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little beyond what is patent to the general reader of such intelligence ; and , were it otherwise , we should certainly deem it no part of ours to discuss the subject of Prince Skanderbeg's well-known connection with those events . The public journals of Europe have amply discussed the subject , and long and

eloquent letters in support of the patriotic party in Albania ( whose head-quarters , established by the "Junta" or Provisional Government at Durazzo , were for some time the address of H . R . H . ) have occasionally appeared from the distinguished pen of Dumas the elder . We may addwithout wishing to

, draw on ourselves further discussion ( into which it is impossible for us as mere men of business to enter ) that H . R . H . claims the title of Prince of Croia , that he is , as we believe from good information , a native and cittadina of Venice ; that , as legal heir and representative of the great King or Prince of Epirus in the

15 th century ( Scanderbeg ) , he aspires to the dangerous honour of freeing his country from the Mussulman yoke , and of relieving Christianity of the intolerable burden imposed upon nearly eleven millions of sufferers , as well as of introducing the blessings of civilisation in regions comparatively in a

state of ignorance , barbarism , and wretchedness . That the " Junta " of Durazzo have admitted him their President is , we believe , unquestionable ; but werepeat that our engagements with the Prince are strictly confined to the appointment we hold , and that we are not in a position ( were we inclined to

enter furfcher into the present discussion ) , to debate the question of his political or personal" antecedents " or " surroundings . " Apologising for the unpremeditated length of this communication , We remain , yours fraternally , A . D . LOEWENSTAEK & SONS .

Devereux-court , Strand , AV . C , March 16 . IO TBE EDIIOU OE THE EREEMASOXS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MlEBOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —The letter of a Mason is very complimentary in its terms to the firm of brethren who are medallists to HRHPrince

Skan-... derbeg , and respectful to H . R . H . himself . It may thus be the means of doing good both to H . R . H . Prince Skanderbeg , by making him better known than he now appears to be , and laying before that illustrious person the desire of the Brother who wishes to approach his throne . The subject will , therefore

, no doubt meet early attention . If the Brother is in want of charity , he may expect to he relieved by the Grand Almoner ; if a favour to ask , to have a response from the Grand Secretary ; if a demand to be paid , to receive it from the Grand Treasurer ; or if an impostor , to be prosecuted by the Grand Attorney General of H . R . H ' . Tours fraternally , F . C .

Priority Of The Lodge Of Glasgow St. John.

PRIORITY OF THE LODGE OF GLASGOW ST . JOHN .

10 THE EDITOB OE THE " xEEEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEI 10 I 1 . " Dear Sir and Brother , —Tour caution as to brevity in this controversy is very pertinent , and consequently , though I compliment Bro . Buchan on his

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long and candid letter , I have not the least disposition to follow him through it . My observations have been by no means written in an oracular style , they are the ordinary comments which anyone at all conversant with the subject would make , and the propriety of which Bro . Buchan has to

a great extent admitted . He admits the translation is a forgery , and his account of the original as it stands suggests that it must be a forgery too , until the contrary be proved . Even if I had your permission I cannot undertake to give Bro . Buchan minute informations on questions

of historical evidence , and I can only ask him to get to work anb read up before he undertakes to pronounce an authoritative opinion , and before he quotes to your readers the evidence of Bro . Miller , P . M ., & c , in his book , p . 19 , " There is no doubt of its being an autheutic charter , " & e . It is this vain

reliance on authorities , who maybe very good Masons , and very bad historians or archoaologists , that brings us into difficulties aud disrepute . I can afford to wait for a competent examination of the parchment . Tours fraternally , R . T .

M.W. Bro. Robert Morris.

M . W . BRO . ROBERT MORRIS .

TO THE EDIIOK Or THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIHHOE . Dear Sir and Brother , —W . Bro . Captain Stab , P . D . G . W ., P . M . of the St . John ' s and Debran Lodge ,, writes to me from Smyrna , in Asia Minor , that my recommendation of M . W . Bro . Robert Morris had arrived in good time , and had been received with

great satisfaction by the brethren in that E . " Bros . Morris and Thompson arrived here , " writes he , " on the 25 th Feb ., and left on the 26 th for Palestine . We gave them as good a reception as the short notice allowed . We assembled about thirty brethren of various nations , and were agreeably

surprised with some of Bro . Morris's eloquence . He recited some of his poetic compositions on Masonry ,, and gave us the Gavel Song and the Rosicrucian , which were much admired . " M . "W . Bro . Morris was attended on board the steamer for Syria by several of the members .

Tours fraternally , HXDE CLAEKE , P . D . G . M . Turkey . 32 . St . George's-square , S . AV ., March 11 .

The Tendency Of Some Correspondence.

THE TENDENCY OF SOME CORRESPONDENCE .

TO TUB EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —Our excellent brother ,. Anthony Oneal Haye , makes two mistalres , and supplements them with an injustice . I do not want to know " the tendency of some ( late ?) correspondence , " nor am I insensible to the value of antiquarian

researches . I repeat—and I do so with emphatic earnestnessthat the tendency of some of the recent correspondence in the Magazine is to produce scepticism among . " the million , '' a result I am sure the writers nevercontemplated . Yerbum sap . Tours fraternally , A LOVEE OE THE CEAEI .