Recognition Of Nova Scotia.

Grand Lodge of England be a large pecuniary loser—Avhich it can afford to be—but the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland will be subjected to a material diminution of revenue , which they cannot afford .

It is on these grounds Ave bring the subject forward , and earnestly invite the attention of the authorities of Grand Lodge . Of course the pressure is not yet , but Avhen it does come there will be no time for a remedy . The time is now , and

indeed there is little time to be lost . Had the Canadian affair been attended to in time , it would have proceeded much more satisfactorily , and the example of premature and violent separation under irritated feeling Avould have been avoided .

Chips Of Foreign Ashlar.

CHIPS OF FOREIGN ASHLAR .

By J . A . H .

THE DIOCESE or ST . MUNGO . " Stands Scotland where it did ? " We believe it does . Certainly we saAV it in its old place a few months ago , and we have not heard of its removal

. " Scotland , " said Alexander Smith , in that gem of books of travel , A Summer in Shye , " is Scottland ; " and , truth to say , our departed Bro . Sir Walter Scott may Avithout much hyperbole be called the real author of modern Scotland . The genius

of Scott has invested every romantic dell and castled crag with interest , and the croAvds of tourists who seek recreation north of the Tweed

read history as illuminated by Sir Walter rather than as depicted by sober reality . But for the Laird of Abbotford , Scottish scenery would have lacked its greatest charm in the associations Avith which he hallowed it . Those who love the North

cannot fail to reverence the footsteps of the great master Avho trod its paths . While the Anglo-Saxon-Celtic race and language last , so long will Scott live in the memories of the people . " To the North /'—where is

it?" Ask wheve ' s the North ? At York 'tis on the Tweed ; In Scotland at the Oreades -. —And there ? At Greenland , Zembla , or the Lord knows whore . " The Northpar excellence to Englishmen is North Britain , " the Land of Cakes , " the scene of Wallace and Brace ' s chivalry , of John Knox ' s thunder , and

hapless Queen Mary ' s doAvnfall , of "Bonnie Prince Charlie ' s " exploits and Flora Macdonald ' s heroism , tlie home of Burns and Walter Scott , the country which has inspired countless bards and men of

genius in all ages and in all ranks of life . The man whose dull soul could visit the North without feeling some kindlings of eager recollections of past days and former heroes is one whom " the North " would not care to own , and who would be

unworthy of her hospitality . Scotland is no terra incognita to us . Tears ago we explored her beauties , and Ave would that we could oftener renew our acquaintance with them . But noAV we have to treat of men rather than of

nature , except that , as Sam Slick says , there is " a good deal of nature in human nature . " In a recent article Ave explained the various Masonic organisations existing in Scotland , and now we have to relate a little of our experience of our Scottish

brethren . The Diocese of St . Mungo , or , in other words , the Masonic Province of GlasgoAv , is Avell Avorth visiting by the Craft . It contains many largehearted and accomplished brethren , and possesses numerous reminiscenses of departed Masonic worthies . Here flourished Bro . Sir Archibald

Alison , whose " History of Europe will go down to posterity as a monument of letter-press , and of Avhoni many bright Avitticisms are remembered . The head-quarters of the Grand Lodge of Scotlaud are in Edinburgh , but the Glasgow brethren

have no small influence in the Councils of the Order . " Sir , " said a GlasgoAv brother to us , with all the sententiousness of Dr . Johnson , " Avhen we are determined to carry anything—Ave carry it . " In nine cases ont of ten we believe the good sense of the Craft supports Glasgow in her nath of

progress . We last landed in the Clyde just as Bro . W . P . Buchan Avas tearing the famous Malcolm Canmore Charter into shreds , and Ave confess to having felt curious as to what manner of man this great

Iconoclast of Freemasonry Avas ? We met a quiet , unassuming , gentlemanly , and Avithal stronglydetermined brother , and were soon at home with Bro . B . In his conversation Ave learnt much respecting the Order iu Scotland , and found him

a complete repertoire of the annals of the Craft . Bro . Buchan is a man who inexorabl y demands proofs for every alleged Mas onic fact , and Avhose ntense desire to avoid credulity and question every dubious statement sometimes , in our opinion ,

leads ( which Ave give with all respect to Bro . B . ) him to the opposite extreme of exaggerated doubt . But of the real value of the services he has rendered to the Order there can , at all events , be no