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Committee appointed to devise a memorial of the late R . AV . Bro . John King , was read and approved . The Report of the Committee appointed to devise a memorial of the late "R . W . Bro . John King ivas read and approved . The Report of the Finance Committee on the audit of the Provincial Grand Treasurer ' s accounts , was next read . The following is an abstract : — SECOND QUARTER or 1860 .

District Grand Lodge . Balance of 1 st quarter of 1860 Rupees 2 , 206 13 11 Receip ts during the 2 nd quarter of 1860 „ 1 , 535 1 0 Rs . 3 , 742 5 11 Disbursements during the 2 nd quarter of 1860 „ 1 , 500 7 10 Balance in hand Bs . 2 , 24114 1

Fund of Benevolence . Balance of 1 st quarter of I 860 Rs . 2 , 560 4 11 Receipts during the 2 nd quarter of 1860 „ 594 11 0 Rs . 3 , 154 15 11 Disbursements during the 2 nd quarter of 1860 „ 003 0 0 Balance in hand Rs . 2 , 55115 11

H . HOIVE , President On a motion made by AV . Bro . A . H . Ledlie , P . M . No . 715 , seconded by Bro . Boycott , secretary No . 80 , the Provincial Grand Treasurer ' s accounts , as audited , were passed . The Officiating Provincial Grand Master haying referred to the case of Bro . M . R . Crawford , who had been recently convicted in the supreme court of felonyit was proposed by Bro . Roberts

, , seconded by Bro . Clark , that Bro . Crawford should be expelled from the craft . The motion was unanimously carried , and the sentence of expulsion was formally proclaimed by the Provincial Grand Pursuivant in the East , West , ancl South . A correspondence was read with the Master of the Kussowlee Lodge Triune Brotherhood , ( 984 ) , regarding two ex-members of the lodge , named Delamer and Freeman , ivho were charged with having

been guilty ( subsequently to their resignation of the lodge , ) of disgraceful conduct , and whose expulsion from Masonry was therefore recommended . These brethren had left the station ; but they had been furnished with a statement of the charges against them , for any remarks they might have to offer in defence , for consideration at the next quarterly communication of the District Grand Lodge , which , they were informed , would be held on the 24 th of June . A ' . AV . Bro . Harris , seconded by R . AV . Bro . Judge , proposed that , as the full time given to Brothers Delamer and Freeman to

prepare their defence hacl not yet expired , this being only the 11 th of June , whereas they hacl been informed that recommendation for their expulsion would be laid before the District Grand Loclge on the 24 th of the month , the consideration of their case be postponed till the next quarterly communication . The above motion was carried ; and it was further suggested by R . AV . Bro . Sandeman , that the Kussowlee Lodge should be requested to submit information as to the circumstances connected with the admission of Brothers Delamer

and Freeman into the lodge , and the character previously borne by them . A correspondence was read with the Master of the late loclge Kilwinning in the East , ( 740 ) , extending from the 7 th July , 1859 to the 11 th June 1860 The Officiating Provincial Grand Blaster observed that , on the extinction of that lodge , he had directed the master , Bro . "Douglas , to make over its records to the Provincial Grand Secretary , and to furnish the arrears of its returns ; but

that this request hacl not yet been complied with . On the 30 th January last , Bro . Douglas had stated that he hoped to be able to furnish the returns in a fortnight ; and in his last letter ( dated 11 th June ) , he pleaded inability to attend to the requisition , owing to the date of the quarterly communication having been changed from the 24 th to the 11 th June , and to his public duties being at that moment very pressing . It proposed bBroRobertsseconded bR AA BroSandeman

was y . , y .. . , and resolved , that AA . Bro . Douglas be allowed further time , and that the consideration of tho above matter be therefore postponed till the next quarterly communication . A letter was road from the Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Eastern Archipelago , conveying a caution regarding three Brethren who had been guilty of unmasonic conduct at Singapore , and had subsequentlproceeded to Calcutta . The Officiating

Proy vincial Grand Master stated that copies of the Deputy Provincial Grand Master ' s letter had been sent to all the Lodges iu this province . The Officiating Provincial Grand Master announced the establishment of the following lodges , of which the first bad been revived , and the others had been newly founded , and were working

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for the present under local warrants : —Anchor ancl Hope , ( 284 ) , at Howrah ; Stability , ( 38 ) , of Bengal , at Gonda , in Oude ; Light in Ajoodhya , ( 39 ) of Bengal , at Fyzabad , in Oude ; Excelsior , ( 40 ) of Bengal , at Calcutta . The Officiating Provincial Grand Master further stated that a lodge , designated the Provincial Grand Officers' Lodge , of which Bro . H . Howe was the master , had also been opened in Calcutta , and that efforts were being made to revive the dormant lodges Star

of Delhi , at Delhi , ancl Ramsay , at Rawul Pindee and Murree . The Officiating Provincial Grand Master stated that he had received reports of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Western India , dated the 2 nd February , 1860 , ancl of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Southern India , dated the 30 th April , 1860 ; and with reference to certain parts of the latter , he intimated that the question of jurisdiction arising out of the establishment of a lodge at Rangoon under a dispensation from the Provincial Grand Master of Southern India , had been submitted to the supreme authority in England . There being no other business , the District Grand Lodge was closed in form .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —On the 4 th the Queen , with the Prince Consort , their Royal Hignesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha , the Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia , Princess Alice , their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Reuss , and Count and Countess Alexander , Mensdorff-Pouilly , drove to Rosenau , where luncheon was served . After luncheon her Majesty and the rest of the party proceeded to AValtersdort ; whence they walked over the hill to Lauterburgand returned to

, the Palace at Coburg at six o ' clock . Similar excursions appear to take place almost daily . The Canadian mail , with Quebec dates to the 29 thult ., brings the intelligence that the Prince of AVales arrived at St . Louis on the 28 th , and met with a most cordial reception . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —It appears from the Registrar-General ' s report issued this week that the public health of the metropolis

continues in a favourable condition , the deaths for the week beiii" - 1075 , a slight Increase over the previous week , but below the average for past years . During the week there were registered tho births of 982 boys and 834 girls—1816 in all . For the City of London the medical officer ' s report shows a slight increase in the number of deaths during the past week over the proportion for tbe month previous . Notwithstanding this fact , the numbers , relatively to the of che

average corresponding periods for the last five years , prove a decrease in the rate of mortality . The proportion of deaths for the past month is 44 ; proportion for the past week , 51 ; for the like period in five years , 53 . The births registered during the week were 54 , 32 boys ancl 22 girls . —The Metropolitan Underground Railway Company have just affected a quid pro quo with the Marylebone ves . i'y , by which they are to have the enclosure called the Oval , at the north end of Portland-road , for the site of their railway station . In exchange for this the vestry are to receive a

portion of land which will enable them to add to the width of the Marylebone-road . Mr . Train has submitted to the vestry a project for an experimental tramway of about four miles in length . Against this , hoivever , there are many opposing interests , as also other schemes for a modification ofthe American plan . The vestry have , therefore , referred the whole matter to a committee . Some time ago the commissioners of the river Tyne received a communication from the French Government requirino- that all

French ships trading to the Tyne should , in terms of the treaty , be put on the same footing , as regards local dues , with Newcastle freemen . This very liberal rendering of the treaty would , if admitted , place French shipping not on an equality with British shipping , but in reality give it a considerable advantage over us . For , as the town clerk of our northern seaport , in answer to this requisitionsaysexemption from local clues was a special privilege

, , accorded to their freemen for services rendered to the corporation , and as French shipowners have not rendered any service to the town they cannot lay claim to such special privilege of exemption , A dreadful storm visited the Coasts , on Monday and Tuesday Week , and caused great loss , not only amongst the shipping , but of life . At the same time it seems to have raged in the Baltic with fourfold fury , strewing the strand with the wreck of many a gallant vessel .

Among those whose fate has been ascertained is the Arctic , iron screw ship , sailing between Hull ancl St . Petersburg )! , which was totally wrecked on the coast of Jutland , four of the passengers and two of the crew perishing in their efforts to reach the shore . The amount of her insurance is £ 50 , 000 . Not fewer than 60 other ships of various descriptions are known to have been lost on these northern shores , and the sacrifice of life is very great .- On Saturday morning three men , who were awaiting their trial at the ensuing sessions , effected their escape from Hull RoroiK' -h Gaol , under circumstances that must have required niu . h ingenuity and