Births, Marriages, And Deaths.

Births , Marriages , and Deaths .

MARRIAGE . BKAITIIWAITE—ATKINSON- . —On the 28 th July , at Temple Sowerby , by the Rev . Geo . Braithwnite , M . A ., uncle of the bridegroom , assisted by the Rev . Edward Taylor , incumbent , Christopher "Wilson Braithwaite , of Plumtrec Hall , ICsq , in the county of Westmoreland ( P . M . 1074 ) , to Elizabeth , eldest daughter of Richard Atkinson , of ¦ Temple Sowerby , Esq ., AVestmoreland .

DEATHS . NORMA ** . —On the 28 th July , at Bromley , Kent , Mary Eleanor , the only and dearly-beloved daughter of Brother Henry Norman , Buckingham Palace Road , aged twelve months , surviving her mother only six days . SCHWEITZER . —On the 30 th July , at St . Leonard ' s-on-Sea ,

Minnie , the beloved wife of Bro . Theodore I ! . Schweitzer , of 36 , Highbury grove , N ., a member of the Premier Conclave of England . SMITH . —On the 31 st July , at 23 , Russell-street , Liverpool , aged 14 months , the much-beloved daughter of Bro . Dr . J ? Kcllett Smith , P . M of Temple Lodge , 1004 , Liverpool .

Answers To Correspondents.

Answers to Correspondents .

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are not bad judges of a Journal ' s circulation , hence the non-Masonic advertisements to which you allude . Our steady increase in this direction will enable us to introduce improvements from time , to time , so as to ensure the continuance and extension of the wide spread circulation which TUB FREEMASON , we are prowl to say , now enjoys .

A FRIEND IN J AMAICA . —Thanks for your high encomiums , which we shall endeavour to merit by increased exertions ; and thanks also for the substantial proof of your esteem to which the list of subscribers received hears ample testimony . It is upon such brethren as yourself that we rely for assistance in our endeavours to render THE FKEEMASO . V the cosmopolitan organ of the Craft .

31 ° . —We have no animus in the matter , and have stated simple facts . The secret history of the Rite itself , as well as curious statements connected with the formation of a Council in England , are in our possession , and we are therefore in a position to judge . AVe quote the following from Bro Goodall- Report ( which will hereafter be found in its place ) as a proof that tlie words " so-called Scottish

Rite " were not used in an invidious sense : — " The word 'Scottish , ' which has accidentally aud improperly been incorporated with thc Ancient Accepted Rite , appears to have no lawful origin as such ; at least not friwi the land of Scotia , as they are among the last who have thus far adopted that Rite , and hence receive the word ' Scottish '

from foreign jurisdictions . " Vcrbiini sap . Bro . Goodall , 33 ° , has promised to pay us a visit on his arrival in England in the course of this month , and we anticipate much edification and instruction from the interview . A ' otmay rely upon it that we are neither swayed hy prejudice nor passion in any matter relating to Freemasonry . AHBIDKXTKR . —A'our letter will appear next week .

Books Received.

BOOKS RECEIVED .

"Cholera : its Came and Cure . Tlie nature of the Poison ; thc part of the body first attacked ; development and selfgeneration in thc blood ; effects on the nervous and vascular systems , and fatality tUcnco arising ; with observations on

our means of defence against its infection , and the simple and ratio . tal method of treating this Asiatic Pestilence ( with special directions ) . " In two discourses by Dr . Tui'i . iiv , F . ES ., i _ e ., _ c . Butler _ Farmer , Frome and London ;_ or II . Lamploiigh , 113 , Ilolboru-hill , London , Price Ud . , < fj

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Scions From The Parent Stem.

SCIONS FROM THE PARENT STEM .

THKKE are few feelings in the human breast nobler , purer , or pleasaiiter than thoso with which a true parent contemplates the growth and healthy development of his children . AVith eyes of affection , tho father or mother watches the child ' s gradual advance from what

Scions From The Parent Stem.

Byron calls "the dawn of little joys" to the meridian of matured strength and wisdom . And when the time arrives , as in the course of nature it must , for the severance of those ties which bound the scion to the parent stem—when the

young tree must at length take root for itself , and send forth in its turn goodly branches and fruit—even then the true parent surveys the inevitable process of perpetuation with more happiness than sorrow , and rejoices in the vigour of those off shoots which are destined to transmit

his name to posterity . It is not to be denied , however , that some unwise and selfish jiarents , though fortunately such instances are rare , are unwilling to see the parental trunk forsaken by the younger branches ,

even when the latter are fully competent to manage their own affairs find to take their places as stately trees in the spreading forests of life . This is undoubtedly a foolish idea , one opposed to the order of Nature ' s laws , which point with

unerring finger to the constant birth , progression , and succession of all created objects , whether endued with sentient , animal , or vegetable existence . We have no sympathy with such a sentiment ,

or with the unkindly actions which ocjasionally flow from it . States and societies , as well as individuals , have alike evinced this narrow feeling , but happily wiser and better counsels now prevail . The

attempts of England to coerce her transatlantic colonies , and the -sanguinary struggles of Spanish despots to retain rule over the South American republics are melancholy examples of the benighted policy to which we allude .

Even in Freemasonry , wo find that the governing powers in parent states are strangely reluctant to admit that lodges situated in distant dependencies have , if sufficiently numerous , an tmdoubtcd right to Alasonic autonomy and all the privileges of self-government .

It is an admitted fact that from the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland all the existing Craft organizations arc derived . In France , the first regular Masonic body was constituted under the title of tho " Grande Logo

Angl . nse de France , " In Germany , Holland , ancl tho Northern States of Europe , Freemasonry was similarly established under the auspices of British authority .

The rapid formation of lodges , ancl the general spread of the Fraternity throughout tho Continent , soon rendered it imperatively necessary

that the Craft should renounce allegiance to the Mother Grand Lodges , and erect independent governing bodies of their own for tho several States .

It does not appear that any objection was offered by the Alasonic rulers in either England or Scotland to these measures , and in point of fact we have evidence that the establishment of those sister Grand Lodges was witnessed by

British Masons with great exultation , as so many additional proofs of the vitality and progress of the Order . Upon the termination of the American War , tho United States became

politically severed from England , and as citizens of an independent nation , the brethren in those vast territories likewise asserted and maintained their Alasonic ri ght of self-government .

Since then , about forty Grand Lodges have been organized in the United Stales alone , evory one of which is recognized as regular by aU the Alasonic Jurisdictions throughout the world .

Scions From The Parent Stem.

The principle , therefore , of autonomy in civil rights constituting a valid claim to autonomy in the affairs * of Freemasonry has been thus clearly affirmed . But the formation of the Grand Lodge of

Canada , which was then onl y a colonial dejsen . - deney of Great Britain , appeared to be a departure from this guiding principle , the colony being politically subject to England . For this reason the mother Grand Lodges of the United

Kingdom were unwilling to acknowledge the legitimacy of the Canadian Grand Lodge , although in our opinion , the time had fully arrived for its establishment , and it was only after an arduous and protracted struggle that

th- victory of independence was achieved by our brethren in Canada . Recentl y , it is true , the Provinces as they were called have been erected into a political " Dominion , " but even in the

absence of such a consummation we should hold that the Canadian Masons were qnite able to manage their own affairs , and the result of their efforts has certainl y been favorable to the extension of the Craft .

Our object now , however , is to offer our heart y congratulations to the brethren in Nova Scotia upon the successful formation of their " United Grand Lodge , " and to assure them that not a particle of envy or jealousy exists in the mind of

any British Freemason as regards the auspicious union of Nova Scotian Lodges effected on the 24 th June , 18 G 9 . On the contrary , we hold out to them , in the namo of the English Craft , the right hand of fraternity , peace , and good-will .

We bid them "God-speed" in their new career , feeling convinced that the connection which existed between the British and Irish Grand Lodges and the brethren in Nova Scotia is dissolved only in name ; that our mutual sympathies

remain undiminished , oui friendshi p and fellowship as strong and as well-grounded as ever . Wc are also pleased to note that tho former Provincial Grand Master under England and Scotland—the Hon . Alexander Keith—has been

chosen the first Grand Master of the new organization ; it is au evidence of unity , and an augury of continued success . In every

respect , we aro proud of our calonial brethren , and we feel sure that come what may they will never forget that they are " scions from the parent stem . "

Foreign Masonic Intelligence.

Foreign Masonic Intelligence .

CONSTANTINOPLE . At a recent meeting of the French Lodge IJ Union oVOricnt , at Constantinople , which took place on the

12 th of January , the Bro . Ilalim-Pacha , Prov District Grand Master of the English lodges in Egypt * was present . At this meeting all the lodges

in Constantinople were represented , and the visitor was received with the Masonic honours prescribed for such an occasion in the French General Regulations . Iu response to the reception speech , addressed to him in happy terms by Bro . Amiable , the Master , Bro . Halini-Pacha spoke as follows :

" AVorshipful Master , Officers of this respectable lodge , and brethren : Among the privileges of a Mason , I know of none more precious than that of being met in whatever country our fortune may conduct us , by fraternal hands a ' nd hearts . Sanctuaries of the sacred fire , our temples tire open refuges upon all the routes of the known world , where the

travellers find repose and refreshments , and there fortify themselves in the reviving atmosphere of devotion and friendship . Could 1 then neglect the gracious invitation which you addressed 1110 to come and seat myself i 11 your midst ? I thank you for the reception , impressive and cordial , that I receive of this respectable lodge . Believe me truly , when I say I entertain for yoa