Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

worst forms of ungovernable drink-craving—who lived in a state of sote'iety , happiness , and real freedom . One who is now Avell had not yet recovered from a prostrate condition of both mind and body . The others , Avanderetl over the island , scene-hunting , angling , fowling , botanizing , and geologizing ; and one of these accompanied my companion and myself on a long day's walk to Loch Corrnisk aud the Cuclmllin mountains . Xo untoward accident had ever happened among tnem , I may add , that it was

impossible not to feel , that—with one or two exceptions—we were anions a set of men of originally a low order of intellect , Radical cures are rare among them ; for such men , under the present order of things , are generally too far gone in the habit of intemperance before they can be persuaded to submit to treatment . Nevertheless one of those I met there—a very bad case indeed—has since stood the Avorld's temptations bravely for twelve months subsequently to his discharge and the proprietor informed me of another having

been , at the time of my visit , several years at liberty and sober . The inmates of this establishment had all gone to it voluntary , by persuasion of their relatives or physicians , and were free to leave it when they should persistently demand their discharge . Now , great advantage would be derived were relatives legally entitled to compel seclusion of this kind—and I am much mistaken if any farther legislation is necessary than what may be called for in order to legalise such seclusion . Bro . Edward Joyce , of Congleton , is just issuing a photographic likeness of the late lamented Bro . Gibbs Crawford Antrobus , D .

Prov . G . M . of Cheslm-e , whose death we announced in THE MAGAZINE of the 8 th instant . It is published under the auspices of the Eaton lodge ( Xo . 777 ) , copied from a faithful likeness belonging to the lodge , by Mr . Ludovico Hart , of Tunstall . In the Autobiography of Miss Cornelia Knight , Lady Companion to the Princess Charlotte of Wales , ivhich has just been published ,

Ave are told that the Queen of Xaples , sister to Marie Antoinette , " used to be subject to fits of devotion , at which times she stuck short prayers and pious ejaculations inside of her stays , and occasionally swallowed them . " A work on Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines , by Emily A Beaufort , is nearly ready for publication .

In The Autobiography and Services of Sir James M'Gregor Bart ., late Director General of'the Army Medical Department , just published , we are told that during the war in the Island of Grenada : — " All the jails were now crowded with such of the rebels as had been made prisoners . Among them Avere most of the principal French proprietors , who were taken with arms in their hands . Having often before sworn allegiance to the British crown ,

there ivas no excuse for them . Again , some of these gentlemen Ai-ere said to have been accessory to tho murder in cold blood of Governor Hume , and of several of his council , some time after they bad been treacherously made prisoners . In ono day , about twenty of these French proprietors were executed on a large gibbet in the market-place of St . George's , leaving wives and families . It was said that tiic greater part of them possessed incomes of upwards of iE 1500 sterling per annum . "

The Directors of the Scottish Temperance League are offering a prize of one hundred guineas for the best Temperance Tale . A new penny weekly paper has been commenced , entitled The Covenl Garden Journal .

The Art Journal for this month says : — "By daylight the frescoes in the House of Lords are invisible . In the corridors the works of Cope and Ward , and those in the so called Poets' Hall , are but little seen . In tha Queen's . Robing Room and tho Royal Gallery there is a greater breadth of light , and , all things considered , these , and such apartments as these , are the only rooms

in which frescoes should have been executed . " Three additional paintings have been added to the Xational Gallery . The first , a " Deposition for the Tomb , " is by Roger van der Weyden , who was born at Brussels about 1101 , and died in 11 G-1 ' , —just a century before the birth of Shakspere . The landscape to this piece has been much admired , as have also tho heads

of tho figures . The second , " Christ surrounded by Angels , Saints , and Martyrs , " by Era Giovanni Angelica , contains about three hundred figures . The third , " The Baptism of Christ , " is by Piero della Francesco , ot tho Umbrian School , who ivas born in 139 S , and died in 11-SS , and is known also as a writer on geometry and perspective .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

ITke Editor is notvesponsibte for the opinions expressed by Correspondent ; . AUSTRALIA . TO THE EDITOR 01- THE ritEElIASOXS 3 TAGAZI 2 fE AXD ATASOXIC 3 IIKKOK . DEAR SIB . AND BROTHER , —I herewith forivard you a report of the erection and consecration of a danghter

lodge under the Scotch Constitution in this city . * The occasion ivas one of peculiar interest , for not only Avas the neiv lodge erected , but the ceremonies took place in a hall such as has not before been available for Masonic purposes . Eor a considerable period the Avant of a good Masonic Hall has been felt , and efforts have been made to get one erected , but as yet the scheme has progressed but sloiA-ly .

In the mean time those most interested in tho matter , felt that it would admit of no further delay , and they consequently obtained a spacious room , Avith every suitable appurtenance , in a central locality , and had it fitted up in the most tasteful and elegant manner . It was in this recently completed hall , Avhich is replete with ei ery necessary for the proper Avorking of tho various

lodges , that tho neiv lodge showed outward signs of vitality ; here it was that the ceremony , the like of which has not before been witnessed in these southern lands , was performed by the R . W . Prov . G . M ., the Honourable "W . C . Haines , and the W . Prov . G . M . depute , Bro . Professor Wilson ^

in the presence of a numerous body of visiting brethren , including the Provincial Grand Officers of the sister constitutions of England and Ireland . This impressive ceremony Avas undertaken by Bro . Professor Wilson , Prov . G . M . depute , and it must be mentioned that he was eminently successful in eA'ery branch . "Were I to attempt to particularize any portion , I should only fail to

convey a correct idea of the successful manner in Avhich the erection and consecration ivas accomplished by him . 1 " must further add that the fraternity in this country are dee ] fiy indebted to Bro : Professor Wilson for the great zeal displayed by him in anything connected ivith the science of Masonry , jcspecialiy under the Grand Lodge of Scotland . As will he seen by the report annexed , he has performed the

duties of the Prov . G . M . from the time that the Proi-incial Grand Lodge ivas established , on account of the unavoidable absence , through illness , of the Honorable William Clarke Haines . As to the ceremony under notice , I must also inform you that the effect of the ivholc ivas greatly added to by the exertions of a full choir of brethren , and a good organ

accompaniment . I remain , Dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , THOMAS RUED . Melbourne , Viotoria , April 21 th , 1861 .

CANDIDATES UNDER AGE . TO THE EDITOIt 0 I-- THE rr , EE : SEAS 02 rS JEAGAZIXE A 21 D 31 AS 0 XIC JIIllUOK . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I am much obliged by your prompt attention to my communication respecting tho initiation of Candidates under ago , I am quite awaro that it is the practice of one of the University Lodges to

introduce members under ago ( AV 1 IO are not Lewises ) , and as I have been informed oven to solicit Candidates for initiation , and I fear the other has ' taken the infection ; but the practice is decidedly ivrong and unconstitutional , and does not make it "tho Custom of England ; " the sooner , therefore , it is clone away ivith the better . I could say a great deal on tho subject and than that tho late M . W . G . M . the

Duke of Sussex Avas averse to giving a dispensation for the initiation of a Candidate under Twenty one years of age even in tho case of a " Lewis ;" , but having through your publication called the attention of the Craft to this very objectionable innovation , I shall content myself for tho present with watching the proceedings , and if continued shall object to the insertion of the names of such initiates in the Grand Lodge Register as illegal , and consider it my duty to bring the matter before the Grand Lodge . Grai-csend , 2-lth June 1861 . Yours , VERITAS .

* The report will be found under the head of " Australia , " in another part of THE MAGAZINE .