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and which was sung immediately after " The Prince Steward of Scotland and the rest of the Eoyal Pamily , " had been given and responded to . There was nothing noteworthy in the speeches of the brethren . Suffice it to say that the festivities were

conducted with all the "pomp and circumstance , " which the gorgeous paraphernalia and imposing ceremonial of Grand Lodge can bring to bear upon such assemblies , and that the conclusion , to tlie proceedings was characteristic of that bon-aceord and fraternal union which terminates the meetings of all true Craftsmen .

The following are the verses above referred to , which were sung to the air of " Bonny Jean" : —¦ When bleak ISTovember chills the earth Aud sullen blasts sweep muir and lee ; When withering want , and nithering dearth ,

Mak * cauld the hame o' penury ; To wipe the tear frae poortifch ' s e ' e ; . To banish woe and want away , Is aye the aim of Masonry ; On couthie auld St . Andrew's Day .

Our Scottish hearts , the good Saint knew , Glowed warmly—though our clime was drear ; And like a father , fond and true , He taught us we were brothers dear , — He made us mutual friendship swear , He lit our breasts wi' Love ' s pure say ;

Aud Ms bright badge a' Scotsmen wear , To honour dear Sfc . . Andrews Day . And thus Love ' s glorious plummet line Keeps Masons' lives aye on the Square , While Charity—that flower

divine—Blooms brightly nursed wi' Masons' care ; And aye the mair we freely spare To brethren wha may little hae , We aye hae a' the mair to share Wi' cronies on Sfc . Andrew ' s Day .

0 gin dear Eothesay's Duke should deign j His fair young Princess here to bring , Leal Athole will resign his reign In honour o' our future King . And blytbely shall we dance and sing Wi' cantwives and lasses

y gay , And loudly shall the welkin ring . Wi' joy on Edward Albert's Day . Then blessed be dear Scotland's hills , Her lads and lasses , wives and men ,

May love flow down her braes like rills , And knowledge spread through ilka glen , And 'neafch the Universal ken Of Him wha's best we all obey , Each year new life and power shall len ' - To Masons on Sfc . Andrew ' s Day .

New Materials For The Life Of L.F. Roubiliac.

NEW MATERIALS FOR THE LIFE OF L . F . ROUBILIAC .

Prancis Legatt Chantry looked upon Lewis Prancis Eoubiliac as the greatest sculptor England had produced , or England had a right to claim by adoption as her own . He admired his exquisite modelling in clay—the skill with whieh his clay lost none of its characteristics in plaster— -the bold treatment of his headsthe vivacity of look he never failed to impart

, to every face—his skill with his chisel , and the general result to one great whole observable in all his works . Yet Chantrey had little in common with Eoubiliac , save an excellence which he reached by means entirel y different . If I am asked for my authority for Chantrey's admiration of EoubiliacI must name my father .

, Could a better authority be named ? Chantrey sought and attained to excellence in the same line of art with Eoubiliac , by means wholly different from those used by the great sculptor of his idolatry . Eoubilaic is all action , Chantrey is all repose . In one statue alone is Chantrey animated into action—in his Grattan .

When the Irish committee for the erection of the statue gave their commission to Chantrey they asked for " a spaking statue , " which Chantrey gave them in a way worthy of all admiration ; but when they suggested to the sculptor that Grattan , in marble , should be made to stand on the " Eock of the Constitution , " they made a request which no imagination could

devise without recourse to the sign-painter ' s refuge , "This is a dog ; " "This , " the Eock of the Constitution . Was Eoubiliac a married man ? His biographers are silent on the subject . In no work about sculptors or sculpture in England can I find that the illustrous

Prenchman was married . That he was married once , if not twice , I can . prove by undeniable evidence . Eoubiliac lived for many years in St . Martin's-lane , in the parish of St . Martin ' s-in-the-Pields , in London ; and in the registers of that parish I found ( some fifteen years since ) the following entry : — " 1735 , April 12 . Lewis Francis Eoubiliac and Caroline Magdalene Helot , both of St . Martin Orgars , London , p . L . A . B . "

That is , they were married by the license of the Archbishop of Canterbury . There cannot be a doubt that we have here the entry of the great sculp tor ' s marriage . But why did the marriage take place out of the parish in which they both lived ? I cannot answer the question . The license itself , if still in existencewould most likely determine this point .

, The marriage of Miss Helot was , I take it , Eoubiliae's first marriage . The entry of his second marriage ( so I assume ) to Miss Crosby , of Deptford , with ten thousand pounds , took place on the 6 th of January , 1752 ; and my authority ( almost always a safe one ) is Mr . Sylvanus Urbanat page 44 of his Magazine

, for the year 1752 . It is much to be regretted that we have not anything like a satisfactory list of the works of Eoubiliac . I had the printed sale catalogue of his effects , sold after his death , at his studio in St . Martin ' s-lane ; and I had his agreement for a large monument with his

, several receipts for the money agreed upon ; but I can find neither . Two removes , says the proverb , are as bad as a fire . The autograph of Eoubiliac is excessively rare . The sale catalogue I have , or had ( smal octavo in size ) , I believe to be unique .