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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.
Spain does not forget to honour Cervantes . A funeral service in his memory is annually performed , afc the instance of the Eoyal Academy , in the church of fche Nuns of the Trinity , Madrid , where the bones of Cervantes repose . Last month the service took place , and the Bishop of Calaharra . delivered the funeral oration . Tlie church Avas hung with black , and in the centre Avas a catafalque , on Avhich lay a sword and a copy of " Don Quixote . "
The Commissioners of Her Majesty ' s Works aud Public Buildings have issued directions for the sale of the State Paper Office , St . James's-park , which , iu consequence of the extensive quantity of the materials comprising tlie building , will occupy t-. vo days . The estimated amount of materials is as folioAvs : —About 20 , 000 cubic feet of Portland stone , 50 moulded Portland stone steps 4 feet 6 inches long , about 21 , 000 feet of York paving , 600 , 000 capital stock bricks , 15 tons of lead ,
& c . As the various articles are almost all new , the " office " having only been built a few years , it is expected they Avill realize prices above the average scale . Tim Bobbin ' s Works , in prose and verse , complete in one volume , Avith a memoir of the author , Avill be welcomed throughout Lancashire , and by all students of English dialects , and lovers of rural humour and pathos . The most difficult words are explained in notes , ancl pieces like the dialogue between Tumus ancl Meary are done into plain English .
Mr . AV . G . T . Barker joins the Avide-spreadmg Homeric discussion in a small volume on Translating the Iliad and Odyssey ¦ with a literal rendering in the Spenserian Stanza of the first book of the Odyssey , and specimens of the Iliad . The second volume of Dr . Karl Scherzer ' s circumnavigation of the Globe in the Austrian frigate Novara , is out : the work Avill be completed in another volume . Mr . Laseelles AVraxall has translated a second series of papers on The English at Home
, " by M . Afphonse Esquiros , from the Rem des deux Maudes . A good bit of nijAVs from Naples , comes as one of the results of the King ' s visit . The flue palace of the Bourbons , the Capo di Monte , is ordered to be turned into a picture gallery , and the order is being executed at once . The Neapolitan painters are the leading artists in Italy at the present time , ancl they deserved this murk of fche national esteem .
The Art Journal states that there is no member of the stall of tlie Science ancl Art Department who is not in some way or other employed at the International Exhibition , their legitimate duties , for which tbey are paid , at the department being necessarily suspended , while they receive the fees from botb sides . Mr . Cole , Head Inspector of South Kensington , alone has been paid £ 1500 per annum , for his services as adviser-general . Mr . Eedgrave , R . A ., ancl his brother Mr . S . Eedgrave , are , ifc is saicl , engaged upon a history of the British School of Painting . "We cannot say that the prospect of such a work is particularly calculated to excite our expectations .
The London Review thus speaks .. of the Eoyal Academy exhibition -. — " England need not be at all ashamed oi tbe appearance her art makes in the Eoyal Academy before her visitors from north , south , east , ancl Avesfc . The fact which comes out Avith the greatest prominence in this Exhibition—and it is of all possible facts that which offers most solid ground for congratulation—is the vigorous organization of our art , Avhich 5 s now going forward under the start which a decried trio of
young men calling themselves Pi-c-llaftaelites gave it in , 18 » 19 . Those young men stuck to their principles through the outcry , derision , and semi-proscription of tAVO or three years , ancl by that time , found themselves leading a compact knot of followers , all in their way strenuous , though in some instances compromising the movement by mechanical hardness or crude conceits . A fe > v years moreand the current throughout tbe Avhole school had
, set in broad and strong to those qualities of sturdy decision , realistic definition , ancl powerful colour ancl handling , Avhich had been the external form of art professed , with all sorts of difference in conception and purpose , by the Pre-Eaffaelites . The founders , too , and their immediate followers , hacl themselves progressed ; they Avere no longer students starting on the right coursebut practised painters doing the riht thing . In last
, g year ' s Exhibition and the one Avhich has just opened , the advance and Avelding together of style throughout the school bave been peculiarly marked ; ancl these ivill assuredly go on from strength to strength as long as tbe same impulse lasts unenervafced . " Captain Drayson has a volume of tales of the Out-Span , or A dventures in the Wilds of Southern Africa , in the press .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
ORIGIN OF MASONRY . I feel constrained to admit that the theory of Bro , Matthew Cooke must be the correct one— " the proof is evei-yAvhere . " I have thought the following degrees only ' bear internal evidence of antiquity , emitting some-( to me ) doubtful ones . Novice of the Temple . ( The E . A . D . of Ereemasonrythe first degree of the Essenes
, and the Mysteries . ) Master . —( A JeAvish or Essenian adaptation of fche death of Osiris or " [ Trim . A Templar in England was accused of slaying his son , who , whilst eaves-dropping , had seen a candidate put to death for" refusing fco deny Christ . " ) Knight of the Arch . —( A Templar Avas said to have confessed he had assisted to suspend a Knighfc in a well ; also a Templar tradition of
the discovery of an Arch . ) lied Cross Sword of Babylon * Knight of fche Sun , High Priest , Eose Croix ( the mystic supper , the Templar and Maniehaem custom of Councils of 13 . ) Professed Knig ht . Kadosh . The founder of the House of Solomon , whence originated , sonae Eastern , secret societies , Avas a " JeAV of the Magian religion . " The Eoyal Order of ScotlandI conceiveplayed the
, , same part as the York Templars . "Would ifc be too much to ask our worthy brother Matthew Cooke to give ns his opinion , on the relative antiquity of the various degrees , not wishing to innovate on the system so established . —A .
llB-STJMBEMNG- LODGES . Seeing there have been some hundred , or more , lodges erased lately , Avhat is to prevent a re-numberiug of allthe lodges in the Craft ?—S . TEMPLE ORDER . "The Grand Chapter of the Eoyal Order of Heredom of Kibvinning reserves the poAver of conferring the
higher degrees . The system consisted of 33 degrees , the 18 th in order was the Eosy Cross , & c . The Ancient "York Masons recognised 2 l degrees . "—Old Ed . Enc . Met . Can any brother give me proof that this latter body practised the ineffable degrees ; I believe them to be the invention of the Scottish Templars , and they formed no parfc of the rule of the French , branch of the
Order of the Temple . "The College of Heredom Templars (?) located at York in 1786 , practised 25 degrees . "—Oliver . "Why the word " Templar ? " Heredom undoubtedly , in its original Greek form , signifies " Holy Temple , " and the " Eite of Heredom" is the Eite of fche " Order of Knighthood of the Temple of Solomon . " —A
FIRST LODGE OP IRELAND . This lodge , established in Cork , holds its meetings under a Avarrant dated 1731 , and attached to the lodge are Chapters of Eose Croix , Templars , and Eoyal Arch . The lodge-room is extensive , and handsomely and appropriately decorated . The walls are panelled fco represent oak , and the coved ceiling represents the
canopy of heaven , Avith the celestial bodies , supported by the vast expanse of the ocean . Around the room are the banners of the Knights of the Eagle and Pelican , and Eose Croix Masons , together with the Eed Cross Shields , SAVords , and Spurs belonging to the Knights of the Temple . The Order is also in possession of two valuable relics , presented by Bro . Thomas Hewifcfc ,
P . J . E . O ., viz ., the only original painting of the celebrated Mrs . AldAvorfch , together with the Masonic jewel she Avore . Belonging to the Eirst Loclge of Ireland is also a copy of a rare edition of fche Holy Scriptures , generally known by the title of Breech's Bible . This lodge is insole possession of the house Avhere ifc meets , and besides apartments for the care takercontains a convenient
, ante-room for refreshment , & c . The armorial bearings of some of the most distinguished brethren of the Order arace the walls . Amongst them the Earl of Donoughmore , S . G . W . ; J " . P . Townsend , D . G . M . ; Sir James Chatfcerton , P . G . M . Minister ; Sir John Pennefafcher . — H . M . T .
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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.
Spain does not forget to honour Cervantes . A funeral service in his memory is annually performed , afc the instance of the Eoyal Academy , in the church of fche Nuns of the Trinity , Madrid , where the bones of Cervantes repose . Last month the service took place , and the Bishop of Calaharra . delivered the funeral oration . Tlie church Avas hung with black , and in the centre Avas a catafalque , on Avhich lay a sword and a copy of " Don Quixote . "
The Commissioners of Her Majesty ' s Works aud Public Buildings have issued directions for the sale of the State Paper Office , St . James's-park , which , iu consequence of the extensive quantity of the materials comprising tlie building , will occupy t-. vo days . The estimated amount of materials is as folioAvs : —About 20 , 000 cubic feet of Portland stone , 50 moulded Portland stone steps 4 feet 6 inches long , about 21 , 000 feet of York paving , 600 , 000 capital stock bricks , 15 tons of lead ,
& c . As the various articles are almost all new , the " office " having only been built a few years , it is expected they Avill realize prices above the average scale . Tim Bobbin ' s Works , in prose and verse , complete in one volume , Avith a memoir of the author , Avill be welcomed throughout Lancashire , and by all students of English dialects , and lovers of rural humour and pathos . The most difficult words are explained in notes , ancl pieces like the dialogue between Tumus ancl Meary are done into plain English .
Mr . AV . G . T . Barker joins the Avide-spreadmg Homeric discussion in a small volume on Translating the Iliad and Odyssey ¦ with a literal rendering in the Spenserian Stanza of the first book of the Odyssey , and specimens of the Iliad . The second volume of Dr . Karl Scherzer ' s circumnavigation of the Globe in the Austrian frigate Novara , is out : the work Avill be completed in another volume . Mr . Laseelles AVraxall has translated a second series of papers on The English at Home
, " by M . Afphonse Esquiros , from the Rem des deux Maudes . A good bit of nijAVs from Naples , comes as one of the results of the King ' s visit . The flue palace of the Bourbons , the Capo di Monte , is ordered to be turned into a picture gallery , and the order is being executed at once . The Neapolitan painters are the leading artists in Italy at the present time , ancl they deserved this murk of fche national esteem .
The Art Journal states that there is no member of the stall of tlie Science ancl Art Department who is not in some way or other employed at the International Exhibition , their legitimate duties , for which tbey are paid , at the department being necessarily suspended , while they receive the fees from botb sides . Mr . Cole , Head Inspector of South Kensington , alone has been paid £ 1500 per annum , for his services as adviser-general . Mr . Eedgrave , R . A ., ancl his brother Mr . S . Eedgrave , are , ifc is saicl , engaged upon a history of the British School of Painting . "We cannot say that the prospect of such a work is particularly calculated to excite our expectations .
The London Review thus speaks .. of the Eoyal Academy exhibition -. — " England need not be at all ashamed oi tbe appearance her art makes in the Eoyal Academy before her visitors from north , south , east , ancl Avesfc . The fact which comes out Avith the greatest prominence in this Exhibition—and it is of all possible facts that which offers most solid ground for congratulation—is the vigorous organization of our art , Avhich 5 s now going forward under the start which a decried trio of
young men calling themselves Pi-c-llaftaelites gave it in , 18 » 19 . Those young men stuck to their principles through the outcry , derision , and semi-proscription of tAVO or three years , ancl by that time , found themselves leading a compact knot of followers , all in their way strenuous , though in some instances compromising the movement by mechanical hardness or crude conceits . A fe > v years moreand the current throughout tbe Avhole school had
, set in broad and strong to those qualities of sturdy decision , realistic definition , ancl powerful colour ancl handling , Avhich had been the external form of art professed , with all sorts of difference in conception and purpose , by the Pre-Eaffaelites . The founders , too , and their immediate followers , hacl themselves progressed ; they Avere no longer students starting on the right coursebut practised painters doing the riht thing . In last
, g year ' s Exhibition and the one Avhich has just opened , the advance and Avelding together of style throughout the school bave been peculiarly marked ; ancl these ivill assuredly go on from strength to strength as long as tbe same impulse lasts unenervafced . " Captain Drayson has a volume of tales of the Out-Span , or A dventures in the Wilds of Southern Africa , in the press .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
ORIGIN OF MASONRY . I feel constrained to admit that the theory of Bro , Matthew Cooke must be the correct one— " the proof is evei-yAvhere . " I have thought the following degrees only ' bear internal evidence of antiquity , emitting some-( to me ) doubtful ones . Novice of the Temple . ( The E . A . D . of Ereemasonrythe first degree of the Essenes
, and the Mysteries . ) Master . —( A JeAvish or Essenian adaptation of fche death of Osiris or " [ Trim . A Templar in England was accused of slaying his son , who , whilst eaves-dropping , had seen a candidate put to death for" refusing fco deny Christ . " ) Knight of the Arch . —( A Templar Avas said to have confessed he had assisted to suspend a Knighfc in a well ; also a Templar tradition of
the discovery of an Arch . ) lied Cross Sword of Babylon * Knight of fche Sun , High Priest , Eose Croix ( the mystic supper , the Templar and Maniehaem custom of Councils of 13 . ) Professed Knig ht . Kadosh . The founder of the House of Solomon , whence originated , sonae Eastern , secret societies , Avas a " JeAV of the Magian religion . " The Eoyal Order of ScotlandI conceiveplayed the
, , same part as the York Templars . "Would ifc be too much to ask our worthy brother Matthew Cooke to give ns his opinion , on the relative antiquity of the various degrees , not wishing to innovate on the system so established . —A .
llB-STJMBEMNG- LODGES . Seeing there have been some hundred , or more , lodges erased lately , Avhat is to prevent a re-numberiug of allthe lodges in the Craft ?—S . TEMPLE ORDER . "The Grand Chapter of the Eoyal Order of Heredom of Kibvinning reserves the poAver of conferring the
higher degrees . The system consisted of 33 degrees , the 18 th in order was the Eosy Cross , & c . The Ancient "York Masons recognised 2 l degrees . "—Old Ed . Enc . Met . Can any brother give me proof that this latter body practised the ineffable degrees ; I believe them to be the invention of the Scottish Templars , and they formed no parfc of the rule of the French , branch of the
Order of the Temple . "The College of Heredom Templars (?) located at York in 1786 , practised 25 degrees . "—Oliver . "Why the word " Templar ? " Heredom undoubtedly , in its original Greek form , signifies " Holy Temple , " and the " Eite of Heredom" is the Eite of fche " Order of Knighthood of the Temple of Solomon . " —A
FIRST LODGE OP IRELAND . This lodge , established in Cork , holds its meetings under a Avarrant dated 1731 , and attached to the lodge are Chapters of Eose Croix , Templars , and Eoyal Arch . The lodge-room is extensive , and handsomely and appropriately decorated . The walls are panelled fco represent oak , and the coved ceiling represents the
canopy of heaven , Avith the celestial bodies , supported by the vast expanse of the ocean . Around the room are the banners of the Knights of the Eagle and Pelican , and Eose Croix Masons , together with the Eed Cross Shields , SAVords , and Spurs belonging to the Knights of the Temple . The Order is also in possession of two valuable relics , presented by Bro . Thomas Hewifcfc ,
P . J . E . O ., viz ., the only original painting of the celebrated Mrs . AldAvorfch , together with the Masonic jewel she Avore . Belonging to the Eirst Loclge of Ireland is also a copy of a rare edition of fche Holy Scriptures , generally known by the title of Breech's Bible . This lodge is insole possession of the house Avhere ifc meets , and besides apartments for the care takercontains a convenient
, ante-room for refreshment , & c . The armorial bearings of some of the most distinguished brethren of the Order arace the walls . Amongst them the Earl of Donoughmore , S . G . W . ; J " . P . Townsend , D . G . M . ; Sir James Chatfcerton , P . G . M . Minister ; Sir John Pennefafcher . — H . M . T .