Grand Lodge.

the Grand Lodge of England , that , instead of listening to recommendations from this side of the water , the Grand Lodge of Canada did not appoint as its representative here a brother like Bro . Brackstone Baker , who , being himself a Canadian

Mason , is better fitted to represent Canadian brethren , rather than a nobleman , AVIIO , however amiable and talented , knows nothing of the feeling-s and wants of the Canadian brethren , Avhilsfc his "instructions" from Canada and his

position in Grand Lodge must , should any dispute arise , be opposed to each other . Bro . George is to ask the folloAving questions : —¦ " Have the Building Committee granted a lease to the present tenant ?"

"Have they given him possession to convert that lease into a marketable commodity by conveying ifc to a * Joint-Stock Company ? ' " "Aud are other than Masons allowed to become shareholders ?"

The answer , we take it , will be tolerably easy—1 . Until the confirmation of the minutes on Wednesday next the Committee have no power to grant a lease . 2 . Not having granted the lease , they could not

give the permission , though there is no doubt that many of the members of the Committee approve of such a Company being formed ; and , 3 . If none but Masons are alloAved to become shareholders , tho beat thing the promoters can do will be to ivifchdraw the scheme , as assuredly they -will never get the money .

The Marquis Of Donegall.

THE MARQUIS OF DONEGALL .

It is Avith extreme regret that we have to call the attention of the brethren to fche report which appears in another column of the installation of our noble brother , the Marquis of Donegall , as Provincial Grand Master of Belfast and North

DoAvn—inasmuch as ifc will be seen that , in an institution and afc a festival in which nothing * but charity and -good-will should prevail , the noble Marquis went out of his way to introduce politics into his speech , and attack the Mayor , Avho was not

present , for nofc doing his duty during the recent disastrous riots , and , in fact , for leaving Belfast at the time they were taking place . Nothingcould have been in worse taste ; and we regret that the Marquis did not find a more appropriate place to make his remarks than an assemblage of Freemasons , who are bound not to intro-

The Marquis Of Donegall.

duce politics into their lodges . The friends of the Mayor were not alkwed to defend him as they were properly checked in their endeavours to reply , but so should the Marquis have been in his attack . The charges of the Marquis have been replied to

by the Mayor of Belfast , in a series of letters , Avhich , however far they may go to exculpate the writer from the blame attached to him , shows that his controversial style is extremely energetic . The writer also denies that there Avas any expectation

of riots Avhen he left Belfast for Harrogate , and throws back upon the Marquis the charge of not acting Avith sufficient energy , inasmuch as the Marquis Avas in the town Avhen the riots broke out , and in his capacity of Lord Lieutenant might

have called out the Avhole force of the district , both civil and military . With these disputes Ave have nothing to do , but we should like to ask , IIOAV often the Lord Lieutenant of the county and Provincial Grand Master

bas been in Belfast during the last eight years , seeing that he has not found time during the whole of that period to meet the brethren and go through the ceremony of installation , and whether he has not himself been someAvhat negligent in the discharge of his duties ?

A Run To The Lakes.

A RUN TO THE LAKES .

It is one of the inestimable blessings of our modern system of travelling that we can get to the country easier than our forefathers could . For example , a poor Londoner Avho is sick unto death of the dust in Piccadilly or the liquid manure of Oxford-street—who wishes to get out of fche way

of the metropolitan sewers or the metropolitan railways—who is apprehensive of a coup-tle-soleil or a brain feA r er , —iu one word , he who Avishes to get out of London during the dog-days , will find it an agreeable change to do as Ave did a few days ago—¦ take a run to the Lakes . It is possible to

breakfast in London , leave Euston-square about nine o'clock , and , after travelling over some 300 miles of country , to dine about five at Windermere , in the county of Westmoreland , in one of the nicest hotels in the north of England , in a cool , clear , bracing mountain atmosphereand with a

pano-, rama spread out before the eye Avhich recalls everything that AVO can conceive of an earthly paradise . The first impression of Windermere is one which the traveller is not likely to forget . There is a sweet little modern-antique Anglo-Norman village

in the foreground ; a silver lake , richly Avooded , half hid among hills of a dark purplish colour , in the distance , Avhich overtop each other until the Cumberland mountains and the peak of the