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Literary, Art, And Antiquarian Notes.
The Viking ' s Ship , latel y unearthed at Sandefiorcl , has been taken to Christiaiu ' a , and placed under covcr in thc University Garden , near thc old boat found at Tunoc some years since . Thc damaged part is to be restored , anel " the colours , which rapidly faded in the sunlight , will be freshened up . Heine ' s Memoirs , the existence of which have
been so long disputed , have at last been discovered . I hey are ir . thc possession , the Temps states , of the poet ' s brother , a wealthy baron at Vienna , who , however , declares that they shall never be publisher ! , on thc ground that his brother left him this injunction . The rumour that one of the valuable MSS . destroyed by the ( ire in Professor Mommsen's I . ibrarv belonged
to Corpus Christi College , Cambridge , turns out to be incorrect . It is now saiel that the document was from the Library ol * Trinity College , Cambridge . The four Jordanes -MSS . of the Libraries of Heielelherg ( Palatinus 921 , of which coll itions fiirtunatelyexist ) , Berlin , Vienna , and Brcslau are all destroyed . Among the things saved , however , is the Professor ' s critical text of Jordanes , with his Preface
anel account of the MSS . used . But most of his works in MS . are completely destroyed , ancl not a single book escaped . Ihe insurance money , which is saiel to amount to £ 700 only , will not go far towards replacing the latter . With regard to the former , we should , perhaps , be too sanguine hoping that Mommsen will be able to equal Nieliuhr , who , when his MS . of the second volume of his
Roman History was lestroycelin 1830 , was able to reproduce it from memory . It is curious to note that on thc very morning of the fatal day the -Professor was on the point of returning all the valuable MSS . which he had borrowed . The iirc will certainly direct attention to the advisability of photographing important MSS ., and of being more reluctant lo lend them without cartful eruditions .
ART GALLKRY TOR BIRMINGHAM . —A meeting , convened by the Mayor ( Alderman Chamberlain ) , was held in Birmingham last week to concert measures for raising , by public subscription , the sum of £ 3000 in aiel of the fund for providing a local art gallery and museum . A sum of £ 10 , 000 has already been subscribed for this object by-Messrs . Tangyc , the well-known engineers , contingent npon
the subscription of a further sum of / . ' 5000 by the general public , anel it was to fulfil this condition that last " week ' s meeting was called . The Mayor staled that thc Town Council had undertaken to erect a suitable building for an art gallery , giving an area of 20 , 000 superficial feet , arranged somewhat on the plan of the South Kensington Museum , and the money now required was simply for the
purpose of stocking it with suitable objects . To facilitate contributions the . Mayor suggested that they might bc spread over a period of three ' y ' ears , which is about the time that will be required to complete the buildings . A resolution appointing a committee to raise subscriptions was
carried , and donations to the amount of £ 3000 were announced in thc room , including the following : —The Mayor , £ 500 ; ^ Alderman Kenrick , £ 500 ; Messrs Elkington and Co ., , £ . 250 ; Mr . Timolhv Kenrick , £ 250 ; proprietors of the Birmingham DailvPnst , £ 230 ; Mr . G . Dixon , £ 100 ; Alderman Avory , £ 100 ; Air . Thomas livland , / . ' ioo ; Mr . VV . Middlemore , £ 100 ; Mr . | . M . Banks , /' ioo .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
Dunne *; the present month and October the Inner Temple Library will be opened from ten lo four , anel will be entirely closed eluring September . On Tuesday the Lord Mayor remitted to the trustees of the Duchess of . Marlborough ' s Fund at Dublin a final sum of £ 104 Gs . del ., as the balance of the Mansion House Fund , which is now closeel . In all £ 84 , 16 4 . 6 * . Gd , has been sent from the Lord Mayor ' s Fund towards thc relief of the distress in Ireland .
The number of visitors lo ihe South Kensington Museum last week was 44 , 216 . liro . George J . Dunkley , 1777 ( better known as Bro . G . S . Graham ) was invested as Prov . Grand Organist for Middlesex , by Bro . Lieut .-Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., Prov . G . Master , at thc Grand Lodge of Middlesex , on Saturday wee ' : last .
Ihe annual communication of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland will bc held at Kendal , un Friday , 10 th Sept ., under the banner of he Union Lodge * , No . 120 . The Court of the Diapers' Company have given the sum of twent y guineas to the building fimil of the Convalescent Home for Poor Children , St . Lcemard-on-Sca .
1 he Manor House , Siokc Newington , where Edgar Poe and other celebrities went to school , which has of late years been a place of much interest to American travellers , is being pulled down to make room for a row of shops .
i ' . lASON-u : SOXGS . —A selection of Masonic -Vrngs , set tojiopular airs , written by Brn . E . P . Philpots , ALI ) ., I-. li . G . S ., is now ready , ' forming a handsome volume bound in cloth , with gilt edges , 3 s . Sent post free * from the ollice of this paper on receipt of stamps or P . O . O . value 3 s . 2 d . —rAljVT . I '
I'or Ihe better and more costly kind of Masonic Jewels a great saving can be- made by yetting them direct from the manufactory . Messrs . * . R . Williams and Son made he most costly badge in the kingdom for the Mayor of Liverpool , and many others , anel manv of the sheriffs ' badges and chains . The firm are „ mV supplying the nobility and gentry ( direct ) at the same prices as they Have for lorry years served the best houses in London . inrl
'Iii ; country , and co-operative * stores . Messrs . j . R . VVilliams and Son have always been celebrated for specially "tie diamond work and choice gem rings . The two advantages thus nf ; .-iv . l to Ihe public are far superior quality and an immense saving- in price . Manufactory and warehouse , i ,. is * , Hatton-. arili-i , E . C . The usual saving is 20 "o Go per cent . Brulesmaids' lockets and nil kinds of jewellery for wedding presents . Dealers in diamonds , Pearls , and coloured gems , loose , or mounted . F . le" * ant " ¦ " - -signs furnished ( gratis ) for re-mounting diamond Work , ' -atalogues sent post free on application . —f ADVT . " 1
Masonic And General Tidings.
Yice-Chanccllor Malins has appointed bro . H . A . Dubois , fellow of the Chartered Accountants , official liquidator of thc Wine and Spirit Trade Company ( Limited ) . Thc Duke and Duchess of Connaught , who , during thc present month , were to have laid a memorial stone of the new buildings of the North London Hospital for Consumption at Hampstead , have been unavoidably compelled to postpone their visit until October 23 rd .
The meetings of thc Hi g hgate Lodge of Instruction , No . 13 C 6 , arc now held at the Boston Hotel , Junctionroad , N ., every Thursday evening at S . Thc Duke of Abercorn , G . M . Ireland , and Lady Georgiana Hamilton , left town on Tuesday evening last for Biarritz .
We are requested to announce that thc meetings ofthe Doric Lodge , No . Si , Woodbridge , will in future be held on the first Wednesday in the month , instead of thc first Friday . The hundredth performance of "Thc Davulcs " ( and their last appearance ) will take place at the Globe Theatre this ( Saturday ) evening .
' 1 he marriage of Lord -Arthur Paget , brother to the Marquis of Anglesey , anel the Hon . Hester Stapleton Cotton , youngest daughter of Viscount Combermere , is fixed for Thursday , the 26 th inst . Thc marriage will be solemnised by the Archbishop of Canterbury , in the chapel at Lambeth Palace .
The Raid of Donoughmorc , P . G . W ., has left town for Knock-lofty , Ireland . The annual installation meeting of thc members of thc Duke of Edinburgh Lodge , No . 11 S 2 , was held on Thursday evening at the Masonic Hall , Liverpool . A report of the proceedings will appear in due course . Thc health of Lad y Carnarvon has undergone materia ! improvement since her return to Highclerc Castle . The Earl of Carnarvon , Pro G . M ., is also at Highclerc .
I he Stabilit y Lodge of Instruction will in future met at thc Masons'I lall Tavern , Masons' Avenue , Coleman-street . The session for 1 SS 0-S 1 will commence on Friday , the 3 rd September , at 6 o ' clock p . m . The Provincial Grand Lodge ot Devon will be belli at Barnstable , on the 10 th inst ., under thc presidency of Lord Ebrington , P . G . M .
The foundation-stone was laid on Tuesday b y Mr . J . T . Bedford , C . C , Chairman of the City Lands Committee , of a memorial which Jhe City Corporation has resolved to erect to mark the site of Temple Bar , anel the limit of thc City jurisdiction . Miss Morley . daughter of Mr . Samuel Morley , M . P ., was married on Thursday , thc 12 th inst ., to the Rev . Marmaduke Washington , a clergyman of the Established Church .
Her Majesty has been p leased lo confer on Mr . K . ] . Reed , . M . " !\ , C . B ., the honour of a Knight Cominandersliip of the 15 ath . The Duke and Duchess of Connaught will pay a visit to Oberammcrgau during thc present month . Tin-: CEXSUS or 1 SS 1 . —Thc following letter has appeared in the daily papers : Sir , —Even at the eleventh
hour it may be of importance to draw Ihe attention of those who have thc Census Bill in charge to the vast service to the Friendly Societiesand to all the working classes , as well as to the nation generally , which a very slight modification of the Census Paper would effect . If a single column were ruled , for optional reply only ( so that no one could call it inquisitorial ) with the following- query : — "If a wage-earner ,
were yon prevented yesterday ( or on date of census ) by actual bodily sickness , from earning wages ? " we should get at least an approximation to the true average of sickness unattainable by any other conceivable method , and possess a safer basis for calculating exact rates of insurance
( whether local or general , individual -or national ) against want in sickness than we can have any hope of obtaining before 1 . S 91 . Surely it woulel be a deplorable thing to lose an opportunity of such golden value at the present time . —I remain , Sir . ' faithfully yours , VV . M . L . BI . ACKI . EY , —North Waltham Rectory , Micheldever , August nth .
Amusements.
Amusements .
MANCHESTER . —QUEEN'S THEATRE . — " Richard the Third " was presented at this theatre on Saturday last , with Mr . Osmond Tearle in thc title role . We confess to not liking this gentleman so well in this character as in "Hamlet . " His interpretation of thc crooked-backed king ' s savage nature was , however , vividly pourtrayeel , and there is no doubt that in time Mr . Tearle will improve on his present assumption of the character . Mr . Joseph
Swift ' s Buckingham was a good piece of acting , and we were agreeably surprised by the force and earnestness he threw into the character . Mr . Joseph Braccwcll ' s Tressel seemed quite out of place in the serious business , and reminiscences of some of his mirth-provoking characters seemed to cause a sort of doubt in our minds as to whether this gentleman could bc the same individual . Miss Ethel Arden played Lady Anne .
On Monday "The School for Scandal " was performed , and , in flying at once from grave to gay , Mr . Osmotic ! Tearle , as Charles Surface , proved himself a thorough artist . His personification of this reckless , yet goodhearted anel truthful , spendthrift was cleverly realised , anel the genuine and hearty applause bestowed upon him !*>* > thc audience showed their thorough appreciation of his talent . Wc did not care for Mr . Duncan Campbell ' s fosebh
Surface . He seems to have contracted a whining tone of voice , which never leaves him , no matter what character he assumes . Mr . Chippendale might have been a little more sprightly as Sir Peter Teazle , but his rendering was commendable . Mr . Hastings was a very good Sir Oliver , though we think a different costume would be advantageous , as it would more become " Blucskin " than anything else . Miss Ethel Arden made a bewitching Lady feasle , and Miss Annie Morton as Mrs . Candour was excellent .
Metropolitan Masonic Meetings
METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS
For the Week ending Friday , Aug . 20 , 1 SS 0 . SATURDAY , AUGUST 14 . Lodge 1423 , Era , Albany Hot ., Twickenham . ,, 1 ( 137 , Unity , Abercorn Hot ., Great Stanmore . ,, 16 S 5 , Guelph , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Chap . 11 S 5 , Lewis , King ' s Anns Hot ., Wood Green . ,, 1423 , Era , Island Hot .. Hampton Court .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Manchester , 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at S . Star , Afarquis of Granby , New Cross-rd ., at 7 . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 . Eccleston , King's Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . Sphinx , Stirling Castle , Camberwell . Alexandra Palace , Masonic Club , Loughborough , at 7 . 30 .
MONDAY , AUGUST 16 . LODGES OK INSTRUCTION * . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond , at 7 . London Masonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-st ., E . C ., at 6 . Wellington , White Swan HoT ., High-st ., Deptford , 8 to 10 . St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , 8 to 10 . PrinccLeopold , MitfordTav ., Sandringham-rd ., Dalston , 7 . 30 . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station , at 7 .
Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at 8 . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regcnt-st ., at S . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe , at 8 . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., atS . Marquis of Ripon , Pcmbury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney , S . Loughborough , Cambria Tav ., Loughborough June ., 317 . 30 . Hyelc Park , The Westbourne , 1 , Craven-rd ., at S .
West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . West Kent , Forest-hill Hot ., Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 7 . Doric Chapter , 248 , Globe-rd ., Mile End-rd ., at S . Royal Commemoration , Ii . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , S till 10 . British Oak Bank of Friendship Tav ., Mile End .
Eastern Star , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., 7 . 30 . St . Mark ' s , S . M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . John Hervey , Albion Hall , London Wall , at S . New Finsbury Park , Plimsoll Anns , St . Thomas-rd ., N ., at S . Kilburn , South Molton Hot ., South Molton-st ., W ., at 7 . 30 . Strong Man , George Hot ., Australian Avenue , Barbican , S .
TUESDAY , AUGUST 17 . Board of Gen . Purposes , at 4 . Lodge 1339 , Stockwell , S . M . H ., Camberwell . ,, 1420 , Earl Spencer , Swan Hot ., Battersea Old-Bdge . Mark 23 S Prince Leopold , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st .
LODGES en- - INSTRUCTION * . Pilgrim , F . M . IL , ist anel last Tucs . Metropolitan , Anderton ' s Hot ., Flcet-st ., at 7 . 30 . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 7 . Domatie , . Surrey M . IL , Camberwell New-rd ., at 7 . 30 . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st ., S . W ., at F . Prince Fredk . Win ., Lord's Hot ., St . John's Wood , at 7 . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., at 7 . 30 .
Dalhousie , I he Sisters lav ., Pownall-rd ., Dalston , E ., 7 . 30 . Florence Nightingale , M . IL , William-st ., Woolwich , 7 . 30 . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe-rd . Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ., Wandsworth , at 7 . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-rd ., Battersea , at S . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at S . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe , at S .
St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping , at S . Islington , Moorgate Station Restaurant , at 7 . Leopold , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey , at S . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s , at 8 . Duke of Connaught , Palmerston Anns , Grosvenor Park , S . Sir Hugh My ddelton , 162 , St . John ' s-st .-rd ., at S .
St . Marylebone , Eyre Arms , Finchley-rd ., at S . Corinthian , George Hot ., Millwall Docks , at 7 . Henley , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Royal Naval College , Greenwich Hospital Schools , at S . Eleanor , Angel Hot ., Edmonton . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Islington , Aloorgate Station Restaurant , at 7 .
WEDNESDAY , AUGUST iS . Gen . Com . G . Lodge and Loelge of Benevolence , at 0 . Loelge filej , Beadon , Greyhound Tav ., Dulwich . ,, 13 S 2 , Corinthian , George Hot ., Cubitt Town . LODGES OV INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., 7 till 0 . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Newington Causeway , S .
Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., Greenwich , at 8 . Burdett Coutts , Salmon & Ball , Bethnal Green-rd ., at 8 . 30 . La Tolerance , 2 , Maddox-st ., VV . at 8 . 45 . , Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-rd ., Peckham , at S . Finsbury Park , Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park , at 8 . Dukeof Connaught , Kyi . Edwd . Hot ., Mare-st ., Hackney , S . United Strength , Hope & Anchor , Crowndale-rd ., N . W ., S . Whittington , Red Lion , Popp ' m ' s-court , Fleet-st ., at S .
Royal Jubilee , Si , Long Acre , at S . Langthorne , Swan I lot ., Stratford , at 8 . Temperance in the East , Geo . the Fourth , Ida-st ., E ., at 7 . 30 . Thistle , M . M . M ., The Harn Tav . at 8 . Eleanor , Trocadero Hot ., l . ivcrpool-st ., Edmonton . Zetland , King ' s Arms Hot ., High-st ., Kensington , at 8 . Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Biirdett-rd ., Limehouse , 7 . 30 . Creaton , Prince Albeit'lav ., Portobcllo-ter ., Notting-hill , 8 . Stockwell , Crown , Albert Embankment , at 7 . Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham , 7 . 30 .
THURSDAY , AUGUST 19 . House Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 1227 , Upton , Spotted Dog 'Tav ., Upton , Essex . „ 1320 , Blackheath , Green ' Man , Blackheath . Chap . 507 , United Pilgrims , Horns'Tav ., Kennington . „ 742 , Crystal Palace , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . ,, 1326 , Lebanon , Lion Hot ., Hampton .
LODGES OK INSTHUCTION . Union Waterloo , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich Kent , Duke of York , Borough-rd ., Southwark , 7 . 30 . Egyptian , Hercules 'Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., 7 . 30 . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . C , at S . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' 'Tav ., Balh-st ., City-rel . Ebury , 12 , Ponsoniiy-st ., Millbank-, at 8 .
Highgate , Boston Hot ., Junction-rd ., N ., at S . The Great City , M . IL , Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach iS * Horses , High-id ., Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blacki ' iiars-rel ., at S . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berncrs-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ., Peckham-rd ., at S .
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Literary, Art, And Antiquarian Notes.
The Viking ' s Ship , latel y unearthed at Sandefiorcl , has been taken to Christiaiu ' a , and placed under covcr in thc University Garden , near thc old boat found at Tunoc some years since . Thc damaged part is to be restored , anel " the colours , which rapidly faded in the sunlight , will be freshened up . Heine ' s Memoirs , the existence of which have
been so long disputed , have at last been discovered . I hey are ir . thc possession , the Temps states , of the poet ' s brother , a wealthy baron at Vienna , who , however , declares that they shall never be publisher ! , on thc ground that his brother left him this injunction . The rumour that one of the valuable MSS . destroyed by the ( ire in Professor Mommsen's I . ibrarv belonged
to Corpus Christi College , Cambridge , turns out to be incorrect . It is now saiel that the document was from the Library ol * Trinity College , Cambridge . The four Jordanes -MSS . of the Libraries of Heielelherg ( Palatinus 921 , of which coll itions fiirtunatelyexist ) , Berlin , Vienna , and Brcslau are all destroyed . Among the things saved , however , is the Professor ' s critical text of Jordanes , with his Preface
anel account of the MSS . used . But most of his works in MS . are completely destroyed , ancl not a single book escaped . Ihe insurance money , which is saiel to amount to £ 700 only , will not go far towards replacing the latter . With regard to the former , we should , perhaps , be too sanguine hoping that Mommsen will be able to equal Nieliuhr , who , when his MS . of the second volume of his
Roman History was lestroycelin 1830 , was able to reproduce it from memory . It is curious to note that on thc very morning of the fatal day the -Professor was on the point of returning all the valuable MSS . which he had borrowed . The iirc will certainly direct attention to the advisability of photographing important MSS ., and of being more reluctant lo lend them without cartful eruditions .
ART GALLKRY TOR BIRMINGHAM . —A meeting , convened by the Mayor ( Alderman Chamberlain ) , was held in Birmingham last week to concert measures for raising , by public subscription , the sum of £ 3000 in aiel of the fund for providing a local art gallery and museum . A sum of £ 10 , 000 has already been subscribed for this object by-Messrs . Tangyc , the well-known engineers , contingent npon
the subscription of a further sum of / . ' 5000 by the general public , anel it was to fulfil this condition that last " week ' s meeting was called . The Mayor staled that thc Town Council had undertaken to erect a suitable building for an art gallery , giving an area of 20 , 000 superficial feet , arranged somewhat on the plan of the South Kensington Museum , and the money now required was simply for the
purpose of stocking it with suitable objects . To facilitate contributions the . Mayor suggested that they might bc spread over a period of three ' y ' ears , which is about the time that will be required to complete the buildings . A resolution appointing a committee to raise subscriptions was
carried , and donations to the amount of £ 3000 were announced in thc room , including the following : —The Mayor , £ 500 ; ^ Alderman Kenrick , £ 500 ; Messrs Elkington and Co ., , £ . 250 ; Mr . Timolhv Kenrick , £ 250 ; proprietors of the Birmingham DailvPnst , £ 230 ; Mr . G . Dixon , £ 100 ; Alderman Avory , £ 100 ; Air . Thomas livland , / . ' ioo ; Mr . VV . Middlemore , £ 100 ; Mr . | . M . Banks , /' ioo .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
Dunne *; the present month and October the Inner Temple Library will be opened from ten lo four , anel will be entirely closed eluring September . On Tuesday the Lord Mayor remitted to the trustees of the Duchess of . Marlborough ' s Fund at Dublin a final sum of £ 104 Gs . del ., as the balance of the Mansion House Fund , which is now closeel . In all £ 84 , 16 4 . 6 * . Gd , has been sent from the Lord Mayor ' s Fund towards thc relief of the distress in Ireland .
The number of visitors lo ihe South Kensington Museum last week was 44 , 216 . liro . George J . Dunkley , 1777 ( better known as Bro . G . S . Graham ) was invested as Prov . Grand Organist for Middlesex , by Bro . Lieut .-Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., Prov . G . Master , at thc Grand Lodge of Middlesex , on Saturday wee ' : last .
Ihe annual communication of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of Cumberland and Westmorland will bc held at Kendal , un Friday , 10 th Sept ., under the banner of he Union Lodge * , No . 120 . The Court of the Diapers' Company have given the sum of twent y guineas to the building fimil of the Convalescent Home for Poor Children , St . Lcemard-on-Sca .
1 he Manor House , Siokc Newington , where Edgar Poe and other celebrities went to school , which has of late years been a place of much interest to American travellers , is being pulled down to make room for a row of shops .
i ' . lASON-u : SOXGS . —A selection of Masonic -Vrngs , set tojiopular airs , written by Brn . E . P . Philpots , ALI ) ., I-. li . G . S ., is now ready , ' forming a handsome volume bound in cloth , with gilt edges , 3 s . Sent post free * from the ollice of this paper on receipt of stamps or P . O . O . value 3 s . 2 d . —rAljVT . I '
I'or Ihe better and more costly kind of Masonic Jewels a great saving can be- made by yetting them direct from the manufactory . Messrs . * . R . Williams and Son made he most costly badge in the kingdom for the Mayor of Liverpool , and many others , anel manv of the sheriffs ' badges and chains . The firm are „ mV supplying the nobility and gentry ( direct ) at the same prices as they Have for lorry years served the best houses in London . inrl
'Iii ; country , and co-operative * stores . Messrs . j . R . VVilliams and Son have always been celebrated for specially "tie diamond work and choice gem rings . The two advantages thus nf ; .-iv . l to Ihe public are far superior quality and an immense saving- in price . Manufactory and warehouse , i ,. is * , Hatton-. arili-i , E . C . The usual saving is 20 "o Go per cent . Brulesmaids' lockets and nil kinds of jewellery for wedding presents . Dealers in diamonds , Pearls , and coloured gems , loose , or mounted . F . le" * ant " ¦ " - -signs furnished ( gratis ) for re-mounting diamond Work , ' -atalogues sent post free on application . —f ADVT . " 1
Masonic And General Tidings.
Yice-Chanccllor Malins has appointed bro . H . A . Dubois , fellow of the Chartered Accountants , official liquidator of thc Wine and Spirit Trade Company ( Limited ) . Thc Duke and Duchess of Connaught , who , during thc present month , were to have laid a memorial stone of the new buildings of the North London Hospital for Consumption at Hampstead , have been unavoidably compelled to postpone their visit until October 23 rd .
The meetings of thc Hi g hgate Lodge of Instruction , No . 13 C 6 , arc now held at the Boston Hotel , Junctionroad , N ., every Thursday evening at S . Thc Duke of Abercorn , G . M . Ireland , and Lady Georgiana Hamilton , left town on Tuesday evening last for Biarritz .
We are requested to announce that thc meetings ofthe Doric Lodge , No . Si , Woodbridge , will in future be held on the first Wednesday in the month , instead of thc first Friday . The hundredth performance of "Thc Davulcs " ( and their last appearance ) will take place at the Globe Theatre this ( Saturday ) evening .
' 1 he marriage of Lord -Arthur Paget , brother to the Marquis of Anglesey , anel the Hon . Hester Stapleton Cotton , youngest daughter of Viscount Combermere , is fixed for Thursday , the 26 th inst . Thc marriage will be solemnised by the Archbishop of Canterbury , in the chapel at Lambeth Palace .
The Raid of Donoughmorc , P . G . W ., has left town for Knock-lofty , Ireland . The annual installation meeting of thc members of thc Duke of Edinburgh Lodge , No . 11 S 2 , was held on Thursday evening at the Masonic Hall , Liverpool . A report of the proceedings will appear in due course . Thc health of Lad y Carnarvon has undergone materia ! improvement since her return to Highclerc Castle . The Earl of Carnarvon , Pro G . M ., is also at Highclerc .
I he Stabilit y Lodge of Instruction will in future met at thc Masons'I lall Tavern , Masons' Avenue , Coleman-street . The session for 1 SS 0-S 1 will commence on Friday , the 3 rd September , at 6 o ' clock p . m . The Provincial Grand Lodge ot Devon will be belli at Barnstable , on the 10 th inst ., under thc presidency of Lord Ebrington , P . G . M .
The foundation-stone was laid on Tuesday b y Mr . J . T . Bedford , C . C , Chairman of the City Lands Committee , of a memorial which Jhe City Corporation has resolved to erect to mark the site of Temple Bar , anel the limit of thc City jurisdiction . Miss Morley . daughter of Mr . Samuel Morley , M . P ., was married on Thursday , thc 12 th inst ., to the Rev . Marmaduke Washington , a clergyman of the Established Church .
Her Majesty has been p leased lo confer on Mr . K . ] . Reed , . M . " !\ , C . B ., the honour of a Knight Cominandersliip of the 15 ath . The Duke and Duchess of Connaught will pay a visit to Oberammcrgau during thc present month . Tin-: CEXSUS or 1 SS 1 . —Thc following letter has appeared in the daily papers : Sir , —Even at the eleventh
hour it may be of importance to draw Ihe attention of those who have thc Census Bill in charge to the vast service to the Friendly Societiesand to all the working classes , as well as to the nation generally , which a very slight modification of the Census Paper would effect . If a single column were ruled , for optional reply only ( so that no one could call it inquisitorial ) with the following- query : — "If a wage-earner ,
were yon prevented yesterday ( or on date of census ) by actual bodily sickness , from earning wages ? " we should get at least an approximation to the true average of sickness unattainable by any other conceivable method , and possess a safer basis for calculating exact rates of insurance
( whether local or general , individual -or national ) against want in sickness than we can have any hope of obtaining before 1 . S 91 . Surely it woulel be a deplorable thing to lose an opportunity of such golden value at the present time . —I remain , Sir . ' faithfully yours , VV . M . L . BI . ACKI . EY , —North Waltham Rectory , Micheldever , August nth .
Amusements.
Amusements .
MANCHESTER . —QUEEN'S THEATRE . — " Richard the Third " was presented at this theatre on Saturday last , with Mr . Osmond Tearle in thc title role . We confess to not liking this gentleman so well in this character as in "Hamlet . " His interpretation of thc crooked-backed king ' s savage nature was , however , vividly pourtrayeel , and there is no doubt that in time Mr . Tearle will improve on his present assumption of the character . Mr . Joseph
Swift ' s Buckingham was a good piece of acting , and we were agreeably surprised by the force and earnestness he threw into the character . Mr . Joseph Braccwcll ' s Tressel seemed quite out of place in the serious business , and reminiscences of some of his mirth-provoking characters seemed to cause a sort of doubt in our minds as to whether this gentleman could bc the same individual . Miss Ethel Arden played Lady Anne .
On Monday "The School for Scandal " was performed , and , in flying at once from grave to gay , Mr . Osmotic ! Tearle , as Charles Surface , proved himself a thorough artist . His personification of this reckless , yet goodhearted anel truthful , spendthrift was cleverly realised , anel the genuine and hearty applause bestowed upon him !*>* > thc audience showed their thorough appreciation of his talent . Wc did not care for Mr . Duncan Campbell ' s fosebh
Surface . He seems to have contracted a whining tone of voice , which never leaves him , no matter what character he assumes . Mr . Chippendale might have been a little more sprightly as Sir Peter Teazle , but his rendering was commendable . Mr . Hastings was a very good Sir Oliver , though we think a different costume would be advantageous , as it would more become " Blucskin " than anything else . Miss Ethel Arden made a bewitching Lady feasle , and Miss Annie Morton as Mrs . Candour was excellent .
Metropolitan Masonic Meetings
METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS
For the Week ending Friday , Aug . 20 , 1 SS 0 . SATURDAY , AUGUST 14 . Lodge 1423 , Era , Albany Hot ., Twickenham . ,, 1 ( 137 , Unity , Abercorn Hot ., Great Stanmore . ,, 16 S 5 , Guelph , Red Lion , Leytonstone . Chap . 11 S 5 , Lewis , King ' s Anns Hot ., Wood Green . ,, 1423 , Era , Island Hot .. Hampton Court .
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION . Manchester , 17 , London-st ., Fitzroy-sq ., at S . Star , Afarquis of Granby , New Cross-rd ., at 7 . Percy , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at 8 . Eccleston , King's Head , Ebury Bridge , Pimlico . Sphinx , Stirling Castle , Camberwell . Alexandra Palace , Masonic Club , Loughborough , at 7 . 30 .
MONDAY , AUGUST 16 . LODGES OK INSTRUCTION * . Lily , Greyhound , Richmond , at 7 . London Masonic Club , 101 , Queen Victoria-st ., E . C ., at 6 . Wellington , White Swan HoT ., High-st ., Deptford , 8 to 10 . St . John , Gun Hot ., Wapping , 8 to 10 . PrinccLeopold , MitfordTav ., Sandringham-rd ., Dalston , 7 . 30 . Sincerity , Railway Tav ., Fenchurch-st . Station , at 7 .
Camden , 174 , High-st ., Camden Town , at 8 . Tredegar , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., at 8 . St . James ' s Union , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regcnt-st ., at S . Perfect Ashlar , Victoria Tav ., Lower-rd ., Rotherhithe , at 8 . Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot ., Church-rd ., atS . Marquis of Ripon , Pcmbury Tav ., Amherst-rd ., Hackney , S . Loughborough , Cambria Tav ., Loughborough June ., 317 . 30 . Hyelc Park , The Westbourne , 1 , Craven-rd ., at S .
West Smithfield , New Market Hot ., West Smithfield . West Kent , Forest-hill Hot ., Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 . St . George ' s , Globe Tav ., Royal Hill , Greenwich , at 7 . Doric Chapter , 248 , Globe-rd ., Mile End-rd ., at S . Royal Commemoration , Ii . Hot ., High-st ., Putney , S till 10 . British Oak Bank of Friendship Tav ., Mile End .
Eastern Star , Royal Hot ., Mile End-rd ., 7 . 30 . St . Mark ' s , S . M . H ., Camberwell New-rd . John Hervey , Albion Hall , London Wall , at S . New Finsbury Park , Plimsoll Anns , St . Thomas-rd ., N ., at S . Kilburn , South Molton Hot ., South Molton-st ., W ., at 7 . 30 . Strong Man , George Hot ., Australian Avenue , Barbican , S .
TUESDAY , AUGUST 17 . Board of Gen . Purposes , at 4 . Lodge 1339 , Stockwell , S . M . H ., Camberwell . ,, 1420 , Earl Spencer , Swan Hot ., Battersea Old-Bdge . Mark 23 S Prince Leopold , Anderton ' s Hot ., Fleet-st .
LODGES en- - INSTRUCTION * . Pilgrim , F . M . IL , ist anel last Tucs . Metropolitan , Anderton ' s Hot ., Flcet-st ., at 7 . 30 . Yarborough , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 7 . Domatie , . Surrey M . IL , Camberwell New-rd ., at 7 . 30 . Faith , 2 , Westminster Chambers , Victoria-st ., S . W ., at F . Prince Fredk . Win ., Lord's Hot ., St . John's Wood , at 7 . Prosperity , Hercules Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., at 7 . 30 .
Dalhousie , I he Sisters lav ., Pownall-rd ., Dalston , E ., 7 . 30 . Florence Nightingale , M . IL , William-st ., Woolwich , 7 . 30 . Constitutional , Bedford Hot ., Southampton Bdgs ., at 7 . Israel , Rising Sun Tav ., Globe-rd . Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot ., Wandsworth , at 7 . Royal Arthur , Prince ' s Head , York-rd ., Battersea , at S . Beacontree , Red Lion , Leytonstone , at S . Excelsior , Commercial Dock Tav ., Rotherhithe , at S .
St . John of Wapping , Gun Hot ., High-st ., Wapping , at S . Islington , Moorgate Station Restaurant , at 7 . Leopold , Gregorian Arms , Jamaica-rd ., Bermondsey , at S . Mount Edgcumbe , 19 , Jermyn-st ., St . James ' s , at 8 . Duke of Connaught , Palmerston Anns , Grosvenor Park , S . Sir Hugh My ddelton , 162 , St . John ' s-st .-rd ., at S .
St . Marylebone , Eyre Arms , Finchley-rd ., at S . Corinthian , George Hot ., Millwall Docks , at 7 . Henley , Three Crowns , North Woolwich , at 7 . 30 . Royal Naval College , Greenwich Hospital Schools , at S . Eleanor , Angel Hot ., Edmonton . Metropolitan Chapter , Jamaica Coffee Ho ., Cornhill . Islington , Aloorgate Station Restaurant , at 7 .
WEDNESDAY , AUGUST iS . Gen . Com . G . Lodge and Loelge of Benevolence , at 0 . Loelge filej , Beadon , Greyhound Tav ., Dulwich . ,, 13 S 2 , Corinthian , George Hot ., Cubitt Town . LODGES OV INSTRUCTION . Confidence , Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st ., 7 till 0 . New Concord , Jolly Farmers , Southgate-rd ., N ., at S . Mt . Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav ., Newington Causeway , S .
Pythagorean , Portland Hot ., Greenwich , at 8 . Burdett Coutts , Salmon & Ball , Bethnal Green-rd ., at 8 . 30 . La Tolerance , 2 , Maddox-st ., VV . at 8 . 45 . , Peckham , Maismore Arms , Park-rd ., Peckham , at S . Finsbury Park , Alwyne Castle , St . Paul ' s-rd ., N . Southwark , Southwark Park Tav ., Southwark Park , at 8 . Dukeof Connaught , Kyi . Edwd . Hot ., Mare-st ., Hackney , S . United Strength , Hope & Anchor , Crowndale-rd ., N . W ., S . Whittington , Red Lion , Popp ' m ' s-court , Fleet-st ., at S .
Royal Jubilee , Si , Long Acre , at S . Langthorne , Swan I lot ., Stratford , at 8 . Temperance in the East , Geo . the Fourth , Ida-st ., E ., at 7 . 30 . Thistle , M . M . M ., The Harn Tav . at 8 . Eleanor , Trocadero Hot ., l . ivcrpool-st ., Edmonton . Zetland , King ' s Arms Hot ., High-st ., Kensington , at 8 . Merchant Navy , Silver Tav ., Biirdett-rd ., Limehouse , 7 . 30 . Creaton , Prince Albeit'lav ., Portobcllo-ter ., Notting-hill , 8 . Stockwell , Crown , Albert Embankment , at 7 . Panmure , Balham Hot ., Balham , 7 . 30 .
THURSDAY , AUGUST 19 . House Com . Girls' School , at 4 . Lodge 1227 , Upton , Spotted Dog 'Tav ., Upton , Essex . „ 1320 , Blackheath , Green ' Man , Blackheath . Chap . 507 , United Pilgrims , Horns'Tav ., Kennington . „ 742 , Crystal Palace , Thicket Hot ., Anerley . ,, 1326 , Lebanon , Lion Hot ., Hampton .
LODGES OK INSTHUCTION . Union Waterloo , Earl of Chatham , Thomas-st ., Woolwich Kent , Duke of York , Borough-rd ., Southwark , 7 . 30 . Egyptian , Hercules 'Tav ., Leadenhall-st ., 7 . 30 . Fidelity , Yorkshire Grey , London-st ., W . C , at S . Finsbury , Jolly Anglers' 'Tav ., Balh-st ., City-rel . Ebury , 12 , Ponsoniiy-st ., Millbank-, at 8 .
Highgate , Boston Hot ., Junction-rd ., N ., at S . The Great City , M . IL , Masons' Avenue . High Cross , Coach iS * Horses , High-id ., Tottenham . Salisbury , Union Tav ., Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Southern Star , Crown Hot ., Blacki ' iiars-rel ., at S . Great Northern , Berwick Arms , Berncrs-st ., Oxford-st . Rose , Walmer Castle Hot ., Peckham-rd ., at S .