Alleged Discourtesy To Brethren From Abroad.

to outvie the other in imparting Masonic information . In London , I , in company with two other brethren ( one a Past Master of a Lodge in this city ) , visited the " Royal Naval Lodge , No . 70 , " held on the flth of March last , at Freemasons' Tavern , where certainly not more than eighteen members were present . After exhibiting my diploma and undergoing the preliminary examination , in which the brother who examined me exhibited a

degree of looseness not to be found in America amongst the most rusty members of the fraternity ( I vouching for my friends ) , we were introduced—the Tyler offering me an apron , at the same time giving it me strictly in charge to return it to him upon my leaving the Lodge room . AVe entered the Lodge . AAlth us it is the custom , when a foreign brother visits us , for some member of the Lodge to show him some little attention ; not so in the present case—not a brother recognized us . The second and third degrees

were worked out in a very slovenly maimer . One of my brethren ( a Past Master ) requested permission to retire , and in rather a sarcastic speech thanked the AVorshipful Master " for the kindness and attention exhibited towards us by the Lodge , and assured him , if it was ever their lot to visit . St . John , no doubt they would meet with the same cordial reception . " Upon retiring to the Tyler's room , the Worshipful Master came out , honoured us with a stare , poured out a glass of wine , again stared at us ,

drank his wine , turned on his heel , and went into the Lodge room . This may be the custom in England ; I know it is not in Scotland , Ireland , or America , I remain , dear Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , ROREKT' STUBS , St . John , N . B ., S . AV . of Lodge No . SOI , Lit ., and a Member May 3 rd , 1859 . ' of No . 570 , E . R ,

SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION . —It teaches us to be neglectful of nothing - —not to despise the small beginnings , for they precede of necessity all great things iu the knowledge of science , either pure or applied . It tenches a continual comparison of the small and great , and that under differences almost approaching tho infinite , for the small as often contains the great in principle as tho great does the small ; and thus the mind becomes comprehensive . It teaches to deduce principles carefully , to hold them firmly , or to suspend the judgment;—to discover and obey

law , and by it to bo bold in applying to the greatest what we know of the smallest . It teaches us first by tutors ancl books to learn that which is already known to others , and then by the light and methods which belong to science to learn for ourselves and for others ; so making a fruitful return to man in the future for that which we have obtained from tho men of the past . Bacon , in his instruction , tells us that tho scientific student ought not to be as the ant who gathers rnerelv , nor as tho spider who spins from her own bowels , but rather as the bee , who both gathers and produces . All this is true of the teaching afforded by any part of

physical science . Electricity is often called wonderful—beautiful ; but it is so only in common with tho other forces of nature . The beauty of electricity , or of any other force , is not that tho power is mysterious and unexpected , touching every sense at unawares in turn , but that it is under law , and that the taught intellect can even now govern it largely . The human mind is placed above , not beneath it ; ancl it is in such a point of view that the mental education afforded by science rendered superominent in dignity , in practical application , and utility ; for , by enabling the mind to apply the natural power through law , it conveys the gifts of

God to man . —Professor Faradity .