Atmospheric Disturbances.

Again complaints were made that some Provincial Secretaries are afflicted with the idea that the affairs of a Province are only of interest to the P . G . M ., his deputy and Wardens , and in a secondary degree to the Masters of the Lodges within tbe Province ; and that neither the Past Masters nor the other subscribing members of the lodges have any direct interest in the

business of the Provincial Meeting ; and that as to other members of the Masonic body outside the province , they have no right to be informed of when or where a Provincial Grand Lodge is to be held . Now it is thought that the sooner such ineu are put right aud made to understand their duties to all

the members of the subordinate lodges within the provinces in particular , and to the members of tbe Masonic body in general the better for them and for Freemasonry , and the less frequently shall we hear of such miserable travesties as the Maidenhead meeting , or such hole-and-corner proceedings as

has been complained of in connection with the last Provincial Meeting in the county of Kent , with both of which meetings some considerable dissatisfaction seems to have obtained expression—though whether well or ill grounded , or to the full extent of some of our correspondents' complaints we have ourselves no means of judging . Another source of complaint , and of comments strong and by

no means complimentary to the judgment of the Committee is in relation to what is considered the inefficient mode in which tbe proposed celebration in honour of our greatly esteemed and much respected Grand Master is being carried out , thus far , and allegations of incompetency in the originators and leaders of the movement , and the probability of this grand opportunity

being lost or ineffectively availed of , if the supposed hole-andcorner practices of the Committee are permitted to continue . That the brethren should desire to be more fully informed as to what is proposed to be done , and how and when they will be permitted to assist by taking part in the great work , is natural enough , and it is to be hoped that all causes of dissatisfaction

will shortly be removed , and those who have a right to know may have an opportunity afforded them of knowing what is from time to time proposed to be done in honour of the Most Worshipful the Giand Master . These are but a few examples of what we have been asked to

publish as matters of serious complaint ; and we but do our duty in submitting , in a modified form , such of those as are most prominent and pressed upon our attention , and we shall for the present reserve our comments thereupon ; meanwhile , we only act as the safety-valve of the machine , in the belief that it is better'to allow surplus steam to blow off in one course , than to bottle it up and risk the bursting of the boiler .

ADVANCING I-BOM THEOEY TO PRACTICE . —Bro . the Rev . S . T . Kevill , Prov . G . Chap , of Staffordshire , suggests that Freemasons who have leisure should form themselves into disciplined encampments , go out to Australia and New Zealand , and build small churches in places destitute of places of worship . The rev . Bro . has correspondents in New Zealand who have to travel fifty miles to church , and he feels certain that such a fraternity as he suggests would be welcomed in many villages as a blessing , and treated accordingly .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

JEWS IN LODGES . As there are so many attacks of late on brethren of the Jewish persuasion and other believers in God , insinuating that they are irreligious persons and unfit to be made Masons , and , as they have for so long been admitted as Masons and leaders in the Craft , may I ask what are the earliest names of Jewish Masons and Grand Officers . —CIECLE .

THE GLOEIOUS AECHETECT OE HEAVES' AND EAETH . The ensuing stanzas are ascribed to the late Lord Brougham . The relig ious sentiments which they contain entirely accord with those which I know him to have expressed to intimate friends , sometimes in letters , sometimes by word of mouth , at different times during the period of thirty-eight years preceding his death-1830 to 1868 : —

I . " There is a God , " all Nature cries ; A thousand tongues proclaim His arm almighty , mind all-wise , And bid each voice in chorus rise , To magnify His name . II .

Thy name , great nature ' s Sire divine , Assiduous we adore ; Rejecting godheads at whose shrine Benighted nations blood and wine Iu vain libations pour . III .

Yon countless worlds in endless space Myriads of miles each hour Their mighty orbs as curious trace , As the blue circle studs the face Of that enamelled flower . IV . But Thoutoo madest that floweret gay

, To glitter in the dawn : The Hand that fixed the lamp of day , The blazing comet launched away , Painted the verdant lawn . V . " As falls a sparrow to the ground ,

Obedient to Thy will , " By the same law those globes wheel round , Each drawing each , yet all still found Jn one eternal system bound One order to fulfil . CHAELES PUETON COOPEB .

" E . T . " AND THE GEAND LODGE OE SCOTLAND . Bro . "E . Y . " is quite right in my humble opinion in stating ( interrogatively ) that the Grand Lodge of Scotland , formed A . D . 1736 , was in imitation of the Grand Lodge of England of A . D . 1717 , and so was the Grand Lodge of York , and so were all the early

Grand Lodges . Is o Grand Lodges corresponding in nature to the present ones ever existed before A . D . 1717 . I feel scire that Bro . Lyon ( my esteemed friend , who has written on this subject so exhaustively in his " History of Mother Kilwinning ) will quite agree with Bro . " R . Y . " on that point . Concerning the " Three Black Crows , " I will say nothing more just now . — "WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN .