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Notes On Art, &C.
NOTES ON ART , & c .
M . Taine ' s ""History of English Literature " has been translated into German , and brought out at Berlin . AFRICAN EXPLORATION . —The French expedition to Equatorial Africa , composed of old African sharpshooters , under the command of a lieutenant of Turcos ,
Comic de Se ' mele , starts on the 15 th pro . w , and landing at the mcuth of the Niger , will try to reach the Eastern Coast , while the King of thc Belgians lias sent out Captain Haymakers , of 'be Congo , towards the . centre of Africa , in order to meet the Belgian Expedition , under Captain Crispal , which has begun operations from thc Eastern Coast .
Cooking by Means of Solar Rays has been tried successfully at Bombay , anil an apparatus- has been contrived to cook chops and steaks in the open air as well nnd expeditiously as over an ordinary fire . Thc apparatus consists of a cepper vessel , tinned inside and painted black outside , with a glass cover enveloping the vessel with an inch of hot air , and fixed on to the bottom of a
conical reflector lined with common silvered sheet glass . If properly covered over it will retain the heat for full three hours anil a half . We are informed that it is now definitely arranged that Temple Bar will be pulled down and removed before the end of the year , most probably in Christmas week . The commission for earning this - object into effect
has been intrusted to Mcssrs . Mowlem , Burt , and Freeman , and the necessary preparations will bs made forthwith . It is calculated that a week , or ten day nt the very outside , will be sufficient for the operations , and such a force of men will be put upun the work that the street trafic will not be stopped for 111 / i * e than two days , or three at thc outside . The stones as we have already slated , will all be
numbered , and will be placed for a time on a vacant space of land iu Farringdon-road until some definite place is fixed by the Court of Common Council as a site for the Bar . Experiments with tlie Telephone have been made between Aberdeen and Inverness with great success Songs and choruses were distinctly transmitted and conversations well carried on at the distance of 108
miles . TROY . —On Thursday morning last , Mr . Gladstone spent an hour and a half in inspecting the Trojan antiquities which Dr . Schliemann is arranging for public exhibition at the South Kensington Museum . In thc afternoon her Royal Highness the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lome visited the collection , and conversed for some time with the discoverer in German as
well as in English . THE V ALUE or FRESH AIR . —Recent statistics show that the rate of mortality arming grocers is as 76 to 100 among the general population at equal ages , while thc death-rate among drapers isas 108 to looby thc same standard . On analyzing the cause of this difference between the drapers and the grocers , it is found that it
lies in the mode of living . The disease which destroys the draper is pulmonary consumption . The explanation is simple . The grocer lives in a shop , the door of which is open the whole day , and he is very active himself in business -, the draper , on the other hand , lives in a close p lace with the doors of his shop closed , and in a dusty , close atmosphere . No one whose pleasure or business calls
on him to enter thc majority of our large drapery emporporiums in London but will feel in a position to testify to the truth of this description . The heat and closeness which arc their usual characteristic sufficiently accounts for ihe general pallor and unhealthy appearance of the male and female attendants in them . —Sanilai y Record . THE LATE MR . DURHAM , A . R . A . —By the
will of the late J . Durham , A . R . A ., F . S . A ., Mr . Raemakers , of Pimlico , London , has been left to complete his unfinished works . Mr . Raemakers , who for the last twenty years has been the friend and associate of the late great sculptor , has received this token of the high esteem injwhich he held his artistic capabilities . Mr . Raemakers will bc recognised by his works exhibited in the Royal
Academy , among which are portraits busts ofthe Earl and Countess of Clancarty , the Hon . Mrs . Trench , and the Marquis of Bristol . . # THE B RITISH MUSEUM . —The British 'Museum has bought Sir Henry Rawlinson ' s fine collection of Arabic MSS . —Athemeum . AUT IN LIVERPOOL . —The Liverpool
Corporation Autumn Exhibition closed on Saturday night wilh a conversazione , and the rooms of the Walker Art Gallery were overcrowded . The Exhibition has been a great success , having been visited during the three months by upwards of 7 z . ooo persons , besides 229 8 season ticket holders , and pictures to the value of £ 9267 have been sold . La . it Friday night 2568 persons paid for admission .
The Darken Canal is attracting fresh attention in Paris , and Lieutenant Wyse , who made the preliminary survey last year , has started afresh to complete his work . M . de Lesseps estimates ihe cost of the canal at £ 24 , 000 , 000 , and advocates a line starting from thc river Tuyra , on the Pacific Coast , through a cutting to ihe Chucunaque livir , thence up the valley of the Tiati , through a tunnel between eig ht and eig ht and-a-half miles long , into
the valleys of the Acanti and Tolo , reaching the Atlantic at Port Gandi . The Society of Lady Artists will hold their exhibition for 1878 at the Gallery , 43 , Great Marlborough Street . Works received on the llth and 12 th of February . The Art Criticism Meetings ( established in connection with this Society ) will be held during the latter part of December nnd during January . Examining Visitor , W . H . Fisk , of University College .
Reviews.
Reviews .
" Old Jonathan . " City Press , Aldersgate-street . This interesting and illustrated publication for the young is still radiantly to the fore . It deserves alike perusal and patronage . "Floral Designs for the Table . " By John Perkins .
Wyman and Sons , 81 , Great Queen-street . This is -, v most comely book for the drawing-room tabic , and a most useful one for the careful and ingenious housewife . The floral decoration of the table is an art yet
to be studied and realised , and we consider Mr . Perkins ' s work as most clever and commendable . We offer it to thc notice cf all who admire flowers and wish to make use of them on all occasions , whether to gratify thc sight , or tivadovn thc room or the dinner table .
" Kalender fur Freimaurer . " By Bro . C . Van Dalai . Leipzig : Bro . J . G . Findel . " We have received and read with pleasure this useful German Masonic Annual . Il is admirably edited , and thc information it gives is alike correct and important . Indeed ,
it is impossible to arrive at a true understanding of the German Masonic organization ( about which so many errors prevail ) , without studying carefully Bro . Van Dalen ' s interesting and valuable " vade mecum . " We congratulate both Editor anil Publisher on its seasonable and acceptable appearance .
" Early French Lessons , " " First French Lessons . " By HENRI Bun , Hacllelte and Co ., 18 , King Williamstreet , W . C . These little works are very useful to beginners in French . We hail their appearance , because we are amongst those who desiderate a mure extensive study of French by our youth of both sexes . Sure we are of this , that if we hope
to see a national advance in all that pertains to civilizing arts and sympathies , we must get rid of the old heresy , that we are over-educating our young people . Education is cither good or had . If good we have no right to limit its area , or minimise its gifts . We must , as an inspired writer says , " Cast ' our' bread upon the waters , '' and depend upon it , by God ' s blessing , we shall " find it after many days . "
The Swedenborgian Rite.
THE SWEDENBORGIAN RITE .
Those who have marked the progress of this important and interesting Rite will be glad to hear that another lodge and temple have just been formed at Liverpool , and constituted ns the Royal Oscar Loilge and Temple , No . q . The first W . M . of this lodge is Bro . Thomas Clarke , P . M .
of the St . John ' s Lodge , ( 173 ; the first Senior Warden is Bro . William Thomas May , another P . M . of the same lodge ; and the first Junior Warden is Bro . Thomas Roberts , P . M . The new lodge and temple have been very efficiently started by the main efforts of Bro . Major George Turner , the Provincial Grand Master for the District forthe Rite , and promises to be energetically worked with every
prospect of a prosperous future . The lodge has been named in honour of H . M . the King of Sweden , and many Scottish brethren are expected to join it . We understand that an eminent Masonic jeweller has the very elegant jewel of the Rite in hand , and no doubt many brethren will bc anxious to sec it when finished . The Swedenborgian Rite contains illustrations of Masonic science of the greatest interest to Past Masters and Mark Master Masons .
The small extent to which the practice of farmers is as yet amenable to thc elementary principles of science is deplorable . Thc need oi shelter ; the folly of allowing rain to wash the manure ; thc frightful waste of straw -, the reckless consumption of hay ; thc injudicious use of roots ; the want of system in the assortment and mixing of food ; the foolish purchasing of bad foods ; and
the persistent practice of buying inferior animals—these and oilier faults of management are , we are loth to confess it , almost a rule . No doubt many of us know bttter , still are guilty of similar weaknesses in our management . " Any I 00 V can farm if he has his pockets well lined , " and the wisest man must put up with bad buildings and restrained expenditure when lie or his landlord is short of cash .
Let him be as wise as Solomon and as strong as Samson , he cannot use either his wisdom or his strength if he is crippled in his resources . Covered yards , well-arranged machinery , well-selected stock , increased labour , liberal use of artificial foods and manures , all mean more money , and
we think Mr . Mechi is not far wrong when he gives his opinion that twice the present farming capital might be profitably expended upon thc land . —Agricultural Gazette , Mr . Warrington Wood , the sculptor , has been made a member of the Academy of St . Luke , thc blue ribbon of the profession at Rome . THE ROVAL ACADEMY . —It is understood
that in addition to the contributions to the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition of this season which wc have already mentioned as promised , tlie Duke of Buccleuch has consented to lend the whole of his magnificent gathering of engravings , by all the best aitisls , in the finest states of the works , from thc paintings of Sir Joshua Reynolds . This famous collection is nearly complete , and has been
for many years in the charge of Messrs . Dominic Colnaghi and Co . Mr Anderson will probably lend his fine gathering of prints after Romney . Thc Rev . J . J . Heywood , Mr . Paget , Mr . R . Fisher , Mr . Addington , and other well-known collectors will be represented . —Atheiiaum . The House of Commons Telegraph Office is about to be connected with the Centra ) Telegraph Office by means of a pneumatic tube .
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The monthly meeting of the Committee of this Institution was held on Wednesday afternoon , at Freemasons
Hall . Bro . Col . Creaton , V . P ., presided , and the other brethren present were Bros . C . A . Cottebrune , S . Rawson , George Bolton , Joseph Smith , C . J . Perceval , Griffiths Smith , John March Case , Dr . Jabez Hogg , Thomas Cubitt
William Stephens , L . Stean , H . Massey , ( Freemason ); and James Teiry , ( Secretary ) . After thc reading of the minulcs the Warden ' s report was read . A notice of motion was put on the paper for pensioning the gardener at Croydon . Two widows were granted half their late husband ' s annuities . 1 mat received
ne secretary rcportcn nc nan a notice from the Local Board of Health of Croydon , to repair the road and footpath in Freemasons' Road , Croydon , but said he had been advised not to notice it ; that the Board would do the weak required and would charge the Institution with the cost . Four brethren and four widows petitioned to be placed
on the list of candidates for next election in May . One case was deferred , the others were placed on the list . It was resolved that all the brethren who arc annuitants on this Institution who are Tylers of lodges should send in to the Secretary a statement of their income from all sources in addition to their annuities , with the names of the lodges and chapters that they tyled .
Bro . James Ferry , after some formal business had been disposed of , obtained the permission of the committee for the use of the large hall of the Asylum at Croydon , for an entertainment to the old people on the 2 nd January . ' I he Chairman said that before the brethren separated he wished to make a few observations on one subject . He was sure that all the brethren would feel with him that
this annual dinner should be given to the old people . It afforded ihem a great deal of pleasure , and it was a proper thing to be done . But the Institution had not hitherto paid for it , anil the way the requisite money was raised was by the voluntary subscriptions of brethren , for which the Secretary asked them . Now he thought it would be a much more dignified course to follow , for the Institution
itself to make a grant from its funds instead of laying the burden on thc S : cretary to go round to brethren and beg for such small sums as might be required . He threw it out as a suggestion . The Institution could well afford the money , and he thought it would be much nicer that it should grant it . Bro . Joseph Smith supported the Chairman ' s view , and
was very glad the Chairman had spoken about this matter ; because in all these Institutions , the trustees annually gave the inmates an extra treat . He agreed with the Chairman lhat tiny should not put it upon thc Secretary to go round and ask for subscriptions for this dinner . No
doubt some one would always give , and he thought it most likely the same persons gave every year . The Chairman asked Bro . Terry how much he wanted . Bro . Teny said these entertainments usually cost about £ 30 or £ 32 . He had some twcnty . five guineas towards that amount already . £ 5 was all he now required .
The Chairman said if he lived till the following Christmas he should move that the Institution pay the whole amount . Bro . Terry said he had several brethren who made donations . Bro . Wm . Hale always sent a pound of tobacco
for each old man , and a pound of tea for each old woman . Another brother sent a bottle of whisky for each inmate ; Bvo . Farnfield sent a bottle of sherry each -, and another brother provided thc magic lantern . A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the proceedings .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . WILLIAM PURSHON , P . M . 24 . Bvo . William Purshon , who died on 24 th November at Killingworth , near Newcastle-on-Tync , was initiated , passnl and raised , ( by dispensation ) on Feb . 14 , 1815 , in Lodge No . 24 ; joined Northern Counties Lodfb , No . 406 , 21 st June , 1836 , and served the office of W . M ., & c . ; exalted in Chapter No . 24 , on 26 th November , 1817 , and joined Chapter No . 406 , 10 th January , 1837 , of what he
was P . Z . ; was made a Knight Templar in the Royal Kent Encampment , No . 45 , 5 th January , 1816 , and on the appointment of H . R . H . as M . E . and S . Grand Master , was nominated Prov . Grand Prior for Notthumoerland and Berwick , which office he held at the time of his death . He was buried at Killingworth , December 1 st . His funeral , although private was attended by over 300 of his friends and tenants , and his loss will be much felt in the neighbourhood , where he was most highly esteemed .
At Bolton , on Monday , a new chimney , go feet high , which was being straightened , fell upon an engine-house and other premises , doing damage to the extent of £ 1 , 000 , and causing serious injuries toayoung man und a boy .
HOLLOIVAV ' S OINTMENT AND P ILLS . —Colds , Ciiugbs , Shortness 01 i ' rcatli ., —These corrective remedies are infallible for these pectoral complainls , which , neglected , often enel in asthma , bronchitis , or consumption . The Ointment well rubbed upon the chest ami hack , penetrating Ihe skin , iscarried directly to the lung ;** , whence it expels all impurities . All thc blood in ihe boely constantly
passes through the lungs , and there all noxious particles tending to produce disease , can he quickly , thoroughly , and permanently neulvaiifi-U , remlercil harmless , or ejected I ' miii the system . Holloway ' s Ointment anil l'ills peiicctly accomplish this purification ; and through the blood , thus cleansed , the influence of these wonderful medicaments reaches the remotest parts ofthe human bnely ,- and thus cures al ! all diseased action , whether internal > 1 external . —ADVT .
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Notes On Art, &C.
NOTES ON ART , & c .
M . Taine ' s ""History of English Literature " has been translated into German , and brought out at Berlin . AFRICAN EXPLORATION . —The French expedition to Equatorial Africa , composed of old African sharpshooters , under the command of a lieutenant of Turcos ,
Comic de Se ' mele , starts on the 15 th pro . w , and landing at the mcuth of the Niger , will try to reach the Eastern Coast , while the King of thc Belgians lias sent out Captain Haymakers , of 'be Congo , towards the . centre of Africa , in order to meet the Belgian Expedition , under Captain Crispal , which has begun operations from thc Eastern Coast .
Cooking by Means of Solar Rays has been tried successfully at Bombay , anil an apparatus- has been contrived to cook chops and steaks in the open air as well nnd expeditiously as over an ordinary fire . Thc apparatus consists of a cepper vessel , tinned inside and painted black outside , with a glass cover enveloping the vessel with an inch of hot air , and fixed on to the bottom of a
conical reflector lined with common silvered sheet glass . If properly covered over it will retain the heat for full three hours anil a half . We are informed that it is now definitely arranged that Temple Bar will be pulled down and removed before the end of the year , most probably in Christmas week . The commission for earning this - object into effect
has been intrusted to Mcssrs . Mowlem , Burt , and Freeman , and the necessary preparations will bs made forthwith . It is calculated that a week , or ten day nt the very outside , will be sufficient for the operations , and such a force of men will be put upun the work that the street trafic will not be stopped for 111 / i * e than two days , or three at thc outside . The stones as we have already slated , will all be
numbered , and will be placed for a time on a vacant space of land iu Farringdon-road until some definite place is fixed by the Court of Common Council as a site for the Bar . Experiments with tlie Telephone have been made between Aberdeen and Inverness with great success Songs and choruses were distinctly transmitted and conversations well carried on at the distance of 108
miles . TROY . —On Thursday morning last , Mr . Gladstone spent an hour and a half in inspecting the Trojan antiquities which Dr . Schliemann is arranging for public exhibition at the South Kensington Museum . In thc afternoon her Royal Highness the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lome visited the collection , and conversed for some time with the discoverer in German as
well as in English . THE V ALUE or FRESH AIR . —Recent statistics show that the rate of mortality arming grocers is as 76 to 100 among the general population at equal ages , while thc death-rate among drapers isas 108 to looby thc same standard . On analyzing the cause of this difference between the drapers and the grocers , it is found that it
lies in the mode of living . The disease which destroys the draper is pulmonary consumption . The explanation is simple . The grocer lives in a shop , the door of which is open the whole day , and he is very active himself in business -, the draper , on the other hand , lives in a close p lace with the doors of his shop closed , and in a dusty , close atmosphere . No one whose pleasure or business calls
on him to enter thc majority of our large drapery emporporiums in London but will feel in a position to testify to the truth of this description . The heat and closeness which arc their usual characteristic sufficiently accounts for ihe general pallor and unhealthy appearance of the male and female attendants in them . —Sanilai y Record . THE LATE MR . DURHAM , A . R . A . —By the
will of the late J . Durham , A . R . A ., F . S . A ., Mr . Raemakers , of Pimlico , London , has been left to complete his unfinished works . Mr . Raemakers , who for the last twenty years has been the friend and associate of the late great sculptor , has received this token of the high esteem injwhich he held his artistic capabilities . Mr . Raemakers will bc recognised by his works exhibited in the Royal
Academy , among which are portraits busts ofthe Earl and Countess of Clancarty , the Hon . Mrs . Trench , and the Marquis of Bristol . . # THE B RITISH MUSEUM . —The British 'Museum has bought Sir Henry Rawlinson ' s fine collection of Arabic MSS . —Athemeum . AUT IN LIVERPOOL . —The Liverpool
Corporation Autumn Exhibition closed on Saturday night wilh a conversazione , and the rooms of the Walker Art Gallery were overcrowded . The Exhibition has been a great success , having been visited during the three months by upwards of 7 z . ooo persons , besides 229 8 season ticket holders , and pictures to the value of £ 9267 have been sold . La . it Friday night 2568 persons paid for admission .
The Darken Canal is attracting fresh attention in Paris , and Lieutenant Wyse , who made the preliminary survey last year , has started afresh to complete his work . M . de Lesseps estimates ihe cost of the canal at £ 24 , 000 , 000 , and advocates a line starting from thc river Tuyra , on the Pacific Coast , through a cutting to ihe Chucunaque livir , thence up the valley of the Tiati , through a tunnel between eig ht and eig ht and-a-half miles long , into
the valleys of the Acanti and Tolo , reaching the Atlantic at Port Gandi . The Society of Lady Artists will hold their exhibition for 1878 at the Gallery , 43 , Great Marlborough Street . Works received on the llth and 12 th of February . The Art Criticism Meetings ( established in connection with this Society ) will be held during the latter part of December nnd during January . Examining Visitor , W . H . Fisk , of University College .
Reviews.
Reviews .
" Old Jonathan . " City Press , Aldersgate-street . This interesting and illustrated publication for the young is still radiantly to the fore . It deserves alike perusal and patronage . "Floral Designs for the Table . " By John Perkins .
Wyman and Sons , 81 , Great Queen-street . This is -, v most comely book for the drawing-room tabic , and a most useful one for the careful and ingenious housewife . The floral decoration of the table is an art yet
to be studied and realised , and we consider Mr . Perkins ' s work as most clever and commendable . We offer it to thc notice cf all who admire flowers and wish to make use of them on all occasions , whether to gratify thc sight , or tivadovn thc room or the dinner table .
" Kalender fur Freimaurer . " By Bro . C . Van Dalai . Leipzig : Bro . J . G . Findel . " We have received and read with pleasure this useful German Masonic Annual . Il is admirably edited , and thc information it gives is alike correct and important . Indeed ,
it is impossible to arrive at a true understanding of the German Masonic organization ( about which so many errors prevail ) , without studying carefully Bro . Van Dalen ' s interesting and valuable " vade mecum . " We congratulate both Editor anil Publisher on its seasonable and acceptable appearance .
" Early French Lessons , " " First French Lessons . " By HENRI Bun , Hacllelte and Co ., 18 , King Williamstreet , W . C . These little works are very useful to beginners in French . We hail their appearance , because we are amongst those who desiderate a mure extensive study of French by our youth of both sexes . Sure we are of this , that if we hope
to see a national advance in all that pertains to civilizing arts and sympathies , we must get rid of the old heresy , that we are over-educating our young people . Education is cither good or had . If good we have no right to limit its area , or minimise its gifts . We must , as an inspired writer says , " Cast ' our' bread upon the waters , '' and depend upon it , by God ' s blessing , we shall " find it after many days . "
The Swedenborgian Rite.
THE SWEDENBORGIAN RITE .
Those who have marked the progress of this important and interesting Rite will be glad to hear that another lodge and temple have just been formed at Liverpool , and constituted ns the Royal Oscar Loilge and Temple , No . q . The first W . M . of this lodge is Bro . Thomas Clarke , P . M .
of the St . John ' s Lodge , ( 173 ; the first Senior Warden is Bro . William Thomas May , another P . M . of the same lodge ; and the first Junior Warden is Bro . Thomas Roberts , P . M . The new lodge and temple have been very efficiently started by the main efforts of Bro . Major George Turner , the Provincial Grand Master for the District forthe Rite , and promises to be energetically worked with every
prospect of a prosperous future . The lodge has been named in honour of H . M . the King of Sweden , and many Scottish brethren are expected to join it . We understand that an eminent Masonic jeweller has the very elegant jewel of the Rite in hand , and no doubt many brethren will bc anxious to sec it when finished . The Swedenborgian Rite contains illustrations of Masonic science of the greatest interest to Past Masters and Mark Master Masons .
The small extent to which the practice of farmers is as yet amenable to thc elementary principles of science is deplorable . Thc need oi shelter ; the folly of allowing rain to wash the manure ; thc frightful waste of straw -, the reckless consumption of hay ; thc injudicious use of roots ; the want of system in the assortment and mixing of food ; the foolish purchasing of bad foods ; and
the persistent practice of buying inferior animals—these and oilier faults of management are , we are loth to confess it , almost a rule . No doubt many of us know bttter , still are guilty of similar weaknesses in our management . " Any I 00 V can farm if he has his pockets well lined , " and the wisest man must put up with bad buildings and restrained expenditure when lie or his landlord is short of cash .
Let him be as wise as Solomon and as strong as Samson , he cannot use either his wisdom or his strength if he is crippled in his resources . Covered yards , well-arranged machinery , well-selected stock , increased labour , liberal use of artificial foods and manures , all mean more money , and
we think Mr . Mechi is not far wrong when he gives his opinion that twice the present farming capital might be profitably expended upon thc land . —Agricultural Gazette , Mr . Warrington Wood , the sculptor , has been made a member of the Academy of St . Luke , thc blue ribbon of the profession at Rome . THE ROVAL ACADEMY . —It is understood
that in addition to the contributions to the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition of this season which wc have already mentioned as promised , tlie Duke of Buccleuch has consented to lend the whole of his magnificent gathering of engravings , by all the best aitisls , in the finest states of the works , from thc paintings of Sir Joshua Reynolds . This famous collection is nearly complete , and has been
for many years in the charge of Messrs . Dominic Colnaghi and Co . Mr Anderson will probably lend his fine gathering of prints after Romney . Thc Rev . J . J . Heywood , Mr . Paget , Mr . R . Fisher , Mr . Addington , and other well-known collectors will be represented . —Atheiiaum . The House of Commons Telegraph Office is about to be connected with the Centra ) Telegraph Office by means of a pneumatic tube .
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION .
The monthly meeting of the Committee of this Institution was held on Wednesday afternoon , at Freemasons
Hall . Bro . Col . Creaton , V . P ., presided , and the other brethren present were Bros . C . A . Cottebrune , S . Rawson , George Bolton , Joseph Smith , C . J . Perceval , Griffiths Smith , John March Case , Dr . Jabez Hogg , Thomas Cubitt
William Stephens , L . Stean , H . Massey , ( Freemason ); and James Teiry , ( Secretary ) . After thc reading of the minulcs the Warden ' s report was read . A notice of motion was put on the paper for pensioning the gardener at Croydon . Two widows were granted half their late husband ' s annuities . 1 mat received
ne secretary rcportcn nc nan a notice from the Local Board of Health of Croydon , to repair the road and footpath in Freemasons' Road , Croydon , but said he had been advised not to notice it ; that the Board would do the weak required and would charge the Institution with the cost . Four brethren and four widows petitioned to be placed
on the list of candidates for next election in May . One case was deferred , the others were placed on the list . It was resolved that all the brethren who arc annuitants on this Institution who are Tylers of lodges should send in to the Secretary a statement of their income from all sources in addition to their annuities , with the names of the lodges and chapters that they tyled .
Bro . James Ferry , after some formal business had been disposed of , obtained the permission of the committee for the use of the large hall of the Asylum at Croydon , for an entertainment to the old people on the 2 nd January . ' I he Chairman said that before the brethren separated he wished to make a few observations on one subject . He was sure that all the brethren would feel with him that
this annual dinner should be given to the old people . It afforded ihem a great deal of pleasure , and it was a proper thing to be done . But the Institution had not hitherto paid for it , anil the way the requisite money was raised was by the voluntary subscriptions of brethren , for which the Secretary asked them . Now he thought it would be a much more dignified course to follow , for the Institution
itself to make a grant from its funds instead of laying the burden on thc S : cretary to go round to brethren and beg for such small sums as might be required . He threw it out as a suggestion . The Institution could well afford the money , and he thought it would be much nicer that it should grant it . Bro . Joseph Smith supported the Chairman ' s view , and
was very glad the Chairman had spoken about this matter ; because in all these Institutions , the trustees annually gave the inmates an extra treat . He agreed with the Chairman lhat tiny should not put it upon thc Secretary to go round and ask for subscriptions for this dinner . No
doubt some one would always give , and he thought it most likely the same persons gave every year . The Chairman asked Bro . Terry how much he wanted . Bro . Teny said these entertainments usually cost about £ 30 or £ 32 . He had some twcnty . five guineas towards that amount already . £ 5 was all he now required .
The Chairman said if he lived till the following Christmas he should move that the Institution pay the whole amount . Bro . Terry said he had several brethren who made donations . Bro . Wm . Hale always sent a pound of tobacco
for each old man , and a pound of tea for each old woman . Another brother sent a bottle of whisky for each inmate ; Bvo . Farnfield sent a bottle of sherry each -, and another brother provided thc magic lantern . A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the proceedings .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . WILLIAM PURSHON , P . M . 24 . Bvo . William Purshon , who died on 24 th November at Killingworth , near Newcastle-on-Tync , was initiated , passnl and raised , ( by dispensation ) on Feb . 14 , 1815 , in Lodge No . 24 ; joined Northern Counties Lodfb , No . 406 , 21 st June , 1836 , and served the office of W . M ., & c . ; exalted in Chapter No . 24 , on 26 th November , 1817 , and joined Chapter No . 406 , 10 th January , 1837 , of what he
was P . Z . ; was made a Knight Templar in the Royal Kent Encampment , No . 45 , 5 th January , 1816 , and on the appointment of H . R . H . as M . E . and S . Grand Master , was nominated Prov . Grand Prior for Notthumoerland and Berwick , which office he held at the time of his death . He was buried at Killingworth , December 1 st . His funeral , although private was attended by over 300 of his friends and tenants , and his loss will be much felt in the neighbourhood , where he was most highly esteemed .
At Bolton , on Monday , a new chimney , go feet high , which was being straightened , fell upon an engine-house and other premises , doing damage to the extent of £ 1 , 000 , and causing serious injuries toayoung man und a boy .
HOLLOIVAV ' S OINTMENT AND P ILLS . —Colds , Ciiugbs , Shortness 01 i ' rcatli ., —These corrective remedies are infallible for these pectoral complainls , which , neglected , often enel in asthma , bronchitis , or consumption . The Ointment well rubbed upon the chest ami hack , penetrating Ihe skin , iscarried directly to the lung ;** , whence it expels all impurities . All thc blood in ihe boely constantly
passes through the lungs , and there all noxious particles tending to produce disease , can he quickly , thoroughly , and permanently neulvaiifi-U , remlercil harmless , or ejected I ' miii the system . Holloway ' s Ointment anil l'ills peiicctly accomplish this purification ; and through the blood , thus cleansed , the influence of these wonderful medicaments reaches the remotest parts ofthe human bnely ,- and thus cures al ! all diseased action , whether internal > 1 external . —ADVT .