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with deafening applause . "Thehealth of the RAY . Provincial Graud Master" was then proposed by the V . W . Bro . the Provincial Grand Secretary , and drunk with all the honours . The R . W . Provincial Grand Master replied in appropriate terms . " Prosperity to Bro . Warren aud the Freemasons' Magazine" was then proposed by the Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies , aud drunk with great enthusiasm . Several other toasts were proposed , and drunk with the usual honours . At halfpast ten , p . m ., the brethren separated in true Masonic order .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE Queen aud the Princesses have paid daily visits to the Duchess of Kent , whose health is much improved . On Wednesday there was a concert at Buckingham Palace , to which about 700 guests were invited . Tho principal vocal performers were [ Mademoiselle Titiens , Mademoiselle Meyer , Siguori Gardoni and Belletti , and M . Zelgcr . The band and chorus amounted to nearly 200 performers . The Princess Frederick William on Thursday , embarked at Graveseud , ou her return to Prussia , after a visit to England of twelve days . She was accompanied
to Graveseud by the Queen , the Prince Consort , tmd the Princess Alice . Her Majesty and the Prince Consort went on Saturday morning to inspect Mr . Waterer ' s show of rhododendrons , iu the Royal Botanical Gardens . Iu the evening the Queen and the Princess Alice went to the Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden . The Prince Consort dined with the officers of the Grenadier Guards , at the London Tavern . The Paris Monitcur is half filled with lists of nominations to the Legion of Honour , and grants of the military med . il to the officers and soldiers engaged in the affair of Montebollo , the former numbering 50 , and the latter 70 . The Sardinian General De Sonnaz is created a commander , and six other Sardinian officers
chevaliers . The military medal is also conferred upon four nou-eonimissimied officers , a trumpeter , and a private of the Sardinian army . The army of the East is immediately to be increased from 80 , 000 to 150 , 000 men . Duke Pelissier has left Paris for Nancy , the head-quarters of the army he commands . On the 30 th May , King Victor Emmanuel crossed the Sesia near Vercelli with Cialdiui ' s division ; he found the enemy entrenched , aud only carried their position after an obstinate struggle tit the point of the bayonet . The Sardinians took two guns and some prisoners . That night the King slept at Torrione amongst his troopson tho
, left bank of the Sesia . Vercelli was illuminated to celebrate the victory , and the French Emperor transferred his headquarters from Alessandria to Cassale . Ou Tuesday morning , the king , before he had time to strengthen his position , was attacked by an Austrian corps d' armee of 25 , 000 men . The king himself , at the head of the 4 th divisiou , aided by tho 3 rd regiment of Zouaves , rushed upon the enemy and defeated them with the loss , it is said , of eight guns and 1 , 000 prisoners . Amongst the troops who fought , the Zouaves , according to the account iu the
Monileur , did great things : but as at Mpntebello so at Palestro , the Sardinians bore the brunt of the contest . Tho Austrians , the same evening , about six o ' clock , endeavoured to dislodge the king from his position at Palestro ; but again they mre repulsed . The Icing displayed , acmrding to his wont , that chivalrous aud reckless courage for which through life he has been so famous . Como has declared its adhesion to the King of Sardinia , and the population of the surrounding country is hastening to put itself under Garibaldi ' s flagwho received
, a check from the Austrians under General Urban , and had been forced to retire into the canton Tessin . On the SOfch , he was before the fort of Laveno , ou the Lago Maggiore . He appears to havo continued besieging Laveno in the course of Tuesday . Varese fell again into tho hands of the Austrians under General Urbau ' s command . The whole of the Valteline is in revolt ; and the sub-governor of Sondrio , the town where the insurgents seem to have made their head-quarters ,
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with deafening applause . "Thehealth of the RAY . Provincial Graud Master" was then proposed by the V . W . Bro . the Provincial Grand Secretary , and drunk with all the honours . The R . W . Provincial Grand Master replied in appropriate terms . " Prosperity to Bro . Warren aud the Freemasons' Magazine" was then proposed by the Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies , aud drunk with great enthusiasm . Several other toasts were proposed , and drunk with the usual honours . At halfpast ten , p . m ., the brethren separated in true Masonic order .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE Queen aud the Princesses have paid daily visits to the Duchess of Kent , whose health is much improved . On Wednesday there was a concert at Buckingham Palace , to which about 700 guests were invited . Tho principal vocal performers were [ Mademoiselle Titiens , Mademoiselle Meyer , Siguori Gardoni and Belletti , and M . Zelgcr . The band and chorus amounted to nearly 200 performers . The Princess Frederick William on Thursday , embarked at Graveseud , ou her return to Prussia , after a visit to England of twelve days . She was accompanied
to Graveseud by the Queen , the Prince Consort , tmd the Princess Alice . Her Majesty and the Prince Consort went on Saturday morning to inspect Mr . Waterer ' s show of rhododendrons , iu the Royal Botanical Gardens . Iu the evening the Queen and the Princess Alice went to the Royal Italian Opera , Covent Garden . The Prince Consort dined with the officers of the Grenadier Guards , at the London Tavern . The Paris Monitcur is half filled with lists of nominations to the Legion of Honour , and grants of the military med . il to the officers and soldiers engaged in the affair of Montebollo , the former numbering 50 , and the latter 70 . The Sardinian General De Sonnaz is created a commander , and six other Sardinian officers
chevaliers . The military medal is also conferred upon four nou-eonimissimied officers , a trumpeter , and a private of the Sardinian army . The army of the East is immediately to be increased from 80 , 000 to 150 , 000 men . Duke Pelissier has left Paris for Nancy , the head-quarters of the army he commands . On the 30 th May , King Victor Emmanuel crossed the Sesia near Vercelli with Cialdiui ' s division ; he found the enemy entrenched , aud only carried their position after an obstinate struggle tit the point of the bayonet . The Sardinians took two guns and some prisoners . That night the King slept at Torrione amongst his troopson tho
, left bank of the Sesia . Vercelli was illuminated to celebrate the victory , and the French Emperor transferred his headquarters from Alessandria to Cassale . Ou Tuesday morning , the king , before he had time to strengthen his position , was attacked by an Austrian corps d' armee of 25 , 000 men . The king himself , at the head of the 4 th divisiou , aided by tho 3 rd regiment of Zouaves , rushed upon the enemy and defeated them with the loss , it is said , of eight guns and 1 , 000 prisoners . Amongst the troops who fought , the Zouaves , according to the account iu the
Monileur , did great things : but as at Mpntebello so at Palestro , the Sardinians bore the brunt of the contest . Tho Austrians , the same evening , about six o ' clock , endeavoured to dislodge the king from his position at Palestro ; but again they mre repulsed . The Icing displayed , acmrding to his wont , that chivalrous aud reckless courage for which through life he has been so famous . Como has declared its adhesion to the King of Sardinia , and the population of the surrounding country is hastening to put itself under Garibaldi ' s flagwho received
, a check from the Austrians under General Urban , and had been forced to retire into the canton Tessin . On the SOfch , he was before the fort of Laveno , ou the Lago Maggiore . He appears to havo continued besieging Laveno in the course of Tuesday . Varese fell again into tho hands of the Austrians under General Urbau ' s command . The whole of the Valteline is in revolt ; and the sub-governor of Sondrio , the town where the insurgents seem to have made their head-quarters ,