Scottish Freemasonry.

. London , for the education , clothing , and feeding , -of the sons of decayed and deceased Freemasons , . instituted in the year 1798 , and the Royal Free-¦ 'Auasons' School for maintaining , clothing , and ¦ educating female children , daughters of decayed

Freemasons , instituted as far back as 1788 , and . ¦ flourishing at St . John ' s Hill , Battersea Rise , . near London . All this , however , we are in-. formed , is to be remedied under the new regime , and Scotland willit is to be hopednot remain

, , ¦ much longer behind England in this respect . The . necessity for giving a much more practical and .. extensively useful character to the practise of tlie one- great aim and object of our noble Order is . as well understood on the other side of the Tweed

, as it is on this , and it requires only the master mind of such a head as that which now rules . over the Grand Lodge of Scotland to take action , and , aided by that distinguished band / of Grand Officers recently appointed , whose

services have but to be enrolled in such a cause—.. success must immediately follow . Besides the proposed establishment of several ffreat Masonic charities similar to those so Ions ; _ -o o . and so usefully existing in this country , we

-. understand that important reforms connected with -the practices in private lodges , and the ceremonials therein conducted , are proposed , by which

. greater uniformity of working and a nearer assi-.-milation to the practices and ceremonials so long in use in this country and elsewhere , will be -attained—matters , as we believe , of prime im-. / poi'tance to the welfare of the Craft , not only in

Scotland and England but throughout the world . We propose shortly to resume the subject of -which ive have thus far treated , and in doing so to refer to some other matters interesting alike -to tho members of the Order , whether holding

. under the Irish , the Scottish , or the English Masonic Constitution , and there is not a more .. interesting Masonic theme than that of Freemasonry in Scotland .

Masonic Pilgrimage To The Orient.

MASONIC PILGRIMAGE TO THE ORIENT .

Having ( writes our esteemed friend and coadjutor , Bro . D . Murray Lyon ) through the medium of the Magazine , been privileged to make public inclination of Bro . Morris ' s contemplated visit to the British Isles , the Continent , and the Holy Land ,

it now devolves upon us to give equal publicity to an alteration in his route that unforeseen circumstances have led our distinguished brother to

Masonic Pilgrimage To The Orient.

adopt . By the time this meets the eye of our readers , the Doctor will have left his native shores in one of the Havre line of packets , with the intention of proceeding via Marseilles and Constantinople to Beyrout direct . The last-named place

ivill be his head-quarters till April . It is uncertain by what route he will return from Palestine , but he expects to reach this country about the beginning of June ; so that in all likelihood our continental brethren may be the first in Europe to

welcome to their lodges this most devoted Masonic Missionary . As an admirer of Bro . Morris , and one of the oldest of his correspondents in Britain , we have felt considerably gratified by the heartiness of the interest that has through

these pages been manifested in that portion of his pilgrimage that will embrace a visit to the land of his fathers .

"An Eastern Mason , " writing in last Saturday's issue , " recommends to the admirers of Bro . Morris in this country to take care that his reception shall not have the appearance of that of a clique , for the result might be that Bro . Morris

would miss a reception in those very quarters where he is most desirous of being known . " This advice is sound , and worthy of being acted upon ; although some may be inclined to think it unneeded . It is with no desire to see or to

fraternise with any Masonic clique that Bro . Dr . Morris will incur the expense and endure the fatigue which a visit to Britain must necessarily entail upon him . His object is to have Masonic converse with the Craft in these islands , to learn

from personal inquiry and ' observation somewhat of its past history and its present condition , to become a visitant in each of the three Grand

Lodges—to associate for a brief period with those to whom he is known as a fellow-labourer in the field of Masonic literature—and , were it possible , to visit every lodge in the land and grasp the hand of every worthy brother . Be it ours to aid him

in the realisation of as much of his aim in this respect as is within the bounds of possibility . Amongst the spontaneous proffers of welcome to our shores elicited in favour of Dr . Morris Ave have received from that good man

and proficient Mason , Bro . 0 . P . Cooper , whose recommendation of him is unique ; from the warm-hearted and indefatigable Bro . Hughan of Truro , the friend and correspondent of our expected guest ; the God-speed thee , Morris , that drops from the pen of Bro . the Rev . A . F . A .