Royal Arch.

and were assisted by the usual officers , together with Comp . Bosenberg , 24 and 586 . Comp . James Roddan , of St . Hildas Chap ter ( No . 292 ) , very efficiently filled the office of P . S . Bro . AV . Quarrie , W . M . of Blaydon Lodge ( No . 257 ) , and Bro . J . Kelly , of St . George ' s Lodge ( No . 624 ) , were ballotted for and elected , and , being in attendance , were properly prepared and entrusted , after which they were regularly exalted to the sublime degree by the M . E . 1 st Principal , J . G . Tulloch , communicated the historical

who also , symbolical , and mystical lectures of the degree . The companions then proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year , the several ballots showing the following results : —M . E . Comp . John G . Tulloch ( reelected ) Z- ; M . E . Comp . Edtvard Shotton , H . ; Comp . J . Symington , J . ; ME . Comp . W . Twizell , P . Z . ( re-elected ) Treas . ; Comp . Joseph Gibson , E . ; Comp . Joseph Robertson , ( re-elected ) N . ; Comp . H . C . Hansen , P . S . ; and Comp . J . Evans , ( re-elected ) Janitor . The chapter was then closed in due form .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . J . GEORGE , PROV . G . REG ., HANTS . On Monday last the funeral rites connected with the interment of the late respected Mayor of Romsey were gone through . The procession consisted of the Rev . E . L . Berthon , Vicar of Romsey , Dr . M'Quhal , Capt . M'Kenzie , and other gentlemen and tradesmen of the town . Next followed the ex-mayor , B . L . Finder , Esq ., Aldermen Lorden and Dyett , Councillors

Purchase , Pinnick , Slater , Challocombe , Baker , Summers , Witt , Pepper , and Cressy ; a mourning coach , with friends of the deceased ; the hearse came next , and after this several mourning coaches , accompanied hy a great number , of persons . In this order the procession reached the cemetery soon after twelve o ' clock , from the gates of which the coffin was carried to the chapel , the pall-bearers being Mr . AV . A . Footner , Mr . Thomas

Alice , Mr . Bromley ( of Southampton ) , Mr . John Jackson , Mr . Buckell , and Mr . F . Taylor . On their arrival at the chapel , portions of Scripture were read from the Old and New Testament , suitable to the solemn occasion , by the Rev . AV . Crosbie , and on ending these he addressed a few words to the congregation , reminding them that health , influence , usefulness , or even family dependents , formed

no barrier to the approach of death , when the decree had gone forth from the high court of heaven ; and that though the event which had thus brought them together was mysterious , it was right . Mr . Crosbie then spoke of the deceased as a member of society ; as the beloved father of a loving family ; as a personal friend , and as a Christian . Referring to the latter feature in the deceased ' s character , he stated that , as the shadows of death were falling around him , Mr . George said , with much composure , has received

" Jesus me . " After a short prayer , the procession was re-formed to the vault , where a short prayer concluded the service . A half-minute knell tolled at the time of the funeral , and on the return of the procession , and again in the evening a dumb peal was rung . Some of the shops remained closed during the whole of the day . Such a testimony of respect as that which was witnessed on Monday has not been often seen in Romsey ; and whilst the exhibition of so much sympathy must have been pleasing to the friends of the late Mavor , it was no more than was fullv merited .

The Week.

THE WEEK .

mi CouET - ~ T 1 'e Queen arrived at Windsor Castle , from Balmoral , at half-past eight o ' clock on Saturday mornin ?; and a Privy ctw T 18 ileM in tIle com ' se of tlle day , at which several of the "" Mile '; Ministers were present . The Queen has taken her deparii e tor Germany . About half-past two o ' clock on Monday afternoon , < Wi-R r sty and suite left Windsor Castle , and travelling by the oont-U-Western Railway , she left the train at the Nine Elms station , ¦ uia proceeded by ovalCamberwell

Kemiington- , , and New Cross , wards Woolwich , where at four she embarked on board the Fairy , ce , » ,- ?™ , , I 0 "' 11 the rim ' - TUere was no military guard nor roifl J ™ i ., ' - Qvieen ^ siring to travel in strict privacy ; but the will , « ri ? " vev wore eacl 1 crowded with spectators , the Queen , on T i nnc ^ ses Hel ena , Louisa , and Beatrice , arrived at Laeken iMMlay . On Wednesday the Princesses , accompanied by the

from all parts of the country , as well as by gentlemen from France and America . The discussions are somewhat of a discursive character , and the great value of the conference would appear to lie in the stimulus that the meeting of so many men engaged in the same object never fails to impart to each other . The Metropolitan Railway—¦ popularly known as the Underground—was opened in its full extent , from Victoria-street , in the Fleet-valley , to the junction with the Great AVestern , in the Edgware-road , on Saturday . The line will be opened to the public in a few daysbut on Saturday some

; 600 or 700 shareholders were invited by the directors to inspect the line , and to travel on it from end to end . The affair excited great interest along the line of streets through which the railway passes , and wherever the train emerged into the open the passengers were greeted with loud cries—exclamations and acclamations—hy the crowds . The lino has been constructed within the estimates . An amazing stovy , which may ov may not be a " yarn" specially intended for " the marines , " reaches us from Liverpool . A pilot belonging to that states that ni

port one ght last week , while he was in charge of an outward-bound ship , he witnessed a desperate engagement , " at close quarters , " between two vessels , about 25 miles " off Holyhead . The theory is , that the alleged combatants belonged to the rival sections of the American States , but on this point nothing definite is hazarded , as litlle could be seen beyond the flashing of the guns . The pilot is equally uncertain as to the issue of the combat ; he merelstates that" after a time of vessels appeared to

y , , one be retreating , but at the same time keeping up a running fire . " A suicide under most extraordinary circumstances , took place on Saturday morning in Lancaster Gaol . Walker Moore , who was to have been hanged for the murder ofhis wife at noon that day , anticipated his sentence by choking himself in the water closet of his cell at six o ' clock in the morning . Why the two turnkeys who were in charge of him , allowed him to be unattended thoy will probably have to explain before the magistrates . A number of persons assembled iu the of the afternoon to

course witness the execution , ancl could hardly be made to believe that the law had thus been baffled of its victim . A sad accident took place on Sunday afternoon on the Mersey . Among the pleasure parties on the river that day , the crews of two boats—the Limited Liability and the Jockey—commenced racing , and in the course of the race they got foul of each other , hy which the Joclccy was upset , and eleven persons—eight men and three women—were precipitated into the river . Four of the men were reached , but the other four men and three women sank , and the bodies have not since been recovered . A railway accident of a very alarming nature occurred on the Leicester and Hitchhi railway , at the Market Harborough Station . A return excursion train , from London

Duchess of Brabant , visited Brussels . The Princes Arthur and Leopold also visited the city , with the Count of Flanders . A grand dejeuner took place in the palace in the evening , at which Earl Russell was _ present . The Queen remained at Laeken with the King of the Belgians , and was to leave for Germany on Thursday , the Prince of Wales continues at Windsor . Prince Alfred was at Dantzic on the 31 st ult . His Royal highness preserved the strictest incognito , on which account there was no official reception . The prince intended to proceed to Coburg on leaving Dantzicin order to meet

, his august mother . His royal highness will arrive at Berlin on the 13 th inst ., to officiate as godfather to the newly-born son of his sister , the Crown Princess of Prussia . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The returns of the Registrar General show a favourable conditon of the health of the metropolis during the past week . The choleraic diseases that abound in the latter - portion of summer had begun to decline , and even , after deducting the deaths that occurred during the cholera of 1856— of which

many fell within the corresponding week of the year—the return . would still show the deaths to be not more the corrected average . The number was 1147 , The births exceeded the deaths by seven hundred and five . The health of the Archbishop of Canterbury is said to be in a most precarious state . His grace is in his 82 ud year , and his illness arises from a general decay of his physical powers . The Gazette announces that Parliament lias been further prorogued from the 24 th of October to the 13 th of November ; that the Sicilian

blockade has been raised ; and that the ratifications of the Anglo-Belgian Commercial Treaty were exchanged in London on Saturday ; and an order in Council suspending the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act , so far as to allow of officers in both army and navy taking service under the Emperor of China . Lord * and Lady Palmerston have been on a visit to her ladyship ' s seat of Melbourne Hall , Derbj'siiire , where an address was presented to tbem in the presence of a great crowd of visitors from all parts of the county ,

and a luncheon was afterwards given , at which his lordship presided . At both of these meetings the Premier dwelt on what the Government had done for the defence of tbo country , and expatiated on the necessity of maintaining the national armaments , even though at the cost of the present taxation . Divine service was also performed in the parish church , at which his lordship attended . The performances of the members of the Savage Club at Manchester , on Tuesday night , for the benefit of the fund for the relief of the distress in Lancashire , were perfectly successful . It is stated that over £ 500 would be realised for the fund . The friends of Sunday-school teaching are at present engaged holding a conference of Sunday-school teachers , which is attended by delegates