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very many of the Craft , who- are Roman Catholics , have not only been deprived of the sacrament , but have been denounced from the pulpit as excommunicated . The fury of the Roman Catholic bishop here , "Dr . Spaeceapeitra , " against Freemasonry , is far more than can be communicated with the pen ; and the time has therefore arrived when such a vexatious matter should be taken up with dignified spirit by the Grand Lodge , ^ Yours , Trinidad , 2 ith January , 1855 . Z .

[ In reply to this letter we have to state that we wrote out immediately for particulars , but at present have received no answer . The worthy Brother is mistaken as to tlie Mauritius being under the G . L . of England . It is not so ; but if the Brethren of the Lodges he alludes to are persecuted in the West Indies , the G . L . of England must take up the matter , if it is regularly brought before it . — Ed . I . M . Monthly Magazine . ]

To The Editor Of The Fkeemasons' Monthly Magazine.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE FKEEMASONS * MONTHLY MAGAZINE ,

Bear Brother Editor , I have been longing to have one of our old quiet Masonic gossips with you , but it is no easy matter ferreting you out in such hard weather , even to communicate the latest most edifying and extraordinary news . It is of very common occurrence , during the prevalence of dreary winter , to see records of the flight of flocks of wild ducks and geese ; but no editorial bosom has ever thrilled to such an opportunity as you shall now be put in possession of , viz . : "An extraordinary

flight of Swans and Solons to either side of the Jordan . " Invited to regale myself with the Brethren ** of that ilk , " I must do justice to their hospitality by publicly stating , that we Had such a Stew-art , culinary or otherwise could not have improved ; nor when it was fairly dished were we obliged to attack it " a la Turqiie , " but demolished the savoury morsel with a spoon ( to order , Brethren / in the comparative degree ) . These birds of wisdom having duly arranged themselves in full Sanhedrim or council , one species proposed that as the avenues of the Lodge were not in a good state of repair , a new road should be made to the

offices ; one young cygnet , more forward than his older compeers , satirically observing , that any scrambler for place would certainly have the sheen taken off * the webs of toes unless he adopted pattens . He further begged to observe , that it was not his intention to crack any rash jokes , for he did not think that much of the Lodge would long remain even to crack a nut on , much less for the preferment of a young member . This pert biped then quietly settled himself on one leg , whilst he was succeeded by an Archer , who evidently conceited himself on being as redoubted a marksman among birds as the notorious assassin of the

everto-be-lamented Cock Robin . Let us hope , however , in charity to the Order and the Brethren , that the Bow he drew was the long bow , for one of the Solons betaking himself to his wings , made one or two curious gyrations , which the Robin Hood seemed very much inclined to arrest midway ( and , by-the-bye , a specimen would be very acceptable of the bird stuffed with something that's sage ) , when a , feeling seemed to come over him like William Tell ' s toward the eagle ;—

" Instinctively I bent my bow , Yet kept he rounding still bis airy circle , As if in the delight of measuring the ample range beneath , And round about , absorbed , he heeded not the death that threatened him ; I would not shoot—' twas liberty . I turned my bow aside , and let him soar away . "

Of course , remaining himself in the approved state of dramatic reverie , until aroused by the whispered announcement that " Richard" ( or his son , for there was some discrepancy ) "was himself again . " Now , nothing very hostile or personal occurred in all this , but another feathered biped , putting himself in a dreadful temper , le-vanted . I should not send this to your Magazine , dear Brother editor , but Eraser ' s is out of circulation , and partly from what ' s in a YOL . I . Z