Masonic Jurisprudence.

a law affecting the Craft , and which law requires the name , address , profession , & c . of each member belonging to every Lodge to be registered with the clerk of the peace at quarter sessions . Now this regulation is new to me , and to one or two P . Ms , to whom I have mentioned the subject , and as it of some importance , if correct , I trust you will kindly inform me whether any such regulation really exists , and ,

if so , what action had better be taken in the matter . I am , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , S . AV . [ The regulation does exist under the Secret Society ' s Act , from the operation of whicli Freemasons' Lodges are exempted , on the condition stated by Dr . Oliver . The practice has , however , now generally fallen into disuse , although some few Lodges , we believe , still continue to follow out the law to thc letter . —En . ]

THE TRIALS OE LITERARY MEN . —Talent of any sort is generally accompanied with a peculiar fineness of sensibility ; of genius this is the most essential constituent ; and life in any shape has sorrow enough for hearts so formed . The employments of literature sharpen this natural tendency ; the vexations that accompany them frequently exasperate it into morbid soreness . The cares and toils of literature are tho business of life ; its delights are too etherial and too transient to furnish that perennial flow of satisfaction , coarse , but plenteous ancl

substantia ] , of which happiness iu this world of ours is made . The most finished efforts ofthe mind give it little pleasure ; frequently they give it pain , for men ' s aims are ever beyond their strength . And the outward recompense of those undertakings , the distinctions they confer , is of still small value ; the desire for it is insatiable , even when successful ; and when baffled , it issues in jealousy and envy , and every pitiful ancl painful feeling . So keen a temperament , with so littlo to restrain or satisfy , so much to distress or tempt it , produces contradictions which few are adequate to reconcile . Hence the unhappiness of literary men ; hence their faults aud follies . — Oarhjle ' a Life of Schiller .

LADY MORGAN A FREEMASON . —January , 1 S 19 . — "AVell , here I am , a free and accepted Mason , according to thc old Irish Masonic song . AVhen we drove to the solitudes of the Rue Vaugirard , Faubourg St . Germaine , we found the court of the Hotel la Vilefcto and all the premises full of carriages : Belle et Bonne magnificently dressed in white satin ancl diamonds , with Voltaire ' s picture round her neck , set iu brilliants , received us iu the salon with a sort of solemn grace , very unlike her usual joyous address . Madame la Generate Foy , the wife of the popular militairestood

be-, side her ; his Royal Highness Prince Paul of AVurtemberg , the Bishop of Jerusalem , Talma , Count de la Rochofoucault , in full dress , looking very like his illustrious ancestor of Les Maximes ; Deuon , tho Count de Gazes , pair do France ( brother to the premier , the Due do Gazes ) , General Favier , and many others whom we knew , were assembled , and muttered their conversation in little groups . At half-past eight they all proceeded to hold the Chapter for thc installation of the Dames Ecossaises du Temple , according to the programme , we , les dames postulantes ,

remaining behind till we were called for . 1 really began to feel some trepidation , and the stories that 1 had heard from my childhood upwards , ofthe horrors ofthe trial of a free Masonic probation , rose to my mind , red hot poker included . At nine o ' clock we were summoned to attend the " Ouverture cle la Cour des Grands Conimandeurs . " AVhen the battants were thrown open , a spectacle of great magnificence presented itself . A profusion of crimson ancl gold , marble busts , a decorated throne and altar , a profusion of flowers , iucense of the finest odour filling the air , ancl , in

fact , a spectacle of the most scenic and dramatic effect ever presented itself . Such of the forms as are permitted to reach the ears profane are detailed iu the programme . AVe took the vows , but as to the Secret , it shall never pass these lips , in holy silence sealed . "—Extract from Lady Morgan ' s Diary , just published . "