Obituary.

Obituary .

K . JV . BJRO . LIEUT-COLONEL JVILDJIAN , PROV . GRAND JIASTER FOR NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . ANOTHER ruler among JIasons has been taken from us , full of years and universally beloved and respected . Colonel AA'ildman , of Newstead Abbey , died on Tuesday morning , tho 20 th instant , suddenly . The gallant colonel was out the day previously , but ou Tuesday morning was seized with an attack of epilepsy , of which he died at three o ' clock a . m .

on that day . The deceased was the intimate friend of the late Lord Byron , and purchased thc ancestral estate ( Newstead Abbey , where Lord Byron spent much of his time during the period that he was a minor ) for £ 96 , 000 . Our deceased brother was an old AA ' aterloo officer , belonging to the 10 th Hussars , and was an annual guest at the late Duke of AA' ellington's Waterloo banquet . Colonel AA'ildman was a magistrate for the county of Nottingham , ancl brother of the present recorder of that borough . It was at his residence—the venerable abbey of Newstead ( which has been beautified considerably since it has been in the gallant colonel ' s possession ) that the remains of the Countess of

Lovelace" Ada , solo daughter of my house and heart , " were conveyed previous to their interment at Hucknall Church—the deceased bearing a part in the cortege . During the life of the late JI . AA ' . G . JI ., the Duke of Sussex , his royal highness was a constant guest at tbe abbey . Colonel AA'ildman ' s literary attainments were of a respectable character . He was an excellent landlord , ancl throughout the neighbourhood was universally respected . It was stated that Newstead Abbey , which was built iu the time of Henry IL , and passed into the

Byron family at the period of the Reformation , having been given by Henry VIII . to an ancestor of the present Lord Byron , will be sold ; but nothing positive is yet known . The Right AA'orshipful Brother leaves a widow but no family ; he hacl attained his 73 rd year . Bro . Col . AA'ildman was initiated whilst serving with his regiment abroad—and joined the Lodge of Friendship ( No . 0 ) in 1813 , and afterwards became a member of the Lodge of Antiquity ( No . 2 ) in 1819 . The office of Provincial Grand JIaster was conferred upon him bH . R . H . the Duke of Sussex ;

y ancl Bro . AA'ildniau at once acquired the esteem and confidence of the brethren over whom he was deputed to rule . In 1854 , a superb testimonial , valued at two hundred guineas , was presented to him on his completing the thirty-fifth year of his Prov . Grand Mastership , the proceedings on which occasion were of a singularly interesting character , ancl a detailed account of which will be found in our Magazine for 1855 , at pp . 103-112 . The gallant brother was a life governor of both the JIasonie Schools .

BRO . JOHN BARNES . JUST as wc were going to press , we heard of the death of this distinguished brother , who expired at four o ' clock on Thursday morning . AVe will give a notice of his JIasonie career next week . Our brother , who was highly respected , is to be buried at Kensall Green .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

THE COIIKT . —Last Sunday the Queen , her family , and the court attended divine service at Crathic Church , the only remarkable circumstance about which appears to have been that an elder of the congregation , while handing the "ladle" for charitable contributions , tumbled into the royal pew and thereby considerably astonished tho lady in waiting into whoso lap he fell ; an incident which doubtless tended to relieve the ordinary monotony of thc Scotch serviceThe

. Bev . A . Anderson officiated , but our instructive contemporary , the Court Journal , does not inform us iu what manner the occasion was improved . The rest of the week has been spent in deer-stalking , riding , driving and visiting . Her JIajesty has been to Lochnagar , Altnagassack , the Linn of Dee , ancl other Gaelic sounding localities . The Count of Flanders , the Earl of Elgin , Lord John Russell , and the Farquharsons , from lnvercauldhave been visiting at BalmoralEverybodis quite

, . y well belonging to the 1-03 ™! family . The Queen gave a ball on Tuesday , to which were invited the Earl and Countess of Fife , Lord Macduff and Lady Anne Macduff , the Countess of Kinnoul , Jliss Rowley , Jlr . ancl Lady Louisa Brooke , Sir Jlaxwell and Lady Wallace , the JIaster of Lovat , Col . and Mrs . Dalrymple , Jliss Ricardo , Jliss Stapleton , Jlr . Kennedy Erskine , Capt . AA'illiams , Hon . H . Duncan , Sir Alexander BannermanHon . A . FraserJlr . Jlissesand two Misses Farquharson

, , , , ( of lnvercauld ) , Lieut .-Col . Farquharson , Earl and Countess of Caithness , Col . the Hon . and Mrs . Alexander Gordon , Jlrs . and the two Jlisses Dundas Durham ( of Largo ) , Lord Listowel , Capt . Shelley , Jlr . and Jlrs . AVilliam Russell and three Jlisses Russell , Hon . Jlrs . Dudley AA ' ard , Jlr . and Jlrs . Jenkinson , Jlr . Hawkes , Sir Charles , Lady , and Jliss Phipps , Sir James and Lady Clark , Jlr . ancl Jlrs . Clerk , JIajor Browne ancl the officers of the 93 d Regimentand DrRobertson

, . . FOREIGN NEWS . —The Emperor ancl Empress of the French are at Biarritz , and the usual autumn amusements are being gone through by the Imperial Court . It is assei-teel that the result of the visit of the King of the Belgians to Biarritz was fully successful . Some ridiculous rumours have been circulated regarding the object o £ King Leopold ' s

visit ; but it seems that the visit was made to obtain a postponement of payment of thc loan duo from Belgium to France , incurred as far back as 1815 . Lord Cowley , Count AA ' alewski , Count Cavour , and the Duke of Jlalakoff are likewise expected at Biarritz . Nothing definite has yet been decided on by the government as to the number of forces to bo despatched to China ; but it is stated in the Debatsthat a force of 25 , 000 men , half English and half French , is to be sent to China , to obtain satisfaction for the treacherous conduct of the Chinese to the allied

forces at the embouchure of the Pciho . Jlessrs . Blanqui and Boiches have arrived at Jlarseilles , stating their intention to avail themselves of the general amnesty . The Moniteur of Sunday , after saying that several newspapers had alluded to a decree that would modify the laws 011 the press , states that the news was void of foundation . The reason given for this is , that the government of the Emperor will not deviate from the established system , which , in allowing a field sufficiently large for discussioncontroversyancl analysispreventson thc other hand , the

, , , , disastrous effects of falsehood , calumny , ancl error . The Debuts has published a sarcastic article on the Moniteur in relation to the manifestoes contained in that offic d print on the press laws . The Moniteur of Monday , therefore , issued a circular of the Minister of the Interior , addressed to the Prefects , and dated September IS , concerning thc regime of the press , as follows - . — " The Minister holds it necessary to remind the Prefects of the principle upon which the late decree concerning the effect of the warnings given to newspapers was founded .

He says the decree of the 17 th February , 1852 , is not a law enacted on account of a particular crisis , and which would not be available during a time of peace and tranquillity . Like every political law , this one is also capable of improvement ; but the principles of the law are closely connected with the restoration of authority in France , and with the creation of unity of power , based on universal suffrage . The government does not fear the discussion of its acts in a loyal sense , neither does it fear any attacks ; but the general welfare of the people imposed

upon the government the obligation of not putting aside lawful arms , which are guarantees , and not obstructions , to the right of publication of one ' s opinion , which could not be taken away from an enlightened people like the French . This right is not to be confounded with tho

exercise of the liberty of the press hy means of newspapers . It the government reserves to itself the right to punish abuses , it docs not interfere with the liberty of expressing one ' s thoughts , ancl will retain those restrictions only which are required out of respect for the Constitution , the legitimacy of the Imperial dynasty , ancl the interest of order , morality , and religion . Thc government is far from imposing a servile approbation of its measures ; it will always tolerate opposition in a- serious spirit , and will not

confound the right of control with a systematic opposition and premeditated ill-will . The government will be only too glad to be enlightened itself by fair criticism and discussion , but will not permit society to ho troubled by culpable excitation or hostile passions . " Advices received from Zurich announce the arrival of a courier from Vienna , with instructions to draw up the instrument for tho treaty of peace , and the documents for the cession of Lombardy to Sardinia , No allusion is made to the Duchies . It is hoped that the treaty of peace will be signed in a few

days . The letters of the Paris correspondents are occupied with comments on the circulars published by thc French Minister of thc Interior on the laws on the press . These circulars have been received with thc greater disgust , as hopes had been held out that it was the intention of the French government to modify the press laws in a liberal sense . Matters are not likely to go on so smoothly iu Italy as is supposed by the French government . The people , " whose destiny is in their own hands , " seem to be preparing to secure that destiny at all hazards . The Milan , Gazette has a spirited article on the subject , and the Gente Latvia , another daily paper , calls the peace of Villafranca " a truly satanic

compact , setting tho conscience at odds with the heart , and imposing on us the sacrifice of our dignity for the love of our brethren . The Italians are now beginning to depend more on themselves . It in thought the Tuscans will shortly elect a Regent , who will be , of course , subordinate to Piedmont . Great activity is prevailing among the military authorities in Venetia , and there is also a rumour of a probable insurrection in Venice . The military occupation by Piedmont of Tuscany and the minor duchies is talked of . Tho Tuscan government has notiHcd to

the plenipotentiaries of the Grand Duke to evacuate the palace within three days , and in case of non-compliance the property of the Grand Duke is to be sequestrated . The Dictator Fariui , at Parma , did not even wait for the King of Sardinia ' s answer to the deiiutation before he proceeded to proclaim the Sardinian rule , and to plant the arms of Savoy in the public places . It is said the King of Sardinia is preparing arms and accoutrements for an army of 250000 men . On the other hand Austria

, is about to assist the Duke of Jlodena to recover his throne . On thin last point the Corriere Mercantile makes an indi gnant comment , a'If ' appeals to his countrymen to resist force hy force , and says the time for action has arrived . The members of the deputation from the National Assembly of the Romagna to the King of Sardinia have been named-The deputation is composed of Count Bentivoglio , Count Gozzadinb Marquis TamariCount SalvoniJI . LaderchiJIScarabelli ( A'ice

Presi-, , , . dent ) , and JI . JIarescotti ( Secretary to the National Assembly ) . The . Pope has recovered from his ] .- . te illness . The Papal government has expressed its satisfaction with the article on Italian affair published in the Moniteur of the 9 th instant . Conferences between Cardinal Antonelli and the French Ambassador , the