The Late Sir C. Barry, R.A.

the deceased , followed . Amongst them were the following members of the House of Commons : —Tlie Eight Hon . Lord John Manners , BIr . J . Green , Mr . R . S . Gard , Sir Joseph Paxton , Sir Morton Peto , Sir Alexander Hood , Sir . AV . F . Hume . The following societies ivere also represented : —Council and members of the Eoyal Academy—Messrs . Thomas Creswick , A Elmore , J . H . Foley , D . Maclise , H . AV Pickersgill , David Roberts , Sidney

Smirke , Eichard Partridge , P . F . Poole , G . G . Scott , J . T . Willmore , S . A . Hart , J . E . Herbert , G . Jones , P . Macdowell , F . R . Pickersgill , E . Redgrave , E . AA estmacot , T . S . Cooper , E . AV . Cook , II . O'Neile , J . P . Knight , Sir Edwin Landseer , Charles Landseer , AV . C . Marshall , J , Phillip , C . Stanfield , AV . E . Frost , F . Goodall , and R . J . Lane . Council and Members of the Eoyal Society : —Eev . J . Barlow , Sir Roderick J . Murchison , Mr . T . P .

Gasist , Mr . C . E . lA ells , and Rev . AA . AA alton . Council Institution of Civil Engineers : —Sir John Remiie , F . R . S . ; Messrs . II . Gregory , T . Hawksley , James Simpson , T . II . AVyatt , J . Cubitt , Joseph Locke , Charles Mamby , F . R . S . ; J . Hawksbaw , F . E . S . ; J . E . Ellington , J . Murray , J . Forrest , J . E , Maclean , T . E . Harrison , and T . AA . Heiuans . The Council of Architectural Museum : —Messrs . Joseph ClarkeE . BrandonE . Christian

, , , Eev . T . Scott , G . Scharf , R . D . Chantrill , AV . Slater , J . Gibson , and G . E . Street . Council , members , and A ice-presidents of tbe Eoyal Institute of British Architects : —Sir . AV . II . Farquharson , Bart . ; Messrs . George Godwin , F . E . S . ; T . L . Donaldson , Digby AA yatt , J . H . Stevens , J . Norton , G Fowler , J . B . Bnnning , it . E . Kendall , T . M . Lewis , James Bell , G . Morgan , G . A illamery , S . Angell , S . Ashton , D . Burton , F . R . S . ; D . Mocatta , F .

C . Penrose , F . T . Francis , R . L . Roumien , B . Ferry , J . , T . Scoles , T . Bellamy , Owen Jones , A . Saloni , J . Pennithorne , and about one hundred and fifty members of the institute and the profession . Among others attending were—the Duchess of Sutherland and the Earl of Carlisle ( who occupied seats iu the choir ) , Archdeacon Hale , the Dean of Chichester , A . Austin , Esq . ( from the Board of AA ' orks ) , — Franks , Esq . ( from the Society of Antiquarians ) , 11 . Ottley ( from the Fine Arts Society ) , Hon . A .

Gordon , and the representatives of most of the learned societies . As the procession passed through the nave to the choir , the minor canons and choristers sang "I am the Resurrection and the Life . " _ The effect was splendid , and added wonderfully to the solemnity of tbe very solemn scene . Those who know how efficiently the minor canons and choristers of Westminster Abbey perform their duties will easily understand what force and power

were given to tin ' s beautiful service of the church . As soon as the coffin had been deposited in the choir , the anthem , "When the ear heard , " ivas sung , and the appointed lesson ( from the 15 th chapter of the 1 st Epistle to the Corinthians ) was read by Lord George Thymic . The procession ivas then reformed , and moved hack to the grave in the nave . Here the coffin ivas uncovered . It was of massive oakhihly polishedand was evidentlof

enor-, g , y mous weight , as tlie men whose duty it ivas to lower it had to encounter many difficulties . At length , "Man that is born of a woman" was sung , and the dean proceeded with the burial service , which he read with much solemnity , the anthem , '" . I heard a voice from Heaven" being sung in its appointed place . At the close of this portion of the service , the choir sang , " His body is buried in peacebut bis soul liveth evermore . " Mr . Turle

-, pre sided at the organ with his accustomed ability . A vast number of persons congregated in the neighbourhood of the abbey to witness the arrival of the funeral cortege , which consisted of the hearse , fourteen or fifteen mourning coaches , about fifty private carriages , and some four or five hundred gentlemen on foot . It started from the residence of the deceased at Clapham shortly before twelve o ' clock . The national flag was hoisted

half-mast high on the Yctoria Tower , while from the smaller towers black flags were suspended . The Society of British Architects issued a notice , that persons attending tlie funeral ivould be expected to present themselves in deep mournm " , a fittiii" - rebuke to those who attended the funeral of Eobert Stephenson in all sorts of flaunting colours . The notice hacl a goodeffect , but there were notwithstanding many ladies present ivhose costume would have been highly proper in a theatre , but was quite out of place at a funeral .

lino . REV . JXO . N . JLIMITT . —The last words of this man when hunted down to his grave by tlio hounds of malice and slander are thus recorded : — "Here I am , alone—no sympathizer but my poor , Yirokenhearted , and crushed sister . None else iu this goodly city , in the house or out of it , have extended a hand or poured a drop of comfort into my drugged cup . Hallelujah / f can stand alone with Gocl on my side ! I have no fears but that my bark will outride the storm , the waves , and the pirates , who are desirous of robbing inn of my dearest jewel . "Voice of Masonry .

Masonry In America.

MASONRY IN AMERICA .

( Continued from our last . ) [ From Bro . FRED . AVEBBBR , 33 ° . J THE ANCIEXT AXD ACCEPTED EITE : A S 0 KROW LODGE . DEAR BROTHER , —In 1113 ' last I finished where the prayer was offered at the conclusion of an anthem . After prayer the ceremonial continued as follows : — Vcn . Master . "Behold , 0 Lord ! we are in distress ! Our hearts are

turned within us , there is none to comfort us . Our sky is covered with a cloud , and mourning ancl lamentation are heard among us . Response . " Gocl is our Gocl for ever . He will be our guide oven unto death . Vcn . Master . " Thou hast cut off the life of our brother , and the waters of affliction flow over our head . Our heart is faint ancl our eyes are dim . Tho joy of our heart has ceased , ancl our gladness is turned into mourning .

Response . " Lord . ' make us to know our end , and the measure of our clays what it is . Yen . Master . " That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom and may finish the work thou hast given us to do ! Response . " Let us die the death of tho righteous , and let our last end he like his . Vcn-. Master . " It is appointed unto all men once to die , and after death cometh the resurrection .

Lcsponse . ' The dust shall return to the earth , as it was , and the spirit shall return unto Gocl who gave it . Ven . Master . "Our Father , we commit ourselves to thy loviugkindiiess and wc beseech thee to strengthen our good resolves to lead us away from temptation , to deliver us from evil , to pardon our errors , and ivheu this feverish life is over to talce us home to thee . Response . " The will of God is accomplished . So mote it be . Amen . " The A en , Master now

says" Brethren , in a little while as it hath happened to our brother , to whose memory we now do honour , so it will happen unto each of us ; and wo , like him , shall be gathered unto our fathers . "In the grave , all men are equal : the prince aud the beggar that shivered at his palace gates ; tbe warlike and the peaceful ; ihe fortunate and . the miserable ; the beloved and the despised ; the honoured and the execrated . There they mingle their dust ; and their bodies dissolvingthe particles jostle each other as they enter into new

combina-, tions with the elements . " Let these reflections convince us how vain are all the wrangliiigs and bitternesses engendered by the collisions of business or party ; how little in dignity above tbe internecine wars of the ants over a morsel of food , or for the possession of a square inch of soil . "AVhat shall survive us ? Our works , our words , our immortal thoughts , arc of infinitely more importance to the world than we ourselves are .

" Let selfishness learn the lesson , aud the selfish labour to leave something that shall live beyond their funerals . Let the proud and the vain consider how soon the gaps are filled that tire made in society by tliose who die around them , and how soon time heals the wounds that death inflicts upon the living heart : and from this let them learn humility and that they are but drops iu the great river of humanity wliich itself is one . "And when God sends his angel to us with the scroll of death , let ns

look upon it as an act of mercy to prevent many sins and many calamities of a longer life ; and lay our heads down softly , ancl go to sleep , without wrangling like frowarcl children . For this at least man gets by death , that his calamities are not immortal . To bear grief honourably and temperately , aud to die willingly and nobly , are the duties of a good and valiant man . " Xov is our brother wholly gone from us here below , since his influence and the effects of his example survive him ; the thoughts he

uttered are immortal , and the consequences of his action and exertion can never cease while the universe continues to exist . He has become a part of the great past , which gives law to the present and the future , and lie still lives a real life , in the thoughts , the feelings , and the intellects of those who knew and loved him . " AYbile , therefore , nature will have her way , and our tears will drop upon his coffin in sorrow for our loss , lot it comfort ns to reflect that his memory will not be forgotten , but thathe will still bo loved

by those who are soon to follow him to the silent land ; that by the wondrous gift ol memory , we can still recall his features , see him as ive saw him when we lived , and hear his words and hold communion with his thoughts , "Come with me around this grave , my brethren , wherein his bones repose , and aid me in paying the last honours of Masonry to his memory . " A procession of twenty-seven Masons is now formed ( all

supposed to be members of the Supreme Council ; if that number of 3 , 3 ° cannot be hacl , the remainder are selected out of other members of the Antient ancl Accepted Eite ) they , preceded by the A en . Master , march round the grave ; slow and solemn music is heard , during each circuit , of which there are three . AVhen the \ en . Master reaches tbe head of the grave at the end of the first circuit , all face inward , while the Yen . Master says— "May all