Business To Be Transacted In Grand Lodge.

motion by Bro . James Stevens , in reference to uniformity of working . Bro . Stevens asks for a Committee of enquiry , and this modest request ¦ we are sure will be granted by Grand Lodge . Recent events have shown that ignorant men

presume upon the differences which now exist between the two systems of working , known as the "Emulation" and "Stability , " in order to raise a clumsy and ludicrous superstructure of their own . Educated brethren will not suffer

Masonry to be thus travestied ; and the least we can do is to take the various modes of working into consideration , and devise means to check such presumption in future . English Freemasonry has a g lorious mission—through her

instrumentality the lig ht of truth has been scattered over distant lands , while at home she cements the bond of unity between men who , to use the language of our ancient charges , " might otherwise have remained at a perpetual

distance . ' Without encouraging the extravagancies of extreme political ' parties , English Freemasonry has ever stood forth as thechampionof the oppressed , and the palladium of the free . By a moral influence , which is not surpassed by that

of any human organization , English Freemasonry asserts itself over the entire globe , marching steadily onward , undismayed by the paper pellets , of priests , or the discordant diatribes of foolish and factious men . Such has been our career in

the past—may such be our course in the future-Consistency ever wins respect--and we have but to persevere in the good work . of toleration benevolence and mutual friendship , to retain for the Masonic Order in England the esteem and admiration of tho world .

Multum In Parbo, Or Masonic Notes And Queries.

Multum in ParBo , or Masonic Notes and Queries .

FREEMASONRY AMONG THE NATIVES OF VANCOUVER ' S ISLAND . The following extract will , I think , be found interesting to your readers : — I should not omit in this account to mention that

there is a secret association or fraternity among the Aht lintiv . s , composed of persons who are united for some purpose which has not been discovered . Meetings are held at different places about once a year in a house covered round inside with mats . All nnii-ineiiibiTS and women are excluded . As

many as seventy natives from various tribes on the Vancouver shore , and also ou the American side , have been known to attend one of these meetings . It is not a tribal affair , chiefs affair , nor a medicine man ' s affair ; these persons may or may not bo menib . rs of the association , but unless tliey are

member . ) they are not permitted to enter the house , and seem to be quite igm rant of what is going on . The members wash and paint themselves and wear their best blanket , and now and then come out of the house to wash and put on fresh paint . The

proceedings inside the house are conducted in silence , there is no singing nor noise during the meeting of this secret association . Is this fraternity likely to be in any way connected with Freemasonry ' ?

Freemasonry has been displayed in quarters least suspected . —I ' rnin "Scenes and Studies of Sava" 0 Life . " by G . M . Sproat . VIATOR .

Can an Entered Apprentice propose for affiliation i brother Mason who is a F 0 . and M M ., nothing being said to the contrary in the Constitutions ; if the W . M . thinks the E . A . is not entitled to do so , whether thn W . M . ran

properly refuse to allow tho E . A . to propose a F . C . or M . M . for affiliation . ? P . M . [ Yes ; an Entered Apprentice has as much right to propose members as tho oldest P . M . in tho lod ge . ]—ED . F .

EASTERN STAR LODGE OF INSTRUCTION , NO . 05 , Royal Hotel , Mile End . Road—The fifteen sections will be worked at the above Lodgo on Monday evening next the ' 29 th inst ., commencing at 7 p . m . precisel y . Bro . Thomas Austin will preside .

Notable Rosicrucian Works.

NOTABLE ROSICRUCIAN WORKS .

BY WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN . * " The liosie Crucian Infallible Axiomata ; or Generall Utiles to know all things past , present , and to come : useful ] , pleasant , and profitable to all , and fitted to the understanding of mean

capacities . By JOHN HEYDON , Gent ., a servant of God , and Secretary of Nature . Penes nos unda Tagi . London . Printed in tbe year 1660 . ( Preface , & c , and 126 pages . ) Dedicated to the Most Honourable , Valiant , and

Successful ! , his Hig hness , James Duke of York . John Heydon states that " being bound to the Duke of York , by the band of these his great vertueSj he is so far a debtor as to communicate without envy by the true account of all opinions

these Rosia Crucian Infallible Axiomata , which we have read and learned , especiall y their precious medicines and their greatest secret , the Pentarva , with their gift of healing , according to our complexion and capacity . " Heydon , it

seemed , expected to suffer for loyalty to his sacr . 'd Majesty the King , for John Hewitt , "Doctor of Divinity , and others who were spitefull y thrust into jail with him , were cruell y murdered b y the tyrant Oliver Cromwell , because

they loved our sovereign lord the King , " by his estates procured his ransom . The epistle dedicatory was written 4 th August , 1 660 . The preface reveals the fact that the author was not a Rosicrucian , although profoundly

acquainted with its principles aud philosophy . He narrates the generally-received account of tlie ori g in of the society , and of their actions , which wero accounted fabulous , and in many respects accepts the version of " I'ama Fraternitates" to

be the correct version of so extraordinary an institution . The work itself is veiled in allegory , and to any but the diligent and careful student it is , without doubt , either a sealed volume or a stumbling-block . He describes the Pentarva of

llosioriieians to bo " ' a water and no stone , it after nig ht discovers a fire as bright as day ; and if you look on it in the day-time it dazles the eye with certain g lances or corruseations , for in it is a spirit of admirable power to long life , wisdim , and vertuc . "

A . diagram of peculiar construction , displaying much ingenuity and considerable knowledge of tho cabalistic p hilosophy . Its study is a most interesting and curious one , but .. is character is unfitted for reproduction here . The wurk is mainly au elaborate treatise on the signification of numbers from one to twelve : — " Of tlio

wonderful secrets of numbers , of their signification ; how Moses , showed so many signs by them , how Joshua made the sun stand still by numbers , how by numbers Elijah culled down fire from heaven upon his enemies ; how by these

following numbers the Losie Crucians foreknow all future things , c iiiiiiiand whole nature , have power over devils and angells , and do miracles , Ac . ; how b y this number a river spake to Pythagoras ( i . e ., one ) . Two is called n . number of memory

and of li ght , and tho number of man , who is called another and the lesser world . Three , Justice , which is the hi ghest perflation , aud is not without many mysteries ; it is an incompounded number , a number of perfection , and

most powerfull , for there are three persons in one God , there are three theological vertnes in Reli g ion , hence it is that number conduces to the ceremonies of reli g ion , and tlie Pythagoreans use it in their sanctiiications and purifications ,

and it is most fit iu bindings and legations . The number Four is the four square plain , which consists of two proportions , whereof the lirst is one to two and two to one . Five is of no small perfection or vertuc , being the great middle of

the universal number ten ; live senses , five powers in the soul , live fingers on the baud , name of God expressed with five letters , Jiloim ; name of Christ with five , Jhesn ; in the elementary world five

kinds of corruptible things , water , air , fire , earth , and a mixed body . Six is called the balance of the world . Sevan , the hebdomad or septenary , is a fit symbol of God , as he is considered , having finished these six days' creation , for then , as this

Notable Rosicrucian Works.

infallible Axiomata intimates , He creates nothing further , and therefore His condition is then very fitly set out by the number Seven . All numbers within the Decad are cast in the three ranks , as Plato observes : ' Some beget but are not begotten , others are begotten but do not beget , the last both beget and are begotten ; ' the number 7

is only excepted , that is neither begotten nor begets any number , which is a jierfect emblem of God . The number Ten is called every number compleat , signifying the full course of life , for beyond that we cannot number within itself or explain them by itself and its own by multi p lying them . "

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents . ! THE GRAND MASTER .

( To the Editor of 1 he Freemason . ) SIR ,- -A paragraph has been going the round of the papers announcing the resignation of our revered chief , Lord Zetland , after a reign of 27 years over the brethren of the mystic tie , and it has been stated that Lord de Grey and Ripon is to succeed him , as the

Prince of Wales is too young a Mason to occupy that position . I should like to know on whose authority this statement was made . Slig ht I ask if Her Majesty were suddenly called from hence [ may Heaven long avert so great a calamity ] would it be said that His Royal Highness was

too young to ascend the Throne of England ? The Prince of Wales , afterwards George the 4 th , was elected G . M . on the decease of his uncle the Duke of Cumberland in 1790 , though he had been only three years a Mason , and his accession to the throne of the wise king was hailed as an augury of a bright

future for . Masonry . Is there any one will say that our Prince of Wales will not as worthily fill the throne as his great uncle did before him ? When M . K . II . the Duke of Cumberland was elected Grand Master in 1782 , ho appointed the

Karl of Effingham , acting Grand Master , and the Book of Constitutions expressly provides that if a Prince ofthe Blood Royal is made Grand Master , he may appoint a peer of the realm as his substitute , with the tille of Acting Grand Master . Let the brethren elect tho Prince of Wales as Grand Master

of England , and no doubt he will willingly nominate Earl de Grey and Ripon , to that office . I venture to make these remarks on behalf of a large number of provincial Masons who believe that the lust interests of the Craft will be served by the elevation ofthe Prince to the Masonic Throne ; who

feel that there should be no politics in - Masonry , no suspicion of ^ 'liirr influence in the government of (! rand Lodgo ; who would rather see a change in ( he aspect of affairs at head quarters ; and who cannot but feel that there are other eminent noblemen who have as good n claim for the Grand Mastership , a *

the Lord President of lhe Council . Where is my Lord Carnarvon , P . G . M ., of Somerset , that lie should be passed over ? where the Dukes of Manchesternml St . Albans , the Earl of Limerick , Lord Ilolniesdale , and a host of others too numerous

lo mention i As a country - Mason I ask , why is the Prince of Wales to be slighted V and , like Brutus , " I pause for a replay ?" Yours fraternally , Ai , : u ° P . M ., & c .

"Freemasonry And The Law's Of The Land."

"FREEMASONRY AND THE LAW'S OF THE LAND . "

( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAK Sin ASD BnorttKU In your last impression , in au article headed " Freemasonry and the I . a ws of the Land , "— " Cipcs" speaks of "Christian Orders of Freemasonry . " I always understood nnd

rejoiced , that Freemasonry ignored and discountenanced all sectarianism , that it unites " man of every country , sect and opinion , " and that it is well calculated to " bind man in mystic tics of fellowship as iu a bond of paternal affection and brotherly Jove . " Indeed , I humbly opine that its chief value , beyond its

mission of benevolence , consists in having been foremost , and iu now being instrumental in aiding to rid the world of the . still formidable remnants of prejudice and consequent persecution , induced through difference of opinion , particularly on theological questions . Wishing " God speed" to every association having

for its object the cultivation of those paternal feelings which our Order so persistently inculcates , I venture to submit that there is nnd ought to bc a marked distinction between " Freemasonry proper , and those societies who will admit as members none but those , who have gone through the ordeal of being mado Freemasons , " and that to speak of "Christian . * '