Testimonial To Bro. Henry Muggeridge.

health , but I ought to say that if it had net been for the working Committee the honorary Secretary would have been no where . I have been materially assisted by them on all occasions , not only by their advice , but by their ready assistance . The Chairman then said . Every one on the Committee had his heart in the undertaking ; still , those who acted as

officers , either permanently or ternporaril j ' , maybe mentioned without any disrespect to the others , or without any other brother of the committee feeling he had been left out . I might go on for a length of time , but that might be disagreeable toyou , but I really feel I should be doing injustice if I did not ask you to drink to the very good health of one brother . I very much regret , and I have no doubt I am

doing wrong in adverting to it ; but there was a tima when by the will of providence our dear friend , Bro . Hubbuck , was unable to do the duties of Treasurer for a time , ami at that time our Bro . Birdseye stepped forward and took upon himself the duties cf Treasurer to relieve Bro . Hubbuck , who as soon as his feelings would allow him came back to his original position . Bro . Birdseye did all that was necessary ,

not only in receiving money , ( that however was not a very difficult task ) , but in going to brethren to collect money . Bro . Birdseye is a great favourite of Bro . Muggeridge , and I believe helps to spoil him , but for the discharge of his duties as a man and a brother , in this matter 1 think I shall be justified and excused in banging his name before you .

Bro . Birdseye said , I am rather disappointed that Bro . Myers has selected me , because all the members of the committtc have worked so hard and so well in order to make this testimonial a success , that I think it is almost a pity he should have singled out me . When Bro . Hubbuck was unable to attend to his duties of Treasurer , I stepped forwarel ; but any other member would have done the same

as I did under the circumstances . We were drawing near to a close at the time , and we were very anxious that the money should be got in . I with a great deal of pleasure took the position oi Assistant Treasurer on that occasion . If my services have been of any assistance to the fund , I am amply repaid , because most of you know that to our dear old friend Bro . Muggeridge , I owe all my knowledge

in Masonry ; and I have a large amount of esteem and love for him , for the kindness with which he has treated me in Masonry . Among the members who got up this committee were those who derived knowledge and instruction from Bro . Muggeridge , and therefore with these ' , as it was with me , it has been a labour ot love . I am delighted that we have obtained the amount we have . I am

perhaps a little ; disappointed we have not more , but still I am delighted we have got so much . For whatever services I may have rendered I am amply repaid by the gratification I feel in having the love of Bro . Muggeridge . The Chairman then said , I have one more toast to propose to ycu , " The Health of Bro . George Kenning , " and I should really be ashamed if we separated to-night without drinking it and without my telling you of the immense

services which he has rendered to us committee men in the cause of our dear brother hereyiot only by his great kindness but by his great liberality . I may tell you that although Bro . Hubbuck has adverted to it in his excellent reply , this committee was greatly hclpeel in what it had to do by having most excellent accommodation at Bro . Kcnning ' s rooms for the purpose of the meeting , and for the purpose

of having everything at hand ready to transact the business of this committee . And I m » y tell you more . It is not a very serious matter , that there always was a full box of cigars at every meeting , which was not so full when we left . But whtn I tell you that the handsome purse , and that most beautiful testimonial on vellum , elegantly framed , were the free gifts of Bro . Kenning ,

that Bro . Kenning also gave a most liberal subscription , that Bro . Kcnning ' s name was also a great recommendation and threw around the subject of the testimonial a bona fides arid air of its respectability which encouraged many brethren , and perhaps many lodges in the knowledge that the whole thing was right and proper , and that if it had not been , Bro . Kenning would have had nothing to do

with it , you will perceive that though he is absent he ought not to be forgotten to-night . On the contrary we ought to think well of him , and to let him see that we appreciate what he has done . Although he is not here , I hope his representative will convey to him our expressions of thanks . Bro . 11 . Massey promised to represent to Bro . Kenning what the worthy Chairman had said , and the brethren then separated .

The marriage of the Earl of Lonsdale and the Lady Gladys Herbert , daughter of Lady Herbert of Lea , and sister of the Earl of Pembroke , which was originally fixed for the 18 th inst ., is postponed , owing to Lord Lonsdale's indisposition .

ZEBRAS FOR AFRICA . —The manager of the Jardin el'Acclimatation at Paris has elirected the attention of African explorers to the zebra , as a beast of burden , better suited to the climate than any of our domesticated animals , not even excepting the ass . Several zebrasnow

, under his charge , have been successfully broken in , and M . de Semelle , whose project of crossing Africa from the mouth of the Ni ger to the cast coast has been referred to by us , may possibly make use of this novel beast of burden . —Athenaeum

MANSION HOUSE . — The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress will entertain at the Mansion House , her Majesty's Judges , on Friday , June 28 , anil the Archbishops and Bisbops on Wednesday , July 3 . The date cf the banquet to her Majesty ' s Ministers has not yet been « . i ' r . , ba 11 in honour of the Mayors and Mayoresses of tne United Kingdom will be given on Tuesday , June 25 .

Reviews.

Reviews .

MY HOLIDAY—WHERE SHALL I SPEND IT ? Sampson Low and Maaston , 1 S 8 , Fleet-street . This is a very useful and instructive publication , as it places before us those various seaside resorts of the British public which in July and August have such attractions for all ages and all conditions . The book also tells us of the

mineral waters , ( not Seltzer , AppoYlinaris , or Taunus ) , and the other resorts of our country , and is very pleasant reading , and g ives ' a great deal of valuable information . No one can invest a shilling more to the purpore who patronises this useful handbook . We fancy that it will be much studied this year .

BYE-LAWS OF THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY CHAPTER OF SOV . PRINCES ROSE CROIX . Edited by Bro . HUGH H . RIACH . This little volume , which has been kindly sent to us , is

one of the most neatly printed books we have seen for some time . It is most admirably " got up , " and we are greatly pleased with its most opportune appearance . It is printed in red , and is quite pleasurable to read . No one can fail to be struck and gratified with it .

BYE-LAWS OF THE ALDERSGATE LODGE , No , , 6 3 /" - This little collection of bye-laws of a young but distinguished lodge is also a most neat production , being ad mirably printer ! in blue . We are glad to see so much pains

bestowed on bye-law printing , though we confess vvc think that the very small size is a mistake , and that the bye-laws hail better be printed in a larger form . The printing of these last bye-laws , like the former collection , cannot be surpassed .

SAINT NICHOLAS . Scribner , U . S . Sampson Low and Marston , London . This is a most charming magazine for ouryoung people , which we heartily commend to the notice of all who cater for the youthful mind . It is full of interest , and is undoubtedly unequalled as a specimen of literature adapted to the taste and amusement of youth .

NOTES ON THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION . By Bro . JOHN JOSEPH LAKE . S . Tinsley , 10 , Southamptonstreet , Strand . The Freemason bting purely a non--ontrovcrsi . il paper cannot enter into subjects which may fairly impinge on denominational views .

PLANT CATALOGUE for 1878 . Dick Radclyffe and Co ., 129 , High Holbnrn . This taking little work is before us once more , and we hail it with pleasure and peruse it with satisfaction . To those

who have the happiness of possessing a garden the help of Messr ? . Dick Radclyffe is most important and invaluable , as their offers are bona , fide , and their supply of garden requirements is most genuine and satisfactory . We call our readers' attention to this admirable catalogue .

THE PANTILE PAPERS . Stieldulph and Bellamy , Tunbridge Wells . This is a new magazine and candidate for public favour , which has reached its third number , is well printed , and very readable . It seems to have met with success so far , anil we wish it all prosperity . It is , like all our modern serials , a mixture of fiction and information , and will no doubt enlist many readers .

The Paris Exhibition And The French Freemasons.

THE PARIS EXHIBITION AND THE FRENCH FREEMASONS .

We arc re-quested ( o publish the following : — GRAND ORIENT DE FRANCE . O . de Paris , le 10 th Mai , 1878 . ( E . V . ) A Monsieur le Dircctcur du Journal 77 ie Freemason , a Londres . Monsieur et Ties Cher Frerc , Permettez-moi el'avoir recours a votrc extreme obligeance pour porter alaconnaissancedcsfrancs-macons

utrangers que , pendant toute la dureje de l'Expositidn Universale , le Grand Orient de France mettra a leur disposition , les salons du icr etage dc son Hotel , 16 , rue Cadet . Les Macons < le tous les pays y trouveront , avec 1 ' accueil ! e plus empresse- et le plus fraterncl , tous les renseignements eJont ils pourraient avoir besoin et toutcs les facilites pour faire

leur correspondance . Je vous serai tres rcconnaissant , Monsieur and Tres Cher Frere , de vouloir bien donner la publicite de votre estimable journal a cette information , et je vous pric d ' agre-er , avec mes remerciments anticipes , l ' assurance de mes sentiments les plus distingues . Le Chef du Secretariat du Grand Orient de France . THEVENOT .

Communique.

COMMUNIQUE .

( From a Correspondent . ) Bro . Hedge ' s Committee met on Wednesday , when new names wrre given in for the Committee and fresh promises of support received . The next meeting take 3 place next Wednesday . —See Advertisement .

At the annual meeting of the London and Lancashire Life Assurance Company on Tuesday , the new assurances for the year 1877 were reported as £ 427 , 095 , in sums assured under 1275 policies , andproducinga new premium income of £ 13 , 130 75 . lod . The net premium income amounted to £ 55 , 846 9 s . 5 d , and the total funds to £ iSh 786 6 s . s < U

Notes On Art, &C.

NOTES ON ART , & c .

It has been definitely arranged that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will visit Nottingham on Wednesday , July 3 , for the purpose of opening the Castle as an Industrial and Art Museum . Paintings of the Franco-Prussian War are excluded from the Paris Salop , as well as from the Exhibition , so careful are the Gallic Fine Art authorities

not to wound the feelings of their German visitors . French military painters are highly indignant at the prohibition , as the notice comes too late for them to send in other subjects , and many noted artists will thus not be represented cither at the Champ de Mars or at the Palais de l'Industrie . They have accordingly organised a special Exhibition o £ the prohibited war scenes . The Salon , by the way , will not close until August 19 . The Restoration or Destruction of the Paris

Tuilenes has been referred to a special Commission , - and it has been decided to restore the wing of the palace connecting the Pavilions de Flore and de Marsan , and use it as a museum of metropolitan art , at the cost of £ 16 , 000 . Anent Parisian art , the five pictures left to the State by the Comtcsse Duchatel have been placed in a special room at the Paris Louvre , ornamented by a bust cf the Count .

The pictures are Ingres' " Sphinx " and " Source , " a Virgin by Memline , and two portraits by Antonio Moro . Mr . Ruskin has entirely recovered from his illness , and is now busy revising and enlarging the Notes by which he has illustrated the Exhibition of his Turner Drawings . Regarding Turner , his two paintings , " Going to the Ball" and " Returning from the Ball , San Martino ,

Venice , " which were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 18 4 6 , were sold on Saturday for £ 1260 apiece . Six years ago , at the Gillott sale , the former picture brought £ ij 8 j , and the latter £ 1575 . MUSICAL EDUCATION OF WOMEN . —A further experiment in this direction has been made by the Council of Trinity College , London , since that body first opened to

women . its higher examinations in musical theory and practice . Courses of lectures on harmony and composition have been commenced by the lecturer , Mr . Humphrey Stark , Mus . B ., New College , Oxford , at the College-house in Weymouth-strect , and are being continued with encourraging success . The lecturer reports that the progress o £ the ladies attending these lectures has been more than

satisfactory , and in every respect equal to that of the male students of the college . An improved Telephone has been constructed by a German postal official , which is declared by the Berliner Tageliall to be a great advance on that of Dr . Bell . Galvanic electricity is employed in the new apparatus instead of induced currents , and the loudness of the sound

can be so regulated as to make it audible , not only to the ear placed close to the reproducing disc , but throughout a large room . The School Board of London have , on the application of the National Lifeboat Institution , decided to instruct all their scholars , now numbering 111 , 000 , boys and girls , in its important directions for the restoration ot

the apparently elrowncd . According to the British Medical Journal , Professor Gubler has discovered that a vegetable diet is a principal cause of the cretaceous degeneration of the arteries . This , he thinks , is proved by the frequency of cretaceous arteries amongst the French peasants at the early age of forty , and also amongst Trappist Monks .

Mr . J . J . Mechi writes to the Times that harvest prospects continu e for all crops most promising . An ample suppl ) of sunshine preceding and following sufficient moisture has , especially on land drained naturally or artificially , so warmed the soil that its heat has both stimulated vegetable growth and protected it from night frosts , which last year , during early May , so ruined our

fruits and damaged other crops . Clover , tares , and permanent pasture promise abundant bay crops , while peas , beans , barley , cats , and wheat arc in full plant and growth Mangel-wurzel come up quickly , and seed growers look for a favourable crop . Taken as a whole , he never saw our crops look more promising and early . Many corn crops , especially where highly farmed and too thickly sown , are likely to be prematurely laid , unless flagged in good

time . A few days ago some children who were playing near the Old Commodore Tavern , Poplar , on ground formerly occupied by two houses , disturbed part of an old shed which had been left standing , and brought to light a number of packages . These contained what appeared to be dirty metal discs , and the children scattered them about

on the ground . A boy , however , soon discovered that they were gold , and filled his pockets with them . The news got abroad , and a crowd of persons assembled to collect as much of the treasure as remained . It is said that several hundred pieces of gold , corresponding in size to sixpence , shillings , and half-crowns , were taken away . They are believed to be coins of various reigns , and the dates

upon them are stated to range from 1060 to 1680 . Numerous telegrams have been received from different parts of the world of satisfactory observations having been maele of the transit of Mercury on Monday week . At the Mcudon Observatory M . Janssen was able to perceive Mercury before its entrance on to the solar disc—a phenomenon also observed in Japan in 1874—'

proving , it is said , the existence of a vast gaseous atmosphere round the sun , a discovery made M . Janssen in 1871 , and styled by him " a coronal atmosphere . " He also obtained a spectrum analysis of Mercury ' s atmosphere , the composition of which is still unknown , and succeeded in getting a photograph of the planet a quarter of an hour after the transit commenced . Its real diameter rnayi therefore , be ascertained .