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place as the person shall deserve , aud to this end the whole company and fellows may the better know each other . " 30 th . —That for the future , the sayd Society , Company and Fraternity of Freemasons shall be regulated and governed by one Master , and Assembly and Wardens , as the said Compand shall think fit to choose at every

yearly general Assembly . " 31 . —That noe person shall be accepted a Freemason , or know the secrets of the sayd Society , until he hath first taken the oath of secrecy hereafter following : — ' I . A . B . Doe , in the presence of Almighty God , and my fellows and Brethren here present promise and declare , that I will not at any time hereafterb Artor

Cir-, y any , cumstance whatsoever , directly or indirectly publish , discover , reveall , or make knowno any of the Secrets , priviledges , or Counsels of the Fraternity or fellowship of Freemasonry , which at this time , Or any time hereafter shall be made known unto me ; soe helpe mee God and the holy contents of this book . " The concluding paragraph was inserted bthe late

y Rev . Dr . Geo . Oliver , in Hutchinson ' s Spirit of Masonry , A . D . 1843 , p . 201 . " The book is full of interest , and we hope that Bro , Hughan will be amply repaid for his labour and the great expense of getting up the book .

Literature, Science, Music, Drama, And The Fine Arts.

LITERATURE , SCIENCE , MUSIC , DRAMA , AND THE FINE ARTS .

Bro . E . B . Eastwick has returned from his brief financial mission to Venezuela . Notwithstanding his short stay the literary world may get some notes from him . Dr . Norman Macleod resigns the editorship of Good Words for the Young , and is succeeded therein by Mr . George Macdonald . A German adaptation of Sheridan ' s " School for Scandal "

has been produced with great applause at the Berlin Theatre Royal . Mr . and Mrs . Howard Paul have settled a ten weeks ' engagement in Boston and New York , commencing November 23 rd , for which they are to receive £ 1 , 000 . ' Prince Poniatowski , responding to the request of the Viceroy of Egypthas composed the score of a h

, ymn which will be executed at the inauguration of the Suez Canal . Sir Charles Trevelyan ' s letters on " The Devonshire Labourer ,- ' which appeared in the Pull Mall Gazette , have been published in a separate shape by Messrs . Bell and Daldy .

Mrs . Stowe ' s reply to her numerous critics on the Byron question will not appear in the November number of Macmillan ' s Magazine , as anticipated . It is reserved for the present . The Belgravia Annual , under the editorship of Miss Bvaddon , will contain stories by Miss Braddon , Percy Fitzgerald , Miss Annie Thomas , Dutton Cook , Walter

Thornbury , Joseph Hatton , Charles Carlos Clarke & c . » Mdlle . Schneider has signed an engagement with Mr . Raphael Felix for a series of 97 performances next season in London , Liverpool , Manchester , Glasgow , Edinburgh , and Dublin , for which she is to receive £ 7 , 000 . The English Independent says that Congregationalists

have no interest in taking the part of Mrs . Stowe in the Byron controversy , as some people suppose , inasmuch as that lady has left their communion and joined the Episcopal Church . M . Bagier has acquired the right to produce in Paris " Maria Scuarda , " an unpublished opera of Donizetti ' s , written in 1733 for the theatre San Carlo of Naples , bub p laced under an interdict by the Government of the day o n account of the legend .

Literature, Science, Music, Drama, And The Fine Arts.

Mrs . Minns , whowasin her younger days a confidential servant of Lady Byron ' s , denies Mrs . Stowe ' s story , but hints at other misconduct of Lord Byron , which she positively refuses to divulge , having solemnly promised Lady Byron never to do so . The Theatre Argentina at Rome has given a performance of Meyerbeer's " Robert le Diable . " The Romish

censors , however , objected to the name of the great enemy of the human race being in the title , and so the opera was re-christed " Roberto di Picardia . " The Orchestra understands that the Byron controversywill in a few days be enriched by a "Defence of Lord Byron , " in a pamphlet form , comprising a satire upon Mrs . Stowe and her adherents in Byronic formula .

pure The author is said to be a practised press writer—an experienced hand at this form of pasquin . The name of the person now in custody ou the charge of having forged the documents which took in M , Chasles , of the French Institute , is Vrain Lucas . He is a native of Chateaudun , but has resided for many years in Paris , where he found means to lead a luxurious life , lodging

in the Rue Lafitte , and dining habitually in the most expensive cafes of the Boulevards . THE NEW WEEKLY JOURNAL " THE PERIOD . "—Our ever entertaining and frequently brilliant contemporary , the London " Echoes" ( originally published as " Echoes from the Clubs ) , " announces the transfer of copyright to the proprietors of a newly-projected weekly journal , to be profusely illustrated , and which will bear the significant title

of " the Period . " Much of the popular literary and artistic talent displayed in the pages of " Echoes" during the last three years will be transferred to the colums of this new candidate for public favour . In a prospectus , which is quite a "Curiosity of Literature , " by reason of its remarkable alliterative CDnstruction , "the Period " announces the publication of its first number on October

16 th . We understand that this new literary enterprise will be conducted by Mr . Vizetelly , whose able reputation in connection with illustrated literature some quarter of a century ago was pledged to and accepted by the public as a guarantee of the feasibility of producing week by week the Illustrated London News . Some time prior to the appearance of this now world-famed journal , Mr .

Vizetelly had conceived and successfully carried out the idea of enabling the proprietors of the leading provincial newspapers throughout the United Kingdom to present to their readers , by means of polytype and stereotype casts taken from specially-engraved woodcuts , a series of graphic illustrations depicting some of the most important historical events of onr age ; as , for instance , the

Coronation and Marriage of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and , at a later date , of tbe funeral of the great Duke of Wellington . Many proprietors of newspapers , in whoso columns , published more than a quarter of a century ago , are still to be found irrevocable testimony of the position to which Mr . Vizetelly may justly lay claim as an able pioneer of illustrated journalism , will heartily wish that gentleman good speed in his new undertaking . —Cosmopolitan .

Poetry.

Poetry .

FAIT H . HED ., xi .: Era . vi ., 1 C ; I JOHN , V ., 4 . Faith is the bridge that spans tho space between Tho Heaven wo hope for and this earthly scene ; Faith strips tho bandago off our mortal oyos , Gives shadow substance , and the Unseen descries ! Faith is tho shield that guards believing hearts , And turns aside tho foomalicious darts

' s . Faith arms tho weak , and makes them strong to win The prize that crowns our victory over sin . J . C C .