Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . THOAIAS MORTON AlOORE . ON Saturday , the 2-Ith of March , Bro . Aloore died at his quarters , Parkhurst Barracks , Isle of AVight , of ivhich garrison he was the Quarter Alaster . Consumption , brought on by the sufferings he endured in the Crimea , was the cause of his death , in the forty-third year of his age . The imposing and affecting spectacle of a brave soldiers funeral , took place on AA ednesday , the 2 Sth , when the remains of our

late Bro . Aloore were conveyed from Parkhurst to the cemetery , at Carisbrooke . The melancholy cortege was formed on the parade ground at two o ' clock by the officers , non-commissioned officers , ancl men of tho garrison , the mournful procession being headed by Major AVelmau , followed by the firing party ivith arms reversed , consisting of one officer , one sergeant , one drummer , ancl forty rank and file , of the 22 nd Regiment ; Artillery band , with muffled drums in mourning ; drums ancl fifes of the Depot Battalion , the same ; the coffin containing

the body ou a six-pounder gun carriage , drawn by twenty-four artillerymen—a , pall covered the coffiu , over ivhich was throivn a Union Jacksurmounted by deceased's hat , plume and sword—the medals and clasps being suspended at the head ; tivo officers ivalked on either side of the corpse . The chief mourners—the Revs . John Aloore and Jacob Jloove ( brothers to the deceased ) , Dr . Johnson and Assistant Surgeon Charters , followed by thirty ofthe Durham Artillery ; sixty men of the 100 th Royal Canadians ; sixty of the 96 th Regimentforty-sixof

; . the 50 th Regiment ;' forty-eight of the 45 th Regiment ; forty of the 30 th Regiment ; forty of the 22 nd Regiment ; forty sergeants ; and twenty-six Officers in mourning , with Major Tritton and Colonel Hall . As the procession passed the Alasonie Hall , Newport , the AA'orshipful Alaster of the Albany Loclge , No . 176 , Bro . George Vallence , attended by Bros . Past Alasters , AVilliam AVilliams , J . Poore , Broivn Hearn AV . \ V . AVay , Rev . Allan AVallace , M . A ., R , Read , George AVyatfc , B . AV . AVayand Bros . John AVadmoreR . StrattonJames Stannard

, , , , Thomas Kentfield , Francis Alabone , E . Low , James Read , J . Alarsland , S . Norris , J . Airs , sen ., and several other brothers , fell in at the rear of the military . During the measured progress of the procession , the band and drums ancl fifes alternately played the Dead Alarch in "Saul , " and as the mournful train wended its way from the high-road to the elevated ancl picturesque cemetery ( lvhere thousands of civilians had assembled to ivituess the imposing ceremony ) , the effect was most touchingly grand . Oil gaining the chapel , the firing party formed two deep and faced

inwards , making a lane for the corpse to pass through , ivhich on arriving at the chapel door was removed from the gun carriage and taken inside , the chief mourners , officers and brethren occupyin g the space around the bier . On the termination of this part of the burial service , which was most impressively read by Air . Egan , the garrison chap-Iain ( also a Crimean hero ) , the procession reformed , the body being borne by six men of the 22 nd Regiment and the pall by four officers from the chapel , a lane of soldiers formed on either side of the circuitous route to a

still more elei'ated position , ivhere the grave was prepared , at the foot of which the firing party stood , leaning upon reversed arms , the officers and brethren standing on either side within the space kept by the troops . The chaplain then proceeded with the service , and ere the corpse was lowered to its last earthly resting place , the medals so nobly Avon , which once adorned the breast of the departed , were removed from the coffiu , and ivill , doubtless , be treasured by his sorrowing widow . — The service endedthe solemn silence was broken by the call to "

atten-, tion , " when the troops presented arms , and tired three volleys in the air . After which the escort marched back to the barracks , the brethren breaking off at the Alasonie Hall . Bro . Aloore was initiated into Freemasonry in the Albany Lodge , No . 176 , on the 13 th of March , 1 S 56—enrolled as a Mark Mason in the same Loclge in June of the same year ; exalted to the degree of Royal Arch in 1858 , and appointed Senior AVarden ol 170 in 1 S-5 . 9 . Bro . Aloore ivas beloved and respected ball ivho enjoyed his friendshiespeciall

y p , y so by his men , who regarded him as one of the kindest hearted yet bravest officers that ever gave the lvord " forward" on a charge . He served through the whole of the Crimean war , and was with the SSth Regiment the first in the lteclim at tho taking of Sebastopol . During that memorable war at the battle of Inkerman , he performed a most daring exploit ; ivhen beset by the . Russian legions , the ammunition failed , and it became necessaiy , iu order to obtain a further supply , to expose the parties performing the haaurdous dutto tho full fire of tho

y enemy . Quarter Alaster Aloore volunteered to undertake the difficult task which he successfully accomplished , and received the heart y thanks of his comrades ; , and on another occasion , he had the happiness by his determined courage of saving the life of Sir G . Brown . His services , however , were not limited to the Crimea , for he possessed five hard earned medals and seven clasps , having served in the East , ancl was present at the battles of Affghimistan ancl Cabool ; the Turkish and Sardinian medals were also among the number .

BEO . JOHN HODGKINSON . AVrrii deep regret we record the death , in his fifty-first year , at his house in Brighton , of Bro . John Hodgkinson , Past Senior Grand Deacon , Past Alaster of the Burlington Loclge , No . 113 , and Past Principal , of the Cliapter of Fidelity , No . 3 ; a Vice President of the Girls School , the Boys School , ancl the Koyal Alasonie Benevolent Institution ; a

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brother whose heart and purse were always open in the cause ot chanty , of ivhich the foregoing institutions can testify . Bro . Hodgkinson ivith Bro . Crucefix and others ivere the originators of the " Old Alan's Asylum , " now amalgamated ivith the Royal Alasonie Benevolent Institution . Reader , if in your poiver , " Go and do likeivise . "

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COURT . —Saturday was the birthday of little Prince Leopold , AVIIO is not yet of sufficient importance to make any difference in the routine of the court ; his grandmother , the Duchess of Kent , hoivever , came over before breakfast from Frogmore to congratulate him and the Queen . On Tuesday the Queen and fche Prince Consort , accompanied by Princess Alice , Prince Alfred , the Princess of Leiningen , and Prince Arthur , left the Castle for Aldershott , and on AVednesday morning , at eleven o'clockher Majestleft the Royal Pavilion on horseback and

, y proceeded to review the division at Aldershott ; the Prince Consort , Princess Alice , and Prince A Ifred rode with the Queen ; the royal family returned to the Castle in the afternoon . It is announced that tho Court ivill return to town at the end of this iveek , and that her Alajesty will give a juvenile ball at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday , Alay 1 , a concert on Friday , Alay 4 , and a state ball on AVednesday , Alay 9 . Another concert and a state ball will be given in June .

GENERAL HOME NEWS . —Alost of the cabinet ministers have left toivn during the week for different country residences . Lord Palmerston went to Broadlands , the Duke of Newcastle proceeded to Clumber , the Chancellor of the Exchequer travelled to Brighton , Sir George C . Lewis on a visit to Lord Clarendon , Sir Charles AVood , Air . Alilner Gibson , Air . Sidney Herbert , and other ministers , hai'e also left town . Earl Gran-A'ille has arrived in London from the continent . ——In common with our contemporaries AVO AA'ere premature in our announcement of last

week with regard to the Earl of Elgin , who has made arrangements to leave , on his mission to China , by the last mail this month . His lordship is daily expected to return from Scotland , ivhere private matters have detained him . Air . Blight ' s pemry print says that there is not the slightest grounds for tho reports respecting the alarming state of Air . Cobden ' s health . Excepting the slight remains of irritation in the throat , which only affects him toivards evening , he is perfectly Avell . He left town on Tuesday for Alidhurstintending to return on Friday .

, Aliss O'Brien , daughter of the Honourable Judge O'Brien , has lately been received into the convent of St . Alphonsus , Drumcondra . On Tuesday evening , at her residence , in Preston-street , Brighton , died , at an advanced age , Madame Sala , a lady long and honourably connected with the musical profession , and mother of a , celebrated author . Her loss is deeply mourned by her family and a large circle of friends . The deaths registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday were : i 439 and shoiva . great decrease on the 170 S returned in the ' previous

,, , week . The average number of deaths in the corresjionding weeks of the ten years 1850-1859 , when corrected for increase of population , is 1 , 288 . The rate of mortality , therefore , continues high ; for the deaths in tho present return exceed tlie estimated number by 151 . A fire took place in the city on Tuesday morning , fortunately unattended ivith loss of life owing to the presence of the fire-escape , belonging to the Royal Society , and to the coolness ancl courage of Haskell and Briggs , the conductors . The premises destroyed ivere a tavern , near the General

Post Office , in the occupation of Air . J . Cole . The confession of the man Castle , who ivas executed at Bedford for the murder of his wife , has been published . He describes all the circumstances attending the commission of the horrible crime . The mystery which surrounded the murder at a farm-houso in Cumberland is apparently cleared up . The person on whom suspicion fell is a man named Cass , who was employed upon the farm , and he has confessed that he was the perpetrator of the crime . His version of the affair , however , is not supposed to be

true , though no doubt is entertained of his guilt . — : —A grand review of the troops composing Chatham garrison took place on Chatham Lines on Tuesday afternoon , by his Koyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge , who arrived from the Horse Guards in the morning . On this occasion the entire force of tho garrison , numbering about 5 , 000 men of all ranks , assembled on the Lines shortly after eleven o'clock . A serious disturbance took place on board a line-of-battle-sbip , on Tuesday evening , afc itheadon the question of leaA'eand five men were sent on board the

Sp , , Victory as prisoners . The affair will terminate in a court martial . -At Greenwich on Tuesday some soldiers , insulted various persons in the streets , a row took place , and an artilleryman was captured by the police . The soldiers , ivho numbered about one hundred men , tried to rescue the prisoner and violently attacked the constables . Being unable to rescue the prisoner , who was conveyed by the constables through a house in ivhich they had taken refuge , the soldiers broke the windows , and committed other damage , subsequently smashing shop Aviudows , and throiviug ivith the whole of the

stones iu all directions . Inspector Golding , reserve men on duty promptly arrived ; the soldiers , each armed Avith some weapon , had taken up a military position completely across the road , ancl used tho most violent threats to tho police , ivho then mustered about twenty men , and who were aided by three non-commissioned officers of artillery , ancl a large number of residents , who ivere warned to aid aucl assist . AA'hen the police advanced upon the soldiers at a run , the latter took to their heels ancl ivere pursued by the police for some distance ou the road to Wool-rich . A strong body of police