Prince Leopold And The Wiltshire Freemasons.

that Capitular Masonry in this jurisdiction was m a very healthy condition . M . E . Companion George E . Wagner having declined re-election , the choice of the Grand Chapter fell upon the following Companions : —Comp . Alfred R . Potter , of Jerusalem Chapter , No . 3 , was elected

M . E . Grand High Priest ; Comp . William C . Hamilton M . D ., of Harmony Chapter , No . 52 , M . E . Grand King ; Comp . Hibbert P . John , of Philadelphia Chapter , No . 169 , M . E . Grand Scribe ; Comp . Thos . R . Patton , of Oriental

Chapter , No . 183 , M . E . Grand Treasurer , ancl Comp . John Thomson , of Columbia Chapter , No . 91 , M . E . Grand Secretary . The installation of these officers is fixed for St . John ' s Day next .

The New York Square announces that at the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky , held at Louisville on the 20 th ult ., tho following Grand Officers were elected aud installed—namely , M . W . G . Master R . M . Fairleigh , Hopkinsvillc ; R . W . Deputy G . Master C . H .

Johnson , Henderson j H . W . G . S . Warden J . Rice ^ Louisa ; R . W . G . J . Warden Thomas S . Pettit , Owensboro '; R . W . G . Treasurer A . G . Hodges , Louisville ; and R . W . G . Secretary John M . Todd , Louisville . On . the same authority we announce that , at the Annual Communication oi the

Grand Lodge Illinois , at Chicago , on the 3 rd , 4 th , and 5 th ult ., Bros . Joseph Bobbins , Qnincy , was duly elected and installed M . W . Grand Master ; W . J . A . De Lancy ,

Centralia , Dep . Grand Master ; Henry E . Hamilton G . S . W ., and W . H . Scott , Troy , G . J . W . ; Archibald A . Glenn , Mt . Sterling , G . Treasurer ; and John F . Barrell , G . Secretary .

According ' to the Masonic Jewel for the present month , Bro . Charles A . Woodward , of Cleveland , has been reelected Grand Master of Ohio , and Bro . John D . Caldwell

of Cincinnati , Grand Secretary . The same excellent magazine contains , as its opening contribution , an admirably-written story , entitled , " Bertha Eberhard , or the Masons of Cologne . "

The Vale of Health Hotel , for some time unoccupied , has at last found a proprietor , in the person of Bro . Henry Braun . This hotel , situate at Hampstead Heath , is now open , and possesses every requirement for Lodge meetings , banquets , & c .

A Grand Lodge For New Zealand.

A GRAND LODGE FOR NEW ZEALAND .

WE are gratified to observe , from a paragraph published in a Wellington ( N . Z . ) paper , and reprinted by us last week , that the New Zealand Lodges seem inclined to take steps to obtain a Grand Lodge for New Zealand . The movement seems to be initiated by tho Lodges under the

Scotch Constitution , but there is every reason to hope that the English and Irish Lodges will join in the movement . It has long been patent that a Grand Lodge for the whole colony is a thing greatly to be desired . It is impossible that the Grand Lodge at home can exercise a proper

control over their numerous children at the Antipodes . The time which must necessarily elapse during the interchange of official communications renders prompt action impossible , and often makes nugatory the steps adopted by tho

Colonial Boards . Moreover , there are sometimes cases of conflict arising out of the varied interests of Lodges under different constitutions , which are very undesirable , but which cannot be got rid of so long as things remain in statu quo .

Our chief object m alluding to this matter , arises from our wish to see the English and Irish Lodges joining early in the movement . There are certain drawbacks , to use a mild term , about the Constitutions of Scotch Masonry , which have worked , and arc working , incalculable evils in

Scotland , which we should be very sorry to see perpetuated in the " Britain of the South . " It is , therefore , most important that , at the outset , all our New Zealand

brethren should join hand in hand to frame such constitution ? , as will tend to the upholding of the high character of the Order . Each day serves , only more and more , to convince thoughtful brethren that the strictest caution is

neces . sary in the admission of candidates . If ever Masonry stood in need of recruits , it certainly stands in no such condition to-day . We aro at liberty , more than ever , to pick and choose from those who aspire to a participation in our mysteries , and it is more than ever necessary that we should exercise a spirit of caution .

Are You A Mason?

ARE YOU A MASON ?

( From tho Masomc Jewel . ) AMID times like these it matters not what the answer is ; doubt and uncertainty are quite as sure to find an entry into one ' s thoughts with a positive , as well as with a negative reply . The surrounding must corroborate the answer ere the mind gains a temporary belief . Masonic travellers are as numerous as the showera of spring , and the ritualist reports every thing satisfactory upon an

examination . Masonic travellers and mere ritualists appear happily adapted to each other ; the ritualist finds his beau ideal of ritualistic brilliancy in many a Masonic mendicant or impostor . Masons who go into Masonry for corrupt purposes are determined to be informed in the ritual . Are they Masons ? Of course they are . Only try them , and bo astonished at what they know . Qnestion them . What

folly ! Aude , Vide , Tace . You are but a way station for them to stop at and take refreshments . They know your position and use you accordingly . Are you a Mason ? How stupid , if you know us , to ask such a question ! We lecture nearly all the candidates in our Lodge ; we go to other Lodges and lecture them . They call us bright . Who

doubts it , when we can say every word of the lectures ? Are yon a Mason ? Why do you ask ? We pay Lodge dues , attend Lodge meetings , never miss a Masonio procession , and if the Lodge is at labour we aro certain to aid in the work—if at actual refreshments we eat , drink , and make ourselves agreeable . But are you a Mason ? Have you not for years done many things

to disturb the peace and harmony of your Lodge ? How many unkind and unjust remarks have you made about members or Masons ? How many times have you been envious of your brother , because ha was higher or better informed than you were ? How many times have you slandered his good name ? How many times have you sought to place stumbling-blocks in his way , and drag every one

down to your own level ? Are you in office ? The more shame for you . Are you a light in the Masonic firmament ? Then look well to yonr ways . Charity is a rarity in a Masonic Lodge— not the charity that contributes dollars and cents , but that charity that is kind , that envieth not , is not puffed up , is not easily provoked , and thinketh no evil .

Masonry and charity are sisters . The first , to be true to its calling , must have not only intelligence and learning , bat it must also possess the accomplishments of the latter . Learning nor rituala will ever make a man a Mason without charity ; and charity will always find a i-oliable guide in following where true Masonry leads . Reader , ask yourself— ARE you A MASON ?

Masonic Secrecy.

MASONIC SECRECY .

11 HE secrecy of Masonry is its only sybil-voice proclaiming : Procul 0 - procule ente profani . It is only tbe secrecy of the lawyer to his client ; of the minister to his penitent ; of tho physician to his patient ; or of friend to friend . This trustworthy confidence is the glory of man ; scandal dies like an echo on the * shore where the tongue is bridled by truth ancl honour . " Where there is no tale-bearer the strife ceaseth . " Wrench from the heart of a Mason tho secret of hia

brother : ancl from the same heart you may blot out the image of his God , tho vows made to a fond and confiding wife , or the duty he owes to his children , to country and to home . The betrayer of secrets is a JIOIIAL RENEGADE too foul for tho atmosphere of honour , he is the JUDAS of friendship ancl the ASSASSIN of character . Nor never need an honest open-hearted Mason fear that the better

part of creation will urge against his Order to its detriment the circumstance that the ladies are not admitted into membership among Free ancl Accepted Masons . Lot him tell , what is the fact , that Minerva the Goddess of WISDOM prasides in tlie Mason ' s Lodge , in which she would have indeed but a divided empire if the goddess of BEAUTY . were admitted along with hsr . We surely could not trust Venus and

Minerva together in our Lodges , lest we should become too much distracted with the blandishments of Beauty to hear all the severer teachings of Wisdom . But it will be high time to attempt a laboured defence of this Masonic usage when a lady shall complain of it , or when she shall refuse making a secret-keeping Mason the lord of her affections : pillowing on her pare heart , both the unlocked casket and

tho secret which it contains . Ah , could she make him a renegade to honour , how would she loathe him . How unsafe in such hands and in such keeping would she consider her own fame , and those gems of affection which woman never gives save to the trasty , the brave , the unconquerable , the inflexible in purpose . There is a sublime secret connected with every thing that is

vainablo . Says the great light of Masonry , tho Bible , " the secret of tho Lord is with them that fear him . " There is a secret in each profossion of life , in every science , in every beautiful art . There is a secret in love , au ontspoken language that sometimes glances from tho eye , but which is of ' tencr hid by virgin modesty until the heart becomes an urn cf suffering in which tho fires of hidden attachment

crimson tho incense of tho affections . There is a secret in haste , whispered only to the moon as its pale cold eye gleams on the assassin's dagger . There are secrets everywhere in nature , from the pedestal to the capital of the pillar of tho universe over which the mysterious eye of Omniscience burns with its secret meaning . —H . W . in " Masonic Record . "

The Fifteen Sections will be worked at the Hi ghgate Lodge of Instruction , No . 1366 , Bull and Gate Tavern , Kentish Town , on Thursday , 30 th Nov . 1876 . Chair to be taken at 7 o ' clock precisely , by Bro . J . N . Frost P . M 228 , 704 , 865 , P . Z , 753 , Preceptor .