Lodge Working.—Ceremonials.

Metham is not a man who comes out on only special occasions , but he is a good working Mason—ready at all times to do duty wherever his services may be desired . I had the honour and the pleasure of receiving my first lecture , on my initiation , from him , and we have in this district very many able exponents

of the Ancient Craft , men who can , and who do , give the whole of the lectures with masterly ability , and without pause or check . I speak 'of my own district with certainty , and what I know I can very truly affirm . Doubtless , the same may be said of our brethren in adjacent towns in this province . Then

as for lodges of instruction , we have our regular meeting at Sincerity ( No . 189 ) , of which the D . Prov . G , M . is a member ; and I believe there are other lodges which have schools of instruction for a similar object . Our W . Masters are mostly well up in their work , and it is considered a discredit to such of them

as are not able to deliver the charges that ought to ¦ emanate from the chair . I do not know quite so much of the working of the Cornish lodges , over which Bro . Augustus Smith , ¦ the lord of the Scilly Isles , presides as the Grand Master . But when I call to your mind that Bro . Hugh anwho is one of best correspondents

, your , ¦ resides in that province , and that the lodges there are ¦ in a state of great activity , I think the charge agaiust them can hardly be sustained . I cannot ¦ understand why they should be so ignorant as our "Brother of ten years" would make out . I think he must be a member of some lodin an

out-ofge ¦ the-way place . If so , I hope that he will get the instruction that ho desiderates , aud that he will also learn at the same time not to cast such stigmas upon two provinces which have hitherto stood hi gh for their intelligence and activity in the world of 'Freemasonry . Yours fraternally ,

A DEVOJT MASO ^ . P . S . —Since writing this letter I have learnt , that in connection with our lodges here in these three compact towns , we have five lodges of instruction . With so many schools it must be the fault of the brethren themselves if they are not well up in their ¦ work .

Suspension Of Lodge Officers.

SUSPENSION OF LODGE OFFICERS .

10 TOE EDITOR OF TOE FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother—Referring to the letter -appearing in your issue of the 21 st Sept ., and which I consider but a very poor attempt ' to answer mine of the 7 th Sept . Your correspondent attempts to justify the Prov . G . Lodge by stating , that although one of the Prov . G . Lodge office-bearers being present at

G-rand Lodge , and heard the decision of that body , still that was no official intimation . Now , this very office-bearer was no less than the Prov . G . Sec , a Irotlier officially interested in the affairs of the Prov . G . Lodge , I leave the Masonic body to judge who is right in this matter . The Grand

Lodge is bound , through the Grand Lodge reporter , which is issued quarterly , to intimate , not specially to the Prov . G . Lodge of Glasgow , but generally to the Masonic world , their jiroceedings . Your correspondent proceeds to quote the law , cap . xxi ., and sec . 9 , and tries to justify the Prov . G . Lodge by saying they are not bound to obey or accept that law . He must be very ignorant indeed

not to know that the Prov . G . Lodge is bound to obey all the laws of the Grand Lodge . Further , he alludes to cap . xiii ., sec . 5 , not 4 , as written by him . Did they attend to it . I say no ; but to quote his own words , " I consider that word until , in said law makes all the difference . " This plainly shows to the

party having broached the matter before the Grand Lodge , the suspension was removed pro tempore ; this we did . But the most glaring thing of all is , if they considered the suspension still existed , how did they allow the suspended office-bearers ( being summoned ) , to sit in Prov . G . Lodge . Was this keeping the

law ? I request the brother to read carefully cap . xiii ., sec . 4 , which he tries to give you extracts from , and say if the Prov . G . Lodge has abided by this law . Some of the lodges have not been visited since May , 1 SG 3 . Why does the brother not answer the other proofs in my letter ? He carefully overlooks that

nina-tcntlis of the appeals against Prov . G . Lodge have been reversed ; he says nothing about the Grand Committee or Grand Lodge , he avoids that , as treading on dangerous ground . I advise him , the next time he writes you to give his namewhich would be more honourable and

, satisfactory . For general information I give you an extract of minute of Grand Lodge relative to the case : —¦ " Extracts from minutes of Grand Lodge , 6 th May , 1867 . "

"The Grand Clerk then brought up supplementary report of Grand Committee in the appeal of Bro . Campbell and others , office-bearers of the Lodge Clyde ( No . 408 ) , against suspension passed upon them by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow , and recommendation of Grand Committee therenent , when Bro . officers moved the approval of the report ,

and which was seconded by Bro . W . flay . Bro . W . Smith , R . W . M ., No . 360 , moved as an amendment , that the report of Grand Committee be not approved of ; that the appeal of Bro . Campbell and others be dismissed , and decision of Provincial Grand Lodge of Glasgow be affirmed , and remit to said Provincial Grand Lodge , to superintend the working of the Lodge Clyde , but the same not being seconded fell , and the motion was put and unanimously carried .

" A true copy . " ( Signed ) ALEX . J . STEWAET . " Clerk G . L . of Scotland . " " Freemasons' Hall , "Edinbro ' , 17 th May , 1 SG 7 . " Yours fraternally ,

TIIOIIAS M . CAMPBELL , R . W . M . Clyde , No . 40 S . [ AVe consider it due alike to the writer of the letter referred to by Bro . Campbell , and to the latter brother himself , to state that when the letter in question reached us at our London officethe actual

, name of the writer was sent us , with full liberty to insert it if we thought fit , instead of merel y the signature of " A Member of Prov . G . Lodge . "—ED . V . AT . 1

Masonic Scholarships.

MASONIC SCHOLARSHIPS .

TO TOE EDITOR OF TOE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAII SIR- ASD BEOTHEE , —It is very strange there is no response to the proposition for Masonic scholarships . Yours fraternally , R . E . ? £ .