International Exhibition Of 1862.

that amount . The funds raised aro to be expended on the erection of such buildings as may lie necessary , and in the general expenses attending thc enterprise . Of the buildings to be raised , one acre only is to bo of a permanent character , and upon this portion the sum of £ ' 50 , 000 is to be expended in its erection and completion , should the Exhibition be attended with a profit , in which case the permanent

building is to be vested in the Society of Arts , and used by them for the purposes tending to promote arts , manufactures , and commerce : but iu case of a deficiency at the close ofthe Exhibition the Society of Arts is to have power to claim a lease ofthe some upon its undertaking to pay to thc Commissioners such sum as the buildings ivould be likely to realise if taken down ; but in case tho Society of Arts

shall not claim a lease , then the Commissioners aro to sell the one acre of permanent building , and to convert into money all properties and effects belonging to them , which can bo sold and converted , particularly all the buildings erected by them for the 2 mrposes ofthe undertaking . Should there , however , at the close of thc Exhibition , after thc payment of all liabilities , be a surplus of profit

remaining , then thc one acre of permanent building is to be completed and the land retained for thc purposes of future exhibitions by the payment of £ 10 , 000 to thc Eoi'al Commissioners of thc Exhibition of 1851 , on whose land the Exhibition of 1862 is to be held , and all further profits are to lie

applied to such purposes connected with tho encouragement of arts , manufactures , and commerce as shall be determined by the guarantors at a meeting to be called for that purpose . Such aro the general powers of tbe Commissioners under thc Charter , and the guarantors cannot , therefore , be called upon for contributions under any condition , except a deficiency remain after every description of property belonging

to the Commissioners has been converted into money . Since the Charter passed the Great Seal the Commissioners , in a letter addressed to Sir Thomas Phillips , Chairman of the Society of Arts , state that they gladly accept a Charter which conveys to them her Majesty ' s gracious assurance that she is earnestly desirous to promote the holding of an International Exhibition of Industry and Art

in 1802 , and they being unwilling to lose valuable time have taken such provisional steps as their position permitted , and have , therefore , considered the more pressing point , namely , tbe building required for the Exhibition ; and on Saturday last it is stated that they came to a final decision as to the character of tho building intended to bo erected for the Exhibition of 1862 , the liability of the Commissioners in respect

ofthe building being limited to the sum of £ 200 , 000 , and so soon as tho guarantee deed is signed , the Bank of England will be prepared , from time to time , to advance tho necessary funds , and Messrs . Kclk and Lucas , the eminent contractors , who sent in jointly the lowest tender , will proceed with the erection ofthe buildinc

It is also stated that the commissioners have received the assurance of the French Government of its support of the Exhibition , accompanied by a statement that it had been the intention of the Emperor to hofd an International Exhibition in Paris in 1862 had the project not been entertained in England .

The D like of Newcastle , Secretary of State for tbe Colonics , has addressed a communication to the governors of her Majesty ' s colonies , announcing the intention to hold the 'Exhibition . In England some of our largest manufacturers . ' . re already actively engaged in preparing for this second great world ' s fair ; ' and so soon as the Society of Arts shall have completed the guarantee deedthe signature of ivhich

, is progressing most rapidly , we may expect to sec tho building rise , and our great scats of industry actively engaged in preparing for thc competitive display of industry and art to be exhibited in 18 U 2 .

^ MASONRY A SCIENCE . —It is an admitted principle ofthe Order that- wealth and distinction , however valued in the world , can have no influence in procuring admission into a lod ge or in advanein" - a brother to its highest offices . Because Masonry is a science calculated to improve the understanding , to mend the heart , and to bind T . S more closely to one another , by ivhich we may attain the summit of the Masonic ladder—a house not made ivith hands , eternal in the . lei' . vcns .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

MRS . M-lL / . OXl OX MEE-UASONItY IN EGYPT . In the last number of THE FHEEIIASOXS MAGAZINE there is the commencement of a paper entitled " Some Observations in Egypt , " which reminds me that Mrs . Belzoni , widow of Bro . Belzoni , the celebrated Egyptian antiquary , has had something to say about Freemasonry and the early Egyptians . This I think may be interesting to many of your readers ; and as I know of no better place to preserve it than among your " Mason ic Notes and Queries , " I have thrown the matter into the form of a Note , ivhich is at your

service : — About the year 1841-5 , Mrs . Sarah Belzoni presented to the Grand Orient of the Netherlands a copy of her husband ' s work , A Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids , Temples , Tombs , and Excavations in JUgt / pl and Nnbia , and the same was preceded by an Essay , written by Mrs . Belzoniherself , on " Antediluvian and Egyptian Freemasonry , " and dedicated to the Order in general . Mrs . Belzoni's Essay was

accompanied by sketches of the representations on the tomb of Pharoah Osivei , situated in the valley of Babeii-el-JIaloch , near Thebes , ivhich representations are supposed to be so many scenes in the initiation of that King as a Freemason , and they were considered of such importance by the Grand Orient of the Netherlands as to be made an appendix to their minutes , circulated through all the subordinate lodges , so that every lodge under its jurisdiction might obtain a knowledge of the instructive contents of the Essayand

, , therefore , form a better estimate of the value of the present thair would have been the case if it had but been simply acknowledged with thanks . The account , in the appendix before referred to , may be thus briefly condensed : —The relict of Bro . Belzoni found amonghis papers certain sketches . These describe the initiation of Pharaoh Osirei as a Freemason , and the hieroglyphics apply to three different periods iu the life of that Prince . The first period is that of his accession to the throneand at ivhich he is received

, by the Priesthood of the Royal Art . The second period consists of three scenes ; first , is a representation of the young King , in tbe lustre of his manhood , girded with the mystic apron of seipents , the symbol of the fall . The second shows the device of the nation , traversed by the name of the dynasty , under the Grand Symbol of Freemasonry . The third represents the reception in certain mysticdegrees , and shows the recipient , the High Priest , or Grand Master seated in a temple , on a throne of which the platform is inscribed

with Masonic hieroglyphics , the symbols of strength and power entwined by a serpent , and surrounded by a symbolical border of serpents and globes , bearing the following inscription , translated by llr . Young , — "To the Sacred Father of the Protecting Powers , Living , Unchangeable , Governing , and Administering . " In this , picture the King is presented , in the temple , by a member of the Order , clothed with an apron , and his right hand is upon the King ' s shoulder , while in his loft he bears the -Masonic key . Near the

Grand Master is the figure of a woman bearing a key , the secret meaning of which is lost . In the third period ive ' see the Kingpass through the fraternity , in the Masonic saloon of beauty , receiving the last and highest degree , the key , at the same time that he is invested with the three-cornered Masonic apron . In the samesaloon the King is seen clothed with the serpent , and the triangular . apron , giving costly presents to noble women assembled toenliven the festival . The foregoing are Mrs . Belzoni ' s lanations

exp , of the sketches , and they lead her to some remarks , as follows : — , The triangular or pyramidal form is the symbol of wisdom erected , on the vast platform of durability . The brethren , she says , should again adopt the old form of apron , and lay aside the unmeaningshoemaker ' s apron which they wear , for this article of clothing owes its existence to the apron of fig-leaves which our first parents woreafter the fall , and is tied with serpents to remind us of its lamentable origin . The triangular apron of the Egyptians is Masonic ,

Astronomic , and Symbolic . The King never wears it without the serpent apron , representing Typhon , the evil spirit , and thc Symbolic apron is worn as the emblem ofthe dynasty , and used without the oilier whenever the record alludes to State affairs only . Lastly , Mrs . Belzoni reminds the brethren , that the Masonic key should , open all the secrets of Egyptian wisdom , and that Masonry commenced with the fall , but became known only as Masonry after the building of the Tower of Babel . f * f

Tin ! LONDON LODGE - FUJIXITURE . I am told the furniture and jewels of the London Lodgo ( "No . 125 ) are exceedingly valuable , their worth being estimated at more than thousands of pounds . It' this be correct , perhaps some member of the lodge will favour me by a description of them P—11—w—p .