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HELI , CANON . " On raising the sheet , he ia greeted with . a roar of laughter . " In the corner lay a red brick-bat . " Driving in California must be anything but pleasant to judge from tho following : — " My wigs and old bones , that ' s ( the driving ) something new . A man drives Fine from the box on a road as wide as his three leaders , and full of stones ; up you go through tho forest , and
when the top of a hill is reached , down you go full tut , round corners , in and out , bump , with an angle of 32 ° , and rocks and trees on one side or the other , or on both above and below the road . At last you get to the edge of a cliff , and over yon go , down a road of the steepest practicable gradient , with cliffs on each side , above and below , and no fences , and very sharp angular stones at the bottom . The Gemmi
pass , in Switzerland , is a road of this kind , and there men prefer walking . The worst road that I ever drove a carriole on in Norway is less dangerous , and here a nigger drove five-in-hand rapidly , and frightened me horribly for two days . " Not long after , Mr . Campbell finds his way to the Mariposa grove , and among the big trees he mentions one that was 94 feet round , and
234 to the broken top ; another was 75 round , and 105 to the first limb . Others were 300 feet high . Another he rode through . As to the fertility of the soil , we read—' ¦ Fruit , grapes , peaches , pears , plums , and all manner of things that you grow painfully , grow here in marvellous abundance . I saw an old Irishman at the street corner in caubeen and frieze , with unbuttoned knees and a dudeen , selling his own
grapes , grown in his own garden . His stall , at Covent Garden , would have been worth about ten pounds , I reckon . He was asking our price for street apples . " But cheap as fruit is , and large as are the labourers' earnings , they have to pay heavily for clothes and shoes , & o . Quitting California , the writer turns his steps towards , or rather
takes ship for , Columbia , the climate of which , in the neighbourhood of Victoria , is described as perfection . " Victoria , " he tells us , is the chicken of a great town . But meanwhile it is in a shell made of wood . The future of it depends on the making of railways , and the interests of Canada and Victoria seem to clash . Both 'sides want the commerce of the interior to pass their ports , and meantime Quebec
has the gate of Northern America . This side is not settled up , and it will be a long time before it is . They are trying the gold bait , but it won ' t do . " From Columbia , he returns overland to California , meeting with every variety of people on the road , amusing himself , philosophising , & c , & c . A further experience of the stage is not more agreeable than that we have already quoted . The stage is " a square
tray with little stuffing , a back seat and a fore seat , and a seat in the middle with a strap for back . There are no springs . The body is hung on leathern straps , and these are made fast to a frame on four strong cart wheels . Luggage goes on a hind boot and a front boot . One passenger sits on the box by the driver . He drives six horses from the box , and manages the brake with his foot . Thoy carry
mails , and mako about six miles an hour . Tho road is not much wider than the coach ; it is formed , not made . " That it must be very hard work to sit in this stage may bo well imagined . Says Mr . Campbell , " I got my head down on a bag , and my feet curled up , and I managed to sleep now and then , but my hat was crushed , and my old body was tossed up and let down with a bang at short
intervals all night long . Afc odd times we crossed the trail of a skunk , and smelt the brute . At dawn I sat up , and all day held on by my hands , and exerted my strength in saving my spine . " Eeturning to San Francisco , the writer has more to tell us , in his genial fashion , of the people and the city , the sea-lions and seals that disport
themselves on " a rock outside the Golden Gate , opposite a bar-room and hotel called Cliff House . " He visits , too , an opium den , and other choice resorts of the inhabitants , and having thus visited to his heart ' s content , he takes a berth aboard the " Great Bepublic , " bound for Yokohama . Here , for the present , we must leave him , reserving for the next issue , our notice of his Japanese and other experiences . ( To be continued . )
Poems of the Month : By II . A . Baines . The etchings by Wilhelmina Baines . London : Sampson Low , Mars ton , Searle and Kivington , Crown-buildings , Fleet-street . THESE poems first appeared in different periodicals , and as we have already stated our opinion upon their merits , we may content
ourselves with expressing the pleasure we experience at finding them collected together and published in one volume . The etchings , which are done by what is known as tho hcliotype process , aro manifestly
the work of a true artist . In fact , poems aud etchings aro alike worthy of each other , aud together make a very ornamental volume , which well deserves a place of honour on tho drawing room or boudoir table .
'Tis our Duty to Help one Another . A new Masonio song . Words and music by Bro . James Batchelder ( Manchester ) , Tins song , which is dedicated to Bro . Lieut .-Col . Le G . N . Starkie . Provincial Grand Master East Lancashire , is not without merit . Hers md there the lines halt somewhat , but , on the whole , it is
superior to the average run of Masonic songs . The music is simple , and being such , will , doubtless , find favour among brethren who happen to have tune enough in thorn to acquire a simple melody . It is not , however , a lively measure , its merit lying chiefly in tho wholesome Masonic sentiments to which tho poet has striven to give expression .
CLUB HOUSE PiAinto CARDS . —Mogul Quality , picked ls 3 d per pack , 14 * per dozem packs . Do . seconds ls per pack , lis per dozen packs . If t > j nost lid per pack extra . Cards for Piquet , BSzique , Ecart ( S , & c ,, Mogu ' 8 , £ nty 10 < i per pack , 8 s per dozen packs . —London : W . W . Morgan , 67 Barbican , E . C .
Reading.—United Meeting Of The Two Lodges.
READING . —UNITED MEETING OF THE TWO LODGES .
ON Wednesday , 29 th March , the members of the two Reading Lodges—Union 414 , and Grey Friars 1101—assembled , at a Joint Lodge of Emergency , for Masonio business , and tho presentation of a Jewel by tho E . W . P . G . M . of Berks and Bucks , Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., to Bro . W . W . MoxhayP . M . 414 , Hon . Mem . 1101 , Prov . G . S . W . Berks and Bucks , Installing Master of tho two Lodges . The W . M . of 1101 took the chair , and opened the Lodge ; the W . M .
of 414 occupying the chair of I . P . M . The ceremony of initiating Mr . Henry Cried was proceeded with , after which the gavel was handed to the W . M . of 414 , who opened the Lodge in the 2 nd degree , and announced that Bro . F . W . Albury was a candidate to be raised to the sublime degree of M . M . That brother having very satisfactorily answered the usual questions , retired to be prepared ; when the
Lodge was opened in the 3 rd degree , and Bro . Albury was raised to the sublime degree of M . M . in a correct and efficient manner . The Lodge was resumed in the 2 nd and 1 st degrees , when it was announced that the R . W . P . G . M . was in the adjoining room waiting admission , upon which a procession of Prov . Grand Officers past and present , preceded by the Stewards , and under the guidance of the Prov . G .
Director of Ceremonies , the R . W . P . G . M . entered the Lodge amid the acclamations of the brethren , and took his seat at the right of the W . M ., who tendered his gavel and was requested to retain it . The Prov . G . D . C . called upon the brethren to salute the P . G . M ., which was correctly done and appropriately responded to . The gavel was then handed to the P . G . M ., who took the chair amidst hearty cheers ,
and called upon Bro . Moxhay to receive the testimonial which had been voted by the two Lodges . In offering the jewel to Bro . Moxhay , Sir Daniel said the brethren desired to show their regard for him as a Mason , as a friend , and as a citizen ; one of the greatest and purest kinds of happiness which any man could enjoy was in recollecting thafc ho had won the esteem and the affection of those who knew him .
Compared with this , the enjoyments derived from rank and wealth were but little . It was Bro . Moxhay's good fortune to be able to reflect that he enjoyed the friendship , and had won the esteem , of tho numerous and important body on whose behalf he had been requested to make the presentation . Sir Daniel then invested Bro . Moxhay with tho jewel , amidst loud and continued cheering .
Bro . Moxhay , who appeared deeply affected , in returning thanks , spoke of the love and reverence which ho felt for the principles of Freemasonry ; whilst those principles were of the highest kind , there was an utter absence of anything approaching narrowness or sectarianism . Ho believed that Freemasonry tended to bind people together in a bond of lovo and charity . He alluded to the great
kindness which had been shown to him by the members of both Lodges , and ho thanked them for tho handsome present which they had given him . The Prov . G . D . C . called upon the brethren to salute Bro . Moxhay , which was correctly and heartily done . Tho Lodge was closed by the Prov . G . M ., and the brethren adjourned to the George Hotel , where an excellent banquet was provided by Mrs .
Pontin . The chair was taken by Sir Daniel Gooch , and upwards of fifty brethren sat down ; tho usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and responded to ; the evening was enlivened by some admirable singing , making altogether one of the most pleasant reunions recollected in Reading . Among the brethren who attended Lodge and banquet , were tho following : Sir Daniel Gooch Bart ., M . P .,
P . G . M . Berks and Bucks , Hon . Member of the two Lodges . W . T . Mercer P . G . M . China 414 , A . M . Yetts W . M . 414 , G . Botly P . M . 414 , W . W . Moxhay P . M . 414 , Prov . G . S . W . Berks and Bucks , J . T . Blowers P . M . 414 , Chas . Smith P . M . 414 , W . Biggs P . G . Secretary Berks and Bucks , Hon . Member of the two Lodges . J . T . Freeman W . M . 1101 , P . G . S . Berks and Bucks , E . Margretfc S . W .
1101 , S . A . Pocock S . W . 414 , G . Slingsby Stallwood 414 and W . M . 558 , C . Stephens I . G . 414 , S . Bradley J . D . 414 , 1 £ . J . Withers 414 , Harry Ayres 414 , C . G . Butler 414 , A . Welch J . W . 1101 , J . T . Stransom Treasurer 1101 , W . P . Ivey P . M . Secretary 1101 , W . G . Flanagan S . D . 1101 , R . Dowsett Organist 1101 , J . E . Danks I . G .
1101 , W . Ferguson and T . Newman Stewards 1101 , J . Egginton P . M . 1101 , R . 0 . Hurley P . M . 1101 , J . T . Brown P . M . 1101 , J . Weightman P . M . 414 and 1101 , W . A . Hukins 1101 , J . W . St . John Hunt 1101 , T . J . Cottrell 1101 , W . J . Browne 1101 , E . J . Blackwoll 1101 , J . H . Hawkes 1101 , J . Robinson 1101 , T . Simonds 1101 , F . W . White 1101 , H . Creed 1101 , R . 0 . Mount 414 and J . W . 1328 , & c .
Lilly of the Valley Conclave , No . 127 , of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine . —This body met in the Masonio Half , Hofytown , on Saturday , 1 st April . The M . P . S . Sir Knight H . J . Sheilds , 33 ° , presiding , assisted by Sir Knight G . W . Wheeler M . P . S . Ill , Glasgow , and Wm . McMurdo V . E ., D . Baker S . G ., H . Dyer J . G ., John McMurdo Recorder , J . Alexander and A . Iteid . There were two applicants for admission , Comps . Nimmo and Manzics , who cere duly admitted and created Knights of tho Order . A Sanctuary of
K . H . S . was then opened by the same officer , when the two gentlemen , iloug with Sir Knight Alexander , were admitted and instructed iu its mysteries . A Commandery of St . John the Evangelist was then formed , aud the same three gentlemen were duly dubbed Knights of that Order , in a very impressive manner by Sir Knight Shields , tho M . E . Commander . The Commandery and Conclave were then closed . it ' ter their protracted labour .
Robert Burns Royal Arch Chapter , Holytown . —This Chapter held its regular monthly meeting on the 1 st April , II . J . Shields presiding as ' L , Wm . McMurdo P . Z ., D . Baker II ., G . W . Wheeler Z . 73 acting as J ., John McMurdo S . E ., Nimmo S . N ., Menziea 1 st S ., C . Meak 2 nd S ., McCarthy 3 rd S ., R . Reid Janitor . The byelaws committee brought up their report , which , after discussiou , was passed , and two candidates were proposed for tho next regular meeting .
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Reviews.
HELI , CANON . " On raising the sheet , he ia greeted with . a roar of laughter . " In the corner lay a red brick-bat . " Driving in California must be anything but pleasant to judge from tho following : — " My wigs and old bones , that ' s ( the driving ) something new . A man drives Fine from the box on a road as wide as his three leaders , and full of stones ; up you go through tho forest , and
when the top of a hill is reached , down you go full tut , round corners , in and out , bump , with an angle of 32 ° , and rocks and trees on one side or the other , or on both above and below the road . At last you get to the edge of a cliff , and over yon go , down a road of the steepest practicable gradient , with cliffs on each side , above and below , and no fences , and very sharp angular stones at the bottom . The Gemmi
pass , in Switzerland , is a road of this kind , and there men prefer walking . The worst road that I ever drove a carriole on in Norway is less dangerous , and here a nigger drove five-in-hand rapidly , and frightened me horribly for two days . " Not long after , Mr . Campbell finds his way to the Mariposa grove , and among the big trees he mentions one that was 94 feet round , and
234 to the broken top ; another was 75 round , and 105 to the first limb . Others were 300 feet high . Another he rode through . As to the fertility of the soil , we read—' ¦ Fruit , grapes , peaches , pears , plums , and all manner of things that you grow painfully , grow here in marvellous abundance . I saw an old Irishman at the street corner in caubeen and frieze , with unbuttoned knees and a dudeen , selling his own
grapes , grown in his own garden . His stall , at Covent Garden , would have been worth about ten pounds , I reckon . He was asking our price for street apples . " But cheap as fruit is , and large as are the labourers' earnings , they have to pay heavily for clothes and shoes , & o . Quitting California , the writer turns his steps towards , or rather
takes ship for , Columbia , the climate of which , in the neighbourhood of Victoria , is described as perfection . " Victoria , " he tells us , is the chicken of a great town . But meanwhile it is in a shell made of wood . The future of it depends on the making of railways , and the interests of Canada and Victoria seem to clash . Both 'sides want the commerce of the interior to pass their ports , and meantime Quebec
has the gate of Northern America . This side is not settled up , and it will be a long time before it is . They are trying the gold bait , but it won ' t do . " From Columbia , he returns overland to California , meeting with every variety of people on the road , amusing himself , philosophising , & c , & c . A further experience of the stage is not more agreeable than that we have already quoted . The stage is " a square
tray with little stuffing , a back seat and a fore seat , and a seat in the middle with a strap for back . There are no springs . The body is hung on leathern straps , and these are made fast to a frame on four strong cart wheels . Luggage goes on a hind boot and a front boot . One passenger sits on the box by the driver . He drives six horses from the box , and manages the brake with his foot . Thoy carry
mails , and mako about six miles an hour . Tho road is not much wider than the coach ; it is formed , not made . " That it must be very hard work to sit in this stage may bo well imagined . Says Mr . Campbell , " I got my head down on a bag , and my feet curled up , and I managed to sleep now and then , but my hat was crushed , and my old body was tossed up and let down with a bang at short
intervals all night long . Afc odd times we crossed the trail of a skunk , and smelt the brute . At dawn I sat up , and all day held on by my hands , and exerted my strength in saving my spine . " Eeturning to San Francisco , the writer has more to tell us , in his genial fashion , of the people and the city , the sea-lions and seals that disport
themselves on " a rock outside the Golden Gate , opposite a bar-room and hotel called Cliff House . " He visits , too , an opium den , and other choice resorts of the inhabitants , and having thus visited to his heart ' s content , he takes a berth aboard the " Great Bepublic , " bound for Yokohama . Here , for the present , we must leave him , reserving for the next issue , our notice of his Japanese and other experiences . ( To be continued . )
Poems of the Month : By II . A . Baines . The etchings by Wilhelmina Baines . London : Sampson Low , Mars ton , Searle and Kivington , Crown-buildings , Fleet-street . THESE poems first appeared in different periodicals , and as we have already stated our opinion upon their merits , we may content
ourselves with expressing the pleasure we experience at finding them collected together and published in one volume . The etchings , which are done by what is known as tho hcliotype process , aro manifestly
the work of a true artist . In fact , poems aud etchings aro alike worthy of each other , aud together make a very ornamental volume , which well deserves a place of honour on tho drawing room or boudoir table .
'Tis our Duty to Help one Another . A new Masonio song . Words and music by Bro . James Batchelder ( Manchester ) , Tins song , which is dedicated to Bro . Lieut .-Col . Le G . N . Starkie . Provincial Grand Master East Lancashire , is not without merit . Hers md there the lines halt somewhat , but , on the whole , it is
superior to the average run of Masonic songs . The music is simple , and being such , will , doubtless , find favour among brethren who happen to have tune enough in thorn to acquire a simple melody . It is not , however , a lively measure , its merit lying chiefly in tho wholesome Masonic sentiments to which tho poet has striven to give expression .
CLUB HOUSE PiAinto CARDS . —Mogul Quality , picked ls 3 d per pack , 14 * per dozem packs . Do . seconds ls per pack , lis per dozen packs . If t > j nost lid per pack extra . Cards for Piquet , BSzique , Ecart ( S , & c ,, Mogu ' 8 , £ nty 10 < i per pack , 8 s per dozen packs . —London : W . W . Morgan , 67 Barbican , E . C .
Reading.—United Meeting Of The Two Lodges.
READING . —UNITED MEETING OF THE TWO LODGES .
ON Wednesday , 29 th March , the members of the two Reading Lodges—Union 414 , and Grey Friars 1101—assembled , at a Joint Lodge of Emergency , for Masonio business , and tho presentation of a Jewel by tho E . W . P . G . M . of Berks and Bucks , Sir Daniel Gooch , Bart ., M . P ., to Bro . W . W . MoxhayP . M . 414 , Hon . Mem . 1101 , Prov . G . S . W . Berks and Bucks , Installing Master of tho two Lodges . The W . M . of 1101 took the chair , and opened the Lodge ; the W . M .
of 414 occupying the chair of I . P . M . The ceremony of initiating Mr . Henry Cried was proceeded with , after which the gavel was handed to the W . M . of 414 , who opened the Lodge in the 2 nd degree , and announced that Bro . F . W . Albury was a candidate to be raised to the sublime degree of M . M . That brother having very satisfactorily answered the usual questions , retired to be prepared ; when the
Lodge was opened in the 3 rd degree , and Bro . Albury was raised to the sublime degree of M . M . in a correct and efficient manner . The Lodge was resumed in the 2 nd and 1 st degrees , when it was announced that the R . W . P . G . M . was in the adjoining room waiting admission , upon which a procession of Prov . Grand Officers past and present , preceded by the Stewards , and under the guidance of the Prov . G .
Director of Ceremonies , the R . W . P . G . M . entered the Lodge amid the acclamations of the brethren , and took his seat at the right of the W . M ., who tendered his gavel and was requested to retain it . The Prov . G . D . C . called upon the brethren to salute the P . G . M ., which was correctly done and appropriately responded to . The gavel was then handed to the P . G . M ., who took the chair amidst hearty cheers ,
and called upon Bro . Moxhay to receive the testimonial which had been voted by the two Lodges . In offering the jewel to Bro . Moxhay , Sir Daniel said the brethren desired to show their regard for him as a Mason , as a friend , and as a citizen ; one of the greatest and purest kinds of happiness which any man could enjoy was in recollecting thafc ho had won the esteem and the affection of those who knew him .
Compared with this , the enjoyments derived from rank and wealth were but little . It was Bro . Moxhay's good fortune to be able to reflect that he enjoyed the friendship , and had won the esteem , of tho numerous and important body on whose behalf he had been requested to make the presentation . Sir Daniel then invested Bro . Moxhay with tho jewel , amidst loud and continued cheering .
Bro . Moxhay , who appeared deeply affected , in returning thanks , spoke of the love and reverence which ho felt for the principles of Freemasonry ; whilst those principles were of the highest kind , there was an utter absence of anything approaching narrowness or sectarianism . Ho believed that Freemasonry tended to bind people together in a bond of lovo and charity . He alluded to the great
kindness which had been shown to him by the members of both Lodges , and ho thanked them for tho handsome present which they had given him . The Prov . G . D . C . called upon the brethren to salute Bro . Moxhay , which was correctly and heartily done . Tho Lodge was closed by the Prov . G . M ., and the brethren adjourned to the George Hotel , where an excellent banquet was provided by Mrs .
Pontin . The chair was taken by Sir Daniel Gooch , and upwards of fifty brethren sat down ; tho usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and responded to ; the evening was enlivened by some admirable singing , making altogether one of the most pleasant reunions recollected in Reading . Among the brethren who attended Lodge and banquet , were tho following : Sir Daniel Gooch Bart ., M . P .,
P . G . M . Berks and Bucks , Hon . Member of the two Lodges . W . T . Mercer P . G . M . China 414 , A . M . Yetts W . M . 414 , G . Botly P . M . 414 , W . W . Moxhay P . M . 414 , Prov . G . S . W . Berks and Bucks , J . T . Blowers P . M . 414 , Chas . Smith P . M . 414 , W . Biggs P . G . Secretary Berks and Bucks , Hon . Member of the two Lodges . J . T . Freeman W . M . 1101 , P . G . S . Berks and Bucks , E . Margretfc S . W .
1101 , S . A . Pocock S . W . 414 , G . Slingsby Stallwood 414 and W . M . 558 , C . Stephens I . G . 414 , S . Bradley J . D . 414 , 1 £ . J . Withers 414 , Harry Ayres 414 , C . G . Butler 414 , A . Welch J . W . 1101 , J . T . Stransom Treasurer 1101 , W . P . Ivey P . M . Secretary 1101 , W . G . Flanagan S . D . 1101 , R . Dowsett Organist 1101 , J . E . Danks I . G .
1101 , W . Ferguson and T . Newman Stewards 1101 , J . Egginton P . M . 1101 , R . 0 . Hurley P . M . 1101 , J . T . Brown P . M . 1101 , J . Weightman P . M . 414 and 1101 , W . A . Hukins 1101 , J . W . St . John Hunt 1101 , T . J . Cottrell 1101 , W . J . Browne 1101 , E . J . Blackwoll 1101 , J . H . Hawkes 1101 , J . Robinson 1101 , T . Simonds 1101 , F . W . White 1101 , H . Creed 1101 , R . 0 . Mount 414 and J . W . 1328 , & c .
Lilly of the Valley Conclave , No . 127 , of the Red Cross of Rome and Constantine . —This body met in the Masonio Half , Hofytown , on Saturday , 1 st April . The M . P . S . Sir Knight H . J . Sheilds , 33 ° , presiding , assisted by Sir Knight G . W . Wheeler M . P . S . Ill , Glasgow , and Wm . McMurdo V . E ., D . Baker S . G ., H . Dyer J . G ., John McMurdo Recorder , J . Alexander and A . Iteid . There were two applicants for admission , Comps . Nimmo and Manzics , who cere duly admitted and created Knights of tho Order . A Sanctuary of
K . H . S . was then opened by the same officer , when the two gentlemen , iloug with Sir Knight Alexander , were admitted and instructed iu its mysteries . A Commandery of St . John the Evangelist was then formed , aud the same three gentlemen were duly dubbed Knights of that Order , in a very impressive manner by Sir Knight Shields , tho M . E . Commander . The Commandery and Conclave were then closed . it ' ter their protracted labour .
Robert Burns Royal Arch Chapter , Holytown . —This Chapter held its regular monthly meeting on the 1 st April , II . J . Shields presiding as ' L , Wm . McMurdo P . Z ., D . Baker II ., G . W . Wheeler Z . 73 acting as J ., John McMurdo S . E ., Nimmo S . N ., Menziea 1 st S ., C . Meak 2 nd S ., McCarthy 3 rd S ., R . Reid Janitor . The byelaws committee brought up their report , which , after discussiou , was passed , and two candidates were proposed for tho next regular meeting .