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BROOKLYN . Central Lodge ( No . 361 ) . —Gustavas Swan , re-elected W . M . ; Alden S . Crowell , re-elected S . W . ; Lewis Hurst , J . W . ; Thomas B . Robertson , S . D . ; George Acret , J . D . ; Alexander Agar , Treas . ; H . E . Wheeler , re-elected Sec . Hope Lodge . —A .-P . Moriarty , re-elected W . M . ; W . H . Housner , S . W . ; N . Gartens , J . W . ; James Bennett , Sec . ; Thomas Arnold , Treas . ; J . Dickie , S . D . ; I . Jackson , J . D . NEW JERSEY . Daniel Babbitt , G . M ., Orange Lodge ; T . H . Varick , D . G . Mr , Jersey City ; J . H . Janeway , G . S . W ., Railway ; George Finch , G . J . W ., Red Bank ; Elias Philips , G . Treas . ; J . H . Hough , G . Sec . ; J . R . Chapin , D . G . Sec—( From the Masonic Messenger , New York , Jan . 15 , 1856 . )
Summary Of News For February.
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR FEBRUARY .
THE WAR . The peace negotiations are progressing , and on the 25 th an armistice to extend to the land forces only was signed , to continue in force until the 31 st March . In the mean time the warlike preparations have been continued , and the docks at Sebastopol as well as Fort Nicholas totally destroyed .
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . Her Majesty opened the Session of 1856 on the 31 st January , just as our last number went to press . The Speech from the throne announced that negotiations were about to be opened at Paris for peace ; that a defensive treaty had been entered into with Sweden and Norway ; and a commercial treaty concluded with Chili . The Speech also referred to several measures for the improvement of the law , to be brought forward in the course of the session , and contained an assurance that whilst peace would be sought by every honourable means , the preparations for the continuance of the war would be carried on with every possible energy . The first night in both Houses was devoted to the discussion of the Address in answer to the Speech , to which there was no opposition . No business of importance was transacted in the House of Lords until the 7 th , when Lord Lyndhurst moved that the patent conferring a life peerage on Sir James Parke as Lord Wensleydale be referred to a committee of privileges .
The motion was opposed by Government , but carried by a majority of 138 to 105 . On the 8 th Earl Granville introduced a bill to create a vice-president of the Council of Education , who , his lordship explained , was to be a member of the House of Commons . The House sat in committee on the 12 th , and examined a number of patents of ancient date relative to life peerages . On the 15 th , Earl Granville , in moving the second reading of the hill for establishing a Minister of Instructionunder the title of Vice-President of the Committee of Council on
Education , described the duties of the office . In addition to the duties discharged by the present committee , the educational functions exercised by certain public boards would be transferred to the Minister of Instruction . The bill was read a second time . The Wensleydale peerage case was further considered in a committee of privileges on the 18 th . On the 22 nd , Lord Glenelg moved that the
following questions should be submitted to the judges : — " Whether it is in the power of the Crown to erect , by patent , the dignity of baron ? " and "What the rights and privileges are conferred by such a patent ? " The motion was negatived by 142 to 111 . Lord Lyndhurst then brought forward a motion declaring that the patent creating Sir James Parke a peer for life would not entitle him to a seat in the House , which was carried by a majority of 9 , 2 to 57 . On the 25 th , the
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BROOKLYN . Central Lodge ( No . 361 ) . —Gustavas Swan , re-elected W . M . ; Alden S . Crowell , re-elected S . W . ; Lewis Hurst , J . W . ; Thomas B . Robertson , S . D . ; George Acret , J . D . ; Alexander Agar , Treas . ; H . E . Wheeler , re-elected Sec . Hope Lodge . —A .-P . Moriarty , re-elected W . M . ; W . H . Housner , S . W . ; N . Gartens , J . W . ; James Bennett , Sec . ; Thomas Arnold , Treas . ; J . Dickie , S . D . ; I . Jackson , J . D . NEW JERSEY . Daniel Babbitt , G . M ., Orange Lodge ; T . H . Varick , D . G . Mr , Jersey City ; J . H . Janeway , G . S . W ., Railway ; George Finch , G . J . W ., Red Bank ; Elias Philips , G . Treas . ; J . H . Hough , G . Sec . ; J . R . Chapin , D . G . Sec—( From the Masonic Messenger , New York , Jan . 15 , 1856 . )
Summary Of News For February.
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR FEBRUARY .
THE WAR . The peace negotiations are progressing , and on the 25 th an armistice to extend to the land forces only was signed , to continue in force until the 31 st March . In the mean time the warlike preparations have been continued , and the docks at Sebastopol as well as Fort Nicholas totally destroyed .
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . Her Majesty opened the Session of 1856 on the 31 st January , just as our last number went to press . The Speech from the throne announced that negotiations were about to be opened at Paris for peace ; that a defensive treaty had been entered into with Sweden and Norway ; and a commercial treaty concluded with Chili . The Speech also referred to several measures for the improvement of the law , to be brought forward in the course of the session , and contained an assurance that whilst peace would be sought by every honourable means , the preparations for the continuance of the war would be carried on with every possible energy . The first night in both Houses was devoted to the discussion of the Address in answer to the Speech , to which there was no opposition . No business of importance was transacted in the House of Lords until the 7 th , when Lord Lyndhurst moved that the patent conferring a life peerage on Sir James Parke as Lord Wensleydale be referred to a committee of privileges .
The motion was opposed by Government , but carried by a majority of 138 to 105 . On the 8 th Earl Granville introduced a bill to create a vice-president of the Council of Education , who , his lordship explained , was to be a member of the House of Commons . The House sat in committee on the 12 th , and examined a number of patents of ancient date relative to life peerages . On the 15 th , Earl Granville , in moving the second reading of the hill for establishing a Minister of Instructionunder the title of Vice-President of the Committee of Council on
Education , described the duties of the office . In addition to the duties discharged by the present committee , the educational functions exercised by certain public boards would be transferred to the Minister of Instruction . The bill was read a second time . The Wensleydale peerage case was further considered in a committee of privileges on the 18 th . On the 22 nd , Lord Glenelg moved that the
following questions should be submitted to the judges : — " Whether it is in the power of the Crown to erect , by patent , the dignity of baron ? " and "What the rights and privileges are conferred by such a patent ? " The motion was negatived by 142 to 111 . Lord Lyndhurst then brought forward a motion declaring that the patent creating Sir James Parke a peer for life would not entitle him to a seat in the House , which was carried by a majority of 9 , 2 to 57 . On the 25 th , the