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Letters From Our Irrepressible Correspondent.
LETTERS FROM OUR IRREPRESSIBLE CORRESPONDENT .
No . III . —EXPENSIVE LODGES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir anel Brother , — I continue my pleasant labour to day , hoping that my words , sincerely meant , may not be without profit and edification to some of our readers . I touch , however , upon a subject more difficult in itself , still more delicate , so to say ,
in London . As it is well known the provincial system of lodge subsciiption andthe like , is on a much lower scale than in the Metropolis . Very few provincial lodges , have above £ 2 2 s . annual subscription and £ 5 -js . initiation fee ancl £ 7 7 s at the outset . Whereas in London £ 3 may almost be said to be the normal amount of annual subscription , taking the average of thc 256 lodges , and
the initiation fees range from £ 10 to £ 25 , some lodges fixing them at £ 30 . As regards joining members it is the same . In the provinces the usual payements being between £ 2 and £ 3 , in London varying between £ 3 to £ 20 and £ 23 . Two other points of difference of procedure , between London and the provinces require more notice . As a rule in the provinces nothing is paid from the lodge
fund to thc banquets , each brother paying for what he has , or chooses to have . But in London a large portion of the payments annually is allocated to the dinners , and here comes in a very notable difference between the " Town mice" and the "Country mice . " There are few if any dinner lodges in the provinces . The brethren attend to business , come to lodge at 7 , and have a modest supper at
g , or 9 . 30 . for which the Stewards collect pro rata . Hence we see that in some respects it is unavoidable tbat London lodges should be more expensive than provincial lodges , inasmuch as the whole system of procedure is so very elifferent . And it may be a question whether the provincial system could be worked in London . Londoners are late diners , and as most of our Order are "
breadwinners , "—business men , professional men , —after their day ' s work is over they come to lodge work , and to a lodge dinner . It is doubtful whether the supper system , wh ich works well in the provinces , would do or would pay in the metropolis . Therefore I think we ought not to runoff with " ad captandum" arguments , that because wc pay more in London , the London lodges are too
expensive . I apprehend in this , as in other matters , we must accept what is the actual system as the one best suited to thc necessities of the case , and as both systems can coexist and can both work together , and both have their mei it , both may in degree ; at any rate , be equally right for those who use them . And I am free to confess that the matter is a delicate
matter in London , because , in the first place , each lodge has a right to make its own bye-laws , if they do not contravene the Book of Constitutions , and , secondly , because I go a long way , for one , with that movement which seeks to create special lodges , on the well-known adage " similiasimilibus . " As some of our brethren object to Latin , I will translate these words , " like things for like . "
None of us can be insensible to the fact that we are far too loose in our realization of the importance of the proposition of members , and that many persons unfitted for Freemasonry in every way thus get in . Oue of the impediments to the " ugly rush" is said to be high fees . I am not sure that it is so myself , ' , but it has something in its favour , no doubt , and therefore the expenditure of some lodges is
pitched at too high a scale altogether , and while I concede to all lodges the right of suiting themselves in this respect , it is a liberty which no one has a right to infringe , I yet wish that with all their glitter there would be a little more reality . What I mean is this , —They do not do- enough for Charily . Our lodge members , from 1700 to 1770 have
only , so far , in 1878 , apparently in about fifteen of them done anything for our Charities , and the remark applies to the Provinces as well as to Town . As a general rule , however , 1 may remark London lodges have done well and do well for the Charities , but with regarel to our new lodges I cannot say as much . I would that I could . Knowing , as I do , how many worthy Masons they
contain , and how aesthetic was their consecration , how admirable their banquets , I yet feel , and feel strongly , that he is the best friend who points out to them kindly and fraternally that they ought ( and I trust they will do so in 1879 ) , by the support they give our excellent Charities , show to all of them that their profession and practice go hand in hand . I hope that I have thus handled a confessedly difficult subject discreetly , and am , Dear Sir and Brother , YOUR OWN IRREPRESSIBLE CORRESPONDENT .
An especially interesting meeting of the Royal Wk Lodge , No . 315 , was held on Tuesday afternoon , in the Masonic Room , at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , Bro . Sir . VV . VV . Burrell , Bart ., R . W . Grand Master of the •'••vince , being present with the rest ' of P . G . Officers . The publisher of the Freemason receiving fre-. uent complaints of thc difficulty of procuring copies of
the Freemason regularly and "to time , " begs to inform '" s many subscribers anel readers , that if any delay or difficulty occurs , on writing to him , 198 , Fleet-street , Lon-! ' ° " , E . G ., they can have thc Freemason regularly posted 1 , 1 a piinteel wrapper to their address week by week . . On Monday , September 2 nd , an elegant breast
J Ll vcl was preje „ te _ to Bro . Arthur Stubbs , I . P . M . 850 , » Y Uro . J . W . Lister , P . M . 850 . At the back of the jewel vi square with prob ) vvas the following inscription neatly jn _ raved : " Presented to Bro . A . Stubbs , P . M . 8 50 , by j ? " brcth-en of the St . Oswald Lodge , No . 850 , for series rendered to Freemasonry . "
Multum In Parbo; Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo ; or Masonic Notes and Queries .
OLD LONDON LODGES , No . V . In Coles ' s List of 1763 , with the signs of the houses attached , No . 1 , of 1738 , is still No . 1 in 1763 ; No . 2 , of 173 8 , ditto ; Nc . 3 , is still No . 3 , though in High Holborn , seemingly ; No . 4 , in 1738 , appears to be out in 1763 . No . 3 , in 1738 , has become No . 4 ( I think ) in 176 3 ; and No . 6 , in 1738 , is the No . 3 , of 1763 . No . 7 , 1738 , is out in
1763 , while No . 8 , 173 8 , seems to have migrated from the Barbican to Grosvenor Square ( still No . 8 ) in r 763 . No . 9 , in 1738 , is No . 7 , of 1763 , while No . 10 , 1738 , is apparently No . 6 , of 1763 . No . ir , cf 1738 , may be the No . 9 , of 1763 ( 8 ) as the date of consecration is the same , and No . 12 , in 173 8 , is probably the No . 10 , of 1763 , just as No . 13 , of 1738 , is probably also the
No . u , of 1763 . No . 14 , in 1738 , seems to be No . 12 in 1763 , and No . 15 in 1738 , and No . 16 arc out in 1763 . No . 17 in 173 8 is the same as No . 13 in 1763 , while No . 18 in 173 8 is out in 1763 . No . ig in 1738 is No . 14 in 1763 . No . 20 in 1738 is the No . 15 of 1763 . Nos . 21 , 22 , 23 in 1738 becoming respectively Nos . 16 , 17 , and 18 , in 1763 . No . 24 in 1738 appears
to be the 22 of 1763 , Nos . 25 and 26 being out . No . 27 of 1738 being clearly the No . 24 of 1763 . No . 28 of 1738 is out irt- 1763 , while No . 29 has become No . 25 in 1763 . Nos . 30 , 31 , 32 , and 33 in 1738 all seem to have vanished in 1763 , and No . 34 of 1738 is apparently the same as No . 26 in 17 6 3 . Nos . 35 and 3 6 in 173 8 seem to have become Nos . 28 and 29 in 1763 .
Nos . 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , and 43 of 173 8 are all apparently out in 1763 , though one of them must answer to No . 34 , ( consecrated March 23 , 1730 ) , in 1763 . No . 44 in 1738 appears to be the same as No . 36 in 176 3 ; and while No . 45 is out , either No . 46 or 47 answers to 37 in 1763 , having the same date of Consecration . Nos . 48 , 49 , 50 , are represented in 176 3 by 39 , 41 , 42 , though it
is difficult to connect them , while No . 51 in 17- { 8 appears to answer to 44 ; No . 53 in 1738 is probably represented by 46 in 1763 , while 54 in 173 8 is the same , clearly as No . 47 in 1763 . Here I stop again for to-day , hoping to finish the comparison of the 106 London Lodges of 173 8 , with Coles's list of 1763 in the next Freemason . MASONIC STUDENT .
LODGE WARRANT . Can any one assist the undersigned to obtain an old warrant of . one of the London Lodges which has been allowed to run out ? NESTOR . Address , care of Editor of the Freemason , 198 , Fleetstreet .
OLD MASONIC CALENDARS . In reply to the query by " Masonic Student "—The Freemasons' Calendar for 1775-76 , ( published by the Stationer's Company ) , can be seen in the British Museum Library . R . F . GOULD .
Stewardship Of The Liverpool Masonic Hall.
STEWARDSHIP OF THE LIVERPOOL MASONIC HALL .
On Thursday evening , the 29 th ult ., a large and influential meeting of the General Committee of the Masonic Hall , Liverpool , met in that building for the purpose of appointing a House Steward , in room of Bro . Peter Ball , Prov . G . Tyler , who had resigned that position after a long
and valuable service . Bro . R . Wylie , P . P . G . S . D ., occupied the chair . The Chairman of the House Committee , Bro . W . Cottrell , P . M ., proposed Bro . Angus McDonald , Lodge 477 , and this proposition was seconded by Bro . R . Robinson , P . M . 241 . The name of Bro . Chaplain , the hall attendant , was submitted by Bro . the Rev . J . R . Jenkins , W . M .
21 C , seconded by Bro . G . Broadbridge , P . P . G . D . C , and supported by Bro . Major Turner , P . G . Treasurer ; the name of Bro . Oglesby , 823 , by Bro . John Houlding , P . M . 823 , and seconded by Bro . H . Ashmore , W . M . 823 ; and the name of Bro . W . Vaughan , P . M . 724 , was submitted by Bro . Ballard , P . M . 724 , seconded by Bro . A . Hart , W . M .
On being put to the meeting , Bro . Chaplin was elected by a large majority . It was afterwards resolved that it be an instruction to the House Committee to revise the regulations with regard to the House Steward's duties , and to appoint a successor to Bro . Chaplin .
The Academic des Sciences of Paris has elected Mr , Darwin a corresponding member in the Section of Zoology , and professor Asa Grey in thc Section of Botany . — _ i '_ e ? ie- _ m . A Railway in the Holy Land will soon be an accomplished fact , according to the Constantinople Al-Zawiab , which states that a mixed company has obtained a concession for laying down a railway between Jaffa and Jerusalem .
H 01 . LOWAV s OINTM - NT AND PILIIS . —Rheumatism and Gout . — These- purifying anil siwtlitnn remedies demand thc eavnot attention of all persons liable lo gout , sciatica , or other painful aireclians eif tlie muscles nerves , or joints . The Ointment should lie applied after the allected parts have been patiently fomented with warm water , when Ihe unguent tdiould be diligently rubbed uuon
the adjacent skin , unless the friction should cause p . iin . Hoi loway ' s Pills should be simultaneously taken to reduce inllam mation and to purify the blood . Thin treatment abates the violence , and lessens Ihe frequency of gout , rheumatism , anil all spasmodic diseases which spring from hercdi ary predittpot-ition , or from any accidental weakness of constitution . Tliis Ointment checks the local remedy . The Pills restore thc vital powers .
Notes On. Art, &C.
NOTES ON . ART , & c .
A curious version of Rip Van Winkle exists in a Japan legend : — " A young man fishing in his boat on the ocean was invited by the goddess of the sea to her home beneath the waves . After three days he desired to see his old father and mother . On parting she gave him a golden casket and a key , but begged him never to open it . At thc village where he lived all was changed , and he
could get no trace of his parents until an aged woman recollected of heating their names . He found their graves a hundred years old . Thinking that three days could not have made such a change , and that he was under a spell , he opened the casket . A white vapour rose , and under its influence thc young man fell to the ground . His hair turned gray , his form lost its youth , and in a few moments he died of old age .
Mr . Mechi tells the Agricultural Gazette that he has chosen words to be inscribed on his tombstone ^—namely , 2 Chron . xxvi . 10 , " He loved husbandry . " They were suggested by an anonymous correspondent . A correspondent of the Times states that it has cost him £ 4 17 s . gd . to send to his son in Texas a suit of Tweed cloth and two pairs of woollen socks , worth
£ 4 is . Fourltalian climbers—MM . Vaccarone , Costa , Nigra , and Brioschi—have , without guides , ascended Mont Blanc on the Italian anel descended by the French side , a feat hitherto vainly attempted . A shock of earthquake was recently felt at Liege , also at Elbcrfield , Cologne , Osnabruck , and
Barmen . At Barmen houses were upreared , roofs displaced , furniture shaken , and goods in the shop windows overturned . Theshocks were repeated at Elberfield , Dusseldorf , Cologne , and Bonn . "Engagement Bracelets" are amongst the latest fashionable novelties across the Atlantic . They are fitted with combination locks , of which the husband in
prospective keeps thc key . Mr . Edward Augustus Bond has been appointed Principal Librarian ofthe British Museum . Mr . Bond is a meritorious officer of long service . He succeeded the late Sir Frederic Madden , as Keeper of the Manuscripts , in 1866 . In accordance with the usual practice in making such appointments , the three Trustees with whom
the matter chiefly rests—the Lord Chancellor , the Speaker , anel the Archbishop of Canterbury—submitted two _ ames to the Queen , from which she selected the first . Wc believe that the second was that of Mr . Bullen , Keeper of the Printed Books . —Academy . A case , sadly illustrative of the great danger to which all are exposed who unfortunately come in contact
with diseased meat , has recently occurred at North Shields . Peter Young , a cowkeeper , had the carcase of a diseased cow dressed , as if for sale , by a butcher named Walton . It appears that Walton had a slight cut in his hand , and next day felt much pain in his arm , which was considerably swollen . Two medical men were called in , and both pronounced it a hopeless case of blood-poisoning . The man
died within a short time in great agony . Young was summoned cefore the North Shields magistrates on the 14 th , and charged by Mr . McQueen , sanitary inspector , with having thc carcase of a diseased cow on his premises dressed a ; if for sale as human food . A penalty of £ 3 and costs was inflicted , which many may consider hardly commensurate with the enormity of the offen : e , or the
further mischief which might have ensued to the public therefrom . —Sanitary Record . Juggurnaut is said to be in a bad way since the imprisonment of the hereditary protector of sacred affairs . The late Car Festival was a complete failure . It is in contemplation to hand over the great god to the tender mercies of a most useful institution—the Court of Wards—though Juggurnaut can hardly be said to be still
in his minority . — Calcutta Correspondent ofthe " Times . " Bombay has held a solemnity for the purpose of investing Maharani Surnomoye with the Insignia of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India . This lady has contributed over £ 20 , 000 to famine charities enumerated by the Commissioner from 1871 to 1877 , and bestowed over £ 50 , 000 in works of charity and public utility . During that period she had expended in charity one-sixth
of her whole income . PROPOSED R . ILWAY IN ASIA MINOR . —At a meeting of the directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce , on Wednesday afternoon , a circular letter was read from tbe Amalgamated Board of the Association for Promoting a Railway from the Persian Gulf to Constantinople , for providing routes to British India , and for
developing the resources of Asia Minor . The directors of the Chamber declined , as on previous occasions , to give their support to any private or proprietary enterprise , and passed a resolution to the effect that the merits of thc undertaking ought to rest alone on the appreciation ofthe British public . An International Art Exhibition will hence
forth be held at Munich every four years , beginning wi li , 8 79 * Signor Verdi is writing a new Opera , "Montezuma . " The work will be in five acts , and will be produced ; . t the -Scala , Milan . The canal from Aarberg to the lake of Bienne ,
which had been nearly ten years in construction , was officially opened on Saturday . It was actually opened thc previous day , when the river , being high , made iis way through the temporary barrier . Large tracts of marsh land are thus drained , and the banks of lakes Morat , Neufchatel , and Bienne secured from inundations .
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Letters From Our Irrepressible Correspondent.
LETTERS FROM OUR IRREPRESSIBLE CORRESPONDENT .
No . III . —EXPENSIVE LODGES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir anel Brother , — I continue my pleasant labour to day , hoping that my words , sincerely meant , may not be without profit and edification to some of our readers . I touch , however , upon a subject more difficult in itself , still more delicate , so to say ,
in London . As it is well known the provincial system of lodge subsciiption andthe like , is on a much lower scale than in the Metropolis . Very few provincial lodges , have above £ 2 2 s . annual subscription and £ 5 -js . initiation fee ancl £ 7 7 s at the outset . Whereas in London £ 3 may almost be said to be the normal amount of annual subscription , taking the average of thc 256 lodges , and
the initiation fees range from £ 10 to £ 25 , some lodges fixing them at £ 30 . As regards joining members it is the same . In the provinces the usual payements being between £ 2 and £ 3 , in London varying between £ 3 to £ 20 and £ 23 . Two other points of difference of procedure , between London and the provinces require more notice . As a rule in the provinces nothing is paid from the lodge
fund to thc banquets , each brother paying for what he has , or chooses to have . But in London a large portion of the payments annually is allocated to the dinners , and here comes in a very notable difference between the " Town mice" and the "Country mice . " There are few if any dinner lodges in the provinces . The brethren attend to business , come to lodge at 7 , and have a modest supper at
g , or 9 . 30 . for which the Stewards collect pro rata . Hence we see that in some respects it is unavoidable tbat London lodges should be more expensive than provincial lodges , inasmuch as the whole system of procedure is so very elifferent . And it may be a question whether the provincial system could be worked in London . Londoners are late diners , and as most of our Order are "
breadwinners , "—business men , professional men , —after their day ' s work is over they come to lodge work , and to a lodge dinner . It is doubtful whether the supper system , wh ich works well in the provinces , would do or would pay in the metropolis . Therefore I think we ought not to runoff with " ad captandum" arguments , that because wc pay more in London , the London lodges are too
expensive . I apprehend in this , as in other matters , we must accept what is the actual system as the one best suited to thc necessities of the case , and as both systems can coexist and can both work together , and both have their mei it , both may in degree ; at any rate , be equally right for those who use them . And I am free to confess that the matter is a delicate
matter in London , because , in the first place , each lodge has a right to make its own bye-laws , if they do not contravene the Book of Constitutions , and , secondly , because I go a long way , for one , with that movement which seeks to create special lodges , on the well-known adage " similiasimilibus . " As some of our brethren object to Latin , I will translate these words , " like things for like . "
None of us can be insensible to the fact that we are far too loose in our realization of the importance of the proposition of members , and that many persons unfitted for Freemasonry in every way thus get in . Oue of the impediments to the " ugly rush" is said to be high fees . I am not sure that it is so myself , ' , but it has something in its favour , no doubt , and therefore the expenditure of some lodges is
pitched at too high a scale altogether , and while I concede to all lodges the right of suiting themselves in this respect , it is a liberty which no one has a right to infringe , I yet wish that with all their glitter there would be a little more reality . What I mean is this , —They do not do- enough for Charily . Our lodge members , from 1700 to 1770 have
only , so far , in 1878 , apparently in about fifteen of them done anything for our Charities , and the remark applies to the Provinces as well as to Town . As a general rule , however , 1 may remark London lodges have done well and do well for the Charities , but with regarel to our new lodges I cannot say as much . I would that I could . Knowing , as I do , how many worthy Masons they
contain , and how aesthetic was their consecration , how admirable their banquets , I yet feel , and feel strongly , that he is the best friend who points out to them kindly and fraternally that they ought ( and I trust they will do so in 1879 ) , by the support they give our excellent Charities , show to all of them that their profession and practice go hand in hand . I hope that I have thus handled a confessedly difficult subject discreetly , and am , Dear Sir and Brother , YOUR OWN IRREPRESSIBLE CORRESPONDENT .
An especially interesting meeting of the Royal Wk Lodge , No . 315 , was held on Tuesday afternoon , in the Masonic Room , at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , Bro . Sir . VV . VV . Burrell , Bart ., R . W . Grand Master of the •'••vince , being present with the rest ' of P . G . Officers . The publisher of the Freemason receiving fre-. uent complaints of thc difficulty of procuring copies of
the Freemason regularly and "to time , " begs to inform '" s many subscribers anel readers , that if any delay or difficulty occurs , on writing to him , 198 , Fleet-street , Lon-! ' ° " , E . G ., they can have thc Freemason regularly posted 1 , 1 a piinteel wrapper to their address week by week . . On Monday , September 2 nd , an elegant breast
J Ll vcl was preje „ te _ to Bro . Arthur Stubbs , I . P . M . 850 , » Y Uro . J . W . Lister , P . M . 850 . At the back of the jewel vi square with prob ) vvas the following inscription neatly jn _ raved : " Presented to Bro . A . Stubbs , P . M . 8 50 , by j ? " brcth-en of the St . Oswald Lodge , No . 850 , for series rendered to Freemasonry . "
Multum In Parbo; Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo ; or Masonic Notes and Queries .
OLD LONDON LODGES , No . V . In Coles ' s List of 1763 , with the signs of the houses attached , No . 1 , of 1738 , is still No . 1 in 1763 ; No . 2 , of 173 8 , ditto ; Nc . 3 , is still No . 3 , though in High Holborn , seemingly ; No . 4 , in 1738 , appears to be out in 1763 . No . 3 , in 1738 , has become No . 4 ( I think ) in 176 3 ; and No . 6 , in 1738 , is the No . 3 , of 1763 . No . 7 , 1738 , is out in
1763 , while No . 8 , 173 8 , seems to have migrated from the Barbican to Grosvenor Square ( still No . 8 ) in r 763 . No . 9 , in 1738 , is No . 7 , of 1763 , while No . 10 , 1738 , is apparently No . 6 , of 1763 . No . ir , cf 1738 , may be the No . 9 , of 1763 ( 8 ) as the date of consecration is the same , and No . 12 , in 173 8 , is probably the No . 10 , of 1763 , just as No . 13 , of 1738 , is probably also the
No . u , of 1763 . No . 14 , in 1738 , seems to be No . 12 in 1763 , and No . 15 in 1738 , and No . 16 arc out in 1763 . No . 17 in 173 8 is the same as No . 13 in 1763 , while No . 18 in 173 8 is out in 1763 . No . ig in 1738 is No . 14 in 1763 . No . 20 in 1738 is the No . 15 of 1763 . Nos . 21 , 22 , 23 in 1738 becoming respectively Nos . 16 , 17 , and 18 , in 1763 . No . 24 in 1738 appears
to be the 22 of 1763 , Nos . 25 and 26 being out . No . 27 of 1738 being clearly the No . 24 of 1763 . No . 28 of 1738 is out irt- 1763 , while No . 29 has become No . 25 in 1763 . Nos . 30 , 31 , 32 , and 33 in 1738 all seem to have vanished in 1763 , and No . 34 of 1738 is apparently the same as No . 26 in 17 6 3 . Nos . 35 and 3 6 in 173 8 seem to have become Nos . 28 and 29 in 1763 .
Nos . 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , and 43 of 173 8 are all apparently out in 1763 , though one of them must answer to No . 34 , ( consecrated March 23 , 1730 ) , in 1763 . No . 44 in 1738 appears to be the same as No . 36 in 176 3 ; and while No . 45 is out , either No . 46 or 47 answers to 37 in 1763 , having the same date of Consecration . Nos . 48 , 49 , 50 , are represented in 176 3 by 39 , 41 , 42 , though it
is difficult to connect them , while No . 51 in 17- { 8 appears to answer to 44 ; No . 53 in 1738 is probably represented by 46 in 1763 , while 54 in 173 8 is the same , clearly as No . 47 in 1763 . Here I stop again for to-day , hoping to finish the comparison of the 106 London Lodges of 173 8 , with Coles's list of 1763 in the next Freemason . MASONIC STUDENT .
LODGE WARRANT . Can any one assist the undersigned to obtain an old warrant of . one of the London Lodges which has been allowed to run out ? NESTOR . Address , care of Editor of the Freemason , 198 , Fleetstreet .
OLD MASONIC CALENDARS . In reply to the query by " Masonic Student "—The Freemasons' Calendar for 1775-76 , ( published by the Stationer's Company ) , can be seen in the British Museum Library . R . F . GOULD .
Stewardship Of The Liverpool Masonic Hall.
STEWARDSHIP OF THE LIVERPOOL MASONIC HALL .
On Thursday evening , the 29 th ult ., a large and influential meeting of the General Committee of the Masonic Hall , Liverpool , met in that building for the purpose of appointing a House Steward , in room of Bro . Peter Ball , Prov . G . Tyler , who had resigned that position after a long
and valuable service . Bro . R . Wylie , P . P . G . S . D ., occupied the chair . The Chairman of the House Committee , Bro . W . Cottrell , P . M ., proposed Bro . Angus McDonald , Lodge 477 , and this proposition was seconded by Bro . R . Robinson , P . M . 241 . The name of Bro . Chaplain , the hall attendant , was submitted by Bro . the Rev . J . R . Jenkins , W . M .
21 C , seconded by Bro . G . Broadbridge , P . P . G . D . C , and supported by Bro . Major Turner , P . G . Treasurer ; the name of Bro . Oglesby , 823 , by Bro . John Houlding , P . M . 823 , and seconded by Bro . H . Ashmore , W . M . 823 ; and the name of Bro . W . Vaughan , P . M . 724 , was submitted by Bro . Ballard , P . M . 724 , seconded by Bro . A . Hart , W . M .
On being put to the meeting , Bro . Chaplin was elected by a large majority . It was afterwards resolved that it be an instruction to the House Committee to revise the regulations with regard to the House Steward's duties , and to appoint a successor to Bro . Chaplin .
The Academic des Sciences of Paris has elected Mr , Darwin a corresponding member in the Section of Zoology , and professor Asa Grey in thc Section of Botany . — _ i '_ e ? ie- _ m . A Railway in the Holy Land will soon be an accomplished fact , according to the Constantinople Al-Zawiab , which states that a mixed company has obtained a concession for laying down a railway between Jaffa and Jerusalem .
H 01 . LOWAV s OINTM - NT AND PILIIS . —Rheumatism and Gout . — These- purifying anil siwtlitnn remedies demand thc eavnot attention of all persons liable lo gout , sciatica , or other painful aireclians eif tlie muscles nerves , or joints . The Ointment should lie applied after the allected parts have been patiently fomented with warm water , when Ihe unguent tdiould be diligently rubbed uuon
the adjacent skin , unless the friction should cause p . iin . Hoi loway ' s Pills should be simultaneously taken to reduce inllam mation and to purify the blood . Thin treatment abates the violence , and lessens Ihe frequency of gout , rheumatism , anil all spasmodic diseases which spring from hercdi ary predittpot-ition , or from any accidental weakness of constitution . Tliis Ointment checks the local remedy . The Pills restore thc vital powers .
Notes On. Art, &C.
NOTES ON . ART , & c .
A curious version of Rip Van Winkle exists in a Japan legend : — " A young man fishing in his boat on the ocean was invited by the goddess of the sea to her home beneath the waves . After three days he desired to see his old father and mother . On parting she gave him a golden casket and a key , but begged him never to open it . At thc village where he lived all was changed , and he
could get no trace of his parents until an aged woman recollected of heating their names . He found their graves a hundred years old . Thinking that three days could not have made such a change , and that he was under a spell , he opened the casket . A white vapour rose , and under its influence thc young man fell to the ground . His hair turned gray , his form lost its youth , and in a few moments he died of old age .
Mr . Mechi tells the Agricultural Gazette that he has chosen words to be inscribed on his tombstone ^—namely , 2 Chron . xxvi . 10 , " He loved husbandry . " They were suggested by an anonymous correspondent . A correspondent of the Times states that it has cost him £ 4 17 s . gd . to send to his son in Texas a suit of Tweed cloth and two pairs of woollen socks , worth
£ 4 is . Fourltalian climbers—MM . Vaccarone , Costa , Nigra , and Brioschi—have , without guides , ascended Mont Blanc on the Italian anel descended by the French side , a feat hitherto vainly attempted . A shock of earthquake was recently felt at Liege , also at Elbcrfield , Cologne , Osnabruck , and
Barmen . At Barmen houses were upreared , roofs displaced , furniture shaken , and goods in the shop windows overturned . Theshocks were repeated at Elberfield , Dusseldorf , Cologne , and Bonn . "Engagement Bracelets" are amongst the latest fashionable novelties across the Atlantic . They are fitted with combination locks , of which the husband in
prospective keeps thc key . Mr . Edward Augustus Bond has been appointed Principal Librarian ofthe British Museum . Mr . Bond is a meritorious officer of long service . He succeeded the late Sir Frederic Madden , as Keeper of the Manuscripts , in 1866 . In accordance with the usual practice in making such appointments , the three Trustees with whom
the matter chiefly rests—the Lord Chancellor , the Speaker , anel the Archbishop of Canterbury—submitted two _ ames to the Queen , from which she selected the first . Wc believe that the second was that of Mr . Bullen , Keeper of the Printed Books . —Academy . A case , sadly illustrative of the great danger to which all are exposed who unfortunately come in contact
with diseased meat , has recently occurred at North Shields . Peter Young , a cowkeeper , had the carcase of a diseased cow dressed , as if for sale , by a butcher named Walton . It appears that Walton had a slight cut in his hand , and next day felt much pain in his arm , which was considerably swollen . Two medical men were called in , and both pronounced it a hopeless case of blood-poisoning . The man
died within a short time in great agony . Young was summoned cefore the North Shields magistrates on the 14 th , and charged by Mr . McQueen , sanitary inspector , with having thc carcase of a diseased cow on his premises dressed a ; if for sale as human food . A penalty of £ 3 and costs was inflicted , which many may consider hardly commensurate with the enormity of the offen : e , or the
further mischief which might have ensued to the public therefrom . —Sanitary Record . Juggurnaut is said to be in a bad way since the imprisonment of the hereditary protector of sacred affairs . The late Car Festival was a complete failure . It is in contemplation to hand over the great god to the tender mercies of a most useful institution—the Court of Wards—though Juggurnaut can hardly be said to be still
in his minority . — Calcutta Correspondent ofthe " Times . " Bombay has held a solemnity for the purpose of investing Maharani Surnomoye with the Insignia of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India . This lady has contributed over £ 20 , 000 to famine charities enumerated by the Commissioner from 1871 to 1877 , and bestowed over £ 50 , 000 in works of charity and public utility . During that period she had expended in charity one-sixth
of her whole income . PROPOSED R . ILWAY IN ASIA MINOR . —At a meeting of the directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce , on Wednesday afternoon , a circular letter was read from tbe Amalgamated Board of the Association for Promoting a Railway from the Persian Gulf to Constantinople , for providing routes to British India , and for
developing the resources of Asia Minor . The directors of the Chamber declined , as on previous occasions , to give their support to any private or proprietary enterprise , and passed a resolution to the effect that the merits of thc undertaking ought to rest alone on the appreciation ofthe British public . An International Art Exhibition will hence
forth be held at Munich every four years , beginning wi li , 8 79 * Signor Verdi is writing a new Opera , "Montezuma . " The work will be in five acts , and will be produced ; . t the -Scala , Milan . The canal from Aarberg to the lake of Bienne ,
which had been nearly ten years in construction , was officially opened on Saturday . It was actually opened thc previous day , when the river , being high , made iis way through the temporary barrier . Large tracts of marsh land are thus drained , and the banks of lakes Morat , Neufchatel , and Bienne secured from inundations .