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Poetry.
Poetry .
THE EMBLEMS OP THE CRAFT . Bv Ron MOKEIS . Who wears the Square upon his breast , Does in the eye of God attest , And in the face of man , That all his actions will compare
With the Divine , th' unerring square , That squares great Virtue's plan—That he erects his edifice By this design , and this , and this !
Who wears the Level says that pride Does not within his soul abide , Nor foolish vanity ; That man has not a common doom , And from the cradle to the tomb , A common destiny ; And he erects his edifice By this design , and this , and this !
Who wears the G , ah , type divine 1 Abhors the atmosphere of sin , And trusts in God alone ; His Father , Maker , Friend he knows ; He vows , and pays to God his vows Before th' Eternal Throne : And he erects his edifice By this design , and this , and this !
Who wears the Plumb , behold how true His words , his walk 1 and could we view * The chambers of his soul , Each thought enshrined , so pure , so good , By the stern line of rectitude , Points truly to the goal : And he erects his edifice By this design , and this , and this !
Thus life and oevm . ;* come to view In each design , our fathers drew , So glorious , so sublime ; Each breathes an odour from the bloom Of gardens bright beyond the tomb , Beyond the flight of time ; And bids us build on this , and Wis , The walls of God's own edifice 1
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COTJICT . —Her Majesty and junior members of the Royal Family remain at Osborne . The Princess of Wales has resumed her carnage exercise , and returned thanks for her recovery in Windsor Church . It is said that the infant prince will be christened at Buckingham Palace on the 10 th of March , and that his two first names will be " Albert" and " Victor . " IMPERIAL PAEHAMENT . —Parliament was opened ou Thursday with the speech from the throne . Her Majesty is confident that her people will share with her in gratitude to God , on account of the Princess of Wales having given birth to a son ,
King of Denmark , has been a source of great anxiety ; but her Majesty , actuated hy a sincere desire for peace . , has been unremitting in her endeavours to bring about a peaceful settlement of the differences which on this matter have arisen between Germany and Denmark , and to ward off the dangers which might follow from a beginning of warfare in the north of Europe ; and her Majesty will continue her efforts in the
interest of peace . Her Majesty regrets the late occurrences in Japan , and that the measures necessary to compel the Daimio Prince of Satsuma to meet the just demands made upon him , should have led incidentally to the destruction of a considerable portion of the town of Kagosima . The insurrection in New Zealand continues , but there is reason to hope it will soon be
brought to a close . Arrangements have been made for ceding the Ionian Islands to Greece , aud a treaty is in negotiation with the King of the Hellenes to carry them out . The estimates hare been prepared with a due regard to economy and the efficiency of the public service . The condition of the country is , on the whole , satisfactory , and there is every reason to expect an increased supply of cotton . Her Majesty has directed that
a commission shall he issued for tho purpose of revising the various forms of subscription and declaration required to bo made by the clergy of the Established Chvu-ch . Yiu-ious measures of public usefulness will be submitted for consideration . HOME NEWS . —The health of London has considerably improved within the last week . In the previous week the deaths
were 2 , 180 ; since then they have fallen to 1 , 749 . They were still , however , considerably above the average , which upon the ten years would give a mortality for the last week of 1 , 529 , or more than 200 below the actual amount of deaths . There were in the same period 2 , 107 births ; the ten years' average is 2 , 035 . The committee charged with providing the banquet in the
City to the Prince and Princess of Wales have just published an elaborate report of their proceedings . It appears that the whole cost of the banquet , which lasted six hours altogether , amounted to £ 10 , 590 , afterwards reduced by about £ 1 , 500 by the re-sale of a variety of the articles used on the occasion . Mr . Scholefield and Mr . Bright attended tha half-yearly meeting of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce , and spoke at some
length on the subjects touched upon in thc report presented to the meeting . Mr . Bright said he was not alarmed at the possible abolition of the patent law , for he was not sure that either the country or the inventors would lose anything by such a measure . The existing law was " a jumble and chaos , " and required extensive amendment . The hon . gentleman also spoke upon the question of maritime law , upon the constitution of the Board of
Trade , and upon the functions of chambers of commerce . A deputation of paper-makers waited upon Mr . Milner Gibson last week and laid their grievances before him . They represented their trade to be in a " really ruinous condition " in consequence of the free admission of French paper into this country , while the export of rags from Prance is saddled with a considerable duty . Mr . Milner Gibson pointed out that " a
great increase " took place last year in the number of licences issued for paper mills , a fact which scarcely appeared to corro borate the complaints of the deputation that the English paper trade was ruined . He stated , however , that the Government were endeavouring to induce the French and other Government *! to adopt a full free-trade policy , and that the Italian
Government had actually repealed the duty on rags exported to this country . Captain Weir , Dr . Turnbull , and Lieut . Fitzsimon , of the Inniskilling Dragoons , have been placed upou half pay . The Duke of Cambridge ' s " remarks" on the Crawley courtmartial left no doubt as to the ultimate fate of Major Swindley , Dr . Turnbull , and Mr . Fitzsiraon ; but some sur-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Poetry.
Poetry .
THE EMBLEMS OP THE CRAFT . Bv Ron MOKEIS . Who wears the Square upon his breast , Does in the eye of God attest , And in the face of man , That all his actions will compare
With the Divine , th' unerring square , That squares great Virtue's plan—That he erects his edifice By this design , and this , and this !
Who wears the Level says that pride Does not within his soul abide , Nor foolish vanity ; That man has not a common doom , And from the cradle to the tomb , A common destiny ; And he erects his edifice By this design , and this , and this !
Who wears the G , ah , type divine 1 Abhors the atmosphere of sin , And trusts in God alone ; His Father , Maker , Friend he knows ; He vows , and pays to God his vows Before th' Eternal Throne : And he erects his edifice By this design , and this , and this !
Who wears the Plumb , behold how true His words , his walk 1 and could we view * The chambers of his soul , Each thought enshrined , so pure , so good , By the stern line of rectitude , Points truly to the goal : And he erects his edifice By this design , and this , and this !
Thus life and oevm . ;* come to view In each design , our fathers drew , So glorious , so sublime ; Each breathes an odour from the bloom Of gardens bright beyond the tomb , Beyond the flight of time ; And bids us build on this , and Wis , The walls of God's own edifice 1
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COTJICT . —Her Majesty and junior members of the Royal Family remain at Osborne . The Princess of Wales has resumed her carnage exercise , and returned thanks for her recovery in Windsor Church . It is said that the infant prince will be christened at Buckingham Palace on the 10 th of March , and that his two first names will be " Albert" and " Victor . " IMPERIAL PAEHAMENT . —Parliament was opened ou Thursday with the speech from the throne . Her Majesty is confident that her people will share with her in gratitude to God , on account of the Princess of Wales having given birth to a son ,
King of Denmark , has been a source of great anxiety ; but her Majesty , actuated hy a sincere desire for peace . , has been unremitting in her endeavours to bring about a peaceful settlement of the differences which on this matter have arisen between Germany and Denmark , and to ward off the dangers which might follow from a beginning of warfare in the north of Europe ; and her Majesty will continue her efforts in the
interest of peace . Her Majesty regrets the late occurrences in Japan , and that the measures necessary to compel the Daimio Prince of Satsuma to meet the just demands made upon him , should have led incidentally to the destruction of a considerable portion of the town of Kagosima . The insurrection in New Zealand continues , but there is reason to hope it will soon be
brought to a close . Arrangements have been made for ceding the Ionian Islands to Greece , aud a treaty is in negotiation with the King of the Hellenes to carry them out . The estimates hare been prepared with a due regard to economy and the efficiency of the public service . The condition of the country is , on the whole , satisfactory , and there is every reason to expect an increased supply of cotton . Her Majesty has directed that
a commission shall he issued for tho purpose of revising the various forms of subscription and declaration required to bo made by the clergy of the Established Chvu-ch . Yiu-ious measures of public usefulness will be submitted for consideration . HOME NEWS . —The health of London has considerably improved within the last week . In the previous week the deaths
were 2 , 180 ; since then they have fallen to 1 , 749 . They were still , however , considerably above the average , which upon the ten years would give a mortality for the last week of 1 , 529 , or more than 200 below the actual amount of deaths . There were in the same period 2 , 107 births ; the ten years' average is 2 , 035 . The committee charged with providing the banquet in the
City to the Prince and Princess of Wales have just published an elaborate report of their proceedings . It appears that the whole cost of the banquet , which lasted six hours altogether , amounted to £ 10 , 590 , afterwards reduced by about £ 1 , 500 by the re-sale of a variety of the articles used on the occasion . Mr . Scholefield and Mr . Bright attended tha half-yearly meeting of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce , and spoke at some
length on the subjects touched upon in thc report presented to the meeting . Mr . Bright said he was not alarmed at the possible abolition of the patent law , for he was not sure that either the country or the inventors would lose anything by such a measure . The existing law was " a jumble and chaos , " and required extensive amendment . The hon . gentleman also spoke upon the question of maritime law , upon the constitution of the Board of
Trade , and upon the functions of chambers of commerce . A deputation of paper-makers waited upon Mr . Milner Gibson last week and laid their grievances before him . They represented their trade to be in a " really ruinous condition " in consequence of the free admission of French paper into this country , while the export of rags from Prance is saddled with a considerable duty . Mr . Milner Gibson pointed out that " a
great increase " took place last year in the number of licences issued for paper mills , a fact which scarcely appeared to corro borate the complaints of the deputation that the English paper trade was ruined . He stated , however , that the Government were endeavouring to induce the French and other Government *! to adopt a full free-trade policy , and that the Italian
Government had actually repealed the duty on rags exported to this country . Captain Weir , Dr . Turnbull , and Lieut . Fitzsimon , of the Inniskilling Dragoons , have been placed upou half pay . The Duke of Cambridge ' s " remarks" on the Crawley courtmartial left no doubt as to the ultimate fate of Major Swindley , Dr . Turnbull , and Mr . Fitzsiraon ; but some sur-