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The Week.

has been seen of him since , and the poor woman is too much injured to give any very clear account of him . Some month ago the body of a child was picked up near Dolgelly . It was wrapped in a copy of the Manchester Examiner and Times , upon which was written the name of Mr . Griffin , a draper , of Stafford . ¦ Inquiries were made , and there were good reasons for believing that Thirza Tunstall , Mr . Griffin ' s

liousekeepeer , had given birth to the child . She and Griffin were committed for trial , and the case came on at the Merionethshire assizes at Bala , on Saturday , the 17 th insfc . The woman Tunstall was admitted to give evidence , and stated that the child was born dead , that Griffin was the father of it , that he had taken it away , and that he told her he had thrown

ifc out of the window of a railway carriage near Dolgelly . Griffin was found guilty , and sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment-The nomination of candidates for Tewkesbury took place on the 12 th insfc . Mr . Martin ( Liberal ) , and Mr . Lechmere ( Conservative ) , were proposed . The show of hands was in favour of Mr . Martin . A poll was demanded for Mr . Lechmere , who

proved successful by a majority of three votes . A supplement to tbe Gazette , issued on the 19 th , contains an Order in Council enforcing the cleansing and disinfecting of _ afcfcle trucks by railway companies . At the Middlesex Sessions , William Osborne Burden , a telegraphing clerk , pleaded guilty to defrauding the Government departments and his employers . He

was tbe clerk employed to do the foreign telegraphing of the Government , and he had made great overcharges for messages . He was sentenced to nine months' improvement with hard labour . An inquest was held touching the death of a ivoman named Connor , who , after having eaten a single mussel , became violently unwell , and shortly thereafter died . The medical evidence did not clearly state that the woman was poisoned

by the shell-fish ; and the jury returned a verdict that deceased died in a fit after having eaten a mussel . The election committees got to work on the 20 th inst ., and began inquiries into the petitions respecting Boston , Bridgnorth , Nottingham , Totness , and Yarmouth . In the Nottingham case there are cross petitions . That of Mr . Paget against Sir R

Clifton was proceeded with . The opening statement of counsel was to the effect that the most lawless violence and intimidation had been used to ensure the return of Sir R . Clifton . The Boston case is resolved into a scrutiny . Mr . Parry had a majority of twelve votes over Mr . Staniland ; of these eleven were struck off before the committee adjourned . Tuesday ,

the 20 th insfc ., was generally observed as a day of humiliation and prayer in the diocese of London . Dean Stanley was the preacher at the Abbey in the morning . He deduced from the cattle plague many practical lessons both of resignation and charity ; and illustrated his idea that great calamities were often the means of accomplishing great ultimate good , by

referring- to the great fire of London . In the afternoon the Lord Mayor and Corporation went to St . Paul ' s , where the Bishop of London preached . There were services in all the London churches . The Prince of Wales has consented to be present at the Easter Monday review at Brighton . In the Divorce Court Mr . Justice Wilde gave judgment in

the case of Hyde v . Hyde and Woodmansee . The petitioner prayed for a dissolution of his marriage with the respondent . The marriage had taken place at Utah according to the Mormon rite , and the question really at issue was whether a Mormon marriage was valid in this country . Justice Wilde held that it was not , and dismissed the petition . A poor old woman , who has been an inmate of Lambeth Workhouse for several years , and who has been permitted to officiate as nurse , had saved up

The Week.

during that time seventeen shillings given to her in small dona tions . Finding ifc almost impossible to conceal this accumulating treasure , she requested a friend to pawn it for her , which was done . Another inmate , however , having caught sight of the duplicate , went to the pawnbroker , and having gone through the usual ceremony of swearing she was the owner of the property for which the duplicate was missing , received the old woman's

savings , less the interest due to the pawnbroker . The latter applied at the Lambeth Police-court for a warrant against the thief , which was granted . At the Surrey Sessions a woman named Payne was found guilty of having conveyed into Horsemonger-lane Goal a crowbar for the purpose of facilitating the escape of a prisoner under sentence of penal servitude .

The magistrate granted a case for the Court of Criminal Appeal , it having been maintained that a crow bar was not mentioned in the Act , and sentence was deferred . At the Middlesex Sessions , a man named Butcher was charged , along with some boys , with having stolen six oil-calces from a barge in the river Lea . Ifc was shown that Butcher had incited

the boys to the theft , and had afterwards received the stolen property . The boys were set at liberty , but Butcher was sentenced to imprisonment wifch hard labour for two years . —<—One of the election petitions has been decided . Mr . Staniland has succeeded in striking off as many votes given to Mr . Parry at Boston as reduced the latter ' s number below that of tbe

former . The committee have therefore decided that Mr . Parry was nob duly elected , and that Mr . Staniland was . The Nottingham case is only yet at the opening . The committee resolved , on the 21 st insfc ., that agency must be first proved by the petitioner , Mr . Paget , and the sitting was adjourned until the 23 rd . The inquiry seems likely to last over the whole of the Easter recess . The Bridgnorth case appears to be closing . It

has very little of interest . Totnes and Yarmouth are coming ; out very badly . Ifc is evident that whoever found the money , large sums were paid at both places for votes . Those who speak of the apathy of tbe country in respect to the Reform Bill are likely soon to have another tale to tell . Already three expressions of opinion have been given—Leicester ,

Manchester , and Norwich have all declared for the bill . They do not think ifc Jail they could wish , but declare ifc to be the duty of every honest Liberal to support the measure as being a substantial instalment of what is due . The Chancellor of the Exchequer has been written to by Messrs . Harrison , timber merchants , of Hull , in reference to the duties on wood , and

that pending the decision of the House the duty will be remitted from the 1 st of April , on the merchants undertaking to pay the duty should Parliament subsequently require ifc . AVe regret to announce the death , after four days' illness , of Mr . Frederick David Goldsmid , M . P . The honourable gentlemen was a Liberal , and was first returned to Parliament afc the last general election .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

* a * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbuvy-streefc , Strand , London , AV . C . J . McG . ( U . S . )—Remittance received with thanks . We wil l write to you upon other points . J . L . ( Otago ) . —We are obliged by your communication and enclosure , the latter we have used . We are pleased to learu the Craft is flourishing in your remote portion of the globe . 2 . The yearly subscription for tho FHEEJIASON'S MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIKEOB , is 2 Gs ., paid in advance , postage free , * --o Otago , but if not paid in advance , the postags rate of Id . on each number will be charged .

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ADDRESS BY BRO. J. P. SCHTUTZ, W.M. OF THE ST. JOHN'S LODGE (No. 919), OF ALEXANDRIA. Article 1
THE POPE AND FREEMASONRY. Article 2
ACCOUNT OF A PANTOMIME ENTITLED "HARLEQUIN FREE-MASON." Article 5
NEW MASONIC HALL AT KOTREE, WESTERN INDIA. Article 7
MASONIC PROCESSIONS. Article 8
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 8
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 8
Untitled Article 9
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 9
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS, Article 9
METROPOLITAN. Article 9
PROVINCIAL. Article 11
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 13
SCOTLAND. Article 14
NEW ZEALAND. Article 14
BRITISH BURMAH. Article 15
TURKEY. Article 16
REVIEWS. Article 17
MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 31ST, 1866. Article 17
THE WEEK. Article 17
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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The Week.

has been seen of him since , and the poor woman is too much injured to give any very clear account of him . Some month ago the body of a child was picked up near Dolgelly . It was wrapped in a copy of the Manchester Examiner and Times , upon which was written the name of Mr . Griffin , a draper , of Stafford . ¦ Inquiries were made , and there were good reasons for believing that Thirza Tunstall , Mr . Griffin ' s

liousekeepeer , had given birth to the child . She and Griffin were committed for trial , and the case came on at the Merionethshire assizes at Bala , on Saturday , the 17 th insfc . The woman Tunstall was admitted to give evidence , and stated that the child was born dead , that Griffin was the father of it , that he had taken it away , and that he told her he had thrown

ifc out of the window of a railway carriage near Dolgelly . Griffin was found guilty , and sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment-The nomination of candidates for Tewkesbury took place on the 12 th insfc . Mr . Martin ( Liberal ) , and Mr . Lechmere ( Conservative ) , were proposed . The show of hands was in favour of Mr . Martin . A poll was demanded for Mr . Lechmere , who

proved successful by a majority of three votes . A supplement to tbe Gazette , issued on the 19 th , contains an Order in Council enforcing the cleansing and disinfecting of _ afcfcle trucks by railway companies . At the Middlesex Sessions , William Osborne Burden , a telegraphing clerk , pleaded guilty to defrauding the Government departments and his employers . He

was tbe clerk employed to do the foreign telegraphing of the Government , and he had made great overcharges for messages . He was sentenced to nine months' improvement with hard labour . An inquest was held touching the death of a ivoman named Connor , who , after having eaten a single mussel , became violently unwell , and shortly thereafter died . The medical evidence did not clearly state that the woman was poisoned

by the shell-fish ; and the jury returned a verdict that deceased died in a fit after having eaten a mussel . The election committees got to work on the 20 th inst ., and began inquiries into the petitions respecting Boston , Bridgnorth , Nottingham , Totness , and Yarmouth . In the Nottingham case there are cross petitions . That of Mr . Paget against Sir R

Clifton was proceeded with . The opening statement of counsel was to the effect that the most lawless violence and intimidation had been used to ensure the return of Sir R . Clifton . The Boston case is resolved into a scrutiny . Mr . Parry had a majority of twelve votes over Mr . Staniland ; of these eleven were struck off before the committee adjourned . Tuesday ,

the 20 th insfc ., was generally observed as a day of humiliation and prayer in the diocese of London . Dean Stanley was the preacher at the Abbey in the morning . He deduced from the cattle plague many practical lessons both of resignation and charity ; and illustrated his idea that great calamities were often the means of accomplishing great ultimate good , by

referring- to the great fire of London . In the afternoon the Lord Mayor and Corporation went to St . Paul ' s , where the Bishop of London preached . There were services in all the London churches . The Prince of Wales has consented to be present at the Easter Monday review at Brighton . In the Divorce Court Mr . Justice Wilde gave judgment in

the case of Hyde v . Hyde and Woodmansee . The petitioner prayed for a dissolution of his marriage with the respondent . The marriage had taken place at Utah according to the Mormon rite , and the question really at issue was whether a Mormon marriage was valid in this country . Justice Wilde held that it was not , and dismissed the petition . A poor old woman , who has been an inmate of Lambeth Workhouse for several years , and who has been permitted to officiate as nurse , had saved up

The Week.

during that time seventeen shillings given to her in small dona tions . Finding ifc almost impossible to conceal this accumulating treasure , she requested a friend to pawn it for her , which was done . Another inmate , however , having caught sight of the duplicate , went to the pawnbroker , and having gone through the usual ceremony of swearing she was the owner of the property for which the duplicate was missing , received the old woman's

savings , less the interest due to the pawnbroker . The latter applied at the Lambeth Police-court for a warrant against the thief , which was granted . At the Surrey Sessions a woman named Payne was found guilty of having conveyed into Horsemonger-lane Goal a crowbar for the purpose of facilitating the escape of a prisoner under sentence of penal servitude .

The magistrate granted a case for the Court of Criminal Appeal , it having been maintained that a crow bar was not mentioned in the Act , and sentence was deferred . At the Middlesex Sessions , a man named Butcher was charged , along with some boys , with having stolen six oil-calces from a barge in the river Lea . Ifc was shown that Butcher had incited

the boys to the theft , and had afterwards received the stolen property . The boys were set at liberty , but Butcher was sentenced to imprisonment wifch hard labour for two years . —<—One of the election petitions has been decided . Mr . Staniland has succeeded in striking off as many votes given to Mr . Parry at Boston as reduced the latter ' s number below that of tbe

former . The committee have therefore decided that Mr . Parry was nob duly elected , and that Mr . Staniland was . The Nottingham case is only yet at the opening . The committee resolved , on the 21 st insfc ., that agency must be first proved by the petitioner , Mr . Paget , and the sitting was adjourned until the 23 rd . The inquiry seems likely to last over the whole of the Easter recess . The Bridgnorth case appears to be closing . It

has very little of interest . Totnes and Yarmouth are coming ; out very badly . Ifc is evident that whoever found the money , large sums were paid at both places for votes . Those who speak of the apathy of tbe country in respect to the Reform Bill are likely soon to have another tale to tell . Already three expressions of opinion have been given—Leicester ,

Manchester , and Norwich have all declared for the bill . They do not think ifc Jail they could wish , but declare ifc to be the duty of every honest Liberal to support the measure as being a substantial instalment of what is due . The Chancellor of the Exchequer has been written to by Messrs . Harrison , timber merchants , of Hull , in reference to the duties on wood , and

that pending the decision of the House the duty will be remitted from the 1 st of April , on the merchants undertaking to pay the duty should Parliament subsequently require ifc . AVe regret to announce the death , after four days' illness , of Mr . Frederick David Goldsmid , M . P . The honourable gentlemen was a Liberal , and was first returned to Parliament afc the last general election .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

* a * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbuvy-streefc , Strand , London , AV . C . J . McG . ( U . S . )—Remittance received with thanks . We wil l write to you upon other points . J . L . ( Otago ) . —We are obliged by your communication and enclosure , the latter we have used . We are pleased to learu the Craft is flourishing in your remote portion of the globe . 2 . The yearly subscription for tho FHEEJIASON'S MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIKEOB , is 2 Gs ., paid in advance , postage free , * --o Otago , but if not paid in advance , the postags rate of Id . on each number will be charged .

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