Tasmania.

a report from the Colonial Board " That a communication lias been received from the Provincial Grand Master for Tasmania , dated the 12 th of November last , from which it appears that ho has released from suspension sixty-two members of the Tasmanian Union Lodge , No . 781 , Hobart Town , who had petitioned for release , after recognising his appointment and authority as Provincial Grand Master

, and pled g ing themselves to work within the laws and constitutions of the Craft but that such release was to be contingent on any steps that might have been taken by the Most Worshipful Grand Master , or the Grand Lodge ; and altogether pending the approval or disapproval of the supreme authorities . " As in our opinion the two documents to be laid before Grand Lodge on Wednesday should be

considered together , we shall endeavour so to treat them , premising that from the first we expressed our opinion that both parties were to some extent in the wrong ; and from the documents before us , we are bound to confess that as they began so have they ended , and every step in the right direction has been immediately followed by one directly opposed to it . In order that our readers may the better understand the question

to be brought before them on Wednesday next , we will briefly narrate the proceedings which have taken place subsequent to the decision of Grand Lodge to uphold Bro . Ewing in his authority , ancl to reject the appeal of the Hobart Town brethren to be taken from under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Grand Master of Tasmania . It appears that upon this decision reaching Hobart Town , Bro . Charles Tob y ,

the Worshi pful Master of No . 781 , called a meeting of the Lodge , to consider what course should be taken . This meeting was held on the 3 rd of June , and the following resolution carried by a majority of twenty-eight to five— " That this Loclge in obedience to the decision of the Most Worshi pful Grand Master , conveyed in the letter of the Grand Secretary , dated 11 th March last , recognises the appointment

of the Rev . R . K . Ewing , as Provincial Grand Master , and begs to be reinstated in its Masonic functions . " On the following day Bro . Toby addressed a letter to Bro . Ewing , communicating the result of the meeting , and expressing a hope that he would "immediately restore the Lodge to its Masonic functions , and also legalise the proceedings while working , pending the decision of Grand Loclge . " This

letter remained unanswered for eight days , when the Ri ght Worshipful Provincial Grand Master apologised for the delay , on the ground of " excess of occupation , " and proceeded to

say" The submission of the Brethren to the command of the Most Worshipful the Grand Master , has given me , as his representative in the province , much satisfaction , and I may accept it as a well intended pledge of a harmony that you and the Brethren of No . 781 will endeavour to maintain among the Craft in Tasmania , " I am glad that so many of the Brethren present were agreed as to the course adopted ancl in taking the requisite steps for restoring matters to a proper footing , I ivill thank vou to -furnish me with a list of the names of the % %