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The Week.

matter . —The other business was of no special importance . On the 18 th inst ., LordNaas was able to give the House some satisfactory news from Kerry . The number of insurgents had never been great , and they had met with no support from the peasantry . He praised the courage of the constable Duggan , ¦ who was wounded , and the conduct of the Rev . Mr . M'Ginn ,

¦ who bearded the insurgents , and advised them to disperse . Subsequently , the House went into committee of supply , and voted certain supplementary estimates of a pressing nature . Both the army and navy estimates were laid on the table in the course of the evening . Later , the Trades' Union Bill was read a second time after a short debate . In the House , on the

12 th inst ., LordNaas gave notice that he should move for leave to introduce a bill to further suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus in Ireland . —When the questions had been answered ,. Mr . Seely brought forward his motion for a reform of the Admiralty . Mr . Seely made some extraordinary exposures of the Admiralty system . This led to a long aud interesting debate . On the 20 th instant Mr . MeLaron moved tho second reading of a bill to abolish the annuity tax iu Edinburgh . By an -Act passed in 18 C 0 the stipends of tho ministers of the established churches

in Edinburgh wore ordered to bo paid by tho corporation , who were empowered to levy a tax for that purpose , which tax was collected with the police-rate . Mr . McLaren's bill abolished this tax , and gave- tho clergy their pow-rents and a sum of £ 2 , 000 a year from tho port of Loith , to which thoy are entitled . Further , it proposed to . reduce tho number of tho ministers , so that tho stipend of each should be at least £ G 0 O . The bill was opposed

by Sir J . Ferguson , Mr . Moncrieff , Mr . Cumming Brnco , and Mr . Miller , and supported by Mr . Baxter , Mr . Crmn-Ewing , and Mr . Hadfield . On a . division the bill -was rejected by 107 votes to 74 . —Another subject of a briof debate was a motion by Lord Naas for leave to introduco a bill to renew tho suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland for a short period . His lordship

asked that tho debato upon tho bill might tako placo . Dr . Brady , Mr . Cogan , and Sir P . O'Brien spoke very briofly , and leave was given to bring in tho bill . It was read a first time . — Mr . Bernal Osborno made a gallant attempt to get a pledge from Lord John Manners that the ladies' gallery should bo improved . Mr . Osborno wanted the brass railings in front of tho gallery removed , but that , his lordship said , was too delicato a matter to bo dealt with off-hand . Ho woidd do all ho could to improve tho ventilation .

GENERAL H OJIE NEWS . —Tho health of London during tho . past week is reported by tho Registrar-General to be in a satisfactory condition , tho deaths being 114 less than tho estimated aevrago . The annual rates of mortality per 1 , 000 wero in thirteen of tho principal places as follows : —Bristol , 28 ; London and Birmingham , 24 ; Hull , 25 ; Sheffield , 2 G ; Salford , Leods ,

and Edinburgh , 28 ; Glasgow and Manchester , 30 ; Liverpool , 31 ; Dublin , 34 ; and Nowcastle-on-Tyno , 37 . Earl Granville distributed , on tho lGth inst ., the prizes to successful students in tho Fomalo School of Art . Tho institution appears to bo doiwr good service . Earl Granville ' s speech was thoroughly appropriate . Tho rising in Kerry turns out to bo a most insi gnificant

affair , and to havo been occasioned mainly by tho arrest of Captain Moriarty , an American agent , who had been residing for somo tfmo past at Cahivciveen . There is always a spy in ovory camp , and so somebody informed a magistrate at Killarnoy that mischief was browing , that this Moriarty was at tho bottom of it , and that on a certain day ho would proceed by mail car from

Konniaro to Killarnoy , with his pockets filled with important documents . Captain Moriarty was of courso arrested , and various papers in tho handwriting of Stephens woro found on his person—ono letter being addressed to " Brother

The Week.

Sheehan , " at Killarney , and another to " Bro .. O'Connor , " at Cahirciveen . The authorities ought to be very much obliged to the Fenians for the trouble they take to supply them with all the information they want . The story that Stephens has landed appears to be an assumption rather than a fact , and an assumption which is rather disproved by the existence of the

Sheehan and O'Connor correspondence . The thousands of Fenians have now dwindled down to hundreds . The latest telegram states that "Toomie Wood" was being examined to discover a party of fifty Fenians " wearing long boots and green coats . " One thing is happily certain . The Fenians were few in number , and the population refused to take part in their

movement Mr . Gathorne Hardy ' s bill in reference to tho Poor-law administration of London , does not meet with universal acceptance . A special meeting of the Marylebone guardians was held on the 18 th inst ., to discuss it , and strong objections were urged to some parts of the measure . Eventually it was resolved to appoint a deputation to wait upon Mr . Hardy in

reference to the bill . The polling for East Suffolk took place ou the ISth inst ., and resulted in the return of Mr . Corrance , the Tory candidate . The numbers at the close of the poll were : Corrance , 2 , 506 ; Adair , 2 , 135 . ——At Bow-street , on the 19 th inst ., the examination of Colonel Nelson aud Lieutenant Brand was resumed . The proceedings

were of a very interesting character . Mr . Lewis , one of the witnesses for the prosecution , was again examined by Mr . Fitzjauies Stephen . He was subsequently cross-examined by Mr . Poland as to his own share in the courts-martial at Morant Bay .

Other witnesses were afterwards examined , and the case was adjourned . —There was a special meeting of the St . Pancras Board of Guardians to receive the report of a committee which had been appointed to inquire into alleged irregularities in the workhouse . The report was of the most sweepingly condemnatory character . It alleged that wholesale peculation had been practised in the workhouse j that there had been fearful waste

of stores ; that frightful immorality prevailed , that all kinds of irregularities had been permitted , and that the master and matron were wholly unfit for the position they held . There was a long debate upon the report . Eventually , however , it was adopted , and the master and matron were dismissed . At the Middlesex sessions a young woman named Hagar

Barrett was indicted for stealing three diamond studs and other articles , value £ 82 , the property of Nbwrojie Doosalhoy , a Parsee . It appeared that the prosecutor lived in a house of a Mr . Watton , Fairfield Lodge , Tottenham , where the . prisoner was employed as a domostic servant . For some unexp lained reason she was dismissed . On the evening of her departure from the house the property in question was missed . The prisoner was hunted upacknowledged having stolen the

dia-, monds , and stated that sho sold them to a jeweller in Oxfordstreot . Tho jowellory in question was produced , and tho conduct of tho jeweller was soveroly censured by tho assistant judge , who decided on adjourning tho caso . We are happy to announce that the Princess of Walos was safely delivered of a daughter on tho morning of the 20 th inst , and that hor condition is unaffected by tho attack of rhomnatism from which sho has boon sufforing .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

* 3 * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , ' Strand , London , W . C . F . B ., J . B ., BOYS' SCHOOL , AXD OTHERS . —Roports and correspondonco to hand , but too late for insertion in our prosont number . ERRATA . —In our report last week of Bro . Dr . Haynes' Oration , p . 122 , last lino but thrco of tho last vorso of the poetry , read for "heart throbs stray" "heart throbs strong ; " and in lino sovon from bottom of last column , samo page , for " washed and sanded" read " washed and sandaled . "

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REOPENING OF THE LODGE OF PERTUIS, FRANCE. * Article 1
FREEMASONRY. Article 2
THE NEMESIS: A TALE OF THE DAYS OF TRAJAN. Article 5
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 6
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 7
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS. Article 8
MASONIC MEMS. Article 9
METROPOLITAN. Article 10
PROVINCIAL. Article 11
SCOTLAND. Article 12
IRELAND. Article 13
CHANNEL ISLANDS. Article 13
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MARK MASONRY. Article 14
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 15
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE. Article 15
MASONIC FESTIVITIES. Article 15
Obituary. Article 16
REVIEWS. Article 17
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 17
Poetry. Article 17
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, MUSIC, DRAMA, AND THE FINE ARTS. Article 18
MEETINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEARNED SOCIETIES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH Article 18
THE WEEK. Article 18
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 20
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The Week.

matter . —The other business was of no special importance . On the 18 th inst ., LordNaas was able to give the House some satisfactory news from Kerry . The number of insurgents had never been great , and they had met with no support from the peasantry . He praised the courage of the constable Duggan , ¦ who was wounded , and the conduct of the Rev . Mr . M'Ginn ,

¦ who bearded the insurgents , and advised them to disperse . Subsequently , the House went into committee of supply , and voted certain supplementary estimates of a pressing nature . Both the army and navy estimates were laid on the table in the course of the evening . Later , the Trades' Union Bill was read a second time after a short debate . In the House , on the

12 th inst ., LordNaas gave notice that he should move for leave to introduce a bill to further suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus in Ireland . —When the questions had been answered ,. Mr . Seely brought forward his motion for a reform of the Admiralty . Mr . Seely made some extraordinary exposures of the Admiralty system . This led to a long aud interesting debate . On the 20 th instant Mr . MeLaron moved tho second reading of a bill to abolish the annuity tax iu Edinburgh . By an -Act passed in 18 C 0 the stipends of tho ministers of the established churches

in Edinburgh wore ordered to bo paid by tho corporation , who were empowered to levy a tax for that purpose , which tax was collected with the police-rate . Mr . McLaren's bill abolished this tax , and gave- tho clergy their pow-rents and a sum of £ 2 , 000 a year from tho port of Loith , to which thoy are entitled . Further , it proposed to . reduce tho number of tho ministers , so that tho stipend of each should be at least £ G 0 O . The bill was opposed

by Sir J . Ferguson , Mr . Moncrieff , Mr . Cumming Brnco , and Mr . Miller , and supported by Mr . Baxter , Mr . Crmn-Ewing , and Mr . Hadfield . On a . division the bill -was rejected by 107 votes to 74 . —Another subject of a briof debate was a motion by Lord Naas for leave to introduco a bill to renew tho suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland for a short period . His lordship

asked that tho debato upon tho bill might tako placo . Dr . Brady , Mr . Cogan , and Sir P . O'Brien spoke very briofly , and leave was given to bring in tho bill . It was read a first time . — Mr . Bernal Osborno made a gallant attempt to get a pledge from Lord John Manners that the ladies' gallery should bo improved . Mr . Osborno wanted the brass railings in front of tho gallery removed , but that , his lordship said , was too delicato a matter to bo dealt with off-hand . Ho woidd do all ho could to improve tho ventilation .

GENERAL H OJIE NEWS . —Tho health of London during tho . past week is reported by tho Registrar-General to be in a satisfactory condition , tho deaths being 114 less than tho estimated aevrago . The annual rates of mortality per 1 , 000 wero in thirteen of tho principal places as follows : —Bristol , 28 ; London and Birmingham , 24 ; Hull , 25 ; Sheffield , 2 G ; Salford , Leods ,

and Edinburgh , 28 ; Glasgow and Manchester , 30 ; Liverpool , 31 ; Dublin , 34 ; and Nowcastle-on-Tyno , 37 . Earl Granville distributed , on tho lGth inst ., the prizes to successful students in tho Fomalo School of Art . Tho institution appears to bo doiwr good service . Earl Granville ' s speech was thoroughly appropriate . Tho rising in Kerry turns out to bo a most insi gnificant

affair , and to havo been occasioned mainly by tho arrest of Captain Moriarty , an American agent , who had been residing for somo tfmo past at Cahivciveen . There is always a spy in ovory camp , and so somebody informed a magistrate at Killarnoy that mischief was browing , that this Moriarty was at tho bottom of it , and that on a certain day ho would proceed by mail car from

Konniaro to Killarnoy , with his pockets filled with important documents . Captain Moriarty was of courso arrested , and various papers in tho handwriting of Stephens woro found on his person—ono letter being addressed to " Brother

The Week.

Sheehan , " at Killarney , and another to " Bro .. O'Connor , " at Cahirciveen . The authorities ought to be very much obliged to the Fenians for the trouble they take to supply them with all the information they want . The story that Stephens has landed appears to be an assumption rather than a fact , and an assumption which is rather disproved by the existence of the

Sheehan and O'Connor correspondence . The thousands of Fenians have now dwindled down to hundreds . The latest telegram states that "Toomie Wood" was being examined to discover a party of fifty Fenians " wearing long boots and green coats . " One thing is happily certain . The Fenians were few in number , and the population refused to take part in their

movement Mr . Gathorne Hardy ' s bill in reference to tho Poor-law administration of London , does not meet with universal acceptance . A special meeting of the Marylebone guardians was held on the 18 th inst ., to discuss it , and strong objections were urged to some parts of the measure . Eventually it was resolved to appoint a deputation to wait upon Mr . Hardy in

reference to the bill . The polling for East Suffolk took place ou the ISth inst ., and resulted in the return of Mr . Corrance , the Tory candidate . The numbers at the close of the poll were : Corrance , 2 , 506 ; Adair , 2 , 135 . ——At Bow-street , on the 19 th inst ., the examination of Colonel Nelson aud Lieutenant Brand was resumed . The proceedings

were of a very interesting character . Mr . Lewis , one of the witnesses for the prosecution , was again examined by Mr . Fitzjauies Stephen . He was subsequently cross-examined by Mr . Poland as to his own share in the courts-martial at Morant Bay .

Other witnesses were afterwards examined , and the case was adjourned . —There was a special meeting of the St . Pancras Board of Guardians to receive the report of a committee which had been appointed to inquire into alleged irregularities in the workhouse . The report was of the most sweepingly condemnatory character . It alleged that wholesale peculation had been practised in the workhouse j that there had been fearful waste

of stores ; that frightful immorality prevailed , that all kinds of irregularities had been permitted , and that the master and matron were wholly unfit for the position they held . There was a long debate upon the report . Eventually , however , it was adopted , and the master and matron were dismissed . At the Middlesex sessions a young woman named Hagar

Barrett was indicted for stealing three diamond studs and other articles , value £ 82 , the property of Nbwrojie Doosalhoy , a Parsee . It appeared that the prosecutor lived in a house of a Mr . Watton , Fairfield Lodge , Tottenham , where the . prisoner was employed as a domostic servant . For some unexp lained reason she was dismissed . On the evening of her departure from the house the property in question was missed . The prisoner was hunted upacknowledged having stolen the

dia-, monds , and stated that sho sold them to a jeweller in Oxfordstreot . Tho jowellory in question was produced , and tho conduct of tho jeweller was soveroly censured by tho assistant judge , who decided on adjourning tho caso . We are happy to announce that the Princess of Walos was safely delivered of a daughter on tho morning of the 20 th inst , and that hor condition is unaffected by tho attack of rhomnatism from which sho has boon sufforing .

To Correspondents.

TO CORRESPONDENTS .

* 3 * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , ' Strand , London , W . C . F . B ., J . B ., BOYS' SCHOOL , AXD OTHERS . —Roports and correspondonco to hand , but too late for insertion in our prosont number . ERRATA . —In our report last week of Bro . Dr . Haynes' Oration , p . 122 , last lino but thrco of tho last vorso of the poetry , read for "heart throbs stray" "heart throbs strong ; " and in lino sovon from bottom of last column , samo page , for " washed and sanded" read " washed and sandaled . "

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