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Masonic And General Tidings.
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R OYAL VISIT TO THE THUNDERER . —The cc Thunderer , " 4 , double-screw iron turret-ship , armourlated Captain John W . Wilson , which has been lying re some days in Cowes Roads , in company with the " Lord Warden , " as a guardship , on the nth of August got steam and left her moorings for the purpose of pro" •cdiii "* up the Solent to Osborne Bay , where she dropped
1 r anchor , in anticipation of a visit from Her Majesty , ' •lio drove down from Osborne House for the purpose . The Queen arrived at the Royal Pier soon after three ' clock , and was rowed to the " Thunderer , " where she ° , as ree ' eived by Captain Wilson , Commander Lord Charles Beresford , and the other officers of the ship , while the " Lord Warden " fired a royal salute . Her Majesty , who
was here joined by the Prince of Wales , was conducted over the whole of the ship , which she minutely examined , expressing her great satisfaction with all the arrangements . After spending about an hour on board , Her Majesty returned to Osborne . In the morning the Prince of Wales went on board , when some torpedo practice was done . Kach torpedo was charged with about loolb . of
gunpowder , and when the discharge took place a mountain of water was projected high into the air , preceded by a rumbling noise like distant thunder , and so severe was the exp losion that hardly a vessel lying in any part of the roadstead but felt the shock . The Prince of Wales and a distinguished party again visited the ship on the 13 th . His Royal Highness went on board at a quarter-past ten ,
and in fifteen minutes afterwards the ship was under way . After manoeuvring in order to show her steering capabilities , she proceeded at a speed of eleven knots to the eastward , and on reaching the back of the Wight she cleared for action , and dropped a target formed of three flasks fastened to three barrels lashed together . Steaming round a circle with the target as a centre , she fired four rounds from each
of her great guns , namely , three empty common shells and one Palliser shell with full charges of powder . Althoug h the target was not hit , yet , had the object fired at been an enemy , the practice was so excellent that the ship would have been hulled at every round . The target was also fired at by both of her Galling guns and also by small arms , the practice being also very good . An electric
broadside , consisting of two 3 8-ton guns and two 33-ton guns , loaded with Palliser shells and battering charges , was next fired by his Royal Highness from the pilot tower . Thc shot fell close to the target , the noise of the discharge almost stunning the spectators on the hurricane deck . The target was next rammed by the " Thunderer " for the purpose of showing in miniature the manoeuvre of
ramming an enemy 111 action . The vessel then returned lo Cowes . —The Broad Arrow . DECEASED SEAMEN . —The balance unclaimed
arising from the wages and effects of deceased seamen was , as appears from a Parliamentary paper just issued , on the jist ot December , 1875 , £ " 12 , 061 11 s . ; d . cash , and £ -0 , 000 in Exchc < iuer bills . The directors of the London and
Northwestern Railway recommend a dividend for the past halfyear at the rate of six per cent , per annum , being at the same rate as that for the corresponding period of 18 * 6 . MR . RUSKIN AND MR . LOWE . —We take the
following " morceau" from the Times-. — Mr . Ruskin ' speriodical Furs Clavigeracontains the following letter from Mr . Lowe"My Dear Ruskin , —Thank you , for yours , which I have read eagerly , but without being able to make out what you are at . You are hard on Mr . Keblc and the poor lady who ' dresses herself and her children becomingly . ' If oer your genuine brickmaker gets hold of her and her
little ones—as he very likely may do some day—he will surely tear them to pieces , and say that he has your authority for thinking that he is doing God a service . ' "or lady !—ancl yet dressing becomingly and looking pleasant arc a great deal harder ancl better worth doing than urickmaking . You make no allowance for the many little abours ancl trials ( the harder to do and hear , perhaps ,
because they are so little ) which she must meet with , and have _ to perform in tbat trivial round of visiting and dressing . As it is , she is at least no worse than a flower w the field . But what prizes would she and her husband ¦ •¦¦ conic if they did actually take to dilettante { i . e ., noii-<* ° mpulsory ) brickmaking I In their own way almost all •'¦ eh people , as well as the so-called ' poor '—whoman ,
, Woman , and child , pay £ 5 each per annum in taxes on intoxicating drinks—do eat their bread in the sweat of eir faces ; for the word you quote ' is very broad , ' and ore kinds of bread than one , and more sorts of sweat » iar 1 one , arc meant therein . " "A letter , this , " Mr . ZZ '" 5-s ! " which every time I read it overwhelms me : * . l'cr amazement . "
. -Anothe r attempt has been made by Mr . Cavill ( romp acros . - . Channel , and with success . He started Mem 1 C Gr ' ' i at forty minutes past three o ' clock on Enr / 1- if afternoon i an < i arrived within fifty yards of the day S - ' 0 re a '' out forl > r * ' minutes past three on Tuesrousrh ° "' £ ' could n ° t land in consequence of the " -fness of the water . After a short rest at Dover he " Jl )| ip " ' ¦•- ¦ - ¦« - ¦ ¦•i » ll * LI € * ail Wil * Hv . *> L CXI . JL / UVtl
lit-, HWted none the worse for his trip . there LH ' SE 0 I " MOON . —On Thursday night * ich " * " 0 tal ec - 'P se ot the moon , visible at Green-8 ,, ., ' e first contact with the penumbra took place at I ' . m ¦ - ' . " ' 1 th < " first contact with the shadow at 9 . 14 * iCl ' r •1 ° eclipse , 11 . 11 p . m . ; last contact with - •" ¦ am y mQrnin £ )> 1 . 9 . a . m . } with penumbra ,
••is -tar ^ CKEST - BR NE \ V ToiYN HALL . — Home Se t th - Chancellor of the Exchequer and the with , •, „ creta Fy --ii 1 tak (* part in the ceremony connected tlie 12 th 0 ° f Seut t Manchester New Town Hal 1 on
Masonic And General Tidings.
The Suburban Lodge , No . 1702 ,, will be consecrated at the Abereorn Hotel , Great Stanmore , early in September , the exact date not having yet been fixed . A full report of the proceedings will duly appear . The Earl of Carnarvon has presented the Rev . G . F . Morgan , M . A ., to the rectory of Teversal , Notts . The Mayor of Limerick , Mr . James Spaight ,
formally opened the People ' s Park in that city , and handed it over in trust for the citizens . Lord Emly took part in the proceedings . The park , which is one of the prettiest in Ireland , is laid out as a tribute of respect to the commercial integrity , enterprise , and philanthropy of the late Mr . Richard Russell , brother of the late Francis Russell , who represented Limerick for many years . The ground was given by the Earl of Limerick .
Hospital Saturday will , this year , be on Sep temher rst .
Her Majesty the Queen has contributed - £ 500 and H . R . H . the Prince of Wales 500 guineas to the Mansion House Indian Famine Fund , which now amounts to upwards of £ 16 , 700 . Bro . Dr . Vincent Ambler , one of the physicians to the National Hospital for Heart Disease and Paralysis , has been appointed Physician to the Japanese legation .
PENNY STAMPS . —In the year ended March 31 st , as appears from a return just printed , the penny stamps realised in gross £ 816 , 991 19 s . 3 d ., and in net £ 789 , 125 os . id . The Great Western Railway Company has declared a dividend at the rate of 3 J per cent ., carrying over a balance of about Q 14 , 700 .
The death is announced , at Rugby , at the advanced age of 82 , of Major Archibald Chisholm , who has thus only survived his wife , known as the " Emigrants ' Friend , " a few months . We are informed that nearly 30 , 000 persons have visited the Margate Jetty extension , during the past week . The Duke and Duchess of Abereorn return to
town on Friday , from visiting the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , R . W . Prov . Grand Master for Cornwall , and family at Mount Edgcumbe , Devon , in order to be present at the nuptials of the Hon . Sidney Herbert , M . P ., and Lady Beatrix Lambton , eldest daughter of the Earl of Durham , and granddaughter of the Duke and Duchess . CHANCERY LANE . —A correspondent writing
to the Daily Tdegraph , calls attention to a " petty abuse of power " by the Strand Board ot Works , who , he says , refuse to meet the Holborn and City of London Boards , in completing the system of wood pavement ; so that onefourth of Chancery-lane is left with a stone roadway . We are informed that Lord Skelmersdale , Seneschal of the Order of the Temple , has been appointed
Great Prior of England in the room of the late Earl of Shrewsbury . The Prince of Wales , as Grand Master , could not have made a better appointment , or one which would be more universally popular . A great fete in aid of the funds of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage took place on Wednesday at the Alexandra Palace . Thc programme of
amusements included performances on the great organ , a vocal and instrumental concert , and performances by eleven City Police bands . The amusements terminated with a grand firework display and illumination of the grounds . The Pall Mall Gazette states that Prince Leopold will visit Lord and Lady Breadalbane at
Taymouth Castle on Thursday , the 13 th of September ; and that the Duke of Connaught will visit Taymouth on the 28 th or 29 th of the same month . 'Lady requests Messrs . Garrard to send her plate-chests '—and the request is sent on a post-card Thanks to an honest letter-carrier the newspapers have not yet recorded ' another mysterious robbery in the West-end . "
But they might have been called on to do so . —Mdijfair . Sir Edward Lee has undertaken to manage the Dublin Exhibition Palace for one-and-twenty years . The worthy knight intends to approach his work with spirit . With his experience and influence , added to the fact that his hands will be unmanacled by amateurish interference , a pleasant and prosperous future may be predicted for the institution with which Sir Arthur Guiness's name is only
less intimately mdentified than with benevolence and brown stout . —The IVorld . EVENING STAR LODGE . —The consecration of this lodge will take place on Tuesday next , at 4 o ' clock , at Freemasons' Hall , Gt . Queen-street . The ceremonies will be performed by Bro . John Hervey . assisted by Bro . H . G . Buss , and thc Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , P . G . C , as Chaplain . —A report of the proceedings will appear in our
next . The Times announces that the illness of Prince Albert Victor is at length approaching a favourable termination . The relapse , which occurred on the nth inst ., subsided after five days , and since Friday , the 17 th , the course of convalescence has been satisfactory . It is hoped that the Prince maybe able to leave for
Osborne on Saturday next , and although the fever has been protracted , there is every prospect of a complete recovery without any permanent injury to the health , There must still , of course , be a long period of weakness to be passed through . The Bavarian contingent having at last adopted the Mauser rifle , the whole of the German Army will shortly be equipped with that weapon .
We learn from the Dail y News that at Toulouse the Prefect has dissolved all the Masonic lodges , on the ground that they had become centres of political propagandism .
Notes On Art, &C.
NOTES ON ART , & c .
The dispersion by auction , by Messrs . Puttick and Simpson , of Leicester-square , of the old family library founded by Sir Edward Nicholas ( Principal Secretary of State co King Charles I . ) brought to light some unique and otherwise rare books , among- c # lhers—lot 225 , Blaeu , " Le Grand Atlas , " n vols , T ** KS , £ 23 ; lot 228 , Book ol
Common Prayer , 1662 , the . •Sealed Book , " probably Charles H . ' s copy , having- the Royal arms on one side , £ 48 ; 101517 , "Mr . William Shakespeire ' s Comedies , Histories , and Tragedies , " the third edition , 1664 , with an additional copy ofthe verses by Ben Jonson printed separately on a fly-leaf , £ 107 ; lot 5 28 , " Sully ' s Memoirs , " two vols ., 1638 , a presentation copy to Sir Edward Nicholas
£ 30 ; lot 553 , Earl Coningsby ' s collections concerning the Manor of Marden , privately printed 1722-27 , £ 100 . An interesting discovery has just been made at Tarnworth , in Staffordshire . While a man was engaged in excavating for the erection of a wall near the Board Schools , he came upon a small leaden box , which on being opened was found to contain some 300 coins . Some
of them bear the impress of Stafford , BerwicJr , and Hereford . They appear to belong to the time of William I . and William Rufus , but it is intended to submit the coins to competent authorities for examination . A public meeting of the inhabitants of Kew has been convened , to ask that the gardens may be opened earlier . The Surrey Comet says that on the last Bank Holiday
about 500 persons were congregated before 11 o ' clock in the morning in front of the principal entrance , waiting until the gate should be opened at 1 o'clock . There was a great deal of drinking and roystering in consequence of this delay , and many of those assembled could not have spent a happy day in the gardens . The Kew people have abandoned a request for the opening of the glass houses before
1 o clock , as it is understood that this would interfere with the scientific work which has to be performed there , and they simply ask for admission to the grounds at an earlier hour . It is also intended to request the authorities to abandon the work of raising the existing wall . It is already ten or 12 feet high , excluding all view from the road , and the intended addition of three feet would materially add
to its ugliness , without answering any useful purpose . THE TELEPHONE . — " Practical Telegraphist " writes : — " In your report of the account given of the telephone by Mr . Preece , at Plymouth , on Friday last , it is stated that conversation could not be carried on at Exeter because the wire on which the telephone was being worked would come in contact with other wires used for business
purposes . Will you allow me to suggest that what was probably intended to be conveyed to the minds of this highly scientific audience was , that a certain inductive action would be set up , which would neutralise or destroy the currents sent through the telephone wire ? For this reason I imagine the telephone will never be workable on submarine cables of more than one wire ; and if , as has been stated , its use on land lines in England will
necessitate the erection of independent wires , its value for commercial or even practical purposes must be very doubtful . In America , with long lengths of single wire , and a fine dry climate , the telephone may perhaps come into use practically . But in England , with most of the telegraph lines already overweighted , and a damp moist climate , it is hardly likely to become more than an electrical toy , or drawing-room telegraph , or at most a kind of electrical speaking tube .
Swedenborgian Rite.
SWEDENBORGIAN RITE .
It may be interesting for our readers to learn what progress has been effected within a few months in the above rite , which is now gathering strength in this country . ' The rite itself is only of recent re-introduction in England , but unquestionably was practised in London a century ago by the immediate Masonic friends of Swedenborg himself ,
and it contains much to interest members of the Craft who look philosophically into Masonic science . Past Masters and companions of the Royal Arch will especially gather many suggestive ideas from the very elaborate ceremonials of this rite , which is strictly conferred on Master Masons only . The Ritual is much longer than that of Craft Masonry , of which it is the complement , inasmuch as the
lectures are incorporated into the ceremony , and require close attention in order that they may be appreciated . The following lodges and temples now exist in the United Kingdom : i , Emanuel , at Weston-super-Mare j 2 , Egyptian , Masonic Hall , Manchester ; 3 , St . John ' s , at Baddon , Shipley , Yorkshire ; 4 , Swedenborg , Havant
Hants ; 5 , Edina , Edinburgh ; 6 , Liverpool , at Liverpool * , 7 , Cagliostro , Keynshaw , Somerset ; and 8 , Hermes , London , each of these lodges being under the government of an experienced member of the Craft as Worshipful Master , Several other lodges are being formed , under dispensation , and the coming Masonic season will no doubt show a large increase in their strength .
A cheque for one hundred guineas has been received at the Mansion House from the Princess of Wales as a contribution to the Indian Famine Relief Fund . The Countess of Leicester on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of a convalescent home at Hunstanton , which is about to be erected as a memorial of the
recovery of the Prince of Wales from his serious illness a few years ago . We hear that Mrs . Craik , the authoress of "John Halifax , Gentleman , " and other well known works , has been bitten by a dog . Although the wound was lather a severe one , the patient is doing very well , and no vil results are anticipated . —Medical Examiner ,
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Masonic And General Tidings.
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R OYAL VISIT TO THE THUNDERER . —The cc Thunderer , " 4 , double-screw iron turret-ship , armourlated Captain John W . Wilson , which has been lying re some days in Cowes Roads , in company with the " Lord Warden , " as a guardship , on the nth of August got steam and left her moorings for the purpose of pro" •cdiii "* up the Solent to Osborne Bay , where she dropped
1 r anchor , in anticipation of a visit from Her Majesty , ' •lio drove down from Osborne House for the purpose . The Queen arrived at the Royal Pier soon after three ' clock , and was rowed to the " Thunderer , " where she ° , as ree ' eived by Captain Wilson , Commander Lord Charles Beresford , and the other officers of the ship , while the " Lord Warden " fired a royal salute . Her Majesty , who
was here joined by the Prince of Wales , was conducted over the whole of the ship , which she minutely examined , expressing her great satisfaction with all the arrangements . After spending about an hour on board , Her Majesty returned to Osborne . In the morning the Prince of Wales went on board , when some torpedo practice was done . Kach torpedo was charged with about loolb . of
gunpowder , and when the discharge took place a mountain of water was projected high into the air , preceded by a rumbling noise like distant thunder , and so severe was the exp losion that hardly a vessel lying in any part of the roadstead but felt the shock . The Prince of Wales and a distinguished party again visited the ship on the 13 th . His Royal Highness went on board at a quarter-past ten ,
and in fifteen minutes afterwards the ship was under way . After manoeuvring in order to show her steering capabilities , she proceeded at a speed of eleven knots to the eastward , and on reaching the back of the Wight she cleared for action , and dropped a target formed of three flasks fastened to three barrels lashed together . Steaming round a circle with the target as a centre , she fired four rounds from each
of her great guns , namely , three empty common shells and one Palliser shell with full charges of powder . Althoug h the target was not hit , yet , had the object fired at been an enemy , the practice was so excellent that the ship would have been hulled at every round . The target was also fired at by both of her Galling guns and also by small arms , the practice being also very good . An electric
broadside , consisting of two 3 8-ton guns and two 33-ton guns , loaded with Palliser shells and battering charges , was next fired by his Royal Highness from the pilot tower . Thc shot fell close to the target , the noise of the discharge almost stunning the spectators on the hurricane deck . The target was next rammed by the " Thunderer " for the purpose of showing in miniature the manoeuvre of
ramming an enemy 111 action . The vessel then returned lo Cowes . —The Broad Arrow . DECEASED SEAMEN . —The balance unclaimed
arising from the wages and effects of deceased seamen was , as appears from a Parliamentary paper just issued , on the jist ot December , 1875 , £ " 12 , 061 11 s . ; d . cash , and £ -0 , 000 in Exchc < iuer bills . The directors of the London and
Northwestern Railway recommend a dividend for the past halfyear at the rate of six per cent , per annum , being at the same rate as that for the corresponding period of 18 * 6 . MR . RUSKIN AND MR . LOWE . —We take the
following " morceau" from the Times-. — Mr . Ruskin ' speriodical Furs Clavigeracontains the following letter from Mr . Lowe"My Dear Ruskin , —Thank you , for yours , which I have read eagerly , but without being able to make out what you are at . You are hard on Mr . Keblc and the poor lady who ' dresses herself and her children becomingly . ' If oer your genuine brickmaker gets hold of her and her
little ones—as he very likely may do some day—he will surely tear them to pieces , and say that he has your authority for thinking that he is doing God a service . ' "or lady !—ancl yet dressing becomingly and looking pleasant arc a great deal harder ancl better worth doing than urickmaking . You make no allowance for the many little abours ancl trials ( the harder to do and hear , perhaps ,
because they are so little ) which she must meet with , and have _ to perform in tbat trivial round of visiting and dressing . As it is , she is at least no worse than a flower w the field . But what prizes would she and her husband ¦ •¦¦ conic if they did actually take to dilettante { i . e ., noii-<* ° mpulsory ) brickmaking I In their own way almost all •'¦ eh people , as well as the so-called ' poor '—whoman ,
, Woman , and child , pay £ 5 each per annum in taxes on intoxicating drinks—do eat their bread in the sweat of eir faces ; for the word you quote ' is very broad , ' and ore kinds of bread than one , and more sorts of sweat » iar 1 one , arc meant therein . " "A letter , this , " Mr . ZZ '" 5-s ! " which every time I read it overwhelms me : * . l'cr amazement . "
. -Anothe r attempt has been made by Mr . Cavill ( romp acros . - . Channel , and with success . He started Mem 1 C Gr ' ' i at forty minutes past three o ' clock on Enr / 1- if afternoon i an < i arrived within fifty yards of the day S - ' 0 re a '' out forl > r * ' minutes past three on Tuesrousrh ° "' £ ' could n ° t land in consequence of the " -fness of the water . After a short rest at Dover he " Jl )| ip " ' ¦•- ¦ - ¦« - ¦ ¦•i » ll * LI € * ail Wil * Hv . *> L CXI . JL / UVtl
lit-, HWted none the worse for his trip . there LH ' SE 0 I " MOON . —On Thursday night * ich " * " 0 tal ec - 'P se ot the moon , visible at Green-8 ,, ., ' e first contact with the penumbra took place at I ' . m ¦ - ' . " ' 1 th < " first contact with the shadow at 9 . 14 * iCl ' r •1 ° eclipse , 11 . 11 p . m . ; last contact with - •" ¦ am y mQrnin £ )> 1 . 9 . a . m . } with penumbra ,
••is -tar ^ CKEST - BR NE \ V ToiYN HALL . — Home Se t th - Chancellor of the Exchequer and the with , •, „ creta Fy --ii 1 tak (* part in the ceremony connected tlie 12 th 0 ° f Seut t Manchester New Town Hal 1 on
Masonic And General Tidings.
The Suburban Lodge , No . 1702 ,, will be consecrated at the Abereorn Hotel , Great Stanmore , early in September , the exact date not having yet been fixed . A full report of the proceedings will duly appear . The Earl of Carnarvon has presented the Rev . G . F . Morgan , M . A ., to the rectory of Teversal , Notts . The Mayor of Limerick , Mr . James Spaight ,
formally opened the People ' s Park in that city , and handed it over in trust for the citizens . Lord Emly took part in the proceedings . The park , which is one of the prettiest in Ireland , is laid out as a tribute of respect to the commercial integrity , enterprise , and philanthropy of the late Mr . Richard Russell , brother of the late Francis Russell , who represented Limerick for many years . The ground was given by the Earl of Limerick .
Hospital Saturday will , this year , be on Sep temher rst .
Her Majesty the Queen has contributed - £ 500 and H . R . H . the Prince of Wales 500 guineas to the Mansion House Indian Famine Fund , which now amounts to upwards of £ 16 , 700 . Bro . Dr . Vincent Ambler , one of the physicians to the National Hospital for Heart Disease and Paralysis , has been appointed Physician to the Japanese legation .
PENNY STAMPS . —In the year ended March 31 st , as appears from a return just printed , the penny stamps realised in gross £ 816 , 991 19 s . 3 d ., and in net £ 789 , 125 os . id . The Great Western Railway Company has declared a dividend at the rate of 3 J per cent ., carrying over a balance of about Q 14 , 700 .
The death is announced , at Rugby , at the advanced age of 82 , of Major Archibald Chisholm , who has thus only survived his wife , known as the " Emigrants ' Friend , " a few months . We are informed that nearly 30 , 000 persons have visited the Margate Jetty extension , during the past week . The Duke and Duchess of Abereorn return to
town on Friday , from visiting the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , R . W . Prov . Grand Master for Cornwall , and family at Mount Edgcumbe , Devon , in order to be present at the nuptials of the Hon . Sidney Herbert , M . P ., and Lady Beatrix Lambton , eldest daughter of the Earl of Durham , and granddaughter of the Duke and Duchess . CHANCERY LANE . —A correspondent writing
to the Daily Tdegraph , calls attention to a " petty abuse of power " by the Strand Board ot Works , who , he says , refuse to meet the Holborn and City of London Boards , in completing the system of wood pavement ; so that onefourth of Chancery-lane is left with a stone roadway . We are informed that Lord Skelmersdale , Seneschal of the Order of the Temple , has been appointed
Great Prior of England in the room of the late Earl of Shrewsbury . The Prince of Wales , as Grand Master , could not have made a better appointment , or one which would be more universally popular . A great fete in aid of the funds of the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage took place on Wednesday at the Alexandra Palace . Thc programme of
amusements included performances on the great organ , a vocal and instrumental concert , and performances by eleven City Police bands . The amusements terminated with a grand firework display and illumination of the grounds . The Pall Mall Gazette states that Prince Leopold will visit Lord and Lady Breadalbane at
Taymouth Castle on Thursday , the 13 th of September ; and that the Duke of Connaught will visit Taymouth on the 28 th or 29 th of the same month . 'Lady requests Messrs . Garrard to send her plate-chests '—and the request is sent on a post-card Thanks to an honest letter-carrier the newspapers have not yet recorded ' another mysterious robbery in the West-end . "
But they might have been called on to do so . —Mdijfair . Sir Edward Lee has undertaken to manage the Dublin Exhibition Palace for one-and-twenty years . The worthy knight intends to approach his work with spirit . With his experience and influence , added to the fact that his hands will be unmanacled by amateurish interference , a pleasant and prosperous future may be predicted for the institution with which Sir Arthur Guiness's name is only
less intimately mdentified than with benevolence and brown stout . —The IVorld . EVENING STAR LODGE . —The consecration of this lodge will take place on Tuesday next , at 4 o ' clock , at Freemasons' Hall , Gt . Queen-street . The ceremonies will be performed by Bro . John Hervey . assisted by Bro . H . G . Buss , and thc Rev . A . F . A . Woodford , P . G . C , as Chaplain . —A report of the proceedings will appear in our
next . The Times announces that the illness of Prince Albert Victor is at length approaching a favourable termination . The relapse , which occurred on the nth inst ., subsided after five days , and since Friday , the 17 th , the course of convalescence has been satisfactory . It is hoped that the Prince maybe able to leave for
Osborne on Saturday next , and although the fever has been protracted , there is every prospect of a complete recovery without any permanent injury to the health , There must still , of course , be a long period of weakness to be passed through . The Bavarian contingent having at last adopted the Mauser rifle , the whole of the German Army will shortly be equipped with that weapon .
We learn from the Dail y News that at Toulouse the Prefect has dissolved all the Masonic lodges , on the ground that they had become centres of political propagandism .
Notes On Art, &C.
NOTES ON ART , & c .
The dispersion by auction , by Messrs . Puttick and Simpson , of Leicester-square , of the old family library founded by Sir Edward Nicholas ( Principal Secretary of State co King Charles I . ) brought to light some unique and otherwise rare books , among- c # lhers—lot 225 , Blaeu , " Le Grand Atlas , " n vols , T ** KS , £ 23 ; lot 228 , Book ol
Common Prayer , 1662 , the . •Sealed Book , " probably Charles H . ' s copy , having- the Royal arms on one side , £ 48 ; 101517 , "Mr . William Shakespeire ' s Comedies , Histories , and Tragedies , " the third edition , 1664 , with an additional copy ofthe verses by Ben Jonson printed separately on a fly-leaf , £ 107 ; lot 5 28 , " Sully ' s Memoirs , " two vols ., 1638 , a presentation copy to Sir Edward Nicholas
£ 30 ; lot 553 , Earl Coningsby ' s collections concerning the Manor of Marden , privately printed 1722-27 , £ 100 . An interesting discovery has just been made at Tarnworth , in Staffordshire . While a man was engaged in excavating for the erection of a wall near the Board Schools , he came upon a small leaden box , which on being opened was found to contain some 300 coins . Some
of them bear the impress of Stafford , BerwicJr , and Hereford . They appear to belong to the time of William I . and William Rufus , but it is intended to submit the coins to competent authorities for examination . A public meeting of the inhabitants of Kew has been convened , to ask that the gardens may be opened earlier . The Surrey Comet says that on the last Bank Holiday
about 500 persons were congregated before 11 o ' clock in the morning in front of the principal entrance , waiting until the gate should be opened at 1 o'clock . There was a great deal of drinking and roystering in consequence of this delay , and many of those assembled could not have spent a happy day in the gardens . The Kew people have abandoned a request for the opening of the glass houses before
1 o clock , as it is understood that this would interfere with the scientific work which has to be performed there , and they simply ask for admission to the grounds at an earlier hour . It is also intended to request the authorities to abandon the work of raising the existing wall . It is already ten or 12 feet high , excluding all view from the road , and the intended addition of three feet would materially add
to its ugliness , without answering any useful purpose . THE TELEPHONE . — " Practical Telegraphist " writes : — " In your report of the account given of the telephone by Mr . Preece , at Plymouth , on Friday last , it is stated that conversation could not be carried on at Exeter because the wire on which the telephone was being worked would come in contact with other wires used for business
purposes . Will you allow me to suggest that what was probably intended to be conveyed to the minds of this highly scientific audience was , that a certain inductive action would be set up , which would neutralise or destroy the currents sent through the telephone wire ? For this reason I imagine the telephone will never be workable on submarine cables of more than one wire ; and if , as has been stated , its use on land lines in England will
necessitate the erection of independent wires , its value for commercial or even practical purposes must be very doubtful . In America , with long lengths of single wire , and a fine dry climate , the telephone may perhaps come into use practically . But in England , with most of the telegraph lines already overweighted , and a damp moist climate , it is hardly likely to become more than an electrical toy , or drawing-room telegraph , or at most a kind of electrical speaking tube .
Swedenborgian Rite.
SWEDENBORGIAN RITE .
It may be interesting for our readers to learn what progress has been effected within a few months in the above rite , which is now gathering strength in this country . ' The rite itself is only of recent re-introduction in England , but unquestionably was practised in London a century ago by the immediate Masonic friends of Swedenborg himself ,
and it contains much to interest members of the Craft who look philosophically into Masonic science . Past Masters and companions of the Royal Arch will especially gather many suggestive ideas from the very elaborate ceremonials of this rite , which is strictly conferred on Master Masons only . The Ritual is much longer than that of Craft Masonry , of which it is the complement , inasmuch as the
lectures are incorporated into the ceremony , and require close attention in order that they may be appreciated . The following lodges and temples now exist in the United Kingdom : i , Emanuel , at Weston-super-Mare j 2 , Egyptian , Masonic Hall , Manchester ; 3 , St . John ' s , at Baddon , Shipley , Yorkshire ; 4 , Swedenborg , Havant
Hants ; 5 , Edina , Edinburgh ; 6 , Liverpool , at Liverpool * , 7 , Cagliostro , Keynshaw , Somerset ; and 8 , Hermes , London , each of these lodges being under the government of an experienced member of the Craft as Worshipful Master , Several other lodges are being formed , under dispensation , and the coming Masonic season will no doubt show a large increase in their strength .
A cheque for one hundred guineas has been received at the Mansion House from the Princess of Wales as a contribution to the Indian Famine Relief Fund . The Countess of Leicester on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of a convalescent home at Hunstanton , which is about to be erected as a memorial of the
recovery of the Prince of Wales from his serious illness a few years ago . We hear that Mrs . Craik , the authoress of "John Halifax , Gentleman , " and other well known works , has been bitten by a dog . Although the wound was lather a severe one , the patient is doing very well , and no vil results are anticipated . —Medical Examiner ,