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Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . CHARLES NASH . We much regret to record the death of Bro . Charles Nash , which took place at his residence , High-road , Lee , on Monday morning , the 23 rd ult ., in his fourty-fourth year . Bro . Nash retired to rest on Sunday night in his usual health , but on Monday morning he complained of not feeling well , and suddenly a blood vessel in the lungs broke , and he expired in his bed room within half an hour of

uttering the complaint . Bro . Nash was a Past Master of the Pythagorean Lodge , No . 79 , Greenwich , and a P . Z . of the Royal Albert Chapter , No . 970 . His remains were interred on Saturday , tlie 2 Sth ult ., at Norwood Cemetery , where his wife and children were already laid . Around the grave , in addition to the immediate relatives of the deceased , we

noticed Bros . H . Roberts , P . M . ; Dussee , P . M . ; West-Smith , P . M . and Sec ; Fowler , Geo . Boncey , Irving , Taylor , and several other brethren of Lodge 79 , and Bro . W . H . Farniield , P . Z ., and others of the Royal Albert Chapter , No . 907 , all anxious to pay the last token of respect to the deceased brother and companion .

Ancient And Primitive Rite.

Ancient and Primitive Rite .

MANCHESTER . —Sovereigh Sanctuary , 33 ° . — A meeting of the Grand Chancery was held on the 22 nd ult ., at the office of the Grand Chancellor-General , ill . Bro . Beeby Bowman Labrey , 33 ° . The purpose of the meeting was arranged as follows : Leave was given to the 111 . Bro . John Yarker , 33 , Grand Master , to receive the following illustrious brethren into the 33 rd Degree on payment ofthe minimum fee of / ? 5 s . to the funds of the Sovereign

Sanctuary : Bros . Maurice L . Davies , founder of No . 5 Chapter , with the office of Grand Expert-General ; William . Hill , founder of No . G Chapter , with the office of Grand Secretary-General ; Charles James , founder of Nos . 7 and 9 Chapters , with the office of Grand Inspector-General ( Rituals ) , vacant by the death of 111 . Bro . Commander Charles Scott , 33 ; III . Bro . Alexander B . Mott , 33 ° , Sovereign Grand Master General , 0

90 , Mizraim , of America , as honorary member , on a personal visit to the G . M . The Grand Master of Light for the Province of Middlesex , to be dealt with the Grand Master , on the recommendation of the brethren concerned . A conflict for precedence having unfortunately arisen between Chapters St . Andrew and Sphinx as to which was entitled respectively to Nos . S and 9 , it was decided that thc Sphinx had priority of claim as having first completed their

petition ; but it was ordered to delay the issue of the warrants a week in order to give the two bodies an opportunity of uniting as a chapter and senate under the officers recommended by each body . Obligations and letters patent of amity and representation were exchanged by the Grand Master with the 111 . Bro . Nicolo S . Cassanello , 33 , M . D . and Professor , Grand Master of the Reformed Egyptian Rite of 33 ° , Tunis , which is a reduction of the Ninety Grades

of the Mizraimite Order of Naples . The same with III . Bro . Chevalier , Commander Giamb , Pessina , 33 ° , Grand Master of the Reformed Egyptian Rite of Italy , Naples . The following illustrious brethren were nominated for this and last year ' s decorations , as deserving the same in their relative grades for their zeal : Bros . Henry Meyer , 32 ,

the Lybic chain ; William Longbottom , 30 , the golden branch of Eleusis . 111 . Bro . John Yarker , acting for the Treasurer-General , reported that after paying and providing for works in process he had a considerable balance in hand . Owing to the continued delicate health of the Treasurer-General , 111 . Bro . S . P . Leather , 33 , the accounts from the commence ncnt were still unfinished .

Amusements.

Amusements .

MANCHESTER . —THEATRE ROYAL . —Mr . D'Oyley Carte's Lilliputian army appeared here in the " Children's Pinafore " on Monday last before a good audience . There is something vo fresh and satisfying in the performance of this little band of infant prodigies , that we are all the while wondering how it ever came to pass that such talent was discovered , and such Job-like patience found to tutor and

shape these little minds , who seemed , as it were , unconscious of any depth of meaning in their utterances or the personages they were caricaturing . It is simply impossible to praise the children's performance too highly ; the whole was charming , and made one feel sorry when thc curtain fell . For special mention wc must select Master William Phillips' Dick Dcadcye . This young gentleman never

overacted the part , and thoroughly conveyed by gesture and tone of voice the fact that he knew he was an objectionable " cuss " to all on board , and did not try to help it . Master Harry Grattan enacted Captain Corcoran remarkably well , his bearing and gait being most " captain-like . " Master Edward Pickering was the First Lord , and , save being a trifle over-anxious , was all that could he desired . His

richlyembroidered coat was a perfect model to behold . Master Harry Eversfield , as Ralph Raekstrare , both acted and sang well , and , without in the least exaggerating the character , he threw into it such spirit and earnestness as would only be expected from one twice his age . Of the petites demoiselles , the palm must certainly be awarded to Miss Effie Mason , as Little Buttercup , who was simply

delightful , and we confess never to have heard such a rich voice in one so young before , and whenever she appeared one's attention was immediately rivetted upon her , and made one regret her absence . Josephine , the captain's daughter , was gracefully performed by Miss Einilie Grattan , and the entire performance was a treat to witness . A morning performance takes place to-day ( Saturday ) , and we should strongly advise our ^ Manchester friends to go and sec it .

. MANCHESTER . —QUEEN'S THEATRE . —A sensational Irish drama ' entitled "Shamus-na-Lena" was Eroduced here on Monday last , the 30 th ult . The memers of the company were , as usual , thoroughly at home in this syle of drama , and all acted with the earnestness

peculiar to them , and which prevents any lack of interest being takenin the proceedings by the audience . Mr . Joseph Bracewell , as the hero , acted with great humour , and was much appreciated b y the audience . Mr . Charles E . Stevens as Mick Milligan , the government spy , extracted all that could be got from the character , and the groans

Amusements.

which are usually awarded to villains of any class were plentifully lavished upon him by the " gods , " thus showing their appreciation . Mr . Ernest Bright deserves special mention forhispourtrayalof Captain Courtley , and showed his anxiety , which is at all times apparent , to make the most out of a little . His delivery of a speech in Act 2 nd Scene 2 nd was forcibly given , and called forth loud applause , as did also his cleverly contrived escape from the Turning

Tower . We wish this gentleman greater scope for his undoubted talent . Mr . Chippendale pleased us immensely by his representation of Anthony 0 'Moore , an aged Irishman , and in the personification of " old men" characters this gentleman certainly has rare gifts , and in that respect , for so young a man , seems to be following in the footsteps of Mr . John Hare , whom possibly he may have taken for a

model . Miss Ethel Arden as Lad y Mary Magnire was highl y satisfactory , and the remaining characters were well sustained . The " sensation" scene with a genuine waterfall was a very effective piece of stage illusion , and wc must not omit a word of praise to the ladies of the corps-deballet , who dance a genuine Irish jig as a finale to the drama .

Literary, Art, And Antiquarian Notes.

Literary , Art , and Antiquarian Notes .

Professor P . Ten Brink will shortly publish a grammar of Old and Middle English . Mr . J . Payne is understood to be at work upon a new translation of the "Thousand and One Nights . " The Academy states that Dr . Schliemann intends to commence operations on the site of Orchomcnos , in Bceotia , the prehistoric capital of the Minyans , next November .

Professor F . W . Newman has been engaged for some time on a work relative to the Libyan languages . He gives in the Journal of the Asiatic Society a sketch of the literature already existing and of the scope of his own work .

At Viccnza there has been a funeral commemoration of Andrea Palladio , the famous architect , who died therein 15 S 0 . There ivere representatives present of thc Government , the municipality , the Magistracy , the artizans ' societies , & c .

Amongst recent German publications is a volume containing twelve " Fastnachtspicie " b y Hans Sachs , the fine old cobbler poet of Nuremberg . It is hoped that this part will be the first of a complete edition under the care of Hr . Edmund Goetze .

A new version of the ' •Marseillaise" is being trolled forth by the Radically disposed street Arabs of Montmartre . Here is a sample verse : Aux armes charcutiers ! Prenez vos tabliers Pour hacher les curds , En faire des pates !

The celebrated Maya MS . in the Public Library at Dresden has been reproduced in fac-simile by a new process . This codex is given in Lord Kingsborough's " Mexican Antiquities , " but that fact will not detract from thc value of the edition now issued under the editorial care of Dr . Forstermann . Fifty copies only are being issued . The process employed in the reproduction is the "light printing " of A . Naumann , of Leipzic

" St . Martin ' s Summer " is the title of a three volume novel by Shirley Smith , the popular author of " His Last Stake , " ancf other widely-read and admired works of fiction , which Messrs . Hurst and Blackett will publish on the 10 th current . The story , which promises to be of exceptional interest , is dedicated to John Everett Millais , R . A ., whose picture , exhibited In 1 S 7 S , suggested the title .

THE BALLOON SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN . — This Society have made arrangement for thc forthcoming balloon contest on Saturday , thc 4 th September for ascents from the following places : —Crystal Palace , Alexandra Palace , Lillie Bridge , Clapham , Wormwood Scrubs , Kensal Green , Hendon , and Epping Forest . Each balloon is to be manned by a practical acrouant , a representative of the Press , * and a scientific man .

The Academy says that thc Imperial Library in St . Petersburg contains in Cordex No . 510 a very valuable collection of shorter sayings of Melancthon , the " praeceptor Germaniae , " which until now were not known , although other dicta of Dr . Luther's learned friend are known to have been preserved , especially those recorded by a hearer of his lectures in 1557 , and are collected in thc twentieth volume of the Corpus Rcformatorum .

The publication of Mr .- \ V . A . Clouston ' s "Arabian Poetry for English Readers" has been delayed by the addition of fresh material . The selections from " Antar " will be woven into a continuous narrative , and a translation added of the poem of M . Caussin de Perceval . Mr . J . W . Redhousc has made some important contributions . The appendix will contain extracts from Prideaux ' s

" Lay of the Himyarites , " of which only twenty-five copies were printed at Lahore . ART IN THE COLONIES . —The Government of New South Wales have purchased for the Art Gallery of that Colony a number of Black and White Drawings from the collection exhibited b y the Proprietors of The Graphic at the recent Sydney Exhibition . Theycomprise Drawings

b y Messrs . Frank Holl , A . R . A ., J . E . Hodgson , R . A ., Hubert Herkomer , A . R . A ., Charles Green , William Small , Henry Woods , J . C . Dollman , Benjamin Constant , E . J . Gregory , Arthur Hopkins , and John Charlton . The Athenwum states that under the title of "The Staff Officer ' s Guide and Statesman ' s Handbook to Central Asia , " Mr . Charles Marvin is preparing for the press , with the author ' s co-operation , a translation of a

voluminous work just published on Turkestan , by Colonel L . F . Kostenko , of the Russian General Staff . Colonel Kostenko , who for twelve years has been attached to the Intelligence Department of the Russian army in Central Asia , and who leaves St . Petersburgh next week to take up a special appointment on the staff of General Kaufmann in Kuldja , has embodied in three bulky volumes a great deal of information bearing upon Turkestan , the greater part of which is unknown to Europe .

Literary, Art, And Antiquarian Notes.

Mr . Francis George Heath ' s illustrated edition of the Rev . William Gilpin ' s well-known Forest Scenery is about to be reissued by Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston , and Co ., in a series of six two-shilling monthly parts . A correspondent writes to the Guardian : "While lately reading some sacred Cornish poetry in the library of thc college at Cumbrae , N . B ., I found , in a rhymed history

of the Crucifixion , several stanzas to the effect that the soldier of St . John xix . 34 was blind and named Longis—i . e ., Longinus , of which Longis is a French corruption or contraction . For thewhole legend see Mrs . Jameson ' s Sacred and Legendary Art , ii ., 7 SS , ed . 3 . The book containing the poem is entitled 'Mount Calvary , written in Cornish and interpreted in the English tongue in 16 S 2 by John

Keigwin , gent ., edited by Davies Gilbert , P . R . S ., F . S . A ., London 1 S 25 , ' Svo ., and contains both Cornish and English . The poem is noticed by Professor Sayce ( Sc . of Lang ii . S 6 ) thus : ' The only remarkable specimen of Cornish literature is a Passion Play ( though it is in no way dramatic ) of the fifteenth century , v ; hicti ~ is full of English loan-words . ' He notes that it has been edited by Whitley Stokes ( in

Transactions of the London Phil . Soc , 1 S 62 ) , but does not mention this earlier edition and version . Mr . Gilbert also edited in 1 S 27 aCornish account of the 'Creation and Noah ' s Flood , written in Cornish in the year 1611 by William Jordan , with an English translation by John Keigwin , ' a semi-dramatic poem , " in a rhymed irregular verse , somewhat like Mrs Browning ' s Drama of Exile . This latter poem contains

more English words , and its orthography is more corrupt and arbitrary than in the 'Mount Calvary . ' English is used even to complete rhymes . " Mgr . Lavigeric , Archbishop of Algiers , has recently received news of the movements of the supplementary expedition of the Algerian Missionary Society to East Centra ! Africa . Pere Moinct , with the Tanganyika detachment , had arrived safely at the lake , after

experiencing serious difficulties on the road , which , indeed , they would probably not have been able to overcome but for the timely succour received from the Belgian station at Karema . At the date of the last letters there was no certain intelligence of tiie party destined for the Victoria Nyanza , which was under Pure l . evesque , and had parted company with the Tanganyika detachment , probablv at Tabora .. It was

rumoured , however , on native authority , that they had a severe encounter with natives on the road , owing to one of their escort , an ex-Zouave , having killed a man . It is quite possible that the true explanation may be that they had been attacked by bandits . The original expedition at Lake Tanganyika , under Pere Deniaud , is said to be in a satisfactory condition , and to have established several

stations on the lake shore . Detailed journals of the proceedings of these missionaries , with several interesting letters , have been received , and will be made public in due course . Dr . Passagiotes Potagos , the Greek traveller , whose African explorations we recently referred to , arrived in London last week . Having given an account of his iournevs in Africa at Paris , he has come over to give us the

benefit of his Asiatic experiences , perhaps at the geographical section of the British Association . Dr . Potagos appears to have travelled across Asia from Constantinople to Hami in the Eastern Tien Shan , visiting we are afraid to say what countries en route . At Hami he was imprisoned for two years , and during that time acquired information regarding the regions of Koko-Nor and Lob-Nor and the scarcely-known northern belt of the Chinese Empire cast

of Hami . The United States expedition , engaged in making scientific investigations in regard to the Gulf Stream , has recently discovered in the course of its work in the Western Caribbean Sea an immense submarine valley , 700 miles long and eighty miles broad . It extends from between the islands of Cuba and Jamaica to the Bay of Honduras , and its depth is stated to vary from two miles to three miles and a half .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

The annual meeting of thc Provincial G . Lodge of Worcestershire will be held on Wednesday , the 23 nd inst ., at Kidderminster , under the banner of the Hope and Charity Lodge , No . 377 . A meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire will be held under the banner of the Athelstan Lodge , No . 1333 , on Monday , the 27 th inst ., at the Town Hall , Athcrstone .

Thc Paris correspondent of thc Daily Telegraph states that the ladies' singing professorship at Brussels has been offered to and accepted by Madame Lemmens-Sherrington . The Court of the Drapers' Company have recently voted twenty guineas to the Rev . H . Soll y for the maintenance of a Technical Carpentry and Joinery

Class at Croydon . At the general meeting of thc British Association , held on Monday last , Sir John Lubbock , Bart ., . M . P ., was elected president for next year , when the meeting will be held at York .

Bro . Sir John and Lady Monckton , accompanied by Sir Charles and Lady Young , have been staying at Weggis—the well-known starting-point on the Lake oi Lucerne for making the ascent of tlie Rigi on foot—where they have had some enjoyable fishing .

The Leicester Town Council , at a special meeting , on Tuesday afternoon , the 31 st ult ., decided to establish a permanent Art Gallery at Leicester , under the provisions of the Free Libraries and Museums Acts , the gallery to be maintained by rate and managed by the Corporation .

The Railway Signalmen and Switchmen ' s Aid and Sick Society took its annual excursion on Monday , the 30 th ult ., when about Coo of the members and their friends visited Eastbourne . Wc are glad to learn from the last report of the Committee that this useful benefit society continues to make progress both financially and in the increase

of its members . Donations of ten guineas each have been received , through Mr . J . P . Knight , from the Empress Eugenie and the Messrs . Rothschild . The Secretary ( Mr . A . Ray , 130 , Dalyell-road , Stockwell ) would be glad to add the name of any other lady or gentleman who may be disposed to help a very hard-working class of the community to provide for days of sickness and trial .

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Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . CHARLES NASH . We much regret to record the death of Bro . Charles Nash , which took place at his residence , High-road , Lee , on Monday morning , the 23 rd ult ., in his fourty-fourth year . Bro . Nash retired to rest on Sunday night in his usual health , but on Monday morning he complained of not feeling well , and suddenly a blood vessel in the lungs broke , and he expired in his bed room within half an hour of

uttering the complaint . Bro . Nash was a Past Master of the Pythagorean Lodge , No . 79 , Greenwich , and a P . Z . of the Royal Albert Chapter , No . 970 . His remains were interred on Saturday , tlie 2 Sth ult ., at Norwood Cemetery , where his wife and children were already laid . Around the grave , in addition to the immediate relatives of the deceased , we

noticed Bros . H . Roberts , P . M . ; Dussee , P . M . ; West-Smith , P . M . and Sec ; Fowler , Geo . Boncey , Irving , Taylor , and several other brethren of Lodge 79 , and Bro . W . H . Farniield , P . Z ., and others of the Royal Albert Chapter , No . 907 , all anxious to pay the last token of respect to the deceased brother and companion .

Ancient And Primitive Rite.

Ancient and Primitive Rite .

MANCHESTER . —Sovereigh Sanctuary , 33 ° . — A meeting of the Grand Chancery was held on the 22 nd ult ., at the office of the Grand Chancellor-General , ill . Bro . Beeby Bowman Labrey , 33 ° . The purpose of the meeting was arranged as follows : Leave was given to the 111 . Bro . John Yarker , 33 , Grand Master , to receive the following illustrious brethren into the 33 rd Degree on payment ofthe minimum fee of / ? 5 s . to the funds of the Sovereign

Sanctuary : Bros . Maurice L . Davies , founder of No . 5 Chapter , with the office of Grand Expert-General ; William . Hill , founder of No . G Chapter , with the office of Grand Secretary-General ; Charles James , founder of Nos . 7 and 9 Chapters , with the office of Grand Inspector-General ( Rituals ) , vacant by the death of 111 . Bro . Commander Charles Scott , 33 ; III . Bro . Alexander B . Mott , 33 ° , Sovereign Grand Master General , 0

90 , Mizraim , of America , as honorary member , on a personal visit to the G . M . The Grand Master of Light for the Province of Middlesex , to be dealt with the Grand Master , on the recommendation of the brethren concerned . A conflict for precedence having unfortunately arisen between Chapters St . Andrew and Sphinx as to which was entitled respectively to Nos . S and 9 , it was decided that thc Sphinx had priority of claim as having first completed their

petition ; but it was ordered to delay the issue of the warrants a week in order to give the two bodies an opportunity of uniting as a chapter and senate under the officers recommended by each body . Obligations and letters patent of amity and representation were exchanged by the Grand Master with the 111 . Bro . Nicolo S . Cassanello , 33 , M . D . and Professor , Grand Master of the Reformed Egyptian Rite of 33 ° , Tunis , which is a reduction of the Ninety Grades

of the Mizraimite Order of Naples . The same with III . Bro . Chevalier , Commander Giamb , Pessina , 33 ° , Grand Master of the Reformed Egyptian Rite of Italy , Naples . The following illustrious brethren were nominated for this and last year ' s decorations , as deserving the same in their relative grades for their zeal : Bros . Henry Meyer , 32 ,

the Lybic chain ; William Longbottom , 30 , the golden branch of Eleusis . 111 . Bro . John Yarker , acting for the Treasurer-General , reported that after paying and providing for works in process he had a considerable balance in hand . Owing to the continued delicate health of the Treasurer-General , 111 . Bro . S . P . Leather , 33 , the accounts from the commence ncnt were still unfinished .

Amusements.

Amusements .

MANCHESTER . —THEATRE ROYAL . —Mr . D'Oyley Carte's Lilliputian army appeared here in the " Children's Pinafore " on Monday last before a good audience . There is something vo fresh and satisfying in the performance of this little band of infant prodigies , that we are all the while wondering how it ever came to pass that such talent was discovered , and such Job-like patience found to tutor and

shape these little minds , who seemed , as it were , unconscious of any depth of meaning in their utterances or the personages they were caricaturing . It is simply impossible to praise the children's performance too highly ; the whole was charming , and made one feel sorry when thc curtain fell . For special mention wc must select Master William Phillips' Dick Dcadcye . This young gentleman never

overacted the part , and thoroughly conveyed by gesture and tone of voice the fact that he knew he was an objectionable " cuss " to all on board , and did not try to help it . Master Harry Grattan enacted Captain Corcoran remarkably well , his bearing and gait being most " captain-like . " Master Edward Pickering was the First Lord , and , save being a trifle over-anxious , was all that could he desired . His

richlyembroidered coat was a perfect model to behold . Master Harry Eversfield , as Ralph Raekstrare , both acted and sang well , and , without in the least exaggerating the character , he threw into it such spirit and earnestness as would only be expected from one twice his age . Of the petites demoiselles , the palm must certainly be awarded to Miss Effie Mason , as Little Buttercup , who was simply

delightful , and we confess never to have heard such a rich voice in one so young before , and whenever she appeared one's attention was immediately rivetted upon her , and made one regret her absence . Josephine , the captain's daughter , was gracefully performed by Miss Einilie Grattan , and the entire performance was a treat to witness . A morning performance takes place to-day ( Saturday ) , and we should strongly advise our ^ Manchester friends to go and sec it .

. MANCHESTER . —QUEEN'S THEATRE . —A sensational Irish drama ' entitled "Shamus-na-Lena" was Eroduced here on Monday last , the 30 th ult . The memers of the company were , as usual , thoroughly at home in this syle of drama , and all acted with the earnestness

peculiar to them , and which prevents any lack of interest being takenin the proceedings by the audience . Mr . Joseph Bracewell , as the hero , acted with great humour , and was much appreciated b y the audience . Mr . Charles E . Stevens as Mick Milligan , the government spy , extracted all that could be got from the character , and the groans

Amusements.

which are usually awarded to villains of any class were plentifully lavished upon him by the " gods , " thus showing their appreciation . Mr . Ernest Bright deserves special mention forhispourtrayalof Captain Courtley , and showed his anxiety , which is at all times apparent , to make the most out of a little . His delivery of a speech in Act 2 nd Scene 2 nd was forcibly given , and called forth loud applause , as did also his cleverly contrived escape from the Turning

Tower . We wish this gentleman greater scope for his undoubted talent . Mr . Chippendale pleased us immensely by his representation of Anthony 0 'Moore , an aged Irishman , and in the personification of " old men" characters this gentleman certainly has rare gifts , and in that respect , for so young a man , seems to be following in the footsteps of Mr . John Hare , whom possibly he may have taken for a

model . Miss Ethel Arden as Lad y Mary Magnire was highl y satisfactory , and the remaining characters were well sustained . The " sensation" scene with a genuine waterfall was a very effective piece of stage illusion , and wc must not omit a word of praise to the ladies of the corps-deballet , who dance a genuine Irish jig as a finale to the drama .

Literary, Art, And Antiquarian Notes.

Literary , Art , and Antiquarian Notes .

Professor P . Ten Brink will shortly publish a grammar of Old and Middle English . Mr . J . Payne is understood to be at work upon a new translation of the "Thousand and One Nights . " The Academy states that Dr . Schliemann intends to commence operations on the site of Orchomcnos , in Bceotia , the prehistoric capital of the Minyans , next November .

Professor F . W . Newman has been engaged for some time on a work relative to the Libyan languages . He gives in the Journal of the Asiatic Society a sketch of the literature already existing and of the scope of his own work .

At Viccnza there has been a funeral commemoration of Andrea Palladio , the famous architect , who died therein 15 S 0 . There ivere representatives present of thc Government , the municipality , the Magistracy , the artizans ' societies , & c .

Amongst recent German publications is a volume containing twelve " Fastnachtspicie " b y Hans Sachs , the fine old cobbler poet of Nuremberg . It is hoped that this part will be the first of a complete edition under the care of Hr . Edmund Goetze .

A new version of the ' •Marseillaise" is being trolled forth by the Radically disposed street Arabs of Montmartre . Here is a sample verse : Aux armes charcutiers ! Prenez vos tabliers Pour hacher les curds , En faire des pates !

The celebrated Maya MS . in the Public Library at Dresden has been reproduced in fac-simile by a new process . This codex is given in Lord Kingsborough's " Mexican Antiquities , " but that fact will not detract from thc value of the edition now issued under the editorial care of Dr . Forstermann . Fifty copies only are being issued . The process employed in the reproduction is the "light printing " of A . Naumann , of Leipzic

" St . Martin ' s Summer " is the title of a three volume novel by Shirley Smith , the popular author of " His Last Stake , " ancf other widely-read and admired works of fiction , which Messrs . Hurst and Blackett will publish on the 10 th current . The story , which promises to be of exceptional interest , is dedicated to John Everett Millais , R . A ., whose picture , exhibited In 1 S 7 S , suggested the title .

THE BALLOON SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN . — This Society have made arrangement for thc forthcoming balloon contest on Saturday , thc 4 th September for ascents from the following places : —Crystal Palace , Alexandra Palace , Lillie Bridge , Clapham , Wormwood Scrubs , Kensal Green , Hendon , and Epping Forest . Each balloon is to be manned by a practical acrouant , a representative of the Press , * and a scientific man .

The Academy says that thc Imperial Library in St . Petersburg contains in Cordex No . 510 a very valuable collection of shorter sayings of Melancthon , the " praeceptor Germaniae , " which until now were not known , although other dicta of Dr . Luther's learned friend are known to have been preserved , especially those recorded by a hearer of his lectures in 1557 , and are collected in thc twentieth volume of the Corpus Rcformatorum .

The publication of Mr .- \ V . A . Clouston ' s "Arabian Poetry for English Readers" has been delayed by the addition of fresh material . The selections from " Antar " will be woven into a continuous narrative , and a translation added of the poem of M . Caussin de Perceval . Mr . J . W . Redhousc has made some important contributions . The appendix will contain extracts from Prideaux ' s

" Lay of the Himyarites , " of which only twenty-five copies were printed at Lahore . ART IN THE COLONIES . —The Government of New South Wales have purchased for the Art Gallery of that Colony a number of Black and White Drawings from the collection exhibited b y the Proprietors of The Graphic at the recent Sydney Exhibition . Theycomprise Drawings

b y Messrs . Frank Holl , A . R . A ., J . E . Hodgson , R . A ., Hubert Herkomer , A . R . A ., Charles Green , William Small , Henry Woods , J . C . Dollman , Benjamin Constant , E . J . Gregory , Arthur Hopkins , and John Charlton . The Athenwum states that under the title of "The Staff Officer ' s Guide and Statesman ' s Handbook to Central Asia , " Mr . Charles Marvin is preparing for the press , with the author ' s co-operation , a translation of a

voluminous work just published on Turkestan , by Colonel L . F . Kostenko , of the Russian General Staff . Colonel Kostenko , who for twelve years has been attached to the Intelligence Department of the Russian army in Central Asia , and who leaves St . Petersburgh next week to take up a special appointment on the staff of General Kaufmann in Kuldja , has embodied in three bulky volumes a great deal of information bearing upon Turkestan , the greater part of which is unknown to Europe .

Literary, Art, And Antiquarian Notes.

Mr . Francis George Heath ' s illustrated edition of the Rev . William Gilpin ' s well-known Forest Scenery is about to be reissued by Messrs . Sampson Low , Marston , and Co ., in a series of six two-shilling monthly parts . A correspondent writes to the Guardian : "While lately reading some sacred Cornish poetry in the library of thc college at Cumbrae , N . B ., I found , in a rhymed history

of the Crucifixion , several stanzas to the effect that the soldier of St . John xix . 34 was blind and named Longis—i . e ., Longinus , of which Longis is a French corruption or contraction . For thewhole legend see Mrs . Jameson ' s Sacred and Legendary Art , ii ., 7 SS , ed . 3 . The book containing the poem is entitled 'Mount Calvary , written in Cornish and interpreted in the English tongue in 16 S 2 by John

Keigwin , gent ., edited by Davies Gilbert , P . R . S ., F . S . A ., London 1 S 25 , ' Svo ., and contains both Cornish and English . The poem is noticed by Professor Sayce ( Sc . of Lang ii . S 6 ) thus : ' The only remarkable specimen of Cornish literature is a Passion Play ( though it is in no way dramatic ) of the fifteenth century , v ; hicti ~ is full of English loan-words . ' He notes that it has been edited by Whitley Stokes ( in

Transactions of the London Phil . Soc , 1 S 62 ) , but does not mention this earlier edition and version . Mr . Gilbert also edited in 1 S 27 aCornish account of the 'Creation and Noah ' s Flood , written in Cornish in the year 1611 by William Jordan , with an English translation by John Keigwin , ' a semi-dramatic poem , " in a rhymed irregular verse , somewhat like Mrs Browning ' s Drama of Exile . This latter poem contains

more English words , and its orthography is more corrupt and arbitrary than in the 'Mount Calvary . ' English is used even to complete rhymes . " Mgr . Lavigeric , Archbishop of Algiers , has recently received news of the movements of the supplementary expedition of the Algerian Missionary Society to East Centra ! Africa . Pere Moinct , with the Tanganyika detachment , had arrived safely at the lake , after

experiencing serious difficulties on the road , which , indeed , they would probably not have been able to overcome but for the timely succour received from the Belgian station at Karema . At the date of the last letters there was no certain intelligence of tiie party destined for the Victoria Nyanza , which was under Pure l . evesque , and had parted company with the Tanganyika detachment , probablv at Tabora .. It was

rumoured , however , on native authority , that they had a severe encounter with natives on the road , owing to one of their escort , an ex-Zouave , having killed a man . It is quite possible that the true explanation may be that they had been attacked by bandits . The original expedition at Lake Tanganyika , under Pere Deniaud , is said to be in a satisfactory condition , and to have established several

stations on the lake shore . Detailed journals of the proceedings of these missionaries , with several interesting letters , have been received , and will be made public in due course . Dr . Passagiotes Potagos , the Greek traveller , whose African explorations we recently referred to , arrived in London last week . Having given an account of his iournevs in Africa at Paris , he has come over to give us the

benefit of his Asiatic experiences , perhaps at the geographical section of the British Association . Dr . Potagos appears to have travelled across Asia from Constantinople to Hami in the Eastern Tien Shan , visiting we are afraid to say what countries en route . At Hami he was imprisoned for two years , and during that time acquired information regarding the regions of Koko-Nor and Lob-Nor and the scarcely-known northern belt of the Chinese Empire cast

of Hami . The United States expedition , engaged in making scientific investigations in regard to the Gulf Stream , has recently discovered in the course of its work in the Western Caribbean Sea an immense submarine valley , 700 miles long and eighty miles broad . It extends from between the islands of Cuba and Jamaica to the Bay of Honduras , and its depth is stated to vary from two miles to three miles and a half .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

The annual meeting of thc Provincial G . Lodge of Worcestershire will be held on Wednesday , the 23 nd inst ., at Kidderminster , under the banner of the Hope and Charity Lodge , No . 377 . A meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire will be held under the banner of the Athelstan Lodge , No . 1333 , on Monday , the 27 th inst ., at the Town Hall , Athcrstone .

Thc Paris correspondent of thc Daily Telegraph states that the ladies' singing professorship at Brussels has been offered to and accepted by Madame Lemmens-Sherrington . The Court of the Drapers' Company have recently voted twenty guineas to the Rev . H . Soll y for the maintenance of a Technical Carpentry and Joinery

Class at Croydon . At the general meeting of thc British Association , held on Monday last , Sir John Lubbock , Bart ., . M . P ., was elected president for next year , when the meeting will be held at York .

Bro . Sir John and Lady Monckton , accompanied by Sir Charles and Lady Young , have been staying at Weggis—the well-known starting-point on the Lake oi Lucerne for making the ascent of tlie Rigi on foot—where they have had some enjoyable fishing .

The Leicester Town Council , at a special meeting , on Tuesday afternoon , the 31 st ult ., decided to establish a permanent Art Gallery at Leicester , under the provisions of the Free Libraries and Museums Acts , the gallery to be maintained by rate and managed by the Corporation .

The Railway Signalmen and Switchmen ' s Aid and Sick Society took its annual excursion on Monday , the 30 th ult ., when about Coo of the members and their friends visited Eastbourne . Wc are glad to learn from the last report of the Committee that this useful benefit society continues to make progress both financially and in the increase

of its members . Donations of ten guineas each have been received , through Mr . J . P . Knight , from the Empress Eugenie and the Messrs . Rothschild . The Secretary ( Mr . A . Ray , 130 , Dalyell-road , Stockwell ) would be glad to add the name of any other lady or gentleman who may be disposed to help a very hard-working class of the community to provide for days of sickness and trial .

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