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Sgares in relief for the pulpit of Llaudaff Cathedral—Moses , Baxi 3 , the Baptist , and St . Paul , each a distinctly original ( conception , not only of the personage himself , but of the form of art embodiment . " Jfor JMiss Knight's newly published Autobiography , we have the -Sli ' owing anecdote of Dr . Johnson , who had been on hoard the _ l _ tamiiliesfrigatewhich was commanded by her father : — " AVhen

, , So was conveyed on shore , the young officer whom my father had sc & t to accompany him , asked him if he had any further commands . "Sir / said Johnson , 'have the goodness to thank the commodore aiiol all the officers for their kindness to me , and tell Mr . , the first lieutenant , that I beg he will leave off the practice of swearing .. ' The young man , willing , if possible , to justify , or at Kasfc excuse , his superior , replied that , unfortunately , there was no soaking the sailors do their dutwithout using strong languageand

y , 41 ' iat his Majesty ' s service required it . ' Then , pray , sir , ' answered ¦ Johnson , ' tell Mr . that I beseech him not to use one oath more than is absolutely required for the service of his Majesty . ' " She also gives us a description of Lord Eldon ' s conduct when snider the influence of " the rosy " : — - " While I was talking to the J & TIss Fifc ;_ i-oys ancl others , the Chancellor came up to me , ancl began t ' o shake me violently by the hand , which rather surprised me , as

we had never been introduced to . each other . He was not quite sober . He said he hoped I did not believe all the nonsense about Ms ill-treatment of Princess Charlotte , of which no doubt I had Beard a lamentable story ; and was going on , when I stopped him % saying that Princess Charlotte hacl not conversed with me at all csn tbe subject , ancl that if any one had mentioned it to me it was Sie Queen . Not content with this , he came up to me in the same mraraei- after the Royal Familhacl clown to ancl

y gone supper , satered again on the subject , in a very confused tone . I put him raff hy saying that really it was not my business to interfere in the R-iiicess Charlotte's concerns , that I hacl only the honour of attending her , and that the Duchess of Leeds ivas the person who had the sroaponsibilty . This I said in a good-humoured way , and got rid of Win at last . "

In the Rev . Dr . Somcrville's Own Life and Times we . have the ¦ ifoEGwhig notice of the once-popular Peter Pindar : — "At the Souse of Mr . Murray , bookseller , in Fleet-street , I had the good fortune , as far as it tended to gratify my curiosity , to meet fequently Peter Pindar ( Dr . AVolcot ) , then in great celebrity upon K « eoaiit of the vivacity , wit , and eccentric originality of his igosfcical compositions . As he declined laying at cardsI usuall

p , y aiigrossed his conversation while the rest of Mr . Murray ' s guests ¦ w & re occupied in that amusement . Peter told me that he had Sasee hobbies , poetry , painting , and metaphysics ; and , with respect tto . the last , in which I suspected his attainments to be superficial , fe said he had been deeply indebted to the writings of David Hume aa . t . 1 Adam Smith , for whom he entertained a profound veneration . ' . She complimentary style in wliich he spoke of Scottish authors ,

sad , Scotsmen in general , made me suspect that he was no stranger ta the art of flattery . There appeared , however , in his conversation __ % table , such a mixture of ribaldry , buffoonery , ancl obscene allusicas , as coincided exactly with ray preconceptions of this too much admired writer . On one of the occasions that I met Dr . AA olcot , after vaunting of the patronage of the Duke of Cumberland , he * Mited and mimicked a conversation he hacl hacl with his Royal Highness behind the scenes in the playhouse . He hacl composed an epilogue to bo spoken by one of the actors , and the Duke wishing

te see it , attempted to wrest from him the manuscript he held in Ms hands . Peter resisted , saying . 'Your Royal Highness cannot read , ii . ' The Duke turned away , expressing himself in great wrath , which Peter repeated , mimicking his attitude and voice . The pleasantry consisted in this , that the Duke of Cumberland was supposed to be deficient in the elementary branches of education . Br . AVolcot , who had been originally educated for the medical jjrofessioiitold me that he had also officiated as a clergyman in

, Jamaica ; and , had I encouraged him , he seemed inclined to make the clerical duties a subject of profane jocularity . He offered me . a season ticket to the opera , at that time performed in the Pantheo-n ; . hut , however fond of amusement , I disdained to be laid lander an obligation to a person whom I so much despised . Considering the exemplary virtues of the king , with the candour from which we never ought to depart in judging of characters , the aefcerious

dissoluteness of the poet , ancl the alarming danger ¦ aoshig from tho temper of the times , I have often been shocked at tea ? . ii ( lU _' erence , and much more at the applause , with which many of my acquaintances , of ivhose virtue and patriotism I had enter-Riiiied a favourable opinion , have been accustomed to speak of the modern Pindar . No talents can expiate the total absence of moral < $ sca > i-n ; ii ; but talents prostituted to the depreciation and ridicule ai decency , and to tho dissolution of all the bands of social order , itall . fbr . the execration of everv well-wisher of mankind . "

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AA e are indebted to Mr . James Hannay ' s Fssays from the " Quarterly Revieiu , " for the following anecdote : — " One of the Jameses having intimated that he would honour Somerville with his company at the castle , the Baron dispatched a missive to his lady , with the significant postscript , ' Speates and Raxes !'—implying that spits ancl ranges were to be put into instant service . Unluckily , the letter fell into the hands of a new steward , who ,

not knowing the writing , read ' Spears ancl Jacks ! ' The lady , instantly concluding that there was war in the wind , raised the followers ivithout delay ; and the King ancl Somerville found a couple of hundred of armed men , under the command of a neighbouring laird , awaiting them on the road . At first the King feared treason , but the mistake was soon explained . Few Stewarts , from the first James to Topbam Beauclerk , were without a keen sense of fun , and the monarch's delight was long ancl loud . "

Tuesday , October 1 st , is the latest day on which the Commissioners for the Great International Exhibition of 1862 will receive applications for space from British exhibitors .

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The Editor is not responsible for tiie opinions expressed by Correspondent s . ANCIENT AND MODEEJN" MASONKY . ( Conclusion . ) TO THE EDITOR OP THE EEEEJIASOIfS HAGAZIH" ]! AND JIAS 0 J . IC 3 IIBBOE .

DEAE SIE AND BEOTHEE , —It is now the ninth hour , the hour of a perfect Mason ; the stone which the builders refused has become the head of the corner ; all is accomplished ; nothing now remains but for the faithful soldier of the cross to take . upon himself the vows of knighthood , and follow the banner of Beauceant . At what precise periods the various degrees forming collectively the Ancient '

and Accepted Rite wei-e originally instituted is comparatively of little importance . The Knight Templars is the most ancient , and was formerly universally given as a preliminary to the Eoso Croix . This , taking into consideration tho historical order of the events commemorated in each degree is evidently an anachronism , and is now frequently omitted , many Knights Eose Croix not being Companions

of tho Temple . The religious aud military order of the Temple is indeed the true head and ne phis ultra of Freemasonry . At this point it is all the ineffable degrees culminate ; it is here that all teaching ends , and the noble and priestly soldier of tho Temple , armed at all points , commences that holy warfare which he is destined to wage against the ' powers of evil until tho close of his mortal

career . It forms no part of my intention to enter into the history of the Chivalrio Order ofthe Temple , its rise and fall , but to it the Masonic Order owes its origin . It is a legacy bequeathed to us by those Christian Knights who sealed their faith with their blood ; ifc is but the shadow of the past , but what a past ! It is the sole relic now remaining to us of the times when great and good men fought , and bled , and thought their lives nothing but for the sake of Christ Jesus , and Him crucified . Peace be with them , they died in their steel harness full knightly .

The Knights are dust , And their good swords are rust . Their souls are with the saints , we trust . It is true for us , The neighing steed and the shrill trump , The spirit-stirring drum , the ear-piercing file , The royal banner ; and all quality ,

Pride , pomp , and circumstances of glorious war ! exists no longer ; we are no longer called to place our lance in rest against the infidel ; but the Masonic Kni ght Templar has an ample field on which to exercise those talents with which the Great Architect of the Universe has endowed him . Let him remember that , as a vowed soldier of the Cross of Christ , he has solemnly sworn to fight under his