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yard , accompanied by a number of higbty respectable citizens , friends of the deceased . The members of Lodge No . 95—to which deceased belonged—walked to the churchyard , each wearing white gloves , and a sprig of myrtle . On arriving at the church , tho coffin was taken into the aisle , when the burial service was read , after ivhich a suitable address was delivered by the Rev . Mr . Dobbyn . On the coffin being placed in tho grave , Bro . James M'Garry , AV . M . of Lodge No . 95 , and the other brethren stood round the grave , and each brother placed a sprig of
myrtle on the coffin . It is seldom such a funeral is seen in this city , aud the members of the Craft deserve much credit for this mark of respect to the memory of a man who was highly esteemed by all classes . —Cork Reporter .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —The Queen aud the Prince Consort , accompanied by tho Princess Alice , Prince Arthur , Prince Leopold , and the Princesses Helena , Louise , and Beatrice , left Buckingham Palace on Saturday afternoon for Osborne , where they havo been enjoying complete privacy all the week . The Queen ancl Prince have been riding and driving about the island ; and tho only visitors havo been the Princess Leiningon and the Duchess of Kent , who arrived together at- Osborne
on Tuesday . Her Majesty has paid several visits lately to Farnhain Castle , the seat of the Bishop of AA'inchester ; and it is considered not unlikely that at no distant period that domain may pass into the hands oi some member of the royal family , perhaps the Queen herself .
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —The only event of the week which calls for our special notice is the defeat of ministers on Monday in tlie HOUSE of LORDS , when Earl Granville moved the second reading of the Paper Duty Repeal Bill . After a brief recital of the condemnations of the duty hi the other house , including the abstract resolution adopted there with the concurrence of the late government , the present government , he saicl , hacl decided to propose its repeal , and the bill for that object was now before their lordships . Lord Lyndhui'St said he should
confine himself to tho practical point — the privileges of that house , contrasted with those of the House of Commons . This , lie observed , could be 110 party question ; all their lordships had to do was to ascertain what their privileges were . A doctrine had been laid down at a recent meeting , that for the Lords to reject a Money Bill passed by the other house was unconstitutional and insulting to the House of Commons . It was not to be disputed that their lordships had no right to amend or to oriinate a money bill . Thoy had abandoned the claim
g because they had no power to enforce it . Precedents had been relied on occurring in 1671 ancl 1678 , to prove that that house could not reject a Money Bill ; but they only show that their lordships had no power to amend or originate such a bill ; ancl he complained of the want of fairness and candour on the part of those who cited these precedents that , on the very next page in the very book from which the documents were taken , was a direct and deliberate admission in 1689 that the House of Lords had not only the powerbut the riht to reject such
, g a bill , and that this precedent had not been quoted . This right had been acted upon without dispute in numerous instances , several of which ivere referred to by his lordship ; but this was a bill for relieving taxation , ivhich , it was saicl , created a distinction . If , then , their lordships had not only the power , but the right to reject this bill , and if they conscientiously believed it would increase our financial difficulties in the present state of Europe , he had no doubt what their conclusion would
Vie . Lord Monteagle warned their lordships that the question they were called upon to determine was , not whether they should adopt the bill for the repeal of a million ancl a half of taxation , but whether they would diminish the security for the payment of the charges on the Consolidated Fund , ivhich would strike at tho whole credit of the country , and deteriorate the value of public securities . The financial statement of the government showed a surplus of . £ 464 , 000 ; but hacl we this surplus . No such thing . It had vanished into thin air , and he
prognosticated a clear deficit of revenue next year of ., £ 11 , 033 , 000 . He moved to defer the second reading for six months . Lords Dufferin , Clanricarde , Cranworth , and the Dnke of Argyll supported the bill , which was opposed by the Duke of Rutland , Lord Chelmsford , and the Earl of Derby , who said , with respect to the constitutional question , he should be satisfied to leave it on the footing on wliich it had been placed by Lord Lyndhmst , notwithstanding the difference of . opinion expressed by Lord Cranworth and other Lords . The Duke of Argyll had stated that there
had been no instance in which that house had rejected a Suppl y Bill ; but he ( Lord Derby ) pointed out an instance in ivhich a Bill of Supply had been rejected ; and , more than this , tho present , he said , was not a Supply Bill . The main question , however , was the abolition of the Paper Duty ancl the objection to its repeal , and in supporting the amendment he performed only what he deemed a solemn duty , with no desire to embarrass the government , still less to overthrow it . He then proceeded to discuss the financial part of the questionobserving that
, he hacl listened to Mr . Gladstone ' s financial statement with the conviction thattheHouseof Commonshad been blinded to its defects by the brilliancy of his rhetoric . He analyzed that statement , and tiie process by which Mr . Gladstone had , he said , converted a largo deficit into nil apparent surplus of £ 464 , 000 , which had already disappeared without any provision to meet the serious deficiency of the ensuing year ; and in this state of things he was throwing away upwards of a million . Excess in the military expenditure for the China war and the outlay for fortifications
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had to be added to the Budget , and , taking the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s own figures , he contended that , in the present year , there would be no surplus whatever , but a very considerable deficiency , which in 1861-62 would amount to . £ 2 , 600 , 000 . After a reply by Lord Granville , their lordships divided , when the numbers were as follow : —Content—Present , 90 ; proxies , 14 ; total , 104 . Not content—Present , 101 ; proxies , 32 ; total , 193 . Majority against the second reading , 89 . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —In the week that ended last Saturday the
total number of deaths registered in London was 1 , 090 , exhibiting a decrease in the rate of mortality as compared with that of the earlier portion of the present month , when the weekly numbers were successively 1 , 205 and 1 , 111 . In the ten years 1 S 50-9 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week , corrected for increase of population , was 1 , 148 . Last week the births of 867 boys and 835 girls , in all 1 , 702 children , wore registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of tho years 1850-59 the average number was 1001 .
, Tho disturbances in the church of St . George ' s-iu-the-East aro unlikely to terminate . The Bishop of London has issued a monition forbidding the choristers from occupying seats within the communion rails , and also prohibiting other practices in the church . This monition was enforced on Sunday by the churchwarden , and the services passed off in tho usual disorderly manner . The installation ot Lord Brougham as Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh took place ou Friday . His lordship made a speech reniarkalike for its eloquence
and for the profound philosophy with whicli it was fraught . A popular demonstration , in support of Garibaldi and tho Sicilian movement , was held at St . Martin ' s Hall , on Tuesday night . The hall was crowded , and the enthusiasm was unbounded . Resolutions of sympathy with the Italian patriot in the great struggle in ivhich he is engaged were unanimously adopted , aud a subscription was opened on behalf of
the Garibaldi fund . A soldier has murdered his wife and six children at Sandown Fort , Islo of AVight . The coroner ' s inquest was held on Saturday , and the evidence submitted was of the most distressing character . There could be no doubt that the murderer was insane , and the jury , therefore , while returning a verdict of "AYilful murder" against him , added an opinion to that effect . Mr . F . H . Glover , F . S . A ., librarian to the Queen , expired on AVednesday , at his residence , adjoining the Palace . The
freedom of the City of London was worthily bestowed on Saturday upon Sir Leopold M'Clintock , the gallant Arctic navigator . The coinmittee of the Stock Exchange have terminated their inquiry on the Pullinger frauds . The resolution adopted is , that the four members who acted for him as brokers—Messrs . Robert Johnston , Theodosius Uzielli , Sheldon , and Braddock—are to be suspended from admission to the House , the first three till the 25 th of March next , when the annual election takes place , and they can be again admitted or rejected at the
pleasure of the members , and the last for three months , his case being rendered less serious in the eyes of the committee . FOREIGN NEW-S . —The Emperor of the French has returned from his trip to his farm at Motte-Beauvroii , and presided at a Cabinet Council , at Paris . Tho bill reducing the French sugar and coffee duties passed the legislative body tho day before yesterday , with two hundred and thirty-three against only three dissentient votes , General Lanza has offered an amnesty to the Sicilansbut it has been rejected bthem .
, y The last accounts received state that the Garibaldiaiis were at Partenico , a town in the province of Trapani , adjoining that of Palermo . Volunteers were coming in from all quarters . The Africa has arrived at Liverpool with dates from New York to the Oth inst . The New York Board of Aldermen passed a resolution , inviting the Prince of AA'ales to visit that city .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
"J . S . "—AVe do not understand your question . ' ' L . L . "—You have no right to attend tho banquet of a private Lodge without an invitation , anymore than you would have to intrude yourself into a brother ' s private residence . "J . AV . "—We have repeatedly answered the question . The S . W . should not take the Master's ehair whilst governing tho Loclge , but sit ,
immediately to its right . A Master should never resign his chair whil st in his Loclge , but should continue to fill it even if ho has called upon any other brother to perforin a ceremony , " A PROV . G . OFEICKI ! . "—There is no law against a P . Prov . C Steward wearing a jewel to denote that he has filled that office , though we do not see why he should do so , the office giving no position beyond the year in which it is held . If ho thinks fit to have such a jewel , it would
bo as described . 2 . It is not lawful nor correct in processions such as a Prov . C Loclge proceeding to church , for tho brethren to wear their Templar and other jewels in addition to their Craft clothing . GRAND CONCLAVE . —In our report of tlie proceedings of Grand Conclave in last week ' s Magazine , the printer , by a confusion of Templar with Craft Masonry , has described the four Prov . C Commanders present as Prov . G . Chaplains ; and Dr . Lees and Capt . C . M . Layton are stated to have been appointed First and Second Assistant Directors of Ceremonies . whereas it should have been First and Second Aides de Camp ,
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Obituary.
yard , accompanied by a number of higbty respectable citizens , friends of the deceased . The members of Lodge No . 95—to which deceased belonged—walked to the churchyard , each wearing white gloves , and a sprig of myrtle . On arriving at the church , tho coffin was taken into the aisle , when the burial service was read , after ivhich a suitable address was delivered by the Rev . Mr . Dobbyn . On the coffin being placed in tho grave , Bro . James M'Garry , AV . M . of Lodge No . 95 , and the other brethren stood round the grave , and each brother placed a sprig of
myrtle on the coffin . It is seldom such a funeral is seen in this city , aud the members of the Craft deserve much credit for this mark of respect to the memory of a man who was highly esteemed by all classes . —Cork Reporter .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —The Queen aud the Prince Consort , accompanied by tho Princess Alice , Prince Arthur , Prince Leopold , and the Princesses Helena , Louise , and Beatrice , left Buckingham Palace on Saturday afternoon for Osborne , where they havo been enjoying complete privacy all the week . The Queen ancl Prince have been riding and driving about the island ; and tho only visitors havo been the Princess Leiningon and the Duchess of Kent , who arrived together at- Osborne
on Tuesday . Her Majesty has paid several visits lately to Farnhain Castle , the seat of the Bishop of AA'inchester ; and it is considered not unlikely that at no distant period that domain may pass into the hands oi some member of the royal family , perhaps the Queen herself .
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —The only event of the week which calls for our special notice is the defeat of ministers on Monday in tlie HOUSE of LORDS , when Earl Granville moved the second reading of the Paper Duty Repeal Bill . After a brief recital of the condemnations of the duty hi the other house , including the abstract resolution adopted there with the concurrence of the late government , the present government , he saicl , hacl decided to propose its repeal , and the bill for that object was now before their lordships . Lord Lyndhui'St said he should
confine himself to tho practical point — the privileges of that house , contrasted with those of the House of Commons . This , lie observed , could be 110 party question ; all their lordships had to do was to ascertain what their privileges were . A doctrine had been laid down at a recent meeting , that for the Lords to reject a Money Bill passed by the other house was unconstitutional and insulting to the House of Commons . It was not to be disputed that their lordships had no right to amend or to oriinate a money bill . Thoy had abandoned the claim
g because they had no power to enforce it . Precedents had been relied on occurring in 1671 ancl 1678 , to prove that that house could not reject a Money Bill ; but they only show that their lordships had no power to amend or originate such a bill ; ancl he complained of the want of fairness and candour on the part of those who cited these precedents that , on the very next page in the very book from which the documents were taken , was a direct and deliberate admission in 1689 that the House of Lords had not only the powerbut the riht to reject such
, g a bill , and that this precedent had not been quoted . This right had been acted upon without dispute in numerous instances , several of which ivere referred to by his lordship ; but this was a bill for relieving taxation , ivhich , it was saicl , created a distinction . If , then , their lordships had not only the power , but the right to reject this bill , and if they conscientiously believed it would increase our financial difficulties in the present state of Europe , he had no doubt what their conclusion would
Vie . Lord Monteagle warned their lordships that the question they were called upon to determine was , not whether they should adopt the bill for the repeal of a million ancl a half of taxation , but whether they would diminish the security for the payment of the charges on the Consolidated Fund , ivhich would strike at tho whole credit of the country , and deteriorate the value of public securities . The financial statement of the government showed a surplus of . £ 464 , 000 ; but hacl we this surplus . No such thing . It had vanished into thin air , and he
prognosticated a clear deficit of revenue next year of ., £ 11 , 033 , 000 . He moved to defer the second reading for six months . Lords Dufferin , Clanricarde , Cranworth , and the Dnke of Argyll supported the bill , which was opposed by the Duke of Rutland , Lord Chelmsford , and the Earl of Derby , who said , with respect to the constitutional question , he should be satisfied to leave it on the footing on wliich it had been placed by Lord Lyndhmst , notwithstanding the difference of . opinion expressed by Lord Cranworth and other Lords . The Duke of Argyll had stated that there
had been no instance in which that house had rejected a Suppl y Bill ; but he ( Lord Derby ) pointed out an instance in ivhich a Bill of Supply had been rejected ; and , more than this , tho present , he said , was not a Supply Bill . The main question , however , was the abolition of the Paper Duty ancl the objection to its repeal , and in supporting the amendment he performed only what he deemed a solemn duty , with no desire to embarrass the government , still less to overthrow it . He then proceeded to discuss the financial part of the questionobserving that
, he hacl listened to Mr . Gladstone ' s financial statement with the conviction thattheHouseof Commonshad been blinded to its defects by the brilliancy of his rhetoric . He analyzed that statement , and tiie process by which Mr . Gladstone had , he said , converted a largo deficit into nil apparent surplus of £ 464 , 000 , which had already disappeared without any provision to meet the serious deficiency of the ensuing year ; and in this state of things he was throwing away upwards of a million . Excess in the military expenditure for the China war and the outlay for fortifications
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had to be added to the Budget , and , taking the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s own figures , he contended that , in the present year , there would be no surplus whatever , but a very considerable deficiency , which in 1861-62 would amount to . £ 2 , 600 , 000 . After a reply by Lord Granville , their lordships divided , when the numbers were as follow : —Content—Present , 90 ; proxies , 14 ; total , 104 . Not content—Present , 101 ; proxies , 32 ; total , 193 . Majority against the second reading , 89 . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —In the week that ended last Saturday the
total number of deaths registered in London was 1 , 090 , exhibiting a decrease in the rate of mortality as compared with that of the earlier portion of the present month , when the weekly numbers were successively 1 , 205 and 1 , 111 . In the ten years 1 S 50-9 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week , corrected for increase of population , was 1 , 148 . Last week the births of 867 boys and 835 girls , in all 1 , 702 children , wore registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of tho years 1850-59 the average number was 1001 .
, Tho disturbances in the church of St . George ' s-iu-the-East aro unlikely to terminate . The Bishop of London has issued a monition forbidding the choristers from occupying seats within the communion rails , and also prohibiting other practices in the church . This monition was enforced on Sunday by the churchwarden , and the services passed off in tho usual disorderly manner . The installation ot Lord Brougham as Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh took place ou Friday . His lordship made a speech reniarkalike for its eloquence
and for the profound philosophy with whicli it was fraught . A popular demonstration , in support of Garibaldi and tho Sicilian movement , was held at St . Martin ' s Hall , on Tuesday night . The hall was crowded , and the enthusiasm was unbounded . Resolutions of sympathy with the Italian patriot in the great struggle in ivhich he is engaged were unanimously adopted , aud a subscription was opened on behalf of
the Garibaldi fund . A soldier has murdered his wife and six children at Sandown Fort , Islo of AVight . The coroner ' s inquest was held on Saturday , and the evidence submitted was of the most distressing character . There could be no doubt that the murderer was insane , and the jury , therefore , while returning a verdict of "AYilful murder" against him , added an opinion to that effect . Mr . F . H . Glover , F . S . A ., librarian to the Queen , expired on AVednesday , at his residence , adjoining the Palace . The
freedom of the City of London was worthily bestowed on Saturday upon Sir Leopold M'Clintock , the gallant Arctic navigator . The coinmittee of the Stock Exchange have terminated their inquiry on the Pullinger frauds . The resolution adopted is , that the four members who acted for him as brokers—Messrs . Robert Johnston , Theodosius Uzielli , Sheldon , and Braddock—are to be suspended from admission to the House , the first three till the 25 th of March next , when the annual election takes place , and they can be again admitted or rejected at the
pleasure of the members , and the last for three months , his case being rendered less serious in the eyes of the committee . FOREIGN NEW-S . —The Emperor of the French has returned from his trip to his farm at Motte-Beauvroii , and presided at a Cabinet Council , at Paris . Tho bill reducing the French sugar and coffee duties passed the legislative body tho day before yesterday , with two hundred and thirty-three against only three dissentient votes , General Lanza has offered an amnesty to the Sicilansbut it has been rejected bthem .
, y The last accounts received state that the Garibaldiaiis were at Partenico , a town in the province of Trapani , adjoining that of Palermo . Volunteers were coming in from all quarters . The Africa has arrived at Liverpool with dates from New York to the Oth inst . The New York Board of Aldermen passed a resolution , inviting the Prince of AA'ales to visit that city .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
"J . S . "—AVe do not understand your question . ' ' L . L . "—You have no right to attend tho banquet of a private Lodge without an invitation , anymore than you would have to intrude yourself into a brother ' s private residence . "J . AV . "—We have repeatedly answered the question . The S . W . should not take the Master's ehair whilst governing tho Loclge , but sit ,
immediately to its right . A Master should never resign his chair whil st in his Loclge , but should continue to fill it even if ho has called upon any other brother to perforin a ceremony , " A PROV . G . OFEICKI ! . "—There is no law against a P . Prov . C Steward wearing a jewel to denote that he has filled that office , though we do not see why he should do so , the office giving no position beyond the year in which it is held . If ho thinks fit to have such a jewel , it would
bo as described . 2 . It is not lawful nor correct in processions such as a Prov . C Loclge proceeding to church , for tho brethren to wear their Templar and other jewels in addition to their Craft clothing . GRAND CONCLAVE . —In our report of tlie proceedings of Grand Conclave in last week ' s Magazine , the printer , by a confusion of Templar with Craft Masonry , has described the four Prov . C Commanders present as Prov . G . Chaplains ; and Dr . Lees and Capt . C . M . Layton are stated to have been appointed First and Second Assistant Directors of Ceremonies . whereas it should have been First and Second Aides de Camp ,