The Threatened Secession Ebom The Supreme Gbandboyal Aech Chapter Oe Scotland.—No. Ii.

panion Lyon had become a too prominent and influential member of the Craft , and stood in the way oi Ayrshire being treated as a mere apanage of Glasgow , accounts for the existence of a strong desire on the part of the late Prov . Grancl Chapter that he should heremoved out of the way or rendered harmless by

beingma-• sonically degraded ; local jealousy on the part of some ¦ upon whose corns he had , in the discharge of his duties , as an important official in lodge and chapter , unceremoniously trod , had also something to do with the proposal to suspend Bro . Lyon ; whilst the blunt but effective style in which Comp . Good was accustomed

to expose to ridicule the Masonic quackery which , in "too many instances , have been attempted to be palmed upon the Craft by itinerant brethren , coupled with the energy which he has ever displayed in the conduct of Masonic matters in the town of Ayr , have combined to render Bro . Good ' s presence disagreeable to those keeping their own aggrandisement in view ,

-rather than the harmony and well-being of the order ; hence the desire for his degradation . With regard to the threatened secession , we have little to report . Thanks to the publication in the MAGAZINE of the real facts last week , the difficulties which beset the path of the seeeders in their attempted organisation of a

new Grand Chapter appear more apparent , and the contemplation of which seems to have had an evident tendency to cool the ardour of the misguided Companions , who have suffered themselves , thus far , to be nose-led by the few interested parties at the head of

the secession movement ; and we hope to be able , in our next MAGAZINE , to state that they have returned to their allegiance to the Supreme Grancl Chapter . It is right that we should mention that Dr . Arnott was not present at the meeting which took place in the

Crow Hotel , Glasgow , on the Sth inst ., and consequently cannot be held to be a leader in the insane Masonic movement of which Glasgow is at present the scene .

The Supreme Grand Council Of France And Marshal Magnan.

THE SUPREME GRAND COUNCIL OF FRANCE AND MARSHAL MAGNAN .

( Continued from page 22 J Resuming our narrative , we proceed to show what effect the manifesto of Marshal Magnan has had upon the Supreme Grand Council . The central Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Accepted Rite Ecossais , held a meeting under the

presidency of Bro . Guiffrey , its Master , ad vitam , for the purpose of guarding the ri ghts and privileges of the brethren ancl lodges , holding under the Supreme Grand Council . This meeting was numerously attended ; the various lodges of the rite having made it their duty to attend the call of their Masonic eriors

sup , ancl , to evince their sympathy , certain brethren holding under the Grand Orient were in attendance . After the loel ge had been opened , Bro . G-enevay , orator of the Grand Lodge Ecossais , was requested by the

The Supreme Grand Council Of France And Marshal Magnan.

Worshipful Master , to read Bro . A lennet ' s reply to Marshal Magnan ' s circular , which - answer of Bro . A iennet , thirty-third degree , acquired more than ordinary force and significance , from the fact of its being endorsed by the whole of the lodges ranging under the authority of the Supreme Grand Council . There were some two hundred members present

, who , when the Grand Orator , Bro . Genevay , rose to obey the commands of the AV orshipful Master , were hushed into profound silence . AVe shall not present our readers with the ipsissima verba of the document in question , but offer such remarks on it as appear to be in accordance ivith its spirit , ancl afford them a

right understanding of the case in all its bearings . The Most Puisant Sovereign Grand Commander commenced by deploring the necessity of defending the Bite Ecossais against the encroachments of a powerful man , who relying on an Imperial decree , badly construedwished to establish his authority of

, Grand Master , over the rite of the Supreme Grand Council , no mention or allusion to that rite having appeared in the edict in question . It was his duty to protect the interests and safety of the rite , as well as to enlighten the Emperor , the Minister of the Interior , ancl public opinion on the nature of the unjust

persecution of which they were the object . He drew a comparison between the supposed acts of an Archbishop , who , the day after his enthronisation , should compel all the ministers of the various reli gious sects to conform ancl assist him , at mass , in his cathedral . Such was the parallel ease to theirs , ancl Marshal Magnan had played a similar part .

After a rapid analysis of the principal facts relative to the history of the Masonic Order in France , and of the differences whieh existed since 1772 , between the central Grand Lodge Ecossais , and the Grancl Orient , as well as between the Supreme Grand Council ancl Grancl Orient , Bro . Alennet

traced the same to the conference of 1841 . which latter took place at the proposal of the Grand Orient , when the Due de Choiseul , M . P . Sov . G . Com ., accepted the negotiation , and named as his representatives the Duke Decazes , General de Fernig , Messrs . Guiffrej' -, Phillippe , Dupin , and

A ^ iennet . After various negotiatons , Bro . Viennet , in concert with Bro . Bouilly , representative of the Grancl Master of the Grand Orient , were authorised to draw up articles for a treaty of union . The personal friendship of the negotiators rendered their task easy , and they naturally made the agreement of 180-i the basis of their scheme , which comprised the

independence of both rites—the administration of the inferior grades by the Grancl Orient—ancl authority over the high grades by the Supreme Grand Council . The exchequer of both rites was merged in a common fund , but the accounts ancl orders were signed and controlled by their respective authorities , each one

within its proper limits . On the part of the Grand Orient it was not desired to render this union one of absorption , but they offered to admit those holding under the Supreme Grand Council , en masse , amongst the Grand Officers , and to take the Duke Decazes as Grancl Master . But there were certain points

ivhich , as sole heirs and represeutatives of ancient Masonry , coulcl not be surrendered by the Supreme Grand Council , for the latter felt that if they had uot been recognised as the depository of such , the