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Mark Masonry.
Mark Masonry .
YORK . —York Lodge ( T . I . )—The regular meeting of this lodge vvas held on Tuesday , the 20 th inst ., Bro . the Rev . VV . Valentine presiding , supported by Bros . J . Todd , P . M ., as S . W . ; G . Balmford , P . M ., as J . W . ; T . B . Whytehead , P . M ., Secretary ; C . G . Padel , M . O . ; G . Garbutt , S . O . ; M . Millington , J . O . ; A . T . B . Turner , S . D . ; R . Walker , as J . D . ; J . Church , as I . G . ; and other members .
The Secretary read a letter of thanks from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire in response to a telegram . forwarded by him to Lincoln last month on the occasion of the installation of Bro . Chas . Harrison , M . D ., as R . W . Prov . G . M . M . Mason of that province . 'The VV . M . said he had received ' a courteous invitatation to be present at the consecration of the Fleming Mark Lodge at Newark on the 9 th prox . He regretted that he could not attend , but
trusted some of the brethren of the lodge would be able to be there . The Secretary read letters from Bros . Rev . W . C . Lukis , S . W ., and J . S . Cumberland , J . W ., explaining their absence from causes over which they had no control . Bro . T . B . Whytehead , P . M ., then brought forward a subject of which he had given notice , namely thc condition of Mark Masonry in the district of North and East Yorkshire . He said that some time ago he had moved in
the direction of the formation of a Mark province for N . and E . Yorkshire , but the Hull Mark lodges were opposed to the scheme , which had fallen through . He was now more than ever convinced that some steps should be taken in the direction of placing the lodges in the province under some form of provincial government . It would , he was satisfied , greatly tend to the advancement of the Degree to give active brethren an opportunity of obtaining the
reward of merit in the shape of provincial honours , which they did not at present possess . He admitted that a province consisting of four lodges ( the present number in N . and E . Yorkshire ) was not strong , though quite as strong as many others now in nourishing existence , and he was of opinion that the best plan that could be adopted would bc for those four lodges to petition the Grand Mark Lodge to extend the present Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West
Yorkshire over the whole county , so as to form a powerful province of the whole of Yorkshire . Many advantages would thereby bc secured , not the least being that provincial office would under such circumstances be much bcttet worth having than in weak provinces , where about every other Mark Mason wore provincial clothing . Moreover , a province of such dimensions would have some chance ol doing something for the Charities , whereas a newly-formed
and weak province would probably be in a financially crippled condition for years . He concluded some lengthy remarks by moving " That in the opinion of this lodge the time has arrived for considering the question of the status of Mark Masonry in North and East Yorkshire , and of the desirability of attaching the lodges to the Province of West Yorkshire , in order to form one province for the whole county of Yorkshire , and that the Secretary be empowered
to call a meeting at York , at an early date , of the Alasters , Past Masters , Wardens , Overseers , and Secretaries of Mark lodges in the district , in order to decide upon a course of action in reference thereto . " 'This resolution vvas seconded and strongly supported by Bro . J . 'Todd , P . M ., Bro . G . Balmford , P . M ., and other brethren , and carried unanimously ; a letter also being read from Bro .
Cumberland , entirely approving of the same . Bro . J . Todd then moved , and the J . O . ( Bro . Millington ) seconded a resolution , which also was carried unanimously— "That so far as this lodge is concerned it is strongly in favour of obtaining the sanction of the Grand Mark Lodge of England to be attached to the Province of West Yorkshire . " A candidate for advancement vvas proposed , and the lodge was closed at S . 30 p . m .
COCKERMOUTH . —Faithfull Lodge ( No . 229 ) . —The monthly meeting of this lodge vvas held on Wednesday evening , the 14 th inst ., in the Masonic Hall , Stationstreet . There were present Bros . K . Robinson , P . G . Sword Bearer , VV . M . ; W . II . Lewthwaite , P . G . Org ., S . W . ; W . F . Lamonby , P . M ., P . G . Sec , asj . W . ; ' K . W . Robinson , M . O . ; T . C . Robinson , S . O . ; Tl . Peacock , I . G ., J . Hewson , Tyler . 'The only business vvas the
election of the W . M . forthe ensuing year , when , on a ballot being taken , the choice of the brethren unanimously fell nn Bro . Capt . Sewell , P . G . Reg ., J . W ., who , being present with his regiment at the militia camp , could not attend . It vvas resolved , subsequent to the approval of the W . M . elect , to hold the installation in September , on the sameday as the Provincial Grand Lodge holds its annual meeting .
Ancient And Accepted Rite.
Ancient and Accepted Rite .
MOUNT CALVARY CHAPTER ( No . 4 ) . —A very successful meeting in connection with this old chapter was held at Golden-square on the ijth inst . Among those in attendance were Bros . 'I ' . VV . Cofiin , 30 , M . W . S . ; C . H . Driver , 31 , P . M . W . S ., acting H . P . in the absence of Comp . Ace , 31 , D . D . ; D . Nicols , 30 ° , ist General , M . W . S . elect ; VV . Roebuck , 31 , P . M . W . S ., acting 2 nd General ; F . Curlier , Raphael ; W . Paas , 30 ° P . M . W . S .,
Treasurer ; D . M . Dewar , P . M . W . S ., Recorder ; J . O . Wood , Captain of Guards ; A . Williams , 30 , Organist ; T . C . Walls , D . C . ; Hyde Pullen , 33 , P . M . W . S ' . ( hon . member ); Raynham VV . Stewart , P . M . W . S . ; F . VV . Driver , Joyce Murray , G . Graveley , J . E . Anderson , C . VV . Tayleur , 13 . F . Cramer , and G . Berkeley . 'The visitors were III . Bros . F . VV . Ramsey , M . D ., 30 '* , and J . Read , . -, o \ The minutes of the previous convocation having been read
and confirmed , llro . W . Browne Kidder was duly " perfected" by the M . W . S . III . Bro . Nicols vvas then presented by 111 . Bro . Charles Driver , anil installed as a M . W . S . by III . Bro . Collin , the ceremony heing ably performed . The officers appointed were Bros . the Rev . Dr . Ace , H . P . ( by deputy ); F . Curlier , ist General ; J . O . VVood , 2 nd General ; Alfred Wilkins , G . M . ; T . C . Walls ,
Raphael ; VV . Paas , Treasurer ; D . M . Dewar , Recorder ; F . W . Driver , C . of G . ; C . W . Tayleur , Organist ; and R . Berridge , D . C . The chapter was then closed according to ancient form , and the brethren adjourned to the Cafe Royale , where an excellent and elegantly-served banquet awaited them . The customary toasts followed . " 'The Health of the M . W . S . " was warmly proposed by III . Bro .
Ancient And Accepted Rite.
Coffin . The M . W . S ., having acknowledged the compliment , gave briefly but pertinently "The Newly-Perfected Brother . " This pledge having been cordially drunk , Ex . Bro . Kidder , in a few well-chosen sentences , expressed bis obligations to the members of the Mount Calvary Chapter for the distinction they had that evening conferred upon him . In concluding his remarks he said that he was particularly struck with the impressive manner in which the
ceremony had been performed . The toast of "The Past M . W . S . ' s" came next in order , and vvas acknowledged by 111 . Bro . Coffin upon behalf of himself and colleagues . The toasts of "The Visitors , " "Thc Treasurer and Recorder , " and " The Officers " followed in quick succession , and were duly replied to by the brethren thus honoured . 'The proceedings , which were highly successful throughout , then terminated .
Liteary And Antiquarian Notes.
Liteary and Antiquarian Notes .
From thememorialsof T . G . Faussett , Parker , and Co ., which has been dubbed a " delightful little volume , " several very interesting extracts might be made . Here are some of thc verses , for instance , sent to Dean Alfotd at his country house to let him know that no chapter meeting need be held that week : " H .-ec Decano dat
Auditor—C ; ede Jovi vitulum ! Tibi non est opus iter;—Nobis non Capitulum . Dnmi resque ubique vigent ; Arva slant valentia ; Silent cuncta qu .-e fatigent Cantuariensia .
Contra venti sunt brumales ( Audin—quanta vox ei ?) Si non reuuinoctiales . Saltern reque noxii . " Thc Artist says that what is , for its size , j" > robablv the most valuable piece of furniture extant has just
been inherited by the present Duke of Portland . This is a bimheur du jour table , 2 ft . wide , iSin . deep , and 2 ft . yin . high , of which the top , frieze , and back are overlaid with old Sevres plaques , and the mounts very highly chased and gilt . It was valued for probate at 10 , 100 guineas , and paid for at that valuation .
Messrs . MacmiH .-m and Co . will publish very shortly a biography of Etienne DoL-t , the scholar , poet , and printer of Lyons , who vvas burnt as an atheist in 154 - " . Mr . J . P . Anderson , of the t ' ritish Museum Library , is about to publish , through . Messrs . W . Satchell and Co ., a classiiied catalogue of the topographical books in that library relating to Great Britain and Ireland . 'This will be
the first classiiied catalogue yet published of any section of books of our national library . The Revue Critique states that a congress of Polish historians will meet at Cracow on the 19 th inst ., on the occasion of the 400 th anniversary of the death of thc famous annalist Dlugosz . Messrs . F . Mfiller and Co ., of Amsterdam , announce as in course of publication the
account of the journey and discoveries in the interior of Sumatra of thc expedition which was undcrtaked in 1 S 77-9 under the auspices of the Dutch Geographical Society . Mr . Alfred Tylor is enlarging and completing- his important papers on the principle of coloration in nature , and its applicability to architecture , which he read before the Anthropological Institute and the Royal Institute of British
Architects this session . I he Russian Government proposes to found an archielogical institute in Greece . Meanwhile it has sent Professor Sokolow and MAI . Krnstadt and Latyschew on a mission to Athens , tlie first-named for four months and the two latter for two years . Mr . Varlcy ' s Fgyptian Sketches , exhibiting at 7 , Haymarket , present an amount of blue sky that is
somewhat dazzling to us who dwell under the murky clouds of London , and it is a relief to turn to the one or two pictures taken under an evening light , and to the views of Gibraltar , drawn by Mr . Varley on his voyage out , which are added to the collection . 'Two of these show the magnificent rock rising like a wall out of the water . 'The Egyptian sketches have all the air of being accurate
copies of fact , and that it is gives them their chief interest , though they are hy no means wanting in pictorial composition . We have here several streets in Cairo , crowded with picturesque figures , and backed hythe needle-like turrets of a mosque , the houses often projected forward storey by storey till they almost met at the top , reminding us of our
own streets two hundred years ago . 1 hen there are sketches ' of the broad , low Bedovveen tents , which look as though they would cause suffocation even in a moderate climate , and appear so totally unsuited to hot desert life ; the green palm trees , a pleasant change from the dry , sandy plains ; and the quaint shipping of the Nile bringing us back again to the busy haunts of men .
According to the Acmlemv , the delegates of the University Press , Oxford , have accepted Dr . G . Vigfi ' isson's offer to edit for them a Corpus Poetirnm of the Old Northern literature of the classic period . It is intended to be complete down to the 12 th century , and will , it is hoped , be a useful substitute fur the small library of books of varying authority with which students of the different schools of
Norse poetry have hitherto been obliged to provide themselves . In one volume , besides the later Icelandic Court poetrv—always remarkable for its form , and frequently valuable for the historical facts it furnishes—we shall have the far more beautiful and interesting , sacred , dramatic , and epic poetry of the Viking ages ( much of which Dr . Vigflisson believes to have been composed in the British
Isles ) , as well as the more purely 'Teutonic verse of the Scandinavian mother countries , and such of the later medi . cval book-poetry as falls within the classic age . Popular Gallic dramatic authors get a substantial annuity from the Paris Theatre Francais . During the last six years M . Alexandre Dumas received altogether
for the royalties on his plays £ SSSo ; M . Victor Hugo obtained £ 8400 ; M . Emile Augier £ 7760 ; and MM . Erckmann-Chatrian £ 2320 . M . de Pommayrac , the well-known Parisian miniature painter , has died at the age of seventy . A new French translation of Hamlet has been published by M . Theodore Rcinach .
Liteary And Antiquarian Notes.
Mr . Van der Weyde is showing at his studio in Regent-street a collection of photographs of tableaux vivants presented at Cromwell House , taken by his arrangement of the electric light . These tableaux vivants were designed by some of our chief painters—Millais ,
Leslie , Stone , and others—and represent scenes from the Waverley Novels . The photographs , though some are blurred , which must , vve presume , be attributed to the unsteadiness of the i-erformers , are for the most part very clear and sharp , and would make a good series of illustrations to the novels .
Messrs Puttick nnd Sin * D = on have just finished the sale of an extraordinary collection of Rare Booksand Important MSS . relating to Spanish America , formed by the late Senor Don Jose Ramirez , President of the late I ~! mperor Maximilian's first Ministry . Many of the lots realised exceedingly high prices , as those mentioned below will testify . Lot S 1 , Libros de las Actas del Cabildo de Mexico ; An important Collection of Municipal Documents dating from
1529 to 1564 , some of which have been printed in the " Boletin Municipal de Mexico , " £ 140 . —102 Beristain Biblioteca Espanola , with MSS . Additions , 4 vols , folio , Mexico , 1 S 16-21 , £ So . —155 , Cabeca de Vaca . Relacion y comentarios de Alvar Nunez , printed in Valladolid 1555 , £ 32 10 s . —164 , Noticiasdela Nueva California , A Collection of MS . Reports of Missionaries , made in the last century 3 vols , fob , £ 65 . —205 , Documentos Historicos sobre
Durango , a number of MSS . relatingjto Durango , collected by Senor Ramirez , £ 30 ios . —365 , Gerson ( Juan ) Tripartite del Christianissimo , Mexico , por 'Juan Cromberger , 1544 ( one of the rarest productions of Cromberger's Mexican Press ) , £ 54 . —3 S 4 , Guillevila , El Pelegrino de la Vida Humana , To / osa , 1490 , most interesting from its resemblence to Bunyan's Pilgrim ' s Progress , £ 80 .-405 , A Collection of Documents " relating to the Inquisition of
Mexico , from 1571 to 1 S 02 , £ 76 . —406 , Instituta Ordinis B . Francisci , Mexico , for A . de Spinosa , 1567 , £ . 37- —4 ' 4 , Documents relating to the J esuits in Mexico 1640-1747 , £ 31 . —417 , History of Jesuit Missions in Mexico , £ 55 — 418 , Documents relating to thc History of the Jesuits in Mexico , MSS ., 7 vols . ) £ 115 . —470 , MSS . of the 17 th , iSth , 19 th Centuries , relating to the maltreatment of the Indians £ . ¦ - 3 . —473 , Manual para Administrar Ios Sacramentos ,
Mexico , por Juan Pablos , 1560 , £ 21 ios . —474 , Ditto , second edition , Mexico , por P . Ocharte , 156 S , £ 35 ios . —4 S 7 , Peter Martyr de Orbe Novo , first edition , Compint 7 , 1530 , £ j >' — 540 , Mexican Paintings , £ 56 .-545 , Vocabulary in Spanish , Latin , and Mexican , MS . of the 16 th century , £ 38 . —555 . Missale Romanum , Mexico , for A . de Espinosa , 1561 ( probably unique ) , £ 155 . —56010564 , Molina ' s Works in the Mexican tongue , 1 555 1-57 S , £ 141 . —609 ,
Ordenanzas y Copilacion de Leyes , Mexico , por Juan Pablos , 154 S , £ 55 . —613 , Ordenanzas de las Indias ( 1543-1612 ) , £ 100 . — 614 , Ordinarium Sacn Ordinis Heremitorum Sancti Augustini , Mexico , 1556 , £ 76 . —621 , Ortega Descripcion de las Islas California * , MS . 24 II . fob , £ 52 . —711 , Rcales Cedulas , a large collection , both MS . and printed , 24 vols ., £ 7 6 . — 729 , Relacion y Description de la Provincia del Sancto Evangclio que cs dc la Orden de S . Francisco en la Neuva
Espana , & c , MSS ., of the lOth century , 150 leaves , £ 90 . —741 , Rickel , Compendio Breve , & c , Mexico , Juan Cromberger , 1544 , £ 41 . —762 , Sermones en Mexicano , an original MS . of the lOth century , on jiaper made by the Indians from the agave , with notes by the celebrated Mexican Jesuit , Father Sahagun , £ 210 .-782 , Viages Apostolicos en California de Ios Religiosos de Propaganda Fide por Fratres Serra y Crcspi , MSS ., 317 leaves , £ 71 . —S 35 ,
Gibberti , Doctrina Christiana en la lengua de Michoachan , Mexico , yuan Pablos , 1559 , £ 91 . —S 36 , Gilbert ! , Thcsoro Spiritual Lengua de Michoacan , Mexico , for A . Spinosa , 1 . S 75 . £ 57- —842 , ^ Lombardo , Arte de la Lengua Teguima , Mexico , J 702 , £ 40 . —S 49 , Spanish documents relating to Texas , £ 43 . —851 , Guerra de Mexico contra Texas , a series of official and confidential documents , £ 105 .-885 , Veracruce Recognitio Summularum , with thc Dialectica
Resolutio ( only two or three copies of this edition known to exist ) , Mexico , for Juan Pablos , 1554 , ' £ 71 . —888 , Veracruce , Physica Speculatio ( printed throughout in italic type ) , Mexico , yuan Pablos , 1557 , £ 75 . —900 , Vigo Libro o Practica en Cirurgio , and two other very rare Spanish books on medicine , 1547-8 , £ 50 . —91 S , Misiones del Norte y de Yucatan , an important series of MS . Jesuit relations , & c ., relating to the Northern provinces of Mexico in the
17 th and 18 th centuries , in 3 vols ., £ 135 . —921 , Cordova Arte en Lengua Zapoteca , Mexico , P . Ilalli , 157 S , £ 50 . — 928 , Xumarr-iga Doctrina Breve , first edition , Mexico , 1543-1544 , £ 84 . —929 , Zumarraga Doctrina Christiana , Mexico . 1546 , £ 52 . —930 , Zumarraga Doctrina Christiana , a later edition , Mexico , yuan Pablos , 1548 , £ 59 . —932 , Zumarraga Regla Christiana Breve , Mexico , 1547 , £ 42 .
Many other lots brought equally high prices , and thc whole of the Ramirez collection , numbering 934 lots , realised £ 6395 5 s . A large number of the rare books were bought for thc British Museum anil for the Bodleian Library ; a great many were bought b y a Spanish nobleman , the possessor of one of the finest libraries in Europe , but the largest buyer ( by far ) vvas Mr . Bernard Quaritch , the well-known bookseller of Piccadilly .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
'J'he installation meeting of thc members of the Everton Lodge , No . 823 , was held on Wednesday last , at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , when Bro . Joseph ) . Boyle vvas placed in the chair of K . S . A report of the interesting proceedings will appear in due course . Lord Hartington received a deputation oi
natives of India and others , headed by Sir David Wedderburn , M . P ., on 'Thursday last . A memorial on the Vernacular Press Act , the Arms Act , and other legislation affecting the Indian people was presented to Lord Hartington .
The Prince of Wales has appointed Tuesday , the 26 th of October , for the installation of the Marquis of Londonderry as Provincial Grand Master of the Province of Durham . The ceremony will take place in the city of Durham , and will be performed either by the Earl of Carnarvon , Provincial Grand Master of England , or Earl Lathom , Deputy Grand Master of England . The Prince of Wales , it is believed , will bc the guest of the Marquis of Londonderry at Wynyard Park , and will honour the installation with his presence .
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Mark Masonry.
Mark Masonry .
YORK . —York Lodge ( T . I . )—The regular meeting of this lodge vvas held on Tuesday , the 20 th inst ., Bro . the Rev . VV . Valentine presiding , supported by Bros . J . Todd , P . M ., as S . W . ; G . Balmford , P . M ., as J . W . ; T . B . Whytehead , P . M ., Secretary ; C . G . Padel , M . O . ; G . Garbutt , S . O . ; M . Millington , J . O . ; A . T . B . Turner , S . D . ; R . Walker , as J . D . ; J . Church , as I . G . ; and other members .
The Secretary read a letter of thanks from the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lincolnshire in response to a telegram . forwarded by him to Lincoln last month on the occasion of the installation of Bro . Chas . Harrison , M . D ., as R . W . Prov . G . M . M . Mason of that province . 'The VV . M . said he had received ' a courteous invitatation to be present at the consecration of the Fleming Mark Lodge at Newark on the 9 th prox . He regretted that he could not attend , but
trusted some of the brethren of the lodge would be able to be there . The Secretary read letters from Bros . Rev . W . C . Lukis , S . W ., and J . S . Cumberland , J . W ., explaining their absence from causes over which they had no control . Bro . T . B . Whytehead , P . M ., then brought forward a subject of which he had given notice , namely thc condition of Mark Masonry in the district of North and East Yorkshire . He said that some time ago he had moved in
the direction of the formation of a Mark province for N . and E . Yorkshire , but the Hull Mark lodges were opposed to the scheme , which had fallen through . He was now more than ever convinced that some steps should be taken in the direction of placing the lodges in the province under some form of provincial government . It would , he was satisfied , greatly tend to the advancement of the Degree to give active brethren an opportunity of obtaining the
reward of merit in the shape of provincial honours , which they did not at present possess . He admitted that a province consisting of four lodges ( the present number in N . and E . Yorkshire ) was not strong , though quite as strong as many others now in nourishing existence , and he was of opinion that the best plan that could be adopted would bc for those four lodges to petition the Grand Mark Lodge to extend the present Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West
Yorkshire over the whole county , so as to form a powerful province of the whole of Yorkshire . Many advantages would thereby bc secured , not the least being that provincial office would under such circumstances be much bcttet worth having than in weak provinces , where about every other Mark Mason wore provincial clothing . Moreover , a province of such dimensions would have some chance ol doing something for the Charities , whereas a newly-formed
and weak province would probably be in a financially crippled condition for years . He concluded some lengthy remarks by moving " That in the opinion of this lodge the time has arrived for considering the question of the status of Mark Masonry in North and East Yorkshire , and of the desirability of attaching the lodges to the Province of West Yorkshire , in order to form one province for the whole county of Yorkshire , and that the Secretary be empowered
to call a meeting at York , at an early date , of the Alasters , Past Masters , Wardens , Overseers , and Secretaries of Mark lodges in the district , in order to decide upon a course of action in reference thereto . " 'This resolution vvas seconded and strongly supported by Bro . J . 'Todd , P . M ., Bro . G . Balmford , P . M ., and other brethren , and carried unanimously ; a letter also being read from Bro .
Cumberland , entirely approving of the same . Bro . J . Todd then moved , and the J . O . ( Bro . Millington ) seconded a resolution , which also was carried unanimously— "That so far as this lodge is concerned it is strongly in favour of obtaining the sanction of the Grand Mark Lodge of England to be attached to the Province of West Yorkshire . " A candidate for advancement vvas proposed , and the lodge was closed at S . 30 p . m .
COCKERMOUTH . —Faithfull Lodge ( No . 229 ) . —The monthly meeting of this lodge vvas held on Wednesday evening , the 14 th inst ., in the Masonic Hall , Stationstreet . There were present Bros . K . Robinson , P . G . Sword Bearer , VV . M . ; W . II . Lewthwaite , P . G . Org ., S . W . ; W . F . Lamonby , P . M ., P . G . Sec , asj . W . ; ' K . W . Robinson , M . O . ; T . C . Robinson , S . O . ; Tl . Peacock , I . G ., J . Hewson , Tyler . 'The only business vvas the
election of the W . M . forthe ensuing year , when , on a ballot being taken , the choice of the brethren unanimously fell nn Bro . Capt . Sewell , P . G . Reg ., J . W ., who , being present with his regiment at the militia camp , could not attend . It vvas resolved , subsequent to the approval of the W . M . elect , to hold the installation in September , on the sameday as the Provincial Grand Lodge holds its annual meeting .
Ancient And Accepted Rite.
Ancient and Accepted Rite .
MOUNT CALVARY CHAPTER ( No . 4 ) . —A very successful meeting in connection with this old chapter was held at Golden-square on the ijth inst . Among those in attendance were Bros . 'I ' . VV . Cofiin , 30 , M . W . S . ; C . H . Driver , 31 , P . M . W . S ., acting H . P . in the absence of Comp . Ace , 31 , D . D . ; D . Nicols , 30 ° , ist General , M . W . S . elect ; VV . Roebuck , 31 , P . M . W . S ., acting 2 nd General ; F . Curlier , Raphael ; W . Paas , 30 ° P . M . W . S .,
Treasurer ; D . M . Dewar , P . M . W . S ., Recorder ; J . O . Wood , Captain of Guards ; A . Williams , 30 , Organist ; T . C . Walls , D . C . ; Hyde Pullen , 33 , P . M . W . S ' . ( hon . member ); Raynham VV . Stewart , P . M . W . S . ; F . VV . Driver , Joyce Murray , G . Graveley , J . E . Anderson , C . VV . Tayleur , 13 . F . Cramer , and G . Berkeley . 'The visitors were III . Bros . F . VV . Ramsey , M . D ., 30 '* , and J . Read , . -, o \ The minutes of the previous convocation having been read
and confirmed , llro . W . Browne Kidder was duly " perfected" by the M . W . S . III . Bro . Nicols vvas then presented by 111 . Bro . Charles Driver , anil installed as a M . W . S . by III . Bro . Collin , the ceremony heing ably performed . The officers appointed were Bros . the Rev . Dr . Ace , H . P . ( by deputy ); F . Curlier , ist General ; J . O . VVood , 2 nd General ; Alfred Wilkins , G . M . ; T . C . Walls ,
Raphael ; VV . Paas , Treasurer ; D . M . Dewar , Recorder ; F . W . Driver , C . of G . ; C . W . Tayleur , Organist ; and R . Berridge , D . C . The chapter was then closed according to ancient form , and the brethren adjourned to the Cafe Royale , where an excellent and elegantly-served banquet awaited them . The customary toasts followed . " 'The Health of the M . W . S . " was warmly proposed by III . Bro .
Ancient And Accepted Rite.
Coffin . The M . W . S ., having acknowledged the compliment , gave briefly but pertinently "The Newly-Perfected Brother . " This pledge having been cordially drunk , Ex . Bro . Kidder , in a few well-chosen sentences , expressed bis obligations to the members of the Mount Calvary Chapter for the distinction they had that evening conferred upon him . In concluding his remarks he said that he was particularly struck with the impressive manner in which the
ceremony had been performed . The toast of "The Past M . W . S . ' s" came next in order , and vvas acknowledged by 111 . Bro . Coffin upon behalf of himself and colleagues . The toasts of "The Visitors , " "Thc Treasurer and Recorder , " and " The Officers " followed in quick succession , and were duly replied to by the brethren thus honoured . 'The proceedings , which were highly successful throughout , then terminated .
Liteary And Antiquarian Notes.
Liteary and Antiquarian Notes .
From thememorialsof T . G . Faussett , Parker , and Co ., which has been dubbed a " delightful little volume , " several very interesting extracts might be made . Here are some of thc verses , for instance , sent to Dean Alfotd at his country house to let him know that no chapter meeting need be held that week : " H .-ec Decano dat
Auditor—C ; ede Jovi vitulum ! Tibi non est opus iter;—Nobis non Capitulum . Dnmi resque ubique vigent ; Arva slant valentia ; Silent cuncta qu .-e fatigent Cantuariensia .
Contra venti sunt brumales ( Audin—quanta vox ei ?) Si non reuuinoctiales . Saltern reque noxii . " Thc Artist says that what is , for its size , j" > robablv the most valuable piece of furniture extant has just
been inherited by the present Duke of Portland . This is a bimheur du jour table , 2 ft . wide , iSin . deep , and 2 ft . yin . high , of which the top , frieze , and back are overlaid with old Sevres plaques , and the mounts very highly chased and gilt . It was valued for probate at 10 , 100 guineas , and paid for at that valuation .
Messrs . MacmiH .-m and Co . will publish very shortly a biography of Etienne DoL-t , the scholar , poet , and printer of Lyons , who vvas burnt as an atheist in 154 - " . Mr . J . P . Anderson , of the t ' ritish Museum Library , is about to publish , through . Messrs . W . Satchell and Co ., a classiiied catalogue of the topographical books in that library relating to Great Britain and Ireland . 'This will be
the first classiiied catalogue yet published of any section of books of our national library . The Revue Critique states that a congress of Polish historians will meet at Cracow on the 19 th inst ., on the occasion of the 400 th anniversary of the death of thc famous annalist Dlugosz . Messrs . F . Mfiller and Co ., of Amsterdam , announce as in course of publication the
account of the journey and discoveries in the interior of Sumatra of thc expedition which was undcrtaked in 1 S 77-9 under the auspices of the Dutch Geographical Society . Mr . Alfred Tylor is enlarging and completing- his important papers on the principle of coloration in nature , and its applicability to architecture , which he read before the Anthropological Institute and the Royal Institute of British
Architects this session . I he Russian Government proposes to found an archielogical institute in Greece . Meanwhile it has sent Professor Sokolow and MAI . Krnstadt and Latyschew on a mission to Athens , tlie first-named for four months and the two latter for two years . Mr . Varlcy ' s Fgyptian Sketches , exhibiting at 7 , Haymarket , present an amount of blue sky that is
somewhat dazzling to us who dwell under the murky clouds of London , and it is a relief to turn to the one or two pictures taken under an evening light , and to the views of Gibraltar , drawn by Mr . Varley on his voyage out , which are added to the collection . 'Two of these show the magnificent rock rising like a wall out of the water . 'The Egyptian sketches have all the air of being accurate
copies of fact , and that it is gives them their chief interest , though they are hy no means wanting in pictorial composition . We have here several streets in Cairo , crowded with picturesque figures , and backed hythe needle-like turrets of a mosque , the houses often projected forward storey by storey till they almost met at the top , reminding us of our
own streets two hundred years ago . 1 hen there are sketches ' of the broad , low Bedovveen tents , which look as though they would cause suffocation even in a moderate climate , and appear so totally unsuited to hot desert life ; the green palm trees , a pleasant change from the dry , sandy plains ; and the quaint shipping of the Nile bringing us back again to the busy haunts of men .
According to the Acmlemv , the delegates of the University Press , Oxford , have accepted Dr . G . Vigfi ' isson's offer to edit for them a Corpus Poetirnm of the Old Northern literature of the classic period . It is intended to be complete down to the 12 th century , and will , it is hoped , be a useful substitute fur the small library of books of varying authority with which students of the different schools of
Norse poetry have hitherto been obliged to provide themselves . In one volume , besides the later Icelandic Court poetrv—always remarkable for its form , and frequently valuable for the historical facts it furnishes—we shall have the far more beautiful and interesting , sacred , dramatic , and epic poetry of the Viking ages ( much of which Dr . Vigflisson believes to have been composed in the British
Isles ) , as well as the more purely 'Teutonic verse of the Scandinavian mother countries , and such of the later medi . cval book-poetry as falls within the classic age . Popular Gallic dramatic authors get a substantial annuity from the Paris Theatre Francais . During the last six years M . Alexandre Dumas received altogether
for the royalties on his plays £ SSSo ; M . Victor Hugo obtained £ 8400 ; M . Emile Augier £ 7760 ; and MM . Erckmann-Chatrian £ 2320 . M . de Pommayrac , the well-known Parisian miniature painter , has died at the age of seventy . A new French translation of Hamlet has been published by M . Theodore Rcinach .
Liteary And Antiquarian Notes.
Mr . Van der Weyde is showing at his studio in Regent-street a collection of photographs of tableaux vivants presented at Cromwell House , taken by his arrangement of the electric light . These tableaux vivants were designed by some of our chief painters—Millais ,
Leslie , Stone , and others—and represent scenes from the Waverley Novels . The photographs , though some are blurred , which must , vve presume , be attributed to the unsteadiness of the i-erformers , are for the most part very clear and sharp , and would make a good series of illustrations to the novels .
Messrs Puttick nnd Sin * D = on have just finished the sale of an extraordinary collection of Rare Booksand Important MSS . relating to Spanish America , formed by the late Senor Don Jose Ramirez , President of the late I ~! mperor Maximilian's first Ministry . Many of the lots realised exceedingly high prices , as those mentioned below will testify . Lot S 1 , Libros de las Actas del Cabildo de Mexico ; An important Collection of Municipal Documents dating from
1529 to 1564 , some of which have been printed in the " Boletin Municipal de Mexico , " £ 140 . —102 Beristain Biblioteca Espanola , with MSS . Additions , 4 vols , folio , Mexico , 1 S 16-21 , £ So . —155 , Cabeca de Vaca . Relacion y comentarios de Alvar Nunez , printed in Valladolid 1555 , £ 32 10 s . —164 , Noticiasdela Nueva California , A Collection of MS . Reports of Missionaries , made in the last century 3 vols , fob , £ 65 . —205 , Documentos Historicos sobre
Durango , a number of MSS . relatingjto Durango , collected by Senor Ramirez , £ 30 ios . —365 , Gerson ( Juan ) Tripartite del Christianissimo , Mexico , por 'Juan Cromberger , 1544 ( one of the rarest productions of Cromberger's Mexican Press ) , £ 54 . —3 S 4 , Guillevila , El Pelegrino de la Vida Humana , To / osa , 1490 , most interesting from its resemblence to Bunyan's Pilgrim ' s Progress , £ 80 .-405 , A Collection of Documents " relating to the Inquisition of
Mexico , from 1571 to 1 S 02 , £ 76 . —406 , Instituta Ordinis B . Francisci , Mexico , for A . de Spinosa , 1567 , £ . 37- —4 ' 4 , Documents relating to the J esuits in Mexico 1640-1747 , £ 31 . —417 , History of Jesuit Missions in Mexico , £ 55 — 418 , Documents relating to thc History of the Jesuits in Mexico , MSS ., 7 vols . ) £ 115 . —470 , MSS . of the 17 th , iSth , 19 th Centuries , relating to the maltreatment of the Indians £ . ¦ - 3 . —473 , Manual para Administrar Ios Sacramentos ,
Mexico , por Juan Pablos , 1560 , £ 21 ios . —474 , Ditto , second edition , Mexico , por P . Ocharte , 156 S , £ 35 ios . —4 S 7 , Peter Martyr de Orbe Novo , first edition , Compint 7 , 1530 , £ j >' — 540 , Mexican Paintings , £ 56 .-545 , Vocabulary in Spanish , Latin , and Mexican , MS . of the 16 th century , £ 38 . —555 . Missale Romanum , Mexico , for A . de Espinosa , 1561 ( probably unique ) , £ 155 . —56010564 , Molina ' s Works in the Mexican tongue , 1 555 1-57 S , £ 141 . —609 ,
Ordenanzas y Copilacion de Leyes , Mexico , por Juan Pablos , 154 S , £ 55 . —613 , Ordenanzas de las Indias ( 1543-1612 ) , £ 100 . — 614 , Ordinarium Sacn Ordinis Heremitorum Sancti Augustini , Mexico , 1556 , £ 76 . —621 , Ortega Descripcion de las Islas California * , MS . 24 II . fob , £ 52 . —711 , Rcales Cedulas , a large collection , both MS . and printed , 24 vols ., £ 7 6 . — 729 , Relacion y Description de la Provincia del Sancto Evangclio que cs dc la Orden de S . Francisco en la Neuva
Espana , & c , MSS ., of the lOth century , 150 leaves , £ 90 . —741 , Rickel , Compendio Breve , & c , Mexico , Juan Cromberger , 1544 , £ 41 . —762 , Sermones en Mexicano , an original MS . of the lOth century , on jiaper made by the Indians from the agave , with notes by the celebrated Mexican Jesuit , Father Sahagun , £ 210 .-782 , Viages Apostolicos en California de Ios Religiosos de Propaganda Fide por Fratres Serra y Crcspi , MSS ., 317 leaves , £ 71 . —S 35 ,
Gibberti , Doctrina Christiana en la lengua de Michoachan , Mexico , yuan Pablos , 1559 , £ 91 . —S 36 , Gilbert ! , Thcsoro Spiritual Lengua de Michoacan , Mexico , for A . Spinosa , 1 . S 75 . £ 57- —842 , ^ Lombardo , Arte de la Lengua Teguima , Mexico , J 702 , £ 40 . —S 49 , Spanish documents relating to Texas , £ 43 . —851 , Guerra de Mexico contra Texas , a series of official and confidential documents , £ 105 .-885 , Veracruce Recognitio Summularum , with thc Dialectica
Resolutio ( only two or three copies of this edition known to exist ) , Mexico , for Juan Pablos , 1554 , ' £ 71 . —888 , Veracruce , Physica Speculatio ( printed throughout in italic type ) , Mexico , yuan Pablos , 1557 , £ 75 . —900 , Vigo Libro o Practica en Cirurgio , and two other very rare Spanish books on medicine , 1547-8 , £ 50 . —91 S , Misiones del Norte y de Yucatan , an important series of MS . Jesuit relations , & c ., relating to the Northern provinces of Mexico in the
17 th and 18 th centuries , in 3 vols ., £ 135 . —921 , Cordova Arte en Lengua Zapoteca , Mexico , P . Ilalli , 157 S , £ 50 . — 928 , Xumarr-iga Doctrina Breve , first edition , Mexico , 1543-1544 , £ 84 . —929 , Zumarraga Doctrina Christiana , Mexico . 1546 , £ 52 . —930 , Zumarraga Doctrina Christiana , a later edition , Mexico , yuan Pablos , 1548 , £ 59 . —932 , Zumarraga Regla Christiana Breve , Mexico , 1547 , £ 42 .
Many other lots brought equally high prices , and thc whole of the Ramirez collection , numbering 934 lots , realised £ 6395 5 s . A large number of the rare books were bought for thc British Museum anil for the Bodleian Library ; a great many were bought b y a Spanish nobleman , the possessor of one of the finest libraries in Europe , but the largest buyer ( by far ) vvas Mr . Bernard Quaritch , the well-known bookseller of Piccadilly .
Masonic And General Tidings.
Masonic and General Tidings .
'J'he installation meeting of thc members of the Everton Lodge , No . 823 , was held on Wednesday last , at the Masonic Hall , Hope-street , Liverpool , when Bro . Joseph ) . Boyle vvas placed in the chair of K . S . A report of the interesting proceedings will appear in due course . Lord Hartington received a deputation oi
natives of India and others , headed by Sir David Wedderburn , M . P ., on 'Thursday last . A memorial on the Vernacular Press Act , the Arms Act , and other legislation affecting the Indian people was presented to Lord Hartington .
The Prince of Wales has appointed Tuesday , the 26 th of October , for the installation of the Marquis of Londonderry as Provincial Grand Master of the Province of Durham . The ceremony will take place in the city of Durham , and will be performed either by the Earl of Carnarvon , Provincial Grand Master of England , or Earl Lathom , Deputy Grand Master of England . The Prince of Wales , it is believed , will bc the guest of the Marquis of Londonderry at Wynyard Park , and will honour the installation with his presence .