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under our jurisdiction , be invested , while concocting tho now laws that shall guide the Peruvian Alasonry , ivifch full Alasonic powers . That in no ease they shall transfer the same to other persons or corporations , and that they may be authorized to open tho labours with half and one of their total number of members , who reside in Lima and Callao . " lth . That the Constituent Assembly shall not continue more than three months in the full exercise of Alasonic power's , and that from this

day measurer- shall be taken for its organization . " Therefore , in tlie name anci by the d' -Y-cfciVm of Hro Constituent Assembly , I order that these resolutions bo published , circulated , and duly fulfilled . " Given at the house of the Atasonic Association , in Lima , the 30 fch day of the AI . - . Al . - . Bill , in the year of True Light , 5859 , ( 20 th Nov ., 1859 ) . " J . J . MAIUATEGUI ( Pablo ) , " JUAN SANOIIES SILVA , Secretary . "

" To the glory of the Grand Architect of the Universe . " The Masonic Constituent Assembly , established by the AA'ill of all AL " . Alasons of this Orient and that of Callao , according to fche powers vested in them , have decreed" Article 1 . That from this date the Constituent Assembly assume tho exercise of full Masonic poivcrs , as conferred on them by tho Third Article of tire Agreementapproved to-day afc tho General Assembly .

, " This shall be printed , and copies thereof sent to all the Lodges of our dependency , aucl also to foreign Grand Lodges . " Given afc tho house of tbe Alasonic Association , in Lima , tho 20 th of Nov ., 1859 . " J . J . AIARTATKGUI ( Pablo ) , " JUAN SANOIIES SILVA , Secretary . "

Masonic Festivities.

MASONIC FESTIVITIES .

OLD CONCORD LODGE BALL . TUB annual ball of the Old Concord Lodge ivas held on the 1 st instant afc the Sfc . James ' s Hall , and was more than ordinarily successful , being attended by no fewer than four hundred and sixty-eight . This was the sixteenth anniversary of thc Old Concord Lodge Ball , and tho receipts ivill realize a largo sum for tho Alasonic charities . The stewards ivere Bros . SivainstoirAV . AI . president ; AlanoyP . M . ; Booth , . P . AL ;

Nichol-, , , son , P . M . ; Kennedy , P . AL ; Jackson , P . M . ; Waters , J . AV . ; Davis , J . D . ; Corben , I . G . ; Arnell , Perkins , Abbott , Dixson ; Emmens , P . M . and Sec . Bro . Bradley ' s band of twenty excellent performers were in attendance , and Bro . Frampton officiated as M . C . The company sat down to supper at one o ' clock , after which dancing was resumed and continued until live o ' clock . All tho arrangements gave the greatest satisfaction .

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BRO . AVILLIAAf BOSLEY . AA ' -: believe that never since the death of the Rev . Henry Gipps have such funeral honours been paid to any citizen of Hereford as were offered on Monday , January 30 th , as a tribute to fche memory of the late Bro . AVilliam Bosley , and as an indication of the esteem ivhich bis family have earned among us . Ifc illustrated the cheering fact that a man need only be good without being great , to earn from his fellow men a large measure of sincere respect . Alonday being the day appointed for Bro .

Bosley ' s funeral , the city presented an aspect of general mourning ; for not only was there tho customary closing of shops along the route whicli the funeral procession ivas to take , but in every part of the city houses were closed for the whole or a part of the clay . The following ivas the order of the procession : —¦ Tradesmen of the city , and friends of the deceased , tivo abreast ; Friendly Society , two and tivo ; Freemasons , tAvo and tAA-o ; Tyler with drawn sword ; Stewards ivith craped wands ; the members of the Alasonic

body according to their respective degrees ; the Holy AVritings , with square and compasses thereon , carried " by tire oldest member of the , Lodge , on a cushion covered with black cloth , folloived by tho Ven . Archdeacon Lane Freer , the Master of the Palladian Lodge , Hereford and H . It . Luckes , Esq ., the Master of the A'itruviiin Lodge , Ross . The mourners came next , as follows : —T . Cam , Esq ., Dr . Bleeck Lye , Air . Pearce , Air . James , Air . Preece , Air . Aleck , Air . H . Murphy , Air . AlarmAir . FowlesAir . HowesAir . MurphyStr . Grimes . HEARSE :

, , , , Air . Upson , Air . Price , Air . E . Bosley , Air . J . Bosley , Air . E . E . Bosley , Mr . Higgs . The body ivas buried in the family vault in All Saints bmymg-groand , in the above Eign . The service AA-as performed by the Rev . J . Underwood , after ivhich each of the Freemasons in succession dropped upon the coffin tlie sprigs of cypress they had carried in their hands . The A ' en . Archdeacon Lane Freer then ( in the absence of the Chaplain of the Craft ) offered up the following Atasonic prayer over the grave of the

deceased : — " The great Creator having been pleased , out of His mercy , to remove our worthy brother from the cares and troubles of a transitory life to a state of eternal duration , and thereby to weaken the chain by ivhich we are united , man to man ; may ive who survive him anticipate ciur approaching fate , and bo more strongly cemented in the ties of union unci friendshi p ; that , during the . short space allotted to our present

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existence , we may wisely and usefully employ our time , and iu the reciprocal intercourse of kind and friendly acts , mutually promote the welfare anel happiness of each other . Unto the grave we resign the body of our deceased brother , there to remain until the general resurrection , in favourable expectation that his immortal soul may then partake of joys which have been prepared for tho righteous from the beginnin " of the Avorld ; and may Almighty God , of His infinite goodness , afc the groat , tribunal of unbiassed justice , extend His mercy towards him , and all of an , and crown our hnpo with erorhsbing Miss in the expanded realms of a boundless eternity ! This wo beg for the honour of His name , to whom lie glory now and for ever . Amou . "—Hereford Times ,

The Week.

THE WEEK .

Ttre COURT . —Tho Queen and her family lm-o at length returned to town for tho season . On Saturday / for * Majest y left Windsor for Bucking Palace , accompanied by her husband and younger children ; the Prince of AVales at the same time returned to Oxford . In the evemnothe Queen and the Prince Consort wont to the Haymarket Theatre and on Alonday tho Princess Alice , accompanied by the Princess of Leiiiin"en visited the . Olympic . The Queen luw received visits from the Piine-e of Orange , the Duchess of Cambridge aud the Princess Alary . On AA ' ednesday the Queen hold the first levee of the season , at St . James ' s Palace - it was very numerously attended by tlie nobility and gently .

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —In the HOUSE of LORDS on Alonday , Lord Craiiworth , in reply to Lord Chelmsford , said that ho did not intend to refer the Endowed Schools Bill to a select committee . Lord Ebury presented a petition from ihe vestry of St . Goorge ' s-in-tho-East complaining of tlie conduct of tiie vector , ami asking for tho interference of Parliament . The Bishop of Exeter denied that there AA-as any evil which ' called for such interference , and the Bishop of London obsori-cd that if there had boon no disturbance at St . George ' s last Sunday , ifc was oivinw

to the presence of sixty policemen in the church . On Tiiosdaj- , Lord Alalmesbury said that Lord J . Russell had , on the previous night , stated in the Houso . of Commons that Air . Bruce had only acted up to the instructions he had received from the then forei gn secretary . Lord Alalmesbury said that he should on Tuesday next make a . statement relative to fche exact instructions that had been gii-en to Afr . Bruce . Lord Normanby then commented with considerable severity on the agitation by which the Sardinian governors in Central Italhad been

y appointed , and endeavoured to show that it AVOS a mistake to belieA'o thafc the people had submitted AA'ith patience to tho provisional n-ovcrnment . Lord Granville said that many of tho details mentioned by the noble marquis were based on anonymous communications , and not worthy of credit . Lord Alalmesbury regretted that parliament had been kept so long in ignorance of the official transactions of the government ivith reference to the Italian cpiestion . Lord Derb y said that the Italian question was daily becoming more anil more importantand hoped that

, the papers to be produced would contain the latest official information as to the proposed annexation of Nice aucl Sai-oy to France . Ifc ivas incumbent on government to satisfy the public anxiety ou tin ' s subject . Lord Granville replied that communications aro still going on between the governments of France and England . In the HOUSE of ° Co . iriioNS , on Alonday , Air . Cochrane drew the attention ofthe house to the state of our relations with China . The honourable gentleman said that the demand

that a British minister should be resident at tho court of Pekiu , was intolerably unjust , and expressed a hope that he should receive an assurance thafc the government did not intend seriously to insist ou carrying this point . Lord John Russell said that as for the operation of Air . Bruce and the British squadron , the responsibility of that attempt remained with Lord Alalmesbury ; but Air . Bruce had no reason to expect that his progress up the Peiho would be opposed , and that as he was bound to act up to the instructions he had received , the Government

were justified in telling him that he retained their unlimited confidence . AVe cannot noiv do less than demand the ratification of the treaty of Tientsin . At half-past ei ght the house went into committee of supply . Lord C . Paget then rose to move the first vote in the navy estimates . The noble lord said that he ivould observe no mystery iu communicating the fullest details to the house . He remarked upon the formidable character of the French and Russian fleets , and urged tlie necessity of keeping up onr navy so as to bo equal to any demand that might be made

. On Tuesday , Mr . Berkeley announced his intention of bringing forward his annual motion for vote b y ballot ns soon as possible after tho introduction of the reform bill ; in reply to Air . James , Lord J . Russell said that ho would bring in his reform bill on tho 1 st of March . Mr . Spooner brought forward his annual motion , that the house should resolve itself into a committee to consider tlie acts for the ' endowment of the college of Maynooth , with a vieAV to the Avifchdrawal of any endowment out of the consolidated fund , due regard beino-luid to vested rihts and interestsThe honourable

g . gentleman contended that the college of Maynooth was a national sin , which AA-as producing its natural fruits . Air . Spooner concluded by calling on the house to put down "this monstrous and abominable system . " The motion AV .-IS secondi-el by Air . R . Long . Mr . P . O'Brien and Air . He-messy opposed Air . Spooler ' s motion , and were followed by Air . Cardwefl , AVIIO said that arguments against tin ' s grant would be applicable to tlie withdrawal of the grant for the education of Roman Catholics . Air . Hadfield made