Grand Lodge Of Canada.

any perpetuation of divided jurisdiction . There are but tvyo solutions of the question : either an abandonment of their own hasty movement by the Quebec brethren and the re-union of all the Lodges under the Grand Lodge of Canada ; or , the

complete recognition of the so-called Grand Lodge of Quebec , and the absolute withdrawal of jurisdiction over any lodge within the territory . That is the position of the question , and it will be a great misfortune , if the subject is brought up at all , should those bringing it up , and Grand Lodge itself , fail to appreciate this fact . —Craftsman .

Freemasonry In Constantinople.

FREEMASONRY IN CONSTANTINOPLE .

To the British colony in Flasskeui , and especially to to the Scotch element which predominates in that community , belengs the honour of founding the first MasonicTemple ever erected in any part of the Turkish empire . The establishment of a Masonic Lodge in Hasskeui , under the

Scotch Rite was in itself an event in the annals of Freemasonry in that country , and , considering the many members of the fraternity resident in that suburb , was a really important addition to tlie group of social institutions which the Hasskeuites have planted in their own midst within

within the last few years . Such was the success of the " Caledonian Lodge , " that in a very short time the £ 200 expended in lodge furniture , officers '" clothing , jewels , & c , was paid-off . The accommodation the Lodge had obtained in an upper room of the Mechanics' Institute soon became inadequate , owing to continuous accessions of members : and ifc was not long before the idea

was broached among the members of providing a building for themselves , so desirable on Masonic grounds , as well as for convenience and economical reasons . Convinced , as they soon were , of the financial as well as other advantages of the undertaking , the brethren , with that unity of purpose

which characterises the Hasskeuites , at once resolved upon carrying ifc out by subscribing among themselves for £ T . 5 shares bearing 7 per cent , interest—to be derived from the rent payable by the Lodge itself and from the letting of part of the premises—the shares to be

purchaseable by the Lodge at par , so that the building should eventually become the property of the " Caledonians . " Within a few weeks only , a capital of nearly a thousand pounds was subscribed for , on that basis : a site , in the Jew's Quarter , a few hundred yards above the Mechanic ' s Institute , was purchased ; a contract was made for the erection of a suitable stone and brick building ;

the ground was at once levelled and the foundations made ; and on Saturday July 1 , the corner-stone was laid with full Masonic " pomp and circumstance " by the Right Worshipful Bro . J . P . Brown , District Grand Master for Turkey , under the English Constitution , ( Charge d ' affaires

of the United States at Constantinople , ) who was requested by the Master and brethren of the Caledonian Lodge to officiate on the occasion . The event brought together an assemblage of the Craft which would have been considered . large aud imposing on any similar occasion at home .

Upwards of 160 , including many brethren of foreign lodges , mustered in the Recreation Hall , where the District Grand Lodge was opened at 4 o ' clock in the afternoon , by the R . W . D . G . M . ; who was supported by his present Deputy , V . W . Bro . A . Thompsonand his late Deputy"V . W . Bro . G .

, , Laurie , the Wardens' chairs being filled by W . Bro . J . Bevan , P . M . " Caledonian" and " Leinster , " and Bro . W . Temple , S . W . of the " Orential" and < r Bulwer . " The Lodge having been opened in due form , ' the officers and brethren of the " Caledonian" saluted in turn , according to seniority , all

the other Lodges of the District , and the compliment was returned by the members of the latter . The Lodge was then adjourned , and a procession

was marshalled by W . Bro . G . Warren , who acted as Director of Ceremonies , assisted by W . Bro . G . Mears . The cortege was conducted by a circuitous route over the Ok-Meidan to the site , with a view , no doubt , of giving Hasskeui a good opportunity of witnessing the disciples of the mystic art in all

their glory of purple and gold and blue and silver . There was a great number of spectators , principally the Jewish inhabitants of the quarter , few , if any , of whom had perhaps , an idea that the spectacle they were witnessing was at all connected with their own race and religion . The brethren having

formed in square round the foundations ofthe building , theR . W . D . G . M . Brovvnopened the proceedings by stating that he had been particularly flatterred by . i the request of the Worshipful Master of the Caledonian Lodge to lay the foundation-st ; ne of this edifice , and he assured him and his brethren

that he accepted the invitation with much pleasure . Bro . Brown then called upon the Kev . C . B . Gribble , H . M ., Embassy Chaplain , to open the proceedings with prayer , and tlie rev . gentleman offered up the following prayer , which we givo entire as an excellent model of Masonic composition , appropriate to such an occasion , though the author , Mr . Gribble himself , is not a member f ' othe Craft : —

Almighty Father , accept , we pray thee , the humble tribute of gratitude which we , Thy children and servants , now offer to thee . We derive from Thee our life , our reason , our faculties , our senses , and all things contributory to tbe enjoyment of our existence . From Thee , 0 Lord , eometh every virtue , the power to observe Thy laws , the will to do good , patience in well-doing , and the stiength to suffer , to submit , and lo revive when adverse advents , all ordered in Thy providence , occur to try our