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The Week.

Hughes was found guilty of damaging a picture and some monuments in St . Marylebone Church , and also with ' destroying the statues of her Majesty and the Prince Consort , at the Colosseum . The plea of insanity being admitted , the prisoner was sentenced to be detained during the Queen ' s pleasure . Joseph Adolphus Zalmanovicz , clerk , was found guilty of stealing . £ 1050 in banknotes ; sentence deferred . The trial of the forging and coining gang was also brought to a close , and resulted in a conviction . Wagner and Bateman were

sentenced to transportation tor life , Humphries to twenty , and Bramwoll and Foster to ten years penal servitude . The poor woman , Martha Page , who was stabbed in the street at Howard-road , Hornsey , by her brother-in-law , Samuel Adams , died in tho hospital on Saturday . Adams , who is a morose , drunken savage , when charged before Mr . Tyrwhitt , at Clerkenwell , on the same day , with the crime of murder , seemed to be the least concerned about the matter of any one in court . The magistrate remanded the case till Saturday next . A circular from the AV ' ar

Office has been addressed to the lord lieutenants of counties , sanctioning the formation of volunteer rifle corps , and indicating the rules by which they are to be governed . Sir AVilliam Armstrong , the inventor of the gun which goes by his liaine , was feasted on Tuesday at Newcastle-on-Tyne , and stated that ho had received great encouragement both from tho Palmerston and the Derby governments had in favour ofthe all future of

. He relinquished : country improvement his weapon , jn consideration of a salary of £ 2000 per annum , commencing three years back , and lasting for seven years to come . —"Very few elections remain to be gone through now , and the epiestion of loss or gain is practically settled for both sides of the new house of parliament . The great struggle of the week has been that of the AVest Riding of Yorkshire , and the result has been a victory for the Liberals . On the whole the government have gained about thirty new seats .

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS , LAST evening every nook and corner of the magnificent Covent Garden Operahouse was crowded to witness the debut of Mnie . Pence in " La , Traviata , " but wc regret to say that tho early hour at which ive go to press prevents our giving any criticism upon her performance till next week . In the ballet of " Eva" another first appearance was made , that of Mile . Zina . Her Majesty and the Prince

Consort wero present on this occasion . At Drury Lane " Rigoletto" is among the latest revivals , with Mile . Brambilla as Gilda and Sgr . Mongini as ' / Buca . In the duet with Rigoletto , in the third act , Mile . Brambilla was heard to most advantage , aud at tho fall of the curtain she was recalled , with Sgr . Fagotti , who sustained the part of tho jester , and sang and acted with great care . Tho Duke ' s air in the third act was rapturously encored , and Sgr . Mongini had also to repeat each verse of the popular " La donna o mobile , " his rendering of which

produced great sensation . The chorus ,-ind orchestra were spirited throughout , and the representation on the wholo w .-. s highly sucsessful . At the Adelphi on Monday another great success was achieved by Mr . Tom Taylor ' s neivtwo act comedj ' , entitled "TheHouso and thc Homo . " Uui-spacodoesnoUllow us to describe tbcplotjitisenoiigh to say that the clever play is very cleverly acted , that Mr . and Mrs . AVigan have been admirably suited with characters to which they do the greatest justice , acting with refinement but rarely found . Mr . Billington has never been seen to such

advantage ; he played with much taste and gentlemanly feeling . Too much praise cannot be given to Mr . Selby for the artistic finish which rendered his character , an old beau of the George the Fourth era , one of the pleasantest in the piece . Miss Simms was hardly so successful as usual . The piece was excellently placed upon the stage , and went off admirably . The addition of M . Clement J list to the company now acting at the St . James ' s Theatre has caused the production of " Le Couri-ier de Lyon , " and " Les Memoires du Diablo . " M . Clement Just is a fair average actor , but he certainly possesses no claim to the prominence ivhich is accorded to him among his colleagues , among whom we would commend for real

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MASONIC MISSIONS. Article 1
MODERN WRITERS UPON FREEMASONRY.—IV. Article 6
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 10
THE SABBATH AS AN INSTITUTION. Article 14
THE MOTHER. Article 16
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 17
THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS. Article 18
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR. Article 19
A LIBERAL OFFER. Article 20
FLOWERS. Article 20
THE MASONIC MIRROR Article 21
METROPOLITAN. Article 25
PROVINCIAL. Article 29
ROYAL ARCH. Article 38
INSTRUCTION. Article 39
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 40
SCOTLAND. Article 43
CANADA. Article 43
THE WEEK. Article 44
NOTICES. Article 48
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 48
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The Week.

Hughes was found guilty of damaging a picture and some monuments in St . Marylebone Church , and also with ' destroying the statues of her Majesty and the Prince Consort , at the Colosseum . The plea of insanity being admitted , the prisoner was sentenced to be detained during the Queen ' s pleasure . Joseph Adolphus Zalmanovicz , clerk , was found guilty of stealing . £ 1050 in banknotes ; sentence deferred . The trial of the forging and coining gang was also brought to a close , and resulted in a conviction . Wagner and Bateman were

sentenced to transportation tor life , Humphries to twenty , and Bramwoll and Foster to ten years penal servitude . The poor woman , Martha Page , who was stabbed in the street at Howard-road , Hornsey , by her brother-in-law , Samuel Adams , died in tho hospital on Saturday . Adams , who is a morose , drunken savage , when charged before Mr . Tyrwhitt , at Clerkenwell , on the same day , with the crime of murder , seemed to be the least concerned about the matter of any one in court . The magistrate remanded the case till Saturday next . A circular from the AV ' ar

Office has been addressed to the lord lieutenants of counties , sanctioning the formation of volunteer rifle corps , and indicating the rules by which they are to be governed . Sir AVilliam Armstrong , the inventor of the gun which goes by his liaine , was feasted on Tuesday at Newcastle-on-Tyne , and stated that ho had received great encouragement both from tho Palmerston and the Derby governments had in favour ofthe all future of

. He relinquished : country improvement his weapon , jn consideration of a salary of £ 2000 per annum , commencing three years back , and lasting for seven years to come . —"Very few elections remain to be gone through now , and the epiestion of loss or gain is practically settled for both sides of the new house of parliament . The great struggle of the week has been that of the AVest Riding of Yorkshire , and the result has been a victory for the Liberals . On the whole the government have gained about thirty new seats .

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS , LAST evening every nook and corner of the magnificent Covent Garden Operahouse was crowded to witness the debut of Mnie . Pence in " La , Traviata , " but wc regret to say that tho early hour at which ive go to press prevents our giving any criticism upon her performance till next week . In the ballet of " Eva" another first appearance was made , that of Mile . Zina . Her Majesty and the Prince

Consort wero present on this occasion . At Drury Lane " Rigoletto" is among the latest revivals , with Mile . Brambilla as Gilda and Sgr . Mongini as ' / Buca . In the duet with Rigoletto , in the third act , Mile . Brambilla was heard to most advantage , aud at tho fall of the curtain she was recalled , with Sgr . Fagotti , who sustained the part of tho jester , and sang and acted with great care . Tho Duke ' s air in the third act was rapturously encored , and Sgr . Mongini had also to repeat each verse of the popular " La donna o mobile , " his rendering of which

produced great sensation . The chorus ,-ind orchestra were spirited throughout , and the representation on the wholo w .-. s highly sucsessful . At the Adelphi on Monday another great success was achieved by Mr . Tom Taylor ' s neivtwo act comedj ' , entitled "TheHouso and thc Homo . " Uui-spacodoesnoUllow us to describe tbcplotjitisenoiigh to say that the clever play is very cleverly acted , that Mr . and Mrs . AVigan have been admirably suited with characters to which they do the greatest justice , acting with refinement but rarely found . Mr . Billington has never been seen to such

advantage ; he played with much taste and gentlemanly feeling . Too much praise cannot be given to Mr . Selby for the artistic finish which rendered his character , an old beau of the George the Fourth era , one of the pleasantest in the piece . Miss Simms was hardly so successful as usual . The piece was excellently placed upon the stage , and went off admirably . The addition of M . Clement J list to the company now acting at the St . James ' s Theatre has caused the production of " Le Couri-ier de Lyon , " and " Les Memoires du Diablo . " M . Clement Just is a fair average actor , but he certainly possesses no claim to the prominence ivhich is accorded to him among his colleagues , among whom we would commend for real

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