Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

( From the Scotish Freemasons' Magazine . ) 0 THOIT , our great HIGH PRIEST ! Kindle the SACRED FIRE , Let every heart in LOVE increase , And BURN with pure desire . AA'hile to our heavetilv KING-,

AVe bring hearts filled with love , Let every tongue unite to sing , And praise the AA ' OltD divine . May SCRIBE , and PRIEST , and ICnra , And true COMPANIONS join , In harmony thy love to sing , And praise the \ A ORD divine .

Let each a tribute bring Unto the sacred WORD ; And eA-ery heart responsive sing , HOLISESS TO THE LORD . Honours to God belong . Let us unite in praise , And fit our hearts by praise and song , The Royal Arch to raise .

The Creation.

THE CREATION .

Throughout the vast immeasurable space , O'er which in after times the universe should spread , Chaotic darkness cast its gloom around . Then through the depths was heard the awful voice , When from the shapeless and confused mass , With power supernal the Almighty called The world into its course , and sent it forth Illumed by heavenly light , ere yet the sun

Had shot his rays though the black void between . Then tbe firy land stood forth , the waters rolled Back on themselves , obedient to His word , And beauteous verdure covered all the earth . The sun ruled o'er tbe day , and the pale moon -Reflected his bright beams upon the earth at night . At His command , appeared in varied forms Creatures with life and motion , peopling

The rustling woods , the seas , and rippling streams ; The dreadful lion , and the bright gazelle , And all the monsters of the unknown deep , Vet harmed they not each other . Then love dwelt Upon the earth , and ruled the hearts of all ; Then the Great Architect of the Universe Commenced His noblest work : in His own form Was man created , o ' er all the rest to rule , And with his mate enjoy the peaceful earth . —F . C

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SANSON ' S DOMICILE . —There Avas then no criminal under sentence of » death , " only , " Sanson said , " as you , gentlemen are interested in such proceedings , you shall , if you like , have an opportunity of seeing all the details . I Avill have an Iwmme cle paille gob ready , and if you do me the honour of visiting me at my domicile , whore the mecanique is kept , I Avill have my assistants ready ,

and everything shall be done that would be done at the Palace de Grove , so that you may have the means of seeing hoAv efficiently tbe work is effected . " Such an invitation Avas not to bo rejected—to Avitn ' ess a bloodless execution performed by so distinguished a functionary . Our party consisted of the late Earl of Durham , Mr . Edward Ellice , Mr . Dawson Damer , M . Appert , and the

writer of these lines . Sanson Jived in one of tho subcrbs of Paris . Wo Avent to it along the Canal de l'Ourcq . We reached a very pretty cottage , standing alone in a garden kept in high order , full of flowers . Tho house and AvindoAvs Avere painted in gay colours , principally of a bright green , and Ave Avere introduced into a Avell

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furnished , nicely-adorned-apartment , Avhen the host came to Avelcome us . He told us that his emoluments , once large , had , from the diminished number of capital punishments , been much reduced , and though he had de quoi vivre , whereAvithalto liA'e , his 6 tat Avas very different HOAV from what it had been in other—query better ( P ) days . This may haA e been an apology for our

finding no repast prepared in return for M . Appert ' s hospitality . He repeated to us that the office had been for generations hereditary in his race . Marriages had been generally confined to families connected Avith the same profession , of Avhich there Avere several iu the provinces . —Cornhill Magazine . A" SINGLE" CONSPIRATOR . —About thirty years ago

, when chose atrocious crimes were committed which , made tho name of Burke a generic title for such murders , an old woman entered the shop of a surgeonapothecary in an Irish county town an , d offered to sell him a " subject . " He Avas quite ready to complete the contract , but he desired to learn some details for his guidance as to the \ -alue of the object in question , and

put to her for this purpose certain queries . Imagine bis horror to discover that " tho subject" Avas at that very moment alive , being a boy of nine or ten years of age , but of whom , tho bargain being made , the old Avoman was perfectly prepared to " dispose , " she being so fur provident as not to bring a perishable commodity to market till she had secured a purchaser . Determined

that such atrocity should not go unpunished , he made an appointment ivith her for another day , on Avhich she should return and more explicitly acquaint him with all she intended to do , and the means by Avhich she meant to secure secrecy . At this meeting— -that his testimony should be corroborated—he managed that a policeman should be present , and , concealed beneath the counter ,

listen to all that Avent forward . The intervieAV , accordingly , took place ; the old Avoman was true to her appointment , and most circumstantially entered into the details ofthe intended assassination , which she described as the easiest thing in life—a pitch plaster over the mouth and a tub of Avater being the inexpensive requisites of the case . When her narrativeto which she

, imparted a terrible gusto , Avas finished , the policeman came forth from his lair and arrested her . She Avas thrown at once into prison , and sent for trial at tho next assizes . Now , however , came the difficult } ' . For what should she be arraigned ? It Avas not murderit was still incomplete- It was , therefore , conspiracy to kill ; but a single individual cannot " conspire ; " and so ,

to fix her Avith the crime , it Avould bo necessary to include the surgeon in the indictment . If they Avanted to try the old Avoman , tho doctor must share the dock . Now , all the ardour for justice could scarcely be supposed to carry a man so far ; the doctor " demurred " to the arrangement , and the old hag Avas set at liberty . — Blo . clcvjood ' s Magazine .

Public Amusements.

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .

HAYMARKET THEATRE . Mr . Walter Montgomery is steadily carrying out the programme of his brief summer season , and presenting the best attractions he can obtain as an inducement to the public to support his bold enterprise . "The Lady of Lyons" has been successfully repeated , Avith Miss Heath

as Paidine . and Mr . Walter Montgomery as Claude Melnolle . Shakspeare ' s play of " King John" has also been the means of employing to advantage tho talents of the company . To add to tho attractiveness of the bill , Mr . F . 0 . Burnand's popular classical extravaganza of" Ixion , " Avhich enjoyed such a protracted run on the boards of the New Royalty , has been revived as an affcer-piece , many of the original representatives re-appearing in the cha-