Masonic Notes And Queries.

is the 1723 Constitutions , which do not bring in Christianity into our Preemasonry any more than they bring in Judaism or Mahommedanism . Our mediaival operative Masons were Christians , hut neither they nor their Christianity had aught whatever to do with our Speculative " Freemasonry . "

Our Speculative Preemasonry was instituted and set a-going in A . D . 1717 , upon the simple basis of morality and belief in the existence of T . G-. A . O . T . U ., and although , through ignorance or bigotry , some lodges may have brought Christianity into their practice , that only shows their ignorance of the teachings , ideas , and end of the Order . —W . P . BUOHAH" .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor is not responsible for the opinion * expresse by Correspondents . MASONIC PANTOMIME .

TO THE EDITOE OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIREO B . Dear Sir and Brother , —I have read the exceedingly curious proceedings of the Glasgow St . John ' s Lodge 3 bis , as recorded at pages 213 and 214 < of your paper . It seems strange to me , to say the least , how the members of a lower court can take upon them to interfere in such an arbitrary manner with the

proceedings of a higher court . One would have thought that the proper plan for them to do , had they found fault with anything said in Grand Lodge , would have been to have made a complaint to that body , stating -the grounds of what they found fault with , instead , of which they have quite ignored Grand Lodgeand

, in consequence we perceive a daughter lodge sitting ¦ in judgment upon Grand Lodge itself . However , when we look under the surface , we can easily solve the enigma , ivhich to us , turns out to be a most hare-faced attempt to bamboozle the members of a lodge by the office-bearers .

Said office-bearers were carrying on a very highhanded policy against G-rand Lodge , in ivhich , however , they were defeated , and had all their absurd actions and pretensions thrown back upon themselves , as we perceive by Grand Lodge Report , page 113 , Feb . 25 th . In order , therefore , to lead away the minds of the

members of their lodge from their failure , they cast about for a scapegoat upon which to lay the sins of their own proceedings , and eureka ! they discover it in one of their own members ! Capital idea to lay the burden of their own faults upon another—so the signal being giventhe crowd rush onas they are led

, , , without even knowing , or thinking of what they were doing . Only I should not wonder if before long they find out somehow that they have made a mistake . I am yours fraternally , A MEMBEB OP GEAUB LODGE .

The Little Testimonial.

THE LITTLE TESTIMONIAL .

10 THE EDITOR ; OT THE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE IS . MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —Let me assure Bro . Magnus Ohren that my letter of the 4 th iust . was a thorough answer to that part of his which referred to myself , though he cannot see it . I now repeat from " sure information and full conviction , " that Bro . Little has done nothing for Craft Masonry that he has not been well

The Little Testimonial.

paid for , and that , therefore , Craft Masons ought not to be called upon to subscribe to this junior clerk ' s testimonial . My second remark being a matter of opinion , I most certainly do not accept Bro . M . Ohren ' s judgment , which , there is not the slightest doubt , but time will falsify .

Fortunately my boot maker is a good one , so that my shoes do not pinch ; and my back does not want scratching , though my coat is somewhat heavier from the testimonials I have to wear ; which testimonials , by the way , were obtained without back-scratching , anglice touting . Before closing I must do Bro . M . Ohren justice by saying he is quite right with regard to the back numbers of your contemporary , which are asdead as the supposed virtues they are alleged to bring to light . —A CEAPI MASOX .

Bro. Yarker And The Bath Masons.

BRO . YARKER AND THE BATH MASONS .

TO THE EDITOE OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —I see in a contemporary an account of the meeting of the Ancient Order of ttie Temple , ( or some such title ) , held at Bath the other day mentions Bro . Yarker , the probable author of the paragraph , as being present . I beg to draw your readers ' attention to this , in order that some one may bring the

matter before the next meeting of Grand Conclave . Perhaps Bro . Yarker ( Commander though he be of the old Ne Plus Ultra ) may find that , in getting up these pseudo-masonic meetings , and naming them after established rites , he only succeeds in getting himself expelled from the Order of the Temple , as well as from the A . and A- Rite .

Bro . Yarker may be pleased to learn that the Supreme Grand Council , ivhich he talks of citing before the Grand Lodge of England , boasts , amongst its members , the name of the Earl of Carnarvon , Deputy Grand Master of England . I should state , with reference to my last letter , that there is no legally constituted Rose Croix Chapter at Rochdale

. The amount paid by the brethren at Todmorden , for Bro . Yarker's high degrees , was thirteen-pence halfpenny for each degree . Yours fraternally , A MASON WHO BELIEVES IX HIS O . B .

Masonic Sayings And Doings Abroad.

MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD .

The following report of a Committee appointed to consider the question of the " right of visit , " was adopted hy the Grand Lodge of Masaehusetts , at its late Annual Communication . - —• " Some diversity of practice in this particular exists indifferent sections of the country , and your Com-,

mittee infer from the reference of the subject to them that it is not definitely settled in our own jurisdiction . The rule which has most extensively obtained among the Grand Lodges is , ' that a visitor cannot unseat a member ; ' and this is undoubtedly , in general terms , a correct rule . The right to visit cannot he held to

be an absolute right , because subject to denial or regulation . More correctly speaking , it is a privilege , dependent on certain conditions . The first and most essential of these conditions undoubtedly is , that the