Diary For The Week.

Seward jun ., J . K . Fernee , G . S . Wright , C . Meadows , C . E . Porter , n Youens , S . Smout sen . S . W . No . 1643 , S . Smout jun . J . W . 16-12 , G . Davis S . W . 167 , Ward S . W . 511 , Wood 511 , Rogers 1612 , Buckland 1642 , Gomm jun . 780 , C . 0 . Walter , F . Botloy , Smith . The Lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of previous meeting wero read , confirmed , and signed . Bro . W . W . Bnckland answered

tho usual questions , was entrusted , and , the Lodge having been opened in the third degree , was dnly raised . Lodgo was resumed to first degree . Bro . G . Davis , in a very able manner , worked the fourth section of the leoture . Bros . S . Smout sen . and W . W . Rogers , of Lodge 1642 , were unanimonsly elected members . Bro .

G . Coop read a letter from Bro . Burr , enclosing his ( Bro . Burr s ) resignation of the office of Secretary of the Benevolent Association in connection with this Lodge , and Bro . E . C . Porter was unanimously eleoted to snoceed him . Bro . C . Andrews P . M . was appointed W . M . for the next meeting . The Lodge was closed in due form .

Gleanings From Old Chronicles, &C.

Gleanings From Old Chronicles , & c .

THE following epitaph from one of the City Churches will be found in a later edition of old Stow , published abont the middle of last century : — Hie jacet Tom Shorthose , Sine Tombe , sine Sheet , sine Riches , Qui vivifc sine Gowne , Sine Cloake , sine Shirt , sine Breeches .

The following recipes from an old dissertation on " The Crafte of Graffyng and Plantinge of Trees and altering of Fruites as well in Colours as in Taste , " are commended to the notice of those among our readers who take an interest in gardening operations : — " Yf thou wyl make aplys redd' take a graf of an apyll tree and

graf it m a stoke of elm or aller and it shall here redd aplys . " " Yf an olde tree begynne to waxe drye , in this wyse quycken hym ageyne , see that the erthe about the roetis be done away and cleue two or iij . of the grettist roetis with an axe and putfce a wedge off tree in to the oliuing and hele the roetis ageyn wyth the same erthe . "

A collection of old wills and wills made by eccentrio persons would furnish plenty of interesting matter for reading . Thus , according to Stow , one Margaret Atkinson , widow , by her will , dated 18 th October 1544 , ordered , " That the next Sunday after her burial ,

there be provided two Dozen of Bread , a Kilderkin of Ale , two Gammons of Bacon , three Shoulders of Mutton , and two couple of Rabbits . Desiring all the Parish , as well Rich as Poor , to take their part thereof ; and a table set in the midst of the Church with everything necessary thereto . "

The same chronicler records how , in 1560 , in the Church of St . Mary Wolnoth ' s , " were married three daughters of one Mr . Atkinson , a sorivener , together . They were , in their Hair and goodly Apparel , set out with Chains , Pearls , and Stones . Thus they went

to Church , all three one after another , with their goodly caps garnished with Laces , gilt , and fine Flowers and Rosemary strewed for them coming home ; and so to the Father ' s house ; where was a great dinner prepared for his said three Bride-daughters with their Bridegrooms and Companions . "

We must apologise for having reversed the order of things , and having first given a brief account of part of the will of a deceased widow lady , and followed it up with a short note on a marriage , reserved the few words we have to say abont a christening till the last . There is an excuse , however , for so unusual a course . The people who were present at this christening were grandees , and we all know that in a procession the most important personages come

towards the end . At all events it will not be uninteresting to know that in 1562 , " Was christened Mildred Hervey , Daughter of William Hervey , alias Clarencienx King-at-Arms , in the Parish of St . Bride ' s . The Godfather was the Master of the Rolls ; and her Godmothers Lady Bacon and Lady Cecil , sisters ; one wife to the Lord Keeper , the other to the Queen ' s Seoretary , It was concluded with a great banquet consisting of Wafers and Hypocras ; French , Gascoign , and Rhenish Wines . "

This Hypocras must have been a delicate compound , if we may judge from the following " Ressaite to make Ypocras" which we have culled from Arnold ' s Chronicle : — " For a galon and a pynt of red wy take synamon iij . vncis , gynger tryed an vnce , greynes and longe peper di . vnce , cloves and masys , a q'rt of an vnce , spignerd a quatir Of an once , suger ijlb . "

The herring , unless it take the form of a bloater , though one of the most delicate of fish , is not perhaps exactly despised by many people , but it is undoubtedly looked down upon as a fish for " common folk . " This may be true enough if by " common folk " are meant people of small means , but those who sneer at the herring because of its cheapness , as they do at everything which is

sold at a low price , deserve a horse-whipping for their silly pride . Of course there may be those who do not care for herrings , as there are who are indifferent to salmon , tiirbot , eels , & c , & c . It is not these , hut the people who condemn a thing in ignorance of its merits , whom we are speaking against . Nor need any one be ashamed of a dish of herrings , when it is remembered that in old times herrings were reckoned a dainty dish to set before the King , and what the

sovereign eats , a subject need not despise . Thus the old town of Yarmouth was bound by ancient charter to send annually to the king one hunderd herrings baked in twenty-four pies or pasties , while in the reign of Edward I . Eustace de Corson , Thomas de Berkedich and Robert de Withen held thirty acres of land on the tenure of supplying annually for the King ' s use twenty-four pasties of fresh herrings on that fish first coming into season .

Bank Holiday.

BANK HOLIDAY .

THE Bank Holiday folk wero not as highly favoured by tho Clerk of the Weather as might have been expected at this time of the year . Tho early morning was dull , and showers fell at intervals during tho day . But this does not seem to havo havo had a deterrent effect . Those ou pleasure bent turned out in thoir thousands , and long before the hour when tho milkman starts on his early rounds , the metropolitan stations and termini wore crowded with

intending passengers , thousands of whom wero soon being rapidly whirled away to this or that seaside or inland resort . Special attractions were , of course , offered at the Crystal and Alexandra Palaces , the North Woolwich and Rosherville Gardens , the managers and proprietors having their reward in tho liberal patronage of large sections of the public . The Palace at Sydenham had just over 40 , 000 visitors ,

but its rival at Muswell may boast of having been visited by not far short of 108 , 000 persons , the exaot number registered by the turnstiles of those who paid for admission being 107 , 852 . This , we believe , is by far the largest number of people that has attended this or the other Palace on any pnblio holiday , and the result speaks volumes for the energy and determination to please everybody

exhibited by Mr . Willing . The programme comprised no less than thirty , nine events , among them being a cricket matoh in whioh the Clown Cricketers took part ; a polo match of a similarly ludicrous character ; a balloon ascent by the veteran Mr . Coxwell ; ballet dancing , assaults-at-arms , conjuring , dramatic representations , & c , & c , & c . The Mohawk Minstrels gave two performances—at 3 and 8 p . m . —

both on Monday and Tuesday , in the large Concert Room of the Agricultural Hall , which they have now tenanted for some seven years , and an excellent programme , speoially prepared for the occasion , drew crowded houses at all four performances . Messrs . Kavanagh , C . Temple , H . Florence , V . Layton , C . Garland , with the Brothers Ray , the Brothers Francis , Messrs . W . Freeman , F . Diamond , & c , & c ,

Master Roland Howell , and Little Thomas , were each and all ap . plauded for their several contributions . Another and entirely new entertainment which has already established itself firmly in the good opinion of the London public is the Haverly United Mastodon Minstrels , which opened on Saturday last , at Her Majesty ' s , to a full house , and has since received gratifying evidences of the favourable

impression caused by its first appearance in this country . The troupe is a numerous one , mustering over forty vocalists and instrumentalists together . Among the former are some good voices , among the latter several skilled executants . The Company is strong in its corner men , aud the rendering of the programme throughout , whether we have regard to the pathetic ballads , which are so marked

a feature of these entertainments , or the comic refrains and breakdowns , for which they are equally famous , left nothing to be desired . In one respect they deserve unstinted praise : everything went smoothly and satisfactorily , without hitch or delay of any kind—a circumstance which shows the magnificent state of disci p-

line to which the Company has been brought . We may add that the State Apartments at Windsor Castle , which , in the absence of the Court at Osborne , are now open to the public , were visited b y over five thousand people on this the last of the four days set apart annually to the glorification of St . Lubbock .

We understand from the City Press that His Royal Highness the Prince of "Wales M . W . G . M . has graciously accepted an invitation to dine with Lord Mayor Sir P . W . Truscott at the Mansion House some time during the

month of October . His Lordship will entertain the Grand Master in his capacity of Grand Junior Warden and W . M . for the second time of the Grand Master's Lodge , No . 1 on the roll of G . Lodge of England .

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