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The Week.
ohe different workhouses under one uniform law . Mr . Cobden has addressed an elaborate letter to Mr . Henry Ashworth , president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce , on thc present state of international maritime law . The hon . gentleman insists upon three radical reforms : —Thc exemption of private property , not contraband of war , from capture at sea ; thc abolition of commercial blockades ; and the inviolability from visitation on tiie high seas of neutral merchant vessels . " It is at thc option
of the English Government , at any time , " he says , " to enter upon negotiations with the other Great Powers for the revision of tho maritime code , and I speak advisedly in expressing my belief that it depends on us alone whether the above reforms are to be carried into effect . " The arrangements for the Brighton review ou Easter Monday have been completed . It is expected that the force assembled will range between 15000 and 20 , 000 mon . AVe need not trouble
, our readers here with details : the important point to be known is that the whole manoeuvres of the day will be seen from any point ofthe horse-shoe which the Brighton race-eom-sedeserihes ,-and that upon tho race-course there will he ample room for a much more numerous company than is at all likely to assemble . The Coventry Relief Committee , having fulfilled its mission , has been dissolved . Thetotalsumcolleeted on behalf of the unfortunate ribbon weavers was £ 1-1 , 800 ; and it appears that ,
during tlie period the fund , was being distributed , the average number in receipt of relief was 14 , 000 . It was stated at the final meeting ofthe Committee , that the destitution in the district is now , " to a considerable extent , at an end , " and that
there is every reason to hope that the people ot Coventry " will be able hereafter to cany on their trade with prosperity . " About 240 of the weavers sailed from Liverpool for Canada on Sunday . An anomalous state of our law , as it respects shipwrecked seamen has been brought before the Lord Mayor by Mr . Lean , the indefatigable secretary of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society . English sailors shipwrecked on our coast aro chargeable to their parishes , and foreigners are looked after by
the consuls of their respective nations . But for sailors , the natives of our colonies there is no provision made whatever . The anomaly was brought to light the other day in the case of a Bermuda vessel wrecked at the hack of the Isle of AA'ight . The crew , all Bermudians , were saved ; but neither Colonial Office nor any other authority have funds to send them back to the island . This is a state of things that we should think only requires to become known that it may be remedied . The body
of a man was found floating iu the Regent ' s Canal at Stepney on the 11 th . From the appearance of the corpse it seemed to have been in . the water for about a week . There were marks of abrasion round the neck as if the person had been garotted . This is the third body that has been found in the canal about the same spot and under the same suspicious circumstances . Richard Thoi-ley was executed at Derby on the 11 th , in pursuance of his sentencefor the murder of Eliza Merrow . Tho
, G-azeite contains a proclamation issued by the Home Secretary setting forth tho danger arising from the appearance of locomotive carriages in the streets of the metropolis , and prohibiting their use , except between the hours of ten o ' clock at night and six in tlle morning .
FOEEIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The Moniteur announces that up to the present time , the Emperor of the French has not formed any plan for the rumoured visit to London . The Italian government—basing its complaints especially on the assemblage of Bourbonists at Trieste , whence they embark for the Neapolitan coasts—is said to have remonstrated against the encouragement given by the Austrian Cabinet to the brigandage in Southern Italy . Probably the result of any remonstrance will be
a denial that any encouragement is given , and a complaint that the Turin Cabinet habitually foments discontent and conspiracy among the subjects of Austria . The Belgian Chamber of Deputies have adopted the Government proposition for the organization of a new daily postal service between Ostend and Dover . The Ionian Parliament is as perverse and refractory as ever , and has adopted an address declaring that a union ofthe
Ionian Islands with the Greek kingdom is indispensable for their welfare , and that it ivill " employ all legal means to ' give effect to this unchangeable desire of the people . " In reply , the Lord High Commissioner informed the Ionian legislators that England will maintain the rights conferred upon her by the protectorate , and told them that they will do well to attend to the country's business instead of sterile agitation . — ¦ —The Porte has informed the Great Powers that in consequence ofthe incessant hostilities carried on by the Montenegrins , it has sent orders to Omar Pacha
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to address an ultimatum to the Prince of Montenegro , calling on him for the immediate release of prisoners and a formal eno-ao-ement to prevent invasion of the Turkish territories . ° The report that the Turkish troops had entered Montenegro is denied - but a later telegram announces that all the Great Powers , except prance , have consented to the invasion of Montenegro , and that Omar pacha , has received orders to operate against it immediately from three points .
AMERICA . —Although the American intelligence is five davs later in date than our previous advices , it possesses very little interest . No important operations had been undertaken by the Federal Army in A'irginia , though there had been one or two trifling skirmishes . Reports brought hy fugitive slaves from Norfolk asserted that the Merrimac had been repaired , and armed ivith heavier gunsand that she and thesteamers Jamestown
, and Yorlclov : n were ready to sally forth once more against the Federal vessels . The Federal forces had not made any progress towards the capture of " Island No . 10 , " in the Mississi ppi . The bombardment had not produced any great effect , and the Confederates , who wore said to number 15 , 000 men , were engaged in repairing and strengthening their works . A strong Confederate army was reported to be assembling at Corinth , in
Mississippi , and an engagement was declared to be'"imminent " in that quarter . According to accounts from Ship Island and Key West , transmitted by way of Havana , the greater part of Commodore Porter ' s Federal squadron had crossed the bar of the South-west Pass of the Mississippi , and it was expected that operations against the defences of the approaches to New Orleans would be . commenced immediately . No official account of the occupation of Beaufort by the Federals had been received .
The Senate has passed the bill for the abolition of slavery in the district of Columbia by a majority of more than two to one . If the bill passes the House of Representatives , as will no doubt bo the case , the city of Washington will , for the first time in its history , stand on free soil ; and slavery must inevitably cease to exist in the State of Maryland . Compensation to the average amount of three hundred dollars a slave is to be paid
to the slave-owners ; and a sum of one hundred thousand dollars is appropriated to defray the expense of voluntary emigration on the part of the emancipated negroes . The Government of Hayti are especially anxious to encourage emigration to their beautiful island , and no iiouht many of their ]____ s ___ aa liberated by the Federal Government will avail themselves of the invitation which President Geft ' rard has given to the coloured race throughout the world .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
• L C—Use your own discretion we cannot advise you without a very much better acquaintance with the facts . A PHOV . G . SEC—Send us the ruling you complain of . The G . Sec . is not infallible . A Bt . ir . DEK . —See section 19 , under Board of General Purposes , page 107 of Book of Constitutions . HEXRY P . —You see it has been alreaddone in the present
y number . — X . —AA ' e shall be very happy to publish Poetry , but must decline Rhyme run mad . P . —No . If you do you will render yourself liable to expulsion . CHEAI ? JACK . —Pedestals may be of any wood you please . DEI - OX' —Apply for a further dispensation to the M . W . Grand Master . Report states that you will have a Prov . Grand
Master shortly in the person of Bro . the Rev . John Huyshe , who has long been your deputy . Bito . BIG-GS' letter arrived too iato for this week , Grood Friday necessitating our going to press earlier than usual . The report of the proceedings at Leominster , on the occasion of the resuscitation of a lodge is necessarily postponed for the same evening , The paper alluded to in Bro . Cosscn ' s letter never came to hand .
M . M . —It is a very comnuai custom to open up at once , and resume in the different degrees as required . The son of the widow is assured that we had no intention of making an attack ou the 51 ark Masters Grand Lodge , but must repeat it is not acknowledged hy any Masonic body in the world—and does not come under the designation of Ancient and Accepted Freemasonry as recognised by the Grand Lodge of England , as the son of the widow may see by the first clause of the Book of Constitutions .
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The Week.
ohe different workhouses under one uniform law . Mr . Cobden has addressed an elaborate letter to Mr . Henry Ashworth , president of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce , on thc present state of international maritime law . The hon . gentleman insists upon three radical reforms : —Thc exemption of private property , not contraband of war , from capture at sea ; thc abolition of commercial blockades ; and the inviolability from visitation on tiie high seas of neutral merchant vessels . " It is at thc option
of the English Government , at any time , " he says , " to enter upon negotiations with the other Great Powers for the revision of tho maritime code , and I speak advisedly in expressing my belief that it depends on us alone whether the above reforms are to be carried into effect . " The arrangements for the Brighton review ou Easter Monday have been completed . It is expected that the force assembled will range between 15000 and 20 , 000 mon . AVe need not trouble
, our readers here with details : the important point to be known is that the whole manoeuvres of the day will be seen from any point ofthe horse-shoe which the Brighton race-eom-sedeserihes ,-and that upon tho race-course there will he ample room for a much more numerous company than is at all likely to assemble . The Coventry Relief Committee , having fulfilled its mission , has been dissolved . Thetotalsumcolleeted on behalf of the unfortunate ribbon weavers was £ 1-1 , 800 ; and it appears that ,
during tlie period the fund , was being distributed , the average number in receipt of relief was 14 , 000 . It was stated at the final meeting ofthe Committee , that the destitution in the district is now , " to a considerable extent , at an end , " and that
there is every reason to hope that the people ot Coventry " will be able hereafter to cany on their trade with prosperity . " About 240 of the weavers sailed from Liverpool for Canada on Sunday . An anomalous state of our law , as it respects shipwrecked seamen has been brought before the Lord Mayor by Mr . Lean , the indefatigable secretary of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society . English sailors shipwrecked on our coast aro chargeable to their parishes , and foreigners are looked after by
the consuls of their respective nations . But for sailors , the natives of our colonies there is no provision made whatever . The anomaly was brought to light the other day in the case of a Bermuda vessel wrecked at the hack of the Isle of AA'ight . The crew , all Bermudians , were saved ; but neither Colonial Office nor any other authority have funds to send them back to the island . This is a state of things that we should think only requires to become known that it may be remedied . The body
of a man was found floating iu the Regent ' s Canal at Stepney on the 11 th . From the appearance of the corpse it seemed to have been in . the water for about a week . There were marks of abrasion round the neck as if the person had been garotted . This is the third body that has been found in the canal about the same spot and under the same suspicious circumstances . Richard Thoi-ley was executed at Derby on the 11 th , in pursuance of his sentencefor the murder of Eliza Merrow . Tho
, G-azeite contains a proclamation issued by the Home Secretary setting forth tho danger arising from the appearance of locomotive carriages in the streets of the metropolis , and prohibiting their use , except between the hours of ten o ' clock at night and six in tlle morning .
FOEEIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The Moniteur announces that up to the present time , the Emperor of the French has not formed any plan for the rumoured visit to London . The Italian government—basing its complaints especially on the assemblage of Bourbonists at Trieste , whence they embark for the Neapolitan coasts—is said to have remonstrated against the encouragement given by the Austrian Cabinet to the brigandage in Southern Italy . Probably the result of any remonstrance will be
a denial that any encouragement is given , and a complaint that the Turin Cabinet habitually foments discontent and conspiracy among the subjects of Austria . The Belgian Chamber of Deputies have adopted the Government proposition for the organization of a new daily postal service between Ostend and Dover . The Ionian Parliament is as perverse and refractory as ever , and has adopted an address declaring that a union ofthe
Ionian Islands with the Greek kingdom is indispensable for their welfare , and that it ivill " employ all legal means to ' give effect to this unchangeable desire of the people . " In reply , the Lord High Commissioner informed the Ionian legislators that England will maintain the rights conferred upon her by the protectorate , and told them that they will do well to attend to the country's business instead of sterile agitation . — ¦ —The Porte has informed the Great Powers that in consequence ofthe incessant hostilities carried on by the Montenegrins , it has sent orders to Omar Pacha
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to address an ultimatum to the Prince of Montenegro , calling on him for the immediate release of prisoners and a formal eno-ao-ement to prevent invasion of the Turkish territories . ° The report that the Turkish troops had entered Montenegro is denied - but a later telegram announces that all the Great Powers , except prance , have consented to the invasion of Montenegro , and that Omar pacha , has received orders to operate against it immediately from three points .
AMERICA . —Although the American intelligence is five davs later in date than our previous advices , it possesses very little interest . No important operations had been undertaken by the Federal Army in A'irginia , though there had been one or two trifling skirmishes . Reports brought hy fugitive slaves from Norfolk asserted that the Merrimac had been repaired , and armed ivith heavier gunsand that she and thesteamers Jamestown
, and Yorlclov : n were ready to sally forth once more against the Federal vessels . The Federal forces had not made any progress towards the capture of " Island No . 10 , " in the Mississi ppi . The bombardment had not produced any great effect , and the Confederates , who wore said to number 15 , 000 men , were engaged in repairing and strengthening their works . A strong Confederate army was reported to be assembling at Corinth , in
Mississippi , and an engagement was declared to be'"imminent " in that quarter . According to accounts from Ship Island and Key West , transmitted by way of Havana , the greater part of Commodore Porter ' s Federal squadron had crossed the bar of the South-west Pass of the Mississippi , and it was expected that operations against the defences of the approaches to New Orleans would be . commenced immediately . No official account of the occupation of Beaufort by the Federals had been received .
The Senate has passed the bill for the abolition of slavery in the district of Columbia by a majority of more than two to one . If the bill passes the House of Representatives , as will no doubt bo the case , the city of Washington will , for the first time in its history , stand on free soil ; and slavery must inevitably cease to exist in the State of Maryland . Compensation to the average amount of three hundred dollars a slave is to be paid
to the slave-owners ; and a sum of one hundred thousand dollars is appropriated to defray the expense of voluntary emigration on the part of the emancipated negroes . The Government of Hayti are especially anxious to encourage emigration to their beautiful island , and no iiouht many of their ]____ s ___ aa liberated by the Federal Government will avail themselves of the invitation which President Geft ' rard has given to the coloured race throughout the world .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
• L C—Use your own discretion we cannot advise you without a very much better acquaintance with the facts . A PHOV . G . SEC—Send us the ruling you complain of . The G . Sec . is not infallible . A Bt . ir . DEK . —See section 19 , under Board of General Purposes , page 107 of Book of Constitutions . HEXRY P . —You see it has been alreaddone in the present
y number . — X . —AA ' e shall be very happy to publish Poetry , but must decline Rhyme run mad . P . —No . If you do you will render yourself liable to expulsion . CHEAI ? JACK . —Pedestals may be of any wood you please . DEI - OX' —Apply for a further dispensation to the M . W . Grand Master . Report states that you will have a Prov . Grand
Master shortly in the person of Bro . the Rev . John Huyshe , who has long been your deputy . Bito . BIG-GS' letter arrived too iato for this week , Grood Friday necessitating our going to press earlier than usual . The report of the proceedings at Leominster , on the occasion of the resuscitation of a lodge is necessarily postponed for the same evening , The paper alluded to in Bro . Cosscn ' s letter never came to hand .
M . M . —It is a very comnuai custom to open up at once , and resume in the different degrees as required . The son of the widow is assured that we had no intention of making an attack ou the 51 ark Masters Grand Lodge , but must repeat it is not acknowledged hy any Masonic body in the world—and does not come under the designation of Ancient and Accepted Freemasonry as recognised by the Grand Lodge of England , as the son of the widow may see by the first clause of the Book of Constitutions .