Original Correspondence.

move all unpleasantness , by answering the question fairly and straightforwardly—did he or did he not communicate with the General , and did the General refuse to allow the military brethren to walk in the procession ? Perhaps if Colonel Elliott is informed that he has the credit of

having himself excluded the brethren , he will give the explanation more readily . Will he also explain why it was that they were positively refused entree into the hall , after a distinct understanding that they should be admitted on presenting themselves at the doors . Look at the matter as

we will , in the absence of any satisfactory explanation , I fear only one conclusion can be come to , viz ., that from the very first there was a determination to exclude our military brothers from all part in the demonstration .

Since writing the above I have seen the letters from Bro . Col . Elliot and J . E . Curteis , and they certainly are rather remarkable productions . In a previous communication , Bro . Hughan made an appeal to Colonel Elliott to clear up the matter by stating to whom he made his

application , and what the result of it was . What followed ? Why , protestations from several correspondents , Col . Elliott included , that , as a soldier , the gallant Colonel was prohibited by - the Queen ' s Regulations from making known what had transpired . Under these

circumstances no one , of course , had any right to expect Col . Elliott to commit a breach of discipline , and he was justified , supposing that there had been any communication between him and the General , in refusing to make it known .

The defence in such a case , made by himself , and by his friends on his behalf , was a good one , but after all these anxious efforts to shelter him behind the Queen ' s Regulations , it is now proved by Bro . Col . Elliott ' s own admission , that under no circumstances whatever could he

have been guilty of the slightest violation of military law , simply because there was positively nothing to reveal . He made no application to the General , and , therefore , received no refusal . These are his own words . But this is not all .

In his great desire to act as the champion of Colonel Elliott , Bro . Curteis , as it appears to me , has tumbled headlong into a pit of his own digging . When individuals undertake to stand by each other in a difficulty they should take care to be agreed as to the facts , and to make

themselves correctly acquainted with the circumstances of the case . I fear Bro , Curteis has overlooked this . Bro . Hughan has informed us that the Committee left the military part of the programme to Col . Elliott , but Bro . Curteis has the hardihood to do that which Bro . Elliott does

not himself venture to do , viz ., to take exception to Bro . Hughan ' s statement . Again , Colonel Elliott , replying to Bro . Hughan , says he made no application to the General , and could not , therefore , have been met with a negative . It is not pretended that anyone else went to the

General , and yet Mr . Curteis , above all others , happens to know that the General" had an idea in his head " that the Masonic procession came under the Queen ' s Regulations . It is unpleasant to say so , but I cannot help thinking that the wish was father to the thought . Why

should the General go out of his way to volunteer an opinion upon a matter on which he was never consulted ? Perhaps Bro . Curteis , who is so anxious for the truth , will explain these inconsistencies , and endeavour to extricate himself from the " maze " into which he has so unwittingly walked . I am afraid I cannot help him .

But apart from this , we may now take it as an admitted fact that the General was not asked at all for his permission to allow the military brethren to walk in the procession , and I think you will agree with me , sir , that the sin of omission is quite as great as the , at first supposed , sin ol commission .

Believe me to be . Dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , C . M . 1205 .

The Constitution of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Masters Masons for Sussex , and the installation of Sir John Cordy Burrows as Provincial Grand Master of that county will take place at the Old Ship Hotel , Brighton , on Friday , 33 rd October .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS .

For the Week ending Friday , October 9 , 1874 . The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Secretaries of Craft Lodges , Royal Arch Chapters , Mark Lodges , Preceptories , Conclaves , & c , of any change in place or time of meeting .

Saturday , October 3 . General Committee Boys' School , at 4 . Manchester Lodge of Instruction ( 179 ) , Yorkshire Grey , 77 , London-street , Fitzroy-square , at 8 ; Bro . H . Ash , Preceptor . Lily Lodge of Instruction ( S 20 ) , Greyhound Hotel , Richmond , Surrey . Star Lodge of Instruction ( 1275 ) , Marquis of Granby , New Cross-road , at 7 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , Preceptor .

Monday , October 5 . Lodge 25 , Robert Burns , Freemasons' Hall . „ 69 , Unity , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street . „ 144 , St . Luke's , Mason ' s Hall , Mason ' s Avenue , Basinghall-street . „ 188 , Joppa , Albion Tavern , Aldersgate-street .

Chap . 28 , Old King ' s Arms , Freemasons' Hall . „ 1056 , Victoria , Masons' Hall , Masons' Arms , Bassinghall-strcet . Prince Leopold Lodge of Instruction ( 1445 ) , Lord Stanley Tavern , Sandringham-road , Kingsland , at 7 ; Bro . T . Austin , Preceptor .

Strong Man Lodge of Instructiou ( 45 ) , Old Jerusalem Tavern , St . John ' s-gate , Clerkenwell , at 8 ; Bro . Beckett , Preceptor . Sincerity Lodge of Instruction ( 174 ) , Railway Tavern Fenchurch-street Station , at 7 . Camden Lodge of Instruction ( 704 ) , Adelaide Tavern , Haverstock-hill , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor .

Eastern Star Lodge of Instruction ( 95 ) , Royal Hotel , Mileend-road , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . E . Gottheil , Preceptor . British Oak Lodge of Instruction ( 813 ) , Bank of Friendship Tavern , Mile-end , at 7 for 8 . St . James ' s Union Lodge of Instruction d 8 o ) , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street ( opposite the Pantheon ) , Oxford-street , at 8 ; Bro . J . R . Stacey , Preceptor .

Wellington Lodge of Instruction , White Swan Tavern , Deptford , at 8 ; Bro . C . G . Dilley , P . M . 1155 , Preceptor . West Kent Lodge of Improvement ( 1297 ) , St . Saviour ' s College , Stansted-road , Forest-hill , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor . Metropolitan Mark Lodge of Instruction , Coach and Horses Hotel , 343 , Strand , at 8 .

Tuesday , October 0 . Colonial Board , at 3 , Lodge 7 , Royal Oak , Lodge of Perseverance , Freemasons' Hall . „ 101 . Temple , Shi ]) and Turtle , Leadenhall street .

,, 172 , Old Concord , Freemasons' HaU . „ 217 , Stability , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . 1 , 7 5 , St . James ' s , Bridge House Hotel , Lcndonbridge . ,. 1257 , Grosvenor , Caledonian Hotel , Adelphi . 1259 , Duke ol Edinburgh , Cape ol Good Hope

Tavern , Commercial-road , E . „ 1298 , Royal Standard , Marquess Tavern , Canonbury . 1 5 , Harrow , Railway Tavern , Harrow .

„ 1381 , Kennington , Surrey Tavern , Kennington-oval . „ 1412 , La Iberia , Hill-road , St . John ' s Wood . Chap . 169 , Temperance , White Swan Tavern , Deptford . Yarhorough Lodge of Instruction ( 554 ) , Green Dragon , Stepney , at 8 ; Bro . Barnes , P . M ., Preceptor . Domatic Lodge of Instruction , Palmcrston Tavern , Grosvenor-park , Camberwell , at 8 ; Bro . Larlham ,

Preceptor . Faith Lodgeof Instruction ( 141 ) , Refreshment Rooms , Victoria-st ., ( opposite Westminster Palace Hotel ) , at 8 ; Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , Preceptor . Prince Fredk . William Lodge of Instruction ( 753 ; , Lord ' s Hotel , Lord ' s Cricket Ground , St . John ' s-wood , at 8 ; Bro . F . G . Baker , Preceptor .

Dalhousie Ludge of Instruction ( 860 ) , King Edward , Triangle , Hackney , at 7 . 30 ; Bro . Crawley , Preceptor . Frospcaty Lodge of Instruction ( 65 ) , Gladstone Tavern , Bishops ^ ate-st ., Within , at 7 . 30 j Bro . Bolton , W . M . 1227 , l ' , cceptor . St . Marylebone U * dge of Instruction ( 130 *;) , British Stores Tavern , New-street , St . John ' s Wood , at 8 ; Bro . T .

A . Adinu , Preceptor . Constitutional Lodge of Instruction ( 55 ) , Wheatsheaf Hotel , Hand-couit , Holborn , at 7 j Bro . J . R . Stacey P . M . 180 , Preceptor . Percy Lodge of Instruction , Grapes Tavern , Little Windmill-street , W . Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange ,

Greenwich , at 8 ; Bro . J . Robt . Nash , Preceptor . Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern , Globe-road , at 7 . 30 . Wednesday , October 7 . Lodge gn , Zetland , Anderion ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . ,, 1491 , Athena ; um , Camden-road , Holloway . New Concord Lodge of Instruction , Rosemary Branch Tavern , Hoxton , at 8 .

Royal Union Lodge of Instruction , Horse and Groom Tavern , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 * , Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Confidence Lodgeof Instiuction , White Hart Tavern , Abchurch-lar . c , at 7 . 30 . Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms , Park-road , Peckham , at 8 * , Bro . David Rose , Preceptor . Temperance in the East Lodge of Instruction , George the Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar .

Metropolitan Masonic Meetings.

Stanhope Lodge of Instruction , Thicket Hotel , Anerley , a 7 . 30 p . m . ; Bro . H . W . Lindus , Preceptor . Finsbury Park Lodge of Instruction ( 1288 ) , Finsbury Park Tavern , Seven Sisters ' -road , N .. at 8 . Bro . P . Dickinson . Acting Preceptor . United Strength Lodge of Instruction ( 228 ) , the Grafton

Arms , Prince of Wales's-road , Kentish-town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . Southwark Lodgeof Instruction , ( 879 ) , Southwark Park Tavern , Southwark Park , at 8 ; Bro . Charles William Kent , Preceptor . Dalston Lodge of Instruction ( 975 ) , Havelock Tavern Albion-road , Dalston , at 8 .

I hursday , October 8 . Lodge 206 , Friendship , Ship and Turtle Tavern , Leadenhall-street . „ 860 , Dalhousie , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . „ 8 79 , Southwark , Southwark Park Tavern , Southwarlc-park . „ 107 G , Capper , Marine Hotel , Pier Dock , West Ham .

„ 1216 , MacDonald , Head Quarters 1 st Surrey Volunteer Corps , Floddcn-road , Camberwell . Chap . 73 , Mount Lebanon , Bridge 1 louse Hotel , London Bi idge . „ 140 , St . George ' s , Globe Tavern , Royal-hill , Greenwich . „ 6 37 , Canonbury , Masons' HaU , Masons' Avenue ,

Basinghall-street . Fidelity Lodge of Instruction ( 3 ) , Yorkshire Grey , Londonst ., Tottenham Court-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . A . Adams , Preceptor . Finsbury Lodge of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern , Bath-street , City-road ; Bro . Stean , Preceptor . United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes ,

Mile-end-road , at 8 ; Bro . T . J . Barnes , Preceptor . Whittington Lodge of Instruction ( 862 ) , Crown Tavern , Holborn , at 8 j Bro . Lewis Alexander , P . M . 188 , Preceptor . Doric Chapter of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern ,

Mileend-road , at 8 ; Comp . 1 . j . Barnes , Preceptor . Ebury Lodge of Instruction , Bro . Palmer ' s , 12 , Ponsonbyst ., Millbank . Highgate Lodge of Instruction ( 1366 ) , Bull and Gate , Kentish-town , at 8 ; Bro . J . N . Frost , Preceptor . The Great City Lodge ol Instruction ( 1426 ) , in , Cheapside , at O . 30 .

Friday , October 9 . * Lodge 177 , Domatic , Anderton ' s Hotel , Fleet-street . ., 1 4 , Earl Spencer , Freemasons' Hotel , New Wandsworth . Chap . 33 , Britannic , Freemasons' Tavern . K . T . Preceptory , D , Mount Calvary , London Tavern , Bishopsgate-street .

St . Georges Lodge of Instruction ( 140 ) , Globe Tavern , Royal-hill , Greenwich . Robert Burns Lodge of Instruction , Union Tavern , Air-st ., Regent-st ., at 8 . Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , ( 749 ) 1 Lyceum Tavern , 354 , Strand , at 8 ; Bro . Pulsford , Preceptor .

Panmure Lodge of Instruction ( 720 ) , Balham Hotel , Balham , at 7 . 30 . Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M . M . ' s , Freemasons' Hall , a 7 . Temperance Lodge of Instruction , Victoria Tavern , Victoria-road , Deptford , at 8 . Clapton Lodge of Instruction ( 1365 ) , White Hart , Clapton ,

at 7 . 30 j Bro . James Brett , P . G . P ., & e ., Preceptor . Royal Standard Lodge of Instruction ( 129 S ) , the Castle Tavern , Holloway , at 8 j Bro . W . F . Rogers , Precep . Pythagorean Chapter of Instruction ( 79 ) , Prince of Orange , Greenwich-road , at 8 j Comp . VV . West Smith , Preceptor . Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , Portugal Hotel ,

Fleetstreet , at 7 ; Bro . Stacey , P . M . 180 , Preceptor . Westbourne Lodgeof Instruction ( 733 ) , Horse and Groom , Winsley-street , Oxford-street , at 8 . United Pilgrims Lodge of Instruction , Antelope Tavern , Lorn-road , Brixton , at 7 . St . James ' s Lodge of Instruction , New Tanners' Arms , Grange-road , Bermondsey , at 8 ; Bro . Howes , P . M .,

Preceptor . Duke of Edinburgh Lodge of Instruction , Silver Lion , Penny-fields , Poplar , at 7 ; Bro . D . S . Potts , Preceptor . Doric Lodge of Instiuction , Three Cranes Tavern , Mileend-road , at 8 . Burgoyne Lodge of Instruction , Grafton Arms , Prince of Wales ' s-road , N . W ., at 8 j Bro . P . M . Wucst ,

Preceptor . St . Luke ' s Lodge of Instruction ( 144 * ! , Roso Tavern , Fulham-road , S . W . Chigwell Lodge of Instruction , Bald-faced Stag Hotel , Buckhurst-hill , at 8 .

High Cross Lc-Jgeof Instruction ( 754 ) , Coach & Horses High-road , Tottenham . Burdett Coutts Lodge of Instruction ( 1278 ) , Approach Tavern , Approach-road , Victoria-park , at 8 j Bro . Geo . W . Verry , Preceptor .

MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE , For the Week ending Saturday , October 10 , 1874 . Monday , October 5 . Lodge 113 , Unanimity , Bull Hotel Assembly Rooms ,

1 reston . „ 10 5 , Rowley , Masonic Rooms , Lancaster . „ 1380 , Skelmersdale , Queen ' s Hotelj Waterloo , near Liverpool , at 6 .