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sanctioning some deviations , and the interpretation of some parts of it being disputed . On a reperusal of P . M . ' s letter , I am inclined to think that he does not allude to any apparent innovations in the ritual , such as I have alluded to , but that he objects , in toto , to the Board of Installed Masters . Neverthelessthe explanations into which

, I have entered may he useful to a few of your readers . If my last supposition as to "P . M . ' s" object be correct , I shall leave his question to be answered by some other brother . Yours fraternally ,

H . H . THE GRAND LODGE OP MARK MASTERS AND THE S . G . R . A . CHAPTER OP SCOTLAND .

TO THE EDITOR OP THE FBEESIASOXS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —I shall feel obliged by youi inserting in your Magazine the following correspondence with Bro . Frederick Binckes . Yours fraternally , L . MACKERSY , G . S . E . Scotland . Edinburgh , January 5 th , 1 S 70 .

Office of the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters , 2 , Red Lion-square , High Holborn , London , W . C ., 3 rd January , 1 S 70 . Ex . Oomp . L . Mackersy , G . S . E . SurpremeR . A . Chapter of Scotland . My dear Sir and Companion , —I am directed by the Grand Master to forward a of a letter

reyou copy cently received from the _ Sydney Lodge ( No . 25 ) , Sydney , N . S . W ., under this jurisdiction . I am to express to you the extreme regret and dissatisfaction of the MW . G . M . at the course which the R . A . Chapter of Scotland has thought fit to pursue—a course which , in the G . M . ' s opinion , can scarcely be considered to be in accordance with Masonic good feeling . I am also to

infoTm ' you that a petition Las been received from certain brethren in Glasgow for a warrant from this Grand Lodge for a Mark Lodge in that city . Enclosed is a copy of a resolution passed at the last meeting of this Grand Lodge with reference thereto .

I have also to enclose a copy of the memorandum of recognition ( subject to certain modifications ) of this Grand Lodge by the Sup . Gr . Co . 33 ° ; and I am finally directed by the Grand Master to state that while , on the one hand , he is eai * nestly desirous to be on terms of the greatest fraternal intercouse with the Supreme R . A . Chapter of Scotland , he is , on the other hand , determined to

vindicate fhe authority of this Grand Lodge , and to maintain the interests of its subordinate lodges , by all the means at his disposal . I have , therefore , to suggest that with a view to obviate the complications which are likely to arise from the further continuance of the present unsatisfactory relations between this Grand Lodge and the Supreme R . A . Chapter of Scotland , some eminent

brother should be appointed by you to confer with the Grand Master as to the terms on " which an agreement between the two bodies may be arrived at . I am , my dear Sir and Companion , Yours faithfully and fraternally , ( Signed ) PHEDEBICK BIXCKES , G . S . Documents enclosed in the foregoing letter .

"Sydney Lodge of Mark Masters ( No . 25 ) Sydney , New South Wales , Aug . 25 , 1869 ; " W . Bro . Predk . Binckes , Esq ., Grand Sec . London , " Dear Sir and Very Worshipful Brother , —This lodge

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feels the affront offered to the Grand Lodge of _ Mark Masters by the extensive circulation of a communication , ( copy is enclosed ) from E . Comp . L . Mackersy , the Grand Scribe E . for Scotland , in this city , this lodge appealsto that grand Lodge , through you , for guidance and instruction . ' I amWBrother fraternally

, . , yours , " ( Signed ) E EANCIS B . DAVIDSON . " Copies of it were sent to our R . W . M ., S , W-, D . M ., Org ., P . M ., and other members of our lodge , who are Scotch Masons . { . Copy referred to . ) " Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of

Scotland , Scribe ' s Chambers , 3 , North St . David-street , Edinburgh , 11 th June , 1869 . " Dear Sir , —I duly received your favour of the 23 rd March , 1869 , and in reply I beg to inform you that English Mark lodges are not recognised either by the Grand Lodge or the Grand Chapter of Englandor by the Grand

, Chapter of Scotland , and your members must on no account visit their lodges or speak of Mark Masonry with their members . " The so-called Grand Lodge of Mark Masters of England is an entirely spurious body , self-constituted , and not recognised by any governing Masonic body in this country . If , therefore , the head is spurious , the daughter

lodges must be more so . I shall be glad to furnish you with any information you may require , and , if necessary , with the memorial laid before the Grand Lodge and Chapter of England by the Supreme Chapter , and the reply of those Grand bodies that they did not recognise the Grand Lodge of Mark Masters . " I am , dear sir , yours truly , ( Signed ) L . MACKEESY , G . S . E . " W . Higstrim , Esq ., Freemasons' Hall , "York-street , Sydney , N . S . W . "

P . ] Copy of Resolution adopted at Meeting of Grand Lodge , Lodge , Tuesday , 30 f 7 i November , 1869 . "Item of Mark warrants in "UnitedKingdom , Resolved —That the M . W- Grand Master be empowered to grant and issue warrants for holding lodges of Mark Master Masons , under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge , in any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , should he consider it advisable to do so . "

[ 3 . 1 Amended Resolutions as agreed to by the Supreme Grand , Council , England , at a meeting held December 11 th , 1869 .

It was proposed , as a basis for the harmonious working in future of the Grand Mark Lodge aud the Supreme Graud Council that" 1 st . The Grand Mark Lodge will acknowledge the Supreme Grand Council as the only legitimate authority of all degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of 33 ° in England and Walesand the dependencies of the British

, Caown . " 2 nd . That the Supremo Grand Council will recognise the Grand Mark Lodge as the only legitimate head of the Mark degrees and the degrees allied with it , viz . ( to be named ) in England , Wales , the colonies , and the dependencies of the British Crown , as far as this recognition does not in any way interfere with the

prerogatives of the Supreme Grand Council on the one hand , or of existing Mark lodges in the colonies under the jurisdiction of Scotland or Ireland . " 3 rd . That the Grand Mark Lodge and the Supremo Grand Council agree mutually to support each other t o