Qualifications For The Hautes Grades.

Mason , as laid down in the Constitutions , viz .: —The degree of Prince Mason shall not be conferred on any brother who is not a" 1 . Mark Master Mason . " 2 . Eoyal Arch . " 3 . Knight of the Sword .

" 4 . Knight of the East . " 5 . Knight of the East and West . " G . Knight Templar . u 1 . Masonic Knight of Malta . " The candidate must also profess the Christian religion , and be well reported for his moral character and

respectability . The foregoing qualifications are all indispensable . " " Each candidate for the Order should have attained the age of thirty-three years , have been registered as a Master Mason for seven years , aud have been Master of a symbolical lodge for six months at least . The

qualifications prescribed in this rule , or any of them . , may be dispensed with by a dispensation from the Council , the Sovereign of the Order , or the Vice-President of the Council , but without such dispensation are to be deemed essential . " Tours fraternally , SPHINX .

Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.

MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .

In the United States of America there of Knights Templar , 2 G Grand Commauderies , 325 subordinate Commanderies , and 23 , 458 knights , showing an increase from last year of 1 Grand Commandery , 33 Subordinate commanderies , and 3 , 401 knights .

In the State of Michigan , the Grand Recorder , under instructions from the Grand Commandery K . T . of that jurisdiction , has caused a manuscript copy of tdie ritual to be forwarded to each subordinate . The fiftieth anniversary of the formation of Mount

Vernon Encampment , No . 1 , of the Grand Commandery of Ohio , was recently celebrated in the city of Columbus , on which occasion , in addition to representatives of the Gran d Encampment of the "United States and the Grand Commandery of Ohio , there were present a great number of knights from all parts of the United States .

In Illinois ( U . S . ) there have been during the past year 4021 initiations , 3754 passings , 3440 raisings , 98 reinstatements , 1010 admissions , 284 deaths , and 73 expulsions . There are under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of that State , 31 , 7 GS resident , 222 S nonresident , and 1240 non-affiliated Masons . The number

of warranted lodges in the State is G 03 ,- deducting 32 lodges dormant , gives 57 G lodges in active work , with an average membership of 55 . Pomerofs Democrat

learns that the Grand Lodge of Illinois is getting too cumbrous , and advises that the'Iodges should be consolidated instead of increasing their numbers . The first number of the Australian Freemason ' s

Magazine is to hand . It promises to supply a want that must have been long felt in our Australian colonies . We gave some extracts from it in our lodge reports of last week .

The Grand Orient of Lusitania issue the " Boletiin Official do Grande Oriente Lusitano , " a monthly record of Masonry in that country . A lodge of instruction , extending over three days ,

was recently held in the Masonic Temple , Port Hope , Ontario district . On the first day , attention was paid to the E . A . degree . During the day the business appears to have been to settle differences in the ritual , and in the evening real work was proceeded with , two

brethren going through the ceremony of initiation . The morning of the second day was devoted to the F . C . degree . At noon the Instructor passed such brethren as presented themselves , and in the afternoon the work of the second degree was resumed . On

the third day the lodge was divided into sections , a portion of the brethren working in each degree . This afforded to all instruction in any degree they might most require . The brethren generally showed great proficiency in the work , and the thanks of the brethren were voted to Bro . McCabe , the D _ Dist . G . M . who presided over the lodge .

A MORMON LODGE . —The Gavel ( Toronto ) finds with astonishment the" absurd statement in a contemporary , which should be more guarded in its remarks , in consequence of the high Masonic position held by the editor , " that the Grand Lodge of Kansas had granted a charter to Mouut Moriah Lodge at Salt Lake

City , with the remark that "We had better leave these Mormons to themselves . They made us trouble at Nauvoo , besides disgracing the institution . " The Gavel says : —• " At the present time there are two Masonic lodges in Utah , one on the registry of the

Grand Lodge of Montana , the other of the Grand Lodge of Kansas . Both hai'e been in existence more than tivo years , and are in a flourishing condition . Freemasonry in Utah is exclusively Gentile , and a stroug prejudice exists among the brethren of both

lodges against allowing Mormons to become members ; and no candidate professing Mormonism would have the least prospect of receiving the degrees of Freemasonry in either of these lodges .