Correspondence.

with a view to their being published . AVe will cheerfully incur the cost of engraving them for publication in the Mar / azine . AVe have had the two sides of the medal engraved on wood , the exact size of the original , ancl they are given above in the body of our correspondent ' s letter . —ED . P . M . l

Dr. Morris' Pilgrimage To The Orient, Etc.

DR . MORRIS' PILGRIMAGE TO THE ORIENT , ETC .

TO THE EDITOB OF THE EBEEIUSOXS' MAGAZINE AXD ICASOXIC HIEKOri . Dear Sir and . Brother , —Your subscribers must have perused the announcement made by Bro . David Murray Lyon , of Ayr , in your magazine of the l-4 th inst ., with great pleasure and interest , as it concerns the visit to old England of one of the most learned

Masons in the world . In America he is styled " the most eminent Masonic poet , statistician , and antiquarian now living , " aud well does he deserve so great a character amongst the Craft , as who can compare with his fervent ancl soul-stirring Masonic poems , his devotion to the Fraternitand his life-long labours

y , ou our behalf . Dr . Morris had published over seventy Masonic works , and has just brought a new dictionary of Freemasonry to the li f / ht , which is far in advance of any of its predecessors . Besides all these effortsand their name is legion , he has either been editor

or on the staff of some half dozen Masonic magazines in the United States , ancl now , when he has arrived at the age when rest should be enjoyed , he is about to commence a gigantic tour , for no other purpose than to collect Masonic information , that he may imnart it to the Fraternity in whose interests his-life is bound up .

Dr . Atoms expects to leave port for his European and Oriental tour about the 15 th of January next , and , therefore , all those brethren iu England who may he anxious to entertain so distinguished a Mason , should lose no time in making the necessary arrangements . Bro . AVilliam Smith , C . E ., the spirited proprietor of the Freemasons' Magazinehas kindly

con-, sented to take charge of all communications for the learned brother during his sojourn in this country ; and we hope that the oily of Masonry in England will accord him an enthusiastic reception . Being so far west , we cannot take the initiative in the matter , but can truly say that all we have is at

Dr . 3 Iorris' disposal , and the longer he can stay with us the more we shall esteem the honour and gratification . My iriend Bro . Lyon , the Masonic historian , tells me they have already commenced preparations in Scotland wherewith to greet Dr . Morris ou his arrivalso let us also unite in so doing .

, I presume Dr . Morris' stay will necessaril y he short , so that one good ami thorough welcome in London would be better than many smaller ones in the provinces . Yours fraternally , AV . J . HUGHAN .

Grand Lodge Appointments.

GRAND LODGE APPOINTMENTS .

TO THE EDITOR OP THE I'lIEElIASOXS MAGAZINE AXD 1 TASOXIC JIIIiilOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —In your number of the llth inst . I observe three points of some importance , and yet they all merge into one .

Grand Lodge Appointments.

On page 409 is an account of the proposition of himself as Grand Master of England by Bro , Matthew Cooke .. On page 470 , in reference to the Board of Benevolence , it is stated that " suggestions were made ato the propriety of a little new blood being infused

among them . ' ' Allow me space for a few comments on these matters . It is no doubt true that tho Grand Master has the confidence of the Craft in general , and that having , in accordance with custom , been elected to that hih position year after year for a quarter of a

g century , it would not only he most ungracious , but most unwise , to think of making any change during his lifetime , although I , and at least some others , think that affairs . run too much in the same groove , that too much power is in the hands of the Grand Secretarythat more courtesy ought to be practised

, by him , ancl that some changes might be made with advantage . I do not offer these remarks without definite reasons for doing so , drawn from a Masonic experience of much activity extending over twenty years , and I am familiar with one province which lias lamentably suffered from this cause , where an incubus

of a most prejudicial nature has long existed , which all efforts have hitherto failed to remove , to the deep regret of a numerous body of Past Masters , anil , indeed , of all right-minded Masons , especially because the circumstances are so patent that the Order has been brought into disrepute among the inhabitants not connected with us . I am convinced that such a

state of things coulcl not exist in a district more easily accessible than the one alluded to . AVhatever may be our feelings of i-espect for the Most AVorshipful Bro . the Earl of Zetland , and the extent of our dissent from the course pursued by Bro . Cooke ( of which few , if any , can approve ) , a very different sentimentas I am inclined to think , prevails in

, regard to the Grand Secretary , and there are ; probably , many disposed to endorse his opinions on that head . Had Bro . Cooke proposed some eminent Mason for Grand Master , and spoken on tho subject in a different spirit , the ludicrous and insulting exhibition would have been avoidedand he would not

, have been subject to the censure with which hi ? conduct has met , and which he deserves . The inference I wish to draw from this affair is one which I have before brought before the notici- o :

your readers , namely , that , iu the best interests oi the Craft , it is desirable , during the life of our pro ; -ml Grand Master , to alter our "Book of Constitution ; " on pages 29 and 4-3 , so as iu future to limit the tern ; of years during , which a Grand Master , a Proviiv / . a ' . Grand Master , and their respective deputies shah

hold office . AVhy should they be under an arrangement differing in princip le from that which regulate-. ; the tenure by a AV . M . of a lodge ? Seven years is probably sufficient for the Grand Master , four year * for his deputy or a Provincial Grand Master , and . three years for a Deputy Provincial ( fraud Master .

This would afford an opportunity for meeting the objection raised by Bro . Cooke , inasmuch as it would diminish the probability of any subordinate officer remaining too long in his place , and it would also tend to the infusion of new blood in the highest departments of the Craft , as well as in the provinces and the Board of Benevolence , where it is probably