Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.

noted for its red-tape proceedings , with a doubly supreme autocrat , as the lever , who could well be spared , and countless blessings from many freeborn Masonic slaves , would attend any Grand Lodge who would take the red-tapist to their

bosom ; and we specially commend the matter to the notice of the brotherhood in Italy as a most desirable opportunity of securing one who would be sure to keep the machine in its regular groove .

Freemasonry From The Inside.

FREEMASONRY FROM THE INSIDE .

[ From a Correspondent . " ] We do not pretend to know what Kendal is famous for . At one time its green was a colour as much in repute as that of Lincoln , ancl from the specimen printed in your issue of the 27 th ultimo

the vivid tint would appear to be as verdant in Ivendal as ever , taking the local newspaper as a fair sample . Editors , in general , are reputed to have the itch —for writing—but the editor of the Kendal

Mercury not only is afflicted with that cutaneous disorder , but has it in a very bad form , for greenness is so unmistakeably his plight , that itch as he may —boast of " itching- ears" as he does—he cannot overcome the disease which has so affected him that he does not know what he writes about .

This is the more remarkable because it might naturally be supposed that even small writers in obscure places could get speedy advice ancl relief ; but when we come to consider the title of his broad sheet we are surprised that he has not adopted

. some mercurial preparation to have reduced those alarming symptoms of viridis cacoethcs which his case presents . Poor fellow ! he is on the outside , and , like all outsiders , in every position in life , is a nuisance .

They all want to get in , but they can't get in—¦ they're only entrusted with the key of the street ; and so they try to raise a din and a hubbub in the neighbourhood , all because they're on the wrongside of the door , and they continue to pester ancl annoy the student or man of business within , until at last they are marched off by the police .

If ever there was a benighted individual it is the editor of the Kendal Mercury . He complains , in true Yankee fashion , that " he's left out in the cold "—that he is on the outside—when all the while he is the very centre of Eoyal Arch Masonry in his own proper person . He may not know

itand the more ' s the pity—but there are scores of companions who will recognise him as that ancient Egyptian symbol , a delta , having for his essential parts the animal ( himself ) , the mineral ( his Mercury ) , aud the vegetable ( his greeness ) , all properly

developed and displayed in the article bewailing his own sad fate of an outsider . Like all persons suffering from an abberation of intellect the man has his lucid interval . He says before a man can become a Freemason he must pay

so much "down . " This evidently shows that he is not oblivious to all social obligations , but it " lets the cat out of the bag" in intimating that to " come down with the dust" is one reason why he is on the outside . If so there let him stop and knock , kick , ring , hoot , and try to alarm all the neighbours as long as he likes , for the old distich runs—¦

"I ' ve trusted many to my sorrow , Pay to-day ; I'll trust to-morrow . " And if he ever does pay why—of course—he'll be trusted and know all about it . However , pitying the poor man's distress , we

intend to take compassion on him , ancl , as he implores some Kendal brother to tell him all about it , we authorise every one of them to set his desires at rest , and , as he requests , to SPLIT—r their sides with laughter to think that they would

enlighten the editor of the Kendal Mercury on matters which are withheld even from the editor of the Times . Split then , our Kendal brethrensplit your sides with laughter at the proposition , and we will hold you harmless from all pains and

penalties . And now , having , according to the Apostolic injunction , treated a fool according to his folly , let us address a few serious reflections to our brethren

of the Craft at large . We who are inside the door of Freemasonry should remember that there is a scoffing , mocking' , and depreciatory feeling abroad , in many places , against our Order . We who know what the door

of Freemasonry parts us from should be doubly watchful of our lives and actions , ancl should keep them as safely , pure , and unpolluted as we do our secrets . We who have passed that door , and left some ribalds shouting at the outer side , have taken

upon ourselves—voluntarily—to live a new life and to cherish goodness , virtue , piety , friendship , and justice because we are Freemasons . We have undertaken to shape ourselves after a peculiar manner , and to respect every brother ' s conscientious religious views . We have never , and