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thinking that one reason why brethren are discontinuing the Freemason , is the direct discouragement to be a regular subscriber , which is to be found in the fact that while single numbers are only 2 d ., the annual charge is ios . There mig ht be more inducement to subscribe , if it were cheaper to do so , than to send for it week by - week .

I am fraternally yours , J . ALLEN J ONES . March 28 , 1874 .

MR . CUFFE . To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , There have been several letters in The Freemason , saying that notice ought to be taken of Mr . Cuffe ' s refusal to bury a Freemason . I am surprised that the Freemasons of Chatham have not met , and officially , as a body , presented

a memorial to the commanding officer of the deceased , requesting them to communicate with the proper authorities . May we hope that this may be done without further delay ? Such a scandalous piece of business ought not to be allowed to be passed over in silence by the Masonic body . Yours fraternally ,

P . M . EARLY GRAND ENCAMPMENT IN SCOTLAND .

To the Editor of the Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — I have read the letter of " Fiat Justitia , " page 163 . While I do not intend to defend either Bro . Barrow or the P . G . L . of

Glasgow , as I do not doubt they are able to do that for themselves , in justice to the St . Mungo Encampment of Knights Templar , I must correct two or three errors , into which your correspondent F . J . has fallen .

1 st . There is no R . A : Chapter acting under the Superior Chapter General of Knights Templar for Scotland . 2 nd . Nor any R . A . Chapter that has recently joined that body . There was a body

of Knights Templar called the Girvan Encampment , who eighteen months ago joined the Grand Body of Knight Templars for Scotland , and are now known as the St . Mungo . 3 rd . Brother Barrow is not now and never was a member

either of the Girvan or St . Mungo Encampments , and there is only one member of the P . G . L . who is a member of our Encampment . This much in correction of what I have no doubt are unintentional errors . Bro . Barrow was a member ofthe old Glasgow Priory , which

has been dormant for some years , but I believe has now no official position in the Knight Templar body . In conclusion I would ask the members of the Early Grand Encampments in Scotland if they would not further the grand interests of

Templary in general , if they were to join the Grand Body , as union is strength , and they would doubtless be received with open arms , as we were . By adopting this course they would not give up their individual organisation , possibly

they would be no better Templars , but they would be recognised in all quarters of the globe , instead as now being isolated and unrecognised . If I can in any way contribute towards this desirable result I shall be glad to render any aid in my power .

Yours fraternally , G . W . WHEELER . Secy . St . Mungo Encampment of K . T .

SPEECH OF BRO . J . C . PARKINSON , D . P . G . MASTER , MIDDLESEX . To the Editor of The Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , — Referring to the very able speech of Bro . Parkinson , reported in The Freemason ofthe 21 st . inst ., I would observe that Bro . Parkinson is quite right in presuming that the 56 Peers , ti

sons of Peers , and the 77 members of the new House of Commons whose names are given in his lists are not all the Freemasonscomprised under those heads , and in support of this view would mention the names of two members of the One and All Lodge , 330 , Bodmin . The Honourable C . Agar Roberts , the eldest son of a Peer , and the

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Honourable F . Leveson-Gower , M . P ., for Bodmin , also Colonel Deakin , M . P . for Lancaster and H . T . Cole , 26 M . P . for Falmouth . It is also worthy of notice that of the thirteen M . P . ' s for Cornwall , six of that number are members of the Craft , one of whom , Sir F . M . Williams , M . P . for Truro , is the D . P . G . M . for Cornwall .

I also venture to correct Bro . Parkinson s description of the Provincial Grand Master of Cornwall , the Right Honourable the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , who appears in his list as a Past Master .

I am Sir , yours fraternally , RICHARD RICH , P . M . Hon . Sec . One and All Lodge , 330 , Bodmin

Reviews.

Reviews .

The Freemason . New York and St . Louis . We are always glad to welcome our Trans-Atlantic contemporaries , and have been more than once deeply impressed with the size and character of The Freemason , our good American cousin . It does not only " look large" in the distance , like some periodicals , but it is undoubtedly one of the largest extant .

It has some little amiable peculiarities , however , we feel bound to notice in all fraternal good-will . Bro . McCalla gives us the following amusing story in The Keystone , of March 7 th , which we think well to submit to our readers to-day : — " Rev . George Hunt recently removed from

Chatham , Ontario , and settled down at Pine Lake in the wilds of Michigan . The circumstance would hardly be worth mentioning , perhaps , if , in the hurry and confusion of starting , he had not made the ludicrous mistake of taking along Mr . Walter Robinson ' s wife and children , instead of his own . "

. Now our worthy Brother , the editor of The Freemason , St . Louis , has committed a somewhat similar mistake , though in a very different way . In The Freemason of March he has , no doubt in a very great hurry , adopted the monthly summary of the Masonic Magazine , and made it peacefully his own .

Reading the Freemason at St . Louis the writer of the original summary would probably himself not know his own production , so cleverl y is it broken up into separate paragraphs with an air of originality about it , which reflects the hi ghest credit on editorial skill and arrangement . Will

our good brother be offended if we ask him , the next time he so sympathetically adopts and adapts our little bantlings ( to which he is heartily welcome all the same ) , not any morewe feel sure he won ' t—to leave their real poor , old legitimate father out in the cold . — [ The Editor " Masonic Magazine . " ]

Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in Parbo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .

MASONIC RELICS ( Page 165 ) . I am glad to find G . W . W . so far agrees with me , that a union of the Melrose Masons and the Grand Lodge would be best , but I cannot allow his own words , " An unrecognised assembly working without a charter or other

authority from the Grand Lodge of Scotland , " to pass without again taking exception to such words being used . The question is , are they or are they not recognised ? It is the fact they are recognised all over the world , except in Scotland , and a fact also that lodges holding charters from

the Grand Lodge of Scotland in foreign countries admit them as visitors , and often affiliate them . This makes it very plain that they are recognised . As to the Melrose Lodge sanctioning the erecting of daughter lodges they have as good , and as legal a right as the Grand Lodge of

Scotland ; if you come to the legal question , it has been said in an opinion of counsel that the Grand Lodge of Scotland had no right after a certain date to issue charters for the erection of new lodges . Besides the Melrose Lodge are only doing that which the Mother Kilwinning ,

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No . o , did many years ago ; Mother Kilwinning at one time issued charters to daughter lodges , and the Melrose Lodge are only following a practice which was in use long ago , thus shewing everything they have done is founded on an ancient Masonic practice . A . E . F . and S . MASON .

Italian Freemasonry.

ITALIAN FREEMASONRY .

From the " Eco del Tirreno " of 3 ist January , 1874 , we publish by request the following resolution of the lodge , Anziam Virtuosi all'Or . de Livorno , under the auspices of the Supreme Counsel G . O . of Italy , sitting in Palermo .

Whereas Freemasonry is an essentially philanthropic , philosophical , and progressive institution , and its fundamental basis is the existence of God , the immortality of the soul , the exercise of beneficence , the study of morality .

and the practice of virtue . That its watchword is bound in this , " Liberty , Equality , Brotherhood . " Considering that from the very first of its exalted sphere , Freemasonry requires that its watchword be made good and respected by all

its members , so that it admits of no discussion of political and religious questions , and only entertains those having a truly humanitarian object in view . Considering that genuine and orthodox Freemasonry looks upon the " Internationale " as a purely class and very hurtful

sect . That the duty of Freemasonry is to enlighten the masses . And whereas the " Internationale " urges the " abolition of property , " which it considers as a

theft . That it desires to destroy the institution of the " family , " and to proclaim the " annihilation " of human individuality . Thus , in admitting such a theory , Liberty , viz ., the very essence of true mankind , so that

merit and dement would be no more ; reason would be destroyed , and mankind would be reduced to a mere instinct state , thus could only be considered as a brute . Considering that by abolishing " property " destroying the "famil y'' and "Liberty , " the "Internationale" would create the worst of

tyrannies , since it would affect or endeavour to affect the substance of all action , would do away with every incitement to work and produce , viz ., personal interest and the love of the family . Whereas by building up its principles into a

system , the " Internationale" forbids all religious worship , and yet religion is a powerful lever and motive agent , and acts with energy on the heart of man , urging him to good actions . Considering that said society by no means

favours " Equality , " since instead of the just principle to each according to his merit , it substitutes the unjust one , to each according to his need , and thereby idleness and vice alone would

be encouraged , and honest labour and virtue degraded . And whereas by carrying out its theories it would overturn the sublime principles of " Universal Brotherhood . "

The Lodge Areopago Capitolare Anziam Virtuosi , all'Or . of Leghorn , true to its standard of blue , the only real one of universal Freemasonry , inasmuch as it maintains its allegiance to the Sup . Coun . in Palermo , professing the Scotch

Rite Ane . and Ace . Insisting as it does upon the sanctity and inviolable nature of oaths which arc binding ; not departing from what is prescribed in its gen . and spec , regulations , in fact keeping within the

sphere of the truths advanced by universal Freemasonry , after a long and well-weighed discussion of the doctrines of the " Internationale , " which are contrary to the real and fundamental principles of Freemasonry , the object and principles of which would be destroyed by the former .

Having seen and carefully considered the Statutes of the " Internationale , " Also the articles of the " Gazzetta d'ltal ' ia , " of 28 th September , and 3 rd October last . Also Art . 3 , sees . 320 and 321 of the Gen . Statutes of Scotch Freemasonry ,