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The Week.
withholding all opposition to the Metropolis Gas Regulation Bill until it arrives in committee , all disputed points to be argued and settled when before that tribunal . It is of the greatest importance to tho interest of the gas consumers that this course should be persevered in . Sir John Shelley will introduce the bill early in the ensuing week . The ship , Great Tasmanian , has just arrived at Liverpool from India with a large number ofthe disbanded troops ; but a frightful amount of mortality took place during the voyageno fewer than sixty of the
, soldiers having died from scurvy and dysentery—diseases which were induced by insufficient food and accommodation . A large number of tho survivors have been transferred to the workhouse , and upwards of a hundred to the hospital , where nine have since diecl . There were as fine young men as any in the army when they wore despatched from . "fudia in this floating coffin . An inquest on the unhappy victims is proceeding at Liverpool . It was also a subject of inquiry in '
the House of Commons on Tuesday night , and Sir C . AVood statedthat a searching inquiry ivould be instituted by the Indian authorities . Another of those extraordinary meetings , in connection with the important question of prostitution was held on Tuesday at tho Lecturehall , Newington-causcway , and the circumstances attending the proceedings were oven of a more peculiar character than those which have taken p lace at the "West-end ; it was thought desirable to call this meeting for clock fixed
an early hour . Ten o ' was upon , ancl a large number attended . Two long rows of tables were ranged down the hall , and these were bountifully supplied with different sorts of food and drink , which were , indeed , a boon to the wretched starving street walkers ivho were present . The Key . Hugh Allen . M . A . ( the newly appointed rector of the parish of St . George-the-Martyr ) presided , and about thirty move clergymen and others were present . They got together about a hundred miserable women , the lowest and most destitute of the class ; of these
twenty wore received into a reformatory—induced , no doubt , by the prospect of a warm lodging and food to eat . Among these poor starving outcasts it will be always easy to reclaim many when a good meal and shelter is offered ; but the fine ladies of Regent-street and Piccadilly , who do not feel the pressure of starvation , are not likely to be attracted by the prospect of becoming washerwomen and servants of all work . The Eev . Mr . Allen , in the course of the evening , piously remarked that if in his power he ivould punish the seducer more severely than a murderer .
FOHEIGN NEWS . —In Pans a rumour spread on Monday , of a demand made by the Pope for the withdrawal of the French troops from Rome , and oven of the conimeucemcut of the march of a part of tho Neapolitan forces destined to replace them . A telegram has since been received from Home , denying the truth of this report . Another version is to the effect that the French Government itself is making preparations for liaving the garrison of Rome removed to France by degrees , intending to leave Sardinia and Naples to fight out between them who is to occupy
Kome . The acquittal of the Bishop of Orleans on the charge of libel preferred against him by the editor of thc Steele , has proved , wo are glad to see , that the French tribunals aro not always to bo intimidated by political influences . The gunboats of new construction , which were to leave Toulon to join the Chinese expedition , have been ordered to remain ,, and it is believed that this has been resolved upon on account of their impracticability , which has at last been found out . Some transport ships destined for Algeria have likewise been retained . The
measures in preparation of the formation of a camp at Chalons—a step indicating a feeling of uneasiness in the French Government on the side of the north-eastern frontier of Franco—are going on noiselessly , but very actively . The protest of Switzerland against the projected annexation of Savoy to France is now before the public . It ends with an appeal to the powers of Europe , to which the Imperial Government has itself declared that it would submit this question . The demonstration made by thc municipal council of Nice against the annexation to France , is confirmed . The wish of the people of Nice is ,
like that of the Savoyards , that if they are not to remain under the King of Sardinia ' s rule , Europe may permit them to establish themselves as an independent state . The official act of the annexation of the ifimilian provinces to Sardinia took place on Sunday at Turin , when Signor Farini handed over to the king , in public audience , the legal document , containing the returns of the votes by universal suffrage of the people of the . / Emilia ; and the king , in receiving it , delivered a speech to the effect that ho henceforward ivould feel proud to call the
people of the iEmilia his people . The king reserved the assent of his parliament to the step taken by . him , but this did not prevent the decree of annexation being published at once in the Official Gazette . It is expected that the annexation of Tuscany will follow in a few days . The city of Turin was illuminated on Sunday evening , and so was Florence , where , on that day , the publication of thc result of tho vote had been celebrated by a . solemn religious ceremony , tho Archbishop himself intoning the Te Deum . A note from the Government of Tuscany ,
addressed to Europe , explains the reasons why the vote by universal suffrage , rendered annexation to Piedmont a necessity .- The Emperor of Austria , considering the annexation of Central Italy to Piedmont as a flagrant - violation of the treaty of Zurich , has resolved to adjourn the renewal of official relations with the Court of Turin . On Friday a most decided manifestation in favour of the Pope took placo at the Vatican . - 'From Naples , where our squadron has arrived , to back , it is said , demands of reform once more put upon the King of Naples by our own government , in coiiiniiction with that of France , the latest news
The Week.
is , _ that six Neapolitans have been sent into exile , that the Court of Vienna and the ambassadors of England ancl France have exhorted the king not to have recourse to such measures , that an Austrian General , on a special mission had arrived . Fermentation seems now particularly to prevail in the northern provinces , bordering on the Papal States , which , in former times , were considered as more loyal . A demonstration in favour of Victor Emmanuel ' s reign all over Italy was suppressed by the police at Atriin Naplesfrom whence tho eightindividuals
, , y who took part in it made their escape into tho Papal States , and probably into the Romagua . The Madrid Corrcspmulancia Autograft contains the following : — "As the Moors will only consent to pecuniary sacrifices as the conditions of peace , war must be continued . " On Monday there was a full council of ministers . It is asserted that Generals Prim , Rios , and Labola have been raised to the dignity of grandees of Spain of the first class . Captain Lionel Lambert , of her Majesty ' s
ship Vixen , was barbarously murdered on the 9 th of February , at Lima . The unfortunate gentleman left his hotel at three o ' clock in the afternoon to take a bath . His friends were waiting for him to dine , but he never returned . His body was afterwards found , and a despatch , addressed to Captain Millar , was still on his person , but his ring and . watch were stolen . The back of his head was fractured , and his forehead fearfully cut . His wrists bore signs of a terrible struggle with his murderers . The death of tho Shah of Persia is mentionedbut
, the rumour , for it is nothing more , seems to require confirmation . By thc steamer Bdiiilurgh , which arrived at Queenstoivn on AVedncsday , wo have later news from the United States . The Indians aro reported to' be making frightful ravages in Texas . The commercial intelligence from New York is to the 9 th inst . The markets were brisk and advancing . The Emperor Napoleon has made a speech to a Savoy deputation on the question of the annexation of that province , The annexation is settled on princile—if the Emperor ' s word be
corp rectly reported ; the consent of Piedmont and the populations has been obtained ; and if the people of Savoy hacl not been opposed to any dismemberment , by the union cf the neutralised districts to Switzerland , France would have been willing to assent to that union . He is said to have added that the concurrence of ihe greater part of the Powers to this annexation is probable .
IXDIA ; AUB COLONIES . —The latest telegrams from Bombay inform us that the loans aro all closed . Au income tax of two and four per cent ., and a state paper currency is announced . Important alterations are to be made in the tariff . Tho income tax will be two per cent , on incomes of twenty to fifty pounds , and above that four per cent . No class will bo exempt . The licence bill has been modified , and the scale reduced to one rupee , four rupees , and ten rupees . Twenty per cent , duties are to be lowered to ten per cent . An invasion of Kokees has taken
place in Tipporah ; 1 , 000 persons were murdered . A report is current of treason at Indoor , the capital of Holkar . A large ancl valuable portion of the city of Barbadoes has been laid iu ruins . A clestuctive fire passed over it on the morning of tho 1 . 4 th ult ., sweeping away the principal business establishments , aucl in many instances entire districts . The cathedral was much injured from the explosions around . The fire was said to be the work of an incendiary . The loss of property is estimated at upwards of half a million sterling . Only £ 30 , 000 is said to be insured .
COMMERCIAL ; AXD PUBLIC COMPANIES . —The traffic returns of the railways in the United Kingdom for the week amounted to £ -150 , 480 , ancl for tho corresponding iveek of 1859 to £ 1-18 , 220 , showing an increase of £ 38 , 2 ( 10 . The gross receipts of the eight railways having their termini in the metropolis amounted to £ 189 , 118 , aud for the corresponding week of last year to £ 178 , 401 , showing au increase of £ 10 , 05 " . The receipts on tho other lines in the United Kingdom amounted to £ 2 < i 73 l' 2 and for the corresponding week of last year to £ 239750
,, . ,, showing an increase of £ 27 , 003 ; which , added to the increase on the metropolitan lines , makes the total increase £ 38 , 260 , as compared , ivil . h the corresponding week of last year . The first ordinary meeting of the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company was held this week . The report stated that the Government had granted an uncnndition . il guarantee of il , per cent , for fifty years on the capital of £ 800 , 000 , to be extended to £ 1 , 000 , 000 if necessary . Thc guarantee of the Government involved an annual payment of £ 36 . 000 .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
t : C . C "—It is not necessary for a brother to be au installed Master prior to filling the chair in a Lodge of Instruction . The great use of such a Lodge is to familiarize brethren with the Lodge duties prior to their being called upon to fill offices in a regular Lodge . One part of the installation , can , of course , only be performed by an installed Master .
' ¦ 'BAII-HTT . - . " — -Many thanks to Bro , 0 . Bar for his kind offer , which we willingly accept . " A-iiEmoAN r . Inrsn FUEE . IIASONRV . "—AVe have received a communication on this subject from "Builder . " He is not , perhaps , aware of our rule requiring ( in confidence ) the real name and address of every correspondent before wc insert a communication .
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The Week.
withholding all opposition to the Metropolis Gas Regulation Bill until it arrives in committee , all disputed points to be argued and settled when before that tribunal . It is of the greatest importance to tho interest of the gas consumers that this course should be persevered in . Sir John Shelley will introduce the bill early in the ensuing week . The ship , Great Tasmanian , has just arrived at Liverpool from India with a large number ofthe disbanded troops ; but a frightful amount of mortality took place during the voyageno fewer than sixty of the
, soldiers having died from scurvy and dysentery—diseases which were induced by insufficient food and accommodation . A large number of tho survivors have been transferred to the workhouse , and upwards of a hundred to the hospital , where nine have since diecl . There were as fine young men as any in the army when they wore despatched from . "fudia in this floating coffin . An inquest on the unhappy victims is proceeding at Liverpool . It was also a subject of inquiry in '
the House of Commons on Tuesday night , and Sir C . AVood statedthat a searching inquiry ivould be instituted by the Indian authorities . Another of those extraordinary meetings , in connection with the important question of prostitution was held on Tuesday at tho Lecturehall , Newington-causcway , and the circumstances attending the proceedings were oven of a more peculiar character than those which have taken p lace at the "West-end ; it was thought desirable to call this meeting for clock fixed
an early hour . Ten o ' was upon , ancl a large number attended . Two long rows of tables were ranged down the hall , and these were bountifully supplied with different sorts of food and drink , which were , indeed , a boon to the wretched starving street walkers ivho were present . The Key . Hugh Allen . M . A . ( the newly appointed rector of the parish of St . George-the-Martyr ) presided , and about thirty move clergymen and others were present . They got together about a hundred miserable women , the lowest and most destitute of the class ; of these
twenty wore received into a reformatory—induced , no doubt , by the prospect of a warm lodging and food to eat . Among these poor starving outcasts it will be always easy to reclaim many when a good meal and shelter is offered ; but the fine ladies of Regent-street and Piccadilly , who do not feel the pressure of starvation , are not likely to be attracted by the prospect of becoming washerwomen and servants of all work . The Eev . Mr . Allen , in the course of the evening , piously remarked that if in his power he ivould punish the seducer more severely than a murderer .
FOHEIGN NEWS . —In Pans a rumour spread on Monday , of a demand made by the Pope for the withdrawal of the French troops from Rome , and oven of the conimeucemcut of the march of a part of tho Neapolitan forces destined to replace them . A telegram has since been received from Home , denying the truth of this report . Another version is to the effect that the French Government itself is making preparations for liaving the garrison of Rome removed to France by degrees , intending to leave Sardinia and Naples to fight out between them who is to occupy
Kome . The acquittal of the Bishop of Orleans on the charge of libel preferred against him by the editor of thc Steele , has proved , wo are glad to see , that the French tribunals aro not always to bo intimidated by political influences . The gunboats of new construction , which were to leave Toulon to join the Chinese expedition , have been ordered to remain ,, and it is believed that this has been resolved upon on account of their impracticability , which has at last been found out . Some transport ships destined for Algeria have likewise been retained . The
measures in preparation of the formation of a camp at Chalons—a step indicating a feeling of uneasiness in the French Government on the side of the north-eastern frontier of Franco—are going on noiselessly , but very actively . The protest of Switzerland against the projected annexation of Savoy to France is now before the public . It ends with an appeal to the powers of Europe , to which the Imperial Government has itself declared that it would submit this question . The demonstration made by thc municipal council of Nice against the annexation to France , is confirmed . The wish of the people of Nice is ,
like that of the Savoyards , that if they are not to remain under the King of Sardinia ' s rule , Europe may permit them to establish themselves as an independent state . The official act of the annexation of the ifimilian provinces to Sardinia took place on Sunday at Turin , when Signor Farini handed over to the king , in public audience , the legal document , containing the returns of the votes by universal suffrage of the people of the . / Emilia ; and the king , in receiving it , delivered a speech to the effect that ho henceforward ivould feel proud to call the
people of the iEmilia his people . The king reserved the assent of his parliament to the step taken by . him , but this did not prevent the decree of annexation being published at once in the Official Gazette . It is expected that the annexation of Tuscany will follow in a few days . The city of Turin was illuminated on Sunday evening , and so was Florence , where , on that day , the publication of thc result of tho vote had been celebrated by a . solemn religious ceremony , tho Archbishop himself intoning the Te Deum . A note from the Government of Tuscany ,
addressed to Europe , explains the reasons why the vote by universal suffrage , rendered annexation to Piedmont a necessity .- The Emperor of Austria , considering the annexation of Central Italy to Piedmont as a flagrant - violation of the treaty of Zurich , has resolved to adjourn the renewal of official relations with the Court of Turin . On Friday a most decided manifestation in favour of the Pope took placo at the Vatican . - 'From Naples , where our squadron has arrived , to back , it is said , demands of reform once more put upon the King of Naples by our own government , in coiiiniiction with that of France , the latest news
The Week.
is , _ that six Neapolitans have been sent into exile , that the Court of Vienna and the ambassadors of England ancl France have exhorted the king not to have recourse to such measures , that an Austrian General , on a special mission had arrived . Fermentation seems now particularly to prevail in the northern provinces , bordering on the Papal States , which , in former times , were considered as more loyal . A demonstration in favour of Victor Emmanuel ' s reign all over Italy was suppressed by the police at Atriin Naplesfrom whence tho eightindividuals
, , y who took part in it made their escape into tho Papal States , and probably into the Romagua . The Madrid Corrcspmulancia Autograft contains the following : — "As the Moors will only consent to pecuniary sacrifices as the conditions of peace , war must be continued . " On Monday there was a full council of ministers . It is asserted that Generals Prim , Rios , and Labola have been raised to the dignity of grandees of Spain of the first class . Captain Lionel Lambert , of her Majesty ' s
ship Vixen , was barbarously murdered on the 9 th of February , at Lima . The unfortunate gentleman left his hotel at three o ' clock in the afternoon to take a bath . His friends were waiting for him to dine , but he never returned . His body was afterwards found , and a despatch , addressed to Captain Millar , was still on his person , but his ring and . watch were stolen . The back of his head was fractured , and his forehead fearfully cut . His wrists bore signs of a terrible struggle with his murderers . The death of tho Shah of Persia is mentionedbut
, the rumour , for it is nothing more , seems to require confirmation . By thc steamer Bdiiilurgh , which arrived at Queenstoivn on AVedncsday , wo have later news from the United States . The Indians aro reported to' be making frightful ravages in Texas . The commercial intelligence from New York is to the 9 th inst . The markets were brisk and advancing . The Emperor Napoleon has made a speech to a Savoy deputation on the question of the annexation of that province , The annexation is settled on princile—if the Emperor ' s word be
corp rectly reported ; the consent of Piedmont and the populations has been obtained ; and if the people of Savoy hacl not been opposed to any dismemberment , by the union cf the neutralised districts to Switzerland , France would have been willing to assent to that union . He is said to have added that the concurrence of ihe greater part of the Powers to this annexation is probable .
IXDIA ; AUB COLONIES . —The latest telegrams from Bombay inform us that the loans aro all closed . Au income tax of two and four per cent ., and a state paper currency is announced . Important alterations are to be made in the tariff . Tho income tax will be two per cent , on incomes of twenty to fifty pounds , and above that four per cent . No class will bo exempt . The licence bill has been modified , and the scale reduced to one rupee , four rupees , and ten rupees . Twenty per cent , duties are to be lowered to ten per cent . An invasion of Kokees has taken
place in Tipporah ; 1 , 000 persons were murdered . A report is current of treason at Indoor , the capital of Holkar . A large ancl valuable portion of the city of Barbadoes has been laid iu ruins . A clestuctive fire passed over it on the morning of tho 1 . 4 th ult ., sweeping away the principal business establishments , aucl in many instances entire districts . The cathedral was much injured from the explosions around . The fire was said to be the work of an incendiary . The loss of property is estimated at upwards of half a million sterling . Only £ 30 , 000 is said to be insured .
COMMERCIAL ; AXD PUBLIC COMPANIES . —The traffic returns of the railways in the United Kingdom for the week amounted to £ -150 , 480 , ancl for tho corresponding iveek of 1859 to £ 1-18 , 220 , showing an increase of £ 38 , 2 ( 10 . The gross receipts of the eight railways having their termini in the metropolis amounted to £ 189 , 118 , aud for the corresponding week of last year to £ 178 , 401 , showing au increase of £ 10 , 05 " . The receipts on tho other lines in the United Kingdom amounted to £ 2 < i 73 l' 2 and for the corresponding week of last year to £ 239750
,, . ,, showing an increase of £ 27 , 003 ; which , added to the increase on the metropolitan lines , makes the total increase £ 38 , 260 , as compared , ivil . h the corresponding week of last year . The first ordinary meeting of the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company was held this week . The report stated that the Government had granted an uncnndition . il guarantee of il , per cent , for fifty years on the capital of £ 800 , 000 , to be extended to £ 1 , 000 , 000 if necessary . Thc guarantee of the Government involved an annual payment of £ 36 . 000 .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
t : C . C "—It is not necessary for a brother to be au installed Master prior to filling the chair in a Lodge of Instruction . The great use of such a Lodge is to familiarize brethren with the Lodge duties prior to their being called upon to fill offices in a regular Lodge . One part of the installation , can , of course , only be performed by an installed Master .
' ¦ 'BAII-HTT . - . " — -Many thanks to Bro , 0 . Bar for his kind offer , which we willingly accept . " A-iiEmoAN r . Inrsn FUEE . IIASONRV . "—AVe have received a communication on this subject from "Builder . " He is not , perhaps , aware of our rule requiring ( in confidence ) the real name and address of every correspondent before wc insert a communication .