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gentlemen of the ring ; and I suppose , to show how much it was appreciated , several of the clowns and ring actors were also bedecked with Masonic aprons , and some of them with jewels . The feelings of many old and true Masons , on Avitnessing this exhibition , may be more easily fancied than explained . The

performance was no doubt of a very respectable and highly moral character , and some of it I cannot withhold from this note , as it unquestionably will be highly amusing to you . I may refer to the " Clown's Club , " in which some most excellent (?) jokes and songs were perpetrated ou the audience , and the

finish of the piece was most laughable . It was done thus — about half-a-dozen of those brilliants got hold of a wove blanket and tossed one of their " corpse " into it for about nine times , till the young man evidently got a little stupefied , and began asking his compeers , "How old is your mother ? " The

piece took well , (?) and was much appreciated by the patrons of the evening ; . (?) . Yours fraternally , A Pdtf . ( in Scotland ) . [ Anything more disgraceful than the scene described in the last part of our correspondent ' s letter

we have never had the misfortune to read , and we suggest to the Avriter that the proper course is for him immediately to bring tbe matter officially before the Grand Lodge of Scotland . The name of the city in which this disgraceful affair took place is purposely withheld . —ED . P . M . ]

TO AVHOM IS HONOUB DUE ? TO TJIE EDITOE OE THE riiEEEHASOXS' MAGAZINE AXED MASOXIC MIMiOB . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — At the festive board after a Eoyal Arch chapter meeting held iu the north a toast was proposed to the health of Comp . Lord Kenlis as a Eoyal Arch Masonalso to the health of

, Comp . C . J . Banister , P . Z ., P . G . Dir . of Cers ., with musical honours and royal fire . The M . E . Z . objected to the toast , on the ground that Lord Kenlis ' health had been drunk first , and would-uot allow such to take place , as Comp . Lord Kenlis only holds rank as a Prov . G . M . in Craft , and not that of Z ., P . Z .,

or a Prov . G . Superintendent under Grand Chapter . It was contended that , as Comp . C . J . Banister had held hi g her office in Eoyal Arch Masonry than Comp . Lord Kenlis , his health should have been given first . We aAvait your answer whether the MJE . Z . was justified in the course he adopted .

Yours fraternally , A W . M . IN TEE NORTH . [ The objection , although it may have been correctly founded , was undoubtedly one exhibiting very bad taste . The incidents are not , hoAvever , very clearly stated by our correspondent . — ED . P . M . ]

EEPOETS OE MASONIC MEETINGS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE rilEEM . lSOXs' UAGAZIXE AXD MASOXIC SIUUJOE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — On page SO , article III ., in the " Book of Constitutions , " 1 SG 7 , it distinctly prohibits the printing and publishing of auy Masonic business , unless by permission of tlie Grand Master or Provincial Grand Master , excepting public

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meetings or festiYals , where the uninitiated are permitted to be present . How am I personally ( if you will ) to send you a report of any meeting for publication , and by what right or precedent ( leaving the Masonic Mirror out of the question ) is Masonic business published in papers not Masonic ? Are not

the lodges whose meetings are reported to blame for allowing it ? How far is an individual brother justified iu sending reports to the Masonic Mirror of meetings of either his own lodge or any that he may visit ? In the latter casedo you think it bad taste to do so ?

, In my Masonic experience I have become acquainted with the fact that , in some lodges , it is the practice to elect the "W . M . according to seniority , that is to say , in the order that the members are initiated , they all in their turn become Past Masters . The evil effects of this system in a gi-OAviug lodge are

monstrous , to say nothing of the fact that not one brother in five or six ever becomes proficient in the ceremonies , and many of them must , of course , not be men of mark or of great talent . The Constitutions are scarcely strict enough upon the matter . It ( 76 article I . "All preferment among ;

says page , , Masons should be grounded upon real worth and personal merit , " & c . What can be done to rectify sobad a system in lodges where it is tolerated . Yours fraternally , TATT .

[ We have the authority of the Grand Master to publish Grand Lodge reports , and Ave are not aware of that privilege having been extended to any other publication . The sending detail reports of lodge or chapter meetings to newspapers is highly reprehensible . As to Masonic preferment , the " Book of Constitutions '' should be adhered to . It is absurd to elect a W . Bf . by seniority , irrespective of his fitness for the office . —ED . P . M . ]

Music For Masonic Purposes.

MUSIC FOR MASONIC PURPOSES .

AA o present to our readers this week a copy of music adapted to tho ceremonies of initiation , passing , raising ; , and exaltation . It also contains in a simple form all that is exquisite for tho consecration of Lodges or Royal Arch Chapters ; also a grace , before and after moat . This music appears to us well chosen , aud of a solemn and

impressive character . It is easy of execution , and , when tho requisite voices cannot bo obtained , may , so far as tho degrees - are concerned , bo sung in unison , tho organ or tho harmonium supplying tho harmonies . It is arranged expressly for male voices , being , with tho exception of the " Non nobis Domino , " to bo sung exactly as it

is written . This , wo need not say , is not always attended to . In many eases music is used in which tho first part ought to ho taken by trebles , and the cousoquouco is that , when executed by male voices , it is sung , an octavo lower . Iu this way the air is brought below tho second part , and tho harmonies aro entirely reversed .

After reproducing the title page , which will afford any further information that may lie desired , wo will leave tho music to speak for itself , adding the words of the motto upon tho Titlepage , selected by tho compiler , in which wo concur : — " Si quid novisti rcctius istis , U .-mdidus import !; si non , his utero niecuni . "