Proposed Masonic Hall Is Norwich.

accommodation be provided for carrying out the object . There can be no harm , however , in the brethren of Norwich exerting themselves to see how much money can be raised among them for the hall . " Those who aim high , never strike low , " and if sufficient funds cannot be procured to justify the undertaking I have ventured to propose , we can then content ourselves with a lodge-room ancl

banquet-room , and , having obtained that , will at least have fulfilled a desideratum which has been long felt by many brethren , who have been anxious for such a practical refutation of the popular notion , that there is a species of natural ¦ . affinity between Freemasonry and taverns . Yours fraternally , Norwich , August 28 , 1860 . A JUNIOR DEACON .

The Summer Stream.

THE SUMMER STREAM .

Brightly thou ' rt flowing on thy way , 0 lovely summer stream ! Like a clear mirror through the trees . Thy sunlit waters gleam . Blushing in beauty o'er thy breast , AA'ild roses gently wave ; And drooping willows in thtide

y , Their silvery leaflets lave . And low among the soft green grass The modest violet springs ; And in thy waters pure and bright The wild bird bathes its wings . Now thou art wandering where the woods

Cast shadows cool and dim ; Singing among the leafy aisles A low ancl pleasant hymn . Sow thou art flashing gaily out In the sunlight bright and fair , And the music of thy rippling flow Eloats on the summer air .

Now they are spread in a fairy lake , In a lone , sequestered dell , AThcrc the wandering breezes wake a tone , Like the song of an ocean shell . Dim shadows from the clustering trees Tremble upon thy breast ; And water-lillies on thy tide

Their pearly vases rest . Now with a wildly musical song , In a shower of jewels bright " Thou art dashing down o'er the mossy rocks , Like a stream of liquid light . 0 lovely , changeful summer stream , Singing upon thy way ! Nothing is like thee , joyous thinsr , Save a happy child ' at play 1

A Troubadour's Overture.

A TROUBADOUR'S OVERTURE .

On , maidens , do not turn away , Nor make a pretty show of ' scorn , Because t said , ye thirst for love , Like- rosebuds for the dewy morn— - Because I say The breath of sone : — The music of a poet ' s mouth , — 'The flowing' music broad and stron "

, As rivers of the shining south , AVill bear you all along . Oh , maidens , when the grape is green And shadow , soft among the leaves ; Oh , maidens , when the corn is cut . And autumn binds his golden sheaves ,

My words , I ween , AA'ill seem most true—¦ iVill make a trouble in your brain , — A ringing sweetness through and through Shali bird-like flit and come again , And sing through you . W . in Literary Gazette .

AATar . iXGTON AS AN ABT CBITIC . —AAHien I had sketched his figure , I asked him to look at it . Ho said , " You have made my head too large , and this is what all the painters have done to whom I have sat . Painters are not aware how very small a part of the human figure the head is . Titian was the only painter who understood this , and by making his heads small he did wonders . "—Leslie . IxYP . UES'nxCr SEARCH '—A most interesting search is about to

take p lace that will draw all lovers of inventions to the tombs of the Beaufordt family . It ssems that the first Earl of AA ' orcester , of the day of Henry the Eighth , invented an engine , the original model of which has never , up to the present moment , been discovered . Throughtlic deepest researches , Mr . AA oodcroft obtained undeniable proof that the Earl of AA ' orcester desired in his will that this model should be interred with him , and actually in his coffin . Therefore

Mr . AA ' oodcroft's next step was to obtain permission to have tho coffin opened but , before that could be done , the whereabouts had to be discovered , and no one knew anything about it . It was not till the other day that , coming across an old manuscript , he found an allusion made to the coffin of Charles Somerst , the Earl of AA orcester , and that it was buried in a vault which had fallen in , and , as tho writer observed , was never likely to bebeheldby mortal eyes again . This manuscript is upwards of 150 years oldtherefore it may bo

, imagined that to find the spot where tho Farl is buried was difficult enough : that however has been accomplished , and Mr . AVoodcroft , having obtained the Duke of Beaufort ' s permission to open the coffin , is only wating for the necessary permission of the Bishop to do so . The Duchess has signified her desire to be present . —Court Journal . A JURY OP HujrriuCKS . —The Italian journals stated that a

wealthy person of Elorence , just deceased has left a singular will . It declares that tho greater part of his fortune shall go to the man with the largest hump on his back in Tuscany , and that the persons entrusted with the duty of selecting him shall be themselves twelve humpbacks ! To recompense the latter for their trouble he directs that in addition to their travelling expenses , each shall be presented with a gold model bearing the effigy of j-Esop , their prototyue ,

I THE SUXICEX" EIEET AT' Sinus'ioroL . —Air . Gowen , the gentleman engaged in raising the sunken fleet at Sebastopol , writes on the 10 th "It .: — " Yesterday I raised and brought alongside the wharf the GO-gun frigate Koolefehi , the frigate the large masts of which stood upright in the centre of the harbour . She was very heavy , weighing I think , 1-500 tons . This is I believe , the first frigate that was every raised whole , and she is in good condition . Since you left I have raised some 12 vesselsamong them four

, wooden and one iron war steamers , of 200 horse-power each , The steamer Vladimir , of-100 horse-power , will be the next one , and after her , some line of battle ships . " SIV . V-BATUING AT BRIGHTON . —AATiile looking at the machines , I was informed by my companion that the English have not been a sea-bathing nation such a very long time , and that , therefore , bathihg-nmehines are a comparatively modern invention . It is

exactly one hundred ancl ten years ago that a physician , named Russell , wrote a , book upon the advantages of washing the body in sea-water—an idea which had not previously entered into the brains ofour forefathers . Up to that time , to use the words of my leanned informant and friend , Mr . Roberts , of Dover , "the sea was judged to have been designed for commerce , and seaside , towns for the residence of merchants and fishermen . At no previous period had there been seaside visitors . AVhy should they go to the seacoast , when no motive could be stated—at a time , too , when Northampton's

healthy climate was attributed to its distance from the noxious fumes of the seat There were certainly watering-places ; but these were towns where mineral waters existed , such as Bath , Cheltenham , Harrogate , " & e . Dr . Russell ' s brother doctors took up the cry ; sea-bathing suddenly become the fashion ; Dr . Russell was obliged to come to reside at Brighten ; and the fishing-villiages in various parts of the kingdom become inundated with visitors . —Puctcland ' s Curiosities of Natural History .

Nrw Er . KCTiuc LIGHT . —Some exceedingly interesting experiments have boon made off Osborne House , I sic of Al'iirhtj and also in CoAves Roads , with 1 ' i'ot ' essov Way ' s electric light , and which are preliminary to more important experiments about to be carried out by the Government . The principle of the li ght is simply the application of electricity to a column or running stream of quicksilverin this instance as fine as the point of a lady's needle . So long as the voltaic retains "

battery power to act with its wires upon the column must this light bum—the strongest and most purest iitrht in the known world , and the nearest approach to sunlight that the skill of the chemist and man of science have yet produced , and this without actual combustion taking place or the quantity of the mercury being reduced , the supply of acids to the battery ' being its sole expense after its first cost , excepting wear and tear . 'The experiments were considered to have been fully satisfactory . AVith a light on this principle under her bows , the Great Eastern herself might have lighted her path across the waters of the Atlantic .