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Article AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT A PROVINCIAL THEATRE, BY A BROTHER, ON HIS BENEFIT. ← Page 2 of 2 Article FINE ARTS. Page 1 of 1 Article THE WEEK. Page 1 of 3 →
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An Address Delivered At A Provincial Theatre, By A Brother, On His Benefit.
Men fled her presence , dazzled at her light , And chose to Avander in the wilds of night ; Griev'd at the scene , reluctant she retir'd , And in a sevenfold veil her face attir'd . No more in public are her truths reveal'd , From all , but a chosen few , she keeps conceal'd . No mixed gaze , no clam ' rous noise she loves ,
AVisdom in soberness , her mind approves . But still ( so 'tis decreed ) she must retain Some among men her science to maintain . For them the noblest fabrics she rears , To crown their virtues , and to ease their cares . AVithin those walls no trivial merit ' s known , No wild Ambition , Envy ' s jealous frown , Jaundic'd Suspicion , Satire's vengeful sneer , Dare not intrude , immortal Truth is there . Friendship and Love , with all their charming train , In Masonry ' s bright temples ever
reign—On hev grand altars no characters are slam . AVhat , though the weak may point with foolish sneer , At those who ' re Masons but by what they wear ; And sagely ask if Masonry ' s so good , AVhy are the lives of these so very rude ? Yet candid minds ( and such do here abound ) AVill own the good , tho' bad ones may be found . Search orders through , e ' en sacred are not free ,
From those who are not what they ought to be . Still so exact are Masonry's bright rules , They none offend , hut vicious men , or fools , Brethren , to you , by Avhom these truths are known , I now beg leave to turn , for favours shown My thanks are duo , accept them from a heart That feels the brother ' s tie in every part . Long may your lodge remain the honour'd seat
Of each Masonic virtue , good and great ; May ev ' ery member as a Mason shine , And round his heart its ev'ery grace entwine ! AVhile here below , may Heaven upon him show'r Its choicest gifts , and in a distant hour , Gently from the lodge below his soul remove To the Grand Lodge of Masonry above 1
Fine Arts.
FINE ARTS .
Amongst our eminent sculptors—if we accept Mr . J . Edwards , of the Hatnpstead-road—there are perhaps none more deserving praise for ability and tmostentatiousness than Mr . Thomas Earle , of Vincent-street , Brompton . We have recently noticed in this gentleman ' s studio several works displaying consummate skill and
ingenuity , amongst which is a delightful figure of " Miranda , " particularly expressive and exquisitely chaste . The figure is attired in the Eoman toga , fringed at the edges , the feet sandaled , and the head Avreathed in flowers . The right arm supports the toga , whilst the left arm is raised in surprise , depicting her just
beholding Eerdinand , and uttering the folloAving Avords : " I might call him a thing divine ; for nothing natural I ever saw so noble . " This figure is proposed for the nest Exhibition at the Royal Academy . In Mr . Eavle ' s studio is also the original marble bust of Her Majesty , Avhich he made at Windsor Castle a short time before the death of
the Prince Consort , who also Avorked upon it . The Queen who tvrice sat to Mr . Earle , is attired in the royal robe , a tiara , and a lace stomacher . Erom this bust the sculptor completed a colossal seated statue in Carrara marble , from a solid block which weighed upwards of 12 tons , the pedestal being 7 fb . high , out from a block of Sicilian marbleand recently fixed in the People's Park
, , at Hull . In the same studio is also a classical statue in Carrara marble of the late Prince Consort , a counterpart of the one recently unveiled by the Prince of Wales at the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum , in the Old Kent-road .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —The Queen and younger members of the Royal Family continue at Osborne . The Prince and Princess of Wales left Copenhagen for Stockholm on Saturday , in the royal yacht Osborne . Tbe stay of their Royal Highnesses in the Swedish capital , where they arrived on Monday , will be a very short one . It is believed that before their return to England the Prince
and Princess will visit Paris , and it is even affirmed that apartments have been engaged for them at one of the hotels in that city . It is now quite settled that the Princess ' s sister , the Princess Dagmar , is to be betrothed to tbe Czarewitch , who has arrived at Copenhagen .
GEKERAI HOME NEWS . —The state of mortality in the metropolis has now settled down into something near the ten years ' average . There Avore 1 , 229 deaths last week , divided in pretty equal proportions between the two sexes . Among the women was one old lady who was said to be 105 years of age . She lived in Stoke Newington . The births for the week were 1 , 953 ,
AA'hich was 70 above tho average . AA e regret to observe that the weekly return issued by the Poor-law Board continues to SIIOAV an increase of destitution in the cotton manufacturing districts . Of the 21 unions included in the report , 17 show an unfavourable change , while iu one only , Chorlton , has the number of paupers decreased . In the remaining three—Haslingden ,
Salford , and Todmorden—the amount of pauperism is the same as in the previous week . The Gazette contains the names of four officers and one private upon whom her Majesty has been pleased to confer the Victoria Cross in recognition of the acts of distinguished bravery duly described in the official newspaper . All the crosses are given for bravery in the New Zealand Avar , and three out of the five crosses are given to the Royal Artillery , the other two heing to the 57 th Regiment . ——
The new Sheriffs of London and Middlesex , Aldermen Dakin and Besley , were sworn into office at the Guildhall on AVednesday Avith the customary formalities . Thursday , being Michaelmas Day , the election of a Lord Mayor for 186-1-5 took place at the Guildhall . According to the usual practice , the senior Alderman below the chair , Mr . AVarren Stormes Hale , was
chosen by his brother aldermen to fill the office . Mr . Hale is alderman of Coleman-street Ward , and was elected in 185 G . ¦ The death of AValter Savage Landor iu his 89 th year is announced . Mr . Landor is Avell known for his writings both in poetry and prose ; his "Imaginary Conversations" has already taken its place among the classics of our language . One of his latest publications contained personalities on a lady with whose
family he had formerly been on intimate terms , which subjected him to damages for libel , and caused him to pass the last portion of his years in a foreign country . The system of tendering by contractors received a curious illustration at a meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works . Among the tenders for the erection of the Abbey Mills Pumping Stations Avere offers to do
the Avork for £ 134 , 228 , for £ 112 , 500 , and for—to do the same amount of labour on the same specification— £ 5-1 , 700 ! Surely somebody was out in his calculations ? Naturally the board accepted the lowest tender , subject to inquiries . At a
meeting of the City Commission of Sewers held ou Tuesday , a proposal was laid before the board hy Mr . Haywood , tho engineer ,
for widening the thoroughfare at the present junction of Fleetstreet , Ludgate-bill , Bridge-street , and Farr ' mgdon-street , and forming a circus at that point . The imprOA-ements would be greatly facilitated by the alterations consequent on the works going on there for the London , Chatham , and Dover Railway . The advantage of such a ch-ens greatly commended itself to tbe —I commission , Avho referred it to the improvement committee .
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An Address Delivered At A Provincial Theatre, By A Brother, On His Benefit.
Men fled her presence , dazzled at her light , And chose to Avander in the wilds of night ; Griev'd at the scene , reluctant she retir'd , And in a sevenfold veil her face attir'd . No more in public are her truths reveal'd , From all , but a chosen few , she keeps conceal'd . No mixed gaze , no clam ' rous noise she loves ,
AVisdom in soberness , her mind approves . But still ( so 'tis decreed ) she must retain Some among men her science to maintain . For them the noblest fabrics she rears , To crown their virtues , and to ease their cares . AVithin those walls no trivial merit ' s known , No wild Ambition , Envy ' s jealous frown , Jaundic'd Suspicion , Satire's vengeful sneer , Dare not intrude , immortal Truth is there . Friendship and Love , with all their charming train , In Masonry ' s bright temples ever
reign—On hev grand altars no characters are slam . AVhat , though the weak may point with foolish sneer , At those who ' re Masons but by what they wear ; And sagely ask if Masonry ' s so good , AVhy are the lives of these so very rude ? Yet candid minds ( and such do here abound ) AVill own the good , tho' bad ones may be found . Search orders through , e ' en sacred are not free ,
From those who are not what they ought to be . Still so exact are Masonry's bright rules , They none offend , hut vicious men , or fools , Brethren , to you , by Avhom these truths are known , I now beg leave to turn , for favours shown My thanks are duo , accept them from a heart That feels the brother ' s tie in every part . Long may your lodge remain the honour'd seat
Of each Masonic virtue , good and great ; May ev ' ery member as a Mason shine , And round his heart its ev'ery grace entwine ! AVhile here below , may Heaven upon him show'r Its choicest gifts , and in a distant hour , Gently from the lodge below his soul remove To the Grand Lodge of Masonry above 1
Fine Arts.
FINE ARTS .
Amongst our eminent sculptors—if we accept Mr . J . Edwards , of the Hatnpstead-road—there are perhaps none more deserving praise for ability and tmostentatiousness than Mr . Thomas Earle , of Vincent-street , Brompton . We have recently noticed in this gentleman ' s studio several works displaying consummate skill and
ingenuity , amongst which is a delightful figure of " Miranda , " particularly expressive and exquisitely chaste . The figure is attired in the Eoman toga , fringed at the edges , the feet sandaled , and the head Avreathed in flowers . The right arm supports the toga , whilst the left arm is raised in surprise , depicting her just
beholding Eerdinand , and uttering the folloAving Avords : " I might call him a thing divine ; for nothing natural I ever saw so noble . " This figure is proposed for the nest Exhibition at the Royal Academy . In Mr . Eavle ' s studio is also the original marble bust of Her Majesty , Avhich he made at Windsor Castle a short time before the death of
the Prince Consort , who also Avorked upon it . The Queen who tvrice sat to Mr . Earle , is attired in the royal robe , a tiara , and a lace stomacher . Erom this bust the sculptor completed a colossal seated statue in Carrara marble , from a solid block which weighed upwards of 12 tons , the pedestal being 7 fb . high , out from a block of Sicilian marbleand recently fixed in the People's Park
, , at Hull . In the same studio is also a classical statue in Carrara marble of the late Prince Consort , a counterpart of the one recently unveiled by the Prince of Wales at the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum , in the Old Kent-road .
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COURT . —The Queen and younger members of the Royal Family continue at Osborne . The Prince and Princess of Wales left Copenhagen for Stockholm on Saturday , in the royal yacht Osborne . Tbe stay of their Royal Highnesses in the Swedish capital , where they arrived on Monday , will be a very short one . It is believed that before their return to England the Prince
and Princess will visit Paris , and it is even affirmed that apartments have been engaged for them at one of the hotels in that city . It is now quite settled that the Princess ' s sister , the Princess Dagmar , is to be betrothed to tbe Czarewitch , who has arrived at Copenhagen .
GEKERAI HOME NEWS . —The state of mortality in the metropolis has now settled down into something near the ten years ' average . There Avore 1 , 229 deaths last week , divided in pretty equal proportions between the two sexes . Among the women was one old lady who was said to be 105 years of age . She lived in Stoke Newington . The births for the week were 1 , 953 ,
AA'hich was 70 above tho average . AA e regret to observe that the weekly return issued by the Poor-law Board continues to SIIOAV an increase of destitution in the cotton manufacturing districts . Of the 21 unions included in the report , 17 show an unfavourable change , while iu one only , Chorlton , has the number of paupers decreased . In the remaining three—Haslingden ,
Salford , and Todmorden—the amount of pauperism is the same as in the previous week . The Gazette contains the names of four officers and one private upon whom her Majesty has been pleased to confer the Victoria Cross in recognition of the acts of distinguished bravery duly described in the official newspaper . All the crosses are given for bravery in the New Zealand Avar , and three out of the five crosses are given to the Royal Artillery , the other two heing to the 57 th Regiment . ——
The new Sheriffs of London and Middlesex , Aldermen Dakin and Besley , were sworn into office at the Guildhall on AVednesday Avith the customary formalities . Thursday , being Michaelmas Day , the election of a Lord Mayor for 186-1-5 took place at the Guildhall . According to the usual practice , the senior Alderman below the chair , Mr . AVarren Stormes Hale , was
chosen by his brother aldermen to fill the office . Mr . Hale is alderman of Coleman-street Ward , and was elected in 185 G . ¦ The death of AValter Savage Landor iu his 89 th year is announced . Mr . Landor is Avell known for his writings both in poetry and prose ; his "Imaginary Conversations" has already taken its place among the classics of our language . One of his latest publications contained personalities on a lady with whose
family he had formerly been on intimate terms , which subjected him to damages for libel , and caused him to pass the last portion of his years in a foreign country . The system of tendering by contractors received a curious illustration at a meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works . Among the tenders for the erection of the Abbey Mills Pumping Stations Avere offers to do
the Avork for £ 134 , 228 , for £ 112 , 500 , and for—to do the same amount of labour on the same specification— £ 5-1 , 700 ! Surely somebody was out in his calculations ? Naturally the board accepted the lowest tender , subject to inquiries . At a
meeting of the City Commission of Sewers held ou Tuesday , a proposal was laid before the board hy Mr . Haywood , tho engineer ,
for widening the thoroughfare at the present junction of Fleetstreet , Ludgate-bill , Bridge-street , and Farr ' mgdon-street , and forming a circus at that point . The imprOA-ements would be greatly facilitated by the alterations consequent on the works going on there for the London , Chatham , and Dover Railway . The advantage of such a ch-ens greatly commended itself to tbe —I commission , Avho referred it to the improvement committee .