Masonic Notes And Queries.

Be it known and remembered , also , that being determined to stop , and to crush at once and for ever , all such impositions as have heen practised and persisted in for so many years by Joseph Cerneau and others from foreign countries , particularly the West Indies , I hereby , and in my official capacity , declare , to whomsoever it may concern , that the Sovereign Grand Consistory of the 30 th , 31 st , and 32 nd Degrees , originally established in this cityon the 6 th day of August 5806 by the

, , , thrice Illustrious Brethren , John Gabriel Tardy , John Baptist Desdoity , Moses Levy , Madura Piexotto , and John James Joseph Gourgas , ali of them B . > J < Eco ; K-H . ; S . P . R . S . Deputies Grand Inspectors General and Grand Masters under the old system , & c , and others , has been rigorously inspected , and their proceedings approved of by me ; in consequence whereof , I hereby declare , acknowledge , and recognise them , as

well as in my own name , as in that of my aforesaid Grand and Supreme Council of the 33 d Degree , at Charleston , South Carolina , as being the only lawful body in New York , which can exist for the Northern District of the United States of America , & c . In testimony whereof , I , the aforesaid and undersigned , Emanuel De La Motta , K-H . ; S . P . R . S . Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the 33 d Degreeand Illustrious Treasurer

, General of the Holy Empire in the United . States of America , & c , have delivered the present , under my Hand and Grand Seal of Ps . of the R . S ., and also of the Stamp of the 33 d , at this Grand East of New York City , by the 40 th Degree 42 minutes north latitude , 26 th day of the 6 th month , called Elul Ao . Mi . 5573 , Ao . Ls . 5813 , and of the Christian Eera , this 21 st dar of September , 1813 .

Deus Meumque Jus , E . De La MOTTA , K-H . S . P . E . S . Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the 33 d Degree , and Illustrious Treasurer General of the Holy Empire , in the United States of America . ( Signed , sealed , and stamped on the original . ) Deus Meumque Jus .

In the name and in behalf of the Supreme Grand Council , of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of the 33 rd Degree , holding its sittings in Charleston , South Carolina ; Ave do hereby approve of , and confirm , ah and every of the foregoing declaration and proceedings of our Illustrious Brother , E . De La Motta , the Illustrious Treasurer General of the H . E ., against a certain Joseph Cerneau , who has assumed to himself the profession of Principles and Degrees of which he is ignorantand has

arro-, gated to himself powers and privileges which never have been lawfully committed to him ; and we do , therefore , declare and publish , that the aforesaid Joseph Cerneau , and his abettors and followers , are unworthy of Masonic Communion Avith any regular Freemasons , whether of high or low degree , or wheresoever dispersed ; and that each , and every of them , are hereby expelled from every or any lawful Degree or Masonic Society , in

which they may have been received or admitted , until they shall make their peace with our aforesaid Grand Council , upon such terms as our aforesaid Illustrious Treasurer General of the H . E . shall recommend and adopt for that purpose . Given under our hands and seals of the Grand Council of Princes of the Eoyal Secret , and of the Supreme Council of the 33 rd Degree for the United States of America , and dated this-24 th day of December , 5813 .

lie . MITCHELL , K-H . P . E . S . ( Signed and stampedAvithtivo Sovereign Grand Inspector seals , on the ori ginal ) General of the 33 rd Degree , and Grand Commander forthe U . S . of America . FEED . DAICHO , K-H . P . R . S . Sovereign Grand Inspector

General of the 33 rd Degree , and Lieutenant Grand Commander , for the U . S . of T America . Issued by me this day of January , 5814 . ( Signed ) E . DELAMOTTA , K-H . ; S . P . E . S . Sovereign Grand Inspector

General of the 33 rd Degree ; Illustrious Treasurer General of the H . E . in the United States of America , & c .

Notes On Literature, Science And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE AND ART .

Ofthe shilling Waverly , published 1 : ! i by Messrs . A and C . Black , of Edinburgh , upwards o > copies have been already sold . Mr . Charles Dickens has just led his fiftieth year , having been born at Portsmouth 7 th of February ,

1812 . Shakespeare's Macbeth , ivith a hist <> -utraduction , and adapted to educational purposes , wit - ; philological and anylatical , by Mr . Scott Dalgleish , M . A . he issued in a fCAY days by Mr . James Gordon , of Edinbur The history ofthe expedition into C \ - Asia , is announced

by Messrs . Saunders , Otley , ancl Co . i' title of this work , which is from the pen of Lieut , Col . Tor : Travels in Ladalc , Tartary , and Kashmir . It will he c . < lily illustrated by chromo-lithographs , and . in the appen :, hnru William Hay Avill detail his account ofthe finding of .-. i . iuhe Schalgentweit ' s note-book .

On Tuesday , the 4 th inst ., at a public breakfast , at the Freemasons' Tavern , Great Queen-Street , a golden centre-piece , after a design of Flaxraan's , and cantl i i bra , designed by Sir Charles Barry , were presented to . Mr . Milner Gibson . The inscription on the plate runs as follows : — " Presented to the Et . Hon . Thos . Milner Gibson , M . P ., by members and friends of

the Association for obtaining the Abolitioi ! of the Taxes on Knowledge , as a commemorative testimonial of Iii _ i important services during twelve years as president . 1862 . A Ivertisement duty repealed 4 th Aug ., 1853 . Compulsory stamp on newspapersabolished 29 th Jan ., 1855 . Paper duties repealed 1 st Oct ., 1861 . " Mr . Ewart , M . P ., occupied the chair , and speeches were made by

Mr . Gibson , Mr , Barnes , M . P ., Mr . Robert Chambers , Mr . S . Lucas , Mr . Thornton Hunt , and others . A final resolution has been taken as to the Davy monument at Penzance . Between an obelisk , a column , and a tower , the last has carried the A'ote . Davy was a practical man , and his

monument , it is thought , should have a practical character . Of what use is the Wellington Column in Somersetshire ? The Davy Tower Avill not only command the whole range of Mount ' s Bay— a beacon and a beauty even in that lino landscape—but may be used as an observatory . Mr . C . E . Elliott has produced a series of instantaneous views of London for the stereoscope , including public buildings , streets ,

bridges , and river scenes . It is interesting to compare these works ivith the Stereoscopic Company ' s views of Paris . Paris has the advantage in atmosphere , and the studies have a certain sharpness and brightness of outline which wc look in vain for in in those of London , London has the advantages of largeness and variety . The river scenes are particularly good—some of

them perfect pictures , worthy of Turner or Stanlicld . The contributions for the London Exhibition are gradually leaving Eome . Mr . Gatley ' s colossal basso-relievo has been got on board a vessel on the Tiber after great difficulty , tho mass of marble , ivith its case , weighing not less than 14 tons . Mr . Cardwell ' s beautiful statneof Diana , and his group of "Cupid and

Pan , " have also been packed ; but Mr . Sponco ' s colossal group , "The finding of Moses "—a most striking production—is still in the artist ' s studio . On the 25 th ult ., Mv . Macbean ivas to forward the productions of Roman contributors from Civita Vecchia on board Messrs . Griffith and Co . 's screw steamer ChesterAvhich was chartered to call there on purpose to receive

, them . H . M . S . Scourge has arrived . Avith a cargo of sculptures from Gor . tyna , in Candia , the results of the recent excavations at that place . These will he deposited in the British Museum .