Literature. Review.

The exhibition of the Liverpool Academy will open early in September . The works of intending contributors will be received in London by the Academy's agent until the 17 th of August . Works intended for the exhibition of the Birmingham Socioty of Artists are receivable by tho London agent until the end of the first week in August . The veteran George Cruikshank has sent out cards of invitation

for his friends and admirers—whoso name must he legion—to view an elaborate drawing which he has jusfc completed , entitled " The Worship of Bacchus . " The Corporation of Halifax have erected a large additional huilding in the Park to receive Mr . Durham's statue of Frank Crossley , M . P . The inauguration is fixed for the . 14 th August , the

anniversary of the clay on which Mr . Crossley gave the Park to the Corporation of Halifax for tho use of the people . It may be remembered that in the centre of tho western nave in the Exhibition of 1 S 51 stood two statues in marble of Lord Elclon and Lord Stowell , by Watson , and as portrait statues they are as fine as any statues that have been produced in the English school .

From the time the Exhibition closed , until the present , they have been in packing cases in the Pantechnicon ; now , however , the public will bo glad to know that arrangments have been , made to liave them erected at Oxford .

ihe statue to James Hogg , the Ettrick Shepherd , lately erected in the park of Mofiatdale , on a sito granted by Sir . John Scott , for which £ 400 had been raised by public subscription , is by Mr . Alex . Currie , a native ofthe Vale of Ettrick . Ifc represents the poet seated , leaning on a serviceable walking-stick , with his dog Mr . Marshall Wood ' s statue of "Daphne , " executed in marble for the Countess ( Frances ) Waldegrave , ancl exhibited in the Royal

Academy last year , has lately been set up in the so-called " Chapel " at Strawberry Hill . This chapel is a copy of one in Salisbury Cathedral , and was erected in the grounds afc Strawberry Hill , by the late Horace Walpole . A large ancl fine picture by Sir W . Allen , U . A ., and I . R . S . / L , representing Nelson boarding the San Nicolas , has been presented

to the Gallery at Greenwich Hospital by Mr . Herbert C . Blackburn , Orsett Terrace , Gloucester Gardens . For some time past an interesting bowl , of bronze , " has been exhibiting in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries . This was found near Sir Percyvall Dyke's park , afc Lullington , Kent , together with

skulls and fragments of pottery ancl iron , in clay , two or three feet below the surface , by " navvies , " who broke off some bronze ornaments that had been attached to it ; —these , which represent birds , stags , fish , roundels , ancl interlaced work—a common Celtic ornament—have been replaced . The object is supposed to be a Gabbata , a vessel used in churches for an unknown purpose , but frequently mentioned in early inventories .

The remains of a Roman theatre and temple , dedicated to Apollo , have recently heen discovered at Piorrefouinls , near Compiegne . These are said to be in the best stylo of Roman Art , —and the basreliefs admirable . It has been resolved to erect a memorial to Sir Hugh Myddloton at Islington . This to consist of a drinking fountain , surmounted hy

a . statue of the bringer of water to London , and it is to be placed on the site of the old watch-house now standing on the Green . At a public meeting held in Mycidlefcon Hall , Islington , presided over hy Sir Samuel Morton Peto , Bart , —that gentleman offered to present the statue to tho parish . The liberal offer was accepted with acclamation .

JAPANESE KNOWLEDGE or MAGNETISM . —The Japanese have discovered that a few seconds previous to an earthquake the magnet temporaril y loses its power , and they have ingeniously constructed a light frame supporting a horse-shoo magnet , beneath which is a cup of bell metal . The armature is attached to a wei ght , so that , upon the magnet becoming paralysed , the weight drops , and , striking the cup , gives the alarm . Every one in the house then seeks the open air for safety .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

[ T HE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained big Correspondents . " } ATTENDANCE AND VOTING- IN P . G-. L . 10 IHE EDITOK OE THE FliEEHASOXs' "srABAZINE AITD 3 USOSTC MIKHOE . Sim , AXD BROTHER , — Will you kindly give me your

opinion of the true construction of Art . 2 Prov . Grand . Lodges and Art . 3 Country Lodges in the constitutions . Have any but actual present and past Prov . Grand Officers , acting Prov . G . Stewards , and P . M . ' s , W . M . ' s , and Wardens of Lodges a rig ht to attend a Prov . Grand Lodge , and if so , to vote therein , and what is the practice in this respect so far as you know P

I am , Sir and Brother , Tours fraternally , July , 1860 . P . PBOV . S . G . W . [ None other than those mentioned by our correspondent have a right to be present ; but in many Prov . G . Lodges other Brethren are allowed to be present during business , though they are neither permitted to speak or vote . In some Prov . G . Lodges the law is strictly adhered to . —ED . ]

Poetry.

Poetry .

HOME WITCHERIES . Of mystic memories , many a chain , My home , around thee ever , Hast thou of past and placid pain , — Of joy , no pain can sever ! Woven waifs , from unknown stories , Clustering words of pleasant meanings , Linked teachings , wreathed with fadeless glories , Regret ' s soft interyenings .

Even the fragrance-stealing breeze , That fans thy summer face , Sports ' midst thy weird ancl frowning trees , Backwards , thy years can trace : And accents loved of loving warning , Bear from vistas bright of time , Clear ancl fresh as from tho dawning Of wisdom-thoughts sublime I

With Mirth , whose fleeting soul hath fled AVith the fleeing of thoughtless days—Ancl Wit , whose lucent light is dead , Love that hath changed its phase Prom the idleness of wordiness , futility of dreams , To the strength of pure unselfishness—The trust that ever beams ! ,

Thy ancient echoes , too , are teeming With footfalls long at rest : The picture-light of blissful dreaming Suns thy slumber-regions hlest . When the tumult-voices crowd ancl swell , Of the Storm , in one wild blast , They cannot , with their battle-spell , Drown an utterance of the past !

Thou hast a beauty of the present , Bright , but changeful as the dawn ; Wood-glades fair , and corn-fields pleasant , Flowery bower and fairy lawn . But thy spirit-beauty never leaves thee , — Its hours , my hours assign ; Of Thought ' s enchantments naught bereaves thee , They are mine , ancl ever mine ! Mus . WALBEKG ' S Thoughts in Metre .

INTERNATIONAL Music PITCH . —Russia has followed , the example of Prance in imposing a particular pitch on all musicians . It is a very good thing that all the citizens of a country should bed ' accord , and that all the countries of Europe should be d ' accord with one another . We only trust that the harmony established between Prance and Russia may not end in producing some discords in other portions of the European diapason