Royal Arch.

After the usual toasts Comp . Paull proposed " The Health of the Three Chiefs " in an eulogistic speech . Comps . Hesketh , Arden , and Sandbrook responded . " The Health of the P . Z ., " " The Installing Officer , " and "The Visitors" were then proposed and duly honoured , and the companions separated , after spending a most enjoyable evening . Some very good harmony vvas contributed by Comps . Potter , Ashley , and Kirkland .

Mark Masonry.

Mark Masonry .

GATESHEAD-ON-TYNE . —Industry Lodge ( No . 292 ) . —The first regular monthly meeting since the installation vvas held at the Industry Masonic Hall , Jackson-street , on Tuesday , the Gth inst ., when the VV . M ., Bro . David Sinclair , vvas supported and assisted by the following brethren , viz .: Bros . John Wood , l . P . M . ; M . Corbitt , S . W . ; J . G . Smith , J . W . ; C . B . Ford , M . O . ; VV . F . Carmon . Re < r . of Marks , as S . O . ; John Page , J . O . ;

J . T . Harrison , Sec ; Alfred Simpson , b . IJ . ; Kobt . Whitfield , J . D . ; \ V . Brown , l . G . ; Thos . Thompson , S . S . ; W . Smith , Chaplain ; Joshua Curry , Tyler ; VV . Garbutt , W . F . Raeburn , and others . Bro . Shaptoe Robson , 4 S 1 , being in attendance , was advanced as a M . M . M . by the VV . M ., assisted in the latter portion of the ceremony by Bro . Wood , l . P . M . After other business vvas transacted the lodge vvas closed at nine p . m ., when the brethren adjourned to the refreshment room .

ST . AUSTELL . —St . Austell Lodge ( No . 275 ) . — This lodge held their annual meeting and festival on the 16 th ult ., when three brethren were advanced to the degree , after which the VV . M . elect , Bro . W . Guy , P . G . J . W ., was impressively , installed by the retiring , VV . M ., Bro . VV . Mason , P . M . 7 S , P . P . J . G . W ., in the presence of the VAV . Dep . Prov . G . M . of Cornwall , Bro . Sir Charles B . Graves-Sawle , Bart ., and W . Bro . Chas . Truscott , P . M .

7 Sand 275 , P . P . G . J . W . The W . M . appointed and invested the following as his officers : Bros . Mason , l . P . M . ; A . Luke , S . W . ; T . H . Lukes , J . W . ; J . W . Higman , M . O . ; R . Parson , S . O . ; J . deC Treffry , J . O . ; W . J . Tredinnick , Reg . Marks ; A . Luke , Treas . ; J . Brewer , Sec ; F . B . Williams , S . D . ; J . A . Blarney , J . D . ; A . S . dunes , I . G . ; B . Houseley , D . C ; J . Clunes , Org . ; VV . J . Watts , and Tuckey , Stwds . ; and W . Real , Tyler . A banquet vvas afterwards held at the White Hart Hotel .

Ancient And Accepted Rite.

Ancient and Accepted Rite .

The Supreme Council , 33 , held their quarterly meeting on Tuesday last , at 33 , Golden-square , and in the forenoon conferred the dignity of the if on 111 . Bros . Hanson le Strange , Inspector-General of the East Central District , and Montague J . Guest , M . P ., Inspector-General of the Southern District . The following brethren were present at the meeting , onl

which was of course open to members of the 33 ° y : III . Bros , the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom , Captain N . G . Philips , Maior-General Henry Clerk , J . M . P . Montagu , Hugh D . Sandeman , General J . Studholme Brownrigg , C . B ., Colonel Alex . W . Adair , Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , the Right Hon . the Earl of Limerick , C . Fendelow , Colonel E . Hutton Gregory , CM . G ., Colonel H . S . Somerville-Burney , and Captain C . N . R . Bcswickc-Royds .

MOUNT CALVARY ( D ) . ~ This distinguished chapter held a convocation on the 9 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Golden-square . Among those present were 111 . Bro . Coffin , M . D ., & c , as M . W . S ., in the absence of 111 . Bros . Curlier ; C . Driver , P . M . W . S ., acting Prelate ; Bros . T . C . Walls , 1 st Gen . ; F . Driver , 2 nd Gen . ; Paas , P . M . W . S ., Treas . ; D . M . Dewar , P . M . W . S ., Reg . ; Tayleur , G . M . ;

Gardner , R . Lott , Org . ; H . J . Lardner , E . Mather , Anderson , T . Poore , J . Murray , Pears , and others . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Bros . Dr . Gibbes and Kennedy were duly perfected by the acting M . W . S ., ably assisted by the officers . Previously to the chapter being closed the sum of five guineas was voted from the alms box towards the list of festival of

Bro . D . M . Dewar as a Steward at the ensuing the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . The brethren then adjourned to the Cafe Royal , Regentstreet , where a most excellent banquet was partaken of . Upon the removal of the cloth the usual toasts were proposed and heartily received . During the proceedings , Ml . Bro . Lott exercised his musical talents to the great enjoyment of the brethren . The proceedings closed at an early hour .

Births, Marriages, And Deaths.

Births , Marriages , and Deaths .

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BIRTHS . DlMBLE . —On the I ith inst ., at 26 , Linton-street , Islington , London , the wife of Mr . J . T . Dimble , late of Falmouth , of twins ( daughters ) . MASTER . —On the 12 th inst ., at Willow-lane House , Norwich , the wife of G . R . Master , of a son .

MARRIAGE . DVF . R—ADKIN . —On the 13 th inst ., at St . Paul's Church , Greenwich , William John , son of J . Dyer , of Blackheath , to Margaret , daughter of J . Adkin , of Brandon House , Lewisham .

DEATHS . DII . LO . V . —On the 2 Gtb ult ., at AHoona , U . S . A ., Anthony Margrave Dillon , aged 37 . HOGG—On the 4 th inst ., at Harder-road , Peckham , Alexander Hogg , Esq ., aged 8 G . SHARPF .. —On the 3 rd inst ., at his residence , Hazelwood Villa , Crosby , ' near Liverpool , Bro . Joseph Sharpe , aged 45 .

The Theatres.

THE THEATRES .

Bro . Etyron lias written a new piece for Mr . J . S . Clarke . a * ; : > "The Ruling' Passion " is again to be played at the Standard on Jhe withdrawal of the pantomime . Mr . Gilbert Farquhar seems to have made a decided hit on the day of his debut . We understand he has already had several offers from managers . « * «

The genial manager of the Avenue , Mr . Morton , vvill take his first benefit at that theatre on VVednesday . " Olivette" vvill be the piece , but several artistes from other theatres have promised to assist . * * *

The Criterion was closed voluntarily by the proprietors , but if it had not been the Lord Chamberlain might have withdrawn the license until alterations of exits had been made . These will we believe shortly be finished and the house re ' opened .

* * * Mr . Kyrle Bellow took a benefit at the Gaiety on Thursday , his farewell of London for this year . On the occasion "Romeo and Juliet" and "The School for Scandal " were produced , Mr . Bellew playing Romeo and Miss Evvcretta Lawrence Juliet . * a &

Messrs . Holt and YVilmot have taken Astley ' s on a lease , and are to open with fabulously cheap prices , from three shillings to three pence . On Easter Monday a new and original ^ sensational drama will be produced . The same firm offer £ 500 for a drama for their theatre in Islington—the Philharmonic . #

* * Miss Fanny Hughes , wife of Bro . Edward Svvanborough , took a farewell of the stage at a benefit at the Vaudeville the other day . Many of the leading artists placed their services at her disposal . A large company assembled on the occasion to say farewell .

* * * Miss Emily Duncan has secured the services of Miss Fanny Leslie for the opening of her theatre in September . Miss Leslie will leave at Christmas to fulfil her engagement with the Messrs . Gatti at the Adelphi , where a pantomime will be brought out . Miss Leslie vvill probably return to Miss Duncan after Easter next year .

- * # * On March 10 th Mr . Buchanan ' s new play will be produced . In the cast vvill be Bro . Chas . Warner , Mr . Beerbohm Tree , Miss Amy Roselle , Miss Clara Jecks , Mrs . Billington , Mr . J . H . Barnes , and Miss Eweretta Lawrence . The few structural alterations required by the Metropolitan Board of Works to be effected at the Adelphi , are being carried out without the closing of the theatre .

# # # We regret to say that the Globe will be closed in a few days owing to the complete breakdown in health of Mrs . Bernard-Beere , the lessee and principal actress . This talented lady has been ordered to the south of France by her medical advisers . For some time past she has been playing when she should not . It is hoped that a few months' rest vvill set her up and that she may return . Mr . Buchanan ' s new drama vvill now be brought out at the Adelphi . * #

Bro . Augustus Harris has promised to admit a few hundred children at a time belonging to the extremely poor class to see " Sindbad , " now that the Christmas audiences are thinning . Still it is necessary to book good seats some time in advance . A " masher ' s quadrille" is the latest novelty introduced . Bro . Harris gave an entertainment to 4000 poor children from the Foundling Hospital , the Shoeblack Brigade , and kindred institutions , on a recent occasion . # # #

The new series of the Theatre , edited as of old by Mr . Clement Scott , but now published by Mr . David Boyne , is a vast improvement on the foregoing series . The publication now contains two large photographs taken especially for the paper . When we say that its cost isonly a shilling a month it will be seen that besides the valuable

letter-press , subscribers to it become possessors of two cabinet photographs for which the ordinary charge is two shillings each . It is only by a large sale this can be effected . It affords to those who care to collect likenesses of dramatic actors and authors an opportunity of possessing all the chiefs . At present Mr . Wilson Barrett , Mrs . Bernard-Beere , Miss Marion Terry , and Mr . F . C . Burnand , editor

of Punch and author of Ihe Colonel , etc ., have been given . A short biography accompanies each portrait . We learn from the January number that Mrs . Bernard-Beere is a lady of aristocratic family , and is the widow of Sir Edward Dering ' s eldest son . Mr . Bernand writes his autobiography , and a most interesting one it is . Fortune seems to have smiled on him from his boyhood at Eton ,

through his college days at Trinity , Cambridge , down to the present time . In the current number an account of a debate at the Women ' s Debating Society at University College on Bro . Henry Irving vvill be read with keen interest . Although the opener of the debate carried her motion "That Henry Irving has by his dramatic genius well earned his place as foremost among living English

actors , " yet there were a few ladies bold enough to take up the negative side . As a book of reference in time to come of hew plays produced the Theatre vvill be found invaluable , as each new work is duly criticised and the whole cast given . We are glad to learn that the proprietor and publisher have cause for satisfaction in recently giving to the public more for their money . The January number was the most successful ever yet published .

Science And Art.

SCIENCE AND ART .

Photography lias now reached such a state o perfection that it may fairly be classed under the head of science and art . Wc recently paid a visit to the studios of Messrs . W . and D . Downey , of 57 and 61 , Ebury Street , Eaton Square , S . W ., of which Bro . VV . E . Downey ( Mizpah lodge ) , is a partner , and we were then and there initiated into many of the mysteries and privileges of this

craft . The demand for portraits of celebrities seems to increase year by year , and is a business quite apart from the taking of photographs of private persons for distributing amongst friends . For instance , we learned that of Mrs . Langtry the firm of VV . and D . Downey published and sold no less than 40 , 000 photos last year . Mrs . Cornwallis West , another popular favourite , adorns the album

of 10 , 000 people , whilst our beloved Princess of Wales has caused the sale of 200 , 000 prints from various negatives taken some little time ago by this eminent firm . Two French actresses , Sarah Bernhardt and Mdme . Samary , each have been struck off 30 , 000 times ; the latter is almost wholly for sale in Paris and other French towns , as she is not known in England yet . Of our English actresses by far

the greatest demand is for likenesses of Miss Connie Gilchrist , Miss Kate Vaughan , and Miss Violet Cameron . Many thousand photos of each of these ladies have gone from Bro . Downey ' s establishment . We saw the negatives of new sittings from which the cabinets have just been published , and no doubt a new stimulus will be given to their sale by their appearing in the dresses of new

burlesques and operas . Miss Connie Gilchrist as Marian in " Robin Hood , " will doubtless be purchased again by those who already have her carte in her other and varied characters , and in the latest she has lost none of her attractiveness , but rather the reverse , whilst Miss Vaughan ' s vvill make it their business to compare the new photos with the old . The young Princes Albert Victor and

George of Wales have also given sittings for their portraits previous to their leaving London for Lausanne . They are taken in the neat uniform of a midshipman of her Majesty ' s Navy . Having been absent from home for so long one had almost lost the impression of their faces , and now one finds them much altered . They are no longer boys , but handsome young men . The eldest , who has a

line open countenance , is 19 years of age , and Prince George , a much merrier looking lad , a year younger . The Duchess of Albany is photographed in her wedding dress and veil , and doubtless vvill be of special interest to our lady readers . Hercleverhusband , Prince Leopold , P . G . M . of Oxfordshire , Mrs . Wheeler , the Danish Ambassador , Mrs . Leopold de Rothschild , Hon . Mrs . Roche ,

Mrs . Maddick , and Mrs . Hungerford are amongst some of the most striking pictures to be seen at Ebury-street . A little child and kitten make a pretty subject for a fancy portrait . Lady Chesham and her sister the Countess Grosvenor , with their sister-in-law the Marchioness of Ormonde , we may mention as being conspicuous amongst the thousand and one other beauties and

celebrities . Bro . Downey has also an establishment at 9 , Eldon-square , Nevvcastlc-on-Tyne , whilst the printing operations are executed at Barnet at specially constructed premises , where the best use can be made of the clearer atmosphere , as London fogs cause a complete suspension of such industries . It is interesting to watch the different processes from the negative to the final lihotograph on paper .

fastened on its card , rolled and glazed . Photographs it appears arc mounted on their cards with starch , first having been put in water to make them soft and pliable . We suppose we are not letting out too much when wc say that no photograph is ever sent out exactly as it was taken . Each negative gees through the hands of a " retoucher , " who carefully proceeds with an exceedingly

fine-pointed lead pencil and keen-edged knife to touch up the negative . The ladies' waists are of course taken in and made even more wasp-like than they really are , whilst defects on the face are thoroughly eradicated , and it is certain , seeing these beautiful published specimens have so educated our tastes , that unless this was done we should all of us find fault if photos of ourselves were sent home strictly

as they were taken . In this process it is scarcely necessary to add that the likeness is carefully preserved . All good photographers suffer sadly from pirates , who buy a single copy of some person of note and then print from it cartes which they can sell for a mere trifle , of course not of the same quality as the original . We noticed at a sea side place last autumn a man dispose of a whole barrowful of these pirated copies

in the course of half-an-hour . We are glad to see that Bro . Downey is endeavouring to organise a Photographers ' Defence Association , whereby by the payment of an annual subscription the society . will undertake to prosecute swindlers at little or no cost to the injured party . We may add that every crowned head in Europe and most of our noble families have honoured Messrs . Downey with sittings for their portraits .

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