" Fools Hate Knowledge."

neither of which have thoy been successful in obtaining as yet , neither will they , if Masons prove true to themselves , and by the uprightness of their own conduct before tbe world and their God say , » Get thou behind me , Satan . " We have more to fear from our own acts than from tho acts of the antis who are not slow in picking np every one of our faults and

, ¦ maTiifying them until they appear a thousand times larger than tbey are . Let ns remember to keep our conduct , in all respects , " as an emblem of innocence , unspotted by the world . " If the term , " Fools hate knowledge , " is too terse to be applied to the antis , let them by their own acts give us no occasion to use it ,

but seek knowledge . Drive off the cloud of ignorance and the bright sun of Masonry will dazzle your befogged brain by its brilliancy , and to you who have had the patience to read this through , ever bear in mind that » Fools hate hiowledge "

The Late Bro. T. Douglas Harington P.G. Master, Canada.

THE LATE BRO . T . DOUGLAS HARINGTON P . G . MASTER , CANADA .

THE Grand Lodge of Canada , by the death of one of its greatest luminaries , in the person of Bro . T . D . Harington Past Grand Master , sustains a loss which ifc will be difficult to replace , and for this reason as well as because our late Brother belonged to Lodges ancl Chapters which were once or still are connected with onr Grand

Lodge and Grand Chapter , we offer our deep sympathies to the brethren of the Dominion . We learn from he Canadian , Craftsman that Bro . Harington was born at Windsor , England , in 1808 . Having served first as a midshipman in the Royal Navy and then as an officer in the Bast India

Company s merchant service , he settled in Canada in 1832 , where he entered the Civil Service of the Crown , and having attained the office of Deputy Receiver-General , retired four years since at the ripe age of seventy , after an honourable career extending over six and forty years . In

the rebellion of 1837-8 he served with the Queen ' s Rangers and subsequently received a commission as colonel unattached of militia . What , however , concerns us most is his Masonic career , which was both a long and honourable one . He was initiated in 1843 in the Duke of Leinster

Lodge , No . 283 , Kingston , Ont . ( Irish Constitution ) . In July 1844 he joined the St . George's Lodge ( E . C . ) No . 643—now No . 440—Montreal . He was exalted to the R . A . Degree in 1845 in Victoria Chapter , Montreal

attached to St . Geoi'ge ' s Lodge , and shortly afterwards was chosen W . M . of the latter , to which position he was reelected annually till 1848 or 1849 . In 1851 St . John ' s Lodge , No . 214 , Quebec ( English Constitution ) , but now on the roll of Quebec , elected him W . M ., and he

was re-elected thrice to the same office . In 1847 he was installed Z . of the Victoria Chapter , Montreal , and remained as such till his removal to Quebec . In 1854 he became a Knight Templar and Knight of Malta in the Hugh de Payen Encampment , Kingston , and in 1855 was

chosen Em . Commander of fche Quebec Encampment . After filling the office of Provincial Grand Secretary and Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Montreal , he was in 1852 appointed Provincial Grand Master ( E . C . ) Quebec , and four davs later its Prov . Grand Superintendent

& . A .. Masonry , while on the 1 st August of the same year he received his patent as Prov . G . Master Scotch Const . ; out he resigned all these appointments in 1858 , and joined the Grand Lodge of Canada . In 1860-4 he was Grand Master of that Grand Lodge , and in 1880 he had honorary

membershi p and Past Grand Master ' s rank conferred upon ami by Quebec . In 1859 he was elected , and remained jor many years Grand Z . of Grand Chapter of Canada , -tie had likewise distinguished himself in Cryptic Masonry and attained Grand Honours in Temr-lar and Red Cross

Jiasonry . He was likewise M . P . Sov . Grand Commander supreme Council 33 ° A . ancl A . Rite , and Senior Substitute Jvla gus and President of the High Council of the Rosiwncian Society of Canada . Thus Bro . Harington , having eceived the hisrhest distinctions in nearlv evo . rv hvn . noh n-f

soury , has . length passed away in the fulness of hi' w * en ;! ' ^ e Iove anc ^ res P ° t of all "who knew m . Vve are g j a jj £ Q aya -j ourse | ves 0 f t ^ - g opportunity paying our slight tribute to the memory of one who had them maDy . distin guished ancl difficult positions and all of J

t V a "W ' Wi ' uesim , ? . < ? ° ' H Merchant ( Experts and Valuers ) . Well fermented ami "Mured Spirits . 2 Albert Mansions , Victoria-street , London , S . W .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

. 4 ^ Letters must bear the name and address of the Writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Cor . respondents . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .

GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION AND NEW SOUTH WALES .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEMI SIR AND BROTHER , —With reference to your article on this subject , and for the purpose of showing to what lengths certain—let me hope , unauthorised—persons will go in order to assist in compass . ing the objectionable ends of a certain self-constituted Grand Lodge ,

I think it well the attention of your readers should be called to a communication recently made by Bro . W . J . Hughan to your contemporary the Freemason . Ifc appears that in an article of his , whioh originally appeared in the Voice of Masonry , in January of this year , nnd was reproduced in the aforesaid London Freemason , there occurred the following passage on the question of Grand Lodge Recognition : —

My impression is , that when a Grand Lodge has been formed for several years , and has snch a fine future before it of usefulness and prosperity , as the Grand Lodge of Quebec , that all subordinate Lodges would do well to pin ifc , and heartily and invitedly ' fall into

line , according to the prayer of onr good Bro . Dr . Graham , the esteemed and learned Grand Master of thafc energetic body . Of conrse , if they wish to continue under their parent Grand Lodge , — well , let them . Why not ? They have the Masonio right so to do , and any way , so far as we can judge , it is bufc a question of time . "

Tho Sydney Freemason , it seems , which , I believe , is the organ of the pseudo Grand Lodge of New South Wales , in quoting thia passage , omits the important words , " Of course , if they wish to continue under their present Grand Lodge , ivell let them . Why not ? They have the Masonic ri ght so to do , " this limitation being , of necessity , a principal feature in Bro . Hughan ' s argument . As fche

same journal in expressing its approval of Bro . Hughan's opinions , as thus distorted , and as in thafc approval it regrets its inability to " give it in its entirety , " the omission , if not purposely made , ought not to have escaped observation . The editor could hardly have expressed his regret at being unable to quote ifc bodily , if he had nofc had it bodily before him and read ib . Bufc if it never passed into

his hands , and was dealt with by one of his stafl " , I do not see how he can escape tbe onus of blame which so flagrant a distortion of Bro . Hughnn's article involves . Bro . Hughan having criticised this , ' goes on to point out thafc hia " article in the Voice of Masonry for January this year is quite in antagonism to the claims of this New South Wales organisation , as

I seek to promote the only fair basis ( as it appears to me ) on whioh new Grand Lodges can be established , either in our Colonies or elseivhere . " This "fair basis" so fully supports your article of lasfc week in certain points , that I do not think I can do better than give it in his own words . Ifc rests ou the following conditions , namely : —

" 1 . A majority of the Lodges and members must agree to the formation of a Grand Lodge in their state , province , territory , or country . " 2 . The minority objecting , to be entitled to the privileges they bad enjoyed previously . " 3 . On the formation of the new Grand Lodge , no new Warrants

to be granted by any other Grand Lodge . " 4 . Recognition by other Grand Lodges to be subject to these conditions . " 5 . The new Grand Lodge only to bo sovereign , when all the subordinate Lodges have joined , then to have exclusive jurisdic . tion . "

And he adds : — " I submit thafc this suggested platform , whilst ifc directly favours and upholds the legality of such Grand Lodges as Canada , Quebec , Nova Scotia , & c , entirely refuses the claim of New South Wales , which has been so ably answered by our Grand Registrar before the Grand Lodge of England . "

I think your readers , like the London Freemason , will be afc a loss for words to express their detestation of a proceeding so " unworthy and nn-Masonic " as thafc adopted by the Sydney Freemason in behalf of the so-called Grand Lodge of New South Wales . Fraternally yours , Q * London , 22 ud May 188 * 2 .

" HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE . "

To the Editor of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . DEAR Sin ANU BROTHER , —While I readily allow there is a good deal to say in behalf of " 609 ' s " opinion—at least , from his point of view—I submit , with all deference , that ifc will be a bad day for Masonry when the possession of considerable means is taken as the

principal guide in promoting brethren to office in Grand Lodge and Provincial Grand Lodges—for thafc is what his proposition amounts to . Ho says : " I cannot but think that those who , by their liberality and energy , prove themselves the main support of Freemasonry should be rewarded accordingly "—a mosfc reasonable proposition so far . But his illustration of the mauuer iu which those rewards might be con-