Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

old father was met by a friend , very disconsolate , in Queen Anne Street . The expense of coming up daily to open the gallery was weighing heavily on his heart . Life was embittered to him by tho thought . A week after , the same friend meet him again , gay , happy , and jumping up on his old toes ; he asked him the reason of the sudden change in his spirits ; he replied , — ' Why , lookee here , I have found a Avay at last of coming up cheap from Twickenham to son ' s gallery—I found out the

open my inn Avhere the liuirket-gnrdnei's baited their horses , I made friends . -, vith one on ' em , and noAv , for glass of gin a-day , he brings me up in Iiis curt on the top of the vegetables . '" The folloAving anecdote is graphic : — " A merchant having one day purchased and paid £ 10 , 000 for pictures to Turner , said suddenly , just as he was leaving , 'N OAA * , Mr . Turner , there are three more pictures in your gallery ; I'll give you £ 5000 for the three , if you

will alloAv me to pick . ' ' Well , ' said Turner , ' tell me which they are . ' The merchant began with the ' Rise of Carthage . ' Turner stopped him . 'No , ' he said ; 'it ' s a noble offer , but I have willed it . ' The purchaser then pressed him to let him have tAvo for £ 5000 . Turner seem moved at his liberality , but merely repeated ' I have willed it . ' The picture was originally painted for £ 100 for a gentleman , ivho declined to take it Avhen the critics and the press began to attack it . 'This is a great triumph , ' Turner repeated . Turner ' s pride had been deeply ivounded by this rejection . The noble revenge he took was to refuse £ 2500 for it , and leave it to the nation . ' '

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents . SOUTH AUSTRALIA . TO THE EDITOR OT THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . SIR AND BROTHER . —The report in your number 107 , 20 th July last , of the installation of Bro . Hardy as Provincial

Grand Master , is , to say the least of it , very wrong ; I might say that yon have been grossly deceived in the report furnished yon . I will trouble you with very few remarks , but they , I think , will satisfy you that you have been imposed upon . 1 . The Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in the three degrees of Craft Masonry bBro . Mildredbsimplsaying

y , y y "I declare this lodge opened in the first degree ; " the same with tbe second and third , no other part of the ceremony used . When his attention was called to this , he said since the elevation of the M . W . the Grand Master to office , a different mode of opening Provincial Grand Lodges had been adopted . This has been altogether repudiated in a letter received from the Grand Secretary .

2 . The ceremony used was altogether wrong—in fact no installation ceremony at all . This was pointed out but overruled . Bro . Hardy has in reality not been installed in his office .

3 . Only one half of his officers attended for investment , not the whole , as anyone from reading the account would have been led to imagine . 4 . Avery important matter has been altogether omitted , viz ., a request signed by six Masters and Wardens of lodges ( only nine lodges in the colony ) had been presented to the Prov . Grand Masterasking him not to appoint BroBJ .

, . . Price to the office of Prov . Grand Secretary , as the brethren had no confidence in him . Kb ansiver ivas given to it either before or at this Provincial Grand Lodge , although requested ; a protest signed by six * Masters was then handed in , _ which was simply received , but remains unanswered to this hour . The ceremony of investing ivas then proceeded with , when twenty-seven members of Provincial Grand

Lodge , out of forty in the room , quitted the lodge in a body . So much for the false statement of the lodge being closed in harmony and prayer . The only lodge in the colony visited bv the Prov . Grand Master from that time ( May ) to tbe present ( October ) is tbe Lodge of Friendship ( No . 613 ) , which latter lodge , in the opinion of all the others in the province , works under a

Correspondence.

ritual believed to be a copy of one of the systems practised in America , ancl which our American cousins have so freely published . Be that as it may , every other lodge here refuses to have anything to clo with such a ritual , jyci-i--I understood that a brother bad sent you a true account of the above Provincial Grand Lodge opening , it is unfortunate that the bastard one only should have reached you ,

and I should feel obliged by your inserting this . There are now ten lodges in the colony , ancl the Provincial Grand Master has the confidence of one only , viz ., the Friendship ( No . 613 ) , and by every mail the Masters , Past Masters , and Wardens of lodges are obliged to address the M . W . Grand Master thereon , ivhich you could no doubt ascertain at tbe Grand Lodge office . Yours obediently , Adelaide , 26 th October , 1861 . H .

The Emulation Lodge Of Improvement.

THE EMULATION LODGE OF IMPROVEMENT .

TO TEE EDITOR OF TIIE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . LEAK SIR AND BROTHER , —In your MAGAZINE of the 7 th inst ., page 450 , it is said that Bro . Peter Gilkes was the founder of the Emulation Lodge of Instruction . Bro . Chas . Geary , P . M . 19 ( now a resident in Hereford ) , says it is not correct . That he ( C . G-. ) was present at its formation , at the Red Lionin Old Cavendish-streetin 1823 Bros .

Witting-, , , ton , as W . M . ; J . Smith , S . W . ; John Wilson , J . W . ; and sanctioned by Bro . Dennis , W . M . of the Lodge of Emulation . Many other eminent men were also pi-esent ; but Bro . Peter Gilkes did not join it for some time afterwards—perhaps two years . A reference to the old minutes would perhaps be desirable ; possibly Bro . Geary may be in error .

Yours fraternally , JAMES WILLIAMS , P . M . 141 . King-street , Hereford , Dec . 11 , 1861 .

Election Of Master.

ELECTION OF MASTER .

TO TEE EDITOR OF TIIE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —At tbe annual meeting for theelection of Master of a lodge in this neighbourhood , a brother who has twice served the office of Master , and alsoholds oflice in the Prov . Grand Lodge , was elected W . M . by a small majority , in opposition to the claims of two or three brethren who have about equal claims to that honour , but

who have never served the office of W . M . ; they being quite eligible from their rank , character , and ability . The minority not being satisfied with the justness of the decision , protested against it ( there are reasons for supposing that it was arranged at a dinner given by the successful candidate a few days before the election ) , and the W . M . elect resigned . In the circulars calling the next meeting , it was announced

that " the lodge would proceed to the election of a Master ;" when the lodge met it was found the late W . M . elect was again a candidate , and his friends still wished to keep his name on the list of candidates . There was a very numerous assemblage , ancl the discussion was beginning to be very warm , when the W . M ., to the great surprise of most of the brethren , closed the lodge , and it is believed , intends to apply

to the Board of General Purposes for instruction how to act , the question being , can a brother who has been elected W . M . and resigns before his installation be re-elected ? The circumstances of this election being very unusual , it has been thought well to have the opinion of the only authorised publication on Masonic matters on a subject of no small importance just now , when so many elections are

taking place . We are , yours fraternally , E ., W ., N ., ANDS . Manchester , Dec . 14 , 1861 . [ The brethren should have been allowed to proceed to the election . There is no law preventing the brother who had resigned again standing , as he no doubt did so to test the real opinion of the brethren . ]