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The Week.
Pietri . The provisional government of Greece has ordered that the new King shall be chosen by universal suffrage , and that the voting , which commenced on Thursday , the 14 th inst ., shall continue during ten days . A despatch from Athens , dated Friday , says that up to that time 2500 votes had been received , and that all , without exception , were in favour of Prince Alfred , whose election was considered certain . England , France , and Russia have , according to an authoritative announcement in the
Morning Post , come to an understanding respecting the successsion to the Greek throne . Prince Alfred will not be permitted to accept the crown which the Greeks will no doubt tender to him ; and the Duke of Leuchtenberg will : be "formally admitted to be a member of the Russian reigning family , and consequently excluded from election . The three powers have further agreed to recommend that tbe Greeks shall choose for their future Sovereign King Ferdinandthe reigning King of
, Portugal's father , who was Regent of Portugal during the period of nearly two years which elapsed between the death of Queen Dona Maria da Gloria and the majority of King Pedro A . A treaty , terminating the long-standing dispute between France and Switzerland , concerning the Sovereignty of the Valley of Dappes , has been signed at Berne . The settlement is said to have been effected on the basis of a " mutual cessation of territory . " The new Italian Ministry has been formed under
the presidency oi Signor Farini , the department of Foreign Affairs being taken by Signor Pasolini ; and the several appointments have been formally announced in the official journal of Turin . Garibaldi has addressed a characteristic manifesto to the Hungarians . The Italian patriot professes to speak in the name of his country , and informs the Hungarians that Italy is ready to fight for them . The official journal of Berlin announces some changes in the Prussian Cabinetthe ministers
, of Commerce and the Interior having retired , ancl having been replaced by President Selchow and Count Eulenburg ; but these changes do not appear to possess much political significance . The Emperor of Russia has received afc Moscow several chiefs of the peasantry , ancl in addressing them urged them to effect in the promptest ancl most punctnal manner their redemption from serfdom . The peasants promised full obedience . The French government has , it is said , made contracts for the supply
of its armies in Mexico for a term ot two years ; and the inference naturally drawn from this alleged fact is , that the Emperor Napoleon intends to maintain a large army in Mexico for a period , of which the termination is perhaps as uncertain as that of the French occupation of Rome . AMEEICA . —New York advices to the evening of the 28 fch ult . have been brought by the Europa . Fredericksburg persisted in its refusal to surrender , and the Confederate General Lee
was determined to defend the town , ancl dispute the passage of the Rappahannock . The Federal Commander had prolonged to the 23 rd ult . the period allowed for the removal of women and children from the town , but up to the date of the latest advices the threatened bombardment had not commenced . It was said that the badness of the roads and other impediments would render it impossible for the Federal army to advance on Richmond by way of Fredericksburg , ancl there ivere
rumours that General Burnside's recent movements had been merely feints to cover the transportation of his army from Acquia Creek to the James River peninsula . There were various ancl conflicting reports respecting the position and intentions of General " Stonewall" Jackson , whom one rumour even asserted ( probably without any truth ) to be in the vicinity of Washington ; but the Confederates patrolled the southern bank of the Potomac from Harper's Ferry to AVilliamsport , and at a
lower point a small party of Confederate horse hacl crossed the river into Maryland , and had destroyed the telegraph station at Poolesville . The Federal expedition under the command of General Banks was , according to a new rumour , not to be sent to Texas , or to Charleston , or to Savannah , but was to proceed to the James River , and co-operate in an attack on Richmond . The Federal expedition , which was to undertake the task of opening the navigation of the , Mississippi was to be composed of
about 40 gunboats , with a land force of 40 , 000 men . The reduction of Aleksburg would not , it now appears , suffice to open the river to the Federals , as the Confederates were said to have constructed very extensive fortifications at a place called Port Hudson , some 25 miles above Baton Rouge , and to have commanded tbe stream by their works . The execution of ten Confederate prisoners in Missouri by the Federal General M'Neill , had produced its natural consequences—a demand of reparation , coupled with a threat of retaliation . President Jefferson Davis
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had required the surrender of General M'Neill to the Confederates , and hacl ordered that a refusal should be followed by tbe execution of the next ten Federal officers who might be captured in Missouri . All the political prisoners had been released from their confinement in Fort Warren—the Federal Goverment having ordered the discharge of all persons confined for discouraging enlistment , or arrested in " rebel" states for supposed hostility to the Federal authority . The arrival of the Etna- pats
us in possession of news from New York to the 29 th ult . The Confederates had made an attack on the Federals at Newbern North Carolina , and hacl driven in their pickets . They had been repulsed in an endeavour to capture three companies of Federals . In the rest of the war news there is not much of importance except that the Confederates are making great preparations to meet General E . osencranz in the south-west . The Democrats hacl been holding meetings at which England was denounced
, and the unfaltering prosecution of the war urged , Hopes were entertained that the North and South would be again united in order to attack England . Tbe Tribune asserts that the English Government has given orders to Admiral Milne to pursue the Alabama . A Nassau paper complains of the conduct of Commodore AVilkes , and expresses a fear that he may embroil America
and England in war . The same paper says that the Federal steamer Octorora had captured a schooner in neutral waters . INDIA . —There is little interest in the news from India brought by the Bombay mail . The health of Bombay and the country generally was good , but the cholera , which hacl appeared in one or two places , was unfortunately spreading . As an instance o f the increase in the growth of cotton , we are told that the imports for 1862 into Kurrachee will exceed 54 , 000 bales , whereas
two years ago not a single bale was exported thence . There was a grand levee on the 10 th November at Government House , Bombay , in celebration of the Prince of AVales's birthday . Lord Elgin had expressed his intention to preside at a public meeting iu promote subscriptions in aid of the distressed operatives in Lancashire . The Commander-in-Chief of India had left Simla on his tour through Central India . Advices from Cabul had been received at Bombay that terms had been agreed upon
between Dost Mahomed ancl Sultan Jan at the instance of the Persian ambassador . Later telegrams have been received . Besides the announcement of the wreck of the mail steamer Colombo , whose crew and passengers were all saved , these despatches merely inform us that the ex-King of Delhi had died at Rangoon , and that his death had been regarded with great indifference by the Mahometan inhabitants of that town .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
K . T . — -AVe have heard of the scene between Bro . Gray Clarke , G . Sec , and Bro . Meymott , but for the honour of Masonry decline to publish the statement forwarded to us . No brother , excepting the Grand Secretary , could suppose that a body of " fellows " ( all of whom were Masons , including three or four Prov . Grand Masters , ) passing through a library (?) could be a desecration of Grand Lodge property . His threat about
dismissing the Grand Tyler ( one of the most amiable men in the Order ) if he opened a door , was pure bounce ; he has no more power to dismiss any officer than we have . AVe pity the poor man for want of temper . A YOUNG BEOTHEE . —The Boys School was dedicated in August , 1857 . J . M . AV .- —AVe can see no objection to Freemasons' sons being present at a banquet to ivhich the wives and daughters are
invited . We presume there will be no Masonic toasts , though no doubt great stress will be laid on the lines" AVe're true and sincere , And just to the fair ; They ' 11 trust us on any occasion : No mortal can more The ladies adore
Than a Free and Accepted Mason . " AVhat do the ladies say when the brethren find their way home in the small hours of the morning . JACK STEAW . —We have not the honour ofthe acquaintance ofthe gentlemen ; ancl we are not aware that the original proprietor of Jack Straw ' s Castle , Hampstead , was a Mason . You might just as well ask us in what lodge little Jack Horner was initiated . P . P . —1839 .
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The Week.
Pietri . The provisional government of Greece has ordered that the new King shall be chosen by universal suffrage , and that the voting , which commenced on Thursday , the 14 th inst ., shall continue during ten days . A despatch from Athens , dated Friday , says that up to that time 2500 votes had been received , and that all , without exception , were in favour of Prince Alfred , whose election was considered certain . England , France , and Russia have , according to an authoritative announcement in the
Morning Post , come to an understanding respecting the successsion to the Greek throne . Prince Alfred will not be permitted to accept the crown which the Greeks will no doubt tender to him ; and the Duke of Leuchtenberg will : be "formally admitted to be a member of the Russian reigning family , and consequently excluded from election . The three powers have further agreed to recommend that tbe Greeks shall choose for their future Sovereign King Ferdinandthe reigning King of
, Portugal's father , who was Regent of Portugal during the period of nearly two years which elapsed between the death of Queen Dona Maria da Gloria and the majority of King Pedro A . A treaty , terminating the long-standing dispute between France and Switzerland , concerning the Sovereignty of the Valley of Dappes , has been signed at Berne . The settlement is said to have been effected on the basis of a " mutual cessation of territory . " The new Italian Ministry has been formed under
the presidency oi Signor Farini , the department of Foreign Affairs being taken by Signor Pasolini ; and the several appointments have been formally announced in the official journal of Turin . Garibaldi has addressed a characteristic manifesto to the Hungarians . The Italian patriot professes to speak in the name of his country , and informs the Hungarians that Italy is ready to fight for them . The official journal of Berlin announces some changes in the Prussian Cabinetthe ministers
, of Commerce and the Interior having retired , ancl having been replaced by President Selchow and Count Eulenburg ; but these changes do not appear to possess much political significance . The Emperor of Russia has received afc Moscow several chiefs of the peasantry , ancl in addressing them urged them to effect in the promptest ancl most punctnal manner their redemption from serfdom . The peasants promised full obedience . The French government has , it is said , made contracts for the supply
of its armies in Mexico for a term ot two years ; and the inference naturally drawn from this alleged fact is , that the Emperor Napoleon intends to maintain a large army in Mexico for a period , of which the termination is perhaps as uncertain as that of the French occupation of Rome . AMEEICA . —New York advices to the evening of the 28 fch ult . have been brought by the Europa . Fredericksburg persisted in its refusal to surrender , and the Confederate General Lee
was determined to defend the town , ancl dispute the passage of the Rappahannock . The Federal Commander had prolonged to the 23 rd ult . the period allowed for the removal of women and children from the town , but up to the date of the latest advices the threatened bombardment had not commenced . It was said that the badness of the roads and other impediments would render it impossible for the Federal army to advance on Richmond by way of Fredericksburg , ancl there ivere
rumours that General Burnside's recent movements had been merely feints to cover the transportation of his army from Acquia Creek to the James River peninsula . There were various ancl conflicting reports respecting the position and intentions of General " Stonewall" Jackson , whom one rumour even asserted ( probably without any truth ) to be in the vicinity of Washington ; but the Confederates patrolled the southern bank of the Potomac from Harper's Ferry to AVilliamsport , and at a
lower point a small party of Confederate horse hacl crossed the river into Maryland , and had destroyed the telegraph station at Poolesville . The Federal expedition under the command of General Banks was , according to a new rumour , not to be sent to Texas , or to Charleston , or to Savannah , but was to proceed to the James River , and co-operate in an attack on Richmond . The Federal expedition , which was to undertake the task of opening the navigation of the , Mississippi was to be composed of
about 40 gunboats , with a land force of 40 , 000 men . The reduction of Aleksburg would not , it now appears , suffice to open the river to the Federals , as the Confederates were said to have constructed very extensive fortifications at a place called Port Hudson , some 25 miles above Baton Rouge , and to have commanded tbe stream by their works . The execution of ten Confederate prisoners in Missouri by the Federal General M'Neill , had produced its natural consequences—a demand of reparation , coupled with a threat of retaliation . President Jefferson Davis
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had required the surrender of General M'Neill to the Confederates , and hacl ordered that a refusal should be followed by tbe execution of the next ten Federal officers who might be captured in Missouri . All the political prisoners had been released from their confinement in Fort Warren—the Federal Goverment having ordered the discharge of all persons confined for discouraging enlistment , or arrested in " rebel" states for supposed hostility to the Federal authority . The arrival of the Etna- pats
us in possession of news from New York to the 29 th ult . The Confederates had made an attack on the Federals at Newbern North Carolina , and hacl driven in their pickets . They had been repulsed in an endeavour to capture three companies of Federals . In the rest of the war news there is not much of importance except that the Confederates are making great preparations to meet General E . osencranz in the south-west . The Democrats hacl been holding meetings at which England was denounced
, and the unfaltering prosecution of the war urged , Hopes were entertained that the North and South would be again united in order to attack England . Tbe Tribune asserts that the English Government has given orders to Admiral Milne to pursue the Alabama . A Nassau paper complains of the conduct of Commodore AVilkes , and expresses a fear that he may embroil America
and England in war . The same paper says that the Federal steamer Octorora had captured a schooner in neutral waters . INDIA . —There is little interest in the news from India brought by the Bombay mail . The health of Bombay and the country generally was good , but the cholera , which hacl appeared in one or two places , was unfortunately spreading . As an instance o f the increase in the growth of cotton , we are told that the imports for 1862 into Kurrachee will exceed 54 , 000 bales , whereas
two years ago not a single bale was exported thence . There was a grand levee on the 10 th November at Government House , Bombay , in celebration of the Prince of AVales's birthday . Lord Elgin had expressed his intention to preside at a public meeting iu promote subscriptions in aid of the distressed operatives in Lancashire . The Commander-in-Chief of India had left Simla on his tour through Central India . Advices from Cabul had been received at Bombay that terms had been agreed upon
between Dost Mahomed ancl Sultan Jan at the instance of the Persian ambassador . Later telegrams have been received . Besides the announcement of the wreck of the mail steamer Colombo , whose crew and passengers were all saved , these despatches merely inform us that the ex-King of Delhi had died at Rangoon , and that his death had been regarded with great indifference by the Mahometan inhabitants of that town .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
K . T . — -AVe have heard of the scene between Bro . Gray Clarke , G . Sec , and Bro . Meymott , but for the honour of Masonry decline to publish the statement forwarded to us . No brother , excepting the Grand Secretary , could suppose that a body of " fellows " ( all of whom were Masons , including three or four Prov . Grand Masters , ) passing through a library (?) could be a desecration of Grand Lodge property . His threat about
dismissing the Grand Tyler ( one of the most amiable men in the Order ) if he opened a door , was pure bounce ; he has no more power to dismiss any officer than we have . AVe pity the poor man for want of temper . A YOUNG BEOTHEE . —The Boys School was dedicated in August , 1857 . J . M . AV .- —AVe can see no objection to Freemasons' sons being present at a banquet to ivhich the wives and daughters are
invited . We presume there will be no Masonic toasts , though no doubt great stress will be laid on the lines" AVe're true and sincere , And just to the fair ; They ' 11 trust us on any occasion : No mortal can more The ladies adore
Than a Free and Accepted Mason . " AVhat do the ladies say when the brethren find their way home in the small hours of the morning . JACK STEAW . —We have not the honour ofthe acquaintance ofthe gentlemen ; ancl we are not aware that the original proprietor of Jack Straw ' s Castle , Hampstead , was a Mason . You might just as well ask us in what lodge little Jack Horner was initiated . P . P . —1839 .