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Murray Lyon taking up the cudgels on behalf of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . All was conducted in the best of taste , and we feel assured that the exchange of views on this question will tend to bring about a better understanding of our position . M . W . Bro . Joseph Robbins is the " Committee" of Correspondence respecting the Transactions

of other Grand Lodges , owing to ihe lamented decease of Bro . Gurney , who for several years discharged that duty most efficiently . Our belief is that no one in the State could have been selected who was more suited as his successor in this important department than our friend , Bro . Robbins , of Quincy , vvho wrote his first report in 1 S 69 . We

agree on so many points in reference to the origin and character of Craft and Royal Arch Masonry , in relation to the continent of America , and also as to those Degrees in this country , that it would be a great pleasure to consider many oi his "deliverances" in this brief notice , were it not so tempting a theme as to defy brevity .

SCRIPTURE READINGS AND PRAYERS ( arranged by request ) by the Rev . J A . LLOYD , M . A ., G'and ChapUin of England , & c , & c . London George Kenning ; 4 to , cloth .

This handsome looking and very useful book meets a want which has long been felt . For years a similar work has been in use ( printed and published by the same brother , as the foregoing ) for Royal Arch Chapters , but , until now , none of the kind has been forthcoming for the guidance of Chaplains of lodges . Bro . the Rev . J . A . Lloyd , must ,

himself , have needed such an authoritative guide , having been Chaplain for the Provinces of Oxford , Wilts , and Somerset , besides , whilst serving as W . M . of 379 and 1533 , & c . The Prayers for the Three Degrees , with the apropriate Scripture Readings , are duly arranged , and , we must say , as duly printed , ( for the typographical excellence of

the volume adds much to its usefulness ) , after which , the Installation Prayer is inserted , and those of the opening and closing of Prov . G . Lodge . The Prayers , " which may be used at the funeral of a Master Mason , at the conclusion of the office for the Burial of the Dead , " could not be in better taste , or more reverential in

tone , and , those at Laying Foundation-stones , and Dedication of Masonic Halls , are'equally suitable . Even a "Grace" before and after Meat , is provided for , and the first mentioned is most Masonic in aim , the conclusion being " Whilst partaking of His benefits , make tis ever

mindful of the -wants of others . We consider these " Readings and Prayers" for the Craft , in one tasty volume , a fit companion for the work ( so well-known and widely appreciated ) for the Royal Arch Ceremonies , and we trust that our respected Grand Chaplain will be pleased with the reception that his efforts will meet with from brethren at home and abroad .

PETTITT'S AND BLACKWOOD'S DIARIES FOR 18 S 9 . London : Griffith , Farran , Okeden , and Welsh , West Corner of St . Paul's , and Sydney , N . S . W . These well-known diaries are already published for the year 1 S 89 , and the specimen copies we have received of " Pettitt ' s Shilling Folio Scribling Diary , " the "Weekly

Enlargement Indicator , " price , one shilling , intended for the Counting House and presenting the engagements for one week on each leaf ; "The Royal Exchange Calendar , " piice , half-a-crown , and very artistically ornamented ; and the annual Diary , fully maintain the character thev

have enjoyed since their first issue , while the Diaries contain a mass of valuable information which people engaged in business or professionally require to have ready at hand for purposes of reference . We can strongly recommend them to the notice of our readers .

VIEWS IN BELGIUM . Pictures by the London Stereoscopic Company , from negatives taken by an English amateur . John Heywood , London and Manchester . This is a series of reproductions of eight charming photographs of notable views in Belgium , including the Cathedrals of Malines and Antwerp . The tone of the

originals is perfectly preserved , in fact they are in every respect equal to the photographs , with the advantage of being permanent . The many tourists who visit Belgium could not do better than obtain this set of pictures , which , by the way , is issued at an almost nominal price , as a souvenir of their visits to that picturesque corner of Europe .

BRAVE LITTLE WOMEN . Tales of the Heroism of Girls , founded on Fact . By MARIE TREVELYAN Illustrated . London : John Hogg , 13 ,

Pacernosterrow . The series of stories vvhich have been gathered together in this volume are excellent reading , and will excite all the greater interest from being founded on fact . They are various in the characters they present and the scenes they depict , but all have the same purpose in view , namely : to illustrate the heroism of girls ; and we have no doubt this

collection of tales will be as popular as it deserves to be . They have the further advantage of having been written by a practised writer , and possessing the skill to marshal the incidents of her stoiies in the manner most likely to impress the reader . Among those we have noted may be mentioned " Californian Dessie , " "A Wild Ride , " and " A Struggle for Life ; " bu t all are readable , and will entertain the young folk round the Christmas fireside .

We have also received from the same publisher , " A Lining Story ; or , the Would-be Authoress "—a tale for boys and girls , by A . W . Wright , and illustrated by E . L . Thimas ; "Red Herring ; or , Allie's Little Blue Shoes " —a tale for young readers , by Frances Armstrong , and illustrated by E . L . Thomas ; "That Boy Jack ! " —a story

for y mng folk , by Helen H . Rogers , with illustrations by A . Hitchcock ; and , "Children's Evergreens , " being a select ! n of the old favourite tales , with numerous illustrations . All these deserve a word of commendation , both for the letterpress and the illustrations , as well as for the

manner in vvhich they have been printed and bound . They are , indeed , an excellent batch ot seasonable gift books for young children ; but the "Children ' s Evergreens , " which include such old lime , yet evergreen , stories as those of "jack the Giant Killei , " "Blue Beard , " "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp , " in our opinion bear off the palm .

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S 10 J QUEBEC V . ENGLAND . Bro . Robinson will find a leaderette in the Freemason for August 4 th , 1888 , relative to the several interesting articles by Dr . Graham , and also in regard to those previously inserted by me , either in that paper or in Masonic Magazines in America . The Editor therein decided not to open the subject again for general discusssion , at least he

was reluctant so to do , and as there did not appear to be any advantage in continuing the friendly discussion , both Dr . Graham and myself have respected that decision , believing vvith the Editor , that " it rests now vvith the members of the three lodges in Montreal , on the roll of the Grand Lodge of England , to say how long the present dead lock shall continue . " Bro . Robinson and myself are

in entire agreement as to the rights and privileges of the minority , vvho dissent from the movement in Quebec 01 elsewhere , in favour of establishing Grand Lodges , but whilst agreeing on this point , I cannot but feel that it would be more truly Masonic to join the majority for the sake of peace and harmony , than to hold out in isolation and promote discord . I am rejoiced to find that all our English

lodges have joined the new Grand Lodge of South Austialia , which is so flourishing , and I trust that a similar result has followed the inauguration of the recently formed Grand Lodge of New South Wales . If any object to do so they are strictly within their rights , and will be upheld by us in this country , yet we hope all will fall into line and thus be united as " the heart of one man . " W . J . HUGHAN .

The by-laws of " the Grand Lodge of all Scottish Freemasonry in India , including Aden and Ceylon , " possess a special value now that Bro . Whymper's interesting work on the " Religion of Freemasonry" has been issued . These new regulations of 1 S 86 , passed the vigilant " official eye " of the Grand Sscretary ot Scotland on August 5 th ,

Snl SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY IN INDIA .

1885 , and so are beyond question as respects their provisions , ln Chap , xxiii on Precedence , there are many titles that will be new to English brethren , especially those following the "Grand Bible Bearer , " which had not been noticed by me , until the advent of Bro . Whymper's valuable volume , 1 refer to the offices of " Grand Zend Avesta Bearer , " and "Grand Koran Bearer . " I am not aware

that any other District Grand Lodge , or any Grand Lodge permit of such titles , save the aforesaid , and certainly the points involved in such a custom are not few or unimportant . Other officials , mainly peculiar to Scottish Udage may be enumerated , such as " Substitute Grand Master , Grand Bard , Grand Director of Music , & c , " but they call for no special remark , but the Bearers of "Sacred

Volumes , " other than the Holy Bible , strike me as the only provision of its kind , and is not even to be found in the Constitution of the Grand Lodge which authorises them . The present " Grand Master of all Scottish Freemasonry in India , " is the esteemed W . Bro . Sir Henry Morland , by patent of the Grand Master of Scotland , dated Feb . 1 st , 1883 . The first to hold this unusual title was Dr . James

Burnes , in 1846 , followed by Bro . Henry Morland , in 1874 , wko resigned in 1 S 7 S , and was succeeded by Bro . Mackintosh Balfour , on whose resignation , Bro . Captain ( now Sir ) Henry Morland again consented to occupy the high position for vvhich he is so competent , and in which he has the hearty support of the numerous brethren enrolled in the thirty lodges under his genial rule . Provision is made

for the installation of Grand Officers who are " members of up-country lodges" by the Master or P . M . of their respective lodges " after taking the oath of fidelity as directed by the Grand Master . " The G . M . ( Sir Henry Morland ) is assumed and recorded as a member of every lodge holding of this Grand Lodge of Scotland in India , but is not liable to payment of any contributions in

consequence , just as with the G . M . of Scotland . Cap . x reads ( Grand Bible Bearer , Zend Avesta Bearer , and Koran Bearer ) " The duties of these Grand Office Bearers are to see that the volumes of their respective Sacred laws are always on the pedestal at all the Quarterly Communications and Festivals ; to open them at the parts appropriate to the occasion ; to carry them at all public

processions or laying of foundation-stones , and to shut them at the close of Grand Lodge . " Surely this regulation more than justifies Bro . Whymper ' s strictures on this most extraordinary legislation . The several laws regarding the financial arrangements prove that this flourishing Masonic Body is established on a sound basis , its constituent lodges not seeking to render the privileges of the Craft as cheap as possible , which is the case with some lodges in Scotland .

One of the rules expressly arranged for the Grand Master of Scottish Freemasonry in India , conferring the distinction of "Honorary Depute G . M . or a lesser title , or upon any distinguished Grand Officer , in power , " vvhich , in England can only be exercised by our M . W . Grand Master Another chapter provides for the compliment of Honorary Membership ; many of the rules are excellent , and all are suggestive of vitality and Masonic enthusiasm .

W . J . HUGHAN 812 ] '

JUBILEE OF THE EARLDOM OF ZETLAND . The Freemasons of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire are justly proud of having had a member of the noble house of Dundas to preside over the province since the year 1821 . First the Rt . Hon . Lawrence Lord Dundas , D . G . M . 1821-33 ; next the Hon . Thomas Dundas , M . P .., afterwards the Rt . Hon . the Earl of Zetland , 1 S 34 74 : and

now hs nephew , the Rt . Hon . Lawrence Dundas , the present Earl of Zetland . As a Yorkshire Freemason , and one of the first upon whom his lordship conferred the honour bf provincial rank on his succeeding his uncle as Provincial Grand Master , 1 wish heartily to congratulate him on the celebration of the Jubilee of the Earldom

of Zetland , for I find that , at the coronation of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria , 28 th June , 1838 , among the distinctions conferred in honour of that auspicious event , which was celebrated with a joy as deep as it was universal , there was none that the public considered better deserved , or more appropriately

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bestowed , than that vvhich advanced Lord Dundas to the Earldom of Zetland . The Earldom , though only a creation of fifty years ago in the British Peerage , is notwithstanding * of very ancient date , and it is a circumstance not perhaps generally known that the blood of the first Earl of Orkney and Zetland , R 'GVALD , or RONALD , of Moeri , in Norway flows in the veins of Queen Victoria . Such , however i »

the fact . HAROLD , the fairhaired , having subdued the Orkney and Zetland Islands towards the close of the ninth century , constituted them an earldom , dependent on the crown of Norway , and gave them in charge to the abovementioned powerful chieftain . HKOLI " , or ROLLO , as he

is generally called , the founder of the Norman dynast y was the son of the Earl RINALD , and from ROLLO ' William the Conqueror vvas the fifth in descent . The Province of the North and East Ridings has received , and I trust , vvill receive , many benefits from the noble house of ZETLAND .

PAGS . S 13 ] EPITHETS ( 809 ) . "Tndoctus" will find a reference to Bro . Sir Walter Scott ' s initiation in most Masonic Cyclopjedias , and also in Bro . Lyon's History of No . 1 , Edinburgh . The great novelist vvas initiated in St . David ' s Lodge , Edinburgh on March 20 th , 1801 . Gavin Wilson brought out a work ' Masonic Songs and Anecdotesin 1788 . The custom

, alluded to was possibly in connection vvith the Degree of the " Royal Order of Scotland , " which is continued to this day , and is one of the strange and curious features of that quaint ceremony . " Indoctus " will find an immense number of particulars concerning the Scottish Craft in my friend Lyon ' s History , and also in the new volume respecting the Lodge , No . 2 , Edinburgh , by Bro . Allan Mackenzie , both of vvhich are great favourites of mine . W . J . H .

S 14 ] SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY . I observe that Bro . Murray Lyon has , vvith his usual courtesy , supplied the information asked for by Bro . Macbean , of Glasgow . Touching the matter of the Third Degree , it may be of interest to mention that the earliest reference to it in the records of C . K ., No . 2 , is contained in a minute , of which the following is an extract : " Canongate , 6 th March , 1734—5 , " Year of M „ S 73 S .

.... Present—R . W . Thos . Trotter , Richd . Bulkley S . W ., Edward Miller , J . W ., Richard Cooper , M . M ., Wm . Robinson , Robert Blisset , George Frazer , David Home , F . Crafts , William Clark and John Campbell , End . Apces . Absent—Willm . Wescomb , M . M ., Willm . Hendry and William Montgomery , Entd . Apces . " A . MACKENZIE , P . M . Canongate Kilwinning , No . 2 .

Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

Craft jtaonrg .

COSMOPOLITAN LODGE ( No . 917 ) . —This lodge held its installation meeting at the Cannon-street Hotel on Tuesday , the 13 th inst . The only business before the lodge was the installation ceremony , all other work having been cleared off at an emergency meeting held for the purpose . The lodge was opened by Bro . Archibald Hamilton , the W . M ., vvho , after the confirmation of the

minutes of previous meetings , at once proceeded with the installation . Bro . Frederick Egbert Roberts , S . VV ., having been unanimously elected by the brethren to fill the office of Master during the ensuing year , Bro . Forss , P . M ., D . C , presented him to the W . M . to receive at his hands the benefit of installation . A Board of 18 Installed Masters was then formed , in whose presence Bro . Roberts

was installed in the chair of K . S ., after vvhich he invested the officers for the ensuing year as follows : Bros . Carlo Tichiaz , S . W . ; Thomas Draper , J . W . ; Lovell Keays , P . M ., Treas . ; L . Stean , P . M ., Sec ; E . Francis , S . D . ; J . J . Bull , J . D . ; James Bott , I . G . ; H . Forss , P . M ., D . of C . ; George Selwyn Davies , Asst . D . of C . ; G . M . Taylor , P . M ., and R . Prime , Stewards ; and J . j . Marsh ,

lyler . Ihe investiture of officers having been completed , Bro . Hamilton delivered the customary addresses to thc principal officers and brethren , and , as usual , concluded the ceremony vvith the oration on the mystic art . After the lodge had been closed , the members of the lodge and their guests adjourned to the banquet room , where , under the presidency of the new W . M ., they did

ample justice to the sumptuous dinner provided for the occasion . When the waiters had retired , the W . M . proceeded to deal vvith the customary list of loyal and Masonic toasts . Each toast vvas well received , heartily drunk , and answered by a capital fire ; from "The Queen and the Craft" to the Tyler ' s toast , they all received " due attention . But , Bro . Egbert Roberts is not a talking , but a singing

man , as is very well known , and consequently he vvas surrounded by a host of musical friends , vvho gladly assembled to do honour to his installation ; and the musical programme was therefore a full one . Possibly Bro . Egbert Roberts can , when he gives his mind to it , be an eloquent speaker , but did not choose to air his oratory when there was so much good music to be got through . Whatever

may have been the cause of the Chairman ' s brevity in announcing the toasts , the effect vvas remarkably pleasant , for instead of having an evening of speeches enlivened with a song or two in the intervals , the after-dinner entertainment on Tuesday vvas , virtually , a concert , interspersed with drinking of healths and formal unimportant speeches . In proposing "The Master's Health , " Bro Hamilton

said that it was a great pleasure to him , on the threshold of his Immediate Past Mastership , to have the honour of proposing the heath of the W . M . He did it with a will , because it vvas Bro . Egbert Roberts , who vvas such a jolly good fellow ; he vvas always ready to benefit the lodge in

every way . He ( the I . P . M . ) was glad to have had the pleasure of installing him , and trusted that he would have even more prosperity and happiness than himself , and that vvas saying a good deal . Bro . Roberts returned thanks in a few words , promising to do his best in the working of the lodge , and forthe