Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

Bective ; Lords Raynham , Beauclerk , John Manners , Ebrington Paget , Saltoun , Napier , Broughton , and Belhaven ; Sir John Pakington , M . P . ; Right Hon . T . Milner Gibson , M . P . ; and several officers of high standing in tlie Navy , mayors of large places , ancl other influential persons . The Rev . Hugh Hughes , D . D ., Rector of St . John ' s , Clerkenwell , and Lecturer of Sfc . Leonard ' s , Shoreditch , has in the press a neiv

and revised edition of his Avork , The Female Characters of Holy Writ . A neiv serial , by Air . Anthony Trollope , entitled Orleg Farm , is about to be issued in monthly parts . Mr . AVilliam Landells has recently published a volume entitled True Manhoodin Avhich he very modestly says— "Should the

, -critic be offended by the structure of his sentences , he is sincerely sorry—though more for the critic ' s sake than his OAVII and while he hoivs to the merited censure ivhich his style is likely to elicit , he begs to say , in extenuation of his fault , that his mission is not the construction of sentences whose balance and rhythm shall please the critical taste . Such a poor ambition seems to him scarcely consistent with , and , he believes , ivould not prove conducive to his

loftier aim . " AA'e have always considered the adage a good one which teaches us , thafc " AA hatever is Avorth doing at all , is Avorth doing well ; " and as Mr . Landells' treatise on True Manhood is ^ intended as " a book for young men , " ive really think that such . flippant , presumptuous language as the above will not clo much to elevate the rising generation . AVhy does Air . Landells rush into

print if writing be not only " nofc his mission , " bufc ( in his own conceit ) so far beloiv ifc ? Shakspere , Milton , ancl AVordsivorth did not consider authorship beneath their dignity ; but then possibly they might not possess the " true manhood" of Air . AA'illiam Landells .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

. XTUE EniTOB does not hold himself responsible for any opinion entertained hy Correspondents . " ] "THE TOICE OP EREEMASONRY . " TO THE KDITOK OB THE FHEE 1 USOS-S MAGAZINE AND MASONIC JIIHIlOIt . DEAR SIE AND BROTHER —In impression of the 19 th

_ , your 'inst ., at page 50 , article " Voice of Masonry , " you have printed a portion of Bro . Morris ' s letter in italics ( thus drawing the attention of your readers to tho clause ); after which you append your remarks . In the first clause you seem to ignore the existence of such an arrangement in tho British Post Office , which assertion I have reason to believe to be incorrect .

That newspapers having the subscribers' names written , either in pencil or ink , are liable to be charged letter rate of postage , is a , fact which I know from personal experience , having been mulcted of the sum of 2 s . 6 d . and 8 s . Ad . on two several occasions ; and after a lengthened correspondence I could obtain no redress Avhatever . Another case of a more grevions nature , which caused a j loss of £ 1 3 d ivas

Us . ., I compelled to suffer ; viz ., a work on Ereemasonry , ivhich I had ordered from Philadel phia , U . S . I received a letter apprising mo of the work having been sent off per tho same mail , with the same address "" . The i letter came inside of a fortni ght ; tho book came to hand ; six weeks later , with £ 3 4 s . of postage to pay , which I re- i fused , and it lies at present in the Dead-letter Office , ! Edinburgh . . i

Regarding the Voice of Masonry "never being pre- ! sented even with a demand for postage , " this may be " but I have known letter-carriers , when they had newspaper ' s with an extra charge , who did nofc present them , because they knew the parties would refuse to take them . Perhaps the dead-letter officials in London may be able to throw some light on the subject .

• M- ^ WI the ten ° ur of your remarks on Bro . Morris ' s letter , T think they are tinctured with unmasonic feelings . We are taught by the princi ples of our Order to bear with one another . From what I havo hoard of Bro . Morris , I ™

Correspondence.

convinced he will faithfully perform his obligation ' s to the Fraternity . I would have written to you earlier , bufc ifc was "Wednesday night before THE MAGAZINE reached me . I remain , thine fraternally , PETER MACKINNON , R . AV . M ., Old Monkland , St . James Lodge , A . F . and A . M ., No . 177 , G . L . S . Rosehall Colliery , Coatbridge , near Glasgow , 25 th January , 1861 .

[ Bro . Maekinnon has altogether mistaken us . AVe never meant for one moment to insinuate that Bro . Morris would not honourably carry out all his engagements , as we believe he will . AVe only meant to express our belief that , if such a practice as that alluded to existed , it must be in the Post Office at the other side of the Atlantic ; in this country ifc being a common practice to direct newspapers from one

part of the kingdom to the other on the paper itself , and no objection is made by the Post Office—if , indeed , fche practice is not rather encouraged by that establishment . Indeed , so late as Thursday last we received a newspaper , directed as described , from St . Kitts , without any extra charge being made , ancl shall be happy to send the direction to Bro . Maekinnon . Of course ive can know nothing of the cases

referred to by Bro . Maekinnon , bufc should imagine that something more than the mere addresses were written upon the papers . As regards tho book , a somewhat similar charge was made upon us ; but , upon appealing to the Post Office , we were informed that the ends of tho book not being open , it had been charged letter postage ; but upon allowing the authorities to convince themselves ifc was only a book , we received it at the book postage . —ED . P . M . and M . M . ]

The Strange Proceeding At Bath.

THE STRANGE PROCEEDING AT BATH .

TO THE EDITOK OF TIIK ritKIviriSO ^ 'S MAGAZl . N'H AXD HASONTC . AIIKHOK . DEAR , Silt AXD BROTHER , —I regret that a simple statement of facts should liavc proved so unpalatable fco Bro . AVilfcon , rpiondam AV . M ., now P . M . of No . 48 . I regret still more that he has thought it necessary to defend tho " strange proceeding " reported in your valuable journal of the 19 th inst . '

I seek no concealment ; I desire no " dignity of martyrdom ; " ancl if I craved the latter , I havo yet- to learn fchat a mere disappointment is to invest a brother ivith so high an honour . I do nofc deny having received a letter from Bro . Ashley , in reply to a private communication from mo , iu which he intimated thafc the AVorshipful Bro . AVilfcon was about to forbid the meeting of tho 16 th , so that I might

please myself about going to Bath ; but this was no official communication . On the loth I had Bro . AVilfcon ' s and Bro . Bagshawe ' s circulars . AA'hich was I to believe ? Both came authoritatively ! This , however , I do maintain , that the brother who entered his protest against the installation on tlie 16 th was actuated by something very like piqueivhen he deferred

, making his protest until so few hours were to elapse ere the appointed installation and banquet were to take place . I fear , Sir , that feelings of this nature , and no Masonic ones , are at the bottom of all this disturbance afc Bath . Bro . Moufcrie was elected by the majority of the brethren of this lodge ; will any Past Master , or even our " Master Mason " himself , presume to say that , if'Bro . Moutrie had consented

to submit to the appointment of his officers according to the P . M . ' s wish , ancl contrary to his own judgment ; if he had proposed the banquet to be where the P . M . ' s wished ifc , and contrary to his own desire , wo should ever havo heard of the illegality of the summons for the 16 th ? Bro . Moutrie , however , was steady and firm in principle , and refused to act contrary to the dictates of his conscience : —Hine illaa

lacrymai . Had Bro . Bagshawe been equally as firm , the installation ivould have taken place on the 16 th instead of fche 24 th . I hope thafc this letter will close a correspondence AA-hich can only engender strife and unmasonic controversy . I have fche honour to remain , Yours fraternally and obliged , H . J . HIGGINSON , AV . M . 1120 ; P . M . 48 ; Prov . G . D . C , Monmouthshire . Abergavenny , January 28 i / c , 1861 .