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The Week.
civilisation , and declared that it only opposed the pretended modern civilisation which persecuted the Church and trampled justice under foot . He stated that he would himself have spontaneously granted all reasonable concessions , and would have gladly abided by the counsels of the Catholic Sovereigns , but that he could not receive the advice or submit to the unjust- demands of an usurping power . The Sardinian Chamber of Deputies having passed the law declaring Alctor Emmanuel " King of Italy , " tlie official
announcement of the fact has been made in the Government organ of Turin . The receipt of the news of the election of A ictor Emmanuel as King of Italy added greatly to the excited state of the Roman people , andit was only by the display of a great military force that General Goyon was able to prevent a popular manifestation . Disappointed in then ,- object , the following morning the people succeeded in affixing placards in every street , favourable to Alctor Emmanuel , which were greeted with vociferous cheering . According
to the Milan Perseveranza , several A enetian towns have had popular demonstrations on the occasion of the birthday of Victor Emmanuel . In Tuesday ' s sitting of the Sardinian Chamber , Count Cavonr announced that the whole Alinistry had tendered their resignations , and that he had advised the King to form a Ministry which should introduce representatives of the new provinces attached to the kingdom . He further stated that the Council of Lieutenancy at Naples would be deprived of its political powersand
, placed under the control of the Central Government . The great additions to the dominions of Alctor Emmanuel have rendered necessary the formation of a Alinistry which will embrace members from the provinces of Southern Italy , and Count Cavour appears to have felt that no time should be lost in recognising and providing for the necessity . The Moniteur informs us that , notwithstanding General Pergola surrendered Alessina unconditionally King Victor Emmanuel has
consented to grant bun the terms agreed on with the Emperor ' s Government before the fall of the citadel was known . According to the Austrian Gazette , the Emperor of Austria has announced to the Conference of Hungarian magnates , assembled in Vienna , that he will respect the rights of the Hungarian nation , but that he will tolerate no infringement of the privileges of the Crown . The Hungarian Diet is to assemble in the first instance in Buda , and is afterwards to be held in Pesth . The Emperor is to be crowned
King of Hungary in the garrison church of Buda . The Congregation of Finme has refused to send members to the Croatian Diet , and declared that Frame will only belong to Hungary . The manifesto of the Emperor of Russia , proclaiming the emancipation of the serfs , has been published . According to the terms of the proclamation , the proprietors of landed property are to preserve the general rights attached to it , but they are to cede to the peasants , for their permanent use , the dwellings , with the ground
belonging , which will be allotted to them anew by law , in consideration of certain payments to be regulated . During the period of transition , or , in other words , while the peasant is purchasing his freedom , the serf class are to be designated " tributary peasants . " The peasant may , moreover , purchase , with the proprietor ' s consent , his dwelling and the land around it , and thus become himself a free proprietor of the soil . The new order of things is to be carried out within two years throughout the Empire .
It is rumoured that the Emperor of the French intends dissolving the Legislative Body immediately after the voting of the Address and the Budget . It is said , too , that the Emperor is extremely anxious to know what effect the debates have had upon the country . Our Paris correspondent states that the amount required for the French army for the ensuing year is £ 14 , 880 , 000 , showing an increase of £ 1 , 080 , 000 over the estimates of the preceding year . The navy estimates show an increase of £ 66 , 000 .
GESDIEAD HOME NEWS . —The deaths in the metropolis during the week that ended Saturday last were 1226 , which shows a considerable improvement in the public health . In the same period there were registered the births of 1960 children—996 boys , and 964 girls . A mean height of 29 , 686 inches was exhibited by the barometer , and the thermometer gave an average temperature oi 42-4 degrees . There were 49 deaths in the City , against 60 births . Mr . Roebuck ' s constituents have passed a resolutionearnestl
, y requesting the hon . member's presence in Sheffield , that he may furnish them with an explanation of his recent extraordinary speech in defence of Austria . Mr . Francis Train , the tramway projector , has appeared as defendant to a summons at Alarylebone Police-court , taken out by Mr . Beresford Hope , which charged him with breaking up and injuring the surface of the Uxbridge-road . The act complained of has been done for the of forming
purpose a tramway , and it was urged that , when opened , the line would prove obstructive and dangerous to other traffic . Evidence having been heard as to the facts of the case , an adjournment was ordered . The tramway which runs from the Marble Arch , Hyde Park , up the Uxbridge-road , was to be opened yesterday .
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UNITED STATES . —Tlie American mail brings us the inaugural speech of the new President . Air . Lincoln declares that no cause for secession exists , and that nothing will be attempted by his administration that will in any way interfere with the rights of the-Southern states . He deaies that the Union is broken ; in other words , he refuses to recognise the new confederation , expresses his intention of collecting the revenues in every state , no matter what opposition he may encounterand promises to carry the mails
, throughout the South , provided they be not repelled . Mr . Lincoln's tone is calm but exceedingly determined , and his speech will certainly be regarded as a declaration of war by President Davies and the new republic ISDIA AST ) CHINA . —The news received by the Overland Mail from Calcutta is of no political interest . The inhabitants were principally occupied in taking measures for the relief of the sufferers
from the famine . The Europeans had come forward with liberal subscriptions for that purpose , but the wealthy natives were exhibiting great lukewarmness in behalf of their starving countrymen . The journals from China report everything to be quiet at Pekin , and the Chinese as generally satisfied with the treaty , and preparing , with their natural astuteness , to take advantage of all the stipulations favourable to their interests . Our troops , nearly
icebound in their quarters at Tien-tsin , continued healthy , and were amusing themselves in skating , sledging , hawking , and shooting . Air . AVade had gone to Pekin , where a house was being prepared for the residence of Mr . Bruce . The rebels are reported to have been defeated at Elisien and AA 7 en Chan , but in other districts they were causing great misery and destruction of life and property . In Japan the late troubles had been settled , and a peaceful state , of affairs restored . Lord Elgin had proceeded to Alanilla .
NEW ZEALAND . —The natives of New Zealand have experienced a signal defeat . On the 29 th December Alajor General Pratt with 900 men attacked them at Matarikoriko , and defeated them with great loss . The Waikatos had entrenched themselves in a very strong position at Alatarikoriko , where they erected a pah , and dug numerous rifle pits and trenches . General Pratt commenced his operations by throwing up an entrenched camp , which protected his troops against the enemy's fire . Heavy firing was kept on
up both sides , which , however , strange to say , was suspended on the Sunday ( the 30 th of December ) , the natives hoisting a white flag , and exhibiting no disposition to fight . On tho following clay , the General having obtained information that the JIaories were leaving the rifle-pits , and retiring from the pab , he at once ordered his troops to occupy them . The enemy had retired into the bush , where General Pratt , of course , could not follow him . The casualties on our side were small .
AUSTBALIA . —There has been nearly another political crisis at Melbourne . The new Ministry met Parliament on the 3 rd of January , and shortly found themselves in a minority in the house on their budget , which contained a proposition for the levying additional taxation in the shape of stamp duties , additional customs duties , and wharfage rates . The Ministerial scheme was so unfavourably received , that after a protracted discussion it was withdrawn , on the understanding that the expenditure of the country must beconfined within the limits of the ordinary income .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
JUSTUS . —AVe have no recollection of tho circiuustances to which you allude . Certainly we had nothing to do with it . R . S . —Does R . S . seriously believe that ive know every Alason in the United Kingdom , or is he endeavouring to play upon our vanity ? IO 50 KA ? . ius will remain so as far as we are concerned . X . T . —The installation of the Grand Commander of Knights lar will take
Temp place in Alay . We are not aware who is likely to be appointed his Deputy , but we have heard Fra . Albert Royds ' . JUSTUS . —AVe have no influence in obtaining Grand Office . Apply to the Grand Alaster , and he is sure to treat your application as it deserves , J- W . —AVe have repeatedly answered that the J , AA . has no such right .
MusicuS may call upon Bro . Spencer , in Great Queen-street . S . S . —We have not heard for some time anything about the proposed Alasonic Hall for the South of London . A YouM AIASON- .- —The Boys' School is in Lordship-lane , Tottenham . J . N . is thanked ; but the subject he proposes will not suit our pages . Try the Welcome Guest . CIERICUS . —The subject shall receive due attention .
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The Week.
civilisation , and declared that it only opposed the pretended modern civilisation which persecuted the Church and trampled justice under foot . He stated that he would himself have spontaneously granted all reasonable concessions , and would have gladly abided by the counsels of the Catholic Sovereigns , but that he could not receive the advice or submit to the unjust- demands of an usurping power . The Sardinian Chamber of Deputies having passed the law declaring Alctor Emmanuel " King of Italy , " tlie official
announcement of the fact has been made in the Government organ of Turin . The receipt of the news of the election of A ictor Emmanuel as King of Italy added greatly to the excited state of the Roman people , andit was only by the display of a great military force that General Goyon was able to prevent a popular manifestation . Disappointed in then ,- object , the following morning the people succeeded in affixing placards in every street , favourable to Alctor Emmanuel , which were greeted with vociferous cheering . According
to the Milan Perseveranza , several A enetian towns have had popular demonstrations on the occasion of the birthday of Victor Emmanuel . In Tuesday ' s sitting of the Sardinian Chamber , Count Cavonr announced that the whole Alinistry had tendered their resignations , and that he had advised the King to form a Ministry which should introduce representatives of the new provinces attached to the kingdom . He further stated that the Council of Lieutenancy at Naples would be deprived of its political powersand
, placed under the control of the Central Government . The great additions to the dominions of Alctor Emmanuel have rendered necessary the formation of a Alinistry which will embrace members from the provinces of Southern Italy , and Count Cavour appears to have felt that no time should be lost in recognising and providing for the necessity . The Moniteur informs us that , notwithstanding General Pergola surrendered Alessina unconditionally King Victor Emmanuel has
consented to grant bun the terms agreed on with the Emperor ' s Government before the fall of the citadel was known . According to the Austrian Gazette , the Emperor of Austria has announced to the Conference of Hungarian magnates , assembled in Vienna , that he will respect the rights of the Hungarian nation , but that he will tolerate no infringement of the privileges of the Crown . The Hungarian Diet is to assemble in the first instance in Buda , and is afterwards to be held in Pesth . The Emperor is to be crowned
King of Hungary in the garrison church of Buda . The Congregation of Finme has refused to send members to the Croatian Diet , and declared that Frame will only belong to Hungary . The manifesto of the Emperor of Russia , proclaiming the emancipation of the serfs , has been published . According to the terms of the proclamation , the proprietors of landed property are to preserve the general rights attached to it , but they are to cede to the peasants , for their permanent use , the dwellings , with the ground
belonging , which will be allotted to them anew by law , in consideration of certain payments to be regulated . During the period of transition , or , in other words , while the peasant is purchasing his freedom , the serf class are to be designated " tributary peasants . " The peasant may , moreover , purchase , with the proprietor ' s consent , his dwelling and the land around it , and thus become himself a free proprietor of the soil . The new order of things is to be carried out within two years throughout the Empire .
It is rumoured that the Emperor of the French intends dissolving the Legislative Body immediately after the voting of the Address and the Budget . It is said , too , that the Emperor is extremely anxious to know what effect the debates have had upon the country . Our Paris correspondent states that the amount required for the French army for the ensuing year is £ 14 , 880 , 000 , showing an increase of £ 1 , 080 , 000 over the estimates of the preceding year . The navy estimates show an increase of £ 66 , 000 .
GESDIEAD HOME NEWS . —The deaths in the metropolis during the week that ended Saturday last were 1226 , which shows a considerable improvement in the public health . In the same period there were registered the births of 1960 children—996 boys , and 964 girls . A mean height of 29 , 686 inches was exhibited by the barometer , and the thermometer gave an average temperature oi 42-4 degrees . There were 49 deaths in the City , against 60 births . Mr . Roebuck ' s constituents have passed a resolutionearnestl
, y requesting the hon . member's presence in Sheffield , that he may furnish them with an explanation of his recent extraordinary speech in defence of Austria . Mr . Francis Train , the tramway projector , has appeared as defendant to a summons at Alarylebone Police-court , taken out by Mr . Beresford Hope , which charged him with breaking up and injuring the surface of the Uxbridge-road . The act complained of has been done for the of forming
purpose a tramway , and it was urged that , when opened , the line would prove obstructive and dangerous to other traffic . Evidence having been heard as to the facts of the case , an adjournment was ordered . The tramway which runs from the Marble Arch , Hyde Park , up the Uxbridge-road , was to be opened yesterday .
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UNITED STATES . —Tlie American mail brings us the inaugural speech of the new President . Air . Lincoln declares that no cause for secession exists , and that nothing will be attempted by his administration that will in any way interfere with the rights of the-Southern states . He deaies that the Union is broken ; in other words , he refuses to recognise the new confederation , expresses his intention of collecting the revenues in every state , no matter what opposition he may encounterand promises to carry the mails
, throughout the South , provided they be not repelled . Mr . Lincoln's tone is calm but exceedingly determined , and his speech will certainly be regarded as a declaration of war by President Davies and the new republic ISDIA AST ) CHINA . —The news received by the Overland Mail from Calcutta is of no political interest . The inhabitants were principally occupied in taking measures for the relief of the sufferers
from the famine . The Europeans had come forward with liberal subscriptions for that purpose , but the wealthy natives were exhibiting great lukewarmness in behalf of their starving countrymen . The journals from China report everything to be quiet at Pekin , and the Chinese as generally satisfied with the treaty , and preparing , with their natural astuteness , to take advantage of all the stipulations favourable to their interests . Our troops , nearly
icebound in their quarters at Tien-tsin , continued healthy , and were amusing themselves in skating , sledging , hawking , and shooting . Air . AVade had gone to Pekin , where a house was being prepared for the residence of Mr . Bruce . The rebels are reported to have been defeated at Elisien and AA 7 en Chan , but in other districts they were causing great misery and destruction of life and property . In Japan the late troubles had been settled , and a peaceful state , of affairs restored . Lord Elgin had proceeded to Alanilla .
NEW ZEALAND . —The natives of New Zealand have experienced a signal defeat . On the 29 th December Alajor General Pratt with 900 men attacked them at Matarikoriko , and defeated them with great loss . The Waikatos had entrenched themselves in a very strong position at Alatarikoriko , where they erected a pah , and dug numerous rifle pits and trenches . General Pratt commenced his operations by throwing up an entrenched camp , which protected his troops against the enemy's fire . Heavy firing was kept on
up both sides , which , however , strange to say , was suspended on the Sunday ( the 30 th of December ) , the natives hoisting a white flag , and exhibiting no disposition to fight . On tho following clay , the General having obtained information that the JIaories were leaving the rifle-pits , and retiring from the pab , he at once ordered his troops to occupy them . The enemy had retired into the bush , where General Pratt , of course , could not follow him . The casualties on our side were small .
AUSTBALIA . —There has been nearly another political crisis at Melbourne . The new Ministry met Parliament on the 3 rd of January , and shortly found themselves in a minority in the house on their budget , which contained a proposition for the levying additional taxation in the shape of stamp duties , additional customs duties , and wharfage rates . The Ministerial scheme was so unfavourably received , that after a protracted discussion it was withdrawn , on the understanding that the expenditure of the country must beconfined within the limits of the ordinary income .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
JUSTUS . —AVe have no recollection of tho circiuustances to which you allude . Certainly we had nothing to do with it . R . S . —Does R . S . seriously believe that ive know every Alason in the United Kingdom , or is he endeavouring to play upon our vanity ? IO 50 KA ? . ius will remain so as far as we are concerned . X . T . —The installation of the Grand Commander of Knights lar will take
Temp place in Alay . We are not aware who is likely to be appointed his Deputy , but we have heard Fra . Albert Royds ' . JUSTUS . —AVe have no influence in obtaining Grand Office . Apply to the Grand Alaster , and he is sure to treat your application as it deserves , J- W . —AVe have repeatedly answered that the J , AA . has no such right .
MusicuS may call upon Bro . Spencer , in Great Queen-street . S . S . —We have not heard for some time anything about the proposed Alasonic Hall for the South of London . A YouM AIASON- .- —The Boys' School is in Lordship-lane , Tottenham . J . N . is thanked ; but the subject he proposes will not suit our pages . Try the Welcome Guest . CIERICUS . —The subject shall receive due attention .