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NEW MUSIC .

— : o : — AH Music intended for review should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , Belvidere Works , Hermea Hill , Pentonville , London , N . MESSRS WILCOCK BROS ., of the City Music Stores , Moorgate Station Arcade , E . G ., have forwarded na a capital selection of music , and we are pleaaed to say that several of the itema are well worth attention .

"In the City "—the worda by John Muir , and the rauaio by George W . Lloyda—is a aong that can be heard again and again with pleaaure , and therefore it ia anre to become popular . Edward Oxenford and George W . Lloyds' " The Angela Home " ia another good aong ; the muaio tnnefnl , while the worda are intereating . " Waggoner Will " is by Lindsay Lennox and Arnold Bruce , and will be heard frequently

during the coming winter ; while " Juat aa of Old , " by Ed . Oxenford and Sydney Shaw , ia a very pretty aong ; a violin or violoncello obligato adds to ita charm . H . Elliot Lath is responsible for both fche worda and muaio of a very tuneful and melodious aong , — " 'Neath the Hawthorna ; " thia is one thafc when aung capably ia anre to command attention ; consequently it ahould be often heard . A fine

nautical aong ia " A Yarn of the Sea Serpent , " with bright yjllioking refrain ; one that will be a favonrite at amoking concerts . "Only Yeafcerday , " by Lindsay Lennox , and "Gipsy Life" by Lindsay Lennox and Arnold Bruce , we have noticed in a previous issue . Messrs . Wilcooka have also sent aoxne sound pieces for the piano , forte , among them being " A Quiet Thought" reverie , by George

W . Lloyda . Thia ia moat tuneful , and fche movementa very atfcrac . tive . Another taking piece ia Paul de Loetz " Sunny Skiea , " while the aarae author ' s "Mazourka dela Reine " will find many admirers . A lively effort ia "Un Jour de Fete" by B . Draghi , and will bear hearing again and again . The intermezzo , deacriptive of a sleigh ride on the road to Moscow , ia one of the best pieces of

its kind we have heard thia aeaaon . The different incidents are cleverly depicted , musically , while fche music itself ia of snch an attractive character thafc it will be much to the fore in the drawing room and elsewhere during the present winter . "The Original Alberta ; a faahionable quadrille , " by Julea Lorraine , and " The Belfry " waltz , by B . Draghi will aeonre a prominent position in tha

ball programmes ; they are both good pieces , and easy to dance to . We have received from Messrs . Enoch and Sons , of 14 and 14 A Great Marlborough Street , W ., some songa and dance musio , whioh are worthy of notice . "Mine in my Dreama" is a happy and melodiona song , fche words of whioh have been written by Clifton Bingham , while the music has been furnished by Lovett King . Tbe first named has also supplied the words for a aong entitled " Bella

Napoli , " the muaio for whioh F . Boacovitz haa compoaed . Thia ia a mosfc taking number , and is anre to command attention . " The Girl he left behind , " by Arthur Chapman and Frederick Bevan , and " The Admiral ' s Broom , " by Frederick E . Weatherly and Frederick Bevan , are equally good productiona , thafc will repay the student . A capital waltz , entitled " Golgonda , " and dedicated to Misa Letty Lind , haa been written by Popplewell Royle . This is of a smooth and atfcractive deacription , and cannot fail to be appreciated wherever played .

The title of Mr . Julian Cross ' s new piece , fco be produced afc Terry ' s Theatre on the morning of 2 nd December ; has been decided npon . Ifc ia to be called "The Penalty , " and among the arfciatea engaged will be found the following : —Measra . Henry Dana , Henry Bedford ,

W . F . Hargreaves , Bobert Soutar and Julian Cross ( who will play the part of an Italian adventurer ) , while the ladies are Miss Elinore Leyshon , Miss Marie Linden , Miss Alice Bruce , Misa Roae Bearing , and Miss Rufch Rutland ( who will play the leading parfc , Cora Montez , a Spanish Creole ) .

An illustrated Biography of Isaac Pitman of Bath , inventor of Phonography , by Thomaa Allen Reed , will be published on the 1 st December by Messrs . Griffith , Farran & Co . Mr . Pitman atill presides over the Phonetic Institution at Bath , which he has superintended uninterruptedly for more than half-a-century . He ia in hia 78 th year , yet he supervises a correspondence of 20 , 000 letfcera a year ,

besides editing the Phonetic Journal , and compiling the numerous hooka which he annually publishes . He is a staunch vegetarian , teetotaler , and non-smoker , and ia to be found afc hia deak every morning afc six o ' clock . The wonderful extension of his system of shorthand is due to the energy and perseverance with which ho has

worked for over 50 yeara to perfect hia ayafcem of Phonography . Mr . Reed ' a name ia well known in phonographic circles , and the combination of his veraatile pen wifch a aubjecfc of auoh great intereafc as fche life of Isaac Pitman will mako a volume to whioh tho public will look forward with pleasure .

"THB ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY . "—Ifc will delight many members of this ancient Order , particularly those belonging to Liverpool and fcho vicinity , to possess the paper bearing the above title , which waa read by Bro . Patrick Sword W . M ., before the Skelmersdale Lodge , No . 1830 , afc Latbom-hall , Seaforfch , lasfc Marcb

m the attractive form in which it is now published in elegant giltedged shape by Mr . Gilbert G . Walmsley , of Lord-streot . The little book will be regarded as a pleasing souvenir by the membera of the Lodge for whose particular benefit ifc was originally written , and among all tho Masonio brethren it will excite interest and attention .

aa presenting in a concise and readable form some of tho most " ntereating facta in the hiatory of their great Craffc . The proceeds of its sale are to be handed over to fche West Lancashire Masonio Charities . —Liverpool Daily Courier .

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A complimentary dinner waa given on Thursday evening , tbe 6 th instant , at the Holborn Restaurant , to Brother J . Lewis Thomas , chief surveyor War Office , on his retirement after a service of 46 years , by several of hia friends and colleagues at the War Office . The chair was taken by

General Sir Lothian Nicholson , R . E . ( Inspector-General of Fortifications and Royal Engineers ) , supported by Colonel H . Locock R . E . ( Deputy Inspector-General of Fortifications ) , and amongst those present were Colonel Sir Robert

Harley Major-General Sim , R . E ., Major Watson , R . E ., Captain C . Bate , R . E ., Surgeon G . Harley-Thomas , and Messrs . Hammond , Hnrst , Condy , Ingress-Bell , Frederick , Collins , Gamble , and others .

The Great City Lodge have arranged with Bro . James Stevens for the delivery of his Lecture on " The Ritual and Ceremonial of the Symbolic Degrees in Freemasonry , " at the next regular meeting of the Lodge at the Cannon Street Hotel , London , on Saturday , the 14 th proximo .

Our good friends at Clacton-on-Sea have been disporting them , selves ; on Saturday last they forestalled the City Festivities of Monday , and had a Lord Mayor's Show of their own . We wero unable fco be present on the occasion , but a local correspondent tells ns the proceedings throughout were of a most entertaining character . Clacton-on-Sea ia decidedly improving ; it now boaata a Local Board , and fche residents strive , with satisfactory result , to make the place popular with visitors .

MASONIC CONCERT . —A Concert in aid of the Benevolent Fund of the Grand Lodge of Scotland waa announced for 12 th November , in the Corn Exchange , Haddington . Brother the Earl of Haddington , who ia not only a member of the Haddington Lodge , but Provincial Grand Maater of East Lothian and Berwickshire and Deputy Grand Master of Scotland , to'preside ; and among the performers are the

Ladies Ruth aud Griaell Baillie Hamilton , who , on a former occasion , delighted a Haddington andience with their performance on violin and piano ; Madame Annie Grey , an excellent exponent of Scottish song ; and Mr . George Wilson , whose ainging was received with great enthusiasm at the Burns concert in Haddington . It was expected that

a young East Lothian lady , one of the sweetest singers in the county , would lend her assistance , and the comic element nofc be wanting . We understand that membera of friendly societies other than Maaona were to appear in regalia . Special preparations were made for having the hall comfortably seated , and we understand that some of the back seats were raised .

MASONIC PORTRAIT . —There haa juat been hung , in the Masonio Hall afc Haddington , a portrait of Brother Dr . Burton , Kelso . Dr . Burton waa educated afc the Grammar School , Haddington , and in 182 ? was initiated into the myateriea of Freemaaonry iu the local Lodge . He afterwarda left Haddington for Walaall , Staffordahire , where he took a keen intereafc in Maaonry , was twice Worahipfnl Maater of a Lodge ,

and afterwarda appointed Deputy Provincial Grand Maater of the Province of Stafford , and also Deputy lat Grand Principal of the Provincial Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the aame Province . Doctor Bnrton'a father was born in Haddington , in 1741 , and his grandfather , who waa well known aa " Auld Provoat Burton , " waa for many yeara

a merchant in London , and afterwarda in Virginia . Dr . Burton had hia portrait preaented to him in 1865 by fche brethren and Officers of Sfc . Matthew ' s Lodge , Walsall , and this portrait he has now presented to the Haddington Lodge aa a testimony of hia father ' s and hia own connection with Haddington and wifch Freemasonry . The portrait is a very good one .

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