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Macaulay , dated 1853 , aud refers to a report largely circulated in the nen'spapcrs that he ivas addicted to tho use of oxiium . He writes : — ' The story ivhich is going tho round of your papers is an impudent lie , Avithout the slightest shadow of a foundation . All tho opium that I have SAA-alloAved in a life of fifty-three years , does not amount to ten grains . * * I will venture to say that the writer of the letter iu which the falsehood first appeared , never approached even the outskirts of the
society in which I live , or he would have made his fiction a little more probable . '" Mr . John Timbs ' s " Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art for I 860 , " ivas published on Tuesday by Messrs . Kent and Co . ; and Mr . Bentley announces as "just ready" "Anecdote Biography , " by the author of " Things not generally Known . " The long expected IIOAV work of Mr . Frank Bucklaud , son of tho late
geological Dean of AVestminster , and author of the delightful and popular "Curiosities of Natural History , " is announced as ready for publication . In the neiv number of the Gentleman ' s Magazine appears a letter of Queen Elizabeth on the subject of "Designs of Franco against England , " recently found in tho Public Record Office , and communicated by the Right Hon . the Master of the Rolls to that publication .
The Earl of AVinchclsea , better knoivn as Viscount Maidstone , author of "Abd-el-Kader" and the "Deluge , " is following iu somo measure the example of Lord Carlisle , AA-IIO versified a portion of the prophecies of " Daniel . " LordAA iueliclsea is rendering "The Book of Job" into English verse , which ivill be published by Messrs . Smith , Elder and Co . Tho Eev . AVhitwell Ehi-in , the editor of the Quarterly Jlcvieio , is preparing for publication by Mr . Murray , a now edition of the " AA ' orks of Addison , " ivith a neiv life , aud notes ; an important contribution to the literature of his country . He has also undertaken a , "Lives of Eminent British Poets from Chaucer to Wordsivorth , " Avhich AA'ill fill a long vacant
niche in the literary history of Great Britain . Mr . Laurence Oliphant's Narrative of Lord Elgin ' s Mission to China and Japan is to be translated into French forthwith . The translatress is to be no loss a person than Mine , dc AVitfc , a daughter of M . Guizot ' s , and M . Guizot has himself undertaken to furnish a preface . Mr . Stilly the proprietor of the London , Journal aud the Weekly Times , has , we understand , bought Ecenjboily ' s Journal . Tho Sporting Life ,
also , we hear , is about to pass iuto the hands of Mr . Stiff . This is the well knoivn penny rival to Fell ' s Life . Six thousand is the number of copies already issued by the Messrs . Routledge of Mr . Russell ' s Indian Diary . Yesterday , at two o ' clock , Professor Owen commenced a course of tivolvo lectures " On Fossil Mammalia , " at tho Museum of Practical Geology , in Jcrmyn-street .
The Lord Chief Barou , Sir Frederick Pollock , aa President of the Photographic Society , will hold a reception , on Monday , the Sth of February , 1860 , at the Suffolk-street Gallery . The Photographic Gallery will bo open on the same evening—but , on ax-count of its confined space , the President and Council will receive the members and their guests in Suffolk-street . A special general meeting of the Horticultural Society was hold on Friday , the 20 th of January , at the house of the Society of Arts ,
John-street , Adelphi , for tho purpose of electing various candidates who had intimated their intention of promoting the formation of tho Neiv Garden at Kensington Gore by becoming Felloivs of the Society . The Rev . L . V . Harcourt , A . P ., occupied the chair . Amongst those elected were—The Duke and Duchess of Manchester ; Duchess of Buceleuch ; Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare ; JIarquis of AVestminster ; Marquis of Chandos ; Earl of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley Lad
; y Overstone ; Viscount and Viscountess Falmouth ; Lady Harriet Vernon ; Lady Belper ; Sir AA illiam and Ludy Gomm ; The Earl of Dartmouth ; Robert Hanbury , Esq ., M . P . ; T . Bazley , Esq ., M . P . ; Lady Keating ; 0 . Morrison , Esq . ; Lady Foley ; Lady A . Maimers ; Gathore Hard y , Esq ., M . P . ; Earl Stanhope ; Lord and Lady Taunton ; Henry AVellesley , Esq . ; General AVylde ; AV . JacksonEsq . M . P . JBramley-Moore
, , ; . , Lsq . ; F . Hall Dare , Esq . ; the Dean of Canterbury ; Lady Chantrey ; and upwards of three hundred other ladies and gentlemen . It was announced that a special meeting for election of various members of the Royal Family would take place on Tuesday next , the 31 st instant . Tho Congress of Delegates of Learned Societies will be held this year at Paris , on the 9 th of April , in the line Bonaparte , as usual . The ,
Congres Scientifiqne'de France will be held at Cherbourg , on the 2 nd of September . The presence of English antiquaries on either or both of these occasions issearnestl y invited by the French .
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Professor Donaldson has visited Southampton , at the request of the corporation of the borough , to select a plan for the building of the Hartley Institute from among forty-seven plans which have been sent in from all parts of tho country . The whole of them , by arrangement , provide a great hall to accommodate two thousand persons for lectures , concerts , and other public purposes . It will bo recollected that Mr . J . R . Hartley , a former resident at Southampton , left £ 100 , 000 for the
promotion of literary and scientific pursuits iu that town , £ 60 , 000 of ivhich ivere spent iu Chancery and in arrangements Avith the claimants of his family , leaving still the princely sum of £ 10 , 000 for carrying out the purposes named in the testator ' s will . After an interview with Professor Donaldson , the council of the institution , under the scheme ivhich has been approved by the Court of Chancery , appointed Mr . J . R . Stebbing , F . R . A . S . ( ivhoso plan for carrying Mr . Hartley ' s bequest into operation
has been adopted ) , chairman of tho council , the mayor ( Mr . Frederick Perkins ) being tho president of the institution . The Avorks connected with tho erection o £ the building will most probably be commenced early in the coming spring . The Royal Society met on the 19 th ult ., under tho presidency of Sir Benjamin Brodie . The following papers were road : — " Ou the Electrical Discharge through Rarified Gases aud Vapours , " by Prof . Pli'tcker .
" On the Interruption of the Voltaic Discharge in Vacuo by Magnetic Force , and on Vacuo as Indicated by the Mercurial Syphon , " by J . P . Gassiot , Esq . These papers were illustrated hy very interesting experiments . AA c omitted ,-in our last , to notice . the meeting of the Syro-Egyptiati Society ou January 10 th , on wliich occasion the chair was occupied by Mr . Sopivith . A member of the council , Mr . Harle , read a highly
interesting paper " On the God Baal , and on the Assyrian Bel . " Mr . Harle also read a paper <; On tho Seals mentioned in the Bible . " He showed that the seal was used at a very early period , from the notice of them in the Books of Genesis aud of Job . That , although there were tivo Hebrew words , and one Chaldee word , to describe ' ' Seal , " "Ring , " " Signet , " each of these words was translated iu the Septuagint by one word . Mr . Harlo noticed that ] it was never said that the " ring" was
removed from the linger ; and that it was probable that the seal was attached , either to the bracelet or to tho armlet , —by such an explanation , the passage in the Canticles was clear , — "Set mc as a seal on thy heart , as a seal on thy arm . " Mr . Harle pointed out the armlet Ai-orn by the Assyrians , on Avhieh nothing could bo more easy than to attach a seal , of the Assyrian cylindrical form . Mr . Harle also exhibited an enlarged inscription , taken from Darius ' s seal—a fac simile of Dr . Hincks ' s .
Tin : Titui : MA . SOIV ' .- —lie is a mail of his word . AVhen he tells you he Avill do so and so , unless providentially deterred , he will do it . No slight obstacle will turn him aside ; it must bo some thing real and tangible , some positive hindrance that makes him fail in his contract . And if he is obliged to succumb to circumstances and disappoint you , ho will go to you at once , and tell you candidly and truly tho reasons why and wherefore . He will not make rash promises , whereby his
honour as a man and a Mason is involved , but will duly consider and fully digest his proposition before he makes it knoivn . But once having made it , he will stand to and abide by it , unless , as ive before said , something providential interferes with his plans . Sorry , indeed , are we to say , that we have met with Masonic brethren , who seemed by their actions to think their Masonic character AAVIS but a garment which should be kept hanging in the Lodgo , to be put on when the brother enters its sacred precincts , and put off the moment the communication i . s closed . Not
so do we regard it—Masonry is a living , breathing reality—it has a lifo and a soul . Faith , hope , charity , friendship , morality , brotherly love , relief , truth , temperance , fortitude , prudence , justice—these are not empty names . They each and every one stand for a principle , and all those principles the true hearted Mason loves , reveres and practises . He is the soul of honour , the mirror of truth , a very Chevalier Bayard among the world ' s people . Then , brother , let your light shine ; act out in day life the princiles profess—carry them into your
your every p you business transactions with all mankind , aud —• "So live , that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To the pale realms of shades , Thou go not as the quarry slave at night , Scourged to his dungeon , but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trustapproach thy tomb
, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch around him , And lies doivii to pleasant dreams . " So shall men revere and honour you , and you will ivell and truly deserve the title of a free aud accepted Mason— Voice of Masonry .
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Literature.
Macaulay , dated 1853 , aud refers to a report largely circulated in the nen'spapcrs that he ivas addicted to tho use of oxiium . He writes : — ' The story ivhich is going tho round of your papers is an impudent lie , Avithout the slightest shadow of a foundation . All tho opium that I have SAA-alloAved in a life of fifty-three years , does not amount to ten grains . * * I will venture to say that the writer of the letter iu which the falsehood first appeared , never approached even the outskirts of the
society in which I live , or he would have made his fiction a little more probable . '" Mr . John Timbs ' s " Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art for I 860 , " ivas published on Tuesday by Messrs . Kent and Co . ; and Mr . Bentley announces as "just ready" "Anecdote Biography , " by the author of " Things not generally Known . " The long expected IIOAV work of Mr . Frank Bucklaud , son of tho late
geological Dean of AVestminster , and author of the delightful and popular "Curiosities of Natural History , " is announced as ready for publication . In the neiv number of the Gentleman ' s Magazine appears a letter of Queen Elizabeth on the subject of "Designs of Franco against England , " recently found in tho Public Record Office , and communicated by the Right Hon . the Master of the Rolls to that publication .
The Earl of AVinchclsea , better knoivn as Viscount Maidstone , author of "Abd-el-Kader" and the "Deluge , " is following iu somo measure the example of Lord Carlisle , AA-IIO versified a portion of the prophecies of " Daniel . " LordAA iueliclsea is rendering "The Book of Job" into English verse , which ivill be published by Messrs . Smith , Elder and Co . Tho Eev . AVhitwell Ehi-in , the editor of the Quarterly Jlcvieio , is preparing for publication by Mr . Murray , a now edition of the " AA ' orks of Addison , " ivith a neiv life , aud notes ; an important contribution to the literature of his country . He has also undertaken a , "Lives of Eminent British Poets from Chaucer to Wordsivorth , " Avhich AA'ill fill a long vacant
niche in the literary history of Great Britain . Mr . Laurence Oliphant's Narrative of Lord Elgin ' s Mission to China and Japan is to be translated into French forthwith . The translatress is to be no loss a person than Mine , dc AVitfc , a daughter of M . Guizot ' s , and M . Guizot has himself undertaken to furnish a preface . Mr . Stilly the proprietor of the London , Journal aud the Weekly Times , has , we understand , bought Ecenjboily ' s Journal . Tho Sporting Life ,
also , we hear , is about to pass iuto the hands of Mr . Stiff . This is the well knoivn penny rival to Fell ' s Life . Six thousand is the number of copies already issued by the Messrs . Routledge of Mr . Russell ' s Indian Diary . Yesterday , at two o ' clock , Professor Owen commenced a course of tivolvo lectures " On Fossil Mammalia , " at tho Museum of Practical Geology , in Jcrmyn-street .
The Lord Chief Barou , Sir Frederick Pollock , aa President of the Photographic Society , will hold a reception , on Monday , the Sth of February , 1860 , at the Suffolk-street Gallery . The Photographic Gallery will bo open on the same evening—but , on ax-count of its confined space , the President and Council will receive the members and their guests in Suffolk-street . A special general meeting of the Horticultural Society was hold on Friday , the 20 th of January , at the house of the Society of Arts ,
John-street , Adelphi , for tho purpose of electing various candidates who had intimated their intention of promoting the formation of tho Neiv Garden at Kensington Gore by becoming Felloivs of the Society . The Rev . L . V . Harcourt , A . P ., occupied the chair . Amongst those elected were—The Duke and Duchess of Manchester ; Duchess of Buceleuch ; Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare ; JIarquis of AVestminster ; Marquis of Chandos ; Earl of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley Lad
; y Overstone ; Viscount and Viscountess Falmouth ; Lady Harriet Vernon ; Lady Belper ; Sir AA illiam and Ludy Gomm ; The Earl of Dartmouth ; Robert Hanbury , Esq ., M . P . ; T . Bazley , Esq ., M . P . ; Lady Keating ; 0 . Morrison , Esq . ; Lady Foley ; Lady A . Maimers ; Gathore Hard y , Esq ., M . P . ; Earl Stanhope ; Lord and Lady Taunton ; Henry AVellesley , Esq . ; General AVylde ; AV . JacksonEsq . M . P . JBramley-Moore
, , ; . , Lsq . ; F . Hall Dare , Esq . ; the Dean of Canterbury ; Lady Chantrey ; and upwards of three hundred other ladies and gentlemen . It was announced that a special meeting for election of various members of the Royal Family would take place on Tuesday next , the 31 st instant . Tho Congress of Delegates of Learned Societies will be held this year at Paris , on the 9 th of April , in the line Bonaparte , as usual . The ,
Congres Scientifiqne'de France will be held at Cherbourg , on the 2 nd of September . The presence of English antiquaries on either or both of these occasions issearnestl y invited by the French .
Literature.
Professor Donaldson has visited Southampton , at the request of the corporation of the borough , to select a plan for the building of the Hartley Institute from among forty-seven plans which have been sent in from all parts of tho country . The whole of them , by arrangement , provide a great hall to accommodate two thousand persons for lectures , concerts , and other public purposes . It will bo recollected that Mr . J . R . Hartley , a former resident at Southampton , left £ 100 , 000 for the
promotion of literary and scientific pursuits iu that town , £ 60 , 000 of ivhich ivere spent iu Chancery and in arrangements Avith the claimants of his family , leaving still the princely sum of £ 10 , 000 for carrying out the purposes named in the testator ' s will . After an interview with Professor Donaldson , the council of the institution , under the scheme ivhich has been approved by the Court of Chancery , appointed Mr . J . R . Stebbing , F . R . A . S . ( ivhoso plan for carrying Mr . Hartley ' s bequest into operation
has been adopted ) , chairman of tho council , the mayor ( Mr . Frederick Perkins ) being tho president of the institution . The Avorks connected with tho erection o £ the building will most probably be commenced early in the coming spring . The Royal Society met on the 19 th ult ., under tho presidency of Sir Benjamin Brodie . The following papers were road : — " Ou the Electrical Discharge through Rarified Gases aud Vapours , " by Prof . Pli'tcker .
" On the Interruption of the Voltaic Discharge in Vacuo by Magnetic Force , and on Vacuo as Indicated by the Mercurial Syphon , " by J . P . Gassiot , Esq . These papers were illustrated hy very interesting experiments . AA c omitted ,-in our last , to notice . the meeting of the Syro-Egyptiati Society ou January 10 th , on wliich occasion the chair was occupied by Mr . Sopivith . A member of the council , Mr . Harle , read a highly
interesting paper " On the God Baal , and on the Assyrian Bel . " Mr . Harle also read a paper <; On tho Seals mentioned in the Bible . " He showed that the seal was used at a very early period , from the notice of them in the Books of Genesis aud of Job . That , although there were tivo Hebrew words , and one Chaldee word , to describe ' ' Seal , " "Ring , " " Signet , " each of these words was translated iu the Septuagint by one word . Mr . Harlo noticed that ] it was never said that the " ring" was
removed from the linger ; and that it was probable that the seal was attached , either to the bracelet or to tho armlet , —by such an explanation , the passage in the Canticles was clear , — "Set mc as a seal on thy heart , as a seal on thy arm . " Mr . Harle pointed out the armlet Ai-orn by the Assyrians , on Avhieh nothing could bo more easy than to attach a seal , of the Assyrian cylindrical form . Mr . Harle also exhibited an enlarged inscription , taken from Darius ' s seal—a fac simile of Dr . Hincks ' s .
Tin : Titui : MA . SOIV ' .- —lie is a mail of his word . AVhen he tells you he Avill do so and so , unless providentially deterred , he will do it . No slight obstacle will turn him aside ; it must bo some thing real and tangible , some positive hindrance that makes him fail in his contract . And if he is obliged to succumb to circumstances and disappoint you , ho will go to you at once , and tell you candidly and truly tho reasons why and wherefore . He will not make rash promises , whereby his
honour as a man and a Mason is involved , but will duly consider and fully digest his proposition before he makes it knoivn . But once having made it , he will stand to and abide by it , unless , as ive before said , something providential interferes with his plans . Sorry , indeed , are we to say , that we have met with Masonic brethren , who seemed by their actions to think their Masonic character AAVIS but a garment which should be kept hanging in the Lodgo , to be put on when the brother enters its sacred precincts , and put off the moment the communication i . s closed . Not
so do we regard it—Masonry is a living , breathing reality—it has a lifo and a soul . Faith , hope , charity , friendship , morality , brotherly love , relief , truth , temperance , fortitude , prudence , justice—these are not empty names . They each and every one stand for a principle , and all those principles the true hearted Mason loves , reveres and practises . He is the soul of honour , the mirror of truth , a very Chevalier Bayard among the world ' s people . Then , brother , let your light shine ; act out in day life the princiles profess—carry them into your
your every p you business transactions with all mankind , aud —• "So live , that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To the pale realms of shades , Thou go not as the quarry slave at night , Scourged to his dungeon , but sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trustapproach thy tomb
, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch around him , And lies doivii to pleasant dreams . " So shall men revere and honour you , and you will ivell and truly deserve the title of a free aud accepted Mason— Voice of Masonry .