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the alleged grievances , is the appointment of your Provincial Grand Master by the Grand Master of England , which virtually leaves the appointment in the hands of the Masons of England—who , at a distance of near 4 , 000 miles , may reasonably be expected to be practically ignorant of the social position and requirements of the Craft in Canada—and inasmuch as the Provincial Grand Officers

are nominated by the Provincial Grand Master , the efficiency or inefficiency of the administration of your affairs depends entirely upon the eligible or ineligible selection of a Provincial Grand Master made for you by the Grand Master of England—and this selection is made without reference to the opinions of the Fraternity in Canada , as to the Masonic attainments , zeal , or interest in the Craft , and general qualifications of the nominee , although they would naturally be the best informed on the subject , and most deeply interested in the result .

" The Provincial Grand Lodge , thus constituted , is placed in the equivocal position of being irresponsible to , and independent of the Craft in Canada , whilst experience has shown them to be unable to secure from the Grand Lodge of England the attention and respect due to their position as a Provincial Grand Lodge . "

I had intended to have addressed you a long communication on the propriety , nay , I might say the absolute necessity , of the establishment amongst the Brethren in Canada of a Grand Lodge , but have been prevented for the present by a pressure of business . I trust , however , to be enabled shortly to communicate with you more fully on the subject . I purpose , moreover , should it meet with your approval , to occasionally , as I can spare the time , keep you correctly informed as to the movements and working of the Masonic body in this colony .

In conclusion , let me observe , that lam confident I speak but the general opinion of the Craft in Canada , in asserting , as I do now assert , that notwithstanding the recent establishment of the Grand Lodge of Canada , there has not been , nor will be , the slightest diminishment of respect and fraternal regard to our mother Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland , on the part of the

Masons of Canada ; vie believe and trust that the step we have taken will be for the general benefit of the Craffc , and confidently expect the same view of our proceedings will be taken " at home . " In haste , believe me , Yours fraternally , Montreal . October 22 , 1855 . Yidi .

TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS MONTHLY MAGAZINE . Dear Sir and Brother , —If your correspondent " Zeredathah" had had our Lodge placed before him , he could not have more accurately described our state ; for , although nominally a large Lodge , we are brought to disgrace , and but barely able to pay our tavern bills . What I mean by disgrace is , subscribing to but one or two of the Masonic charities , yet having not funds sufficient to enable us to

give ten pounds as a donation to the Patriotic Fund . What makes this the more galling is , that the money was voted , and would have been paid , but at the ensuing meeting it was not confirmed , on the ground that we should "be just before being generous . " This is , no doubt , all very proper ; but if we are just to our profession as Masons , and not generous to the landlord , I think more than £ 10 ought to be expected from a body numbering upwards of fifty .

It is true that the landlord is a Mason ; but that is no excuse for the W . M . ' s , who , as they succeed each other , seem to think their great duty is to promote the good of the tavern-keeper , and not that of the Craft . I believe , with your correspondent " Zeredathah , " that if the Order is to take the position it ought , Lodges must be removed to private places of meeting , and thereby prevent that waste of money , and do away with that temptation to tippling and feasting for the benefit of the landlord , and , as a natural sequence , have undamaged health , and be enabled to support all the Masonic charities .

I know one Lodge , the members of which , I believe , would gladly remove , were it not for giving offence to the landlord , a P . M . of the same Lodge . He treats the members exactly as if the Lodge , & c , was his property ; in fact , as it