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Literature.

Matter , " in the style of Christmas , and to the capacities of a juvenile audience . The Council of University College , London , at their session on Saturday hist , appointed Sycd Abdoolah , Professor of Hindustani in the college . Tho chair had beau held , iu conjunction with that of Tamil , by the Baron Von Strong , who , however , on learning that Syed

Abdoolah was willing to undertake to instruct the class , and after bearing testimony to his high qualifications for the office ., offered to make way for him for the reasons urged on another occasion by Sir Henry Eawlinson , that although the dead languages are best taught by European professors skilled in the science of grammar , and with some knowledge of comparative philology , a native should be preferred for all the livingdialects of India .

The eminently useful individual who goes about " calling people ' s attention " has brought under the notice of Mr . T . C . Newby the statement of " Georgo Eliot , " and the remarks of the press upon that lady or gentleman's letter . Mr . Newby says , in a letter to a . contemporary , " That I have advertised a book , entitled 'Adam Bede , junior , a sequel , ' is true ; that I have endeavoured to delude the public into a belief that the work was written by Miss Evans or George Eliot , is false . "

Messrs . Hogg announce that their magazine , Titan , will not be . published after the present number , with which number it concludes its twenty-ninth volume . The second edition of " The Life of Sir Charles Bell , " by Ain & lee Pichot , is just announced for publication—the first having been eagerly caught up by the great man ' s admirers on the continent . " At tho present moment" ( says a Paris letter ) " a vast spirit of inquiry has

arisen in France concerning the right assumed by science in England to elaim an equal share of the world ' s gratitude with that of France , and the publication of this " History of Sir Charles Bell" has done a great deal to dissipate the ignorant opposition with which such claim has

sometimes been met . Society , the only rightful judge of medical skill , and whose judgment , being founded on self-interest , is seldom in fault has chosen iu France to adopt the renown of many a British physician with as much good will as that accorded to those belonging to the French school . Buchan ancl James in the last generation—Simpson and Clerk in our own—are as well known and frequently quoted as the most popular professors ofthe Academic de Medicine .

The Academy of Inscriptions and Relies Lettres has just announced the subject * for the prizes to be given in "I 860 and 1861 . The Bordin gold medal , oftlie . value of 3 , O 0 Ofi-., is to be conferral , next year , on an essay on the knowledge of the ancients respecting that part of Africa situated within tho tropics , and particularly Nigritia ancl tho region of the Upper Nile , from the timo oi Herodotus to that o £ Pliny and Ptolemy . In 1 SG 1 it is to be given to the best history of the language and literature

ofthe Ethiopians , with a list of the original works and translations , an account of the various epochs of tho literature of Abyssinia , and of the characteristics that mark the dates of questionable writings . The l . o-. i :.- ; Fold prize , which consists of the interest on 20 , 000 fr . for three years , will lie given , next year , to the author of the best history of the arts of design , their origin , progress , ami transmission : to be written in French or Latin , and open to the competition of all the world . A . collection of the principal poems , prologues ar . d addresses that have

appeared on the occasion ot the Selullov 1 'estiva ! is being made at Munich . The first number has appeared already , and seven more numbers are expected to follow . It is reported that M . Empis , the ex-manager of the Theatre Franeais , has been appointed Inspector-General of Public Libraries . Tho post , which was originally created for 31 . Roinieu , as a consolation for ilia l oss of tho direction ( if the Beaux Arts , has not hitherto been filled up

. -mice his death . The death of John Finclmiu , author of several works iu the literature of the dockyard , is announced iu the papers . For many year * Mr . Fin chain w-as thc superintendent of the School of Naval Architecture at Portsmouth . His principal works are , a ' ' History of jN ' av . d Architecture ; " "Outlines of Ship-building ; " a " Treatise on Layiug-olf Ships ;" and an Essay on " Masting Ships . " All those books have a certain

professional value . A Paris correspondent says— " Tho arrival of the copy of tho famous picture , "The Aldobraudini Marriage , " in Paris , has set all artists , amateurs , savans , and dealers by the ears . Is it by Apelles ¦ Is it not by Apelles ? That is the question , and already has the war begun . The fresco was discovered at Borne , in the arch of Gallia , on Mount Esqiiilin , about a century ago , and it was not till the year 1 S 08 that it was accepted as being possibly the production of Apelles , The exhibi

Literature.

tion of this new copy to the susceptible Paris public will be a valuable opportunity of fresh discussion , hatred , malice , and vengeance amongst the sfii-cois , -which , «_ course , in . these days « . business , will nut be lost . " Sir John Herschel has deposited with the Astronomical Society three manuscript volumes of observations of the solar spots , made by the late M . Pastorff . These volumes wore originally presented by thc author to Sir John Herschel . They are now transferred to the Society , on the

understanding that they shall he considered as belonging to Sir John Herschel during his lifetime ; but after his decease shall become the property of tho Society . In the mean time , Fellows of the Society interested in the subject of those observations will always have the opportunity of consulting them .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

[ THE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible far any opwimis entertained by Correspondents . ' ] TIIE MASOMC CEREMONIAL . TO THE KIHT 0 R 01 ? THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC ! MIRltOTi .

DEAII Sin AND Binn-iiKi ; , —I am very sorry to find that Brother Tweddell is offended at the use ofthe word " secular , " a . s applied to the ritual of our Lodges , in a short note of mine to you a fortnight since about Sunday Lodges of Instruction but he will see , at once , that his argument would apply in fullest force to the circumstance of "Mr . Speaker at -prayers" in the House of Commons ; or to the ordinary and praiseworthy custom of

sayinggrace at our social banquets . More particularly does the force of his argument subside when viewed in reference to the Lodges of instruction . Truly and fraternally his and yours , Z .

MORE ABOUT "MODEL LODGES . ' ' TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAII Sin AND BROTHER , —It is well that the present state of our Lodges , whether that term he applied to the material Lodge ( thc "building ) or the " spiritual" Lodge ( ourselves ) , should he ventilated in your columns . Our brother of Skihbereen is not .

happy in his selection of the word " inspection , " signifying , as it does , prying into , or at the least a supervision ; it being contrary to the spirit of Masonry , the W . M . of each district Lodge being , and accounted to he , ' a perfect " Solomon" in and within his own proper person . He has , however , in his letter hit on an expedient ivhich has weighed with mc for sonic time in another form , viz ., the appointment of some " discreet and learned " brethrenwho

, shall hold themselves in readiness to make a tour of the provinces whenever invited , to explain the drift , purport , spirit , and essence of speculative Masonry , and who shall he well paid for their trouble by the Lodges so inviting them . There should be a course of lectures on two or three consecutive Lodge nights , and might include remarks on thc working of Lodges also , a history of Masonry as of old , and an advocacy of the Masonic charities as they exist

should also form a part of the course . This method cannot be too soon adopted in thc present state of the public mind , inquiring as they are everywhere about Masonry ; and , moreover , it should have thc countenance of the several provincial Lodges ; and I "believe it ivould lead to material improvement . Knowing your Avillingncss to insert well meant suggestions , ami your general courtesy , I venture to send thc above , and subscribe myself , yours fraternally , Z .

THE SKIBBEREEX MASONIC " HALL . TO THE EDITOR 0 . " THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MlltliOl ! . SIR AND BROTHER , —I perceive , by an advertisement in last week ' s Magazine , that the brethren of Lodge JSFO . 15 , of Skibbereen , Countj * Cork , arc endeavouring to raise funds for thc purpose of erecting a Masonic Hall in that town . I know a little of

Skibbcrcen , having visited it once , and I certainl y must say that it is the last place in the Green Island where I should have supposed that such a spirited enterprise ivould emanate from . However , I wish thc brethren every success , as I am confident such a movement is calculated to be of immense advantage , not to Masonry alone ., but to the country generally , as it ivould probably

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ARCHÆOLOGY. Article 6
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 7
Literature. Article 7
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 10
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 11
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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 18
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Literature.

Matter , " in the style of Christmas , and to the capacities of a juvenile audience . The Council of University College , London , at their session on Saturday hist , appointed Sycd Abdoolah , Professor of Hindustani in the college . Tho chair had beau held , iu conjunction with that of Tamil , by the Baron Von Strong , who , however , on learning that Syed

Abdoolah was willing to undertake to instruct the class , and after bearing testimony to his high qualifications for the office ., offered to make way for him for the reasons urged on another occasion by Sir Henry Eawlinson , that although the dead languages are best taught by European professors skilled in the science of grammar , and with some knowledge of comparative philology , a native should be preferred for all the livingdialects of India .

The eminently useful individual who goes about " calling people ' s attention " has brought under the notice of Mr . T . C . Newby the statement of " Georgo Eliot , " and the remarks of the press upon that lady or gentleman's letter . Mr . Newby says , in a letter to a . contemporary , " That I have advertised a book , entitled 'Adam Bede , junior , a sequel , ' is true ; that I have endeavoured to delude the public into a belief that the work was written by Miss Evans or George Eliot , is false . "

Messrs . Hogg announce that their magazine , Titan , will not be . published after the present number , with which number it concludes its twenty-ninth volume . The second edition of " The Life of Sir Charles Bell , " by Ain & lee Pichot , is just announced for publication—the first having been eagerly caught up by the great man ' s admirers on the continent . " At tho present moment" ( says a Paris letter ) " a vast spirit of inquiry has

arisen in France concerning the right assumed by science in England to elaim an equal share of the world ' s gratitude with that of France , and the publication of this " History of Sir Charles Bell" has done a great deal to dissipate the ignorant opposition with which such claim has

sometimes been met . Society , the only rightful judge of medical skill , and whose judgment , being founded on self-interest , is seldom in fault has chosen iu France to adopt the renown of many a British physician with as much good will as that accorded to those belonging to the French school . Buchan ancl James in the last generation—Simpson and Clerk in our own—are as well known and frequently quoted as the most popular professors ofthe Academic de Medicine .

The Academy of Inscriptions and Relies Lettres has just announced the subject * for the prizes to be given in "I 860 and 1861 . The Bordin gold medal , oftlie . value of 3 , O 0 Ofi-., is to be conferral , next year , on an essay on the knowledge of the ancients respecting that part of Africa situated within tho tropics , and particularly Nigritia ancl tho region of the Upper Nile , from the timo oi Herodotus to that o £ Pliny and Ptolemy . In 1 SG 1 it is to be given to the best history of the language and literature

ofthe Ethiopians , with a list of the original works and translations , an account of the various epochs of tho literature of Abyssinia , and of the characteristics that mark the dates of questionable writings . The l . o-. i :.- ; Fold prize , which consists of the interest on 20 , 000 fr . for three years , will lie given , next year , to the author of the best history of the arts of design , their origin , progress , ami transmission : to be written in French or Latin , and open to the competition of all the world . A . collection of the principal poems , prologues ar . d addresses that have

appeared on the occasion ot the Selullov 1 'estiva ! is being made at Munich . The first number has appeared already , and seven more numbers are expected to follow . It is reported that M . Empis , the ex-manager of the Theatre Franeais , has been appointed Inspector-General of Public Libraries . Tho post , which was originally created for 31 . Roinieu , as a consolation for ilia l oss of tho direction ( if the Beaux Arts , has not hitherto been filled up

. -mice his death . The death of John Finclmiu , author of several works iu the literature of the dockyard , is announced iu the papers . For many year * Mr . Fin chain w-as thc superintendent of the School of Naval Architecture at Portsmouth . His principal works are , a ' ' History of jN ' av . d Architecture ; " "Outlines of Ship-building ; " a " Treatise on Layiug-olf Ships ;" and an Essay on " Masting Ships . " All those books have a certain

professional value . A Paris correspondent says— " Tho arrival of the copy of tho famous picture , "The Aldobraudini Marriage , " in Paris , has set all artists , amateurs , savans , and dealers by the ears . Is it by Apelles ¦ Is it not by Apelles ? That is the question , and already has the war begun . The fresco was discovered at Borne , in the arch of Gallia , on Mount Esqiiilin , about a century ago , and it was not till the year 1 S 08 that it was accepted as being possibly the production of Apelles , The exhibi

Literature.

tion of this new copy to the susceptible Paris public will be a valuable opportunity of fresh discussion , hatred , malice , and vengeance amongst the sfii-cois , -which , «_ course , in . these days « . business , will nut be lost . " Sir John Herschel has deposited with the Astronomical Society three manuscript volumes of observations of the solar spots , made by the late M . Pastorff . These volumes wore originally presented by thc author to Sir John Herschel . They are now transferred to the Society , on the

understanding that they shall he considered as belonging to Sir John Herschel during his lifetime ; but after his decease shall become the property of tho Society . In the mean time , Fellows of the Society interested in the subject of those observations will always have the opportunity of consulting them .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

[ THE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible far any opwimis entertained by Correspondents . ' ] TIIE MASOMC CEREMONIAL . TO THE KIHT 0 R 01 ? THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC ! MIRltOTi .

DEAII Sin AND Binn-iiKi ; , —I am very sorry to find that Brother Tweddell is offended at the use ofthe word " secular , " a . s applied to the ritual of our Lodges , in a short note of mine to you a fortnight since about Sunday Lodges of Instruction but he will see , at once , that his argument would apply in fullest force to the circumstance of "Mr . Speaker at -prayers" in the House of Commons ; or to the ordinary and praiseworthy custom of

sayinggrace at our social banquets . More particularly does the force of his argument subside when viewed in reference to the Lodges of instruction . Truly and fraternally his and yours , Z .

MORE ABOUT "MODEL LODGES . ' ' TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAII Sin AND BROTHER , —It is well that the present state of our Lodges , whether that term he applied to the material Lodge ( thc "building ) or the " spiritual" Lodge ( ourselves ) , should he ventilated in your columns . Our brother of Skihbereen is not .

happy in his selection of the word " inspection , " signifying , as it does , prying into , or at the least a supervision ; it being contrary to the spirit of Masonry , the W . M . of each district Lodge being , and accounted to he , ' a perfect " Solomon" in and within his own proper person . He has , however , in his letter hit on an expedient ivhich has weighed with mc for sonic time in another form , viz ., the appointment of some " discreet and learned " brethrenwho

, shall hold themselves in readiness to make a tour of the provinces whenever invited , to explain the drift , purport , spirit , and essence of speculative Masonry , and who shall he well paid for their trouble by the Lodges so inviting them . There should be a course of lectures on two or three consecutive Lodge nights , and might include remarks on thc working of Lodges also , a history of Masonry as of old , and an advocacy of the Masonic charities as they exist

should also form a part of the course . This method cannot be too soon adopted in thc present state of the public mind , inquiring as they are everywhere about Masonry ; and , moreover , it should have thc countenance of the several provincial Lodges ; and I "believe it ivould lead to material improvement . Knowing your Avillingncss to insert well meant suggestions , ami your general courtesy , I venture to send thc above , and subscribe myself , yours fraternally , Z .

THE SKIBBEREEX MASONIC " HALL . TO THE EDITOR 0 . " THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MlltliOl ! . SIR AND BROTHER , —I perceive , by an advertisement in last week ' s Magazine , that the brethren of Lodge JSFO . 15 , of Skibbereen , Countj * Cork , arc endeavouring to raise funds for thc purpose of erecting a Masonic Hall in that town . I know a little of

Skibbcrcen , having visited it once , and I certainl y must say that it is the last place in the Green Island where I should have supposed that such a spirited enterprise ivould emanate from . However , I wish thc brethren every success , as I am confident such a movement is calculated to be of immense advantage , not to Masonry alone ., but to the country generally , as it ivould probably

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