To A Favourite Canary.

TO A FAVOURITE CANARY .

Bv BEO . AVILLIAM MAETIX , P . M ., ANB PBOV . G . S . B . Little Canai-y , sweetly singing Songs of joy and love , Angel forms to thee are bringing Music from above . Sing on , sweet bird ! sing on

Thy soft melodious lays ; Thou minds me of celestial song—A type of endless days . Thou , happy bird ! though prison -bound , Art blythe and full of glee ; ¦ - ^ In all the world where freedom's found None are more gay than thee . j &&

Thy every want , and each elesire Throbbing within thy breast , Is thine , anel all thou may'st require To make thee truly blest . But liberty , that sacred thing , To thee no more is known ; Could ' st have it , ah ! my . bonnie bird , AVliere could

' st thou find a home ? Thy lovely form , of golden hue , By rude winds would be toss'd ; And Avhat I ' ve loved so long and true ,, Por ever would be lost . Then , bonnie bird , keep up thy song Of mirth , of loi-e , and glee ; Bo with us still to warble on , And sing thy love to me .

Correspondence.

C ORRESPONDENCE .

Tlie Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed Uj Corresj , o ,, ilcnls . LODGES OE INSTBUCTION . TO THE EDITOR OF THE MEEIIASOXS MAGAZIXI AXD MASOXIC MIUKOH . SIR AXO BEOTHEE , —Permit me , through the medium of your columns , to call tho attention of " the Craft to the subject of Lodges of Instructionfor the of seekin

, purpose g a remedy for that which I , in common with many others , consider a serious evil and although I am not 23 reparcd to often * a definite suggestion , by which it may be removed , it ivill doubtless be admitted that the existence of the evil is a sufficient justification for introducing the matter to the consideration of thc brethren . The necessity and the importance of obtaining good

Avorking Masons to jn-eside over , as ivell ns to fill thc various offices in lodges , cannot be exaggerated ; and it would be useless to conceal the fact that- those who possess the necessary qualifications form but a small portion to those who do not . iYoAA-, what does this arise from ' tt Certainly

not irom any want ol capacity on the part of the brethren , nor from any unwillingness to receive instruction ; but simply from the want of suitable places in which to procure it . Objections have been frequently made to Lodges of Instruction being held at public-houses at- all ; and although it would be desirable for many reasons if they could all ' be held at 2 'laces of a different character , it is not ' necessary to thc '

carry objection so far . Howevermanifest may be the objections to thc existing- system , there are hundreds , and perhaps thousands of very respectable men ivho are as willing to receive their instruction at jniblic houses as elsewhere ; and no doubt most of thc best working Masons are to be found iu this class . But why should not some lirovision be made , or some scheme adopted , to enable those

ivho arc more fastidious to derive similar- advantages ? Masonry is making such rapid progress , and its principles are becoming so widely disseminated , particularlvamons' the higher classes , that unless some plan is adopted to afford the necessary accommodation , most of the new lodges , as is the case ivith many lately created , will have to depend for their working upon the assistance to be derived from officers

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and members of inferior lodges . I use the term inferior , not in an invidious sense , because the greatest praise and thanks are due to those brethren who volunteer their services wherever they are useful ; but the acquisition of knowledge and instruction by those 2 ilaced in a higher sphere ought not to be made solely to depend on the sendees of strangers . There are thousands of men who , from their social position ,

it would be absurd to suppose could be expected to attend regularly such Lodges of Instruction as we have at present in our metropolis . Let the subject be considered , and practical suggestions made , and it will be hard if some plan , cannot be devised for supplying a want ivhich is acknowledged to be severely felt . I am , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , March 22 , 1861 . C . B EXXETT .

Shakspere's Name.

SHAKSPERE'S NAME .

TO THE EDITOR OP THE EREEltASOXS -HAGAZIA'E AND aiASOXIC MIRROR . DEAE SIE AXD BEOTHEE , — " G . B . " rejects , in a determined manner , any other spelling of the name of the Bard of Avon but the one he prefers , and has unfortunately adopted —the very spelling ivhich was not used by ShaksperC or his family ; and while " " G . B . " ivill not admit that the poet knew how to S 2 iellhis own nameI submit that no one is so good a

, judge upon that point as the owner . John Shakspere , the father of William , always spelt his name ShaJcspere . In the parish church of Stratford-upon-Avon the baptism of the poet is entered in the register in Latin , thus : " Gulielmus Pilius Johannes Shakspere , " and in the records of that 2 " ) arish the marriage of the father is registered , and the name speit in the same manner . Nor does the great dramatist

himself spell his name as "G . B . " asserts , viz ., Shakespeare . In his autogra 2 ms we shall find it written Shakspere , thus loaring e out of the first syllable , although others during his life inserted the e , as ei-idenced in a memorandum found by Bro . Collier among the Egerton papes , claiming £ 1433 for his shares , properties , and wardrobes in the Blackfriars Theatre , in which the name is written W . Shakespeare ; so

that it apiiears to me that the poet's family wrote the name Shakspere , and he himself added the a to the final syllable . Another 2 iroof of the spelling may be found hi a licensegranted by James I ., in 1603 , to Eichard Burbage ( the famous tingle actor of that 2 * eriod ) , Lawrence Fletcher , and William Slutl-speve , and others . I think we should be ruled by the way in ivhich the name Avas sjielt in this and other legal

documents , such as thc registration ofthe father ' s marriage , the poet ' s baptism , and marriage bond and license of his marriage with Ann Hathaway , which was discovered in thc Cousistorial Court , at- AVorcester , in 1836 . In all thesedocuments the name is spelt Shaksjjere ; and , without laying down any absolute dictum , of my own , I am willing to be governed by such authority in jircferenco to any other . I remain , Dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , G-. AV . PASSTAXGEE . Southampton , March 26 , 1861 .

Installation Of The Right Hon. Earl De Grey And Ripon As R.W. Prov. G.M. Of West Yorkshire.

INSTALLATION OF THE RIGHT HON . EARL DE GREY AND RIPON AS R . W . PROV . G . M . OF WEST YORKSHIRE .

TO Tier . I : I * ITOII OF THE FREEMASONS -HAG-AZINE A- SD MASOXIC -HI 1 U 10 E . DEAE SIE AXO BEOTHEE , —Permit us to submit to your perusal , and that of the Craft , thc enclosed circular , issued to the brethren of the Province by the Leeds Installation Committee . Allow us at the same time to say , that his AVorship the Mayor of Leeds , James Kilson , Esq ., although not a

Freemason , has placed at tho disposal of the Committee the suite of superb rooms known as the Mayor-rooms , at the Town Hall , and whicli were fitted up for the especial use of Her Most Gracious Majesty , on her visit to 02 ien the Victoria Hall . AVe have great pleasure in further stating , that his Worship signified his intention to invite the G . M ., the Earl of Zetland , and the Prov . G . M ., Earl de Grey and Eipon , to his own house , providing the Provincial Grand Lodge , to be holden at Ifaddcn , in April next , fix upon Leeds as the place of installation , with a further assurance that no exertion or