The Week.

the treaty of Vienna , the Council has unanimously resolved to request the Federal Diet to remove the troops at once . Some movements have taken place in St . Petersburg , described as revolutionary . The active demonstrations were confined to the students . Twenty-five were arrested , and the university has been closed . So also have the universities of Moscow and Kharkoflj in Southern Russia . AA hat the precise objects of tho tumult were , and whence

the discontent , does not appear . ——AVarsaw has been declared ia a state of siege . Before that order was promulgated , the Polish nobles gave a grand banquet to the peasants who had come to attend the funeral of the Archbishop of AYarsaw . The scene must have been a curious one . It was a real fraternisation of those two classes , so far removed from each other in the social edifice . Nobles and peasants sat together side by side , drank patriotic toasts oufc of the same tankardsrode together in the same omnibusesand

, , sang patriotic songs together . Preparations hy the party of action to celebrate in a becoming manner the Kosciusko anniversary on the 15 th , had called forth counter preparations by the Government . ¦ A telegram from Ragusa announces that the Turks had , at length , invaded the Montenegrin territory , attacking Lukovo , and putting some of the inhabitants to death . The Prince of Montenegro had appealed to the international commissioners . The negotiations respecting the union of Moldavia and AVallachia have

failed to produce any immediate result , the conferences at Constantinople having been at least temporarily suspended , and the representatives of the Great Powers having demanded fresh instructions from their respective governments .

CHINA , INDIA , AND AUSTRALIA . —The mails have arrived . Prom India we learn with pleasure that the ravages of cholera were becoming less serious in the North-West provinces . Still the reports from the infected districts continue to be very painful . The commercial news from Calcutta is more satisfactory than ifc has been of late . -The intelligence from China is unimportant , the death of the Emperor not being known at Hong Kong when the steamer sailed , A great deal of alarm is still felt among the foreign

residents of Jeddo . Ifc is curious , as our Hong Kong contemporary remarks , that Mr . Harris , the American Minister , should remain unmolested . In Victoria the general election had taken place , and the majority of those returned , it is said , are favourable to a protective tariff . The discovery of gold in New Zealand was unsettling the mining population , and attracting them towards the new fields . In New South Wales the refusal of one of the judges to administer the provisions of the Real Property Actand the action

, of the local legislature thereupon , had occasioned great excitement . The continuance of ill-feeling towards the Chinese , and the occurrence of floods in Queensland , constitute the remaining portion of news of interest from Australia—•—From New Zealand we have the cheering intelligence that the appointment of Sir Gr . Grey , as the successor of Colonel Browne , had exercised a most pacific influence . Tiie natives , who had long regarded him as a just and humane governorare reassured by the prospect of his early arrival .

, Gold has been discovered in considerable quantities in the province ofOtago . This has produced the usual effect upon the population . Multitudes were flocking to the new El Dorado ; sailors were deserting their ships ; the value of labour had increased , and all public works were likely to be stopped .

AMERICA . —From America we receive the account of an important movement of the forces on the Potomac . For some cause , yet unexplained , and which appears to have puzzled the Federal commanders , the Confederates had suddenly abandoned Munson's Hill and several other of their positions before AVashington . The Federals , it appears , lost no time in occupying the abandoned positions , hut in their advance again betrayed the want of proper discipline among the troopsby firing on each other by mistake .

, The Federals seemed to be impressed with the idea that this backward movement of their foes betrayed weakness , and were accordingly pushing forward rapidly , so that a speedy engagement was anticipated . As the true position of the Confederates was not known , too much precipitation may lead the pursuers into difficulties . In Missouri the threatened attack on General Price had not taken place , and fears were entertained for the success of General Fremont's expedition against him . Both parties were

receiving reinforcements in Kentucky , where a desperate struggle was looked for . The Hiawatha has heen condemned as a lawful prize ; this is the first condemnation of a British vessel . The latest news to the Sth Oct . states that Lexington , which was so recently captured from Col . Mulligan , has been evacuated by the Confederates . General Price having- gone southward to effect a junction with General M'Culloch . The object of the Confederate commanders is to give battle to General Fremont on the most

advantageous terms , and a part of their scheme involves an attempt to cut of Fremont , who is at Jefferson city , from his reinforcements . A battle on the Potomac was considered inevitable within two days .

Special Notice.

SPECIAL NOTICE .

On Saturday , Nov . 2 , a beautiful Steel Engraving of the Right Hon . the Earl of Dalhousie , K . G ., P . D . Gr . M ., in full Masonic costume , will be presented gratuitously to every subscriber to the FP . EEJIASONS' MAGAZINE AKD MASONIC MIEEOE . The Engraving has been executed in the highest style of art , by

Posselwhite , from a photograph by Mayall . Specimens for the trade are ready ; and Country Booksellers and others desirous of receiving them are requested to inform us ow they shall be forwarded . A few copies for framing ( suitable for lodge and other presents ) may bo had as

follows;—India Proofs , before letters ( which must he ordered immediately ) 7 6 India Proofs ( after letters ) . 50 Largo Plate Paper 3 0

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

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AIEIIA . —Wehavfi received your letter relative to what occurred at fche Royal Brunswick Lodge banquet , Brighton , but do not think we should do any good hy publishing ifc . AVe regret that a distinguished Prov . G . Officer should so far forget himself as to insult a brother for being the supposed author of certain letters in our Magazine—which , by the bye , he was not—hut do not think that we should tend to promote harmony in the lodge by taking further notice of the circumstance .

C . AV . asks : —If I attend a Masonic banquet as an invited guest , is it unmasonic or impertinent to challenge a brother of that lodge to take wine with me , or does ifc shew a want of proper Masonic feeling and courtesy to refuse ?—[ Wo do not consider it either unmasonic or impertinent to ask a brother of the lodge you visit , with whom you are acquainted , to take wine with you , and it certainly shows not , only a want of courtesy but of gentlemanly feeling , to refuse . ]

A VISITOR TO NO . 1083 . —It is perfectly correct to call upon the brethren of a lodge to sign the bye laws of the lodge in token of their assent thereto ( indeed , it is absolutely required by the Poole of Constitutions ) , but it is certainly not only contrary to custom hut to justice and common sense , to require a newly initiated brother to do so before leaving the lodge-room , and without

giving him an opportunity of reading them . It may he the custom of the lodge , but the sooner it is amended the better . M . AVADHA - . —AA e have not seen the book of the Chaplain of the Queen's Bench relative to the case of a Freemason who has snout the greater period of his life in that prison . AVe published a short time since a letter which appeared in the Times on the

subject . AVe believe that no application has been made on his behalf to the Lodge of Benevolence . We made some inquiries on the subject , and though his name appears on the books as having been initiated , we cannot find that he ever subscribed to any lo dge . AA e should like to see the book .