majesty and the younger branches of theroyal family have been during the week at Osborne . Preparations have been made at Woolwich for Her Majesty ' s immediate departure for Germany . The Prince of Wales on Monday proceeded on the announced visit to the north , but the-Princess was too unwell to endure the fatigue of travel , it beingdeemed advisable that she should not undergo unnecessary
fatigue at present . On the way to Halifax , where the Prince dined with tbe mayor , the royal train made a short halt at AVakefield , and the Corporation of that borough presented the Prince with an address . The New Town Hall of Halifax was on Tuesday opened by the Prince of Wales . Thepeople of the district had counted for a certainty upon the bright
presence of the Consort of the Heir Apparent , but Her Roya * Highness was absent ; and to add to this serious disappointment , the weather proved most unfavourable for a loyal demonstration such as that upon which Halifax had resolved . The Prince left Halifax immediately after the ceremony—the royal train on its way to London making a short halt at Leeds , where his Royal
Highness received an address from the Mayor and Corporation - On Wednesday the Prince and Princess proceeded to Ripon on a visit to Earl de Grey and Ripon , whence they were to proceed to Scotland by easy stages . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The Registrar General has just published his quarterly returns of births and deaths for tbe summer
quarter , and of marriages for the spring quarter of the presentyear . Tbe two former are above the average , but so also is the last . There have been only two instances within the last ten . years where the birth rate throughout the whole country was higher , and during the quarter the natural increase of the population was at the rate of 783 a day . The increase iu the o > ath
rate is from 2-191 per cent , to 2 ' 313 . In this increased rate of mortality both town and country participate . The marriages , during the spring quarter amounted to 34 , 454 , which is morethan 2000 above the number in the corresponding quarter of the previous year . The increase is greatest iu the metropolis but Lancashire also participates in the increase . The unusual number of 87 , 290 persons emigrated in the auarter , of whom
56 , 456 went to the United States , and of them at least 40 , 000 were Irish . The mortality of London still ranges high , and last week the deaths were 66 more than the week- before , which on its part was 77 above the week precedent . The exact number for the week is 1514 ; the corrected ten years' average of the same week is only 1284 . The mortality has been most
prevalent in very old and very young persons , but more iu the former than the latter . The births for the week were 1941 , the average for the ten years 1810 . From all parts of the country more or less favourable reports reach us relative to the condition of the crops and the prospect of the harvest . All that was mortal of the late lamented judge Sir Cresswell Cresswell ,
has been consigned to earth's last resting place . The funeralceremony was as strictly private as the burial of one so deeply honoured could be The Bishop of London has sent a reply to an address recently presented to him by a number of his clergy who apparently feel greatly alarmed at the growingforce of public opinion against " clerical subscription . " The
Bishop agrees with those- whose signatures are appended to the address , that some form of subscription must be insisted upon ; but , on the ether hand , he holds that the time has arrived for a revision of the declarations at present required to be made by persons in holy orders . He warns his brethren against the " most serious peril" involved in a " cowardly fear " to face boldly anv real or alleged defects iu our ecclesiastical
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Mark Masonry.
felt quite certain , that whatever might be the expectations formed by brethren of the W . M . elect , all would heartily join with him in thanking the present Master for what he had done . Bro . J . C . Peatson thanked Bro . Binckes for proposing his health , and the brethren for the hearty manner in which they had responded . Bro . J . L . Hine proposed the health of the founder of the Lodge , Bro . Lyons Wright , P . M ., which was received with continued applause . He said his masonic and private
connection with Bro . Wright ( which extended over many years ) had proved his value , not only as a mason , but a private friend , he could not sit down without calling attention to the great services Bro . W . had rendered in the establishment and conducting . of the Masonic Lodge Rooms , the parent of the building ; now fairly started as their future home , he alluded to the Freemasons' Hall in Cooper-street . Bro . Wright returned ' thanks , and said , although his professional duties compelled him to leave Manchester , his heart was with them , and that it always gave him pleasure to hear of the success of masonry in that city .
Colonial.
COLONIAL .
TRINIDAD . ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN . We have been requested to publish the following correspondence . Trinidad , May Gth , 1863 . MY LORD , —I have the honour herewith to enclose an address to our Gracious Sovereign Her Majesty the Queen , and respectfully to request that you will be pleased to forward the ssme to
her Majesty ' s principal Secretary of State for the Colonies , to be by him laid before her Majesty . I have the honour to be , Your Lordship ' s most obedient and humble servant , DANIEL HART , To the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , Prov . Grand Master . Most Worshipful Grand Master . To Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria by the Grace of God
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , Sec ' . . ¦ We , her Majesty ' s most loyal and dutiful subjects , the Freemasons of the Island of Trinidad , holding of the United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England , desire to approach their beloved Sovereign with the expression of their congratulations upon the happy occasion of the marriage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra .
In every portion of her Majesty ' s vast dominion this auspicious event is hailed with joy , as it is the pride of every British subject to love and revere their queen and all attached to her sacred person . In participating in the joy of the whole British nation we wish her Majesty length of days and the consummation of all her desires respecting her royal descendants . Done in Provincial Grand Lod at Port of Spain this fifth
ge day of May , Anno Luminus , 5863 , Anno Domini , 1863 . For and on behalf of the Freemasons of our province , ( Signed ) DANIEL HART , Prov . G . M . JOHN O'BRIEN , D . Prov . G . M . M . M . PHILIP , S . Prov . G . W . W . T . BEERETON , J . Prov . G . W . Richard L . Gibb ? , Prov . G . Secretary .
Downing-street , 13 th June , 1863 . MY LORD , —I have had the honour to lay before the Queen tbe address to Her Majesty , from the Freemasons of Trinidad ; on the occasion of the marriage of His Boyal Highness the Prince of Wales , which has been forwarded through your lordship . I have received Her Majesty's commands to request that you will communicate to the gentlemen who signed the addresson
, the part of the Freemasons of the colony , the satisfaction which Her Majesty has derived from the expression of loyalty and attachment to Her person and Throne which are contained in it . I have honour to be , Your Lordship ' s most obedient servant , The Earl of Zetland . NEWCASTLE .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —Her Majesty and the younger branches of theroyal family have been during the week at Osborne . Preparations have been made at Woolwich for Her Majesty ' s immediate departure for Germany . The Prince of Wales on Monday proceeded on the announced visit to the north , but the-Princess was too unwell to endure the fatigue of travel , it beingdeemed advisable that she should not undergo unnecessary
fatigue at present . On the way to Halifax , where the Prince dined with tbe mayor , the royal train made a short halt at AVakefield , and the Corporation of that borough presented the Prince with an address . The New Town Hall of Halifax was on Tuesday opened by the Prince of Wales . Thepeople of the district had counted for a certainty upon the bright
presence of the Consort of the Heir Apparent , but Her Roya * Highness was absent ; and to add to this serious disappointment , the weather proved most unfavourable for a loyal demonstration such as that upon which Halifax had resolved . The Prince left Halifax immediately after the ceremony—the royal train on its way to London making a short halt at Leeds , where his Royal
Highness received an address from the Mayor and Corporation - On Wednesday the Prince and Princess proceeded to Ripon on a visit to Earl de Grey and Ripon , whence they were to proceed to Scotland by easy stages . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The Registrar General has just published his quarterly returns of births and deaths for tbe summer
quarter , and of marriages for the spring quarter of the presentyear . Tbe two former are above the average , but so also is the last . There have been only two instances within the last ten . years where the birth rate throughout the whole country was higher , and during the quarter the natural increase of the population was at the rate of 783 a day . The increase iu the o > ath
rate is from 2-191 per cent , to 2 ' 313 . In this increased rate of mortality both town and country participate . The marriages , during the spring quarter amounted to 34 , 454 , which is morethan 2000 above the number in the corresponding quarter of the previous year . The increase is greatest iu the metropolis but Lancashire also participates in the increase . The unusual number of 87 , 290 persons emigrated in the auarter , of whom
56 , 456 went to the United States , and of them at least 40 , 000 were Irish . The mortality of London still ranges high , and last week the deaths were 66 more than the week- before , which on its part was 77 above the week precedent . The exact number for the week is 1514 ; the corrected ten years' average of the same week is only 1284 . The mortality has been most
prevalent in very old and very young persons , but more iu the former than the latter . The births for the week were 1941 , the average for the ten years 1810 . From all parts of the country more or less favourable reports reach us relative to the condition of the crops and the prospect of the harvest . All that was mortal of the late lamented judge Sir Cresswell Cresswell ,
has been consigned to earth's last resting place . The funeralceremony was as strictly private as the burial of one so deeply honoured could be The Bishop of London has sent a reply to an address recently presented to him by a number of his clergy who apparently feel greatly alarmed at the growingforce of public opinion against " clerical subscription . " The
Bishop agrees with those- whose signatures are appended to the address , that some form of subscription must be insisted upon ; but , on the ether hand , he holds that the time has arrived for a revision of the declarations at present required to be made by persons in holy orders . He warns his brethren against the " most serious peril" involved in a " cowardly fear " to face boldly anv real or alleged defects iu our ecclesiastical