Multum In Parbo,Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .

COLE'S LIST OF LODGES . Referring to the notes on this subject in your recent issues , the following particulars respecting Lodge No . 264 , which are taken from the recorels of the P . G . L . of West Yorkshire , may be of interest to Bro . Lamonby : —Lodge 264 was warranted on the 5 th July , 178 S , and was first opened at the Ship , in Cockermouth , under thc

name of Honour and Perseverance , No . 527 , and became No . 43 6 on the general alteration of numbers in 1792 . ^ was removed to Batley ( West Yorkshire ) , in 1801 , and opened in June , under dispensation from i . the P . G . M ., by brethren from the Leeds Lodge of Fidelity , at the Black Bull , under the name of Nelson of the Nile , and confirmed by Sir P . Parker , D . G . M ., ou the

2 ist February , 1804 , as testified by the signature of W . White , G . S . In 1 S 15 it became No . 500 , vvas removed to the Black Bull , at Mirfield , in May , 1816 , to the Freemasons'Arms , at Hopton , in October , 1819 , and to the Three Nuns , at Mirfield , in 1822 . In February , 1833 , it became No . 330 , and in December , 1843 , was removed to the Bridge Inn , at Carlinghow , and in December , 1846 , to

the Wilton Arms , at Batley . In July , 1863 , it became No . 264 , and is now held under tbat number at the Freemasons' Hall , Batley . I have a list of lodges in 1788 , and also one of 1792 , in the latter of which this lodge is numbered 436 . It may interest Bro . Lamonby to know that another of the West Yorkshire lodges also derives its parentage from

Cumberland . Thc Candour , No . 337 , which is now held at Saddleworth , was first opened at Penrith in 1776 under the name of Unanimity , No . 500 , and was altered in 1781 to No . 406 , and in 1792 to No . 328 . On the 6 th February , 1811 , its warrant was declared forfeited , but was reopened by order of Grand Lodge under the name of Candour , No . 63 s , which in 1813 became No . 422 , and is now

held as No . 337 . With respect to the lodges at Whitehaven , I may mention that in thc '' Freemasons' Pocket Companion " for 1764 , in thc list of lodges , there is one named as held on the first Monday at the George , Whitehaven ; and another , the Square and Compasses , on the second Monday , but no

numbers are given . The latter , according to the list of 1788 , was erased in 1786 under No . 169 . According to the "Pocket Companion" for 1764 , there appears to have been in existence at that time a lodge at Workington , meeting on the first Monday , and which was probably the No . 28 9 given in Cole ' s list . B . BnouoiiTON , P . M . 302 .

Reviews.

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REPORT OF THE METROPOLITAN AND CITY POLICE ORPHANAGE . We have read this clear and condensed report with much interest . Happily , its tale is one of steady advance and continued prosperity . Like all other similar useful institutions , ( and a test and proof , by the way , of its efficient working , ) it reports increased demands for admission ,

necessary new buildings , and a larger number of inmates to arrange for and provide for . We do not believe in dormant schools , or stationary orphanages , and just now , to use a popular saying , we are all " moving on . " So on every side we arc told of work developed and numbers augmented , in many a like needful and sheltering home for the orphan and the forlorn . We are glad to see that the

managing committee , recognising the pressing need , has carried out , and is proceeding with some requisite additions , and we feel sure that thc committee will not appeal in vain to friends and supporters , to sec them through the present needful expenditure , and the subsequent enlarged demands on their annual income . Nothing can be more healthy or satisfactory than the state of the orphanage , reflecting credit

on its external and internal management . It is improving steadily , scholastically ; thc standard is gradually becoming higher , and financially it receives , as it deserves , the support of an increasing list of subscribers . One of the great elements of the success of the institution is its selfsupporting character . Out of 11 , 028 inspectors , sergeants , and constables , there are only 103 who , for various reasons ,

do not subscribe to the orpbanage—onc inspector , eleven sergeants , and ninety-one constables . The subscriptions from the force amount to £ 2313 9 s . id . This one fact speaks volumes , and when wc add that the united force of the City and Metropolitan Police has raised in addition £ 335 6 us . iod . by entertainments organised and carried out by the force , we see that out of a

return of £ 9 , 134 9 s . id ., £ 5 , 790 19 s . 2 d . have been raised in and by the force themselves , we feel that this is a remarkable proof , both of the reality and need and soundness of the undertaking . It is interesting also to note how public approval has followed the consistent and conscientious efforts of thc police to provide for the orphan children of their deceased or incapacitated comrades . In

1870 the subscribers outside the police were 603 , and in 1878 , eight years after the foundation of the institution , 3956 . The subscriptions and donations from the public for 1877 amounted to £ 3188 14 * . 6 . 1 ., the whole income ofthe institution , including balance from previous year , being £ 10 , 13 ? , (^ - 8 . 1 . The whale expenditure , exclusive of a cash balance at thc close of 1877 , of

£ 1152 ns . 8 d . and £ 2043 purchase of Metropolitan stock being £ 6943 9 * . 8 d . There is now funded property to thc amount of £ 5000 , but the orphanage is increasing its capabilities of accommodation , so as to take in 250 children , there being now 218 in the school , and alike for additional outlay and the increased annual expenditure , the institution requires the continued sympathy and support of the public . We are glad to call at-

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tention to the interesting and practical report of a well managed , much needed , and most deserving institution , and we feel sure that it will continue to prosper in the future as in past and present . Indeed for so young an institution its success is most remarkable .

Public Amusements.

Public Amusements .

ADELPHI THEATRE . —lt is pleasing to learn that thc efforts maele by Mr . Carl Rosa to encourage English Opera are being rewarded . This season is more than likely to be thc most profitable one he has experienced both from a pecuniary and histrionic point of view . Besides the " Merry Wives of Windsor" the "Golden Cross"by Ignaz Brull , bas been produced for thc first time in this country with

marked success , and the pretty , tenor song so ably sang by Mr . Mass is already being hummed indoors and outdoors , like mojt operatic airs that manage to catch hold of the popular fancy . Thcopera itself is simpleand unpretending , but it is sweet and melodious , and further , the story is pathetic without being melodramatic . Wc are not treated to an immoral amour between a frail wife and her

tenor lover ; the hero docs not take poison and the heroine does not die of a broken heart ; but our interest is absorbed in as sweet a pastoral story as ever graced the boards of a theatre . When we add that the composer has grasped thc -idyll of the poet we have little more to say . The singing cannot altogether be deemed to be satisfactory , but Mr . Maas , the tenor , thoroughly confirms the opinion of

the American press , and makes up for the shortcomings of some of the other artists engaged in thc piece . He has a clear voice of excellent quality , and has no more difficulty in executing a B natural than he would have in executing a B flat . Miss Julia Gaylord acts pleasantly and sings nicely , and is exactly suited to the part of Christina , and is ably supported by Miss Josephine Yorke , a most useful

contralto full , but perhaps a trifle beeswingy , if we may be excused thc term . Ofthe others , the less said the better , for one gentleman bellows like a bull , whilst thc other produces a sound which strikes one ' s ear like a child snivelling in an easterly wind . The band , conducted by Mr . Carl Rosa , needs no comment ; it can blow its own trumpet , which , by the way , it does rather too "fortissimo" at times . "Faust "

drew a crowded audience to witness thc debut of Miss Fechter , a daughter of the celebrated actor . She acted superbly , and sang rather poorly , we trust from nervousness . She is best in the jewel song , and in the last act . Mr . Maas was Faust , and we don't desire to hear a better , nor do we wish to hear a better Valentine than Mr . Ludwig . We should like to hear a better Mephistophiles than Mr . F . II . Celli ,

and if we did not hear a better Martha than Mrs . Aynsley Ccok we would undertake to sing it ourselves when we had a cold . Miss Yorke took the part of Sibyl , and a Mr . Dodd—¦ we think that is the gentleman ' s name—amused himself , or seemed to , in the part of Wagner . He might have been representing Wagner , but it vvas not Gounod's Wagner nor Gounod ' s music that he sang . Did wc say sang ?—we beg his pardon , we meant vociferated .

STRAND . — " Dora and Diplunacy " is a smart parody on Sardou ' s piece , nowrunningat the Prince of "Wales ' s . Miss Sanger , Miss Vennc , Mr . Penley , and M . Marius have respectively caught to a nicety the mannerisms of Mrs . Kendal , Mrs . Bancroft , Mr . Cecil , and Mr . Bancroft , and

altogethcr , the little trifle is a capital take off of "Diplomacy , " and affords infinite amusement to large houfes . The burlesque is preceded by " Family Ties , " in which Miss Swanborough makes the most out of the part of the heroine , " Mrs . Lennox . "

LYCEUM . —Through the intelligence , energy , and perseverance of Mr . Irving , this theatre may now truly be said to be thc home of legitimate drama in England . The last great character essayed by Mr . Irving is that of " Louis XL , " and if in some few respects hc falls short of

the delineation given as by Charles Kean , he is in many other respects far superior either to Kean or Phelps . With the exception of " Richelieu , " we are of opinion that Mr . Irving never selected a part better suited to demonstrate his great powers than that of " Louis XL" No lover of dramatic art should fail to witness this truly grand performance .

The Prince of "Wales ' s visit to the printing office of the Paris Figaro the week before last was made the occasion of a small " fete " for the Prince , who has delighted the French by his genuine zeal in Exhibition matters , the journal suggesting that he should be styled not the " Prince de Galles , " but the " Prince de Gallia " ( of Gaul ) . After the Prince had inspected the machines

and the process of printing the paper he was taken into the Salle des Depeches , which was gay with flowers , and where a concert had been organised , Mesdames Judic and Theo and MM . Coquelin and St . Germain singing and reciting under the direction of M . Sardou . The congratulatory address in English , which the Prince had seen printed , was

presented to him on a sheet of vellum , ornamented with sketches of an English horseguard and a French soldier by MM . Detaille and Neuville , while after the concert the Prince partook of a " breuvage Anglais " ( by the way , what is an " English brew ! " ) M . Magnard proposed the health of the Queen and Prince in champagne .

HOLLOVV . VV ' S OINTMENT AND PILLS . —Rheumatism or Neuralgic Affections . —No diseases are more frequent , painful , or difficult to cum than these , l- 'rom their attacks no tissue of the- human body is exempt—image , sex , or calling secure . It is a blessing , however , to know that all these sufl ' ennRs -nay hccompletly and expeditiously subdued hy Hollow-ay ' s remedies . The Pills must assist in banisliinj- the tendency to rheumatism ami simi ! ir painful disorders . whilst lhe , Ointniint cures the local ailments , tbe fills removetlie constitutionul ilitsurhance and regulate the impaired function of every organ throughout the human bgdy . —AD « .

Notes On Art, &C.

NOTES ON ART , & c .

On Tuesday fortnight Renfrew Town-hall was almost totally destroyed by fire . The structure , which had a tower 135 ft . in height at the north-east corner , vvas opened in October , 1873 ; and now only the bare walls are left standing . Fortunately the ancient records of the burgh , which give the title of Baron Renfrew tothe heir apparent ,

were all secured , with the massive gold official chain of the Provost , which was worn for thc first time at thc Prince of Wales's visit to Renfrew . Thc loss is estimated at from £ 12 , 000 to £ i ;; , ooo ; but the building was insured to thc extent of nearly £ 7000 . A cast of Cleopatra ' s Needle is to be taken as soon as the obelisk is set up oa the Adelphi steps , so

that m the event of the Needle being injured by our London weather a trustworthy memorial of the original inscription may be preserved . The cast will be placed in the South Kensington Museum . Anent the Needle , May fair states that the salvers of thc Cleopatra will net about £ 2300 , of which one-third will go to the owners of the " Fitzmaurice , " a similar sum to the Captain , and the rest to the crew .

The week before last the professors and students of the Berlin University , assisted by civil and military dignitaries , held a grand " commerce , " or solemn beer-drinking revelry , in the time-honoured style of German academical life , to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of Professor A . Hofmann ' s birthday . A letter vvas read from the Chamberlain of the Crown Piince , expressing the regret

of his Imperial Highness at being prevented from attending the festivity . A Fine Collection of Turner ' s Pictures , which belonged to the artist ' s friend , Mr . Munro , is to be said at Christie's next month . Besides some excellent drawings , there are six splenditl oil paintings , known , as the Munro Turners , and little seen by the public of late years—the

subjects being " Ancient and Modem Italy , " "Ancient and Modern Rome , " "St . Mark's , Venice , " "Van Tromp ' s Shallop at the Mouth ofthe Scheldt , " " Venus and Adonis , " and " An Avalanche . " Old and modern masters are also represented in the collection , which includes examples by Maclise , Etty , Wilson , two of the set of Hogarth ' s " Marriage a la mode , " and Sir J . Reynolds's well-known " Kitty

Fisher with the Doves . " An ancient British tor , * which appears to have been worn as an ornament for the waist , has been founa six feet below thc surface , in some excavations which are being carried on upon the estate of Mr . Roof , Chignell . The ornament is of pure gold , curiously wrought , weight i 2 oz ., and is 40 m . long . It is to presented to the British

Museum . THE BRITISH MUSEUM . —Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson , K . C . B ., F . tt . S ., D . C . L ., LL . D ., & c , and Sir John Lubbock , M . P . F . R . S ., have been appointed trustees of the British Museum in the place of the late Right Hon . Sir David Dundas , and the late Sir William Stirling Maxwell .

German art at the Paris exhibition will be represented by about two hundred pictures and some important pieces of sculpture , while several pjintings are to be lent from the Emperor ' s collection and from thc public museums—military subjects , however , being forbidden . The Government has allowed £ 3730 for the expenses . The German collection will be placed in the square room

leading to the Fine Art Gallery in the Champ de Mars , and where the Gobelin tapestry , thc china from Sevres , and thc French Crown jewels were to have been placed . These French exhibits accordingly will be put close to the Prince of Wales' Indian collection . AFRICAN EXPEDITION . —Mr . Cotterill , who accompanied Captain Elton in the recent atlventurous journey ( which cost the latter his life ) from Lake Nyassa

to Ugogo , has arrived in England , and will probably give an account of the expedition and the great tract of new country travelled over at an early meeting of the Geographical Society . —Athenantm . Offenbach's new Spanish Opera , "Maitte Pcronilla , " came out at the Paris Bouffes last week . M . Viollet le Due , the well-known French painter and art critic , died recently at the age of sixty .

Prince Albert Victor of Wales officiated at the launch of a fine schooner from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs . Philip and Son , of Dartmouth . About a hundred naval cadets from the " Britannia " were present . The Field announces the death of Mr . John Cochrane , for many years a member of the Calcutta Bar , and who has been known for nearly sixty years as one of

the first of English chess-players . Mr . Cochrane introduced many novelties into the various openings in the game , and in IndU contended successfully against some of the famous native chess-players . He was about eighty years of age . The Post gives the text of the " commission "

by which the King of Italy has been made by Queen Victoria a Knight of thc Garter . It is in Latin , and begins : — "Victoria Kegina et Imperatrix , Victoria Dei GratiS . Britanniarum Regina , Fidei Defensor , India ; Imperatrix , et pramobilis Periscelidis sive Garterii Ordinis Suprema , omnibus ad quos praisentes litcra * pervenerint , Salutem . "

THE PARIS EXHIBITION . —The Prince of Wales has just sent to the Paris Exhibition two van loads of articles . NEW AFRICAN EXPEDITION . —It is rumoured that the Royal Geographical Society is likely soon to send out a new expedition for the exploration of Africa . The

region between Moinbtsi and Mount Kcuia , and Victoria Nyanza , is mentioned as the probable field uf this expedition . —Nut . tre . A new Weekly Journal—Alhlelic Worlddevoted entirely to Cricket , Football , Bicycling , Rowing , and Athletic Sports in general , is toappear en the '^ th prox .