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tbe years he had been at the head of tbe province , reminding them that as the Grand Master he had ruled ; and advising his right worshipful successor , after maturely weighing the steps he should take , fearlessly to exercise the authority with whicli he was entrusted for the benefit of the province . The P . Prov . G . M . most warmly acknowledged the great assistance rendered to him bthe D . G . M . and the other officers of the provinceand

y , , amidst hearty applause , expressed his intention of coining amongst them as often as he could , observing that he hailed from St . Peter ' s Lodge , Wolverhampton , and sat down amidst loud applause . Amongst other toasts were the healths of the R . W . D . Prov . G . M ., to which Dr . Burton responded ; of the R . W . Prov . G . W ., with the officers of Provincial Grand Lodge , and which the Prov . "

S . G . W ., Bro . Baker , acknowledged ; the Visitors , responded to by Bro . Roberts , of Rochdale ; the V . W . Prov . G . Treas . and Sec , acknowledged by Prov . G . Sec , F . James ; the Masonic Charities , the Ladies , the Stewards , and tbe Tyler ' s toast . SUFFOLK . IPSIVICU . —Lodge Prince of Wales ( No . 959 ) . —The regular

meeting of tbis lodge was held at the Golden Lion Hotel , Ipswich , on the 5 th inst . The W . M ., Bro . John Head , presided , supported by Bro . W . Westgate as S . W ., and Bro . F . B . Jennings as J . W . Tbe ceremony of passing a brother to the degree of F . C . was ably performed by the W . M . Bro . F . Binckes ( Secretary of the Boys' School ) , of Lodges Westminster and Keystone , and Bro . J . C . Peckham , Pythagorean , 79 , were unanimouslelected subscribing members of this lod The

y ge . brethren afterwards adjourned to the banquet table , where a very pleasant evening was spent . WALES ( SOUTH ) . CAEDIEP . —Lute Lodge ( No . 960 ) . —At the regular lodge , held on Tuesdaythe 20 th inst . the resolution which appeared

, , in our last publication was openly and unhesitatingly denounced ( by a brother who was absent when the same was proposed ) , " in so far as it referred to the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , " as a " gross falsehood" and a " gratuitous libel , " ancl not the slightest attempt was made either to defend it or to prove its allegations .

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DK . DOLLIVUR ' S PATCIITTOBIC MOBXIXG QOWS . —He crammed a great silver watch into his fob and drew on a patchwork morning gown of an ancient fash ion . Its original material was sa d to have been the embroidered front of his own wedding waiscoat and the silken skirt of his wife ' s bridal attire , which his eldest granddaughter

had taken from the carved chest of drawers , after poor Bessie , tho beloved of his youth , had been half a century iu the grave . Throughout many of the intervening years , as the garment got ragged , the spinsters of tho old man ' s family had quilted their duty and affections into it in tho shape of patches upon patches , rose-colour ,

crimson , blue , violet , and green , and then ( as their hope faded and their life kept growing shadier , and their attire took a sombre hue ) sober grey and great fragments of funeral black , until the doctor could revive the memory of most things that had befallen him by looking at his patchwork gown , as it hung upou a chair . Aud now it

"Was ragged again , and all the fingers that should have mended it were cold . It had an Eastern fragrance , too , a smell of drugs , strong scented herbs , and spicy gums , gathered from the mauy potent infusions that had from time to time been spilt over it ; so that , snuffing him afar off you might have taken Dr . Dolliver for a mummy , and could hardly have been undeceived by the shrunken

and torpid aspect as he crept nearer . —Nathaniel Sawatom ' s " Pan & ie . " RECENTLY the incomes of literary men have become a matter of discussion iu the Paris journals . Of M . Louis Ulbach , a correspondent says that " he has engaged to furnish a publisher three novels a year , for which the

publisher agrees to allow him l , 200 f . a month , for five years' copyright of these novels , or £ 600 per annum . Ho receives , as dramatic critic of Le Temps , somewhat more thaii £ 1 , 000 per annum , and for his correspondence to Vlndcpcndance Beige , in which a letter from his pen appears every three weeks , he is paid yearly the sum of

£ 300 . Add to these a play , which he produces every year , and for which he receives about £ 250 . " The income , howeve , r , tho correspondent assures us , is as nothing compared to the revenue of successful dramatists , who make their £ 8 , 000 and £ 10 , 000 per annum .

Formerly , French authors were most wretchedly paid for their books . Their most lucrative patrons were the press and the theatre . It is said that M . de Lamartiue only received £ 50 from Didob for his " Meditations . " His " Song of Harold ' s Pilgrimage" realised about £ 800 , but now his income is some thousands per annum from

the French publishers , M . Thiers received £ 20 , 000 for his famous "History of the Consulate and Empire ;" Victor Hugo accepted the same sum from the Brussels ' publishers for his "Los Miserables , " whilst Michelet , will only publish with the Messrs . Hachetto on commission , preferring to keep the copyrights in his own hands ,

as is the custom with many of our English authors . It is believed that M . Michelet is the quly literary celebrity in Paris who adopts this course , although it was followed by Balzac , who united iu his person author , printer , and publisher , aud as might have been expected , finished his affairs in bankruptcy . —London Review .

CITY ME : S , —The sight , in truth , is rather disappointing to a stranger , who has heard of tho cares of wealth and the deceitfulness of riches . As he looks upon the men who go past him , the sight does not realise the conception of " city" life which he has formed from books or from his own imagining . He looks in vain for the

haggard look and careworn features which he has learnt ( very incorrectly ) to associate with city men , and especially with tho dealers in money . Overburdened , uo doubt , some of these men are occasionally—and iu whafc trade or profession is it otherwise ?—but on the whole , they wear a more lively and cheerful look than any other

set of business-men we have seen . They are intent on their work ; they have no time to stand and parley with you ; but they go about their business with liveliness and zest . You never hear the slow monotonies of depression ; their voices are quick and lively , and a laugh and a bit of badinage are seldom quite absent as they fly about in

search of information or in execution of commissions . They dress well , in a substantial style—and a gold chain across the waistcoat , or a flower in the button-hole , aro their favourite and not very conspicuous modes of personal decoration . Sometimes , indeed , you see the gaycoloured neck-scarf , buttoned- surtout , white waistcoat , and light gloves , familiar to you in Pall-Mall and Piccadilly , for even tho West-end swell now-a-days ventures