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which Europe rests . His Majesty submits that the propositions to be submited to the Congress should be previously prepared . The Pope also concurs in the project of a Congress , in order that justice should be re-established and violated rights vindicated . He should also demand that the pre-eminence of the Catholic faith shonld be recognised in all Catholic countries . The reply of Bavaria is altogether favourable to the proposal .-
—•—According to a ministerial journal of Vienna , tbe Austrian Cabinet has despatched a second note , positively refusing to send a representative to the European Congress proposed by the Emperor Napoleon . For this refusal Count Rechberg assigns the grounds that M . Drouyn de Lhuys has not supplied a clear and satisfactory programme of the subjects to be submitted for
consideration , and that a Congress in which England is not represented cannot be attended with any durable results . The four German powers entrusted by the federal Diet with the task of carrying out " federal execution " in Holstein sent last Saturday , as it is stated , a summons calling on the Danish Government to evacuate the Duchy within seven days . If we may
believe rumours current in Altona , and a positive assertion of the France , the cabinet of Copenhagen has resolved not to offer any armed opposition to the entrance of the Federal " army of execution " into Holstein , but to withdraw the Danish troops into Schleswig as the Germans advance . It is even reported at Altona that a " friendly understanding" will probably be effected
between Denmark and the great German powers ; and it is noteworthy that a ministerial journal of Berlin prett y plainly declares that the Prince of Augusfcenburg will not be permitted to raise the army which he has announced his intention to form General Floury has been sent by the Emperor Napoleon on a confidential mission to Copenhagen ; and it is said that he will give
counsels similar to those which Lord Wodehouse has been deputed to tender on behalf of the British Government . Lord AA'odehouse reached Berlin on Saturday , and had an interview with Hen- A on Bismarck . He is to have an audience of the King before proceeding to Copenhagen , where ho arrived
on Monday . The Frankfort Diet has voted seventeen million thalers for the expenses of Federal execution in Holstein , and issued instructions to the civil commissioners who are appointed to assume tbe provisional government of tbe Duchy . In Berlin the Liberals in the Chamber of Deputies have resolved to address the King , stating their reasons for dissenting to the proposed loan of twelve million thalers , and to indicate the course they think should be followed in the Schleswig-IIolstein
question . The Wurtemberg Chamber of Deputies is to be added to tbe list of the German legislative assemblies which have passed resolutions in favour ofthe pretender to Schleswig-IIolstein . It has , moreover , solemnly protested against the London treaty , to which the Government of Wurtemberg , ' by its subsequent accession , became a party . Advices from Copenhagen inform us that Sweden has withdrawn from the alliance with Denmark , the Da-gbladet asserting that Sweden
cannot separate from the other powers who signed the London treaty of 1 S 52 . A strange rumour comes from Hamburg today , to the effect that it its believed that the state of siege in Poland will shortly be abolished . ——From Stockholm we have the semi-official announcement that Sweden will not abandon Denmark in the hour of danger . INDIA AND JAPAN . — -Advices brought by the Bombay mail
conveys to us the melancholy but expected announcement of the Earl of Elgin's death , which occurred atDhurmsalla on the 20 th ult . Sir William Denison , the Governor of Madras , who will assume the general administration of the general government of India until Sir John Lawi mice ' s arrival , bad gone to Calcutta . 'There had been " more hard fighting" on the Punjab frontier ; and " all the hill tribes" haditis saidrisen against tlie British .
, . On tho 29 th ult . the mountaineers again attacked Brigadier Chamberlain's position , aud at first took an outpost , which was afterwards recovered from them . They were ultimately driven hack , after a sharp engagement , in which Brigadier Chamberlain himself was wounded and six other officers aud 128 men were killed or wounded . The tribes had not renewed their attack , and Brigadier Chamberlain was confident of success .
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Accounts from Japan state that there had been no furlhcr hostilities , and that Admiral Kuper was believed to be awaitingthe arrival of troops before undertaking any further operations against tbe Prince of Satsuma or other Princes who have offered , violence to foreigners . It was asserted that some of the principal Daimios had leagued together against the Tycoon , whose authority was said to be greatly diminished . A telegram has been receivedto the effect that at a meeting of Daimios it had
, been decided that " there was no ground for declaring war against foreigners . " SIEW ZEALAND . —The detailed advices from New Zealand , by the latest mail , do not -confirm the report that General Cameron had successfully assailed the intrenched position of the Maoris at Meremero , although an attack on it seemed imminent , unless the natives should , as it was
apprehended they might , disperse themselves in small parties . There had been two or three sharp skirmishes , which had not cost many lives , but had demonstrated afresh tbe aptitude for bushfighting possessed by the enemy to whom the British troops are opposed . AitEiiiOA . —The Persia , from New York , brings the announcement that there had not been any battle in Virginia , and that
the Federal army was falling hack to Fredericksburg . General Grant's campaign was supposed to have " ended for the season , " in consequence of the state of the roads ; and General Hooker had evacuated Ringgold after destroying the bridges and
public buildings . General Bragg ' s defeated army was believed to be concentrated in the neighbourhood of Dalton , Georgia . General Burnside was reported to have repelled an assault made on the 29 th ult . by General Longstreet ou his defences at Knoxville , and to have captured 500 prisoners . Reinforcements bait been despatched by General Grant to the succour of General Burnside . Some more shells had been thrown into the city of Charlestonhut the buildings had not been much damaged
; . The steamer America has brought news from New York to ' Dec . 5 . The campaign in Virginia had been ended for thewinter . General Meade had found the position of General Lee in Mine-run Valley too strong to be assaulted , and had again crossed to the north of the Rapidan , and it is supposed would go into winter quarters near Washington . General Meade ' sill-success had created much dissatisfaction at New York . The
accounts from Chattanooga show the Confederate army to be entirely reorganised , and that General Hardee , who had been appointed in the place of Bragg , superseded , was preparing toassume the offensive against Grant . General Hooker , previously to evacuating Ringold , fought a battle with the Confederates , in which the Federals were severely handled , and two Ohio regiments nearldestroyed . Tho accounts from
Knoxy villo are still confused and unreliable . Up to the Ist instant there was no change iu the situation at Charleston . Gilmore was throwing shells into the city , but had discontinued tho bombardment of Fort Sumter . President Lincoln was seriously ill , suffering from small-pox .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
AV . J . B .- —A Prov . G . Lodge is supposed to be opened in the firstdegree only—and , though properly none but Masters and Wardens should be present , itis usual by courtesy to allow otherbrethren to sit in the lodge , even down to E . A's . It is highly improper for a A \ . M . to call upon a visitor to perform a ceremony whilst there is a P . M ., a member of the lodge , present , who is capable of undertaking it , and the Prov . G . M . who sanctioned and supported the W . M . in the course
, , evidently does not understand the law ; and his ordering a brother to quit the lodge for protesting against his decision was altogether improper . A Provincial Grand Master cannot take office in a private lodge of which he is not a member ; irrespective of which it is highly derogatory for him to accept any office but that of Master in a private lodgo . The interference of the Provincial Grand Master in the election of the
AA . M ., and thereby cause a duly qualified brother to be set aside for another , is an abuse of power which the brethren should have resented by unanimously refusing to vole in favour of the Prov . G . M . ' s protege . AA e have already expressed our opinion that Wardens can legally initiate , pass , and raise candidates , if competent , to the performances of the duty ; and we advise you to let Bro . Blackburn carry out his threat of citing you before the Board of General Purposes .
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which Europe rests . His Majesty submits that the propositions to be submited to the Congress should be previously prepared . The Pope also concurs in the project of a Congress , in order that justice should be re-established and violated rights vindicated . He should also demand that the pre-eminence of the Catholic faith shonld be recognised in all Catholic countries . The reply of Bavaria is altogether favourable to the proposal .-
—•—According to a ministerial journal of Vienna , tbe Austrian Cabinet has despatched a second note , positively refusing to send a representative to the European Congress proposed by the Emperor Napoleon . For this refusal Count Rechberg assigns the grounds that M . Drouyn de Lhuys has not supplied a clear and satisfactory programme of the subjects to be submitted for
consideration , and that a Congress in which England is not represented cannot be attended with any durable results . The four German powers entrusted by the federal Diet with the task of carrying out " federal execution " in Holstein sent last Saturday , as it is stated , a summons calling on the Danish Government to evacuate the Duchy within seven days . If we may
believe rumours current in Altona , and a positive assertion of the France , the cabinet of Copenhagen has resolved not to offer any armed opposition to the entrance of the Federal " army of execution " into Holstein , but to withdraw the Danish troops into Schleswig as the Germans advance . It is even reported at Altona that a " friendly understanding" will probably be effected
between Denmark and the great German powers ; and it is noteworthy that a ministerial journal of Berlin prett y plainly declares that the Prince of Augusfcenburg will not be permitted to raise the army which he has announced his intention to form General Floury has been sent by the Emperor Napoleon on a confidential mission to Copenhagen ; and it is said that he will give
counsels similar to those which Lord Wodehouse has been deputed to tender on behalf of the British Government . Lord AA'odehouse reached Berlin on Saturday , and had an interview with Hen- A on Bismarck . He is to have an audience of the King before proceeding to Copenhagen , where ho arrived
on Monday . The Frankfort Diet has voted seventeen million thalers for the expenses of Federal execution in Holstein , and issued instructions to the civil commissioners who are appointed to assume tbe provisional government of tbe Duchy . In Berlin the Liberals in the Chamber of Deputies have resolved to address the King , stating their reasons for dissenting to the proposed loan of twelve million thalers , and to indicate the course they think should be followed in the Schleswig-IIolstein
question . The Wurtemberg Chamber of Deputies is to be added to tbe list of the German legislative assemblies which have passed resolutions in favour ofthe pretender to Schleswig-IIolstein . It has , moreover , solemnly protested against the London treaty , to which the Government of Wurtemberg , ' by its subsequent accession , became a party . Advices from Copenhagen inform us that Sweden has withdrawn from the alliance with Denmark , the Da-gbladet asserting that Sweden
cannot separate from the other powers who signed the London treaty of 1 S 52 . A strange rumour comes from Hamburg today , to the effect that it its believed that the state of siege in Poland will shortly be abolished . ——From Stockholm we have the semi-official announcement that Sweden will not abandon Denmark in the hour of danger . INDIA AND JAPAN . — -Advices brought by the Bombay mail
conveys to us the melancholy but expected announcement of the Earl of Elgin's death , which occurred atDhurmsalla on the 20 th ult . Sir William Denison , the Governor of Madras , who will assume the general administration of the general government of India until Sir John Lawi mice ' s arrival , bad gone to Calcutta . 'There had been " more hard fighting" on the Punjab frontier ; and " all the hill tribes" haditis saidrisen against tlie British .
, . On tho 29 th ult . the mountaineers again attacked Brigadier Chamberlain's position , aud at first took an outpost , which was afterwards recovered from them . They were ultimately driven hack , after a sharp engagement , in which Brigadier Chamberlain himself was wounded and six other officers aud 128 men were killed or wounded . The tribes had not renewed their attack , and Brigadier Chamberlain was confident of success .
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Accounts from Japan state that there had been no furlhcr hostilities , and that Admiral Kuper was believed to be awaitingthe arrival of troops before undertaking any further operations against tbe Prince of Satsuma or other Princes who have offered , violence to foreigners . It was asserted that some of the principal Daimios had leagued together against the Tycoon , whose authority was said to be greatly diminished . A telegram has been receivedto the effect that at a meeting of Daimios it had
, been decided that " there was no ground for declaring war against foreigners . " SIEW ZEALAND . —The detailed advices from New Zealand , by the latest mail , do not -confirm the report that General Cameron had successfully assailed the intrenched position of the Maoris at Meremero , although an attack on it seemed imminent , unless the natives should , as it was
apprehended they might , disperse themselves in small parties . There had been two or three sharp skirmishes , which had not cost many lives , but had demonstrated afresh tbe aptitude for bushfighting possessed by the enemy to whom the British troops are opposed . AitEiiiOA . —The Persia , from New York , brings the announcement that there had not been any battle in Virginia , and that
the Federal army was falling hack to Fredericksburg . General Grant's campaign was supposed to have " ended for the season , " in consequence of the state of the roads ; and General Hooker had evacuated Ringgold after destroying the bridges and
public buildings . General Bragg ' s defeated army was believed to be concentrated in the neighbourhood of Dalton , Georgia . General Burnside was reported to have repelled an assault made on the 29 th ult . by General Longstreet ou his defences at Knoxville , and to have captured 500 prisoners . Reinforcements bait been despatched by General Grant to the succour of General Burnside . Some more shells had been thrown into the city of Charlestonhut the buildings had not been much damaged
; . The steamer America has brought news from New York to ' Dec . 5 . The campaign in Virginia had been ended for thewinter . General Meade had found the position of General Lee in Mine-run Valley too strong to be assaulted , and had again crossed to the north of the Rapidan , and it is supposed would go into winter quarters near Washington . General Meade ' sill-success had created much dissatisfaction at New York . The
accounts from Chattanooga show the Confederate army to be entirely reorganised , and that General Hardee , who had been appointed in the place of Bragg , superseded , was preparing toassume the offensive against Grant . General Hooker , previously to evacuating Ringold , fought a battle with the Confederates , in which the Federals were severely handled , and two Ohio regiments nearldestroyed . Tho accounts from
Knoxy villo are still confused and unreliable . Up to the Ist instant there was no change iu the situation at Charleston . Gilmore was throwing shells into the city , but had discontinued tho bombardment of Fort Sumter . President Lincoln was seriously ill , suffering from small-pox .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
AV . J . B .- —A Prov . G . Lodge is supposed to be opened in the firstdegree only—and , though properly none but Masters and Wardens should be present , itis usual by courtesy to allow otherbrethren to sit in the lodge , even down to E . A's . It is highly improper for a A \ . M . to call upon a visitor to perform a ceremony whilst there is a P . M ., a member of the lodge , present , who is capable of undertaking it , and the Prov . G . M . who sanctioned and supported the W . M . in the course
, , evidently does not understand the law ; and his ordering a brother to quit the lodge for protesting against his decision was altogether improper . A Provincial Grand Master cannot take office in a private lodge of which he is not a member ; irrespective of which it is highly derogatory for him to accept any office but that of Master in a private lodgo . The interference of the Provincial Grand Master in the election of the
AA . M ., and thereby cause a duly qualified brother to be set aside for another , is an abuse of power which the brethren should have resented by unanimously refusing to vole in favour of the Prov . G . M . ' s protege . AA e have already expressed our opinion that Wardens can legally initiate , pass , and raise candidates , if competent , to the performances of the duty ; and we advise you to let Bro . Blackburn carry out his threat of citing you before the Board of General Purposes .