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The Week.

Count Bitot ' s request , relieved that minister from tho duties of the office hitherto held by him . Count Iteohberg is appointed the minister for foreign affairs , iu place of Count Buol . Failing health was the only cause of Count Buol ' s request to be relieved from the office of foreign minister . His resignation occasions no change in the principles of Austrian policy . All the direct and indirect taxes throughout the Austrian empire have been increased , with the exception of the tobacco monopoly and the customs duties , and a new loan is announced to be raised iu Lombardy ; seventy-five millions of florins is the sum required ,

From the scat of war in Sardinia the most contradictory reports continue to be received according as the accounts are from French or Austrian sources , and there is reason to believe that the atrocities attributed to the Austrian troops are greatly exaggerated . The reports from each camp arc mutually recriminative ; and to believe the French bulletin ? , the treatment of the people by the Austrians is getting worse and worse . Thoy are constructing extensive works , and are compelling even the women and children of the country to assist with their labour , although one would think that such assistance as that could scarcely repay the odium such

tyranny must surely draw down upon them . Another telegram says that General Gyulai sent won ' , to his government that provisions arc beginning to fail in Piedmont , and that lie would not be able to hold his present position . Meantime the first action between the contending armies has taken place at Montebello . The Monilmr of Sunday gives an account , which must of course be taken as the French official statement , '' cooked" to order . The official journal says that ou Saturday tlie Austrians attacked , with about 15 . 000 men , tlie advanced posts of Marshal Baragnay d'Hilliers . They were repulsed by General h ' orey ' s divisionivhich carried

, tlie village of Montebello after a desperate combat of four hours . The French took 200 prisoners , of whom one is a colonel , and hail 5 lJI ) or 600 killed or wounded . The Austrians have been iu full retreat , and their loss amounts to more than 2 , 000 men . The Austrian account is , that " General Statlion had pushed out ' a reconnoitring party , which had met with the French in superior force . After a severe contest the Austrians retired in good order , tho loss on both sides being

about equal . " The battle appears to have been a smart aflair , in which each side suffered groat losses . As far as our present information goes the Austrians had the worse of it , ns they abandoned their position aud retreated beyond the Po , a movement , however , very likely only in accordance with a settled plan . Tho Piothnontese , on the other wing , forced the passage of the Hesia , to the discomfiture and loss of the Austrians . In Tuscany the utmost confidence in the future exists . There has been no approach to a reactionary movement , save at Via Jbiggio , where the Austrian flag was hoisted for a few hours , but was soon

suppl .-mted by the national tricolor . Florence itself is almost without troops , but the avant-garde of a Piedmontese force , consisting of 300 men , has arrived at Leghorn ; and would be followed by 1 , 100 'additional troops as soon as transport could be found for the purpose . At Turin it was stated that the Austrians intend to send a corps < Carm . Cc into Tuscany for the purpose of restoring the grand duke . A French vessel arrived at Leghorn on Friday with a detachment of troops , and the Palrie announces that the . French hare taken tho Tuscan flag under their protection . Prince Napoleon was to arrive on Sunday . In closing

the session of tlie diet the Regent used tho following remarkable expressions—It is Prussia ' s right and duty to stand up for tbe security , the protection , and the national interests of Germany ; and she will not resign the assertion of these her prerogatives . Prussia expects that all the German confederate powers ivill stand firmly by Iter side in tho fulfilment of that mission , and trusts that her readiness to defend the common Fatherland will merit their confidence . The Russian government has given orders for the 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , oth , and Gth corps d ' armec to be placed immediately on a war footing , ivith the whole of the artillery

and cavalry belonging to each . The reserves also are to be called in . The Emperor has commenced the usual spring reviews . This year these leviews will probably be extended to other portions of the empire , and should his majesty visit Warsaw , or be at any time in the neighbourhood of the Prussian frontier , he will profit by the occasion to have an interview with , the Prince Regent . A popular movement has broken out at Ccseiia , iu the Papal States . Rome itself is still tranquil . Tho

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THE GRAND REGISTRAR AND PARTY TACTICS. Article 1
THE NEW GRAND OFFICERS. Article 6
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER. Article 12
THE GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL. Article 17
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 18
THE SWEDISH RITE. Article 19
THE CONSECRATION AT GUILDFORD. Article 20
MASONIC HALLS. Article 21
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 22
METROPOLITAN. Article 30
PROVINCIAL. Article 32
OXFORDSHIRE. Article 36
ROYAL ARCH. Article 41
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 42
AMERICA. Article 42
THE WEEK. Article 43
Untitled Article 48
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 48
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The Week.

Count Bitot ' s request , relieved that minister from tho duties of the office hitherto held by him . Count Iteohberg is appointed the minister for foreign affairs , iu place of Count Buol . Failing health was the only cause of Count Buol ' s request to be relieved from the office of foreign minister . His resignation occasions no change in the principles of Austrian policy . All the direct and indirect taxes throughout the Austrian empire have been increased , with the exception of the tobacco monopoly and the customs duties , and a new loan is announced to be raised iu Lombardy ; seventy-five millions of florins is the sum required ,

From the scat of war in Sardinia the most contradictory reports continue to be received according as the accounts are from French or Austrian sources , and there is reason to believe that the atrocities attributed to the Austrian troops are greatly exaggerated . The reports from each camp arc mutually recriminative ; and to believe the French bulletin ? , the treatment of the people by the Austrians is getting worse and worse . Thoy are constructing extensive works , and are compelling even the women and children of the country to assist with their labour , although one would think that such assistance as that could scarcely repay the odium such

tyranny must surely draw down upon them . Another telegram says that General Gyulai sent won ' , to his government that provisions arc beginning to fail in Piedmont , and that lie would not be able to hold his present position . Meantime the first action between the contending armies has taken place at Montebello . The Monilmr of Sunday gives an account , which must of course be taken as the French official statement , '' cooked" to order . The official journal says that ou Saturday tlie Austrians attacked , with about 15 . 000 men , tlie advanced posts of Marshal Baragnay d'Hilliers . They were repulsed by General h ' orey ' s divisionivhich carried

, tlie village of Montebello after a desperate combat of four hours . The French took 200 prisoners , of whom one is a colonel , and hail 5 lJI ) or 600 killed or wounded . The Austrians have been iu full retreat , and their loss amounts to more than 2 , 000 men . The Austrian account is , that " General Statlion had pushed out ' a reconnoitring party , which had met with the French in superior force . After a severe contest the Austrians retired in good order , tho loss on both sides being

about equal . " The battle appears to have been a smart aflair , in which each side suffered groat losses . As far as our present information goes the Austrians had the worse of it , ns they abandoned their position aud retreated beyond the Po , a movement , however , very likely only in accordance with a settled plan . Tho Piothnontese , on the other wing , forced the passage of the Hesia , to the discomfiture and loss of the Austrians . In Tuscany the utmost confidence in the future exists . There has been no approach to a reactionary movement , save at Via Jbiggio , where the Austrian flag was hoisted for a few hours , but was soon

suppl .-mted by the national tricolor . Florence itself is almost without troops , but the avant-garde of a Piedmontese force , consisting of 300 men , has arrived at Leghorn ; and would be followed by 1 , 100 'additional troops as soon as transport could be found for the purpose . At Turin it was stated that the Austrians intend to send a corps < Carm . Cc into Tuscany for the purpose of restoring the grand duke . A French vessel arrived at Leghorn on Friday with a detachment of troops , and the Palrie announces that the . French hare taken tho Tuscan flag under their protection . Prince Napoleon was to arrive on Sunday . In closing

the session of tlie diet the Regent used tho following remarkable expressions—It is Prussia ' s right and duty to stand up for tbe security , the protection , and the national interests of Germany ; and she will not resign the assertion of these her prerogatives . Prussia expects that all the German confederate powers ivill stand firmly by Iter side in tho fulfilment of that mission , and trusts that her readiness to defend the common Fatherland will merit their confidence . The Russian government has given orders for the 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , oth , and Gth corps d ' armec to be placed immediately on a war footing , ivith the whole of the artillery

and cavalry belonging to each . The reserves also are to be called in . The Emperor has commenced the usual spring reviews . This year these leviews will probably be extended to other portions of the empire , and should his majesty visit Warsaw , or be at any time in the neighbourhood of the Prussian frontier , he will profit by the occasion to have an interview with , the Prince Regent . A popular movement has broken out at Ccseiia , iu the Papal States . Rome itself is still tranquil . Tho

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