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Contents . — PACrEFBEEMASONS' MAGAZINE : — Grand Lodge of Scotland 461 What Masons cannot do in England 461 Notes on American Freemasonry 462 Filial Duty , or Parents' Claims and Children ' s Liabilities 464 Abroad 467

Masonic Sayings and Doings Masonic Jottings—No . 47 f ° Masonic Notes and Queries 470 MASONIC M IRROR : — Masonic Mems 471 United Grand Lodge 472 CEAET LODGE MEETINGS : — 74

Metropolitan » * Provincial & £ Mark Masonry 'f ' New South AVales *' Scotland fW Obituary « 9 Reviews *™ Correspondence 479 Poetry ' List of Lodge , & c , Meetings for ensuing week 4 S 0

Grand Lodge Of Scotland.

GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND .

LONDON , SATUBDAY , DFCFMBFM 10 , 1870 ,

On the occasion of any change m the occupancy of positions of high rank , whether in Masonry or in the outer Avorld , there always appears a strange mixture of regret and rejoicing , and the occasion of the investment of his successor by

the Grand Master of Scotland is no exception to the rule . Scottish Freemasonry has flourished under the rule—now of three years duration—of the Right Hon . the Earl Dalhousie , and although some

regret must be felt in parting with so zealous and able a supreme officer , the fact that he is succeeded by the Earl of Eosslyn—another St Clair of Eosslyn *—to fill the important position—will no doubb be

sufficient cause for congratulation to outweigh all regret at parting . The feeling of Scottish Masons is fairly represented in the remarks of Earl Dalhousie , Past Grand Master : — " You have got at last a St . Clair

of Eosslyn upon the Masonic Throne of Scotland . " If further evidence Avere required , we need only quote the song , which in the exuberance of joy , the Grand Bard of Scotland composed for the occasion : —

Let Scotland raise ber genial voice , And aiild Saint Andrew ' s banes rejoice : AVhile brethren swell the joyous strain That welcomes Eosslyn back again .

Grand Lodge Of Scotland.

Our first Grand Master , gude St . Clair , Left glory for his race to heir , By biggin' on fair Eosslyn lea , The gem of Scotland ' s Masonry . Auld St . Clair's come again , Bauld St . Clair's come again ,

Every brither ' s heart boats fain , To Welcome Eosslyn back again . There is one anomaly , however , to which we would call attention , viz : — to the fact that the neAV Grand Master , the Earl of Eosslyn , also holds

the rank of Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Fife and Kinross . This seems hardly compatible with the dignity of the office of Grand Master ,

for when attending meetings of his Provincial Grand Lodge , he would be inferiorin rank to one Avho is his subordinate in Grand Lodge . For the holding by the Grand Master of a Provincial Grand Mastership we have precedent , and by that

there can be no real objection beyond the fact that heis shutting out someAvorthy brother from the due reward of , merit , while at the same time nothing is added to his own dignity . It seems to be a Avork of superogation—a gilding of refined gold .

If these remarks be applicable to a Provincial Grand Mastership , still more do they apply to a Deputy , and we hope shortly to hear of the anomalybeing rectified .

What Masons Cannot Do In England.

WHAT MASONS CANNOT DO IN ENGLAND .

We have recently passed through an important social , and political epoch in England , —the election of a new School Board , and the constitution of an improved system of education . This interests Masons . In France or in Italy , Masonry would have

participated , as it is called , in the movement . We should have had Masonic candidates , and programmes of lodges published in the newspapers , and a project for the foundation , by some lodge , of a Masonic , school under the new law . Not impossibly a decided attack

would have been made upon the priests , and all their supporters . Masonry and Masons have not participated in England , because a sharp and judicious line is drawn betweeen craft and individual action . If the matter

could be discussed in our lodges , votes would everywhere have been passed in favour of education , but such an action is happily useless . It is most likely that each individual Mason has more or less taken part in the proceedings for educational improvement , but not as a Mason .