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The Week.

than in the autumn quarter of 1861 . On the 2 nd of this month , 136 , 719 persons were receiving parochial relief in the -unions included in Mr . Farnall ' s weekly report . As compared with the previous week , this shows an increase of 2 , 830 ; but when compared with the corresponding week of last year , we find that a decrease of 117 , 381 has taken place in the twelve

months . We have to announce the death of the Bishop of Ely . His lordship died late on Thursday , the 7 th inst . Dr . Stanley has bean installed into the office of Dean of Westminster . A proclamation has been issued summoning Parliament to meet for the despatch of business on the 4 th of next month . The Rifle Conference held its first meeting in the hall of

King ' s College , Mr Forster , M . P ., presiding . After an introductory address from Captain Mnegregor , the chairman of the committee , the business was formally opened , and three papers read on the preliminary arrangements of rifle matches . Along and animated discussion followed the reading of the papers . Mr . Massey has addressed a meeting of his constituents at

Salford . The hon . gentlemen spoke chiefly on questions of foreign policy . He did not believe that tbe American Union could be re-established ; he sympathised with the Poles , but was of opinion that they were unequal to the contest upon which they had entered ; and with regard to the quarrel between Denmark and Germany , he could not see that it was the

duty of England to interfere either on one side or the other , unless , indeed , on the outbreak of a war , fresh complications rendered a policy of non-intervention on our part impossible . A very influential gathering of landowners and farmers of the Midland Counties has been held at Market Bosworthunder the presidency of Lord Howe—for the purpose of concerting measures for a more vigorous agitation in favour of the repeal of the malt tax . The meeting was unanimous in

demanding the abolition of this impost , and it was resolved to memorialise the House of Commons on the subject . Mr . Packe , one of the members for South Leicestershire , could not attend the meeting , but he sent a letter , in which he ventured to tell the honest truth about the matter . The hon . gentlemen , like most other people , would be very glad to have the tax repealed ,

but how was it to be done ? It produces some six millions sterling , and Mr . Packe thinks that the country would object to a shilling income tax ; for that , in reality , is what the repeal of the malt tax means . The Globe states that the Duke of Cambridge ' s memorandum on the Aldershofc court martial will shortly be made public . Our contemporary gives a few hints as

to the contents of the document . Colonel Crawley having been "fully and honourably acquitted" will of course be retained in command of the Iuniskilling Dragoons , although , as our readers will remember , the Commander-in-Chief , in his memorandum on the Mhow court martial severely censured Colonel Crawley's conduct , and intimated that he remained at the head of his

regiment only " on trial . " But while this good fortune awaits Colonel Crawley , it will go hard with not a few of his officers . The Globe , iu point of fact , states that the " anti-Crawley party " among the officers will have disappeared from the regiment before the publication of the next Army List . The official inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Anylia , at Galway ,

"which was instituted at Greenwich , has closed . Captain Prouso presented himself for examination , and stated the circumstances under which the stranding took place . Captain Harris , one of the commissioners , observed that the only error he could see in ptain house ' s conduct was in attempting to take the vessel through such a narrow passage at night without a pilot . Mr . Traill ,

theothereommissioner , concurred in this opinion , and stated be had greatpleasurein returning Capt . Prouse his certificate of competency . The Capt . thanked the court and the proceedings

terminated . A meeting of the National Shakespeare Committee was held on Tuesday , Mr . Godwin in the chair , at which , after a good deal of bickering , the address of the sub-committee to the English people explaining why and how the committee meant at this time of day to honour the memory of Shakespeare was rejected ; and it was agreed that four members of that ^ subcommittee should meet , with four gentlemen named by the

meeting , to draw up a new one . Various other matters of detail were agreed to , and a programme of the grand things to be » done on the 23 rd of April next , Shakespeare's birthday , was submitted to the meeting and adopted . It is reported that the Channel squadron , on its return from Madeira , will proceed to one of the Eastern ports , where it will await further orders . The Court of Exchequer has given judgment in the case of the Alexandra . The Lord Chief Baron and Mr . Baron

Bramwell were of an opinion that a new trial ought not to be granted , while Mr . Baron Channell and the junior Baron ( Pigott ) decided iu favour of the application made in behalf of the Crown . Mr . Baron Pigott , however , as a matter of form , withdrew his judgment , and the rule for anew trial was therefore discharged . The Attorney-General gave notice of appeal . The convict Townley has been removed from Derby to

Bethlehem Hospital . Luke Charles , the policeman , has suffered the last penalty of the law at Kirkdale . The scene at the execution of Samuel Wright , aud the excited efforts which had previously been made to obtain a commutation of the convict ' s sentence , prove how strongly the idea has seized the public mind that , after all , " there is one law for the rich and

another for the poor . " At the meetings that have been held on behalf of the wretched criminal , Townley ' s case has been again and again referred to ; and the cries of " murder" that broke from the crowd , when Wright ' s body was seen suspended from the beam , showed clearly enough that Sir George Grey ' s recent conduct hasrightly or wrongly , produced a painful impression

, upon the minds of those who belong to the class from which Wright sprang . A serious explosion took place last week at the City Gas Works , in Whitefriars . It appears that an accumulation of water under one of the gasholders in these extensive premises had become frozen , and one of the workmen placed a fire below to thaw it . This was clone , but unfortunately the

water was impregnated with gas , which , coming in contact with the fire , exploded , and caused great alarm and consternation in that thickly populated neighbourhood . Some of the workmen were scalded . The great fire in the High-street of Birmingham , a short time ago , will not have been forgotten . It seems that some persons have been attempting to defraud the insurance companies by making false statements of the losses they

sustained on that occasion , for a respectably-dressed man , named Lowden , carrying on business at Leicester , has been brought up before the magistrates on a charge of having , along with another man named Beeton , defrauded some fire insurance companies of the sum of £ 1 , 485 . The prisoner was remanded in the hope that Beeton also would soon be in custody , when the

charge will be fully gone into . A dreadful accident has oe-. curred at a coalpit near Dudley . While six men were being lowered down the shaft , a horse which had broken loose from one of the colliery stables ran towards the pit-mouth . Losing its foothold the animal fell down the shaft , striking the descending cage , which was precipitated to the bottom of the pit . The

six men wore killed . A betting case has been tried in the Bail Court , before Mr . Justice Shee . The defendant urged that as betting was illegal the action would not lie ; but the judge refused to take that view of the case ; it was rather whether the defendant , having received £ 100 on behalf of the plaintiffas plaintiff alleged—was bound to pay it over to him , it being

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GRAND LODGE FOR AUSTRALIA. Article 1
FREEMASONRY, CONSIDERED IN ITS RELATIONS TO MORAL SCIENCL. Article 3
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 5
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 7
THE GLAMORGAN LODGE AND ITS REINITIATION. Article 7
THE GRAND LODGE, ALPINA. Article 8
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 8
PROVINCIAL. Article 11
ROYAL ARCH. Article 16
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 16
CHANNEL ISLANDS. Article 16
CHINA. Article 17
Obituary. Article 17
Poetry. Article 18
THE WEEK. Article 18
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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The Week.

than in the autumn quarter of 1861 . On the 2 nd of this month , 136 , 719 persons were receiving parochial relief in the -unions included in Mr . Farnall ' s weekly report . As compared with the previous week , this shows an increase of 2 , 830 ; but when compared with the corresponding week of last year , we find that a decrease of 117 , 381 has taken place in the twelve

months . We have to announce the death of the Bishop of Ely . His lordship died late on Thursday , the 7 th inst . Dr . Stanley has bean installed into the office of Dean of Westminster . A proclamation has been issued summoning Parliament to meet for the despatch of business on the 4 th of next month . The Rifle Conference held its first meeting in the hall of

King ' s College , Mr Forster , M . P ., presiding . After an introductory address from Captain Mnegregor , the chairman of the committee , the business was formally opened , and three papers read on the preliminary arrangements of rifle matches . Along and animated discussion followed the reading of the papers . Mr . Massey has addressed a meeting of his constituents at

Salford . The hon . gentlemen spoke chiefly on questions of foreign policy . He did not believe that tbe American Union could be re-established ; he sympathised with the Poles , but was of opinion that they were unequal to the contest upon which they had entered ; and with regard to the quarrel between Denmark and Germany , he could not see that it was the

duty of England to interfere either on one side or the other , unless , indeed , on the outbreak of a war , fresh complications rendered a policy of non-intervention on our part impossible . A very influential gathering of landowners and farmers of the Midland Counties has been held at Market Bosworthunder the presidency of Lord Howe—for the purpose of concerting measures for a more vigorous agitation in favour of the repeal of the malt tax . The meeting was unanimous in

demanding the abolition of this impost , and it was resolved to memorialise the House of Commons on the subject . Mr . Packe , one of the members for South Leicestershire , could not attend the meeting , but he sent a letter , in which he ventured to tell the honest truth about the matter . The hon . gentlemen , like most other people , would be very glad to have the tax repealed ,

but how was it to be done ? It produces some six millions sterling , and Mr . Packe thinks that the country would object to a shilling income tax ; for that , in reality , is what the repeal of the malt tax means . The Globe states that the Duke of Cambridge ' s memorandum on the Aldershofc court martial will shortly be made public . Our contemporary gives a few hints as

to the contents of the document . Colonel Crawley having been "fully and honourably acquitted" will of course be retained in command of the Iuniskilling Dragoons , although , as our readers will remember , the Commander-in-Chief , in his memorandum on the Mhow court martial severely censured Colonel Crawley's conduct , and intimated that he remained at the head of his

regiment only " on trial . " But while this good fortune awaits Colonel Crawley , it will go hard with not a few of his officers . The Globe , iu point of fact , states that the " anti-Crawley party " among the officers will have disappeared from the regiment before the publication of the next Army List . The official inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Anylia , at Galway ,

"which was instituted at Greenwich , has closed . Captain Prouso presented himself for examination , and stated the circumstances under which the stranding took place . Captain Harris , one of the commissioners , observed that the only error he could see in ptain house ' s conduct was in attempting to take the vessel through such a narrow passage at night without a pilot . Mr . Traill ,

theothereommissioner , concurred in this opinion , and stated be had greatpleasurein returning Capt . Prouse his certificate of competency . The Capt . thanked the court and the proceedings

terminated . A meeting of the National Shakespeare Committee was held on Tuesday , Mr . Godwin in the chair , at which , after a good deal of bickering , the address of the sub-committee to the English people explaining why and how the committee meant at this time of day to honour the memory of Shakespeare was rejected ; and it was agreed that four members of that ^ subcommittee should meet , with four gentlemen named by the

meeting , to draw up a new one . Various other matters of detail were agreed to , and a programme of the grand things to be » done on the 23 rd of April next , Shakespeare's birthday , was submitted to the meeting and adopted . It is reported that the Channel squadron , on its return from Madeira , will proceed to one of the Eastern ports , where it will await further orders . The Court of Exchequer has given judgment in the case of the Alexandra . The Lord Chief Baron and Mr . Baron

Bramwell were of an opinion that a new trial ought not to be granted , while Mr . Baron Channell and the junior Baron ( Pigott ) decided iu favour of the application made in behalf of the Crown . Mr . Baron Pigott , however , as a matter of form , withdrew his judgment , and the rule for anew trial was therefore discharged . The Attorney-General gave notice of appeal . The convict Townley has been removed from Derby to

Bethlehem Hospital . Luke Charles , the policeman , has suffered the last penalty of the law at Kirkdale . The scene at the execution of Samuel Wright , aud the excited efforts which had previously been made to obtain a commutation of the convict ' s sentence , prove how strongly the idea has seized the public mind that , after all , " there is one law for the rich and

another for the poor . " At the meetings that have been held on behalf of the wretched criminal , Townley ' s case has been again and again referred to ; and the cries of " murder" that broke from the crowd , when Wright ' s body was seen suspended from the beam , showed clearly enough that Sir George Grey ' s recent conduct hasrightly or wrongly , produced a painful impression

, upon the minds of those who belong to the class from which Wright sprang . A serious explosion took place last week at the City Gas Works , in Whitefriars . It appears that an accumulation of water under one of the gasholders in these extensive premises had become frozen , and one of the workmen placed a fire below to thaw it . This was clone , but unfortunately the

water was impregnated with gas , which , coming in contact with the fire , exploded , and caused great alarm and consternation in that thickly populated neighbourhood . Some of the workmen were scalded . The great fire in the High-street of Birmingham , a short time ago , will not have been forgotten . It seems that some persons have been attempting to defraud the insurance companies by making false statements of the losses they

sustained on that occasion , for a respectably-dressed man , named Lowden , carrying on business at Leicester , has been brought up before the magistrates on a charge of having , along with another man named Beeton , defrauded some fire insurance companies of the sum of £ 1 , 485 . The prisoner was remanded in the hope that Beeton also would soon be in custody , when the

charge will be fully gone into . A dreadful accident has oe-. curred at a coalpit near Dudley . While six men were being lowered down the shaft , a horse which had broken loose from one of the colliery stables ran towards the pit-mouth . Losing its foothold the animal fell down the shaft , striking the descending cage , which was precipitated to the bottom of the pit . The

six men wore killed . A betting case has been tried in the Bail Court , before Mr . Justice Shee . The defendant urged that as betting was illegal the action would not lie ; but the judge refused to take that view of the case ; it was rather whether the defendant , having received £ 100 on behalf of the plaintiffas plaintiff alleged—was bound to pay it over to him , it being

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