Rome's Conflict With Freemasonry.

venticlea , under the Penalty of all that act contrary thereto incurring Excommunication -j'so facto , without any other Declaration ; from which no one can obtain the Benefit of Absolution from any other bufc us , or the Roman Pontiff for tho Timo being , excep t , at the Point of Death . Wo will

moreover command , That as woll Bishops nnd superior prelates , and other Ordinaries of particular Places , as tlie Inquisitors of heretical Praviry universally deputed , of what State , Degree , Condition , Order , Dignity , or Preeminence soever , proceed and inquire , restrain and coerce

the same as vehemently suspected of Heresy , with condign Punishment : For to them ancl Each of them , wo hereby rrivo and impart free Power of proceeding , inquiring against , and of correcting and restraining with condign Punish . wonts tho same Transgressors , aud of calling in , if

it shall be necessary , tho Help of tho Secular Arm : And we will that printed Copies of tue . ' -e Presents , signed by some Notary Publick , ancl confirmed by tho Seal of some person of Ecclesiastical Dignity , shall be of the same authority as original Letters would bo , if they were shewn

and " exhibited . Let no one therefore infringe , or by rash Attempt contradict this Page of our Declaration , Damnation , Command , Prohibition , and Interdict : Bnfc if any one shall presume to attempt this , let him know that he will incur the Indignation of Almighty God , and of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul .

Dated from Rome at St . Mary ' s the Greater , in the Year of the Incarnation of our Lord 1738 , the 4 th of the Calends of May ( 28 th of April , N . S . ) , in tho 8 th of our Pontificate .

A . Card , Vice-Datary . 0 . Amatus , Vice . Secretary . Visa de Curia N . Antonellua . Tho Place + of the Leaden-Seal I . B . Engenins .

Registered in the Secretary of the Briefs Office , $ 'c . In the above-mentioned Day , Month , and Year , the said Condemnation was fixed and published at the Gates of the Palace of the Sacred Office of the Prince of the Apostles , and in other usual and accustomed Places of the City , by me Peter Romolatius Cursitor of the most Holy Inquisition . ( To be continued . )

Scotland.

SCOTLAND .

— : o : — MEETING AT STRICHEN .

THE annual mooting of the Aberdeenshire East Province was held at Strichon , on Wednesday , tho 2 tth ult ., tho R . W . tho Provincial Grand Master Brother Boyd presiding . Bros . Colonel Skene of Lethenty Depute P . G . M ., aud C . J . Gordon of Cairness

Substitute P . G . M ., were also present , aa were Bros . Lord Saltoun P . G . Master Aberdeen City Province and P . M . of Solomon Lodge , Crombie Depute P . G . M . Aberdeen Province , Byres Bazaar Secretary , and Palmer St . Machar . There woro over 70 brethren from tho

various Lodges in the Province present . The R . W . Provincial Master , in the course of his opening remarks , congratulated the Frazor Lodgo on the acquisition of such a spacious hall on so favourable terms , thanks to the generosity of the Secretary of the Lodge ,

nrother G . M . Chalmers . lie referred in feeling terms to the lamented death of one of the Chaplains—Rev . Thomas Rogers , Fraserburgh , and intimated that he had issued a commission in favour of Brother the Rev . R . Goodwille . He also issned

commissions in favour of Brother Davidson R . W . M . St . Andrew ' s Lodge , New Pitsligo , as S . W ., and John Stewart R . W . M . Fraser Lodge , Strichen , as J . W . The meeting was addressed by Bro . Lord Saltoun and Bros . Crombie and Byres , Aberdeen , on behalf of the forth , coming bazaar to be held in Aberdeen , and reports were given in as to the progress of the work within the Province . By the vote of

anout three-fourths of the meeting ifc waa agreed to accept the offer ° f the Aberdeen committee to assign a stall for Aberdeenshire East , ¦ tod it was left with each Lodge to nominate one lady and assistants to take charge of the stall . A petition was read from the Officebearers of Fraser Lodge , to havo their new Lodge-Room consecrated .

* ne room is 33 feet long by 20 feet wide , and the ante-room 20 J- feet 11 % feet . Both rooms are elegantly furnished , and will provide a Tth ' . ! " abode " for the Eraser Lodge in future . The prayer 0 the petition was granted , and the consecration ceremony proceeded

™« n . uro . Rev . R , Goodwillie discharged the duties of P . G . Chaplain , ro - H . Dimmer acting as Organist . Bro . Goodwillie delivered a address on the nature and objects of Masonry . At the close of Me ceremony , the Prov . G . M . wished the Fraser Lodge every Prosperity in their new rooms . The following elective

Offioe-. a were then appointed and obligated so far as they were prent : —Bros . J . Hird ( Peterhead ) Treasurer , W . Park ( Strichen ) ( p ' Deacon , G . M . Chalmers ( Strichen ) Junior Deacon , W . Stuart U-eterhead ) Architect , W . B . Wyness ( Strichen ) Jeweller , Jas . Gauld C 6 W Pltsli go ) Bible Bearer , John Stuart ( Peterhead ) Director of ( Ppt mf-ni 08 ' W . Remiie ( Fraserburgh ) Sword Bearer , H . Dimmer Bear m ^ Sector of Music , Thomas Auld ( Strichen ) Standard urer , Thomas Woodman ( Strichen ) Steward , Dryden ( Peterhead )

Scotland.

I . G ., R . Christie ( Peterhead ) Tyler . The R . W . the P . G . M . proposed tho following motion : — " That it bo remitted to tho R . W . the Substitute P . G . Master , with tho assistance of the R . W . tho Masters of tho Lodges in the Province , to inquire and report whether tho benefits provided by tho Friendly Society called ' Tho Keith Lodfre , Peterhead , ' can bo mado available to brethren in tho Province who

may apply for admission as members of it , and if so , on what term . u , with power to enter into communuwition with the members or Office-Bearers of the Society on the snbject , and with all other necessary power ? . " He stated thafc he , us ono of the three remaining trustees of tho fund , was perfectly willing that the charter and the whole of ol \ e documents connected with the constitution of the Society shonld he examined with a view to seeini ? whether the benefits inherent in

tho membership of the Society conld not be extended to all Freemasons in Aberdeenshire East . After considerable discussion , tho Worshipfnl Substitute Master undertook tho office , suggesting , however , that in an intricate question , such as the charter of the Society

apparently was , it would bo advisable to havo the best legal advice before nny definite stop was taken in tho direction of altering the destiny of the funds . Tho Lodge was then closed , and the brethren partook of refreshments in the Town-Hall , which wore purveyed by Brother Morrico , of the Freemasons' Inn .

Grand Encampment Of The Temple, In Scotland.

GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF THE TEMPLE , IN SCOTLAND .

rPHE annual meeting of tho Grand Encampment of the Temple in - *¦ Scotland , to celebrate the festival of the Holy Cross , and elect Officers for the ensuing year , was held iu tho Star Mason Hall , 12 Trongate , Glasgow , on Saturday , the 20 th ult ., attended by a full representation of the subordinate Encampments . The Grand Encampment was opened in ample form by Major John Crombie

M . E . G . M . The minutes of last Grand Encampment having been read and approved , the M . E . G . M . delivered his annual address , which was received with hearty approbation , and ordered to be printed and distributed in tho subordinate Encampments . The reports of tho various Grand Committees wero received and accepted , and a

Subcommittee , consisting of Fraters M . M'B . Thomson , of Ayr ; Samuel Ross , Newmilns ; John R . Jarvio , Cambuslang ; and John Liddell , Glasgow , wan appointed to meet aud confer with the committee appointed by the Supreme Grand Royal Aroh Chapter as to the union of * the two bodies upon tho Royal Arch degrees , and report at next

Grand Encampment . Fraters Major Peter Spence , Adam Nish , James Douglas , and John Gibson , of Airdrie Encampment , were elected Knights Grand Cross . Tho Grand Encampment expressed their sorrow and regrot for the death of Frater David Kay , of the Ayr Encampment , und ordered that au extract of tho minute be sent by

the Grand Recorder to the family of the deceased Frater . The following Fraters wore then elected Officers of Grand Encampment for the ensuing year : —Major John Crombie Most Eminent Grand Master , Matthew M'B . Thomson Grand Representative , Samuel Ross Depute Grand Master , Thomas Y . Loitch Grand Marshal , John R .

Jarvie Captain-General , Adam Nish Central Captain , Robert M'Kelvio Grand Recorder , William Young Grand Treasurer , John Jamieson Prelate , Robert M'Lay Captain of Blue , Charles M'Andrew Captain of Red , James Gold Captain of Black , James Andrew Grand Jeweller , Alexander H . Martin Bearer of Vexillum Belli , John Gibson Sword

Bearer , James Jack Standard Bearer , James Douglas Conductor , John Liddell Receiver , William Kay and Philip Murray Ushers , John Ferguson Herald , Andrew M'Lelland Sentinel . After the transaction of routine business , tho Grand Encampment was closed in ample form by tho M . E . G . M .

Overtures have boon mado by a body styling itself the Early Grand Chapter of Scotland , proposing a basis of union between that body and the Supreme Grand Chapter . A committee having been appointed to confer , there may thereafter be some report on tho subject . St . John ( 3 bis ) was tho first Lodge which wrought the Mark degree as a part of St . John ' s Masonry . They were

interdicted by tho P . G . L ., and an appeal having been made to tho Grand Lodge , St . John ( 3 bis ) proved that the Mark was the completing part of the second degree . Tho Mark thus came to be wrought in Lodge as well as Chapter , and an agreement was made between the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter of Scotland that these Grand bodies " shall adopt the same ritual in conferring the degree . "

Is then , tho motion to be brought up at the meeting of Supreme Grand Chapter competent without the Grand Lodge being first consulted?— "That certain words be deleted from Mark instructions . " The Mark degree was introduced into England with a charter granted by a subordinate Chapter meeting in Aberdeen , named Bon Accord , and from that small beginning has developed the

present Grand Mark Lodge of England . The following communication , dated 1877 , and emanating from the office of the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters , London , may bo of interest . The letter is addressed to Bro . Thomas M . Campbell P . M . 408 ( his son is tho present R . W . M . of 408 ) , and signed by Bro . Frederick Binckes , the then Grand Secretary : — " Oar Lodges receive as visitors all brethren duly advanced as Mark Master Masons under any legal and recognised

jurisdiction holding rule over tho Mark degree . The Grand Lodge of Scotland is a body which recognises the Mark degree as a portion of ancient and universal Masonry . The Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland does the same . Therefore , in our Lodges , brethren or companions hailing from either , and producing the regular diploma , and proving themselves to be Mark Master Masons , are , as a matter of courtesy , received as visitors under our jurisdiction . " —Glasgow Evening News .

Birth.

BIRTH .

EVERITT . —At Church End Finchley , on the 25 th ult ., the wife of Bro . Prank C . EVEBHI , of a Daughter .