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ship has brought before the public . The author ' s main suggestion is that of emigration , on such a system as promises well for the support and competence in age of the many , and which certainly shews many points of advantage ; but he at the same time proves that the real Kingcraft of this country being vested in the House of Commons , the minister , all powerful though he may be in imposing an income Tax on our industry , dares not ( the author ' s words ) carry out emigration on
, , enlarged views , while the complete suffrage men are hopeful at however distant a day of becoming Prime Ministers ; ancl so while we have men of all ranks , princes , nobles , merchant-princes , and ranks innumerable with their countless rentals , their fellow men must die by starvation in the streets , while their should-be representatives , are fearful to help them because others look for the suffrage of half-fed ancl consequently half-dying men . The author thus quotes from Lord
Howick speech " The distress of the country has now lasted so long , that I begin to think , that there is something faulty in the organization of society . " No doubt there is , man it is true was born to die , but not nationally by starvation .
The Herald of Peace . Ward & Co ., London . The title of this periodical is sufficiently explanatory of its contents ; we would fain extract from its pages much of the arguments adduced by men of high station and powerful minds in favour of the " peace society / - but that ourselves being but a Quarterly vehicle of intelligence , have too limited space , and therefore content ourselves with a sincere and unaffected recommendation of our monthly contemporary , whose pages are always instructive .
Massive Ormolu Masonic Candelabra . Mr . Herbert Room , of the Bull Ring , Birmingham , has just completed , for a Masonic Lodge recently opened in Kidderminster , ( the Royal Standard , No . 730 ) , three massive candelabra , illustrative of the Corinthian , the Ionic , and the Doric orders of architecture . Some idea of the massiveness of these really splendid specimens of Birmingham manufacture may be formed from the factthat each candelabrum is
, upwards of three feet high , and weighs between seventy and eighty pounds . Notwithstanding their great weight ancl size , so admirably are the proportions observed that they have an appearance of singular lightness and elegance . The base exhibits an excellent representation of Roman pavement , which gives a chaste ancl beautiful effect to the whole . The Corinthian candelabrum is taken from the portico of the Pantheon at Rome ; the second from the Ionic Temple on the Ilyssusat Athens ;
, ancl the third is of the order of Andrea Palladio . The whole are richl y chased and burnished . AVe should recommend Mr . Room to send a set of these beautiful articles to some Masonic Jeweller , in London , to remain for some time ; there can be no doubt that they would attract attention , and induce several Brethren to become purchasers . As a work of art they fully merit the following apposite remarks of the Editor of the Ten Towns '
Messenger : — " The pillars above alluded to , as works of metallurgic art in brass , are perhaps superior -to any that have hitherto been manufactured or consecrated to the celebration of Masonic rites ; and will long , we hope , VOL . III . I'
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Literary Notices, &C.
ship has brought before the public . The author ' s main suggestion is that of emigration , on such a system as promises well for the support and competence in age of the many , and which certainly shews many points of advantage ; but he at the same time proves that the real Kingcraft of this country being vested in the House of Commons , the minister , all powerful though he may be in imposing an income Tax on our industry , dares not ( the author ' s words ) carry out emigration on
, , enlarged views , while the complete suffrage men are hopeful at however distant a day of becoming Prime Ministers ; ancl so while we have men of all ranks , princes , nobles , merchant-princes , and ranks innumerable with their countless rentals , their fellow men must die by starvation in the streets , while their should-be representatives , are fearful to help them because others look for the suffrage of half-fed ancl consequently half-dying men . The author thus quotes from Lord
Howick speech " The distress of the country has now lasted so long , that I begin to think , that there is something faulty in the organization of society . " No doubt there is , man it is true was born to die , but not nationally by starvation .
The Herald of Peace . Ward & Co ., London . The title of this periodical is sufficiently explanatory of its contents ; we would fain extract from its pages much of the arguments adduced by men of high station and powerful minds in favour of the " peace society / - but that ourselves being but a Quarterly vehicle of intelligence , have too limited space , and therefore content ourselves with a sincere and unaffected recommendation of our monthly contemporary , whose pages are always instructive .
Massive Ormolu Masonic Candelabra . Mr . Herbert Room , of the Bull Ring , Birmingham , has just completed , for a Masonic Lodge recently opened in Kidderminster , ( the Royal Standard , No . 730 ) , three massive candelabra , illustrative of the Corinthian , the Ionic , and the Doric orders of architecture . Some idea of the massiveness of these really splendid specimens of Birmingham manufacture may be formed from the factthat each candelabrum is
, upwards of three feet high , and weighs between seventy and eighty pounds . Notwithstanding their great weight ancl size , so admirably are the proportions observed that they have an appearance of singular lightness and elegance . The base exhibits an excellent representation of Roman pavement , which gives a chaste ancl beautiful effect to the whole . The Corinthian candelabrum is taken from the portico of the Pantheon at Rome ; the second from the Ionic Temple on the Ilyssusat Athens ;
, ancl the third is of the order of Andrea Palladio . The whole are richl y chased and burnished . AVe should recommend Mr . Room to send a set of these beautiful articles to some Masonic Jeweller , in London , to remain for some time ; there can be no doubt that they would attract attention , and induce several Brethren to become purchasers . As a work of art they fully merit the following apposite remarks of the Editor of the Ten Towns '
Messenger : — " The pillars above alluded to , as works of metallurgic art in brass , are perhaps superior -to any that have hitherto been manufactured or consecrated to the celebration of Masonic rites ; and will long , we hope , VOL . III . I'