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installed , and appointed the follocving officers , viz . : —Bros . E . Drury , S . AA . ; G . Stnart , J . AV . ; G . Moseley , Sec . ; H . Webster , S . D . ; li . Waterhouse , J . D . ; H . J . Garnett , I . G . ; and A . Moore , Steward . Bros . E . A . Heeley , F . W . Primrose , S . Smith , and Robt . Armson , were severally advanced to this degree . AVe are glad to find that this lodge is in a ' flourishing condition and all its ofiicers manifest a very liraiseivorthy attention to their duties . AVe trust their example of AVest

will shortly be folloivedby other brethren in the large towns Yorkshire . The clothing and other appointments of the lodge are of a first class order , anel reflect great credit on the zeal and liberality ofthe Sheffield " blades . "

Obituary.

Obituary .

In the Magazine for October 19 th , we briefly noticed tho death of our much-respected Bro . Thomas Weatherill , P . M . of the Cleveland Lodge ( No . 705 ) and of the Zetland Lodge ( No . 820 ) , and P . Prov . G . Standard Bearer for the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire . His remains ivere interred , ou Thursday , October 17 fch , afc Seamer in Cleveland , and the local papers thus describe the afternoon this usuall little

proceedings : — " On Thursday y quiet agricultural village Avas the scene of considerable excitement , in consequence of the late Mr . Thomas Weatherill , of Neivton-under"Roseberry , being interred with military honours from the Stokesley Rifle Corps , of ivhich he Avas a member . The funeral procession , consisting of the hearse containing the corpse , and of the widoiv and numerous friends of the deceased in carriages and ou horseand the

back , having reached Stokesley , the minute bell ivas tolled , members of the Rifle Corps , ivho Avere ready assembled under the command of Captain Marivood , fell into their place in front of the hearse , and proceeded , at a slow march with arms reversed , to the p lace of interment , On arriving at Seamor churchyard , the volunteers presented arms , lvhilst the corpse and mourners passed betAveen their ranks , Many members of the Masonic body , of ivhich deceased was an earnest and beloved brother , were present , ¦

one of whom—as the clergyman pronounced the words ' In sure and certain hope of tho resurrection of eternal life '—dropped a sprig of Acacia ( the SMUimivood of Scripture ) upon the breastplate , that being , in the words of an able Masonic writer , ' one of the most beautiful and suggestive symbols of the Master's degree ; it is au ' emhleui of our faith in the immortality of the soul , and by it we are reminded that Ave have an immortal part Avithin us which shall survive the and ivhich shall never die . ' The solemn

grave ceremony concluded by the Rifle Corps firing three volleys over the « -rave of their brother volunteer , Avhose memory will be long cherished by a very wide circle of friends , for his intelligence , kinelheartedness , and integrity . We ought not to omit to state , that the orderly manner in ivhich the whole Rifle Corps executed their part of the ceremony elicited tho ivarm approbation of all present ; the only draAvba ' ck being the lack- of ' The Dead March in ' and

Saul , ' Avhich theband have neglected to practise , consequently were unable to perform . The grave , Avhich AVKS walled ivith brick and cemented , ivas much admired for the workmanlike manner in which it was finished . "

KING JATLHSS ' Lovr . ion FIELH SPOUTS . —King James ivas exceedingly fond of field sports , but he often carried them to such a violent excess that he led his poor courtiers , ivho ivere not equally fond of them , a weary life . One of them , in a letter that has been preserved , makes heavy complaints of being obliged to ride ivith him in heat aud cold , dry and rain , from eight in the morning till four in the afternoon . James builfc a small hunting palace at

Newmarket , and established horse-races there—the first , Ave believe , that Avere established in England . He had also another hunting seat at Royston , and when he and his attendents ivere there they consumed all the provisions in the place , and made such a bustle , that the quiet inhabitants of the town Avere driven to their Avits ' - enel ; and the old chroniclers tell us that one day the king's favourite hound , Jowler , Avas missing , and , ivhen he re-appeared , he

came Avith a paper tied to his collar , on AA'hich Avere Avritten these words -. —• " Good Mr . Jow-ler , Ave pray you speak to the . king ( for he hears you every day , and so cloth he not us ) , that it will please his Majesty to go back to London , for else the country will be undone : all our provision is spent , anel Ave are not able to entertain him any longer . " Fortunately , the king was nofc angry , and the matter was treated as " a reasonable pretty jesfc . " —Englishwoman ' s Domestic Magazine .

Notes On Music And The Drama.

NOTES ON MUSIC AND THE DRAMA .

Among other announcements is Mr . Martin's , AVIIO , on behalf ofthe National ' Choral Society , states his intentions of giving concerts at Exeter Hall during the Avinter to audiences exclusively composed of military officers and soldiers , who must all appear in regimentalsthe explanation of the step stated being a desire to promote a taste for choral music in the army . A letter from Signor Rossinipublished in the French papers

, , confirms the rumour of the coming- "Titan . " The composer addresses M . Koyer , the manager of thc Grand Opera , and begs for the loan of four bass singers—MM . Belval , Cazaux , Faure , and Obin—Avho are to execute the composition in unison . Signor Rossini describes it as a simple chant , " Avith a Titanic rhythm , " out of tlie common style , —and pledges himself thafc ib contains neither trill iochromatic scalenor roulade .

, arpegg , , A new ballet-opera , " Le Neveu cle Gulliver , " by M . Lajarte , has just been given at the Theatre Lyrique of Paris , —without success . M . Jules Lefort , the Avcll-knoivn singer of French romances , made his appearance on the stage , after having left ifc many years ago . Kerr Ernst , whose health continues in the melancholy state which has long been a matter of grave concern to his friends , has , nevertheless , it is said in the Gazette Musicals , composed a small

opera , ivhich is to be produced next season at Baden . Mdlle . Artot , who has taken the place of a first opera favourite in Germany , Is aboufc to sing a part at Prague in the Czech language . A " Minima" organ has been invented and patented by Messrs . G . F . and J . Sfciclolph , of Ipswich . Ifc is said to retain , within , the size of tho ordinary piccolo pianoforte , every requisite for the performance of organ music , and to adapt itself to the sphere of the drawing-room . It is in fact a pedal organ , with IGffc . open diapason and a commensurate sivell , Avithin a space of 7 ft ., and with , in

some instances , double feeders for trie feet , so tnafc it may be bioAi-n by the performer . A discovery of the utmost importance , says the Leipsiger Zeitnng , is said to hai'O been made in America , viz ., tho artificial formation of any kind of human voice . The discoverer is said to be a physician o ' f the name of Potsdoll . This gentleman , it is said , has succeeded in producing , at pleasure , bass , baritone , tenor , or sophrano voices , in the human larynx , by means of a simple operation , quickly

peaformeel , Avithout pain or danger ; and in a Aveek , or a fortnight at farthest , those Avhose have submitted to it acquire great musical po ' . vers , however inharmonious their voices may have been previously . A tenor or soprano voice requires a someiAdiat longer time , because a tendency to hoarseness is apt to follow the operation . \ A e need hardly say that the story of this invention must be received with very considerable caution . [ The above is going the round of the musical journalsand ive repeat " it must be receiA-eel with very

, considerable caution , " anel Ave think with a better ground than our musical contemporaries , as ive have met ivith something- of the kind before in a satire on the Logier system of music , then someiAdiat popular , rmblished in 1818 , and for the information of our contemporaries Ave give them the title of tho Avork , omitting only the bookseller ' s names : — "Joel Collier lied-ivivusan entirely new edition of that celebrated

, author ' s ' Musical Travels ; ' coniaining , among a variety of interesting particulars , a faithful account of his -many ingenious experiments , valuable discoveries , and inestimable inventions , for the improvement of Students , and the advancement of Science in this country ! Dedicated , without permission , but wiihthe -mostprofound respect , to that great luminary ofthe musical world , J . B . L g v . " Collier , io science and io mein' -ry dear ,

lleturns again , -renew ed in great L—g— ,: " At page 39 of this satire , AVO find a musical enthusiast describing his neAv " saytem to the hero , Mr . Collier , ivho says" After I had sufficiently complimented him upon his work , and told him that I thought the ode ivould be Avondcrfully improved in his hands , AVO discoursed upon many other subjects , relative to music , particularly upon a curious operation he informed me AA-as frequently practised at Naples , of culling the glands of the throat ,

¦ when so iii / la-led or big as lo obstruct the free passage of the voice . This auecelyte has given my friend a hint of greater improvements : we are too sparing , says he , of the knife , and frequently think the voice is as perfect as art can make it , but ive stop short of perfection . There are other things to be clone , the TONGUE itself might ivell be spared , ivhich only serves to articulate sounds in speaking , bufc Is an incumbrance to a fine singer . Do me the favour , sir , to sing one air ivith this ivory bit in your mouth , to keep doivn your

tongue , and you ivill be surprized at the difference it makes in the mellowness of the tone , anel the roundness of the volume of voice . Saying this , he fetched an ivory instrument out of his draiver , ivhich he fixed in my mouth , and fastened round my head . * * * * * * * Here I endeavoured to interrupt him , for I found the bit very painful , but not being able to articulate , be thought I ivas attempting fco sing , and cried out , stay a moment , my clear friend ,