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vacant , as at present , on a vacancy occuring in the office of P . G . M . Doubtless many occupants of the dais in our Great Council , aud other brethren of less eminence , wiii differ from me in this opinion ; but , as the views held by tiie fraternity at large on the D . P . G . ' s as regard * Grand -Lodge and the Craft in general can only be elicited

by discussion , I give it for what it is worth , and if I am wrong I shall be glad to be set right , feeling assured , at all events , that no change for the worse « an take place in the status of the D . P . G . M . ' s , which , I repeat , is , at least , " an anomaly . " Yours fraternally , D . P . G . M . ( No . 1 ) .

Re S. Sax And Others.

RE S . SAX AND OTHERS .

1 . 1 THE EDITOE OF THE FEEEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEKQB . Dear Sir and Brother , —I chanced to see , for the first time in my life , the Freemasons' Magazine and Jifasonie Mirror at a brother ' s house a lew days ago . I did not know until then that there was any publication devoted exclusively to our ancient and honourable Order ; andon turning over the pages of the

, number there laid before me , I caught sight of the -several letters relating to the proceedings of Jlr . Sax and denoting some of his successes in obtaining money from the members and officers of various lodges in the provinces . He paid me a visit , but got only one sovereign out of me , for I was j ust hurrying away

to keep an urgent professional engagement when he . solicited the loan of five pounds . Upon his representations I lent him the only piece of gold I then had in my purse , which he promised to retuin by a post-office order from London in two days from that time , but , though it is two months ago , he has not done so . I now know the reason , after reading those letters aud some which appeared in previous and subsequent numbers of your Mac / aHne , which L have

since borrowed from my friend and brother , at whose house I first saw the Magazine . I have now to suggest two things : first , that every lodge should take your Magazine and send it immediately to the W . M . and to the Treas . of the lodge , aud to be returned by them to the lodge room for reference by other members ; secondthat where an individual member of

, a lodge cannot afford to pay 26 s . per year , or does not choose to do so , several members should club together to subscribe . I have just joined another brother who lives near to me , and have ordered the Magazine to be sent in future , so that we may know what is going forward

in Freemasonry . I feel , I must add , I am very much pleased with the perusal of those numbers I have had lent to me ; indeed , I am very much interested with many things I have there seen mentioned for the first time in my life , although I am neither a chicken in years nor a young Mason , but am—Yours fraternally , "AN OLD LAWYER . " * * * * Sept . 28 , 1868 .

Zetland Testimonial Or Festival.

ZETLAND TESTIMONIAL OR FESTIVAL .

10 THE EDITOB OV THE EEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEBOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —When is it proposed to celebrate the event of our very dear and much

Zetland Testimonial Or Festival.

respected G . M ., the Et . Hon . the Earl of Zetland , having presided over our Order in his own proper person as G . M . for the past 25 years ( in addition to his previous services ia the Order ) ? Can you also tell me where it is to be celebrated , and in what manner ?

Yours fraternally , A P . M . OE 25 YEAR ' S' STANDING . [ We really cannot , as we have not been officially informed . —ED . P . M . ]

A Masonic And General Library Of Reference For The Freemasons' Hall.

A MASONIC AND GENERAL LIBRARY OF REFERENCE FOR THE FREEMASONS ' HALL .

TO THE EDITOB OE THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIBEOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —I think the necessity for doing something—at once—to supply so great a want , strongly felt amongst Freemasons generally , and in this great metropolis iu particular , ought to be self evident to the " powers that be " at the head quarters in the East . I know several brethren who would

contribute books to such a library if it was formed aud formally announced in your pages . If the R . W . Bro . John Havers would but give some attention to this matter , and allow his master mind to dwell upon it , I feel assured that success would promptly attend any exertion of his to that end .

Do , Mr . Editor , allow a little space in the Magazine to be devoted to urging this subject upon the attention of those in whose power it is to say , " The thing shall be done , and done at once , too . " Yours fraternally , ONE WHO BELIEVES THERE IS MUCH MORE IN THE WRITTEN HLSTOET OP FREEMASONRY THAN IS GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD .

Grand Lodge Of Mark Masters.

GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTERS .

TO THE EDITOB OF TIIE FEEEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIBEOE . Dear Sir and Brother , —Ib has been intimated to me that complaints are being made by several members of this degree of the neglect of their communications , and of delays in the issue of documents . This intimation—recently and kindly conveyed—has

occasioned me extreme regret . There is no character I have endeavoured more earnestly to obtain and secure , than that of punctuality in correspondence , and I had , until now , every reason to believe that I had been successful , and have yeb to discover proof of failure .

I have not the means of ascertaining by whom complaints are made , and therefore take this mode of making known my ignorance of any foundation for such complaints , and of inviting information from any brother who feels himself aggrieved . So far as I am aware , there is not in this office one

unanswered communication , and if letters have been addressed to me , to which replies have not been received , they have miscarried . Let me call attention to the correct address of this office at foot . Yours fraternally , FREDERICK BINCKES , G . S . Office , —i , Featherstone-buildings , Holborn , W . C .