Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

seniicircularly , moi-ed by a very simple machine , upon a chemicallyprepared paper , tracing almost invisible lines , the aggregate of whicli soon embodies the Avords , line by line , or the various parts of the design , till the Avhole stands before us . The action is so rapid that the average tranmission is of twelve words in a minute , being somewhat quicker than the usual mode of telegraphic communication , ivith the avoidance of all possible mistake or equivocation . Caselli has exhibited his invention before the French Emperor , who assured him ' the pantelegraph did great honour to Italy , and was a discovery of which France herself might be proud . ' A communication between Florence and Paris is soon tote established . "

Mr . John Bright , M . P ., in his address to the Rochdale Working Men ' s Educational Institute on the Srd inst ., thus characterised Murray's English Grammar : — "When I was at school , ivhich is a long time ago , ive learned a grammar written b y a gentleman who was , I believe , a member of the religious society to which I belong , and who was a native of the United States of America , Lindley Murray . Lindley Murray ' s had a great reputationancl

grammar ; , for anything I know , has yet . But if it has , I pity the lads who have to learn it as I had to learn it ; for " as far as I recollect now ( it is a cloudy sort of recollection ) , there were no end of rules , and no end of examples , and rules within rules , and exceptions of all kinds ; and I have now a feeling of the utter confusion of my mind in endeavouring to understand all the rules of Lindley Murray ' s grammar . My opinion

is , that _ grammar may be very easily learned Avithout all that ancl it is very difficult fox any person who reads well-ivritten books , and understand them , not to acquire a very competent knowledge _ of grammar without finding it necessary to learn aU the rules in that celebrated but unhappy book . " Mr . Capern of Bideford , the poet-postman , in the course of a lecture " On Cornwallits Coasts and Cairns" the following

, , gave "taste of his quality , " as Hamlet would say : — "Sough as the weather was , we stood at the bow , and while our trusty boat dipped in the trough of the sea and rode the mountainous billows we sent forth this song upon the stormy wind for love of our dear old Isle : —

"' Leap up , 0 Sea ! Throw- thy rude arms around her neck—She loveth thee An orphan child , And very fair our England is ; Ami in his lair , The Vandal wild Would prey upon her queenlcharms

y , Bat cannot dare For thee , 0 Sea ! "' Behold , OSea ! Enthron'd upon onr island rock—In majesty She ever smiles ; For well she knows

How sternly thou canst crush her foes , Amid her isles ; And she is free—Free as thyself—is the fair rose Of Liberty . '" The Athenceum remarks of Alston Moor , now the most valuable possession of Greenwich Hospital : — " Of the hundreds of

excursionists Avho may be found on fine summer holidays stealing an interested look at the long lines of hungry pensioners dining at Greenwich Hospital , or afterwards exchanging a word or two with those loquacious old sons of Neptune , perhaps there is hardly one ivho knows that Greenwich Hospital derives considerable funds from Alston Moor , and that such an out-of-the-way corner in Cumberland helps to feed our old disabled seamen on the banks of the Thames—and thatnot bthe produce of its surfacebut of its

, , y , underground depths . These are explored by lessees of the mining ground , ivhich was once a portion of the forfeited estates of the Earl of Derwentwatei ' . You cannot get much out of the Moor besides lead ; but of that several thousands of tons are annuall y extracted , and between 1 , 000 and 2 , 000 persons find employment in and about the Cumberland mines . —When the manor of Alston Moor ivas surveyed upwards of 200 years ago , its mines were

reported to te nearly exhausted , —in consequence of which report the manorial rights—120 acres of land , several houses and a cornmill—were sold for £ 2 , 500 . " Bro . the late Sir Walter Scott ' s celebrated Waverlei / JS ' ovels are about to be re-issued in twenty-five monthly volumes , at a shilling each , with all the author ' s prefaces and notes . The first volume is to te out on New Tear ' s Bay .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor its not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents . DISPENSATIONS FOR PEOV . GEAND OFFICERS . IO TIIS EDITOR OP THE IliEEltiSOXS ___ . AG __ . Zna _; Ai'D 3 IASCKIC ITIKIiOK . W . Sin AND BBOTHEB , —Allow me a feiv observations on Bro . Warren ' s motion , and some respectful remarks on the M . "W . Grand Master ' s indisposition to grant dispensations

for non-resident brethren obtaining the provincial purple . In the first place , I will observe that the real question is , Avhat is residence ? In the municipal explanation if a person is within a certain distance from the borough he Avishes to represent in council , he is considered as resident within the limits , though virtually residing in another borough . You will say such a person must be a rated

burgess , though not a resident exactly . And I shall now show how injuriously in our proidnces this would affect some worthy brethren , who for years , and in one instance all the Masonic career , now over fifty years' standing , of the father of Masonry in this province , has been exercised to the advancement of Masonry on the north side ofthe Tyne , while lately , from considerations of health and family ties , he

resides a niile south of the Tyne , in the adjoining borough . Now , sir , my worthy brother here alluded to Avas born and bred in the county , has property in our province , is a freeman of our ancient toAvn , can to all intents and purposes take any municipal office he might be elected to in this county and town ; but according to the strict letter of the law yon would consider him ineligible for provincial Masonic honours . NOAV over and above these qualifications our

worthy brother has for the last 30 years been solely subscribing member of a lodge in this province , has had no connection with the adjacent provinces ; all his efforts in the Craft , Arch , and Christian degrees , have been entirely devoted to this province ; no one has done more for Masonry than he . Are we , therefore , to consider this worthy brother incapable of filling a Prov . Grand Office , because the greater part of the

year he sleeps a mile south ofthe Blue Stone ( the point where the limits meet on Tyne-bridge ) ? Well , I will suppose that this is one of the cases in which , our M . W . Grand Master might make an exception . Take another : a worthy brother , also born and bred hi this province , received the light of Masonry many years back in this town ; always has resided here ; from his first advent

in Masonry he took a leading part in our work , and with our previously alluded to brother , and a few more of lis , staunchly supported our Prov . G . M . thirteen years ago , in forming our Provincial Fund of Benevolence . Becoming connected with one of our manufacturers on the south borders of our river , it became necessary that he should live near the factory ^ therefore , according to some of our jurists he became

non-resident . On being appointed to Prov . Grand rank he had to pay the fine . NOAV I call this , too , of one totally unconnected with any province but this , Masonically , as a hard case . He might have evaded the fine by calling himself a town resident , as he always had a bed at his relation ' s house when required , just as he had before leaving the town , but he would not make use of this plea .

Another case I now put ; is a commercial resident ? I know no better Mason , both as regards working in all the degrees , or as a supporter of Charities , and one that spends more time and money to these objects—feiv equal to him . He actually resides more with us than in his oivn nominal home ; I say AA'here is the person ' s residence . NOAV to him the fine for the office would be willingly paid , knowing it goes to increase

that charity fund which he is daily Avorking for . But with our M . W . Grand Master ' s ivell-known reluctance to confer dispensations for such honours , Avould this not be one of the cases that he might think ought to be refused ? Would such a refusal be just to one who is an ornament to any position he should be appointed in Masonry , ancl who spends time and money to support and advocate the interests of the charities ?

That whilst the law exists , I fully agree with onr respected G . Eeg ., if a good one , it should be enforced ; but does it not mean that one , perhaps , of the reasons of its not being enforced but evaded is the well-known disinclination of the M . W . Grand Master to grant these dispensations , for he says , "As a rule , he should refuse any application for such a dispensation . " Now , I ask under correction why