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attached so much importance to his having brought us this knowledge from one end of the earth to the other , as , perhaps , the poor simpleton suggests who in his love for poetry wrote , — . "We all are mortals , grass and hay , Here to-morrow and gone to-day . "

I beg , therefore , to suggest that twelve or more gentlemen of intelligence , and of sufficiently high standing in the Order , be elected from the 12 principal lodges of London , or of London and adjacent places easily accessible—perhaps it might be preferable to take two from each lodge—to form

themselves into a committee for the purpose of inviting Bro . Melville to communicate his ' valuable knowledge , as the first reci pients of the same , with the view of making the lodges themselves generally the sole depository of his science ; and that Bro . Melville be duly and handsomely remunerated by the

principal London and nei ghbouring lodges in the first instance , and by the whole universal brotherhood subsequently , for communicating to them , for whom he has been so long labouring , the valuable results of the study of his whole life . This knowledge to be communicated to the above committee by

Bro . Melville in a regular systematic series of instructions . Having terminated such course of | instruction with the first committee elected as above , Bro . Melville should be engaged to repeat his course of instruction to a second committee similarly elected ; then to a third committee , & c , & c , till the whole

body of duly elected brethren consider themselves in complete possession of the whole newly-discovered science . Afterwards , the P . M . ' s , and all higher grades , take charge of Bro . Melville ' s complete works as the ri ghtful property of the Order , which those who are worthy , and those only , should ever be permitted to understand .

By such a step as this now proposed , the children of the widow may recall to life her long-lost murdered husband ; the key of the temple may he restored ; and the key-stone of the edifice he laid in its proper place . The temple , however , will require purifying from

many of its drossy elements . Everything will wear a new , intellectual aspect . The atmosphere of the Order will ba pervaded by new light and genial warmth , which , while they suffocate some , may communicate fresh life to others . Tours fraternally , D . J . GODEEEY .

Masonic Impostors.

MASONIC IMPOSTORS .

TO THE HDITOB Or TEE MElsMAS 02 * S' 3 IAGAZIXE AXD ItASOXIO IIIKEOK . _ Bear Sir and Brother , —I have read from time to time , with considerable interest and benefit , the numerous letters addressed through you to the Craft generally respecting begging Masons , or , as one of your correspondents forcibl y puts it , "Masonic

cadgers . " As the Almoner for the Hull Lodges , Nos . 57 , 250 , and 1 , 010 , I venture to forward you a short statement of two eases that have come under my immediate notice lately . The first is that of a person calling himself Edward Edward , by trade or profession a watchmaker and jeweller . He applied to me for assistance , stating that he was a member of the Isaac Newton Lodge ,

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Cambridge . He had no certificate with him , but he showed me two of the lodge summonses , and a list of the members , and copy of the rules and by-laws of that lodge . Pointing to the name of Edward Edward , he said , "That is my name . " He further stated he had been in business as a watchmaker at Cambridge ,

but failed by having been security for his wife ' s brother ; he was then in search of employment . He was sent to me by one of the brethren of the Humber Lodge , 57 , a watchmaker and jeweller , who had given him some assistance himself . I also gave him a small sum , but I had my doubts upon him ,

especially as he had no certificate . I at once wrote tothe W . M . or Secretary of that 'lodge , and received the following reply : — "We have no subscribing member of the name of Edward Edward ; moreover , the lodge is confined to members of the University . I have lived in Cambridge 20 years , and never heard of a watchmaker here of the name mentioned . "

The next case is that of a person calling himself Henry Thompson , and representing himself to be a clerk in the timber trade , a native of Bristol , and having a wife and three children at that place . He said he had been in Hull two months in search of employment , but had not been successful . He said

he was in great distress , and was desirous of getting : back to Bristol as soon as possible , having received a telegraphic message from his wife to return home immediately . He represented himself to be a subscribing member of the Royal Clarence Lodge ,. No . G 8 . He had no certificateand could ive me no

, g reference in Hull , not even his lodgings , although he said he had been here two months . He was respectably dressed , about 35 years old , light complexion and hair , and marked with the smallpox . I had very strong suspicion that all was not ri ght , and declined to help him . He left me threatening the vengeance

of his lodge , No . 6 S . I heard no more of him until a week or ten dajs after . I was at Malton , and visited the Camalodunnm Lodge , No . 6 G 0 , of that place . I learnt from the Almoner that Henry Thompson had called upon him that very morning soliciting aid . He hailed from the Whittington

Lodge , London , No . S 62-. He had no certificate , but he showed a copy of the by-laws and members of that Lodge . He was then a " commercial traveller ; " he had been to Scarboro to seek for a situation , and was going to Leeds ; he had a wife and three children at Scarboro . The Almoner gave him 2 s . Gd . He then called upon the W . M ., Captain Copperthwaite

, and said he had seen the Almoner , but the small sum he had received would be of very little service to him to get to Leeds with . He urged his great distress , and with such success that the W . M . generously gave him 10 s . more . I have written to the Royal Clarence Lodge , Bristol , No . GS , aud received the following

reply : — " That Henry Thompson has never been initiated in our lodge , and that he is not a member . It is much to be regretted that such impostors are allowed to derive benefit from the credulous good nature of some of our brethren , when due inquiry would effectually prevent it . " I also wrote to the

Whittington Lodge , London , No . S 62 , twice , but have received no reply , I trust that the publication of such eases as these will be of service in arresting the progress of men who systematically travel the country living upon