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Obituary .

BRO . S . B . KING , W . M . 225 . Yesterday afternoon the mortal remains of the late Bro . Stephen Burdett King , who expired last week immediately after having been installed as Worshipful Master of St . Luke ' s Loelge , were interred in Ipswich Cemetery . The esteem in which deceased was held by the brethren of the Craft was testified by about sixty

Freemasons—notwithstanding the very inclement weather—according a last tribute of respect by being present at the graveside . It is , wc understand , more than twenty years since a elispensation was granted for a Masonic funeral in Ipswich . The brethren met at St . Luke ' s Lodge-room , Coach and Horses Hotel , at 1 , and included the following : —Bros . W . F . Jobson , W . Daking , A . Barber , C . Hillyard , G . Spalding , J .

Whitehead , T . Prentice , C . Byford , J . Turner , P . Whitehead , F . Grove , W . Murray , W . D . Skinner , J . Orton , J . Barker , W . Flory . C Canham , C . W . Godball , J . Sheppard , and H . Meek , & c , of St . Luke ' s Lodge . Bros . A . Gammon , W . A . Smith , W . J . Jack , J . H . Staddon , N . Tracy , F . Pcttit , G . A . Turner , f . G . Churchyard , B . W . Syer , A . E . Parker , 11 . Robertson , T . Hooper , W . G . Woods , F . Waller , H . Lott ,

A . Cannon , E . Hain , T . R . Elkington , & c , & c , of Perfect Friendship Lodge . Bros , the Rev . R . N . Sanderson , B . Dickson , G . Abbott , F . Crisp , F . Bennett , C . Cooke , and J . Trott , Prince of Wales' Lodge . Bros . E . Holmes , G . W . Brock , B . Spurring , W . Spalding , H . Miller , jun ., and P . Cornell , & c , & c , of the British Union Lodge ; and Bros . I . S . Ruffles , Doric ; W . O . Ward , Star in the East ; and

T . Heard , 81 , & c . Amongst gentlemen present not members of the Craft but anxious to show their respect for deceased were Mr . Wm . Mason , Mr . J . W . Beart , Mr . — Beart , Mr . Jonathan Cooke , Mr . Jillings , Mr . J . A . Parker , Mr . B . B . Parker , Mr . Walter Canham , Mr . Charles Woods , Mr . T . P . Howe , Mr . W . R . Clarke , Mr . A . Ashford , Mr . W . T . Holmes , Mr .

David Seagrave , and several other inhabitants of St . Clements . From the lodge-room the members of the Craft marched in procession to the late residence of the deceased in Forestreet . Thence the funeral cortege started at about 2 o ' clock , the route chosen being Upper Orwell-street , St . Margaret ' s-street , Woodbridge Road , and

Christchurchstreet . Hundreds of people had assembled in Fore-street and awaited the approach of the mournful procession at various points . Arriveel at the church in the Cemetery , the brethren formed a line on either side the pathway , and the coffin , preceded by Bro . the Rev . R . N . Sanderson , who officiated throughout , reading the sublime burial service , was borne

into the building . 1 he service was choral , and was very impressive , the hymns sung in the church being , " When our heads are bowed with woe , " and "Jesus lives ; no longer now can thy terrors , death , appal us . " The deceased Mason was interred in the same grave as his wife , whom he followed to the tomb only a few months since . As the coffin ( of polished oak ) was being lowered into the

grave the choir rendered Handel ' s " Saul" most feelingly . The reading of the burial service being ended , the officiating clergyman delivered a brief but impressive discourse . He spoke of the esteem in which their departed brother was held amongst them , and of the breach caused by his removal . He had , he said , died as he would have wished—honoured , surrounded by his brethren , his bodily

suffering ere he passed away short , followed to the grave by those with whom he had been associated in life . He had suddenly been called to enter upon a change of scene ; they hoped through Christ to a higher range of being , a more purified knowledge where the nets of his infirmity would be broken , and where he was now awaiting a happy re-union with those whom he had left behind—where all

would know even as they were known . The corn had been cut and awaited the gathering in , the tree had been felled , and the stone quarried , ready for the great Master Architect to lay it in " the temple , not made with hands , eternal in the heavens . " For themselves , the end of their late brother was a great lesson to prepare to meet God ; its awful suddenness , a warning to them to be also ready .

Let them speak , and think lovingly , tenderly , forgivingly , knowing they had m need of forgiveness . Their brother who had gone from amongst them was gentle , kind , and good ; it would be long ere the circle was filled up ; they would long miss his ready instruction , his genial presence in innocent enjoyment . Oft had they met happily ; now they met sorrowfully ; but God grant that they might

happily meet again . The address , during the delivery of which snow fell fast , was listened to most attentively ; and at its conclusion the brethren took a last look into th ; grave , at the same time dropping upon the coffin a sprig of acacia , in conformity with the custom of the Craft . Processional order was then resumed , the brethren returning to the St . Luke ' s Lodge-room , when the lodge was

closed , after Bro . the Rev . R . N . Sanderson had further addressed the members , during which he was completely overcome with emotion , having , as he said , known their late brother for 17 years , and esteemed him not only as a Mason but as a friend . The funeral arrangements were carried out by Bro . H . Luff , and Bro . W . A . Smith , very efficiently acted as director of the ceremonies .

The social circle of the late Bro . King has met with a severe loss in his sudden demise . He had been long regarded as the possessor of transcendant abilities far beyond the requirements of the trade he followed . Had he been educated for a profession no doubt he would have distinguished himself , such was the high order of his

talents . The late Bro . King was initiated into the Perfect Friendship Lodge in 1844 , being proposed by Bro . W . Spalding . He immediately became an active worker in the Order , and was installed W . M . for the first time in 1851 . Six years later he was again chosen for the office ] and in 1863 was

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similarly honoured . In the St . Luke ' s Lodge he was initiated in 1865 becoming W . M . for the first time on the night of his death . He had passed all the principal offices in the Royal Sussex Chapter and was also Scribe in the St . Luke ' s Chapter and a Knight Templar .

BRO . EDWIN COLLINGWOOD . On Tuesday morning , 15 th ult ., shortly . after two o ' clock , Bro . Edwin Collingwood died at his residence in Drake-street , Rochdale , after a short sickness , although his health seems to have gradually failed since the death of his wife , which occurred last March . He was for many years closely attached to Freemasonry . He was initiated

into Freemasonry ir . Lodge of Hope , 54 , August , 18 49 , and was installed W . M . of the above lodge in 18 57 , and discharged the duties of that office with honour to himself and credit to the lodge , and was a member of the same up to his death . Many years he attended the Charity Committees of this province on behalf of the lodge , in which he took great interest . He held several important

offices in the town , the tluties of which he discharged with zeal and fidelity . His death is deeply lamented by the brethren who knew him , particularly by the brethren of his lodge . He was interred in St . Clement ' s Churchyard on Friday morning last , and the following brethren , in order to pay the last tribute of respect to our departed brother , attended the funeral in white ties and gloves . Ut

umbra corpus sequiter , sic virtutem gloria . Bros . C . M . Jones , Pro P . D . A . C . ; Wm . Roberts , P . P . ; R . Butterworth , A . P . ; D . Mitchell , P . M . ; James Midgley , P . M . ; E . Hey , P . M . ; John Leach , P . M . ; Ralph Rawstron , P . M . ; Jesse Ferth , P . M . ; David Buckley , P . M . ; Wm . Ashworth , P . M . ;

Wm . Davies , P . M . ; John Ashworth , W . M . ; Geo . Holmes ; S . Casson ; Wm . Kerr ; A . Barker , S . W . ; James Hartley ; T . Parker ; J . Ireland , S . W . ; C . Smith ; John Higgin , J . W . ; E . Hill ; H . Schofield ; Geo . Green ; J . Lawton ; James Burnish , J . W . ; John Greyson ; E . Crosley ; Wm . Davies ,

BRO . CAPTAIN W . H . LEE . A very large circle of friends , both in England and America , will learn with deep regret that Bro . Captain W . H . Lee , for many years the business manager of Bro . Sam Hague's Slave Troupe—located in Liverpool , at St . James ' s Hall , for upwards of four years—died at his residence in Fraser-street , Liverpool , on Tueselay , the 15 th inst ., after a

very long illness . Our brother had been prostrated by that dire elisease , consumption , but although he had long suffered from it , there was no immediate expectation of his dissolution until a very short time before his death . Bro . Lee was in active service iii the American army during the whole of the civil war , and was in numerous engagements , holding the rank of captain during a great part of

the time . At the close of the war he organized what was then and is now known as " The Slave Troupe of Minstrels , " and , after owning it for some time , he sold his proprietary to Bro . Hague several years ago , and then assumed the post of business manager . This position he filled with the greatest satisfaction of the proprietor , and in a manner which won for him general admiration from

the patrons of the troupe . Bro . Lee was well known and universally esteemed by many of the leading members of the Masonic fraternity in Liverpool and elsewhere , and his loss is sincerely regretted by these as well as many non-Masonic friends . His remains were interred on Monday afternoon last in Smithdown-lane Cemetery , many professional and Masonic friends being present to pay a last tribute of respect to his memory . Bro . Lee was only 33

years of age , and leaves a wielow to mourn his loss . The funeral of our much respected brother took place on Monday week , when nearly every place of entertainment in Liverpool was represented . A band of 64 instrumentalists , selected from nearly all the local orchestras , playcel on the route to the cemetery , where there was a crowd of between 3 , 000 and 4 , 000 persons . The coffin was enveloped in the National Flag of America , and surmounted by splendid wreaths of flowers .

Reviews.

Reviews .

It has been said that the days of fairies arc over , and that the tales of youth delight us no more . Our young people want and demand , it is also averred , with much of apparent confitlence both of speech and of opinion , a more sensational if certainly less healthy , nay , less pure a literature . Well , wc don't believe it ! We doubt , that is to say , very greatly the " soft impeachment" of the taste

and temper of the rising generation , and we venture even t 3 think that the proclivities of youth are pretty much the same , " mutatis mutandis , " as Friar Tuck saiel , with what they were in our bye-gone generation ! For we ourselves can recall , even in these sobered days , an eejual love of the marvellous , as great a yearning for the " weird " anel the sensational , as are credited to this our " nova

progenies . " We believe therefore that fairy talcs , that sympathy with the supernatural , will outlive all the prosaic utterances , and realistic teaching of incredulous philosophers and scientific moralists , the didactic essay , and the veiled utterances of doubt or scorn . The foundation of all good fairy talcs is after all only belief in the unseen , in right , in truth , in honour , in justice , in faith , if

veiled in allegory , if set forth in quaint imagery . It may be that these old-fashioned truisms of the fairy tale , jar somewhat on the complacent scepticism of many in this easy and self-sufficient semi-educated epoch , whose present seems to be " cram , " and whose end appears to be self .

Yet , who of us all does not recall the good fairy of the ancient legend , who always appeared at the right time , and in the proper place , rewarding innocence , upholding right , and utterly routing and casting down fraud and falsehood , treachery and hypocrisy , wicked tyranny , and sinful might , and therefore it is that King Pippin's adventures , by Roland

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Q-Uiz , appeal , as we think , to the best feelings and honest freshness of youth . Wc know a little lady for instance , who has been so delighted with Tim Pippin , that she quite believes both in his words and ileeeis , and will follow his wondrous adventures with intense anxiety and thrilling interest . We congratulate Roland Quiz on writing his work , which though it may graze , as has been said , as it

were , on the " doubtful mountains , " yet contains in it after all , the elements of moral truth and personal duty , if illustrated by fairy intervention , or marvellous acts . Like in all allegories , or parables , Roland Quiz seeks to set forth truth for the welfare of the young especially , in the history of Tim or King Pippin , and we prefer his clever description

of supernatural wonders , to those deeds of horror , and those annals of crime , which seem so fashionable just now , and in which so many for their lasting harm , profess to find amusement and gratification . At this genial season , we recommend " Tim Pippin" to the perusal of all our youthful readers , the sons and daughters of Masons .

We have perused with pleasure the " History of the Lodge of Tranquility , No . 185 , " written by our Bro . John Constable , W . M ., and with a preface by Bro . W . J . Hughan . We thank Bro . Constable for a very well planned and well executed work , and we trust that his seasonable example will be widely followed . For , as Bro . W . J . Hughan well knows , the documents of our lodges are still , as it were ,

a sealed book , alike to the Masonic Student and the Masonic historian . It is possible that we have not preserved such ancient minute-books in our English lodges as in Scotland , but we do not yet despair of finding English lodge minute-books like the Alnwick Lodge , pre 1717 and during the 17 th century . The Lodge of Tranquility was originally formed under a warrant of the " Ancient" Grand

Lodge , and the charter is signed by Lord Antrim , G . M ., Laur . Dermott , D . G . M ., Thomas Harper , S . G . W ., Ja . Parry , J . G . W ., and John McCormick , G . S . The history is marked by two somewhat remarkable features , the one is , that though in 1791 , it was unanimously resolved that a " Jew should not be admitted as a brother on any pretence whatever in future , " in 18 49 the lodge was practically

resuscitated by a swarm of Hebrew brethren from Joppa Loelge , many of them well known to Masons and Masonry . What a very remarkable commentary does this first fact supply against intolerant prejudices , and futile attempts to invalidate the true universality of Freemasonry . Another very noteable point is the establishment of a Lodge Fund of Benevolence , which is now very flourishing indeed , and has been productive of much happv

relief to destitute brethren and decayed members of the lodge . We congratulate Bro . Constable on his very interesting and reaelable volume , as a valuable contribution to Masonic Archaeology and Lodge History , and we trust that it will have every literary success . We quite agree with all Bro . Hughan so well says as to the desirability of such lodge histories ; and wc hope that we may witness before long a general overhauling of Lodge chests , MSS ., anel records .

Moses and Son , of clothing fame , have put out with the New Year , two very neat little iliaries and almanacks for their customers and the public . Very convenient they are to lie on the table or the desk , the more so as dates are most important to all who have duties to perform or accounts to pay . And who has not ? There are ineleed a multitude of Diaries , Almanacks , anel Remembrancers , with a closing

and an opening year , all of them applicants for approval and patronage , so that we can safely say that no one need be without such a necessary daily companion and memento vita ? for 1875 . For such diaries , in our opinion , are alike needful for the man of wealth , and for the man

of business , for the student and for the philosopher , for the lecturer , and the litterateur , for the schoolboy and the clergyman , for the " Misses , " and for the Mason , and we recommend these little convenient diaries to all who like the " multum in parvo , " and seek neatness and utility combined .

Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE AND ART .

GLEANED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES . TWO useful publications , under the titles of the " Literary Mart" anil the " Booksellers' Circular" have been forwarded to me . They promise fair to fill up a void which book-byers have long felt . I am pleased to notice seven works on Freemasonry , offered for sale in their pages ;

showing that the dear old Craft continues to attract attention both in the ranks of the initiated and amongst the outer world who are not Freemasons . On Saturday morning , Dec . 19 th , Mr . Charles Rogers , better known under his assumed literary name of "Tom Tredellehoyle , " died at Barnsley , in the seventy-third year of his age . I le edited the " Bainslai' Foaks' Annual an '

Pogmoor Olmenac" from its commencement in 1837 to the present issue ; and had done much , by his genuine humour , towarels creating that taste for works in provincial dialects , and which , as was tc be expected , has flooeleel us with much dirty water , not from Helicon . Nevertheless , with such writers in the Lancashire anel Yorkshire dialects as Edwin Waugh , Ben . Brierley ,

Eccles of Leeds , and Florence Cleveland , all of whom have really something to say , independent of their peculiar modes of telling it ; local provincial literature is likely to live in the North of England , and the student of their rich dialects to be able for all time to draw illustrations from their writings . Nor is it merely the abundance

of provincial words that truly illustrates the dialect of a district , there is a peculiar mode of expression among those " to the manner born , " which a stranger could never acquire , and which only some who really know the dialect can give expression lo ; but without which , all writings in dialects lose their charm . Though the most part of his life was spent in Barnsley , Mr . Rogers was born at Man-