Canadian High Degrees.

and legal as an } ' the " American Freemason" is acquainted with ) , regularly appointed by warrant , he governs those High Degrees in this Dominion , and a Consistory and several Eose $ 4 Chapters have been formed , and are working harmoniously and constitutionally under warrants granted by the "Supreme Grand Council of England and Wales , etc ., " and they

are therefore not at all in the " bastard line . " Have the goodness to give this insertion in the Magazine , and believe me to remain—Yours fraternally , T- D . HAKINGTON , 33 ° E . & W . Deputy Grand Prior and Member of the " Moore " Consistory and the " London " Eose > J < Chapter , Canada . Ottawa , Canada , 25 th November , 1868 .

[ Our esteemed correspondent , Bro . Harington , is justly indignant at tho direct and implied charges contained in the letter of " An American Freemason . " Now , whilst we could not defend the letter , had he written it with a knowledge of the facts , now for the first time published , Bros . Harington and Col . Moore must blame the S-G . C of England alone for concealing

the facts that they bad made so important an appointment as that of Col . Moore as the representative in Canada of the S-G . C . of England , and created a Consistory of S P . E . S . 32 ° . So long as these neglects of the common usages of public life , and the practice of all high Masonic bodies are persisted in by the S . G . C ., and even a suspicion of hole-and-corner acts permitted to take

possession of tbe mind of members of the Order ( or of any Order ) , so often will arise similar cases of misconception as that of which Bro . Harington complains . The G . L . of England has for years past set a good example to the S . G , C ., which the latter has hitherto failed to follow or properly understand ;—although we are assured that we may now hope for a better state of things , since

the re-organization of the Council and their having obtained a local habitation in London ( at 33 , Golden-square ) , where attendance is daily given by the G . Sec , Gen . Capt . N . G . Philips , 33 ° , and tbe Sec . of the Council , Bro . Hyde Pullen , 32 ° , as well as some one or more members of the Council—ED . F . M . ]

Bro. Manningham.

BRO . MANNINGHAM .

TO THE EDITOlt OP THE } PUEEMASOXS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIItI ! OK . Dear Sir and Brother , —There are some English brethren inclined to dispute tho authenticity of Bro . Manningham ' s letter to Bro . Lauer in the Hague , but they do it without any reasonable grounds . The letter was found with others by Bro . Noordzick , G . Secin the Archives of the Grand Lodge of

Nether-, lands in Bro- Manningham ' s own handwriting . As Bro . Noordzick is no impostor , but an honest , reliable , and learned Freemason , there is no cause to doubt his statement . And the more so , as the letter boars evidence'in itself , being in its essential contents quite in accordance with the facts of authentic history of the Craft . In Germany , where historical writing is move sharpened

than in England , the letter has raised not the least suspicion . The authenticity of the document is not to be doubted ; some statements in it may nevertheless be questionable and deserve some further inquiries . Yours fraternally . J . G . FINDEL . Leipzic , December , 1868 .

METROPOLITAN PBEE HOSTITAL , DEVONSHIRE SQUARE , CUT . —The aggregate number of patients relieved during the week ending December 5 th was Medical , 971 ; Surgical , ( JOS ; Total , 1 , 577 ; of which 635 were new cases-

Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

THEMASONICMIRROR. % * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London , W . C

TBE UNIVERSAL MASONIC CALENDAR , DIARY , AND POCKETBOOK roa 1 S 69 . —Wo are requested to remind tbe secretaries of Craft and Mark lodges , and Scribes of K . A . chapters , under tho English , Irish , and Scotch jurisdictions , unci the secretaries and other officers of other Masonic bodies at home , in the colonies , and abroad , that they should forward tlio fullest and latest

information intended for publication in the next issue , with all convenient speed , to the editor of the Calendar ; and all communications may be addressed to him at tbe office of the-FREEMASONS' MAGAZIXE , 19 , Salisbury-street , Strand , London or in Glasgow . WE find that tbe Percy Lodge of Instruction , so long in

abeyance , is now held at Bro . Jones ' , the Thatched House , Red Lion-street , Holbovn , at eight o ' clock , on Saturday evenings . The Whittingtoii Lodge of Instruction is held at tbe same hostelry on Thursday evenings , at the same hour . BRO . THE RIGHT HON . SIR HENRY BTTLWER , G . G . B ., Past D . G . M . Turkey , is elected M . P . for Tnmworth .

BRO . THOS . PELLOWF . S READE , Dep . District G . M . Egypt , and P . M . Bulwer Lodge , late Consul at Cairo , is appointed Consul at Cadiz .

BRO . CHARLES EDWD . TITOS . ROGERS , late Consul at Damascus , is appointed Consul at Cairo . BRO . W . GH-FOUD PALGRAVE , Consul at Trebizoud , has been named an lion , member of the Ethnological Society for scientific services ' .

THE Provincial meeting for tbe West Riding of Yorkshire will be held at the Masonic Hall , Sheffield , on the 20 th prox . Tbe Right Hon . tbe Earl de Grey and Ripon , M . W . P . G . M ., and D . G . M . of England , will preside , and has intimated his intention of afterwards attending the Grand Ball to be given on an unusual scale of magnificence at the Cutlers' Hall . The Earl

will be the guest of Bro . Sir , Tobn Brown , D . L ., ami the occasion is looked forward to with great interest . BRETHREN are reminded that the Lodge Music published a few weeks ago , in several issues of the MAGAZINE , has been republished in a convenient form for Lodge use , price 2 s . 6 'd .

WE have to direct the attention of our readers to our advertising columns , in which is announced the publication of the General Statutes of the Red Cross Order , which can now be obtained of Bros . Kenning , Spencer , and other Masonic publishers . The work is neatly arranged , raid is emblished with engravings of the ingignia of tbe Order .

Bro . Major Whitwcll , D . P . G . M . of the province of Cumberland aud Westmoreland , and P . M .. 129 has been elected ( without opposition ) M . P . for tho borounb of Kendal . Bro . Wfu ' twell was W . M . of the Union Lodge , 129 , in the year 1 SGG . He is Major of the Westmoreland Ritle Volunteers . Has been Mayot of Kendal six times since the year 1 S 51 ; is President of

the Chamber of Commerce in that town ; is a magistrate for the county of Westmoreland and also for the borough of Kendal . Bro . Whitwell is the senior partner in the firm of Whitwell , Busher and Co ., wool merchants , as also of Whitwell and Co ., carpet manufacturers , and is a gentleman of great influence iu Westmoreland .