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Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .
Sir Knight J . B . Maclcoel Moore , in his address to the Grand Priory of Canada , August , 1877 , states that the " old English Templar ceremony differs very much from our present one , claiming a derivation from the ancient mysteries , as also a Rosycrucian origin . It was expressed in obscure language , evidently to disguise the design of the secret societies , entertained before the Reformation , to
upset the Papal power . " This is a very remarkable statement , on more grounds than one ; and as a student of old Rituals I should like very much to know on what actual evidence it is founded . When I " worked up" the" Evidence of the Templars in England , " I coulel find no old Ritual . The one in use is ejuite modern , anel , I believe , dees not date from much before i 8 si . Can any one sjivc me a clue to
an old Templar Ritual ot the last century ? 1 have reasons for asking this , though , ( not being a Templar ) , I do not require to see the whole Ritual . A very little portion , especially of that part of it which conforms in any way to the description in our esteemed Grand Prior ' s speech , woulel be quite sufficient , that it claimed " a
Rosycrucian origin , " was " expressed in obscure language , evidently to elisguise the elesign of the secret societies , entertaineel before the Reformation to upset the Papal power . " If the Great Prior of Canada will kindly communicate with me through the Editor , I will tell him why I am interested in such statements . MASONIC STUDENT .
THE "ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . " Our brother " Craftsman " has raised a very important question as lo the " high degrees " ( so called _ l , which cannot , I think , be settled finally in ordinary correspondence in the Freemason . Though these degrees are often callcel the " Hautes Grades , " it is from unfeeling of antagonism to Craft Masonry , e > r to declare that the ' Three Degrees "
of Universal Freemasoniy are lower in value than those of the " Ancient anil Accepteel Rite . " The term has arisen doubtless from ihe fact that the Craft elegrccs arc a prerequisite to the othes , and hence the terms high or higher degrees mean simply beyond or after . Many of the degrees in question are so esscnti illy different to Craft Masonry lhat no compaiison can be made , and while we are
free to admit that several beyond the first three mentioned by our brother are wholly unnecessary and undesirable , there are others , which for their beauty , Masonic symbolism , anel general importance , have a claim upon our lasting regard anel support . The gradual elimination of the first class anil the prominent position of the second are in course of attainment . Our brother will doubtless see that
all the degrees of which he speiks must not be placed in the same category , for the elegrees of the " Ancient and Accepted Rite " have not always been , and are not now generally considered to be exclusively Christian . Whilst I cannot spare the time at present to discuss the matter at all as it deserves , there is one test we can all apply , viz ., to test the subject in the light of facts . By tbeir fruits let
Ihcm be known . Is it not a fact that generally the best workers in the Craft are the heartiest supporters of the " Ancient ami Accepted" and other Rites , from II . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., and the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro G . Master , downwards ? I have long noticed this to be a fact , as doubtless cur brother " Craftsman " has . There are exceptions , of course ,
and honourable ones , for we all please ourselves as to what degrees wc support . My own opinion is still , as from the beginning , that Masonic degrees date from early last century , and , therefore , the elifference of age cannot be so much for one or more to be exalted at the expense of others te | ually worthy in other respects . Brother " Craftsman " is right as lo the difficulties abroad through the actions of certain supporters of the "high elegrees , " but even then
eiften such foolish breihren have really been working under Grand Orients working all the Thirty-three or Ninety-six Degrees . The great M . isonic scholar , General Pike , has given many reasons for the statement that Frederick the Great was the supporter of the A . and A . Rite , the work being in the Grand Library at Golden-square . I also have a opy . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN .
I have seen the above admirable paper of my valucel friend Bro . W . J . Hughan , and think it well to add the following remarks : 1 . I quite agree with Bro . Hughan as to the real meaning of " Hautes Grades , " though there always has been , anel still is , a disposition in some grades to esteem the Christian Grades " more gentlemanly " than the Craft . This I , for
one , think a grave mistake , anil against any such theory 1 always have protesteel anel always shall protest . 2 . With regard to the antiquity of degrees , per se , 1 will admit , with Bro . Hughan , that the recognition of our present nomenclature dates from 1717 . I am not quite prepared to concede that 110 evidence exists of three graeles before 1717 . The High Grades , and even if I allow an
Hermetic Grade to have existed in 1717 , are all subsequent to Ramsay ' s famous aelelress , 1740 . At least if Bro . Hughan does , I know of no evidence so far , barring an Hermetic Grade , of their existence . With regard to the Christianity of the Ancient andjAcccptcd Scottish Rite , no doubt some of the grades are pre-Christian in their history , but the more modern degrees are , surely , essentially Christian . It may be
that they are the s : ijuel of the Royal Arch , which has its Triune teaching , and on this point I ijuite concede that much may be said . , 3- As reganls the connection of Freelerick the Great with the Ancient anel Accepted Scottish Rite , I fear that I cannot go with Bro . Hughan . Statements , however ingenious , cannot alter facts , anel some very serious facts
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
have to be got over by Bro . Albert Pike , which may be summed up as follows : 1 . The unauthenticity anil ungenuineness of the allegeel charter of Frederick the Great , in that the names arc either spurious or unknown . 2 . The fact that no contemporary evidence of the fact can be found . 3 . That no German waiter of any credit has ever supported the charter as an historical documenl . 4 . The
internal evidence of the charter , betraying its own incorrectness and unreality , and in the fact , undoubted , that Frederick the Great never was known to have had anything to do with Masonry , except as a Craft system . I have , like Bro . Hughan , studied the subject very carefully , ( though I have not seen Bro . Pike ' s work ) , but I have before me all the available elocuments , and since I saw
them and studied them I have always been persuaded of their unhistorical and mythic character . If Bro . Pike can bring forward any evidence as to such a meeting at Berlin , or that any of the alleged signitarics ever attended such a meeting , I am open to conviction . As Bro . Hughan knows , Lcnning and Findel , the Handbuch and Kloss , equally repudiate the charter , and it is not accepted by Mackay . CRAFTSMAN .
Reviews.
Reviews .
TRANSACTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL OF DELIBERATION , ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE , PHILADELPHIA . Wc have received this well printed record of an important body in America .
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY . H ENRY W . RUGG , Editor , Providence , Rhode Island , U . S . We have read with' pleasure this interesting anel well edited magazine for June .
THE LIBERAL FREEMASON . ALFRED CHAPMAN , Boston . This able magazine pursues the even tenour of its way alike wilh utility and effect .
MASONIC ADVOCATE . Indianopolic , U . S . We always receive and read an old fricnel with pleasure audpiofit . PRACTICAL GUIDE TO NORTH WALES , by II . T . JENKINSON . Edward Stanford , 55 , Charing Cross . We have run through this " Practical Guielc" with
much salisfacticn , as we have been struck with the amount of local and practical information which it supplies in a most convenient compass and at a very cheap rate . Whether for the sojourner at some pleasant seaside place , or the pedestrian climbing Welsh mountains ; whether for
the " gentleman tourist at ease , " or a . " reading party 111 the long vacation , " this little work is just the sort of book to put into one ' s travelling bag , as it will afford to all a fund of information and direction , alike valuable and important . It is one of the best arranged and clearly written guide books wc have seen for some time .
KENNINGS MASONIC CYCLOPEDIA . This work in brief compass , embodies the main points of information required by the general outside student of Freemasonry . Planned in the form of a dictionary , and alphabetically arranged , it lacks the cohesion of a consecutive history , but
possesses all the advantages of cycletprrjdic treatment in detail , anel misses nothing of material value to the inquirer . The doors of the great temple of the Masons are thrown almost wide open , and the forms of things usually deemed mysteries are partly discerned . The annals of Freemasonry are given in sufficient detail for a tolerably
distinct comprehension of its past fortunes in different lands . Its principles , under elivcrs headings , as they arise in order are explained and commendeel . The benefits of brotherhood which it has conferred on mankind in the various predicaments of travel , trade enterprise , and misfortune , are shown to be great ; and the chief objections to Masonry ,
as a system of secrecy , puerile foibles , and false cosmopolitanism , are fairly met in iffect , if not by formal argument . As a handbook of moderate price and much completeness within the limits , it bids fair to be of great service to the Guild and general inquirers . When wc consider the vast proportions anel eliversified ramifications of
Freemasonry , it must be confessed that its literature has been unaccountably limited . Its books ' have been large and rare rather than popular and wel l diffused . This " Cyclopedia , " judiciously edited by Mr . Woodforel , is not likely , we think , to dissapoint either publisher or purchasers . — Echo , July lOth .
Her Majesty has confirmed the nomination by the Master of the Rolls of Mr . William Hardy , F . S . A ., as Deputy Keeper of the Public Records . We understand , that with a view to afford greater accommodation , anil to be in a more Central position , Messrs Feltoe and Sons ( of Albemarle Street ) the Proprietors of the Celebrated "Specialite" Sherry , "free from Acidity and Heat" have removed their City address to 126 , Bishopsgatc-street , E . C . Corner of Cornhill .
HOLLOW-AY ' S PILLS . —In general elebility , nervous tremor , anel mental expression , these unrivalled Pit's have a marvellous effect . They liave won ihe confidence of millions in all parts of the civilised world . Constitutions shaken by sensual excesses , or by long resilience in unwholesome climates , or by seelentary habitf , arc wonderfully rcnivateel by a course of this extraordinary meJicine , which , powerful as is ils action on ihe whole svstcm is
petlcctly harmless to the tendercst frame . The Pills a > e composed of rare balsams , without the admixture of a ^ rain cf any mineral whatever , or of any oilier eleleleiious substance . They operale directly , powerfully , and beneficially upon the whole mass of blnod ; nur can we iiucsllon the fact when we see indite stion cureel , llvci complaints arrested , the oppressed limits brought into healthful play , and every physical lunction rencwcel and strengthened by their aticncy , —f AUVT . 1
Notes On Art, &C.
NOTES ON ART , & c .
A Museum of Decorative Art in Paris is being organisccef . Sir R . Wallace has subscribed £ 400 towards it , and upwarels of £ 42 , 000 has already been collected from other sources . In addition to the medailles d'honneur awarded at Paris to English Art to Mr . Herkomer and Mr . Millais ,
the medals proper have been awarded to the under-mentioned English artists -. —Mr . G . F . Watts and Mr . Alma Tadema ; these are " first medals . " The following are of the second-class—Mr . Ouless and Mr . Calderon . The following are of the third-class—Sir J . Gilbert , Messrs . Orchardson , Pettie , Leslie Riviere , and Green . The other foreign medallists arc M . Wantcrs of Belgium , Herr
Mackart of Austria , and Herr Munkacsy of Hungary . The Frenchmen thus honoured are MM . Cabanel , Gdrome , Meissonnier , Francais , and Bouguereau . The Glasgow Fine Art Loan Exhibition appears to be a great success , the attendance up to last week being 415 , 000 , and the amount to the credit in the bank being £ 3000 . The Committee have now decided to keep the
Exhibition open in August , in order to afford English and other tourists when passing through Glasgow to the Highlands an opportunity of seeing the art treasures of Glasgow . A Scientific , Literary , and Artistic Expedition is about to be unelertaken under the direction of Professors Panchich and Valtrovich , of Belgrade , through the newlyacquired districts of Old Servia , for the purpose of examining
the old churches and monasteries there , taking sketches of the historical remains and collecting MSS ., and whatever other literary curiosities are to be found . The Royal Society of Musicians have given 20 guineas to a fund now being raised on behalf of Mr . John Parry , who is in distressed circumstances . The Musical Scholarship in the Ladies'
Division of the Crystal Palace School of Art , Science , and Literature was awarded on Saturday to Miss H . Blagdcn , of Sydenham . Mr . Brinley Richards and Mr . E . J . Hopkins were the examiners . The monument , after the type of the Albert and Scott Memorials , to be ercctcel to the memory of King Leopold I ., in the park of Laeken , is to be the collective
work of a number ot artists . The general plan has been intrusted to M . de Curtc , anil M . G . Gcefs will be responsible for the statue of the King , which is to be placed under a canopy in the shape of a Gothic tower , 40 metres in height , and surmounted by a work representing the Genius of the N . iticn . Arouuel it will be placeel allegorical statues of the nine provinces , which will be executed by the best
sculptors 111 Belgium . —Academy . At the meeting last week of the St . Paul ' s Completion Funel Committee it was decieled to adorn the interior of the elome with mosaic , and in order to try the effect of the proposed treatment the whole surface of the elome will be at once covered with paper bearing representations in colour of the suggested elcsigns .
Mr . Brock has been chosen to be the sculptor of the memorial of Sir Rowland Hill which is to be erected at Kidderminster . The Australian Colonies , as a whole , are especially well representee ! at the Paris Exhibition , where each political elivision of the great islanel-continent possesses a small section to itself , in which it can display its own
particular manufactures and products to the best advantage . Foremost of the groups comes the Victorian Court , which contains a very fair collection of the exhibits of that colony . One of the chief features of the Court is an obelisk , showing the amount of golel taken from each mine ; while in the centre of the section is a grand trophy , around which stand figures of diggers , of stock-drivers , and of natives .
I here are minor trophies of cloth , bottles of wine , and biscuits ; while wool , preserved meats , furs , models of the Jruits grown in the colony , native-raised silk , and even chemicals , metal castors , carriages , and billiard-tables form a prominent part of the display . One of the prettiest exhibits is a case of emus' eggs , handsomely and tastefully set in silver . The mineral exhibit is exceedingly good , as
might have been expected , the cases of auriferous quartz and " wash-dirt" being especially interesting . Altogether the whole Court , anil the careful and thoughtful manner in which the exhibits have been arranged , reflect great credit upon the gentlemen in charge . The Assyrian Exploie ¦ , M . Hormwzd Hassam , the successor of the late Mr . George Smith , is on his way home from Nineveh with relics which he has secured for the
British Museum . The British Museum has also received for inspection a fossil lobster-like crustacean from the Wenlock shale . The oldest fossil of this type previously known was from the carboniferous strata found at Mons . A new weekly journal , entitled the Britannic , to be devoted to the interests of British subjects in the United States , will shortly appear in New York . At present there is no English newspaper throughout the United Stales .
Some details have reached us concerning a large collection in entomology made by Henry Edwards , of San Francisco , during the last 25 years . Professor Davidson , president of the Acaelemy of Sciences , states that this collection of insects is one of the largest ever made in the United States , and by far the most complete ever made on the Pacific coast . It consists of about 60 , 000 species ,
comprising more than 200 , 000 specimens . These include not only all the orelcrs on the Pacific coast , but nearly or quite all in the United States , with a large representation of orders from all parts of the vvorlel . The collection is said to be really one of the most complete known in any country . It is valued at 12 , 000 , elols . or rather , that is about the sum expenelcii in freights , cabinets , and the purchase of rare : specimens . The labour of 2 ^ years is not estimated .
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Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .
Sir Knight J . B . Maclcoel Moore , in his address to the Grand Priory of Canada , August , 1877 , states that the " old English Templar ceremony differs very much from our present one , claiming a derivation from the ancient mysteries , as also a Rosycrucian origin . It was expressed in obscure language , evidently to disguise the design of the secret societies , entertained before the Reformation , to
upset the Papal power . " This is a very remarkable statement , on more grounds than one ; and as a student of old Rituals I should like very much to know on what actual evidence it is founded . When I " worked up" the" Evidence of the Templars in England , " I coulel find no old Ritual . The one in use is ejuite modern , anel , I believe , dees not date from much before i 8 si . Can any one sjivc me a clue to
an old Templar Ritual ot the last century ? 1 have reasons for asking this , though , ( not being a Templar ) , I do not require to see the whole Ritual . A very little portion , especially of that part of it which conforms in any way to the description in our esteemed Grand Prior ' s speech , woulel be quite sufficient , that it claimed " a
Rosycrucian origin , " was " expressed in obscure language , evidently to elisguise the elesign of the secret societies , entertaineel before the Reformation to upset the Papal power . " If the Great Prior of Canada will kindly communicate with me through the Editor , I will tell him why I am interested in such statements . MASONIC STUDENT .
THE "ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE . " Our brother " Craftsman " has raised a very important question as lo the " high degrees " ( so called _ l , which cannot , I think , be settled finally in ordinary correspondence in the Freemason . Though these degrees are often callcel the " Hautes Grades , " it is from unfeeling of antagonism to Craft Masonry , e > r to declare that the ' Three Degrees "
of Universal Freemasoniy are lower in value than those of the " Ancient anil Accepteel Rite . " The term has arisen doubtless from ihe fact that the Craft elegrccs arc a prerequisite to the othes , and hence the terms high or higher degrees mean simply beyond or after . Many of the degrees in question are so esscnti illy different to Craft Masonry lhat no compaiison can be made , and while we are
free to admit that several beyond the first three mentioned by our brother are wholly unnecessary and undesirable , there are others , which for their beauty , Masonic symbolism , anel general importance , have a claim upon our lasting regard anel support . The gradual elimination of the first class anil the prominent position of the second are in course of attainment . Our brother will doubtless see that
all the degrees of which he speiks must not be placed in the same category , for the elegrees of the " Ancient and Accepted Rite " have not always been , and are not now generally considered to be exclusively Christian . Whilst I cannot spare the time at present to discuss the matter at all as it deserves , there is one test we can all apply , viz ., to test the subject in the light of facts . By tbeir fruits let
Ihcm be known . Is it not a fact that generally the best workers in the Craft are the heartiest supporters of the " Ancient ami Accepted" and other Rites , from II . R . H . the Prince of Wales , M . W . G . M ., and the Right Hon . the Earl of Carnarvon , Pro G . Master , downwards ? I have long noticed this to be a fact , as doubtless cur brother " Craftsman " has . There are exceptions , of course ,
and honourable ones , for we all please ourselves as to what degrees wc support . My own opinion is still , as from the beginning , that Masonic degrees date from early last century , and , therefore , the elifference of age cannot be so much for one or more to be exalted at the expense of others te | ually worthy in other respects . Brother " Craftsman " is right as lo the difficulties abroad through the actions of certain supporters of the "high elegrees , " but even then
eiften such foolish breihren have really been working under Grand Orients working all the Thirty-three or Ninety-six Degrees . The great M . isonic scholar , General Pike , has given many reasons for the statement that Frederick the Great was the supporter of the A . and A . Rite , the work being in the Grand Library at Golden-square . I also have a opy . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN .
I have seen the above admirable paper of my valucel friend Bro . W . J . Hughan , and think it well to add the following remarks : 1 . I quite agree with Bro . Hughan as to the real meaning of " Hautes Grades , " though there always has been , anel still is , a disposition in some grades to esteem the Christian Grades " more gentlemanly " than the Craft . This I , for
one , think a grave mistake , anil against any such theory 1 always have protesteel anel always shall protest . 2 . With regard to the antiquity of degrees , per se , 1 will admit , with Bro . Hughan , that the recognition of our present nomenclature dates from 1717 . I am not quite prepared to concede that 110 evidence exists of three graeles before 1717 . The High Grades , and even if I allow an
Hermetic Grade to have existed in 1717 , are all subsequent to Ramsay ' s famous aelelress , 1740 . At least if Bro . Hughan does , I know of no evidence so far , barring an Hermetic Grade , of their existence . With regard to the Christianity of the Ancient andjAcccptcd Scottish Rite , no doubt some of the grades are pre-Christian in their history , but the more modern degrees are , surely , essentially Christian . It may be
that they are the s : ijuel of the Royal Arch , which has its Triune teaching , and on this point I ijuite concede that much may be said . , 3- As reganls the connection of Freelerick the Great with the Ancient anel Accepted Scottish Rite , I fear that I cannot go with Bro . Hughan . Statements , however ingenious , cannot alter facts , anel some very serious facts
Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.
have to be got over by Bro . Albert Pike , which may be summed up as follows : 1 . The unauthenticity anil ungenuineness of the allegeel charter of Frederick the Great , in that the names arc either spurious or unknown . 2 . The fact that no contemporary evidence of the fact can be found . 3 . That no German waiter of any credit has ever supported the charter as an historical documenl . 4 . The
internal evidence of the charter , betraying its own incorrectness and unreality , and in the fact , undoubted , that Frederick the Great never was known to have had anything to do with Masonry , except as a Craft system . I have , like Bro . Hughan , studied the subject very carefully , ( though I have not seen Bro . Pike ' s work ) , but I have before me all the available elocuments , and since I saw
them and studied them I have always been persuaded of their unhistorical and mythic character . If Bro . Pike can bring forward any evidence as to such a meeting at Berlin , or that any of the alleged signitarics ever attended such a meeting , I am open to conviction . As Bro . Hughan knows , Lcnning and Findel , the Handbuch and Kloss , equally repudiate the charter , and it is not accepted by Mackay . CRAFTSMAN .
Reviews.
Reviews .
TRANSACTIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL OF DELIBERATION , ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE , PHILADELPHIA . Wc have received this well printed record of an important body in America .
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY . H ENRY W . RUGG , Editor , Providence , Rhode Island , U . S . We have read with' pleasure this interesting anel well edited magazine for June .
THE LIBERAL FREEMASON . ALFRED CHAPMAN , Boston . This able magazine pursues the even tenour of its way alike wilh utility and effect .
MASONIC ADVOCATE . Indianopolic , U . S . We always receive and read an old fricnel with pleasure audpiofit . PRACTICAL GUIDE TO NORTH WALES , by II . T . JENKINSON . Edward Stanford , 55 , Charing Cross . We have run through this " Practical Guielc" with
much salisfacticn , as we have been struck with the amount of local and practical information which it supplies in a most convenient compass and at a very cheap rate . Whether for the sojourner at some pleasant seaside place , or the pedestrian climbing Welsh mountains ; whether for
the " gentleman tourist at ease , " or a . " reading party 111 the long vacation , " this little work is just the sort of book to put into one ' s travelling bag , as it will afford to all a fund of information and direction , alike valuable and important . It is one of the best arranged and clearly written guide books wc have seen for some time .
KENNINGS MASONIC CYCLOPEDIA . This work in brief compass , embodies the main points of information required by the general outside student of Freemasonry . Planned in the form of a dictionary , and alphabetically arranged , it lacks the cohesion of a consecutive history , but
possesses all the advantages of cycletprrjdic treatment in detail , anel misses nothing of material value to the inquirer . The doors of the great temple of the Masons are thrown almost wide open , and the forms of things usually deemed mysteries are partly discerned . The annals of Freemasonry are given in sufficient detail for a tolerably
distinct comprehension of its past fortunes in different lands . Its principles , under elivcrs headings , as they arise in order are explained and commendeel . The benefits of brotherhood which it has conferred on mankind in the various predicaments of travel , trade enterprise , and misfortune , are shown to be great ; and the chief objections to Masonry ,
as a system of secrecy , puerile foibles , and false cosmopolitanism , are fairly met in iffect , if not by formal argument . As a handbook of moderate price and much completeness within the limits , it bids fair to be of great service to the Guild and general inquirers . When wc consider the vast proportions anel eliversified ramifications of
Freemasonry , it must be confessed that its literature has been unaccountably limited . Its books ' have been large and rare rather than popular and wel l diffused . This " Cyclopedia , " judiciously edited by Mr . Woodforel , is not likely , we think , to dissapoint either publisher or purchasers . — Echo , July lOth .
Her Majesty has confirmed the nomination by the Master of the Rolls of Mr . William Hardy , F . S . A ., as Deputy Keeper of the Public Records . We understand , that with a view to afford greater accommodation , anil to be in a more Central position , Messrs Feltoe and Sons ( of Albemarle Street ) the Proprietors of the Celebrated "Specialite" Sherry , "free from Acidity and Heat" have removed their City address to 126 , Bishopsgatc-street , E . C . Corner of Cornhill .
HOLLOW-AY ' S PILLS . —In general elebility , nervous tremor , anel mental expression , these unrivalled Pit's have a marvellous effect . They liave won ihe confidence of millions in all parts of the civilised world . Constitutions shaken by sensual excesses , or by long resilience in unwholesome climates , or by seelentary habitf , arc wonderfully rcnivateel by a course of this extraordinary meJicine , which , powerful as is ils action on ihe whole svstcm is
petlcctly harmless to the tendercst frame . The Pills a > e composed of rare balsams , without the admixture of a ^ rain cf any mineral whatever , or of any oilier eleleleiious substance . They operale directly , powerfully , and beneficially upon the whole mass of blnod ; nur can we iiucsllon the fact when we see indite stion cureel , llvci complaints arrested , the oppressed limits brought into healthful play , and every physical lunction rencwcel and strengthened by their aticncy , —f AUVT . 1
Notes On Art, &C.
NOTES ON ART , & c .
A Museum of Decorative Art in Paris is being organisccef . Sir R . Wallace has subscribed £ 400 towards it , and upwarels of £ 42 , 000 has already been collected from other sources . In addition to the medailles d'honneur awarded at Paris to English Art to Mr . Herkomer and Mr . Millais ,
the medals proper have been awarded to the under-mentioned English artists -. —Mr . G . F . Watts and Mr . Alma Tadema ; these are " first medals . " The following are of the second-class—Mr . Ouless and Mr . Calderon . The following are of the third-class—Sir J . Gilbert , Messrs . Orchardson , Pettie , Leslie Riviere , and Green . The other foreign medallists arc M . Wantcrs of Belgium , Herr
Mackart of Austria , and Herr Munkacsy of Hungary . The Frenchmen thus honoured are MM . Cabanel , Gdrome , Meissonnier , Francais , and Bouguereau . The Glasgow Fine Art Loan Exhibition appears to be a great success , the attendance up to last week being 415 , 000 , and the amount to the credit in the bank being £ 3000 . The Committee have now decided to keep the
Exhibition open in August , in order to afford English and other tourists when passing through Glasgow to the Highlands an opportunity of seeing the art treasures of Glasgow . A Scientific , Literary , and Artistic Expedition is about to be unelertaken under the direction of Professors Panchich and Valtrovich , of Belgrade , through the newlyacquired districts of Old Servia , for the purpose of examining
the old churches and monasteries there , taking sketches of the historical remains and collecting MSS ., and whatever other literary curiosities are to be found . The Royal Society of Musicians have given 20 guineas to a fund now being raised on behalf of Mr . John Parry , who is in distressed circumstances . The Musical Scholarship in the Ladies'
Division of the Crystal Palace School of Art , Science , and Literature was awarded on Saturday to Miss H . Blagdcn , of Sydenham . Mr . Brinley Richards and Mr . E . J . Hopkins were the examiners . The monument , after the type of the Albert and Scott Memorials , to be ercctcel to the memory of King Leopold I ., in the park of Laeken , is to be the collective
work of a number ot artists . The general plan has been intrusted to M . de Curtc , anil M . G . Gcefs will be responsible for the statue of the King , which is to be placed under a canopy in the shape of a Gothic tower , 40 metres in height , and surmounted by a work representing the Genius of the N . iticn . Arouuel it will be placeel allegorical statues of the nine provinces , which will be executed by the best
sculptors 111 Belgium . —Academy . At the meeting last week of the St . Paul ' s Completion Funel Committee it was decieled to adorn the interior of the elome with mosaic , and in order to try the effect of the proposed treatment the whole surface of the elome will be at once covered with paper bearing representations in colour of the suggested elcsigns .
Mr . Brock has been chosen to be the sculptor of the memorial of Sir Rowland Hill which is to be erected at Kidderminster . The Australian Colonies , as a whole , are especially well representee ! at the Paris Exhibition , where each political elivision of the great islanel-continent possesses a small section to itself , in which it can display its own
particular manufactures and products to the best advantage . Foremost of the groups comes the Victorian Court , which contains a very fair collection of the exhibits of that colony . One of the chief features of the Court is an obelisk , showing the amount of golel taken from each mine ; while in the centre of the section is a grand trophy , around which stand figures of diggers , of stock-drivers , and of natives .
I here are minor trophies of cloth , bottles of wine , and biscuits ; while wool , preserved meats , furs , models of the Jruits grown in the colony , native-raised silk , and even chemicals , metal castors , carriages , and billiard-tables form a prominent part of the display . One of the prettiest exhibits is a case of emus' eggs , handsomely and tastefully set in silver . The mineral exhibit is exceedingly good , as
might have been expected , the cases of auriferous quartz and " wash-dirt" being especially interesting . Altogether the whole Court , anil the careful and thoughtful manner in which the exhibits have been arranged , reflect great credit upon the gentlemen in charge . The Assyrian Exploie ¦ , M . Hormwzd Hassam , the successor of the late Mr . George Smith , is on his way home from Nineveh with relics which he has secured for the
British Museum . The British Museum has also received for inspection a fossil lobster-like crustacean from the Wenlock shale . The oldest fossil of this type previously known was from the carboniferous strata found at Mons . A new weekly journal , entitled the Britannic , to be devoted to the interests of British subjects in the United States , will shortly appear in New York . At present there is no English newspaper throughout the United Stales .
Some details have reached us concerning a large collection in entomology made by Henry Edwards , of San Francisco , during the last 25 years . Professor Davidson , president of the Acaelemy of Sciences , states that this collection of insects is one of the largest ever made in the United States , and by far the most complete ever made on the Pacific coast . It consists of about 60 , 000 species ,
comprising more than 200 , 000 specimens . These include not only all the orelcrs on the Pacific coast , but nearly or quite all in the United States , with a large representation of orders from all parts of the vvorlel . The collection is said to be really one of the most complete known in any country . It is valued at 12 , 000 , elols . or rather , that is about the sum expenelcii in freights , cabinets , and the purchase of rare : specimens . The labour of 2 ^ years is not estimated .