The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-01 00:00:00

LIFE-BOAT SERVICE.

TENBY, Wednesday Night.
I have to report (says Capt. Drummond) that
the Florence lifeboat, belonging to the National
Lifeboat Institution, went off yesterday in a very
heavy gale from the S.W., and succeeded in bring-
ing ashore the master and crew of three men of the
schooner Carnsew, of ilayle, which was at anchor
iu a very dangerous position off the east end of
Caldy Island, and hoisted a signal of distress. The
lifeboat had to be taken along the shore on its car-
riage a distance of two miles to windward of the
vessel before being launched. The boat and crew
behaved admirably. It was past midnight befora
the lifeboat was safely lodged in its house again.
BUCKIE, N. 8., Wednesday Afternoon.

John Macdonald, Esq., of the City of Glasgow
Bank at this place, states that last night and to-day
the boat of the National Lifeboat Institution has
done noble work in saving forty-five persons from
numerous fishing boats which had been overtaken
by a storm, outside Buckie.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCIJI—This Day,

GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.

Arrived, Sept. 30—Premier, from Buenos Ayres; Pros-
perous, from Gijon ; liebc, from Caen ; Sabrina, steamer,
from Patras.

Arrived, October I—Maria Pia, steamer, from Lisbon ;
Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp; Europa, steamer, front
Malaga ; Seine, steamer, from Boulogne.
Sailed—Taeping for Shanghai ; Costa Rica, packet, for
PuntaArenas ; Strathmore, for Swan River; Blair Athol,
for Rangoon; Kingdom O'Fife and British India, for Bom-
bay ; Plover, for Barbadoes; Laurel, for Bathurst; Giraffe,
steamer, for Calais.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.

Passed, Sept. 30.—Mendoza, from London, for Oporto.
Passed, Oct. I.—Sophia, for Newport; Duke of Suther-
land, for Adelaide; Backers, for Jamaica; Tagus, for
Huelva—all from London.

MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.—Yesterday a detachment
of the 29th Regiment arrived at Liverpool and embarked
on board the steamer Belgian, which sails to-day for
Quebec, where the detachment will join the head-quarters
of the regiment.
The first Masonic funeral that ever occurred in
California took place in the year 1849, and was performed
over the body of a brother founcl arownea in the bay of
San Francisco. An account of the ceremonies 'states that
on the body of the deceased was found a silver mark of a
Mason, upon which were engraved the initials of his name.
A little further investigation revealed to the beholder the
most singular exhibition of Masonic emblems that was
ever drawn by the ingenuity of man upon the human skin.
There is nothing in the history or traditions of Free-
masonry equal to it. Beautifully doted on his left arm in
red or blue ink, which time could not efface, appeared all
the emblems of the Entered Apprentice. There were the
Holy Bible, the Square, the Compass, the 24-inch Gauge,
and the common Gavil. There were also the mosaic
pavement representing the ground-floor of King Solo-
mon's Temple, the intended Tessel which surrounds it,
and the Blazing Star in the centre. On his right arm,
and artistically executed in the same indelible liquid,
were the emblems pertaining to the Follow Craft degree,
viz., the Square, the Level, and the Plumb. There were
also the five columns representing the five orders of
Architecture—the Tuscan, Doric, tonic, Corinthian, Com-
posite. In removing the garments from his body the
trowel presented itself, with all the other tools of operative
masonry. Over his heart was the Pot of Incense. On the
other parts of his body were the Bee Hive, the Book of
Constitutions, guarded by the Tyler's Sword ; the Sword
pointing to a naked heart; the All-seeing Eye; th 3
Anchor and Ark, the Hour Glass, the Scythe, the Forty-
seventh problem of Euclid; the Sun, Moon, Stars, and
Comets ; the three stops emblematical of Youth, Manhood,
and Aga. Admirab'y executed was the weeping Virgin,
reclining on a broken column, upon which lay the Book
of Constitutions. In her left hand she held the Pot of
Incense, the Masonic emblem of a pure heart, and in her
uplifted hand a Sprig of Acacia, the emblem of the im-
mortality of the soul. Immediately beneath her stood
winged Time, with his scythe by his side, which cats the
brittle thread of life, and the Hour Glass at his feet,
which is ever reminding us that our lives aro withering
away. The withered and attenuated fingers of tae De-
stroyer were placed amid the long and gracefully flowing
ringlets of the disconsolate mourner. Taus were the
striking emblems of mortality and immortality beautifully
blended in one pictorial representation. It was a spec-
tacle such as Masons never saw before, and, in all proba-
bility, such as the fraterntty will never witness a;ain•
The brother's name was never known.

ERZ
COTTCM DI
ACV F'
Ciragat

HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, Sept. 29.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice
and Prince Leopold, drove yesterday to Loch
Muick.

The Duke of Edinburgh left the Castle yes-
terday to take the command of her Majesty's ship
Galatea at Plymouth.

The Right Hon. B. Disraeli also left the Castle
yesterday.

THE amairuL HEIR.

The liveliest anticipations are felt in regard to
Lord Lytton's New Play, and this not only in the
Theatrical World, bat equally also so in the world
of art and in the world of literature. Saturday
next, that is the day after to-morrow, is already
marked off, through these anticipations, as one
to be held in especial remeinbranc.). E.verythiiig
that could be done to insure success at the Lyceum,
it is understood, has been done, or is being done
by those in any way intrusted with the privilege of
participating in its production. The Rightful
Heir will come before the public at any rate
as the matured creation of the most bril-
liant and successful of living dramatists—the
author of " Money," of " The Lady of
Lyons," of " Richelieu." The principal characters
will be impersonated by artists of high reputation
—conspicuous among them being Herr Bandmann,
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Vezin, and Mr. Neville .
What the enterprize and munificence of a theatri-
cal manager could do towards the insuring of the
effective production of a work of this eminent cha-
racter, whatever could be done towards that end
in the way of scenery, costume, and so forth, has
been done by Mr. E. T. Smith, the Lyceum
manager. Altogether, the playgoers of Lon-
don have a rare treat before them, reminding
one of the old times when the legitimate drama
was still in its glory. Insomuch that we not only
count for certain upon a grand success await-
ing the first appearance of the The Rightful Heir on
Saturday, but we look with equal confidence for a
long run afterwards of Lord Lytton's latest dra-
matic production.