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be backed in his opposition by powerful friends . By whom ? Not surely by Russia , and we all know that Austria has enough to do at home . Thc address presented by the Roman nobility to thc Pope has been numerously signed , and conspicuous among the rest is the name of Prince Joseph Bonaparte . The address was presented by Prince Orsini , Prince Borghese , and Marquis Antici Mattei . Several ' of the municipalities ofthe provinces have also sent addresses , and much enthusiasm
lias been created among tho adherents ofthe Pope by tho announcement in the Giomule di Jiirma that the Holy Father " has deemed it a matter of conscience to reply in the negative to the advice of tho Emperor Napoleon . " -From Naples , we learn that a ministerial crisis has taken place there , and that the king has sent for Signor Troja Murena . The reason for thc fall of the ministry is said to be the project , attributed to the kiug , of sending Neapolitan troops to the aid ofthe Pope . —The war m Morocco goes on slowlybutaccording to the most recent
intelli-, , Hrtiee , the Spaniards are now jn a strong position , nine miles from Tetuan , on the southern slope of the Cane Negro chain . We have news from New York to the 11 th instant . Late news from San Juan states that General Scott ' s course of action had created groat dissatisfaction , and that the American inhabitants were inclined to support General Harney . It is added that a great deal of excitement prevails hi Mexico in consequence of tho new American treaty , and that
JMiramon ' s government had formally protested against it . The Moniieur contains tho financial report of Af . Mague to the Emperor . The Minister represents the French exchequer to be in a most flourishing condition . A year ago the arrears were 800 millions of francs ; they now do not exceed three-fourths of that sum . The French public ivould doubtless be glad to be supplied with a more detailed account of the national expenditure , but that is no business of ours . AVhat does concern us is that the calculated expenses for the army exceed by a large
sum— £ 264 , 000 sterling—the expenditure of last year . The budget of the navy is also larger . The Palrie gives some details as to tho new commercial treaty . It says , that the import duty on French wines in England will be reduced from 150 to 30 per cent . ; that silk will be admitted free ; that the duty on iron imported into France will be seven francs per 130 kilometres ; and that wool and cotton manufactures will be still protected by a duty not exceeding 30 per cent . It is added that the treidy will come into forceso far as England is
con-, cerned , this month . A letter has been received from Rome , giving some details . as to the answer sent by the Pope to the Emperor Napoleon . His Holiness is said to have replied that when he ascended the Pontifical throne he had sworn to maintain the independence of the States of the Church ; that ho is actuated by no motives of personal ambition , but that lie cannot break a solemn oath . He is , therefore , bound to protest against the separation of the Romagna .
COMMERCIAL ; AKD PUBLIC COMPANIES . —The reviews of tho condition of trade in the several manufacturing districts speak of a steadily increasing activity , with marked indications of more developed animation . The prominent feature appears to he an improved demand for the staple productions of each respective locality . At Birmingham tho home trade is said to bo improving ; tho linen department at Barnsley is likewise better ; in Nottingham there is rather a hopeful feeling in tho lace trade , and hosiery is in brisker demand . . From Halifax , Huddersfield , Leicester ,
and Leeds , the advices state that decided activity prevails , the carpet , woollen , mid cloth trades being particularly good . At Bradford , woollens are in request , but owing to the very high prices demanded the sales have not been numerous , as would otherwise have been the case . The accounts from Manchester are more satisfactory , and the India and China export business from this town has considerably improved . At the meeting of the London Discount Company , the dividend at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum was declaredand the report and accounts
, wore unanimously adopted . The result of operations was considered encouraging , the return of profits being about 9 per cent . ; but the advantage of increasing the reserve fund , so as to provide against extraordinary contingencies , was fully admitted , and the course pursued was therefore , generally supported . Tho National Bank havo declared a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of S per cent , per annum , with
a bonus of 15 s . per share , free of income tax , being together equal to 14 per cent , per annum on tho paid up capital of the bank . It is stated that some of the members of the committee appointed to inquire into the affairs of the Great Ship Company have already resigned , but it is nevertheless believed that tho practical and working portion remain , who will , at the proper period , furnish a report to the proprietors . At the meeting of the Australian Agricultural Company , the report and accounts were adopted , and a dividend of one pound per share ,
as recommended , was agreed to . The prospects of the undertaking appear more favourable , but the proceedings exercised no important effect upon the value of the shaves . At the meeting of the North British Australian Company , tho dividend declared was G- } per cent . , being Is . 3 rf . per share , free of income tax , and the report aud accounts were carried . . Tho notices of motion on the first night of the present session supply evidence of the increasing preponderance in this country of commercial over all other epiestions . Mr . Crawfordas member for
, London , gave his promised notice for a committee to inquire into tho laws affecting shipowners ; and Mr . AA . S . Lindsay , as member for Sunderland , also announced a nearly identical intention . Mr . Lindsay ' s notice had precedence , and , as the double step did not occur from any conflict of view , Mr . Crawford will waive any further proceeding . Two statements were likewise made regarding the mail contract and tele-
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graph systems , the Chancellor of the Exchequer announcing that he will move to-morrow for the reappointment of the committee of last session , and Captain Vernon notifying that , on the 7 th of February , he will endeavour , by resolution , to bring those subjects on for discussion .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
Bno . LAMOTON , ( Newcastle ) - —Your communications will bo at all times welcome . "BUTA" is thanked , —The subject shall havo duo attention . "L . V . "—AVe have no doubt you ivere taught so . If after tho word '•' star" you leave out the " and" and subsequently " other , " you will be correct . The proposed alteration as sent to us would be only
introducing unnecessary tautology . MARK MASONRY . — J . AV . writes "Bo kind enough to inform me whether Lord Leigh ' s Grand Mark Lodge has met , or when it will 1 If the meeting has boon hold , please give us a report of it in the Magazine . " —AVe have not heard of its meeting , and from what wo havo heard , we believe it is dying out , Mark Masonry has , generally , not taken in London .
Tim Masonic Journal , Haverhill , Mass ., U . S . —Bro . G . AA . Chase has resigned his connection with this excellent little American journal in its sixth volume , owing to a pressure of other matters , finding that , like other Masonic editors , he has been compelled to edit it " outside of our ' bread and butter' business , " never expecting or receiving any material income for it . Luckily for Bro . Chase , Bro . the Rev . Cyrus Pearl has come to his relief and purchased the copyright of the Journalwhieh
, will in future be published at Portland , Mobile . AVe wish Bro . Pearl success in his undertaking and Bro . Chase prosperity in his retirement . BRO . " KARL KAUEFMAN . —The AV . M . is bound to sign your petition to the Board of Benevolence—you having been initiated in that Lodge in 1843 , and being still a member , unless some good cause can be shown against you , which wo presume cannot be the case , or the brethren would
not have allowed you to continue a member . As to ivhether you have been relieved by the Manchester Lodge , which you deny , or twenty Lodges , has nothing to do with the question . A \ e know , however , that the Robert Burns Lodge having a benevolent fund of their own , are very tenacious of allowing any of the members of their Lodge applying to the Fund of Benevolence , excepting in eases of dire necessity when all other means of relief have failed to meet the case .
"SYLVA . "—AVe never saw the work , nor do wo want to do so . " A Yotrsc . COMPANION . "—Having only been a Master Mason under the English Constitution one month , the fact of your getting exalted in Scotland whilst on a business excursion there ivould not entitle you to visit au English Royal Arch Chapter . It is unmasouic to attempt to evade , tho laws of the country in which you live .
' ¦ P . M . "—Examine the Book of Constitutions and judge for yourself . "Ax OLD SiraseMBEit . "—YOU may rest assured that the form of the Freemasons' Magazine will never again be altered whilst it is in our hands— and wo have no intention of parting with it at present . "Ax AMERICAN BROTHER " can join an English . Lodge if properly vouchedand ho wishes
, to do so . The expense of registration to the Lodge will be the same as though he wore initiated iu the Lodge . ' -CVasks five questions . —1 . If a brother gives a written notice of his desire to leave the Lodge at a certain time , and pays up his dues is he a member of that Lodge after the period has elapsed—and ought the AV . M . to permit him to attend and take part in the business " of the
Lodge ( he not subscribing to any other Lodge ) without being balloted for and re-elected ?—If tlie brother ' s resignation was accepted ho caimot legally take part in the proceeding of tho Lodge until he has ' been re-elected a member . 2 . If a Lodge ivas consecrated on the 1 st , July 1850 when will the period of the AV . M ' s . year of office terminate?—On the 1 st July , 18 ( 10 ; but if ho has not before served the office of AV . M it is not absolutel for him to
y necessary serve twelve months , should it be tho wish of the Lodge that tho annual installation shall take place ou any other day . The other questions wo cannot print , but we may answer—3 . Hailing . —4 . Master Masons . — . I . Entered Apprentices ! ' * 'S . S . "—AVe are not acquainted with the brother alluded to ,
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be backed in his opposition by powerful friends . By whom ? Not surely by Russia , and we all know that Austria has enough to do at home . Thc address presented by the Roman nobility to thc Pope has been numerously signed , and conspicuous among the rest is the name of Prince Joseph Bonaparte . The address was presented by Prince Orsini , Prince Borghese , and Marquis Antici Mattei . Several ' of the municipalities ofthe provinces have also sent addresses , and much enthusiasm
lias been created among tho adherents ofthe Pope by tho announcement in the Giomule di Jiirma that the Holy Father " has deemed it a matter of conscience to reply in the negative to the advice of tho Emperor Napoleon . " -From Naples , we learn that a ministerial crisis has taken place there , and that the king has sent for Signor Troja Murena . The reason for thc fall of the ministry is said to be the project , attributed to the kiug , of sending Neapolitan troops to the aid ofthe Pope . —The war m Morocco goes on slowlybutaccording to the most recent
intelli-, , Hrtiee , the Spaniards are now jn a strong position , nine miles from Tetuan , on the southern slope of the Cane Negro chain . We have news from New York to the 11 th instant . Late news from San Juan states that General Scott ' s course of action had created groat dissatisfaction , and that the American inhabitants were inclined to support General Harney . It is added that a great deal of excitement prevails hi Mexico in consequence of tho new American treaty , and that
JMiramon ' s government had formally protested against it . The Moniieur contains tho financial report of Af . Mague to the Emperor . The Minister represents the French exchequer to be in a most flourishing condition . A year ago the arrears were 800 millions of francs ; they now do not exceed three-fourths of that sum . The French public ivould doubtless be glad to be supplied with a more detailed account of the national expenditure , but that is no business of ours . AVhat does concern us is that the calculated expenses for the army exceed by a large
sum— £ 264 , 000 sterling—the expenditure of last year . The budget of the navy is also larger . The Palrie gives some details as to tho new commercial treaty . It says , that the import duty on French wines in England will be reduced from 150 to 30 per cent . ; that silk will be admitted free ; that the duty on iron imported into France will be seven francs per 130 kilometres ; and that wool and cotton manufactures will be still protected by a duty not exceeding 30 per cent . It is added that the treidy will come into forceso far as England is
con-, cerned , this month . A letter has been received from Rome , giving some details . as to the answer sent by the Pope to the Emperor Napoleon . His Holiness is said to have replied that when he ascended the Pontifical throne he had sworn to maintain the independence of the States of the Church ; that ho is actuated by no motives of personal ambition , but that lie cannot break a solemn oath . He is , therefore , bound to protest against the separation of the Romagna .
COMMERCIAL ; AKD PUBLIC COMPANIES . —The reviews of tho condition of trade in the several manufacturing districts speak of a steadily increasing activity , with marked indications of more developed animation . The prominent feature appears to he an improved demand for the staple productions of each respective locality . At Birmingham tho home trade is said to bo improving ; tho linen department at Barnsley is likewise better ; in Nottingham there is rather a hopeful feeling in tho lace trade , and hosiery is in brisker demand . . From Halifax , Huddersfield , Leicester ,
and Leeds , the advices state that decided activity prevails , the carpet , woollen , mid cloth trades being particularly good . At Bradford , woollens are in request , but owing to the very high prices demanded the sales have not been numerous , as would otherwise have been the case . The accounts from Manchester are more satisfactory , and the India and China export business from this town has considerably improved . At the meeting of the London Discount Company , the dividend at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum was declaredand the report and accounts
, wore unanimously adopted . The result of operations was considered encouraging , the return of profits being about 9 per cent . ; but the advantage of increasing the reserve fund , so as to provide against extraordinary contingencies , was fully admitted , and the course pursued was therefore , generally supported . Tho National Bank havo declared a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of S per cent , per annum , with
a bonus of 15 s . per share , free of income tax , being together equal to 14 per cent , per annum on tho paid up capital of the bank . It is stated that some of the members of the committee appointed to inquire into the affairs of the Great Ship Company have already resigned , but it is nevertheless believed that tho practical and working portion remain , who will , at the proper period , furnish a report to the proprietors . At the meeting of the Australian Agricultural Company , the report and accounts were adopted , and a dividend of one pound per share ,
as recommended , was agreed to . The prospects of the undertaking appear more favourable , but the proceedings exercised no important effect upon the value of the shaves . At the meeting of the North British Australian Company , tho dividend declared was G- } per cent . , being Is . 3 rf . per share , free of income tax , and the report aud accounts were carried . . Tho notices of motion on the first night of the present session supply evidence of the increasing preponderance in this country of commercial over all other epiestions . Mr . Crawfordas member for
, London , gave his promised notice for a committee to inquire into tho laws affecting shipowners ; and Mr . AA . S . Lindsay , as member for Sunderland , also announced a nearly identical intention . Mr . Lindsay ' s notice had precedence , and , as the double step did not occur from any conflict of view , Mr . Crawford will waive any further proceeding . Two statements were likewise made regarding the mail contract and tele-
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graph systems , the Chancellor of the Exchequer announcing that he will move to-morrow for the reappointment of the committee of last session , and Captain Vernon notifying that , on the 7 th of February , he will endeavour , by resolution , to bring those subjects on for discussion .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
Bno . LAMOTON , ( Newcastle ) - —Your communications will bo at all times welcome . "BUTA" is thanked , —The subject shall havo duo attention . "L . V . "—AVe have no doubt you ivere taught so . If after tho word '•' star" you leave out the " and" and subsequently " other , " you will be correct . The proposed alteration as sent to us would be only
introducing unnecessary tautology . MARK MASONRY . — J . AV . writes "Bo kind enough to inform me whether Lord Leigh ' s Grand Mark Lodge has met , or when it will 1 If the meeting has boon hold , please give us a report of it in the Magazine . " —AVe have not heard of its meeting , and from what wo havo heard , we believe it is dying out , Mark Masonry has , generally , not taken in London .
Tim Masonic Journal , Haverhill , Mass ., U . S . —Bro . G . AA . Chase has resigned his connection with this excellent little American journal in its sixth volume , owing to a pressure of other matters , finding that , like other Masonic editors , he has been compelled to edit it " outside of our ' bread and butter' business , " never expecting or receiving any material income for it . Luckily for Bro . Chase , Bro . the Rev . Cyrus Pearl has come to his relief and purchased the copyright of the Journalwhieh
, will in future be published at Portland , Mobile . AVe wish Bro . Pearl success in his undertaking and Bro . Chase prosperity in his retirement . BRO . " KARL KAUEFMAN . —The AV . M . is bound to sign your petition to the Board of Benevolence—you having been initiated in that Lodge in 1843 , and being still a member , unless some good cause can be shown against you , which wo presume cannot be the case , or the brethren would
not have allowed you to continue a member . As to ivhether you have been relieved by the Manchester Lodge , which you deny , or twenty Lodges , has nothing to do with the question . A \ e know , however , that the Robert Burns Lodge having a benevolent fund of their own , are very tenacious of allowing any of the members of their Lodge applying to the Fund of Benevolence , excepting in eases of dire necessity when all other means of relief have failed to meet the case .
"SYLVA . "—AVe never saw the work , nor do wo want to do so . " A Yotrsc . COMPANION . "—Having only been a Master Mason under the English Constitution one month , the fact of your getting exalted in Scotland whilst on a business excursion there ivould not entitle you to visit au English Royal Arch Chapter . It is unmasouic to attempt to evade , tho laws of the country in which you live .
' ¦ P . M . "—Examine the Book of Constitutions and judge for yourself . "Ax OLD SiraseMBEit . "—YOU may rest assured that the form of the Freemasons' Magazine will never again be altered whilst it is in our hands— and wo have no intention of parting with it at present . "Ax AMERICAN BROTHER " can join an English . Lodge if properly vouchedand ho wishes
, to do so . The expense of registration to the Lodge will be the same as though he wore initiated iu the Lodge . ' -CVasks five questions . —1 . If a brother gives a written notice of his desire to leave the Lodge at a certain time , and pays up his dues is he a member of that Lodge after the period has elapsed—and ought the AV . M . to permit him to attend and take part in the business " of the
Lodge ( he not subscribing to any other Lodge ) without being balloted for and re-elected ?—If tlie brother ' s resignation was accepted ho caimot legally take part in the proceeding of tho Lodge until he has ' been re-elected a member . 2 . If a Lodge ivas consecrated on the 1 st , July 1850 when will the period of the AV . M ' s . year of office terminate?—On the 1 st July , 18 ( 10 ; but if ho has not before served the office of AV . M it is not absolutel for him to
y necessary serve twelve months , should it be tho wish of the Lodge that tho annual installation shall take place ou any other day . The other questions wo cannot print , but we may answer—3 . Hailing . —4 . Master Masons . — . I . Entered Apprentices ! ' * 'S . S . "—AVe are not acquainted with the brother alluded to ,