Correspondence.

going on ; aud if the words had been added , which were implied , viz ., " in open lodge , " not only would the record have been " materially and substantially , " but literall y correct . The real facts of this part of tho case are forcibly represented iu the characteristically temperate letter of "' Bro . Thorp , " who says , — " The discussion had taken place before he ( the Prov . G . M . ) entered the lodge ,

-and he simply heard the statements ( given in the strictest privacy ) of the Past Masters of the lodge ; and , relying on their opinion , he acquiesced in the decision , but refused to express his opinion in open lodge , as he had not heard the full arguments . " How far the sligM . verbal omission referred to warrants your " impertinent " correspondent in denouncing the report as " a most untruthful and garbled record , " I leave your impartial readers to determine .

But a still more personal , ancl still more purely false accusation of Bro . Marks , remains to bo answered . In a confusion of composition , almost sufficient to disturb tho repose of Lindley Murray , our Senior Deacon thus delivers himself : — "I certainly did , in announcing the candidate , act as described : so for your correspondent is correct , and which I did , not knowing the real state of

the case , and having been misled by your veritable * ( I regret I can in no shape or form return tho -compliment , correspondent himself . " My answer to this is , to toll Bro . Marks that , when he makes the assertion , that he was misled by your correspondent , or any one else , he not only states that which is false , but that which he well knows to be utterly false , and without tho least shadow of foundation in truth .

When your correspondent ( with others protesting against what they conceived to bo a caricature . of Masonry ) retired from tho lodge , he found the socalled candidate partially prepared for admission ; and knowing him to bo an Entered Apprentice Freemason , pointed out to him one of tho absurdities of the farce , iu which , ho was about to play the principal character ;

upon which the Senior Deacon spontaneously , and without solicitation of any kind , made use of these wellselected words— "I shan't tell any lies about it ; I shall say "—adding an interpolation to the introduction I cannot here repeat , but which simply implied that at least one officer of the lodge meant to toll the truth , of which determinationand the ing out of the same

, carry , the Senior Deacon now appears to bo heartily ashamed . "What a type of injured innocence would our Senior Deacon have us believe him ! " Misled . " " Not knowing the facts " —whilst , in consequence of the protestations of the candidate at every step—that officer was actually compelled to seek admission into the lodge , and

formally announce to the W . M . that the so-denominated candidate was in ]_> ossession of tho secrets of the degree . But I fear I have too far trespassed upon your valuable space ; and , feeling perfectly satisfied I have fully proved each of the charges I deliberately brought against the epistle to which "Senior Deacon" has affixed his signature , allow me to take leave of that

worthy official by offering him ono piece of salutary advice , —never to undertake the onerous duties of champion to the officers of the Glamorgan Lodge , who { with ¦ one exception ) are an intelligent , a respectable , and well educated body of men , until he has imbibed much more deeply of that "Divine attribute which is the foundation of every Masonic virtue , " as well as much more

attentively studied that branch of the liberal arts and sciences which " teaches the proper arrangement of words , and which enables us to write a language with accuracy , agreeably to reason and correct usage . " Yours truly and fraternally , CORRESPONDENT . Cardiff , December 7 th , 1863 .

Correspondence.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE FEEE 3 IASO _ y 3 ' __ IA . CrAZ ___ . r __ : AHD MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , — -We , the undersigned members of the Glamorgan Lodge , present at a meeting on November 10 th , having read a report of that meeting in the FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE of November llth , beg to affirm that the same is substantially and materially correct and bo our surprise that an officer of the

; express lodge could have so far forgotten himself as falsely to designate that report " a most untruthful and garbled record of what happened . " Signed by a Past Master , a Provincial Grand Officer , and seven officers and members of the Glamorgan Lodge .

Exclusion Of Visitors At Masonic Trials.

EXCLUSION OF VISITORS AT MASONIC TRIALS .

TO TIIE EDITOR OE THE EKEEJIASOXS -MAGAZINE AND MASONIC aUr . SOR . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —As yon have in your MAGAZINE ( very properly , I think , ) taken ground against the dictum of the Grand Registrar , which , in a great measure , led to the decision of Grand Lodge at its last Quarterly Meeting , in favour of the appeal of the W . M . of St . John ' s Lodge ( No . 182 , E . R ., ) against the D . Prov . G . M .

for tho District of Quebec and Three Rivers , I shall endeavour to give you , as succinctly and faithfully as possible , a statement of the facts of the case , in order that should you , as you have intimated you would , return to it , you may understand the subject in all its bearings . At the election of officers for Albion Lodge ( No . 17 , E . R . ) , whereof I am now in my second year , the W . M .,

in 1859 , as well as at that in 1860 , a certain member of it ( who has since , after duo trial , been excluded from tho lodge ) failed in being elected to the chair of W . M ., each time by a small majority . Upon both occasions he did his utmost to have the election sot aside by the nonconfirmation of the minutes , failing both times iu his efforts ; but upon tho second occasion his motion being only negatived by the casting vote of tho W . M . At the following election , in 1861 , his intimate associate and junior partner in the law business ( who happens

to be the appellant in the case in question ) was also a rejected candidate for the office of W . M . in the Albion , the lodge preferring me to him by such a decided majority that , in this instance , there was no attempt made to set aside the election . Previous to this , and subsequent to the double rejection of the first mentioned brother , it began to bo

apparent to the lodge that , piqued , no doubt , by these defeats of himself and partner , he , assisted , by one or two others , hacl formed the determination to destroy it , by causing the rejection of almost every candidate who was proposed in it , whether for initiation or as joining members . But after the said rejection , in 1861 , of his intimate associate and partner , the existence of this

unhallowed conspiracy was quite patent to almost every member of the lodge . Matters were in this state , the fatal black balls constantly appearing in the ballot box , and the Albion fast becoming a by-word among the Craft , for persistent and indiscriminate rejection of candidates , when , on the 27 th December last , a universally respected brother and citizenwho had several times

, filled the office of its W . M ., but wbo had , for some cause , seen fit to declare off , and desired to rejoin the lodge , was balloted for , the fatal black balls again appeared in the box .

It happened , however , that upon this occasion some of tho brethren saw a noted partisan of the presumed conspirators cast a black ball into tho ballot box , and one of them informed the rejected brother of tho circumstance . Ho , naturally feeling highly indignant at such conduct , called upon the brother whom ho had been informed had cast the black ball against him , and asking tbe brother ( who at once admitted the fact ) whether in so black balling him he had done so in consequence of anything he knew against his public , private , or moral