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legally receive all the information he required ; but he might rest assured , that , far from conspiring against the government , Masons were its most firm and devoted supporters . The minister at once rejected the proposition , and gave them to understand that he felt disposed to put in force 291 st article of the penal code against Masonic meetings and then dismissed them . Uneasy , in consequence of what had

passed , the Grand Orient deputed several of its members to wait on Prince Cambaccres and acquaint him with their apprehensions . The Arch Chancellor smilingly re-assured the deputies ; he also promised to see the Emperor , and that the affair should go no further . AVhether in consequence of this or not , the Grand Orient continued its working without being for an instant interrupted . Some years afterward ?

, wheu the repeated levies of men rendered necessary by the wars , had cooled public enthusiasm , and caused a general discontent , it ivas endeavoured to persuade the Emperor that his enemies sought to obtain the interest of the Lodges in their favour , and one Lodge in jiarticular was mentioned as the centre of this agitation , namely , a Lodge of artisans which mot in the Faubourg of St . Marcel . The Emperor

before taking- any proceedings , wished to assure himself personally of the doings which had been denounced . One eveniug , accompanied by Bros . Duroc and Lauriston , lie repaired incognito to a meeting of that Lodge . Duroc entered first as a visitor , and sitting by the side " of the V ., whispered a request that tho two other visitors who were about to present themselvesmiht be admitted without

, g ceremony . The Emperor and Lauriston were soon after presented , and having taken their places , remained half an hour , and assisted in the discussions which lvere going on . The Emperor having satisfied himself that the reports he had received of the Lodge lvore false , retired . It ivas not till the meeting had broken up , that tho V . informed the members of the quality of the visitors they had had amongst

them . If Napoleon had been there then and witnessed tlie enthusiasm which this declaration caused in tho Lodge , it would have been a fresh proof that nothing Avas more un- i likely than the Brethren conspiring against him ] .

QUERIES AXSWEKED . The following appeared in our last number with such an extraordinary signature , through the compositor neglecting to correct the Editor ' s proof ) that Ave are induced to republish it : — In the last number of tho MAGAZINE , I noticed in " Notes and Queries " an inquiry if there arc any bishops among the members of the Craft ? and you replthat there is one

y hi the Apollo University Lodgo of Oxford . I beg to inform you that three gentlemen have been initiated in that Lodgo , Avho have afterwards arrived at the dignity of "lawn sleeves " —viz ., in 1821 , George T . Spencer , late Bishop of Madras ; in 1820 , Francis Fulford , Bishop of Montreal ; in 1830 , Walter Kerr Hamilton , Bishop of Salisbury . I have observed lately in the MAGAZIXE that some one

questions the right of Entered Apprentices to vote or to take part in the business of the Lodge .. Unless there is a by-law to the contrary , I consider they cannot bo deprived of this privilege ; and I doubt if the Grand Master would sanction any such by-law if proposed . In another place you rule that a candidate for the K . T . degree must have been a R . A . Mason for twelve months

before he is eligible . I think 3-011 will find that no interval is required . —RieiiABD JAMES SI > IEHS , P . G . S . B ., D . Prov . G . M .. Oxon . —[ The statement passed through inadvertence ; we have known candidates to have been installed as K . T . on the day following their exaltation as R . A . Masons . —ED . ]

CELIIEAX MEMORIAL AT AA oorwicir . —The large blocks for the pedestal of this Memorial , which is to be erected at tho centre of the Parade at the Barracks , to the memory of those officers and men of the Artillery who fell in the Crimea , have just been landed at the Arsenal . They are Cheesewring granite , and are very beautiful examples of that fine stone , which is peculiarly even its character and takes a hih polishThis pedestal will shortly be

, g . erected , which is to receive a figure of "Honour , " 10 feet highland als : i other ornamental adjuncts , cast from the metal of guns taken at Sebastopol . 'Ihc work , as wc have mentioned before , ' is from the design of Mr . Bell , the same artist who is erecting the Guards' I Memorial in Waterloo-place . ' I

Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART .

Mr . A , J . Reresford Hope is about to appear as the author of a work with a suggestive title , "The English Cathedral of the nineteenth century . " A book of instructive and interesting gossip , in the department which Dr . Doran has cultivated so successfully , is being prepared for publication . Its title is " Chapters on Precious Stones , " in

which Mine , de Biarora will discourse on diamonds , pearls , & c ., and on persons and events connected with them . Mr , Charles Knight makes the following apology , which will lie indulgently received , for a delay in the appearance of Part LIII . of his , in every sense , " Popular History of England ; " " The additional labour which falls upon the author , through the vast accumulation

of new historical materials since the period of the French Revolution , compels him to claim the indulgence of his readers for a short period . The publishers , therefore , respectfully announce that the next part will not be published until the 1 st September . " The English Translation of Monmisen ' s excellent History of Rome-( amiounced some time ago as in preparation by Mr . Bentley ) has

been executed by the Bev . E . S . Davies , with the sanction and under the revision of the author , whose latest corrections it will include . The Messrs . Nisbet promise in a few days a work entitled " Religion in the East , " and will consist of sketches , historical and doctrinal , of all the religious denominations of Syria . The name

and position of its author , the Rev . John AVortabet , are guaranteesfor its accuracy aud originality . Messrs . Edmondstone and Douglas , of Edinburgh , have in prejjaration a second series of the " Hora > Subsecivae" of Dr John Brown , whose " Rab and his Friends" has had such a run among our friends north of the Tweed .

The Messrs . Longman are preparing for publication an elaborate work on the development of Christian architecture in Italy between the fourth and fifteenth centuries inclusive . The author is Mr . ~ W . Sebastian Okely , Fellow of Trinity College , Cambridge . Mr . John Cargill Brough , as literary executor of the late Mr . Robert Brough , is preparing a selection to include the best of his

brother ' s multifarious writings . Mr . J . C . Brough has also just started The Rifleman , an interesting little weekly record of the Volunteer movement . The republication , from All the Year Round , and in orthodox , three-volume form , of Mr . AA'ilkie Collins's singularly tantalising " AA oman in AAliite , " is promised by Messrs . Sampson Low and

Sons on the 15 th inst . Happy its readers in its new form , forivhem they begin is perusal they will know that their curiosity can be satisfied without waiting for months . A scientific work , with a playful title , "AAliy the Shoe Pinches , " but which is in reality a contribution to applied anatomy , is announced by Messrs . Edmondstone and Douglas , of Edinburgh . It

is a translation from the German of Dr . Meyer , Professor of Anatomy in the University of Zurich . Mr . John Saunders , author of "Love ' sMartyrtlom , " & c , will appear early in August with a new novel , entitled " The Shadow in the House . " The Messrs . Blackwood have in the press a third edition of "The Forester , " the well-known treatise on the formation of plantations ,

and the management of forest trees , by Mr . James Brown of Strathspey . Messrs . Low , Son , and Co . announce a popular edition of " El Ftireidis , " the new tale by Miss Cummins , the author of "The . Lamplighter , " the scene of which , it will be remembered , is laid amongst the modern Christian settlements of Syria .

At the late meeting ( Oxford ) of the British Association , Dr .. Macgowan read a paper before the geographical section , "On an Ante Christian Colony in China , " The most interesting fact brought forward in Br . Macgoivan's communication related to a magnificent Jewish temple , which was destroyed by fire , in the city of Chingtu , about a century before Christ .

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legally receive all the information he required ; but he might rest assured , that , far from conspiring against the government , Masons were its most firm and devoted supporters . The minister at once rejected the proposition , and gave them to understand that he felt disposed to put in force 291 st article of the penal code against Masonic meetings and then dismissed them . Uneasy , in consequence of what had

passed , the Grand Orient deputed several of its members to wait on Prince Cambaccres and acquaint him with their apprehensions . The Arch Chancellor smilingly re-assured the deputies ; he also promised to see the Emperor , and that the affair should go no further . AVhether in consequence of this or not , the Grand Orient continued its working without being for an instant interrupted . Some years afterward ?

, wheu the repeated levies of men rendered necessary by the wars , had cooled public enthusiasm , and caused a general discontent , it ivas endeavoured to persuade the Emperor that his enemies sought to obtain the interest of the Lodges in their favour , and one Lodge in jiarticular was mentioned as the centre of this agitation , namely , a Lodge of artisans which mot in the Faubourg of St . Marcel . The Emperor

before taking- any proceedings , wished to assure himself personally of the doings which had been denounced . One eveniug , accompanied by Bros . Duroc and Lauriston , lie repaired incognito to a meeting of that Lodge . Duroc entered first as a visitor , and sitting by the side " of the V ., whispered a request that tho two other visitors who were about to present themselvesmiht be admitted without

, g ceremony . The Emperor and Lauriston were soon after presented , and having taken their places , remained half an hour , and assisted in the discussions which lvere going on . The Emperor having satisfied himself that the reports he had received of the Lodge lvore false , retired . It ivas not till the meeting had broken up , that tho V . informed the members of the quality of the visitors they had had amongst

them . If Napoleon had been there then and witnessed tlie enthusiasm which this declaration caused in tho Lodge , it would have been a fresh proof that nothing Avas more un- i likely than the Brethren conspiring against him ] .

QUERIES AXSWEKED . The following appeared in our last number with such an extraordinary signature , through the compositor neglecting to correct the Editor ' s proof ) that Ave are induced to republish it : — In the last number of tho MAGAZINE , I noticed in " Notes and Queries " an inquiry if there arc any bishops among the members of the Craft ? and you replthat there is one

y hi the Apollo University Lodgo of Oxford . I beg to inform you that three gentlemen have been initiated in that Lodgo , Avho have afterwards arrived at the dignity of "lawn sleeves " —viz ., in 1821 , George T . Spencer , late Bishop of Madras ; in 1820 , Francis Fulford , Bishop of Montreal ; in 1830 , Walter Kerr Hamilton , Bishop of Salisbury . I have observed lately in the MAGAZIXE that some one

questions the right of Entered Apprentices to vote or to take part in the business of the Lodge .. Unless there is a by-law to the contrary , I consider they cannot bo deprived of this privilege ; and I doubt if the Grand Master would sanction any such by-law if proposed . In another place you rule that a candidate for the K . T . degree must have been a R . A . Mason for twelve months

before he is eligible . I think 3-011 will find that no interval is required . —RieiiABD JAMES SI > IEHS , P . G . S . B ., D . Prov . G . M .. Oxon . —[ The statement passed through inadvertence ; we have known candidates to have been installed as K . T . on the day following their exaltation as R . A . Masons . —ED . ]

CELIIEAX MEMORIAL AT AA oorwicir . —The large blocks for the pedestal of this Memorial , which is to be erected at tho centre of the Parade at the Barracks , to the memory of those officers and men of the Artillery who fell in the Crimea , have just been landed at the Arsenal . They are Cheesewring granite , and are very beautiful examples of that fine stone , which is peculiarly even its character and takes a hih polishThis pedestal will shortly be

, g . erected , which is to receive a figure of "Honour , " 10 feet highland als : i other ornamental adjuncts , cast from the metal of guns taken at Sebastopol . 'Ihc work , as wc have mentioned before , ' is from the design of Mr . Bell , the same artist who is erecting the Guards' I Memorial in Waterloo-place . ' I

Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART .

Mr . A , J . Reresford Hope is about to appear as the author of a work with a suggestive title , "The English Cathedral of the nineteenth century . " A book of instructive and interesting gossip , in the department which Dr . Doran has cultivated so successfully , is being prepared for publication . Its title is " Chapters on Precious Stones , " in

which Mine , de Biarora will discourse on diamonds , pearls , & c ., and on persons and events connected with them . Mr , Charles Knight makes the following apology , which will lie indulgently received , for a delay in the appearance of Part LIII . of his , in every sense , " Popular History of England ; " " The additional labour which falls upon the author , through the vast accumulation

of new historical materials since the period of the French Revolution , compels him to claim the indulgence of his readers for a short period . The publishers , therefore , respectfully announce that the next part will not be published until the 1 st September . " The English Translation of Monmisen ' s excellent History of Rome-( amiounced some time ago as in preparation by Mr . Bentley ) has

been executed by the Bev . E . S . Davies , with the sanction and under the revision of the author , whose latest corrections it will include . The Messrs . Nisbet promise in a few days a work entitled " Religion in the East , " and will consist of sketches , historical and doctrinal , of all the religious denominations of Syria . The name

and position of its author , the Rev . John AVortabet , are guaranteesfor its accuracy aud originality . Messrs . Edmondstone and Douglas , of Edinburgh , have in prejjaration a second series of the " Hora > Subsecivae" of Dr John Brown , whose " Rab and his Friends" has had such a run among our friends north of the Tweed .

The Messrs . Longman are preparing for publication an elaborate work on the development of Christian architecture in Italy between the fourth and fifteenth centuries inclusive . The author is Mr . ~ W . Sebastian Okely , Fellow of Trinity College , Cambridge . Mr . John Cargill Brough , as literary executor of the late Mr . Robert Brough , is preparing a selection to include the best of his

brother ' s multifarious writings . Mr . J . C . Brough has also just started The Rifleman , an interesting little weekly record of the Volunteer movement . The republication , from All the Year Round , and in orthodox , three-volume form , of Mr . AA'ilkie Collins's singularly tantalising " AA oman in AAliite , " is promised by Messrs . Sampson Low and

Sons on the 15 th inst . Happy its readers in its new form , forivhem they begin is perusal they will know that their curiosity can be satisfied without waiting for months . A scientific work , with a playful title , "AAliy the Shoe Pinches , " but which is in reality a contribution to applied anatomy , is announced by Messrs . Edmondstone and Douglas , of Edinburgh . It

is a translation from the German of Dr . Meyer , Professor of Anatomy in the University of Zurich . Mr . John Saunders , author of "Love ' sMartyrtlom , " & c , will appear early in August with a new novel , entitled " The Shadow in the House . " The Messrs . Blackwood have in the press a third edition of "The Forester , " the well-known treatise on the formation of plantations ,

and the management of forest trees , by Mr . James Brown of Strathspey . Messrs . Low , Son , and Co . announce a popular edition of " El Ftireidis , " the new tale by Miss Cummins , the author of "The . Lamplighter , " the scene of which , it will be remembered , is laid amongst the modern Christian settlements of Syria .

At the late meeting ( Oxford ) of the British Association , Dr .. Macgowan read a paper before the geographical section , "On an Ante Christian Colony in China , " The most interesting fact brought forward in Br . Macgoivan's communication related to a magnificent Jewish temple , which was destroyed by fire , in the city of Chingtu , about a century before Christ .

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