Obituary.

Lodge ( No . 595 ) , Longtown , on the 17 th May , 1843 , and continued a member up to the period of his death . He was appointed Prov . G . Master for Cumberland in July , 1 S 25 , and has ever since continued to hold that office , though he has more than once offered to resign it into the hands of the M . AA . G . Master , owing to his public duties preventing his paying attention to it . AVe believe that his last act as Prov . Grand Master was the appointment of the late D . Prov . Grand Master ( for by the death of Sir James , he is at least temporarily out of office)—Bro . Greaves , M . D . —about six years since . Westmorland has been recently added to the province .

THE ATENERABLE ARCHDEACON BURROW , D . D ., F . B . S . F . L . S ., PROV . G . M . OF GIBRALTAR AND MALTA . The ranks of the Prov . G . M . ' s are being thinned rapidly by the hand of death . AVe have to record the decease of the Prov . G . M . of Malta and Gibraltar , which event took place at Bath , in Somersetshire , a fortnight since . Our deceased Bro . was a man of considerable eminence in the churchand such dignitaries

belong-, ing to our order shed a lustre on it , and evince to the world that Masonry is an institution pure , holy , and beneficial to the minds of its disciples . The Venerable Archdeacon ' s career was as follows : —Edward John Burrow entered Magdalene College , Cambridge , about 1803 ; took his B . A . degree in 1805 , and M . A . in 1808 , and was Fellow of his College 1805-10 . In 1810 , he became perpetual curate

of Bempton , in Yorkshire , where he remained until 1816 , when he was appointed minister of Hampstead chapel , which be held until 1823 . During this period he was incorporated of Trinity College , Oxford , where he took the degrees of P . D . ancl D . D ., by accumulation , in 1820 . His next appointment was domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester , which he held from 1823 to 1835 . In 1835 he was gazetted one of the Civil Chaplains at Gibraltar ,

which post he served until 1842 , when he was appointed to the Archdeaconry . He was a Fellow of the Royal Society , and a Fellow of the Linncen Society . In his career at Hampstead , he distinguished himself by writing against the dissenting tendencies of the so-called evangelical party in the church then led by the Reverend Mr . Marsh , afterwards Bishop of Peterborough , and in his defence of church principles was eminently successful . The following list of his works will attest his industry : —

JLlements of Conchology according to the Linnean system . Illustrated by 28 plates drawn from Nature , 8 vo . London , 1815 ; A Letter addressed to W . Marsh , on the Nature and Tendency of certain Beligious Principles frequently , but improperly denominated Fvangelicnl , 2 editions , 8 vo ., London , 1819 ; A Second Letter contrasting the Doctrines of the Church of England with those which have heen denominated Evangelical , 2 editions , Svo ., 1819 ; A Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury on the subject of certain

Doctrines of the Church of England , Svo ., London , 1819 ; The Elgin Marbles , ivith an abridged Historical and Topographical Account of Athens , Svo ., London , 1819 ; A Summary of ' Christian Faith and Practice confirmed by Holy Scripture , and compared with the Liturgy , Articles , and Homilies of the Church of England , 3 volumes , 12 mo ., London , 1822 ; Questions on the Memorial Scripture Copies , 12 mo ., 3 editions , London , 1829 ; Hours of Devotion for the Promotion of True Christianit . Translated from the German

y , 8 vo ., Lodon , 1830 ; A School Companion to the Bible , 2 editions , 12 mo ., 1831 . The A en . Archdeacon was initiated in the Scientific Lodge , Cam--bridge ( No . 105 ) , on the 9 fch of June 1803 , joined the Hope Lodge at the Cape of Good Hope ( No . 473 ) in January , 1832 , and was appointed to Prov . G . office in that colony ; he also joined the Lodge of Friendship afc Gibraltar , ( No . 345 ) as a Past Grand officer

of the Cape of Good Hope , and was appointed Prov . G . M . of Gibraltar and Malta , as well as Prov . G . Supt . of Royal Arch Masons for the same , on the 28 th of March , 1836 . By his demise Masonry has lost one who reflected credit on its cause , both by his learning , zeal , and kindness ; ancl the church has suffered in having one of her truest sons removed from his sphere of usefulness amongst us .

Notes On Music And The Drama.

NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA .

The " Musical Society of London" will give four orchestral concerts during the ensuing season , on the following AVednesday evenings-. —March 12 th , April 30 th , May 21 st , and June llth , 1862 . The fourth season of the " Monday Popular Concerts" will commence on the 18 th of November . Ifc is saicl that M . Vieuxtemps will appear at the first concert . Herr Joachim is also expected .

Notes On Music And The Drama.

A new burlesque ( say the Fra ) , by one of our most popular authors , is in active preparation for Drury-lane Theatre , ancl will be immediately produced . The pantomine for Christmas is hourly receiving Mr . AVm . Beverley's attention , numerous artists being already at work to produce his unrivalled scenery ancl effects .

Barnum has dramatised Mr . Dickens's " Great Expectation , " ancl it is performed nightly at his museum in New York . There is a German Opera now at Geneva , with an English prima donna , a Miss Bywater . Mr . Morton is giving a selection from " La Circassienne , " M . Auber ' s last opera , at the Oxford .

A committee we (^ 7 ieiJcEKi ») , areinformed , has been organised , with the object of offering a testimonial to Signor Costa , in the course of next season , in recognition of his remarkable services to music in England . A fitter object could not in music be found ; be it remembered , too , that the ease of Signor Costa is unique , since he has gained a European fame ancl pre-eminence during an unbroken residence in London . A success more gradually won—rnore thoroughly merited—is not in the annals of music .

It was currently reported on the Boulevard des Italiens , some days ago , that Donizetti ' s "Anna Bolena"is to be revived at the Italian Opera of Paris for Madame Alboni . —Signor Mercadante ' s " Leuora " is more certainly to be given there . An American lady , Miss Adelaide Phillips , is engaged .

Scribe has left an opera-book in the hands of the iiatriarch of French composers , M . Auber . The music to this , which is entitled " La Fiancee du Roi de Garbe , " is said to be nearly ready . The Gazette Musicale of Paris announces a singer , Senhora Rosario Zapater , who will not come out yet for awhile , though she is now , when only seventeen years of age , an accomplished mistress of her art , with , a remarkable voice .

The great meeting of the " Orpheonistes " in Paris , afc which 8 , 000 voices were to sing , was helcl last week . This appears to have excited less sensation than the former gathering . A posthumous comedy by Scribe , entitled " La Frileuse , " has beeu produced afc the Vaudeville Theatre , without success , in spite ofthe aid given to it by the presence of Mdlle . Cellier , who is now a reigning beauty of the Parisian theatres .

M . Bouffe has returned to the stage at the Theatre Gymnase . The Parisian version , or rather call it equivalent , of " The Colleen Bawn , " " Le Lac cle Glenaston , " has been successfully produced at the Theatre Ambigu-Comique . —M . Janin is not unjustifiably sarcastic over the new triumph of stage-carpentry . " The header , " he says , does it all .

A new comedy , " L'Afctache d'Ambassade , " by M . Meithae , and a new actress , Mdlle . Juliette Beau , are between them attracting fche world to the Theatre Vaudeville .

Public Amusements.

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA . Mr . Harrison and Miss Louisa Pyne , commenced their new campaign at Covent Garden Theatre , on Thursday , the 24 th ult ., by the production of a new Opera hy Mr . Howard Glover , entitled " Ruy Bias , " which met with a warm and most deserved success . Though Mr . Glover may upon this occasion he said to have made his debut as an operatic composerhe was well known ancl

appre-, ciated as the composer of "Tam'o Shanter , " which evidenced considerable dramatic power and of various graceful and melodius lyrics , which , heard in the concert-room , have found their way to the drawing-rooms of all classes , ancl become enrolled among tbe popularities of the clay . We need not enter into a description of the plot of Ruy Bias , it being well known to all play goers . —Suffice it to say , that the

drama has been been sufficiently closely followed—and Mr . Glover , having been the author of his own libretto , has managed to afford a much better specimen of versification than the majority of our composers has had to deal with . The overture is brilliant , ancl introduces the first tenor air ancl a portion of the second finale with admirable effect . The fiddle passages are written with great ease and freedom , and the orchestra