Grand Lodge.

GRAND LODGE .

LONDON , SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 6 , 18 G 2 .

As we anticipated would be the case , the Grand Lod ° 'e lias been one of the quietest we have had for a long time ; and , notwithstanding' the disposition of the Grand Lodge Property has , for the moment , been adjourned , we look upon the

settlement as regards its future arrangement as having made more progress than for the last three years , it having been agreed that the whole matter shall be referred to a Select Committee of seven to determine as to future arrangements—such

Committee to be appointed at the Grand Lodge in December . The only other point of interest in the proceedino-3 was the carrying of a resolution calling upon the Provincial Grand Masters to make a return of

their proceedings ( especially with regard to the appointments of Provincial Grand Officers ) to the Most Worshipful Grand Master , within one month after the holding of the Provincial Grand Lodges , by which many abuses which have , we are sure

inadvertently , crept into the management of the Provincial Grand Lodges will , we hope , be checked .

The crowded state of our columns must plead our excuse for not more fully entering into the proceedings to day , but our readers may rest assured that we shall not fail again to call attention to them in our next issue .

The Threatened Secession From The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter Of Scotland.—No. Iv.

THE THREATENED SECESSION FROM THE SUPREME GRAND ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OF SCOTLAND . —No . IV .

( From our own Correspondent . ) In our endeavour last week to expose the rottenness of the foundation upon which the masonic insurrectionists of the West purpose to erect a rival Grand Chapter , we omitted touching

u pou one or two points of minor interest which ® e broached by the Committee in the report winch they have submitted to "the world ; " but <« the schismatics seem to attach some importance o these as bearing the main question

, upon , Ave Slal l m a sentence or two , attempt to show our ^ guided brethren that the illustrations contended upon are valueless for then- present J ^ Pose , and , in the eyes of the unprejudiced , « ° gether beside the case in dispute . The

Committee assign two " reasons" for dragging into then- report the notice of a former dispute occuring in Chapter No . 18 . The first of these , as showing " the power of a remit , " we have disposed of in a way damaging to the cause its

quotation by the rebels was intended to serve . The second reason is a paltry one , ancl its adoption discovers either an utter disregard for truth , or a cotal ignorance of the circumstances of the case adverted to . By their allusion to the quarrel in

No . 18 , the Committee say they wish to show that the " principal parties in bringing about '" the defeat of the Provincial Grand Chapter Officials , were also the " chief supporters" of the Past Principal of No . 18 in Ms irregularities . This is

but another of the gratuitous statements of which the report is so prolific . Were it to serve any good purpose , or were it necessary to a better understanding of "the present state of affairs , " very willingly would we have opened up the case pointed at by the Glasgow Committee ; but as none of the circumstances of that case have the

most remote connection with the one on hand , it cannot be thought that the valuable space of the recognised organ of the craft can be burdened Avith details foreign to the Masonic revolt of which the western district is at present the scene , and

which were freely discussed and disposed of two years ago . Our remarks , then , on this part of the subject , must necessarily be brief .

With one solitary exception , the " principal parties" by whose exertions the severance of Ayrshire from Glasgow has been effected , never had any connection with No . 18 , and consequently cannot be chargeable with " supporting "

its " irregularities , " or any of its Office-bearers in the commission of the same . There is , however , one companion at present in office in No . 80 , who was in 1860 privileged to take a very prominent part in " supporting the then Eirst Principal , "

not in any alleged irregularity , but in aiding him , and that successfull y too , in resisting the prostitution of a Royal Arch Charter by having it handed over to the possession of the Master of a Blue Lodge , who was himself not even a Royal

Arch Mason , far less a member of the Chapter No . 18 , whose Charter was on his- behalf demanded to be surrendered to him . The

noncompliance with that most absurd demand has been followed by the systematic and heartless persecution of "the then Eirst Principal" of No . 18 ; and that persecution has to a great extent , if