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Masonic Festivities
rate style , and received with the warmest demonstrations of satisfaction . The selections in the programme were most judiciously arranged ; and , after the customary toasts , the assemblage separated at the usual hour , highly delighted with the spirit and good taste with which everything had been conducted . The Brethren of the Celtic deserve the cordial acknowledgments of the Craft for the zeal with which they have inaugurated this most agreeable species of recreation .
JERSEY . A grand concert was given at the Queen ' s Assembly Booms , Belmontroad , under the patronage of the R . W . Prov . Cr . M ., Bro . Hammond , and the Masons of Jersey , who , by dispensation from Bro . Hammond , attended in full Craft clothing and jewels , with the banners and regalia of the various Lodges . In addition to a number of local celebrities , the committee availed themselves of the assistance of Bro . Donald King , Miss J . Wells ( an especial favourite of ours ) , and Miss Horton . The concert '' .. went off with great eclat , and we hope the funds of the Parochial District Tisiting Society , the Jersey Benevolent Society , and the Strangers' Friend Society , on whose behalf it was held , will be materially benefited . ,
The Week.
THE WEEK .
The Queen and Prince Consort returned to Buckingham Palace on Monday , and the fashionable season may be now said to have fairly begun , There was a levee on Wednesday , and a court on Friday , at which the new French ambassador , the Duke of Malakoff , was presented . H . B . H the Prince of Wales is making a tour in Ireland , and of course attracting universal attention wherever he goes , notwithstanding the attempt to observe as strict an incognito as possible . ——Parliament reassembled on Monday , when an announcement was made in both houses of the fall of Lucknow . In the House of Commons , on a motion for going into a com *
mittee of supply , Lord John Bussell called attention to the objections urged against the ministerial Bill for the Future Government of India , and suggested , that as all the principles would require grave discussion , the House of Commons should , in the first instance , be called upon to express its opinions by way of resolutions , as was done on a somewhat similar bill in 1813 . Mr . Disraeli adopted the suggestion , and the Government bill is therefore looked upon as virtually abandoned . The naval estimates were then proceeded with , being reduced from those of the late Government , by the discontinuance of so much ship-building , by £ 318 , 756 . The navy for the year is fixed at 59 , 318 men and boys . On Tuesday
the Lords threw out Lord Campbell ' s Libel Bill , by which the present law would have been greatly simplified , by a majority of 35 to 7 . There was no business of importance in the Commons ' , but the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that no arrangements bad been made for extending the Mediterranean system of telegraphs to Alexandria . A motion relative to the Stade dues was withdrawn , as was also another for preventing any Member of Parliament receiving rewards for his services in the legislature ; it being held that the present rule of Parliament was strong enough . On the following day , Mr . Maguire moved the second reading of the Tenants' Compensation ( Ireland ) Bill , which was opposed on the ground
that it was too great a violation of the rights of private property ; the debate therefore stands adjourned . In the Lords' on Thursday , it was stated that it was proposed to increase the facilities for parties obtaining passports to travel on the continent , and that the cost would be reduced to two shillings each . In the House of Commons , Lord Clarence Paget brought forward the question of inefficiency of lighthouses on the coast , and it was agreed to refer the subject to a royal commission of inquiry . Lord J . Manners obtained leave to bring in a bill for the sale by the Commissioners of . Works of certain lands to the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital . On Friday the Chancellor of the Exchequer , in reply to a question
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Masonic Festivities
rate style , and received with the warmest demonstrations of satisfaction . The selections in the programme were most judiciously arranged ; and , after the customary toasts , the assemblage separated at the usual hour , highly delighted with the spirit and good taste with which everything had been conducted . The Brethren of the Celtic deserve the cordial acknowledgments of the Craft for the zeal with which they have inaugurated this most agreeable species of recreation .
JERSEY . A grand concert was given at the Queen ' s Assembly Booms , Belmontroad , under the patronage of the R . W . Prov . Cr . M ., Bro . Hammond , and the Masons of Jersey , who , by dispensation from Bro . Hammond , attended in full Craft clothing and jewels , with the banners and regalia of the various Lodges . In addition to a number of local celebrities , the committee availed themselves of the assistance of Bro . Donald King , Miss J . Wells ( an especial favourite of ours ) , and Miss Horton . The concert '' .. went off with great eclat , and we hope the funds of the Parochial District Tisiting Society , the Jersey Benevolent Society , and the Strangers' Friend Society , on whose behalf it was held , will be materially benefited . ,
The Week.
THE WEEK .
The Queen and Prince Consort returned to Buckingham Palace on Monday , and the fashionable season may be now said to have fairly begun , There was a levee on Wednesday , and a court on Friday , at which the new French ambassador , the Duke of Malakoff , was presented . H . B . H the Prince of Wales is making a tour in Ireland , and of course attracting universal attention wherever he goes , notwithstanding the attempt to observe as strict an incognito as possible . ——Parliament reassembled on Monday , when an announcement was made in both houses of the fall of Lucknow . In the House of Commons , on a motion for going into a com *
mittee of supply , Lord John Bussell called attention to the objections urged against the ministerial Bill for the Future Government of India , and suggested , that as all the principles would require grave discussion , the House of Commons should , in the first instance , be called upon to express its opinions by way of resolutions , as was done on a somewhat similar bill in 1813 . Mr . Disraeli adopted the suggestion , and the Government bill is therefore looked upon as virtually abandoned . The naval estimates were then proceeded with , being reduced from those of the late Government , by the discontinuance of so much ship-building , by £ 318 , 756 . The navy for the year is fixed at 59 , 318 men and boys . On Tuesday
the Lords threw out Lord Campbell ' s Libel Bill , by which the present law would have been greatly simplified , by a majority of 35 to 7 . There was no business of importance in the Commons ' , but the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that no arrangements bad been made for extending the Mediterranean system of telegraphs to Alexandria . A motion relative to the Stade dues was withdrawn , as was also another for preventing any Member of Parliament receiving rewards for his services in the legislature ; it being held that the present rule of Parliament was strong enough . On the following day , Mr . Maguire moved the second reading of the Tenants' Compensation ( Ireland ) Bill , which was opposed on the ground
that it was too great a violation of the rights of private property ; the debate therefore stands adjourned . In the Lords' on Thursday , it was stated that it was proposed to increase the facilities for parties obtaining passports to travel on the continent , and that the cost would be reduced to two shillings each . In the House of Commons , Lord Clarence Paget brought forward the question of inefficiency of lighthouses on the coast , and it was agreed to refer the subject to a royal commission of inquiry . Lord J . Manners obtained leave to bring in a bill for the sale by the Commissioners of . Works of certain lands to the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital . On Friday the Chancellor of the Exchequer , in reply to a question