Prestonian Lectures.

PRESTONIAN LECTURES .

TO THE EDITOE OE THE EHEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —The attention of the members of Grand Lodge must be called to this subject more forcibly . Something more useful than what has hitherto been done in supposed compliance with the donors' wishes must be done in future .

The rapid advancement of our Order , the substantial progress we have made in the number and importance of our members , their greater intelligence and their greater desire for Masonic knowledge , all demand that this bequest should be administered in a more useful way . Yours fraternally , "A TEACHEE . "

Another Masonic Impostor.

ANOTHER MASONIC IMPOSTOR .

TO THE EDITOR OP THE PEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEBOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —Permit me to make use of your pjper for the purpose of inquiring ; if there are any members of the Craft who know anything of a Frenchman Charles Tallouet who has favoured this town with his presence at regular intervals for the past five years- I have relieved him several times , and to-day he turned up

again soliciting assistance , denying he had ever seen we before . No doubt many of the fraternity have been visited by him , and may perhaps be able to state if he is a worthy brother ( x if a brother at all ) ? He is evidently ¦ well uo to his calling , aud has a peculiar knack of finding out suburbau and newly-made brethren . He has a French accent , is tall , of dark complexion and most

impertinent in his manner . Do any of the Oraft recognise him from this description ? if so , as some of our religious friends say , " perhaps they will tell us their experience . " Yours fraternally , K . T .

The Prince Of Wales And Freemasonry.

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND FREEMASONRY .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE PREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROE . Dear Sir and Brother , —My attention has been drawn to the following extraordinary paragraph , which has appeared in the daily journals during the past week : — "THE PRINCE or WALES AND THE FREEMASONS . —The Glasgow Citizen understands that , in answer to a recent address to the Prince of Wales , suggesting the propriety

of his fraternising with the Masonic body as a fitting preparation for the coming ceremonial at the Glasgow New University Buildings , a communication , dated Dunrobm . Castle , has been received from Sir William Knollys , ' that the Prince does not propose , at all events for the present , joining any Masonic lodge , and that he regrets , therefore , he is unable to accede to the

suggestion in question . '" Now , sir , I must say that I read this paragraph with feelings of the most profound astonishment—and , if the statements therein , contained are true , with the greatest regret—that anyone could be found to violate one of the first and greatest principles upon which our Order is founded .

The paragraph is meagre as to details , but it contains sufficient , if true , to demand a full and searching investigation by the Grand Lodge of Scotland to ascertain from whom a document so utterly repugnant to all true Preemasons has emanated . As it states that the address suggested to the Prince of Wales , the " propriety of fraternising with the Masonic body , " it is to be presumed

that those who had the assurance to offer such a " suggestion " were themselves Freemasons ( or why should they take the trouble of asking the Prince of Wales to become one of that bod y "as a fitting preparation for the

The Prince Of Wales And Freemasonry.

coming ceremonial at the Glasgow New University Buildings ) . " The impertinence of the request is only equalled by the apparent motives that actuated it , and I am at a loss to discover in what way an introduction into Freemasonry is at all essential to any " coming ceremonial , " let it be in Glasgow or elsewhere . I should also like to know who were the persons from

whom the request originated . Did it come from any lodge ; or , before being sent , did it receive the sanction of the Gr . M . M . or Grand Lodge of Scotland , or by whom were they authorised to present a request to the Prince of Wales that he would allow himself to be introduced into Freemasonry ? These are questions which ought to be strictly inquired intofor the merest tyro in

Free-, masonry must feel a blush of shame rise to his cheek to find that touters can be found for candidates for admissioninto our Order , even should they by skilful angling succeed in landing so big a pot as the Prince of Wales iu their net . I am plain-fashioned enough to think that , as regards candidates for admission to our Order , it matters little

whether they are high or low , and every one who haspassed through the first degree can readily understand my repugnance to the course that has beeu so unwarrantably pursued . There can be no doubt that the Masonic body would be glad to see the Prince of Wales , like many of his Royal predecessors ( and his maternal grandfather

amongst the number ) , in the ranks of the most ancientand honourable society in the world , but who would regret to see that accession obtained by the means which have so improperly and so ineffectually been taken for that purpose . Trusting that some explanation will be given of thisproceeding , I am—Yours fraternally , P . M .

A Suggestion.

A SUGGESTION .

TO THE EDITOE OP THE PREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEBOB . Dr aeSir and Brother , —In the course of conversation amongst the members of a lodge here a few eveningsago , a _ brother suggested that , if the children at the-Masonic Girls' School were instructed and employed in the art of making Masonic aprons and other paraphernaliaa large income would be derived from the profit

, thereon , judging from the price paid to the dealers . In several charitable institutions in this district the inmates are employed in some occupation that assists the funds , and perhaps it might be applicable to our owncharities . If you will kindly insert this in your journal , it will no doubt be seen by those brethren who have the

manage ment of the above institution , and who will be betterable to judge than myself if the scheme is practicable . Manchester . Yours fraternally , J . W .

PECULIARITIES OF FAITH . —Faith knows no other law than tho intorost of what it boliovos to bo tho truth . Tho ond which it . pursuos being ; in its viow , absolutely holy , it makes no scrupla about invoking bad arguments in behalf of its proposition whon good onos do not succood . If this ovidonco is not real , so many othors aro ! If this prodigy is not gonuiuo , thoro aro many others which aro ! THE true si and word of a Christian bo found in John

gn may 12 : 33-35 , and 15 ; 12-17 : "A new commandment I givo unto you , thatyo lovoono another , as I havo lovodyou . By this shall all mon know that yo aro my disciples , if yo have lovo oue to another . I call you not sorvants ; for tho sorvant knoweth notwhat his lord doeth : but I call you my frionds ; for all things I havo known of my father I havo mado known unto you * * * This I command yo , that ye lovo ono another . "