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and announces that the step she has just taken was one against which the Russian Government feels bound to enter its protest . A Breslau journal publishes a despatch affirming that the Administrator of tiie Archbishopric of Warsaiv , Mgr . Bialobrzeski , has been actually condemned to death , and has refused to appeal for pardon , declaring that he had done no wrong . AVe have nevi-s from Rome which looks significant , and may prove to be cf

im-. portance . The Marquis de Lavalette , Ambassador of France , has had a long conference AA-I 11 I Francis II ., and it is said that his object AA-as to recommend , on the part of the French Government , that the ex-King should quit Rome . A further statement is that the cardinals AA-IIO ivere consulted on the subject had recommended Francis II . to relinquish his apartments in the Quirinal , and reside altogether at the Palace Farnese . The capture and

death of the unfortunate Borges appears IIOAV to be made certain beyond the possibility of doubt . Of this unhappy . man it is at least to be said that his motives in attempting to stir up an insuurrection in the Neapolitan provinces ivere less base than those of the miscreants by whom he found himself surrounded . His career was brief . President Lincoln's message to Congressbrought by the Asiadoes

, , not directly speak of the seizure of the Confederate Commissioners on board the Trent . That act has , hoAvever , been formally and strongly approved by the Secretary of the Navy , who is of opinion that Captain Wilkes , in refraining from capturing the Trent herself , displayed an excessive forbearance , Avhich " must not form a precedent for future similar infractions of neutral obligations on foreign

commercial vessels ; and Congress , too , has passed resolutions thanking Captain AVilkes for his conduct . But if Mr . Lincoln does not in his message directly adA-ert to the" Trent affair , he declares that , although the Southerners have not been as successful as they hoped in obtaining the succour of European States , domestic dissensions must necessarily be attended AA'ith foreign dangers ; and he therefore recommends Congress to make an ample provision for the defence of the sea and lake coasts of the Statesfor the erection of

, fortifications , and for the establishment of arsenals at suitable places . Foreign Governments ought , the President thinks , to perceive , even if they are actuated by no higher principle than a selfish desire to promote the commerce of their subjects , that commercial intercourse may better be secured by the Union ' s preservation than by its destruction ; but , after all , whatever may he the Avishes or dispositions of foreign states , the safety of the Union depends altogether on the

loyalty , virtue , patriotism , and intelligence of the American people . The Union must be preserved , and therefore all disposable means must be employed . At all events he thinks that the Republics of Hayti and Liberia ought noAV to be recognised as sovereign states . He further recommends that , as many slaves have been forfeited by their oivners under the Federal Confiscation Act , and as some of the states may pass similar actsCongress shall make some provision

, for the emancipation of all slaves that may be acquired by the Federal government , either by direct confiscation , or by transfer from a state government , and for the settlement of them in some suitable country to be acquired by the United States . President Lincoln then reviews the course of the civil Avar from its

commencement , and congratulates Congress because progress has been in the right direction , as "the Union is drawing steadily Southward , " no armed insurgents being left north of the Potomac or east of the Chesapeake , and 40 , 000 men having been raised in Maryland , Kentucky , and Missouri , which had before refused to furnish troops for the suppression oftlie Southern insurrection . That insurrection , President Lincoln declares , in conclusion , is a Avar upon the first principles of popular government and the rihts of the

upon g people , some of the insurgents haA-ing even hinted at monarchy , and the President feeling" himself bound to raise a " warning voice against the approach of returning despotism . " AVith the exception of the vote of thanks to Commander AVilks , no special business had been transacted by Congress . A arious notices of motion , hoAvever , gave promise of important discussions . The latest neivs in addition lo a pacific announcement from President Lincoln

, brings some important correspondence betAveen the Federal Government and various European powers . It appears that Mr . Lincoln ' s cabinet offered to accept the declaration of the Paris conference against privateering , provided that England and France would include the Southern Confederacy in the neAv arrangement ; but as they declined to do this , the negociations fell to the ground . There is also some correspondence betAveen Mr . Seward and Mr .

Adams Avith reference to the position of England , and it terminates with a declaration on the Secretary of State ' s part , that if this country abstains from all interference with American affairs , the Federal Government AA'iil be satisfied as to its friendl y intentions . Austria , Prussia , and Spain had refused to recognize the Confederate States , —the first tiA-o in every decided language . Another interesting item of news is that , under the supervision of the Secretary of the Treasury , measures are to be adopted to export cotton and other crops from the Southern" States . The negroes ,

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AA'ho but the other day were slaves , are to be employed in this service , and will receive Avages . No mention is made of any engagement , or of any important movement of either belligrent army . The stoneladen ships lately despatched to the Southern coast are , AA'e are noAV told , to be sunk in the entrances to the harbours ot Charleston ancl Savannah . The planters living on the coasts directly menaced by the Northern troops are said to be burning their cotton , in order that it may not fall into Northern han ds .

Special Notice.

SPECIAL NOTICE .

With the MAGAZINE , of Nov . 2 , a beautiful Steel Engraving of the Right Hon . the Earl of Dalhousie , KG ., P . D . G . M ., in full Masonic costume , was presented gratuitously to every subscriber to the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE ASS MASONIC MIRROR . The Engraving has been executed in the highest style of art , by Posselivhite , from a photograph by Mayall . A feiv copies for framing ( suitable for lodge and other presents )

may be had as follows ;—India Proofs , before letters ( ivhich must be ordered immediately ) .. 76 India Proofs ( after letters ) 5 0 Large Plate Paper 3 0 A feiv proof impressions of the Right Hon . Earl of Zetland , G , Master , may still be had : India paper , 5 s . ; large plate paper , 3 s .

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K . S . —We clo not remember . J . L . —The president of a lodge of Instruction takes the Masters chair , even if he be not an installed Master . S . S . —Bro . Webster and Bro . Bnckstone were both initiated in the Bedford Lodge . G . REG . —The Grand Registrar is the Attorney-General and Lord

Chancellor of the Order—the legal adviser of Grand Lodge and the Grand Master . The present Grand Registrar , Bro . Roxburgh , is an eminent Chancery barrister ; the last Grand Registrar ( who also held office under the Duke of Sussex ) , Bro . John Henderson , is a barrister enjoying a large chamber practice ; his predecessor , Bro . Dobie , the well-known solicitor to the Times and other

important establishments ; and his predecessor again , Bro . Hall , the first Prov . Grand Master for Cambridge , also a barrister of some eminence . AA'hat the Grand Registrar is in the provinces Ave cannot tell . He should he a laiA-yer , as the legal adviser of the Prov . Grand Master , but sometimes Ave find him to be a tinman , sometimes a tailor , sometimes a clergyman , or

anything but what he should be , the Prov . G . Masters arjpeariug to have a dignified contempt of propriety and IaAV . In the case of the death of a Prov . G . Master , the Grand Registrar of England takes ex officio the charge of the province until a new Prov . G . Master is appointed . AVere the same rule in appointments to prevail in Grand Lodge as appears to exist in the

provinces , we might find Bro . , the eminent tinman of Whitechapel , presiding over the Masons of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge . The force of absurdity could ro further go