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SCOTLAND . —CENTENARY FESTIVAL OP THE Si . JOHN ' S LODOE ( No . Ill ) , HAWICK . —The centenary festival of this lodge is , we understand , to be celebrated on the 20 th inst . with a procession , dinner , and ball ; the chair at the dinner to be occupied by the Rt . W . Bro . Henry Inglis , of Torsonce , Substitute Grand Mastar , and Prov . G . M . for Peebles and

Selkirkshire , aud who , it is anticipated , will be accompanied by a goodly deputation of Grand Lodge officials . M . W . BEO . EGBERT MOEEIS , and Bro . Thomson , we learn by letter just received , arrived at Smyrna on the 25 th February , and a hasty reception was prepared by TV . Bro . Captain Stab , P . D . G . W ., and other brethren . They were much delighted

with the compositions and recitations of Bro . Morris . About thirty brethren were mustered . ON the 5 th inst . our estimable Bro ., Sir Pryss Pryse , was duly installed as Provincial Grand Master for South Wales , Western Division . The ceremony of installation was ably performed by Bro . Stedman Thomas .

Grand Lodge.

GRAND LODGE .

Iii consequence of the great length to which the proceedings of the Grand Lodge extended , and the very important subjects discussed , we were unable last weel ^ , from want of space , to insert the whole of the report of the proceedings we had prepared , and which we now supply . The appeals sent here from New South Wales show a very unhappy state of difference

between the governor and the governed in that country , and do not much redound to the credit of that province . Another ancl most important question discussed was the assistance to be given by Grand Lodge and other Masonic bodies to those who are now engaged in bringing to light some traces of the ancient city of Jerusalem , whieh for many centuries have been entirely

obliterated from the face ofthe earth , ancl . as was well described by Bro . Victor Williams , anything which can more fully and forcibly illustrate that spot which is so intimately bound up with the events recorded in the Sacred Volume was particularly deserving of their attention , and possessed to them , as Masons , a deep and absorbing interest . It is to be hoped that the labours

of those now engaged in the work will be crowned with success , and that results even greater than those produced at Nineveh may reward those who are now seeking to unveil the ancient Jerusalem , and that they will receive from the Craft at large all the support that the enterprise so richly deserves .

APPEALS FKOJI STDXET . Tho Grand Lodge then proceeded with appeals against the ruling and decision of the District G . Master of New South Wales . The first was from the W . Master ol the Sydney Samaritan Lodge , Xo . 578 , Sydney , New South Wales , against his suspension from his Masonic functions .

From a statement of the 0 . Registrar , it appeared that , on the 6 th of June , 1867 , Bro . William ? , the W . M . of the lodge , was about to initiate three , gentlemen who had been elected , when a Bro . Smith arrived , who made some inquiries as to what was going on , and it turned out that these three persons had not been proposed at the previous lodge , according

to the Book of Constitution . Upon that the Master stopped the proceedings , when the Deputy District G . Master gat up and said the thing was frequently done , and the Master was willing to give the candidates the benefitof the doubt , and they were admitted . Afterwards the W . M . called upon the District G . Master , and said that he was not well read in the law , and

as he was told by another brother that he had seen the thing done over and over again , he had initiated these brethren , but if he hacl clone anything wrong , he was very sorry for it . Bro-Williams also stated -that the names of the brethren who had been proposed were inserted in the summons and sent round to all the brethren . The District G . Master , however , reprimanded

Bro . Williams in very severe terms , and directed Bro . Williams to have that reprimand read in his lodge . Bro . Willi . n : n wrote to the D . G . Master , saying that lie was sorry fov what he had done , but that the same thing had been clone by the D . D . G . Master . The District G . Master then summoned Bro . Williams to know why he had made such a charge against the Deputy

District G . Master , aud he said he made no charge against him ; and all ae sail was , that if he had fallen into an error , that the Deputy District G . . Master had dono the same thing . He also apologised for having mentioned his name , but the District G . Master said it was a charge against him , and suspended Bro . Williams from his Masonic functions . He ( the G . Registrar ) ,

did not think that Bro . AVilliams could have done more than what he did , that the District G . Master was without jurisdiction , and had done wrongly in suspending Bro . Williams . Ho moved that the appeal be allowed , and tbe suspension of Bro . Williams removed . This was put and carried unanimously , thus reversing the decision of the District G . Master . The G . MASTEB said he regretted thafc the District G . Master of New South Wales should have acted in so improper a

manner . ANOTHER APPEAL PBOM SYDNEY . This was another appeal from a Past Master of the Australia Lodge ( No . 390 ) , Sydney , New South Wales , against tlie decision of the District G . Master in two cases , also against his suspension from his Masonic functions . This was an appeal arising out of the previous case , and it

appeavel that Bro . Dagleish said the three brethren before referred to bad been improperly initiated , that it was au illegal ceremony performed in the lodge , and that the Deputy District G . Master was present , and took part in it . Era . Dagleish complained by letter of the Deputy District G . Master being present and allowing it to have been done , and he also wished

the District G . Master to summon a lodge of emergency , to have the matter investigated . At the same time he used strong language not becoming Freemasonry , and when the District G , Master did not comply , he said ib was only from a wish to screen his Deputy . Bro . Dagleish was summoned to go before the District G . Master , and he wanted to know who was his accuser .

He at length admitted that he was the writer of the letter , but he did not complain to him , as his complaint wouki ' ' , > .-. mads to the Grand Lodge of England . In a few days the District G . Master said he would hear from him , which was by receiving liis suspension from his Masonic functions . . Vow the . lu ' yvlion was , was Bro . Dagleish properly suspended from Masoiy ' . v . Me ( tlio

G . Registrar ) , said the District G . Master was n >¦ : r . iie proper person to judge whether or not he was right , as hU complaint was to the Grand Lodge of England , and therefore he moved that these appeals be allowed , and the suspension on Bro . Dagleish removed . The G . MASTEE said it appeared that Bro . D . < i ! ets ' i himself was not free from blame , but the District Grand Master had na-