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Literature.
" Tom Brown ' s School Days , " is also quoted as the editor of a , new monthly , to be published by Messrs . Macniillan ancl Co . AVe ought not ( says the Athenwum ) to allow the death of Sir George Staunton to pass without a word of record in a literary journal . Sir George had many claims on public notice , hereditary , political , and diplomatic ; but we must not forget that he was one of our very few Chinese scholars . He translated the China code . Among other fruits
of his residence in China were occasional contributions , on that country , made to the columns ofthe Athenwum . A very interesting memoir of Morrison , the great Chinese scholar , was from liis pen . The results ofthe middle-class examinations held by the University of Oxford , havo been published ; but these only specify the lists of the successful candidates , the places at which they were examined , ancl their classifications . It is a curious comment upon the merits of the debate
as to making religious examinations compulsory , that in some of the classes not one half of the candidates have that asterisk prefixed to their names whieh signifies that they have satisfied the examiners in the rudiments of faith aud religion . A proposal , made by the Town Council of Southampton , to expend . £ 10 , 000 of the Hartley bequest in erecting a public reading-room aud museum , has met the approval of the Vice-Chancellor . "We hope to sec
the necessary works immediately commenced . The Duke of Devonshire has just issued , under the superintendence of Mr . John Payne Collier , a fae-simile ofthe 1604 edition of Shake speare ' s " Hamlet . " This is the edition published while Shakespeare was alive , which , professes to be , not incorrectly , " newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was according to tho true aud perfect copie . " Edouard Fournie ' s book , " Le Vieux Neuf , " is having great success in Paris . It is well and skilfully done . He proves that there is no invention in the world- —nothing new under the sun ; that we only " invent' '
what has been a long time in use under another form , and what our ancestors had already stolen from theirs . He says , moreover , that the English are remarkable for never inventing anything—they are totally devoid of the power of invention—that every contrivance to which they lay claim has been cribbed at one time or another from the French , who , with a few exceptions , have invented everything . Here it ia evident the author belies his own assertion , ancl proves that there really is
something new Tinder tlio sun , for i £ tbis be not" a pure invention , " what is 1 A contemporary says : — " The original book of the four Evangelists , upon which all our kings , from Henry I . to Edward VI ., took the coronation oath , is now in the library of a maiden lady , in Eaton-square . It is in manuscript , ancl written on vellum , tbe form and beauty of the letters nearly approaching to Roman capitals . It appears to have been written and prepared for the coronation of the first-named monarch .
The original binding , which is still in a perfect state , consists of two oaken boards , nearly an inch thick , fastened together with stout thongs of leather , and the corners defended by large bosses of brass . On the right side ( as the book is opened ) of the outer cover is a crucifix of brass , double gilt , whieh was kissed by the kings upon their inauguration ; and the whole is fastened together by a strong clasp of brass , fixed to a broad piece of leather , nailed on with two large brass pins .
Surely this national curiosity ought to be deposited in tho British Museum . " The editor of tlie Literary Gazette denies that it is about to be merged in The Critic . Dr . Cumming has now in Mr . Bentley's press a volume bearing tho significant title of "The Great Tribulation coming upon Earth . " Surely one would have thought that by this timo the Doctor ought to lie
convinced that the gift of prophecy is not in him . A'ictor Emmanuel has appointed the illustrious poet , Alessandro Manzoni , to the presidency of the Institute of Milan . To this office there will be a salary attached of about oCiiOO a-year .
The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
MASONIC MEMS . Tup , Prov . Grand Lodge of Sussex is to be held at Hastings , ou Friday , the 2 nd of September . We find on the agenda paper the following notice of motion : —The Lodge is to be held in the new Music Hall , aud not at either of the hotels . The brethren will afterwards dine at the Swan Hotel , IT affords us much pleasure to hear that the Howard Lodge of
The Masonic Mirror.
Brotherly Love , Arundel , No . 04 , has been resuscitated , as we suggested in our ' - 'Alasonic Missions" it should be . We congratulate those energetic brethren in Sussex who have accomplished this good work . BRO . Loan AIHTHUKN ' , the R . AV . Prov . G . AI . for Wiltshire , has consented to preside at the next anniversary festival of the Girl .-: School , in May next . ¦
METROPOLITAN . THE GRAXT ) LODGE . THD report of the Hoard of General Purposes , to be brought before the next Grand Lodge , states that Bro . Howard , of Mo . 873 , has been suspended from his Masonic functions , for neglecting to attend to tbe
summons of the Board . The Board recommends the grant of £ 2 T 5 few the decoration ofthe Great Hall ; and . £ 70 for putting into " efficient repair " the organs of the Great Hall and Temple . The following Lodges having complied with the laws by making the necessary returns and payments , have been removed from the list of Lodges 1 ' or erasure : — Howard Lodge of Brotherly Love , i \' o . i' 4 , Arundel . Derbyshire , A ' o . My , Longuur , Stafl ' oi'u .-liiiv .
Sfc . David ' s , No . 4 . 7-L , Afilford . Omibcrmoro , Ko . SS 0 . Liscird , Cheshire . Povoril of the Peak , No . 910 , Aw Mills , naif ( Jtossop . The balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer on account of the Fund of . Benevolence , is £ GS 9 10 * . !) ' / . ; and on account ol the General Purposes 'Fund , £ 053 2 « . 'let' . ; and on account of moneys received not yet appropriated by the parties remitting , . ¦ £ " - '•! HL . 'id .: making a total of £ 2 , 306 12 s . id . There were no notices of motion .
BOARD OF BENKVOLEMIE . AT the Board of Benevolence on AVednesday last , . C' ! . l 0 10 * . were voted amongst seven petitioners ; and iu one case A' 30 recommended to ( fraud Lodge . ROYAL FBEHMASOA'S GIRLS SCHOOL . A , quarterly court was held on Thursday last , 13 ro . John Udall in the chair , when the minutes of the various committees were confirmed ;
tho only point of interest being an announcement that Bros . Lyall and Symonds , who had been appointed a committee for tho purpose , bud selected a library for the use of the teachers and pupils , whieh was approved by the general committee , and a vote of thanks given to Bros , Symonds ancl Lyall for their exertions . After some conversation the balloting list for the next election was approved , there being nine candidates , of whom six are to be elected .
Of these candidates six come from the country and three from London . At the next general meeting , in October , a resolution will be brought forward for increasing the number of children in tbe school from seventy to eighty ; but the alteration cannot take effect until the following general meeting in April , 1 S 60 . A vote of thanks to Bro , Udall closed the proceedings .
PROVINCIAL .
HAMPSHIRE . SOUTHAMPTON . —Lodge of Peace and Harmony ( So . 402 ) . —This Lodge met at Freemasons' Hall , ou Wednesday , August ] 7 th , when a candidate was initiated into the Craft by Bro . A . Fletcher , AV . M . Bro . Webb . P . M ., delivered the charge very impressively ; Bros . Mason and Baker were passed to the degree of Fellow Craft . Bro . G . W . Clarke , ( Sec ) , reported that the AV . M ., AVardens , and several other members of the Lodge attended the Prov . Grand Lod held ou the 19 th ult . on whieh
ge , , occasion the AV . M . had carried out the wishes of the brethren iu the presentation of Bro . Stebbing's portrait , which now adorned the hall . A . brother from the Poet Byron Lodge ( U . S . ) was examined and admitted . A letter from the Grand Secretary , relating to the irregularities at Smyrna was read ; and after some cases for benevolence had been dealt , with , the Lodge was closed in harmony . After tho dinner the usual toasts were given ; the AV . M . took occasion to congratulate the brethren upon their Secretary , Bro . G-. \ V . Clarke , having been appointed to be
Prov . Grand Secretary . Bro . 11 . Clarke , J . AV ., returned thanks for the special mark of kind feeling whieh the AV . M . had shown towards the officers of the Lodge- on that and former occasions , aucl assured him that ho might rely upon their fullest assistance at all times . AVILTSHIF . K . riiovixc'i . u . i ; i :. \ xD r . 0 D > ii ; . Tin : Prov . Grand Lodge of AYiltshirc was hold in the new Music Hall , Chippenham , on Tuesday last , August -JOrJ , under the presidency of the
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Literature.
" Tom Brown ' s School Days , " is also quoted as the editor of a , new monthly , to be published by Messrs . Macniillan ancl Co . AVe ought not ( says the Athenwum ) to allow the death of Sir George Staunton to pass without a word of record in a literary journal . Sir George had many claims on public notice , hereditary , political , and diplomatic ; but we must not forget that he was one of our very few Chinese scholars . He translated the China code . Among other fruits
of his residence in China were occasional contributions , on that country , made to the columns ofthe Athenwum . A very interesting memoir of Morrison , the great Chinese scholar , was from liis pen . The results ofthe middle-class examinations held by the University of Oxford , havo been published ; but these only specify the lists of the successful candidates , the places at which they were examined , ancl their classifications . It is a curious comment upon the merits of the debate
as to making religious examinations compulsory , that in some of the classes not one half of the candidates have that asterisk prefixed to their names whieh signifies that they have satisfied the examiners in the rudiments of faith aud religion . A proposal , made by the Town Council of Southampton , to expend . £ 10 , 000 of the Hartley bequest in erecting a public reading-room aud museum , has met the approval of the Vice-Chancellor . "We hope to sec
the necessary works immediately commenced . The Duke of Devonshire has just issued , under the superintendence of Mr . John Payne Collier , a fae-simile ofthe 1604 edition of Shake speare ' s " Hamlet . " This is the edition published while Shakespeare was alive , which , professes to be , not incorrectly , " newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was according to tho true aud perfect copie . " Edouard Fournie ' s book , " Le Vieux Neuf , " is having great success in Paris . It is well and skilfully done . He proves that there is no invention in the world- —nothing new under the sun ; that we only " invent' '
what has been a long time in use under another form , and what our ancestors had already stolen from theirs . He says , moreover , that the English are remarkable for never inventing anything—they are totally devoid of the power of invention—that every contrivance to which they lay claim has been cribbed at one time or another from the French , who , with a few exceptions , have invented everything . Here it ia evident the author belies his own assertion , ancl proves that there really is
something new Tinder tlio sun , for i £ tbis be not" a pure invention , " what is 1 A contemporary says : — " The original book of the four Evangelists , upon which all our kings , from Henry I . to Edward VI ., took the coronation oath , is now in the library of a maiden lady , in Eaton-square . It is in manuscript , ancl written on vellum , tbe form and beauty of the letters nearly approaching to Roman capitals . It appears to have been written and prepared for the coronation of the first-named monarch .
The original binding , which is still in a perfect state , consists of two oaken boards , nearly an inch thick , fastened together with stout thongs of leather , and the corners defended by large bosses of brass . On the right side ( as the book is opened ) of the outer cover is a crucifix of brass , double gilt , whieh was kissed by the kings upon their inauguration ; and the whole is fastened together by a strong clasp of brass , fixed to a broad piece of leather , nailed on with two large brass pins .
Surely this national curiosity ought to be deposited in tho British Museum . " The editor of tlie Literary Gazette denies that it is about to be merged in The Critic . Dr . Cumming has now in Mr . Bentley's press a volume bearing tho significant title of "The Great Tribulation coming upon Earth . " Surely one would have thought that by this timo the Doctor ought to lie
convinced that the gift of prophecy is not in him . A'ictor Emmanuel has appointed the illustrious poet , Alessandro Manzoni , to the presidency of the Institute of Milan . To this office there will be a salary attached of about oCiiOO a-year .
The Masonic Mirror.
THE MASONIC MIRROR .
MASONIC MEMS . Tup , Prov . Grand Lodge of Sussex is to be held at Hastings , ou Friday , the 2 nd of September . We find on the agenda paper the following notice of motion : —The Lodge is to be held in the new Music Hall , aud not at either of the hotels . The brethren will afterwards dine at the Swan Hotel , IT affords us much pleasure to hear that the Howard Lodge of
The Masonic Mirror.
Brotherly Love , Arundel , No . 04 , has been resuscitated , as we suggested in our ' - 'Alasonic Missions" it should be . We congratulate those energetic brethren in Sussex who have accomplished this good work . BRO . Loan AIHTHUKN ' , the R . AV . Prov . G . AI . for Wiltshire , has consented to preside at the next anniversary festival of the Girl .-: School , in May next . ¦
METROPOLITAN . THE GRAXT ) LODGE . THD report of the Hoard of General Purposes , to be brought before the next Grand Lodge , states that Bro . Howard , of Mo . 873 , has been suspended from his Masonic functions , for neglecting to attend to tbe
summons of the Board . The Board recommends the grant of £ 2 T 5 few the decoration ofthe Great Hall ; and . £ 70 for putting into " efficient repair " the organs of the Great Hall and Temple . The following Lodges having complied with the laws by making the necessary returns and payments , have been removed from the list of Lodges 1 ' or erasure : — Howard Lodge of Brotherly Love , i \' o . i' 4 , Arundel . Derbyshire , A ' o . My , Longuur , Stafl ' oi'u .-liiiv .
Sfc . David ' s , No . 4 . 7-L , Afilford . Omibcrmoro , Ko . SS 0 . Liscird , Cheshire . Povoril of the Peak , No . 910 , Aw Mills , naif ( Jtossop . The balance in the hands of the Grand Treasurer on account of the Fund of . Benevolence , is £ GS 9 10 * . !) ' / . ; and on account ol the General Purposes 'Fund , £ 053 2 « . 'let' . ; and on account of moneys received not yet appropriated by the parties remitting , . ¦ £ " - '•! HL . 'id .: making a total of £ 2 , 306 12 s . id . There were no notices of motion .
BOARD OF BENKVOLEMIE . AT the Board of Benevolence on AVednesday last , . C' ! . l 0 10 * . were voted amongst seven petitioners ; and iu one case A' 30 recommended to ( fraud Lodge . ROYAL FBEHMASOA'S GIRLS SCHOOL . A , quarterly court was held on Thursday last , 13 ro . John Udall in the chair , when the minutes of the various committees were confirmed ;
tho only point of interest being an announcement that Bros . Lyall and Symonds , who had been appointed a committee for tho purpose , bud selected a library for the use of the teachers and pupils , whieh was approved by the general committee , and a vote of thanks given to Bros , Symonds ancl Lyall for their exertions . After some conversation the balloting list for the next election was approved , there being nine candidates , of whom six are to be elected .
Of these candidates six come from the country and three from London . At the next general meeting , in October , a resolution will be brought forward for increasing the number of children in tbe school from seventy to eighty ; but the alteration cannot take effect until the following general meeting in April , 1 S 60 . A vote of thanks to Bro , Udall closed the proceedings .
PROVINCIAL .
HAMPSHIRE . SOUTHAMPTON . —Lodge of Peace and Harmony ( So . 402 ) . —This Lodge met at Freemasons' Hall , ou Wednesday , August ] 7 th , when a candidate was initiated into the Craft by Bro . A . Fletcher , AV . M . Bro . Webb . P . M ., delivered the charge very impressively ; Bros . Mason and Baker were passed to the degree of Fellow Craft . Bro . G . W . Clarke , ( Sec ) , reported that the AV . M ., AVardens , and several other members of the Lodge attended the Prov . Grand Lod held ou the 19 th ult . on whieh
ge , , occasion the AV . M . had carried out the wishes of the brethren iu the presentation of Bro . Stebbing's portrait , which now adorned the hall . A . brother from the Poet Byron Lodge ( U . S . ) was examined and admitted . A letter from the Grand Secretary , relating to the irregularities at Smyrna was read ; and after some cases for benevolence had been dealt , with , the Lodge was closed in harmony . After tho dinner the usual toasts were given ; the AV . M . took occasion to congratulate the brethren upon their Secretary , Bro . G-. \ V . Clarke , having been appointed to be
Prov . Grand Secretary . Bro . 11 . Clarke , J . AV ., returned thanks for the special mark of kind feeling whieh the AV . M . had shown towards the officers of the Lodge- on that and former occasions , aucl assured him that ho might rely upon their fullest assistance at all times . AVILTSHIF . K . riiovixc'i . u . i ; i :. \ xD r . 0 D > ii ; . Tin : Prov . Grand Lodge of AYiltshirc was hold in the new Music Hall , Chippenham , on Tuesday last , August -JOrJ , under the presidency of the