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India.
my old friends and brethren at home , and I wished to bo engaged Masonically . A raising was performed with great skill , thc outward means and appliances being wonderfully complete . The banquet , too , was very oxcelleut ; but as this is an aristocratic Lodge (; £ 10 entrance fee aud £ 10 annual subscription ) , of course the brethren expect something for their money . I forgot to say that at the Perseverance , an initiation was worked ivith greater effect and precision than any ceremony I ever heard . The Master was quite perfect , never faltered once ,
and was most solemn and impressive in his manner ; he was well supported too by his officers . In all the Lodges I have been received with true brotherly kindness , and in a thoroughly Masonic spirit . I believe in no other society of men would a perfect stranger be so cordially received as I have been here by the Craft . Each Lodge aud each member has seemed to vie with tlie other iu showing me kindness . I am not sure yet whether I shall not join a Lodge , although it was my intention to have refrained from doing so . If I do so , it will be Lodge
Concord . St . George ' s is beyond my means , and Perseverance is Scottish . But in true Masonic feeling , I do not think I could give any one of them the preference . At the Perseverance I sang 'Alonzo ;' and nothing would do but an encore ; so , by command of the AV . M ., I gave his other favourite , ' Old Simon . ' The captain of the Eipon , and several of the officers of the Fmeii were Masons , besides several of the passengers ; so I was at home at once with them . And , now , my dear brother , may I beg that you will give my best regards to all the brethren of the ~ Lodge ; the P . Ms ., ifcc ., clown to the last initiate , and particularly to Bro . G ' ¦ , and let me know , when you write , whether he is AV . M . this year , or only S . AV . "
The Week.
THE WEEK .
_ THE Counr . —The old King of the Belgians has arrived on his annual visit to Her Majesty , accompanied by his sou the Comte de Flandres ; two Danish Princes , Prince Jules and Prince John of Schleswick Holsteiu Glucksbourg , mid two German , Louis and Henry of Hesse , have also arrived on a visit at AVindsor . On Monday evening the Queen and the Prince Consort , accompanied by the King of the Belgians and the Princesses Alice and Helena , honoured the concert of the Philarmonic Society , at the Hanover Square Rooms , with their presence , and on afternoon the
Tuesday Court left town for Windsor , whence the Queen , accompanied by King Leopold , immediately went to visit the Duchess of Kent . On Thursday Her Majesty , with her visitors and Court , visited the Ascot races . A succession of visitors has been invited to the Castle , and on AVednesday and Thursday grand dinners were given in St . George ' s Hall . The Court will return to Buckingham Palace this day . During the summer , when the accouchement of tho Princess Frederick AA'illiam is expected , the Prince Regent of Prussia will reside at Berlin and Babelsburg . Her Majesty Queen A ' ictoria will arrive at Berlin in September to be present at the baptism of the infant , and will reside at the new palace at Potsdam .
LirpEnur . PA _ __ U-. _ _ _" I . —[ In the Hoosrc of Loans on Monday ( reassembling after the Whitsuntide recess ) , the Bank of Ireland Bill was read a second time , and the Public Improvements Bill was read a third , time and passed . The report of amendments to the Eeclesiastieal Courts Jurisdiction Bill was brought up and received , ancl the AVhie Licences Bill was brought up from the Commons , and read a first time . On Tuesday , Lord Chelmsford moved the third reading of the Selling and Hawking Goods on Sunday Bill . Earl St . Germans objected that
the bill violated the principle upon which the Sabbath had from time immemorial been observed in this country , because , although it prohibited trading in the morning , it legalised it to a certain extent for the rest of the clay . Lord Teynham objected to the bill on similar grounds , and moved as an amendment that it should be read a third time that day three months . Lorcl Chelmsford defended the bill at some length . After some further discussion , the House divided , and read the bill a third time b 40 to 29—majority 11 . The Refreshment Houses and
y AVine Licences Bill was read a second time , with an understanding that a full discussion should take place ou going into committee on Friday . In the HOUSE of COMMONS on Monday , on the order of the day for going into committe on the Reform Bill , Mr . Hunt rose , according to notice , to move an instruction to the committee , " that they have power to provide increased facilities for polling at elections in the UnitedKingdom . " Objection was taken upon the point of order , first by the Speaker , and afterwards by Lord John Russell , and , after a brief conversation , it was
ruled that the instruction could not be put . Sir G . C . Lewis repeated a former declaration on tho part of the Government that they intended to deal with tho subject of bribery by a specific measure . Mr . AV yld proposed to add to the instruction " that votes should be taken b y ballot . " The Speaker ruled that this addition would be . out of order . Lord J . Russell then moved that the Speaker should leave the chair , and in doing so alluded to the rumour which existed out of doors , that tho Government intended to withdraw the bill . He said that it wasin his
, opinion , advisable that the franchises of the English bill should be settled in committee before the House went on with the Irish and Scotch bills —a course which would make it impossible to pass tho latter this session ; but the Government on that account saw no reason for delaying the progress of the English bill . Glancing at the amendments of ivhich notice had been given on the motion for going into committee ,
the noble lord characterised them generally as being intended to defer legislation on merely hollow pretences ; and , referring to the state of public business , ho denied that there was any valid excuse for throwing over thc bill , on the ground of the advanced period of the session . The time was eminently suited for the settlement of such a question ; the Ministry had done their duty in bringing it forward ; and he invited the House to meet it fairly in committee instead of attempting to evade it or to conceal its importance . Mr . Disraeli said his party had never
shrunk from considering the question of the franchise in connection with the working classes , and did not wish now to shrink from the responsibility of their previously expressed opinions . Further , it might bo taken that they had admitted the principle of the bill by assenting to a second reading ; but still they were not bound to the general policy of the noble lord . The noble lord had charged his ( Mr . Disraeli ' s ) party with interposing paltry and frivolous excuses to the progress of the bill , but the noble lorcl now spoke of giving up two out of the three Reform Bills for the
present session , and of leaving the other to be dealt with at the pleasure of tho House . Such a proposition as that of revising the constitution of England , without at tbe same time revising the constitution of Ireland and Scotland , had never been made , by a minister before , arid now it was- made without any urgent necessity for dealing with the subject at all , and without any conviction ou the part of Lord J . Russell , that , even if his measure were carried , his object woidd be achieved . On Tuesday , Mr . Lindsay moved for a select committee to inquire into the organisation and management of those brauches of the Admiralty , AVar Office , India Office , and Emigration Board , connected with transports . Sir 0 . Seymour seconded the motion . Lord C . Paget expressed the
assent of the Government to the appointment of a select committee to inquire into tho subject generally ; but intimated his opinion that the present transport system was not quite so defective as Mr . Lindsay assumed it to be . Sir C . Napier argued in favour of the motion as it stood , upon the ground that the transport service ought to be conducted by a well organised board , totally independent of the Admiralty , who had already too much to do . Sir J . Pakington expressed his satisfaction that the Government had assented to an inquiry , since , in addition to its
economical importance , an improved system of transport would probably lead to an improved system of army reliefs both in India ancl the colonies . The motion was then agreed to . On AVednesday , on the motion for the second reading' of the Ecclesiastical Commissions Bill , Mr . Selwyn objected to its centralizing character , to the cost of management under the co in mission , and to various changes proposed by the bill , and , in conclusion , moved as an amendment that the bill should be read a second time that clay six months . Mr . Alderman Copeland seconded
the motion , and recommended that the bill should be withdrawn , and all legislation on the subject postponed until there had been an inquiry by a select committee . Sir G . C . Lewis remarked that the bill had originated in a committee presided over by Lord J . Russell , and that it had been assented to by that house , although at too late a period of the session to be sent to the House of Lords ; and had subsequently been passed by the Upper House at too late a period to come down to the Lower . The Government were not responsible for the bill . Nevertheless , he denied that it was , as had been stated , of a centralizing or confiscating tendency , and asserted that its defects were all of a nature to be satisfactorily dealt with in committee . The debate was adjourned .
GEXEBAII HOME NEWS . —It is understood that the Hon . and Rev . Samuel AValdegrave , Canon of Salisbury and Rector of Barford St . Martin , AA ilts , will be the new Bishop of Carlisle , in the room of Dr . Villiers , translated to the See of Durham . Field-Marshal the Earl of Strafford , Colonel of the 2 nd or Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards , expired at his residence in Lower Grosvenor street , on Tuesday evening , at a quarter past eight ' o ' clock . Lord Brougham has been spending a few days in Paris during the AVhitsuntido recess , aud was present on
Saturday at the Institute . AVe understand that his lordship ' s late inaugural address at the University of Edinburgh has appeared of such high literary merit to the French savans , that an eminent professor at one of the Paris colleges is about to bring out a French translation of it . On Monday , the annual election of the master , deputy master , aud wardens , took place at the court-room of the Trinity House Corporation , Tower-hill . His Royal Highness the Prince Consort was re-elected masterfor the eihth timeand Rear-Admiral Gordon was chosen
, g , deputy master . The Trinity House brethren proceeded to hear Divine service at St . Olave ' s , Hart street , where the Rev . Charles Kingsley , the newly appointed Professor of Modern History at Cambridge , delivered an appropriate discourse . Iu the evening tho officials celebrated the ' anniversary at tho Star and Garter Hotel , Richmond A public meeting of the members of tho National Rifle Association was held at AVillis ' s Rooms on Saturday . Mr . Sidney Herbert presided , and spoke at considerable length on the constitution and objects of tho
association . He expressed his conviction that the association would greatly aid in giving permanency to the rifle movement . Lord Elcho and Sir John Burgoyne were among the other speakers . In a communication from Mr . W . F . Pratt it is stated that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant a pardon to Eugenie Plummer , on condition of her being placed in the care of a lady selected by her friends , which arrangement has been effected , A remarkable trial is now going on in the Court of Chancery which in some measure involves an inquiry into the practices existing in the Agapemone . The relatives of a lad y named Nottidgo , who lived for some years in that establishment , are endeavouring to set aside tho transfer of the sum of nearly six thousand
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India.
my old friends and brethren at home , and I wished to bo engaged Masonically . A raising was performed with great skill , thc outward means and appliances being wonderfully complete . The banquet , too , was very oxcelleut ; but as this is an aristocratic Lodge (; £ 10 entrance fee aud £ 10 annual subscription ) , of course the brethren expect something for their money . I forgot to say that at the Perseverance , an initiation was worked ivith greater effect and precision than any ceremony I ever heard . The Master was quite perfect , never faltered once ,
and was most solemn and impressive in his manner ; he was well supported too by his officers . In all the Lodges I have been received with true brotherly kindness , and in a thoroughly Masonic spirit . I believe in no other society of men would a perfect stranger be so cordially received as I have been here by the Craft . Each Lodge aud each member has seemed to vie with tlie other iu showing me kindness . I am not sure yet whether I shall not join a Lodge , although it was my intention to have refrained from doing so . If I do so , it will be Lodge
Concord . St . George ' s is beyond my means , and Perseverance is Scottish . But in true Masonic feeling , I do not think I could give any one of them the preference . At the Perseverance I sang 'Alonzo ;' and nothing would do but an encore ; so , by command of the AV . M ., I gave his other favourite , ' Old Simon . ' The captain of the Eipon , and several of the officers of the Fmeii were Masons , besides several of the passengers ; so I was at home at once with them . And , now , my dear brother , may I beg that you will give my best regards to all the brethren of the ~ Lodge ; the P . Ms ., ifcc ., clown to the last initiate , and particularly to Bro . G ' ¦ , and let me know , when you write , whether he is AV . M . this year , or only S . AV . "
The Week.
THE WEEK .
_ THE Counr . —The old King of the Belgians has arrived on his annual visit to Her Majesty , accompanied by his sou the Comte de Flandres ; two Danish Princes , Prince Jules and Prince John of Schleswick Holsteiu Glucksbourg , mid two German , Louis and Henry of Hesse , have also arrived on a visit at AVindsor . On Monday evening the Queen and the Prince Consort , accompanied by the King of the Belgians and the Princesses Alice and Helena , honoured the concert of the Philarmonic Society , at the Hanover Square Rooms , with their presence , and on afternoon the
Tuesday Court left town for Windsor , whence the Queen , accompanied by King Leopold , immediately went to visit the Duchess of Kent . On Thursday Her Majesty , with her visitors and Court , visited the Ascot races . A succession of visitors has been invited to the Castle , and on AVednesday and Thursday grand dinners were given in St . George ' s Hall . The Court will return to Buckingham Palace this day . During the summer , when the accouchement of tho Princess Frederick AA'illiam is expected , the Prince Regent of Prussia will reside at Berlin and Babelsburg . Her Majesty Queen A ' ictoria will arrive at Berlin in September to be present at the baptism of the infant , and will reside at the new palace at Potsdam .
LirpEnur . PA _ __ U-. _ _ _" I . —[ In the Hoosrc of Loans on Monday ( reassembling after the Whitsuntide recess ) , the Bank of Ireland Bill was read a second time , and the Public Improvements Bill was read a third , time and passed . The report of amendments to the Eeclesiastieal Courts Jurisdiction Bill was brought up and received , ancl the AVhie Licences Bill was brought up from the Commons , and read a first time . On Tuesday , Lord Chelmsford moved the third reading of the Selling and Hawking Goods on Sunday Bill . Earl St . Germans objected that
the bill violated the principle upon which the Sabbath had from time immemorial been observed in this country , because , although it prohibited trading in the morning , it legalised it to a certain extent for the rest of the clay . Lord Teynham objected to the bill on similar grounds , and moved as an amendment that it should be read a third time that day three months . Lorcl Chelmsford defended the bill at some length . After some further discussion , the House divided , and read the bill a third time b 40 to 29—majority 11 . The Refreshment Houses and
y AVine Licences Bill was read a second time , with an understanding that a full discussion should take place ou going into committee on Friday . In the HOUSE of COMMONS on Monday , on the order of the day for going into committe on the Reform Bill , Mr . Hunt rose , according to notice , to move an instruction to the committee , " that they have power to provide increased facilities for polling at elections in the UnitedKingdom . " Objection was taken upon the point of order , first by the Speaker , and afterwards by Lord John Russell , and , after a brief conversation , it was
ruled that the instruction could not be put . Sir G . C . Lewis repeated a former declaration on tho part of the Government that they intended to deal with tho subject of bribery by a specific measure . Mr . AV yld proposed to add to the instruction " that votes should be taken b y ballot . " The Speaker ruled that this addition would be . out of order . Lord J . Russell then moved that the Speaker should leave the chair , and in doing so alluded to the rumour which existed out of doors , that tho Government intended to withdraw the bill . He said that it wasin his
, opinion , advisable that the franchises of the English bill should be settled in committee before the House went on with the Irish and Scotch bills —a course which would make it impossible to pass tho latter this session ; but the Government on that account saw no reason for delaying the progress of the English bill . Glancing at the amendments of ivhich notice had been given on the motion for going into committee ,
the noble lord characterised them generally as being intended to defer legislation on merely hollow pretences ; and , referring to the state of public business , ho denied that there was any valid excuse for throwing over thc bill , on the ground of the advanced period of the session . The time was eminently suited for the settlement of such a question ; the Ministry had done their duty in bringing it forward ; and he invited the House to meet it fairly in committee instead of attempting to evade it or to conceal its importance . Mr . Disraeli said his party had never
shrunk from considering the question of the franchise in connection with the working classes , and did not wish now to shrink from the responsibility of their previously expressed opinions . Further , it might bo taken that they had admitted the principle of the bill by assenting to a second reading ; but still they were not bound to the general policy of the noble lord . The noble lord had charged his ( Mr . Disraeli ' s ) party with interposing paltry and frivolous excuses to the progress of the bill , but the noble lorcl now spoke of giving up two out of the three Reform Bills for the
present session , and of leaving the other to be dealt with at the pleasure of tho House . Such a proposition as that of revising the constitution of England , without at tbe same time revising the constitution of Ireland and Scotland , had never been made , by a minister before , arid now it was- made without any urgent necessity for dealing with the subject at all , and without any conviction ou the part of Lord J . Russell , that , even if his measure were carried , his object woidd be achieved . On Tuesday , Mr . Lindsay moved for a select committee to inquire into the organisation and management of those brauches of the Admiralty , AVar Office , India Office , and Emigration Board , connected with transports . Sir 0 . Seymour seconded the motion . Lord C . Paget expressed the
assent of the Government to the appointment of a select committee to inquire into tho subject generally ; but intimated his opinion that the present transport system was not quite so defective as Mr . Lindsay assumed it to be . Sir C . Napier argued in favour of the motion as it stood , upon the ground that the transport service ought to be conducted by a well organised board , totally independent of the Admiralty , who had already too much to do . Sir J . Pakington expressed his satisfaction that the Government had assented to an inquiry , since , in addition to its
economical importance , an improved system of transport would probably lead to an improved system of army reliefs both in India ancl the colonies . The motion was then agreed to . On AVednesday , on the motion for the second reading' of the Ecclesiastical Commissions Bill , Mr . Selwyn objected to its centralizing character , to the cost of management under the co in mission , and to various changes proposed by the bill , and , in conclusion , moved as an amendment that the bill should be read a second time that clay six months . Mr . Alderman Copeland seconded
the motion , and recommended that the bill should be withdrawn , and all legislation on the subject postponed until there had been an inquiry by a select committee . Sir G . C . Lewis remarked that the bill had originated in a committee presided over by Lord J . Russell , and that it had been assented to by that house , although at too late a period of the session to be sent to the House of Lords ; and had subsequently been passed by the Upper House at too late a period to come down to the Lower . The Government were not responsible for the bill . Nevertheless , he denied that it was , as had been stated , of a centralizing or confiscating tendency , and asserted that its defects were all of a nature to be satisfactorily dealt with in committee . The debate was adjourned .
GEXEBAII HOME NEWS . —It is understood that the Hon . and Rev . Samuel AValdegrave , Canon of Salisbury and Rector of Barford St . Martin , AA ilts , will be the new Bishop of Carlisle , in the room of Dr . Villiers , translated to the See of Durham . Field-Marshal the Earl of Strafford , Colonel of the 2 nd or Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards , expired at his residence in Lower Grosvenor street , on Tuesday evening , at a quarter past eight ' o ' clock . Lord Brougham has been spending a few days in Paris during the AVhitsuntido recess , aud was present on
Saturday at the Institute . AVe understand that his lordship ' s late inaugural address at the University of Edinburgh has appeared of such high literary merit to the French savans , that an eminent professor at one of the Paris colleges is about to bring out a French translation of it . On Monday , the annual election of the master , deputy master , aud wardens , took place at the court-room of the Trinity House Corporation , Tower-hill . His Royal Highness the Prince Consort was re-elected masterfor the eihth timeand Rear-Admiral Gordon was chosen
, g , deputy master . The Trinity House brethren proceeded to hear Divine service at St . Olave ' s , Hart street , where the Rev . Charles Kingsley , the newly appointed Professor of Modern History at Cambridge , delivered an appropriate discourse . Iu the evening tho officials celebrated the ' anniversary at tho Star and Garter Hotel , Richmond A public meeting of the members of tho National Rifle Association was held at AVillis ' s Rooms on Saturday . Mr . Sidney Herbert presided , and spoke at considerable length on the constitution and objects of tho
association . He expressed his conviction that the association would greatly aid in giving permanency to the rifle movement . Lord Elcho and Sir John Burgoyne were among the other speakers . In a communication from Mr . W . F . Pratt it is stated that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant a pardon to Eugenie Plummer , on condition of her being placed in the care of a lady selected by her friends , which arrangement has been effected , A remarkable trial is now going on in the Court of Chancery which in some measure involves an inquiry into the practices existing in the Agapemone . The relatives of a lad y named Nottidgo , who lived for some years in that establishment , are endeavouring to set aside tho transfer of the sum of nearly six thousand