Original Correspondence.

Havers' proposal commented upon long before it was brought forward , and I heard , to my astonishment , so much then said in disparagement of the proposal that it was quite clear that many brethren had come so prejudiced as to give vent to their disapprobation before Bro .

Havers had well begun . " In the sense of prejudging him the brethren did decide without hearing him . " I remain , dear fir and Brother , faithfully and fraternall ? yours , " i -

THE INSTALLATION ENGRAVING . To the Editor of the Freema son . Dear Sir and Brother , — Permit me the use of your columns , to reply to my numerous subscribers and friends to state that 1 am making strenuous efforts to have the Installation Engraving complete "! and in their hands by Christmas next . The engraver is steadily and perseveringly proceeding with

the work , and I can assure all my friends that not an hour is being lost in carrying out this most arduous work to a successful completion . 1 shall have nearly 1000 portraits in the engraving , the largest muster by nearly double that has ever yet appeared in a single work . I am , dear Sir and brother , fraternally yours , EDWD . J . HAK v .

Reviews.

Reviews .

J or ARC—A Poem not awarded the Vice-Chancellor ' s Prize . Kerby and Endean , igo , Oxford-street . Whether or no the statement in the preface be historically accurate , and that we have in this poem one among the " Rejected Addresses" at Dublin University , we do not feel quite sure . As Sir "Walter Scott so well puts it , some of these little figurative and poetical prefaces have

served to introduce to the notice of readers many works which otherwise mig ht have remained in obscurity and neglect . But if the statement be correct , then we confess that we should like to see the poem to which the prize was really awarded . Joan of Arc is a sterling poem , and full of after promise for the writer . There are passages in it of great beauty and much poetic power , and we feel

strongly that it onlyfneeds to be read to be appreciated by many of our brethren and sisters . Unfortunately the space in the " Freemason " for Reviews is very limited , but we refer our readers to the " Masonic Magazine " for September , where a fuller review of this little work will appear , and when its poetical merit will be more perfectly analyzed and described .

HIGH PRESSURE BUSINESS LIFE . —Published by Henry Smith , M . D ., 8 , Burton Crescent . First Thousand . We like this little book very much . It is simple and straig htforward , practical and sound . We entirely approve of the advice it tenders ar . d the habits it enforces , the axioms it inculcates , and the warning ^ it propounds , as we feel how needful they are to all classes , especially that

large class to which the book appears to be specifically addressed . We predicate for it much public patronage and approval . WE PART ON THE SQUAHK ; Freemason ' s Song by SAMUEL SMITH . Music by WILLIE F . LANCELOT . —Simpson and Co ., 23 , Argyll-street , Regent-street .

This is a sprightly and effective little Masonic song , which , we think , is likely to become popular amongst us . We recommend it to the notice of many of our worthy musical brethren , whose endeavours to please their audiences are most praiseworthy and persevering . Certainly , music still has " charms to soothe the Masonic breast . "

A Caution—The Spurious Grand Lodge.

A CAUTION—THE SPURIOUS GRAND LODGE .

Ths following letter appears in the " Canadian Craftsman : "The thorough want of reason and knowledge of Masonic law displayed by the founders of the spurious organization of the body termed the Grand Lodge of Ontario has been so fully explained in your columns that a word of

warning or advice regarding the same seems almost superfluous - , still , owing to the silent manner in which wc work , the profane and ignorant may at any time confound the lodges working under the so-called Grand Lodge of Ontario with those under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Canada . We should therefore use every exertion to caution thosc ^ desirous of entering our mysteries to guard

against becoming members of an organization that cannot and does not confer upon them a single Masonic privilege , excepting , of course , that of visiting those lodges that at present lead a half life and dead existence under the authority of thf ir spurious body . ( 1 . ) No regular Grand Lodge will ever recognize this body , ergo no so-called Mason hailing from its subordinates

can ever enter any Masonic lodge in the world . ( 2 . ) As it is not a regular Grand Lodge , no Grand Chapter will allcw its subordinate chapters to recognize its members as Masons , and consequently they will be unable to advance in the mystic art ; and , and , as a necessary sequence , these misguided men and their deceived followers find themselves excluded from those higher mysteries which form so grand a feature in the history and

labyrinthine network of our institution . I urge , then , the strictest caution upon younger members , and particularly upon the profane , in becoming associated or allied with a body that receives fees but grants no benefits—tknt pretends to confer Masonic degrees which cannot be and lire not recognized by a single Grand Lodge in the world—that was founded on envy and spiteexists in a false ambition , and will die in disgrace and dishonour .

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Grand Lodge Of Canada.

GRAND LODGE OF CANADA .

The 2 ist \ nnual Communication of the Grand Lodge of A . F . and A . Masons of Canada , was held at the new By-Ward Market Hall in thc city of Ottawa , on Wednesday , the 12 th June , at the hour of hig h twelve . The following nolices of motion were given at thc last Annual Communication : —

By V . W . Bro . F . K . Menet . —That Article 7 , " of Fees , " in the Book of Constitution , be amended by striking out all after the words "jurisdiction of ? , lodge , " and inserting therefor the words . "Two Dollars ; " also that Article 1 , " of Constituting a New Lodge , " the words following -. — " and in case of there being more than two lodges in the nearest jurisdiction , it shall require thc recommendation of

no less than one-half of the said lodges . " By Bro . W . Bro . Wm . Forbes . —That the expenses of District Deputy Grand Masters be paid by this Grand Lodge , bv allowing a certain amount for each lodge . By R . W . Bro . L . Woods . —That thc clause of the Constitution relating to "Constituting a new Lodge " be amended by inserting after thc words " nearest lodge , " the

following : — " Except in cases of an application from a village , town , or city , when thc consent of all the local lodges having concurrent jurisdiction shall first be obtained . " By R . W . Bro . Rev . V . Clementi . —That Article 17 , " of thc Grand Lodge " be amended by striking out the words " at which the place of holding the next communication

shall be decided " and inserting in place thereof the words " in the City of Toronto . " By R . W . Bro . R . P . Stephens , —That Article to , " of the Grand Lodge " be amended by inserting the following clause between the words "before Grand Lodge" and " and no alteration , " namely : — " or unless notice of motion of such amendment be given in writing to the G- "and

Secretary , at least one nior . th before the Annual Communication of Grand Lodge , and such 1 oticc be- inserted in the summons for such Annual Communication , " also that Article 1 " of proposing members " be amended by inserting next after the words " the next stated lodge meeting " the words '' and in all cases held not less than four weeks from the date if the application . "

By W . Bro . Wm . Ncrris . — Thar Article 1 , " of the Grand Lodge" be amended by striking out the word " Canada , " and inserting in place thereof the word " Ontario , " and that all verbal alterations in thc Book of Constitution consequent upon thc adoption of this resolution be made immediately thereafter . By W . Bro . Joseph Hurssell . —That Article 2 , of

"Honorary Members , '' be amended by adding thereto the words following : "but if an honorary member does not attend a meeting of the lodge for a space of three years , or give satisfactory reasons for his absence , he may be suspended from honorary membership by a two-thirds vote of the lodge-, " also , —That Article 8 , " of the Grand Lodge , " be amended by striking out all after the words " any

communication of the Grand Lodge , " and inserting in place thereof the words " and Past Master of the lodge duly returned may represent the lodge , Immediate P . M . to take precedence . " By W . Bro . J . M . lianghail , or W . Bro . Wm . Ilayden , —That the Book of Constitution be so amended as to provide that all routine business in private lodges be done

in the Third Degree , instead cf the first as at present . By R . W . Bro . J . G . Burns . —That thc Toronto district be divided into two districts , the counties of York and Peel to constitute the Toronto district , and the counties of Simcoe and Grey to constitute a new District , to be named the Georgian district .

By R . W . Bro . J . B . Traycs , —That the Toronto and Ontario districts be reconstructed , so as to make three or more out of the two districts , or otherwise to divide cither or both of them . The Board of General Purposes met at the Masonic Hall , Rideau Street , on Monday the 10 th inst ., at noon .

United States Of America.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .

The Grand Lodge oi Indiana held its ninth annual gathering on thc 23 rd and the two following days of May . The Treasurer ' s statement shows a balance of 15 , 400 dols . A curious case came up in the form of a grievance . It seems that five years ago a lodge borrowed from the widow of a Mason 4000 dols ., giving her a mortgage on

the property of thc lodge . The widow had received the money from thc benefit society on the death of her husband . The mortgage proved worthless . Five members owned the lodge , on which there was a prior mortgage , but the lodge yielded them a rental of 1800 dols . As the lodge declined either to pay or secure the widow the matter was referred to thc Grand Master for the purpose of

ascertaining the true facts . Bros . F . S . Dcvol and John M . Bramwell were ilected respectively Grand Master and Grand Secretary . The fourth annual conclave of the Grand Commandery cf Nebraska took place at Omaha , on 26 th April . The chief officers elected are R . C . Sir Chas . F . Catlin , Grand Commander : N . E . Sir James N . Moore , Deputy Grand

Commander ; E . Sir William R . Bowen , Grand Recorder . 'Ihe eig hty-sixth annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island was held on May 15 . Nearly two hundred members were present . On the subject of coloured Masonry , thc Grand Master says : " Thc Grand Lodge or the subordinate lodges of Ohio

may make as many Masons out of the negro race as it pleases , and we must and will recognise those so made as Freemasons—but we deny its power to give any Masonic vitality to any other grand body ; it cannot delegate its jurisdiction , nor exercise it jointly with another , but must exercise it itself and for itself . We may be permitted to hope that wise counsel may govern its action . "

United States Of America.

Among the officers elected are M . W . G . Nicholas San-Slyck . R . W . G . S . Edwin Baker . The ninety-fifth annual communication of the Grand Lodge of New York met on the 2 nd June . 755 representatives of subordinate lod ges were present . The receipts for thc year foot up 100 , 849 . 25 dols ., but the treasury is empty . We make thc following extract from the Grand

Master ' s address : — " Our foreign relations remain about in the same condition as last year . The Grand Orient of France lias made no sign during the year , and evidently considers the friendship and correspondence of the American Grand Lodges as a matter of no consequence . This is to be regretted ; but , until there is a willingness on the part of

that body to recognise the right of this and other Grand Lodges to exclusive jurisdiction within their own territories there can be no change , and we shall regretfully , but none the less firmly , be obliged to treat as strangers , those whom we would gladly welcome to our Masonic homes . "The course of the German Grand Lodges is scarcely , if at all , more satisfactory . Claiming for themselves the

very right for which we contend , and proclaiming that no lodge can be formed on German territory without their consent , they have thus far shown no willingness to concede the same right to us , or withdraw the lodges located in this and other States . They propose to compromise the matter by a series of treaties , looking , however , only to their own benefit , since they propose to have us recognise the

establishment in the country of subordinate lodges owing them allegiance , but saying nothing of a reciprocal privilege on our part , even were it possible that we could profit by such a concession , or our policy allow us to proceed in that direction . "One further step has been taken by them through their Grand Lodge League , which is the declaration that the

organization of coloured persons in this country , now trespassing on the v . irinus American Grand Lodge jurisdictions , is regular , and hence that their invasion of the territory of this and other Grand Lodges in the United States meet- the ' approval of our brethren in Germany , although at latent advices they hail not gone so far as to offer direct recognition and interchange of representatives . This ,

however , is a matter of time , and it is" far from certain that the League now in session will not take this concluding step , and thus by indiscretion place its constituents in open denial of our right to govern our own affairs without foreign intervention and dictation . There can be but one ending to all this , which I icfrain from indicating at the present time , in the hope that wiser councils may yet

prevail , and that harmony and peace may be secured to our brotherhood wherever dispersed . "Another question lias been presented , not for immediate action , but for calm consideration , by the Grand Lodge of Ohio . "At the annual communication of that body last October , a special committee reported favourably on a proposition

to admit a number of confessedly clandestine organizations and to d ' uiile the jurisdiction of the State with such irregular bodies . The point of the whole matter is , that this is simply a proposition on the part of the committee of the Grand Lodge of Ohio to abandon the American law of sole jurisdiction , claimed by Grand Lodges on this continent , and , if adopted , to open the whole of our territory to the incursions of such organizations as may choose to invade

it , and thus by destroying our authority at thc same time to put an end to the peaceful and harmonious progress we have so long enjoyed . " No action appears to be required at this time , becaust thc Grand Lodge of Ohio has not definitely passed upon the report of its ' . ommittec , and it is to be hoped than when it does it will remain in full accord with the other American Grand Lodges and with the best interests of Masonry

on this continent . Meanwhile , I repeat , if should receive your careful atten - tion , so that , if action should be taken in Ohio adverse to the general well being , your duty may be plain and your action prompt . " [ We take this from the " Craftsman . " ]

THE SOUTHERN SUPREME COUNCIL . Thc Supreme Council of thc Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for thc Southern Jurisdiction of the United States commenced its biennial session , at the city of Washington , on Monday , May 29 th . The regular period for the assembling of this body was the ist of May , but , as it had been originally organized at Charlestown , South

Carolina , on May 31 st , 1801 , it was deemed advisable that thc session should commence on the last Monday of the month , so that the members mi ght have an opportunity of celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment , not only of the Supreme Council , but of the Scottish Rite . On Wednesday evening , May 31 , the members of the

supreme Council , active and honorary , with a large number of Scottish Rite Masons , had a social gathering in the Hall of the Scottish Rite . Speeches were made , songs sung , and the seventy-fifth anniversary was appropriately observed . The attendance of members during the session was comparativel y large , and some important business was

transacted . On the first day Bro . Albert Pike , Sovereign Grand Commander , read his allocution , in which he gave an exhaustive view of the condition of the Rite throughout the world , and the relations of the Southern Supreme Council with other Councils . This allocution was referred to appropriate committees

for the consideration of the various subjects which it embraced . Some very important questions of jurisdiction were decided during the session . Among these , and of most interest to the Scottish Rice Masons of this country , was that of territorial jurisdiction between the two Supreme Councils of the United States .