Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . SIR JOHN MILLER , BART . This brother , who died in London about a fortnight since , was an office-bearer in the Grand Lodge of Scotland for five years consecutively . J . G . D . in 1846 ; S . G . D . in 1 S 47 ; J . G . AV . in 1 S 48 ; S . G . AV . hi 1849 ; Substitute Grand Master in 1850 , and was in his place , in that capacity , at the laying of the foundation stone of the Alctoria Bridge , Glasgow , in April of that year .

BRO . JAS . MILLERS . This brother , who was a Past Master of Lodge St . Mark ( No . 102 ) , Past Grand Treasurer of the ' Prov . Grand Lodge of Glasgow' , and Knight of the Royal Order of Scotland , died on 31 st October , 1861 .

BRO . RUEBEN CHERRIMAN . Died on the 7 th inst ., at his residence in Brighton , Bro . Reuben Cherriman , aged 45 years . He was initiated into Freemasonry upon the 4 th day of April 1850 , in the Robert Burns Lodge , ( No . 25 ) . As a Sussex Mason , from his long residence in the province , he was generally well known and for many years

respected . His attention to Freemasonry and an excellent retentive memory enabled him to afford information and instruction to the brethren , not only in the three degrees , hut in the beautiful and impressive lectures appertaining thereto . He was a P . M ., of the Mariners' Lodge ( No . S 78 ) , now defunct ; P . Prov . G . Purs . of Sussex , and Past S . AV . of the Royal York Lodge ( No . 394 ) , to which he was a

subscribing member and which , together with its Lodge of Instruction , he materially benefitted by his constant attendance , and the Masonic information he was enabled to impart . Bro Cherriman was a Serjeant in the 1 st Sussex Volunteer Artillery Corps , and a most indefatigable member . His funeral therefore , on Monday last , at the Extramural Cemetery , Brighton , was a military one , with the usual honours , music and firing , but we were pleased to notice around the grave the AA' . M . and several officers and brethren of Lodge 394 .

THE NORMANS AND THE JEWS . —Among the evils which the Saxons associated with the Norman Conquest , not the least was the introduction , by AA'illiam the Conqueror , of a considerable number of Jews into Engf and . Doubtless , ere that event , the fame of their wealth , and of the atrocious means by which it had been acquired , had preceded them . But their arrival from Rouen caused much dismay . Accounts of their usury , their traffic in human beings , and the insults offered by them to the Christian religion , were

carried through the land , and so influenced the popular mind , that , of all the nations of modern Europe , the Anglo-Saxons learnedmost thoroughly to despise the degraded remnants of the chosen people . There was something about the appearance of men of Hebrew race which raised involuntary antipathy in the breasts of the inhabitants of England ; and wherever the face of a Jew appeared , with the sensual lip , the sharp , booked nose , and and features the reverse of beautiful , hands instinctively clenched and lips curled with

scorn . —Boy's Own Magazine ( November ) . OSTEICH HATCHING . —The jealousy that attaches to all other birds during their periods of incubation would seem to be entirely wanting in the ostrich . As many as forty-five eggs have been found in a single nest—closely packed on end so as to econimise spaceof which number perhaps not more than a dozen may belong to any individual hen . It is a joint-stock affairand shareholder sits

, any —even the managing director , the old male bird himself , is not above "lending a hand , " and may be seen with bis great clumsy legs astride the nest-hole , and his proud head perched high in the air , ever watchful for intruders . AVhether in the ostrich-eggcompanies the liability is limited , and each hen depositor responsible only lor the faithful hatching of her ovarious promise , is not known . —Wild Sports of the World .

Notes On Music And The Drama.

NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA .

On Monday next the Monday Popular Concerts will be resumed at St . James's Hall . It is announced that M . Aleuxtemps will be at the head of the strings during the early part of the season . Arrangements for the Handel Triennial Festival at the Crystal Palace are being steadily proceeded with , and the various choral forces have commenced their drill for the coming event . The vocal and instrumental concert , to be given by the Surrey

Association for the AVelfiire of the Blind , in aid of the funds of the institution , has been unavoidably postponed until Tuesday , the 26 th inst ., at the Assembly Rooms , at Kenniugton , instead of at Peckham , Mdme . Goldschmidt is now on a concert torn-, and has been singing in the Greation at Liverpool . It is said that the Limited Liability English Opera Ccmpany is about to open an office for the distribution of prospectusesand for

, the issuing of shares to those able and willing to venture . The rumour that her Majesty's Theatre will re-open next year gains ground . By both experiments , remarks the Athenaeum , the public may be gainers ; and probably , in one point of view , the artists . The late M . Scribe is said to have left a librette which is in the hands of M . Auber , who has nearly finished the music . The title is La Fiancee du Roi de Garbe .

It is announced that Mdme . Gueymard and M . Obin are in treaty with Mr . Gye with a view to pro duce Robert de Diable at Covent Garden . The Gazette Musicale announces a singer , Senhora Bosario Zapater , who will not come out yet for a while , though she is now , when only 17 years of age , an accomplished mistress of her art . with a remarkable voice . At Naples , the management of the Theatre San Carlo has engaged for its winter season Madame de Vries as "leading lady . "

Public Amusements.

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA . " Lurline" was revived here on Monday evening . The beauties of Bro . Wallace ' s charming work are so thoroughly familiar to all lovers of good music , that to dwell upon them in detail would be but to recount an oft-told tale which everyone has already learned by heart . . Equally supererogatory woeld it he to eulogise the singing and acting of Miss Louisa Pyne as Lurline , and of Mr . AV . Harrison as Count Rudolph . It will suffice to say that both these

accomplished artists made good their title to wear the laurels which they have already won in these characters . Both were in excellent voice , and their delicious execution of the well-remembered gems of the opera was rewarded by enthusiastic applause . Miss Jessie McLean played Ghiva for the first time . She was evidently extremely nervous , and not quite so familiar with some parts of the music as might have been desired , but on the whole she decidediy confirmed the favourable impression produced by her first

appearance . Her acting in the latter portion of the second act was excellent , and quite justified the opinion which we had alread y formed , that she possesses very considerable latent dramatic power . In consequence of the temporary indisposition of Mr . Santley , the part of Rhineberg devolved upon Mr . Henry Corri , who played and sang it extremely well . He gave " A father's love" with great feeling and vocal power , and was rewarded with an encore . Mr . Eugene Dussek acquitted himself creditably as Zelieck , and Miss Thirlwall was a very pleasing Liba . The choruses were uniformly well given , and the band , under Mr . Alfred Mellon ' s able direction , was faultless .

; LYCEUM THEATRE . Mr . Falconer , the author-lessee , has made another fortunate hit by the production of a new play upon one of the Tales by the O'Hara Family , and entitled " Peep o' Day ; or , Savourneen Deelish . " The play rests its claim to public approval less upon construction and dialogue , than upon the " situation" and scenery . In these latter

respects the " Peep o' Day" has seldom been surpassed , and it is upon these that its popularity will be maintained . The play is divided into four acts , and the story upon which it turns may be briefly sketched as follows : —Harry Kavanagh ( Air . Herman A ' ezin ) lives with his mother and his sister Kate ( Mrs . P . D . Bowers ) upon a farm rented of a harsh and oppressive landlord , whose son , Stephen Purcell ( Mr . G . Spencer ) , a scoundrel of the deepest dye , entertains a passion for Kate , and is resolved , by fair means or foul ,