Public Amusements.

ford have , perhaps , never appeared to better advantage in any piece of a similar nature . We have only one fault to find with the songs and the incidental music , of the former there are too few , of the latter too little .

Knights Templar In Cornwall.

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN CORNWALL .

The distinguished and chivalric United Religious and Military Orders of the Temple , and of St . John , of Jerusalem , Palestine , Rhodes , and Malta , which are so far connected with Freemasonry , like the Order of Charles XIII ,, of Sweden , that all the members must bc Masons , are likely to be revived in Cornwall , we

understand , under tbe able guidance of Sir F . M . Williams , who has been appointed Provincial Prior in the room of Lord Eliot , now Earl St . German's , who resigned some time since . The Prince of Wales is Grand Master , Her Majesty the Q . ueen is Patron of the Order , Lord Skelmersdale is Great Prior nominate of England , and has been installed in succession to tbe late Earl of

Shrewsbury . The Duke of Connaught is Great Prior of Ireland , the Earl of Charlemont is Great Marshal , the Hon . Judge Townshend , Arch Chancellor ; Sir Patrick Colquhoun , Arch Registrar ; Lord Dunboyne , Standard Bearer ; Viscount Newry , Grand Master ' s Banner Bearer . Amongst the Knights Grand Cross are the Prince of Wales , the Emperor of Germany , the King of Sweden ,

the Crown Prmce of Germany , Crown Prince of Denmark , Prince John of Glucksenburg , the Earl of Limerick , & c . A preceptory of Knights Templar meets at Tywardreath H . R . H . the G . M . has , we understand , been pleased to make Bro . Emra Holmes , collector of H . M . Customs ,

Fowey , a Knight Commander , in consideration of his services to the Order . Mr . Holmes is the author of " Notes on the United Orders of the Temple and Hospital , " published some time since in the pages of the Freemason , and of a volume of " Tales , Poems , and Masonic Papers . "—Western Daily Mercury .

THE BRITISH MUSEUM . —Since our fast notice of late acquisitions in the department of MSS . in the British Museum other additions of value have been made , of which the following is a summary : —Church Service books are represented by a small bre / iary of English use ; a book of Horae for the use of the Monastery of St . Bridget of Syon , and a parish priest ' s Manual , also of English

useall of the fifteenth century . The Manual is always a service-book of interest , containing as it does those occasional offices for baptism , marriage , visitation of sick , and burial , in some of whicb fragments of English appear ; and this example is a fine one . The Leabhair ri Maolconaire is a collection of legends , poems , tec , in Irish , written in the sixteenth century . Irish MSS . are not too numerous in

this country , and we are , therefore , glad to see this volume placed in the national collection . Written in English are a small volume of Gospel lessons , illustrated by tales in verse , of the fifteenth century , and a long roll of Bible history of the same period , a translation of the Latin compilation of which so many copies are to be found ; the English version is rare . Another roll which has been added

to the collection also deals with Biblical and medi .-nval history in the form of pictorial designs by an Italian artist of the fifteenth century . But perhaps what will attract more attention is the Diary of Cardinal York , contained in upwards of 20 volumes , and covering the years 175 8-1805 , together with several volumes of correspondence , and papers relating to the Sobieski family . It should be remembered

that the Cardinal ' s inheritance of the Stuart papers long ago found its way into the Royal Library at Windsor , and that , therefore , we must not look for material for English history among this collection , which is presented to the museum by the Hon . Mrs . Otway-Cave . That the literary remains of the late George Smith should rest under the roof where he made a name as an Assyrian scholar is

appropriate . The trustees have purchased his working note-books , which are believed to contain much valuable matter . Another noteworthy purchase is that ofthe papers connected with the Shakespeare forgeries by Ireland , which , in the form of correspondence of the elder Ireland and cuttings from contemporary papers , give a full history of the affair . A good deal of early English music has also

been collected , and includes , in addition to several volumes of compositions of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , an interesting MS . of airs , chants , and other pieces composed by Tallis and collected by Thomas Mulliner in the sixteenth century , and also several volumes of oratories and other works by Dr . William Crotch . The collection of manuscript music in the department is beginning to be

respectable . That so little attention should have been paid to this class of MS . by librarians of former times is , we think , as much the fault of the public , who cared not for such things , as of officials , who perchance despised them . Of miscellaneous volumes the following may be noticed : — An inventory of the King's " Wardrobe Stuff , " hangings , carpets , bed furniture , & c , at Windsor and Westminster ,

34 Hen . VIII . to 1 Edw . VI . ; Lectures of Dr . John Rainoldes , Dean of Christ Church , in answer to Bellarmin , " 1590 ; the Musa ? Boreales , or Iter Boreale of Robert Eedes , Dean of Windsor , of the seventeenth century ; a household account-book of the family of Archer of Essex , 1600-1624 ; a narrative , in French , of Charles the Second ' s convng to Rouen , in 1651 , by J . Samborne ; scientific voyages by Edmund Halley in iGnS and 1701 ; a small

volume of notes of monuments and inscriptions in London churches , by Peter Le Neve ; a rate-book of Dartford , 1727-178 5 ; a collection of Whig or Anti-Jacobite ballads and songs , 1688-1747 ; a volume o ! ancient Scottish poems , 1725 ; letters of Thomas VVarton to Edmond Malone , 1781-1790 ; collections relating to Burcote , Worfield , and Bridgnorth , county Salop ; and journals of missions to Siam by Dr . Richardson , * 1829-1835 . —Academy .

Masonic And General Tidings.

Masonic and General Tidings .

At the last meeting of the Invicta Chapter Sovereign Prince Rose Croix , H . R . D . M ., 111 . Bro . Magnus Ohren , 31 % was installed M . W . S . of that chapter , held at the Masonic Hall , 33 , Golden-square , London . The Installing Officer was the 111 . Bro . W . Hyde Pullen , 33 . Messrs . Spottiswoode have issued a most interesting book , entitled " Bonn to Metz . " It is an account

of how two English gentlemen travelled from Bonn to Metz in six days on bicycles . The book is written by one of the daring travellers , C . F . Cascella , Esq ., and proves that he can drive his pen as easily as he can his bicycle . The account is given in fluent , graceful English , and will well repay the perusal .

Owing to the liberality exhibited by the members of the Shakespeare Lodge , No . 99 , an extra entertainment is in store for the children of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls at their " Twelfth Night Treat" on Monday next . THE MASONIO INSTITUTIONS . —We have

much pleasure m announcing that the following are the correct totals of the amounts received by each ins titution during the year 1877 : Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , £ 16 , 308 8 s . 1 id . ; Royal Masonic Institution for Boys £ 14 , 36 9 14 s . gd . ; Royal Masonic Institution for Girls £ 11 , 800 . The visit of the P rince of Wales to Hamilton

Palace next month is to be private in character , and mainlyintended for the purpose of giving His Royal Highness a few days' shooting over the Hamilton demesne , the covers of which have not yet been drawn this season . Bro . J ohn Derby Allcroft , W . M . Lodge 1 657 , will lay the foundation stone of St . Paul ' s , Old Ford , on Friday next , the nth inst .

ANOTHER HONOUR TO R . W . BRO . W . J . HUGHAN , OF Tituno . —We have to congratulate ouresteemed and valued R . W . Bro . William James Hughan on the very handsome compliment paid to him on the 30 th November , by the Franklin Lodge ( 134 ) , Philadelphia , by his election as an honorary member of that lodge , and this compliment is the more valuable as by a decision of the

Grand Lodge of Pennyslvania on the 5 th ult ., such an honour cannot be again conferred on any brother residing in England . At the annual meeting on the 17 th ult ., ofthe famous "York Lodge , " No . 236 , the members elected seven brethren honorary members , the first time , we believe , in the history of the lodge that any in the Craft have been

so distinguished . The first so honoured is Bro . William James Hughan , of Truro , author of "History of Freemasonry at York , " " Memorial of the Masonic Union of 1813 , " Sec . The remaining six are Bro . the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , M . A ., of London , editor of the Freemason and Masonic Magazine ; Bro . J . G . Findel , of Leipzig , author of the " History of Freemasonry ; " Bro . D . Murray Lyon ,

of Edinburgh , author of the ' History of the Lodge of Edinburgh from A . D . 1599 , " & c . ; Bro . JE . J . Mclntyre , Q . C , Grand Registrar of England ; Bro . John Hervey , Grand Secretary of England ; and Bro . George F . Fort ( of Camden , New Jersey , U . S . A . ) , author of the " Early History and Antiquities of Freemasonry . " The " York Lodge" is the custodian of the archives of the extinct

" Grand Lodge of all England , " many of which are very valuable . The ancient " clarges " in rolls ( on paper or parchment ) , date from the sixteenth century , and traditionally Freemasonry had been worked in York for many centuries earlier , the " Fabric Rolls of York Minster " making mention of a " lodge " in the fourteenth century , and in all probability the " grand assemblies " were held in

that ancient city from A . D . 926 . INDIAN FAMINE . —The Mansion House Fund now amounts to half a million , and an intimation to this effect was despatched by telegraph to her Majesty and by letter to the Prime Minister . During the day tbe following Royal Message was received at the Mansion

House : " Sir Thomas Biddulph , Osborne , to Sir Thos . White , late Lord Mayor . —The Queen is much gratified at the magnificent result of the Mansion House collection Bro . W . F . Smart , accountant , of 16 , Basinghall-street , took his son into partnership on Tuesday last , the 1 st January , 1878 , from which date the firm will be Wm . F . Smart and Son .

On Tuesday night the annual dinner of the Oxford Druids was held at the Town Hall Oxford . The chief speakers were Bro . the Earl of Jersey , who responded for the House of Lords , and Sir William Harcourt . A ROYAL PARDON . —Laurence Walsh , of the

1 st Brigade of Royal Artillery , was tried by a general court-martial on the nth of last month , charged with having written letters of a seditious character to Patrick Herliby , at Cork , and was sentenced to two years' penal servitude . Her Majesty has now remitted the sentence , in consideration of the prisoner ' s youth .

At the customary monthly meeting at the Trinity House on Tuesday last , Bro . Thomas Brassey , M . P ., was , on the initiative of the Court , admitted and sworn in as a younger brother of the Corporation . This compliment has been paid to Bro . Brassey in consideration of his services to the mercantile marine of the country , and of his personal efficiency as a practical and skilful navigator .

MASONIC SONGS . — A selection of Masonic Songs set to popular airs , written by Bro . E . P . Philpots , M . D ., F . R . G . S ., is now ready , forming a handsome volume , bound in cloth , with gilt edges , 3 s , Sent post free from the office of this paper on receipt of stamps or post-offic « ordar value 3 s . 2 d . —A DVT .

Masonic And General Tidings.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . — It has been decided that the Twelfth Night Treat to the children of this school who remain during the Christmas holidays shall take place on Monday next , at 4 p . m ., at the schools , St . John's Hill , Battersea Rise . It was resolved at a meeting , on Wednesday , of

the Scottish Corporation to appoint a committee to consider what steps should be taken for carrying on the business of that body in future , owing to the destruction ot its hall in Crane Court by fire . PRIORY LODGE , No . 1000 . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held on Thursday , the 20 th ult ., a report of which will appear in our next .

The customary annual ball of the Cri pplegatc Pension Society will be held on Wednesday , the 30 th inst ., at the Cannon-street Hotel . Particulars may be obtained of Bro . U . Knell . Hon . Sec , 20 , Fore-street , City . The Order of the Golden Fleece has been

bestowed by the Emperor Francis Joseph , on Count Andray , to whom the decoration was transmitted on Wednesday last . Mr . Stanley , the African traveller , was entertained 011 Tuesday evening last , at Cairo , at a grand banquet given in his honour by Bro . Sir George EUiot ,

Bart , M . P . The principal English and American visitors and residents , and a considerable number of Egyptian Pachas accepted Bro . Sir George's invitations , and this Anglo-American New Year ' s Day entrrtainment turned out one of the most brilliant and noteworth y incidents of the . Cairo season .

A CORNISH CENTENNIAL . —A . 'Centennial meeting was recently held , in commemoration of the old Cornish language , at St . Paul , near Penzance , the last person who spoke Cornish having been buried in the churchyard of that parish in 18 77 . Cornish is almost the only European language which has died out in modern times . Perhaps the only part of Europe in which a similar

centenary might be held would be the interior of Russia . The meeting at St . Paul was held in the National Schoolroom . After tea had been served Mr . W . C . Borlase briefly explained how the ancient Britons were driven by the Saxons to Wales proper , and to West Wales , or Cornwall , where they kept up their ancient language ; he also stated that no relics of the Cornish language carlitr in date

than the 13 th century had been as yet found , although Welsh literature had been well known from a remoter peiiod . Mr . Borlase then read Utters from the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , the Bishop of the Diocese , Sir J . St . Aubyn , M . P ., Professor Rhys , and others , expressing their interest in the subject . On the conclusion of Mr . Borlase ' s address , the Rev . W . S . Leon Szyrma , vicar of Ncwlyn ( a

part of the parish of St . Paul ) , gave an explanation of the position of Cornish in the Aryan family of languages , and remarked that European languages being like a chain of which Cornish was one link , that link was of much importance to philologists . The unity of the European languages was shown by example , taken from the commonest words , such as three , father , mother , & c , which

are similar in most European languages . The Cornish language belonged to the Celtic division ; it was nearest to the Breton and Welsh , and was like the Irish , the Manx , and the Gaelic . The rev . gentleman then gave a summary of the relics of Cornish literature , especially referring to Beaunan's " Menesek , " a drama describing the life of St . Menasech of Camborne , and the final

struggles between heathenism and Christianity in West Cornwall , After referring to the other miracle plays , the "Origo Mundi , " the "Passio Christi , " the " Resurrectio" ( with the death of Pilate and the As - cension ) , and , finally , Jordan ' s " Creacon , " of 1611 , the speaker described the gradual decline of the language before the English , from the period when , as at Buryan in

1336 , the vicar of St . Just had to translate the sermon of the Bishop of Exeter to the Buryan congregation , down to the time when , in the Lizard region , and in the parishes of St . Paul and St . Just , in the Land ' s End district , the old Cornish alone was spoken , and then at length died out at Mousehole . The event , the speaker

said , was not altogether to be regretted . It was an expensive luxury for a people to be bilingual , but the language ought always to be of interest to Cornishmcn , as it still affected the Cornish dialect . Several other gentlemen having spoken , the proceedings were closed with " God save the Queen . "

We have received a copy of " Freemasonry , its two great doctrines , the existence of God , and a future state , " by Bro . Chalmers I . Paton , a ftview of which will appear next week . " ' Masonic Songs ' , ' ( ' Freemason ' office ) is a little volume of ditties , set to popular airs for use at banquets , which are fairly good . What has become , by-the-by , of

all the ceremonial music written by Mozart—himself no mean brother of the Craft ? ' Der Zauberflote ' alone would show his depth of Masonry . "—Whitehall Review . " All members of the Masonic body—and it includes every class of society—will welcome ' The Cosmopolitan

Masonic Pocket Book for 1878 . ' To those who are in the habit of travelling it is invaluable , since it gives all the Masonic knowledge which can reasonably be desired . Besides a pocket book of full and general information , and to a Mason should be preferable to all others . "—Berroio ' s Jporccstcr Journal .

HOLI . OIVAY s OiMMErvT . —A fair trial is all that is asled to prove the sterling and superior merits of ilrs Ointment , and to demonstrate how much more succ . ssr . il it is in curiig old ulcers , inveterate sores , disfiguring eruptions , than any other application . When properly used it lessens the inflammation which invades parts adjacent to the wound or ulcer , whereby much local pain in immediately assuaged , and , in the course of an hour or two , the nost satisfactory result Invariably folio * -, which will steadily advance to a thorough permanent cure . Not only do outward ulcerations , wounds , and blemishes yield to Holloway ' s preparations , but also those e vcr present pests of winter—sore throat , iiyhthtr ' ut , catarrh , c »» gh , and ncuralsic paint . —ABVT ,