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The Week.

the amount of defalcation is about £ 1000 . The prisoner was remanded . Rawlins is a director of the Athenceum ancl Secretary to the School of Arts in the town , and is besides well connected . The business of the Home Circuit | winter assizes bas commenced at Maidstone before Mr . Justice Byles . A shamefully large proportion of the charges for felony on the calendar stand against military men . It behoves those in authority to see to this , that its cause may be ascertained , ancl a remedy , if possible , provided . Two men

named Peter Collins ancl William Luckow were convicted of burglary , and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude , each . Thomas Bradbury , a soldier , was sentenced to be kept in penal servitude forthe term of his natural life for having set fire to several farm buildings ancl haystacks , destroying property to the i-alue of £ 2000 . Joseph Holloway and Daniel Hastings , soldiers , were convicted of robbery from the person , and sentenced to three years' penal servitude . At the Middlesex Sessions a womanwho ivas

young , convicted two sessions ago for robbery , has been brought up for judgment . It had been represented that she ivas the daughter of a Dissenting minister , and her case having been submitted to Miss Burdett Coutts , that benevolent lady undertook to make some provision for her . The judge now passed sentence of one week ' s imprisonment , at the expiry of ivhich she ivill be removed to an institution . Mr . Maude , the magistrate at Greenwich Police-court , has inflicted the full penalty of forty shillings and costs on a

person charged before him by the London and Brighton Raihvay Company with smoking in one of their carriages , and persisting so to do after having been desired to discontinue it . The British ship Clyde , 1343 tons , from Calcutta to London , with a creAV of thirty-tAvo hands , and a valuable cargo , AA'as abandoned on the 9 th of October . She hacl encountered sei'ere gales , lost her masts , aud sprung a dangerous leak , when fortunately an American vessel hove in sightancl took the crew on board . They set fire to the Clyde

, before leaving her . A large ship , called the British Merchant , ivas also totally destroyed by fire in the port of Sydney , on the 10 th of September , while loading for London . The aggregate number of patients relieved at the Metropolitan Free Hospital , Devonshiresquare , City , during the week ending December lsfc , was medical , 1104 ; surgical , 510 ; total , 1614 , of which 486 were new cases .

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —Tran quality , which was interrupted by some reactionary movements , has noiv been restored both at Naples and in the provinces , and Goi'ernment is proceeding in a more orderly and regular course . The Consulta , of ivhich Poerio has been appointed vice-president , met , and the explanations given by the Government bed produced a good impression on the country . The siege of Gaeta is being pushed more vigorously . On the 4 th tbe Sardinian batteries opened fire on the fortress ,

which was briskly replied to by the besieged . The Count of Syracuse died at Pisa , on the 4 th , from a sudden stroke of apoplexy . The deceased Avas uncle to Francis II ., ancl both privately and publicly tried to persuade his nephew against that cruel and tyrannous course ivhich drove his people to rebellion , and has lost him his crown , and left him only a few rods of his dominions . It appears that the circumstance of the English fieet having saluted King Alctor Emmanuel on his departure for Sicily caused great

sensation in Naples , ancl we should imagine not less at Gaeta . In a proclamation to the Sicilians , A ictor Emmanuel alludes to the fact of some of his ancestors having reigned over the island , ancl promises to establish institutions for promoting public morality , ancl to respect the privileges of the Sicilian Church . According to all accounts , both Russia and Prussia are disposed to acknowledge the

Italian kingdom . Russia , it is thought , will shortly reneiv diplomatic rotations ivith A ictor Emmanuel , and it is said she has joined England and France in urging Francis II . to give up a useless resistance . The Legislative Chamber of Luxemburg !! has adopted , almost unanimously , a bill on electoral reform . The principal feature in the measure is a modification in the property qualification , by ivhich a large increase is made in the number of electors The French have re- ied Acquapendente

. occup , Bagnara , and other tOAvns in the province of A iterbo . The Vienna official journal contradicts on authority the rumours concerning negociations for tbe cession of A enetia , and adds that , as a matter of course , there can be no question of selling a Crown land . Notwithstanding this contradiction , letters from Paris say it is reported there that the French Government is making strenuous attempts to induce Austria to treat for the cession of the said Crown land . The

Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian has assumed the command of an Austrian squadron of evolution , AVe are happy to see that a copyright treaty has been agreed on between England and Sardinia . The Roman treasury is in a bankrupt condition . Alessrs . Rothschild has made a communication to the Paris papers that the Papal Government has not yet remitted the amount of the coupon on the Roman loan due on the 1 st inst . INDIA . —The nei ' . s from India , received by the overland mail , comes down to tbe 10 th November from Bombay , and to the 2 nd

The Week.

from Calcutta . The aspect of affairs is somewhat gloomy . The proposed system for the collection of the income-tax was so obnoxious to the bazaar dealers , that they had entered into a combination to suspend all purchases of goods until the authorities should attend to their complaints . The consequence of this resolution was the complete suspension of all business in the import trade , which added to the dulness attendant on the Deivallee holidays . The cold season hacl set in with much intensitin

y Bombay , and the Baroda Railway works had been summarily suspended , the cause being kept secret by the Government , though several rumours were afloat . In the districts around Neemuch a famine ivas imminent , and at Neemuch there were but fourteen days' food left , and the people were in danger of being starved . The durbars of the district had , in consequence , prohibited the transit of provisions across the frontiers .

AMERICA . —The news from America is to the 21 st ult . The Republicans had commenced operations by holding a grancl jubilee at Mr . Lincoln's residence , on which occasion the neiv President made a very conciliatory speech . In the cabinet great differences prevailed on the secession question , and a rupture was considered probable . The latest dispatches from the South indicate that if South Caroline secedes she will be alone in the movement . The " Sew York money market was a little more cheerfulattributable to

, a conference of the various bank directors having appointed a committee to purchase two millions and a half dollars of sterling bills for the purpose of relieving the foreign exchanges . The telegraph announces the arrival of the Prince Albert at Galway , with dates from New York to the 22 nd ult . The commercial disorder arising out of the agitation for disunion by the Southern states still continuedand the PhiladelphiaAVashingtonBaltimoreand Norfolk

, , , , banks hacl suspended specie payments , and the Charleston banks hacl also partially suspended . THE COLONIES . —The intelligence brought by the mail from the Cape of Good Hope is to the 22 nd ult . The inhabitants were resuming their usual avocations , interrupted by the excitement consequent on Prince Alfred ' s visit . Trade was reviving , but the labour market was worse , and immigrants are iu want of

employment . The wine-growers have sent home a petition to the Queen complaining of the injury they are sustaining by the new commercial tariff . In addition , the vine disease hacl reappeared , and fears were entertained for the vintage . The Eastern province is agitating for separation . The news brought by the mails from the AA ' est Indies is satisfactory as respects the Aveather ancl the state of the growing crops , the latter generally presenting a promising appearance . The yellow fever prevailed iu a malignant form at

Jamaica , in which island the revival movement had commenced , and was rapidly extending . There has been a serious amount of mortality on board the British war steamer Icarus , from yellow fever . The pestilence first made its appearance Ai-hile the vessel ivas at Truxillo ; subsequently she sailed for Jamaica , where the number of deaths reported was 33 , with a still continued heavy sick-list .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

PHILO . —In a week or two . MOEALIIX . —It is not our business to inquire into the moral character of every man we may accidentally meet . Musicus . —The direction of Bro . Matthew Cooke is 78 , Georgestreet , Hampstead-road . He will give you every information with regard to the music necessary to be used afc a consecration . He

does also deliver lectures upon musical and other subjects . P . S . —Not having been present upon the occasion , we cannot give an opinion . K . T . —Rumours of all kinds are afloat . AVe need scarcely say no one as yet knows . A / HO ' S AA ' . —Bro . -Stephen Barton AAllson is an architect .

M . M . —Enquire of the Grand Secretary . Office hours from ten to five . BELISAEIUS . —AVe are not going to enter into abstra ct dogmas , ivhich are sure to lend to discord . B . B . —Does our Correspondent knoiv ivhat he is ivritiug about ? If he will oblige us with the number of his lodge , we will forward

his letter to the AV . M . " THE A ' OICE OF MASONET . "—Not having seen a mi mber of this Kentucky publication for nearly three months , we shall feel obliged to any brother who can lend it to us . AVe like to [ keep " posted" in the doings of our [ cousins across the water .

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GRAND LODGE. Article 1
CLASSICAL THEOLOGY.—XXXVIII. Article 1
STRAY THOUGHTS ON THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE FINE ARTS. Article 4
MASONRY IN NEW YORK. Article 5
FREEMASONRY AMONG THE JEWS. Article 5
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 7
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 8
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 9
MASONIC HALLS. Article 9
LODGE HERALDRY. Article 10
Untitled Article 11
SUPREME GRAND LODGE. Article 11
METROPOLITAN. Article 14
PROVINCIAL. Article 15
CHANNEL ISLANDS. Article 16
ROYAL ARCH. Article 17
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 18
Obituary. Article 19
THE WEEK. Article 19
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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The Week.

the amount of defalcation is about £ 1000 . The prisoner was remanded . Rawlins is a director of the Athenceum ancl Secretary to the School of Arts in the town , and is besides well connected . The business of the Home Circuit | winter assizes bas commenced at Maidstone before Mr . Justice Byles . A shamefully large proportion of the charges for felony on the calendar stand against military men . It behoves those in authority to see to this , that its cause may be ascertained , ancl a remedy , if possible , provided . Two men

named Peter Collins ancl William Luckow were convicted of burglary , and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude , each . Thomas Bradbury , a soldier , was sentenced to be kept in penal servitude forthe term of his natural life for having set fire to several farm buildings ancl haystacks , destroying property to the i-alue of £ 2000 . Joseph Holloway and Daniel Hastings , soldiers , were convicted of robbery from the person , and sentenced to three years' penal servitude . At the Middlesex Sessions a womanwho ivas

young , convicted two sessions ago for robbery , has been brought up for judgment . It had been represented that she ivas the daughter of a Dissenting minister , and her case having been submitted to Miss Burdett Coutts , that benevolent lady undertook to make some provision for her . The judge now passed sentence of one week ' s imprisonment , at the expiry of ivhich she ivill be removed to an institution . Mr . Maude , the magistrate at Greenwich Police-court , has inflicted the full penalty of forty shillings and costs on a

person charged before him by the London and Brighton Raihvay Company with smoking in one of their carriages , and persisting so to do after having been desired to discontinue it . The British ship Clyde , 1343 tons , from Calcutta to London , with a creAV of thirty-tAvo hands , and a valuable cargo , AA'as abandoned on the 9 th of October . She hacl encountered sei'ere gales , lost her masts , aud sprung a dangerous leak , when fortunately an American vessel hove in sightancl took the crew on board . They set fire to the Clyde

, before leaving her . A large ship , called the British Merchant , ivas also totally destroyed by fire in the port of Sydney , on the 10 th of September , while loading for London . The aggregate number of patients relieved at the Metropolitan Free Hospital , Devonshiresquare , City , during the week ending December lsfc , was medical , 1104 ; surgical , 510 ; total , 1614 , of which 486 were new cases .

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —Tran quality , which was interrupted by some reactionary movements , has noiv been restored both at Naples and in the provinces , and Goi'ernment is proceeding in a more orderly and regular course . The Consulta , of ivhich Poerio has been appointed vice-president , met , and the explanations given by the Government bed produced a good impression on the country . The siege of Gaeta is being pushed more vigorously . On the 4 th tbe Sardinian batteries opened fire on the fortress ,

which was briskly replied to by the besieged . The Count of Syracuse died at Pisa , on the 4 th , from a sudden stroke of apoplexy . The deceased Avas uncle to Francis II ., ancl both privately and publicly tried to persuade his nephew against that cruel and tyrannous course ivhich drove his people to rebellion , and has lost him his crown , and left him only a few rods of his dominions . It appears that the circumstance of the English fieet having saluted King Alctor Emmanuel on his departure for Sicily caused great

sensation in Naples , ancl we should imagine not less at Gaeta . In a proclamation to the Sicilians , A ictor Emmanuel alludes to the fact of some of his ancestors having reigned over the island , ancl promises to establish institutions for promoting public morality , ancl to respect the privileges of the Sicilian Church . According to all accounts , both Russia and Prussia are disposed to acknowledge the

Italian kingdom . Russia , it is thought , will shortly reneiv diplomatic rotations ivith A ictor Emmanuel , and it is said she has joined England and France in urging Francis II . to give up a useless resistance . The Legislative Chamber of Luxemburg !! has adopted , almost unanimously , a bill on electoral reform . The principal feature in the measure is a modification in the property qualification , by ivhich a large increase is made in the number of electors The French have re- ied Acquapendente

. occup , Bagnara , and other tOAvns in the province of A iterbo . The Vienna official journal contradicts on authority the rumours concerning negociations for tbe cession of A enetia , and adds that , as a matter of course , there can be no question of selling a Crown land . Notwithstanding this contradiction , letters from Paris say it is reported there that the French Government is making strenuous attempts to induce Austria to treat for the cession of the said Crown land . The

Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian has assumed the command of an Austrian squadron of evolution , AVe are happy to see that a copyright treaty has been agreed on between England and Sardinia . The Roman treasury is in a bankrupt condition . Alessrs . Rothschild has made a communication to the Paris papers that the Papal Government has not yet remitted the amount of the coupon on the Roman loan due on the 1 st inst . INDIA . —The nei ' . s from India , received by the overland mail , comes down to tbe 10 th November from Bombay , and to the 2 nd

The Week.

from Calcutta . The aspect of affairs is somewhat gloomy . The proposed system for the collection of the income-tax was so obnoxious to the bazaar dealers , that they had entered into a combination to suspend all purchases of goods until the authorities should attend to their complaints . The consequence of this resolution was the complete suspension of all business in the import trade , which added to the dulness attendant on the Deivallee holidays . The cold season hacl set in with much intensitin

y Bombay , and the Baroda Railway works had been summarily suspended , the cause being kept secret by the Government , though several rumours were afloat . In the districts around Neemuch a famine ivas imminent , and at Neemuch there were but fourteen days' food left , and the people were in danger of being starved . The durbars of the district had , in consequence , prohibited the transit of provisions across the frontiers .

AMERICA . —The news from America is to the 21 st ult . The Republicans had commenced operations by holding a grancl jubilee at Mr . Lincoln's residence , on which occasion the neiv President made a very conciliatory speech . In the cabinet great differences prevailed on the secession question , and a rupture was considered probable . The latest dispatches from the South indicate that if South Caroline secedes she will be alone in the movement . The " Sew York money market was a little more cheerfulattributable to

, a conference of the various bank directors having appointed a committee to purchase two millions and a half dollars of sterling bills for the purpose of relieving the foreign exchanges . The telegraph announces the arrival of the Prince Albert at Galway , with dates from New York to the 22 nd ult . The commercial disorder arising out of the agitation for disunion by the Southern states still continuedand the PhiladelphiaAVashingtonBaltimoreand Norfolk

, , , , banks hacl suspended specie payments , and the Charleston banks hacl also partially suspended . THE COLONIES . —The intelligence brought by the mail from the Cape of Good Hope is to the 22 nd ult . The inhabitants were resuming their usual avocations , interrupted by the excitement consequent on Prince Alfred ' s visit . Trade was reviving , but the labour market was worse , and immigrants are iu want of

employment . The wine-growers have sent home a petition to the Queen complaining of the injury they are sustaining by the new commercial tariff . In addition , the vine disease hacl reappeared , and fears were entertained for the vintage . The Eastern province is agitating for separation . The news brought by the mails from the AA ' est Indies is satisfactory as respects the Aveather ancl the state of the growing crops , the latter generally presenting a promising appearance . The yellow fever prevailed iu a malignant form at

Jamaica , in which island the revival movement had commenced , and was rapidly extending . There has been a serious amount of mortality on board the British war steamer Icarus , from yellow fever . The pestilence first made its appearance Ai-hile the vessel ivas at Truxillo ; subsequently she sailed for Jamaica , where the number of deaths reported was 33 , with a still continued heavy sick-list .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

PHILO . —In a week or two . MOEALIIX . —It is not our business to inquire into the moral character of every man we may accidentally meet . Musicus . —The direction of Bro . Matthew Cooke is 78 , Georgestreet , Hampstead-road . He will give you every information with regard to the music necessary to be used afc a consecration . He

does also deliver lectures upon musical and other subjects . P . S . —Not having been present upon the occasion , we cannot give an opinion . K . T . —Rumours of all kinds are afloat . AVe need scarcely say no one as yet knows . A / HO ' S AA ' . —Bro . -Stephen Barton AAllson is an architect .

M . M . —Enquire of the Grand Secretary . Office hours from ten to five . BELISAEIUS . —AVe are not going to enter into abstra ct dogmas , ivhich are sure to lend to discord . B . B . —Does our Correspondent knoiv ivhat he is ivritiug about ? If he will oblige us with the number of his lodge , we will forward

his letter to the AV . M . " THE A ' OICE OF MASONET . "—Not having seen a mi mber of this Kentucky publication for nearly three months , we shall feel obliged to any brother who can lend it to us . AVe like to [ keep " posted" in the doings of our [ cousins across the water .

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