The Ill. Bro. Hyde Clarke, S.G.I.G. 33 ° Of France.

piece , " A Past Master , " has to he catechised by one of the profane as to the mode he adopted Avhen initiating , passing , or raising , in his lodge . This is not the first time Ave have heard of factious insinuations against Brother Hyde Clarke by some AVIIO have not the manhood to come forward and state their grievances to the proper quarterbut we are determined

, to he no parties to such proceedings . Perhaps , before £ : A Past Master" tries to cast discredit on a brother ' s powers held under a rite , acknowledged in every part of the world , he will turn to the mote in his OAYII eye , and ask his conscience IIOAV in the Turkish Empire there can be a Provincial Grand Lodge of England ,

in existence , whilst there is a recognised Grand Master of Turkey and the Levant , yet living , and Avhose hare sign-manual is more respectfully treated all over the East than the Avhole of the signatures of every present and past officer of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Turkey ? Tv e have , as desired , replied explicitly , and hope to hear no more of such questionable and petulant tittle-tattle . 1

The Boys' School.

THE BOYS' SCHOOL .

TO THE EDITOR OF THE FKEMASOXS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIIUIO ]! . DEAE SIR AND BEOTHER , —You Avere good enough at the recent election for hoys to take up the cause of the two candidates who had been the longest on the list , and through your praiseworthy exertions one of the candidateshailing from CumberlandAvho had

, , only polled 72 votes on the seven previous elections , was then successful . But it is a most startling fact that a candidate from any province should have only polled 72 votes in seven elections , and a province so important as Cumberland and Westmoreland ought not to be in such a position .

By the list that Avas distributed at the festival in March , of donors and subscribers up to the end of 1 S 64 , it would seem that this important province , numbering so many brothers of eminence , possessed only 20 votes ; and even of the influential names that appeared upon the candidates' cardsome holding hih

, g provincial rank Avere not in the list alluded to . Will not you , Sir , whose exertions so powerfully contributed to the success of the candidate , use the influence AA'hich those exertions have naturally given you , and urge upon the brethren of Cumberland and Westmoreland that they should make use of the

opportunity afforded them Avhen the new building will be inaugurated , to place their province in its right position . I am , Sir , yours very faithfully , PRATER . 21 st June , 1865 .

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DtDTDKEAitx is THE PULPIT . — Of all species of affectation , the most disgusting is the affectation of foppishness of pronunciation , manner , or dress in the pulpit or reading-desk . Far preferable is the roughness of the most uncultivated minister , even though he should drop his / i ' s by the hundred , and have the bearing of a boar . —C . W . Smith's Clerical Elocution .

THE habit of reflecting gives an inner life , which all that we see animates and embellishes . In this disposition of the soul , everything becomes an object of thought . If the young botanist trembles with joy at the sight of a new plant , the moral botanist joys no less to see germinate around him truths with a much superior prize to that cf an unknown flower .

The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

MASONIC MEM . At the Lodge of Benevolence on Wednesday , fifteen candidates were relieved with various sums , amounting in the aggregate to £ 215 . £ 10 notes seemed to be at the disposal of any person who chose to ask for them , the only qualification being that the applieant should have subscribed two years to a lodge ( no matter how low its status ) , and moreover was fairly in want .

Provincial.

PROVINCIAL .

DURHAM . HAKTIEPOOII . —St . Helen's Lodge ( No . 531 ) . —This Lodge met on Thursday evening , the loth inst ., in the Masonic Hall , when there was a fair attendance of the brethren , including several visitors . The lodge was opened in form with solemn prayer in the first degree , and then to the second . The brethren were then exercised in the ceremony of passing , Bros . Stonier Leih officiating as W . M . j M . Windross as S . W . ;

g J . Parker as J . W . ; J . J . Armstrong as S . D . ; W . Robson , of St . John ' s Lodge ( No . SO ) , as I . G . ; anil J . Sherwood , of the Harbour of Refuge Lodge ( No . 76-1 ) , taking the place of the candidate . On the lodge been closed down to the first degree , Bro . Leigh gave the lecture on the tracing board of that degree with the usual illustrations . The lodge was then finally closed at half-past nine o ' clock , and the brethren retired for a short time to refreshment .

SOUTH WALES ( EASTERN DIVISION ) . CARDIFF . —Side Lodge ( No . 960 ) . —The regular meeting of this lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Bute Docks , on Tuesday , the 6 th inst ., when ballots were taken for Rev . E . Jones , All Saints , Messrs . R . W . Moir and John Williams , of Cardiff , and Mr . John Thomas , of Cowbridge . All were accepted . The three former being in attendance , were introduced and regularly initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry . On Thursday ,

the 15 th inst ., a lodge of emergency was held for the purpose of balloting for , and , if present and accepted , initiating Mr . C . F . Goodwin , master mariner of Bath , United States , about to proceed to sea . Present—Bros . W . H . Martin , W . M . ; J . C . Thorpe , P . M . ; F . Ware , S . W . ; M . Davies , J . W . ; P . Bird , Trcas . ; W . II . Moreton , P . M ., Sec ; B . Jenkins , Dir . of Cers . ; J . Fisher , Org . ; D . Davies , S . D . ; H . Allen , J . D . ; J . Davies , I . G . Lodge was opened at seven o ' clockand a ballot taken for

, Capt . Goodwin , who was accepted , but , from some unexplained cause , absent . The W . M . proposed a suitable address to Bro . Tynte , upon his retiring from the office of Prov . G . M ., which was seconded by Bro . Thorp , P . M ., and carried without dissent . The W . M . also stated that another object announced in the circular for this lodge was " To consider the propriety of sending

a petition to the Most Worshipful the Grand Master relative to the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of Bro . Tynte , and to take such steps as may be deemed advisable . " — Bro . WAKE , S . AY ., inquired if there were any grounds for supposing that the Grand Master was likely to bestow the patent upon any brother obnoxious to the province , or , indeed , upon any other than the one deemed the most eligible by every Mason in the province . —The Ay . MASTER replied that he had

received an unofficial intimation that the brother referred to had been actually appointed , and also a communication from the Grand Registrar that it was unusual and irregular for the lodge of a province to memorialise the Grand Master in such cases . Under these circumstances , his (; he W . M . ' s ) opinion was adverse to taking any such action in the matter . —Bro . THOEPE said that the other lodges in the province had either adoptedor were about to adoptthe proposed courseand

con-, , , sidered that this lodge would appear singular if they refrained . — Bro . WABE expressed a decided opinion that it would be wise to be singular in such a case , especially after the intimation from the highest legal Masonic authority , and suggested that it would be setting the other lodges abetter example to abstain from any such unwarrantable attempt to interfere with the inalienable prerogative of the Grand Master , an interference