Chandernagore Taken From The French.

the scene , even at this distant time , is too painful for me . Both father and son , the day after action , were sent with the rest of the wounded back to Calcutta . The father was lodged in the house of William Mackett , Esq ., his brother-in-law , and the son was with me at the hospital . For the first eight or nine days , I gave the father great comfort , by carrying him joyful

tidings of his boy ; and , in the same manner , I gratified the son in regard to the father . But alas ! from that time all the good symptoms which had hitherto attended this unparalleled youth began to disappear . The Captain easily guessed , by my silence and countenance , the true state his boy was in ; nor did he ever sk more than two questions concerning liim ; so tender was

the subject to us both , and so unwilling was bis generous mind to add to my distress . The first was on the tenth day , in these words : — " How long , my friend , do yon think my Billy will remain in this state of uncertainty ? " I replied that , " If he lived to the fifteenth day from the operation , there would be the strongest hopes of his recovery . " Ou the 13 th , however ,

he died ; and , on the 16 th , the brave man , looking me steadfastly in the face , said , " Well , Ives , how fares it with my boy ?" I could' make him no reply ; and he immediately attributed my ¦ silence to the real cause . He cried bitterly , squeezed me by the hand , and begged me to leave him for one half hour , when he wished to see me again , and assured me that I should find him ¦ with a different countenance from that he troubled me with at

present . These were Ins obliging expressions . I punctually complied with his desire ; and when I returned to him , he appeared , as ever after he did , perfectly calm and serene . The dear youth had been delirious the evening preceding the day on which he died ; and at two o ' clock in the morning , in the utmost distress of mind , he sent me au incorrect note , written "b y himself with a pencil , of which the following is an exact

copy : — "If Mr . Ives will consider the disorder a son must be in when he is told ho is dying , and is yet in doubt whether his father is in as good a state of health . If Mr . Ives is not too busy to honour this chit , which nothing but the greatest uneasiness could draw from me . The boy waits au answer . " Immediately upon tbe receipt of this note I visited him , and lie had

still sense enough left to know who I was . He then began with with- me . " And is he dead ? " " Who , my dear ? " " My father , sir . " "No , my love ; nor is lie in any danger , I assure you ; he is almost well . " " Thank God ! Then why did they tell me so ? I am now satisfied , and ready to die . " At that time he had a locked jaw and was in great distress ; but I

-understood every word he so inarticulately uttered . He begged my pardon for liaving ( as he obligingly and tenderly expressed himself ) disturbed me at so early an hour , and , before the clay Was over , surrendered up a valuable life . Poor little Speke ' s tomb , with its inscription , may still be seen in the old cathedral yard . —Indian Freemasons' Friend .

The Worthies Of Freemasonry.

THE WORTHIES OF FREEMASONRY .

SOLOMON , THE FOUNDER OP THE TEMPLE . * ' Solomon was the heir of David . And he said , Mortals I understand the song of the birds ; I possess every kind of knowledge ; I have been raised to the sublime height " Ai KOBAI * oi ? MAHOHMED . If the lives of Enoch and Noah have presented

any topics of interest to the Masonic reader , that of King Solomon must claim his attention in a still greater degree . For the most important events of this monarch ' s career were so very

intimately connected with the veiy foundation of Freemasonry , that the Craft have not thought him unworthy of the honourable title of their first Most Excellent Grand Master . They look upon him with reverence , as their great and wise

lawgiver , and still submit with passive obedience to what they suppose to have been his will and his directions in the orsanisation of the Institution .

Solomon , the king of Israel , the son of David ancl Bathsheba , ascended the throne of his kingdom 2 , 989 years after the creation of the world , and 1 , 015 years before the Christian era . He was then only twenty years of age , but the youthful

monarch is said to have commenced his reia-n with o a decision of a legal question of some difficulty , in which he exhibited the first promise of that wise judgment for which he was ever afterwards distinguished .

One of the great objects of Solomon ' s life , and one which most intimately connects him with the history of thc Masonic Institution , was the erection of a temple to Jehovah . This , too , had been a favourite design of his father David . For this purpose that monarch long before his death had numbered the workmen whom he found in his

kingdom ; had appointed the overseers of the work , the hewers of stones , and the bearers of burdens ; had prepared a great quantity of brass , iron , and cedar ; and had amassed an immense treasure with which to support the enterprise .

But on consulting with the prophet Nathan , he learned from that holy man , that although the pious intention was pleasing to God , yet that he would not be permitted to carry it into execution , and the Divine prohibition was proclaimed in these

emphatic words : — " Thou hast shed blood abundantly , and hast made great wars ; thon shalt not build a house unto my name , because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight . " The task was therefore reserved for the more

peaceful Solomon , his son and successor . Hence when David was about to die , he charged Solomon to build the temple to God as soon as he should have received the kingdom . He also gave him directions in relation to the

construction of the edifice , and put into his possession the money , amounting to ten thousand talents of gold and ten times that amount of silver , which he had collected and laid aside for defraying- the expense . Solomon had scarcely ascended the throne of Israel , when he prepared to carry into execution