[Our correspondent should consult _The Odd Fellows Magazine_, New Series, published Quarterly by order of the Grand Master and Board of Directors of the Manchester Unity of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. We have only seen vols. i. to vii., which appeared between 1828 and 1842. Perhaps some of our readers may wish to know what is an Odd Fellow. Take the following description of one as given in vol. iv. p. 287.: "He is like a fox for cunning; a dove for tameness; a lamb for innocence; a lion for boldness; a bee for industry; and a sheep for usefulness. This is an Odd Fellow according to Odd Fellowship."] _Governor-General of India._--Will some of your learned readers be good enough to inform me upon what authority the present Governor-General of India is styled, in all official notices, "The Most Noble?" I have always understood the style of a Marquis to be "Most Honorable." NOVICE. [Official notices from public departments are frequently incorrect in reference to the styles of persons. The style of a Marquis is only _Most Honorable_, that of Duke _Most Noble_.] _Precedence._--Supposing an earl's daughter marries a commoner, do her children by him take precedence as the earl's grandchildren? SNOB. [The children take only the precedence derived from their _paternal_ status.] * * * * * Replies. MARMORTINTO, OR SAND-PAINTING. (Vol. ix., p. 217.) Mr. Haas, a native of Bibrach, in Germany, was accustomed to lay claim to the invention of sand-painting; and would often with a little pride repeat to his friends the way in which it was first suggested to his mind. Simply this:--Once, while he was engaged ornamenting a plateau with an elaborate and rich design, King George III. entered the apartment; and after having regarded the design and _modum operandi_ for some considerable time in silence, exclaimed, in an impatient manner, as if vexed that so much beauty should be so short-lived: "Haas! Haas! you ought to fasten it." From that moment, the artist turned his ingenuity to the subject: and how successfully, his pictures show.