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CORRESPONDENCE .

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10 THE ElmOE OF TlIESrEEEllASOX-s' MAGAZINE AND 3 IAS 0 NIC jnHEOS . [ Under this head wo published a fortnight since the letter of an old correspondent of the Freemasons' Magazine , who , from his residence abroad for some years past has not been amongst us . The letter was , however , mutilated and the sense destroyed by being only published in part , the second page of the MSS . having been mislaid in the printing-office . We now give the letter entire . —ED . P . M . ]

Dear Sir and Brother , —I have never seen any report in the Freemasons' Mac / asine of the meeting of the Grand Chapter Eose Croix , which was held in London some months ago , and which was , I have been told , a really splendid meeting of all the principal English Masonic luminaries ; and , as my informant told me , they were as handsome and highly intelligent

a set of gentlemen as ever he met with in any society in Europe or America—and he has travelled greatly . He told me , too , at that time that a resolution was unanimously carried , that a suitable testimonial was to be presented by the body to the retiring M . P . S . G . C ., Dr . Leeson , aud that a committee was named and agreed to .

Now , Sir , I read in an obituary notice in your Magazine of last Saturday—which I get here with my breakfast on Sundays—that you suggest that the example set by the illustrious members under the Supreme Council in France in the year 1862 mi ght be followed by the members who are under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Council of England . That ,

Sir , is not an original suggestion , and it ought not to go unchallenged , for I am told it was made at the Solemn Conclave of the Prince Masons assembled at the Freemasons' Tavern several months ago by an illustrious Mason of the 32 ° or 33 ° , and seconded by another brother of some rank and importance in the Order . You , though , ought to have stated that fact , and not taken credit for what some one else suggested . That is what I find fault with . As I am alive to the

importance of the suggestion being carried out , I am not indisposed to avail myself of thia opportunity of justly finding fault , that I may get my say : — 1 st . How is it , can you tell me , that , if the testimonial was voted and a committee was formed , nothing has as yet been announced concerning it ? 2 nd .

If , as I am informed a medal was proposed at that meeting , and it was an acceptable form of testimonial what stands in the way of its being carried out ? 3 rd . Who compose the committee ? Are the members trying " how not to do it ? " 4 th . I will , as an old English 18 ° , send to your care two guineas as my

own subscri ption to the medal ; and I will uudertake to get you several guineas from friends who are 18 ° or _ 30 ° , and I think quite a large number of my Masonic friends would subscribe their half-guinea , provided we all have a bronze copy of the medal free . 5 th . As I should not be equallwilling to subscribe

y to " a piece of plate , " to which I object , and I am decidedly in favour of the suggestion of a medal , I would still not object to subscribe something for a portrait of tho I'll . Bro . Dr . Leeson , the " retired

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M . P . S . G . C —say one guinea—but I don't like a por trait so well , even though subscribers to it might have photographs of the picture . 6 th . If some brother who does know all about this mysterious matter of the Leeson testimonial will reply through your pages , I and others will be much obliged .

Slow , Sir , for yon . Why is it that there has not been a report of the meeting of the Grand Eose Croix Chapter in your pages ? I , who being obliged to reside in a milder climate than England , look to your journal to keep me fully informed of all passing events , and , although you have during the last year

or two very much improved the quality and quantity of the Masonic information published weekly I feel annoyed to hear first from friends of such a meeting having taken place , and to find that no notice of it or report has ever appeared . Do get the Grand Secretary —if he is not too grand to do it—to send you a report of

their grand doings , as I suppose ordinary mortals , such as editors of newspapers—even if the paper be Masonic—are not permitted within the sacred walls of a chapter of Prince Mason 3 , so that it would be still more unreasonable to find a reporter present on such occasions . In my time there was an active

Secretary , and in these times I do not think the S . C . of England can afford "to hide its light under a bushel ; " at least those who reside out of England hope that for the future they may find in your MAGAZINE some evidence of there being some vitality remaining in the Council , and that the proceedings

of the various R . > £ < Chapters , and of the higher bodies of 30 ° , 31 ° , 32 ° , aye , and even of the 33 ° , should be regularly chronicled . Tours fraternally , K . H ., "ANOLn 30 V South of France , Sept . 8 th , 1868 . "

Masonic Impostors.

MASONIC IMPOSTORS .

10 THE EDI 10 E OT THE FEEEtfASOJfS' MAGAZINE AUD MASONIC JTIKEOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —This worthy ( SiegmuudSax ) is levying black-mail on lodges to a pretty good tune-It appears from "W . M ., 299 , that he turned up there as lately as the 9 th inst . INTow I venture to suggest that a circular from P . G . Masters to their various

lodges , or even from the G . Sec . himself , would have the effect of fixing him into the hands of the county police somewhere . I have no doubt somebody would come forward and prosecute for obtaining money under false pretences . I wish he would do me the honour to try to borrow another sovereign . *

Tours fraternally , A . DUPED P . M . TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE FRREMAS 0 N 5 ' . MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —I observe in your last week ' s impression a letter signed D . P . G . M . the

, writer of which appears to have been victimized by one Mr . Siegmund Sax to the tune of £ 4 < . What this person has been doing , and where he has located himself since the period of six mouths ago of which . D . P . G . M . speaks , I am , of course , unable to say , but