Proposed Testimonial To The Projector Of New Fangled Masonic Orders.

PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO THE PROJECTOR OF NEW FANGLED MASONIC ORDERS .

10 IHK EDITOI : CE THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRKOI .. Sir ,- —Well , what next , in this age of humbug and testimonial getting-up mania ? For what has this Junior Clerk in the Grand Secretary ' s Office done to be worthy of a testimonial ? No doubt he does his work as well as most junior clerks do , but he is handsomely paid for it . If it be because he belongs to

various lodges and chapters , to some of which , no tlonbt . he acts as Secretary , or that he has worked hard to establish two Rites that don't belong to Masonry at all , then it may be asked whether he has not done some or most of this work in the time belonging to his employersfor if sonot only is he

, , not entitled to any testimonial , but it ought to be seriously considered whether his services cannot be dispensed with altogether in the Grand Secretary ' s Office , and his stipend be given to some of the Masonic charities , which very much want funds . Iu fact it ivould be much better ifinstead of a

testi-, monial , his Rosicrucinn , Red Cross , and Misraimitic friends would subscribe to keep him altogether , so that he might devote the whole of his time to these and other antiquated Rites . Perhaps , after all , we are doing the brother in question a wrong , and this idea of a testimonial bas solely emanated , as is

generally the case , from some worthy tradesman who has an eye to "business '' in the matter . If ghosts ever do haunt people , this junior clerk is sure to be persecuted by poor Bro . White , who , while he was Grand Secretary , did all he could lo destroy all traces of these and other spurious rites _ which appear to have been dug up in his old office . Horrible thought ! can it be that there are still some more to be

resurrectioned ! Ihink of that , jeAveilers , and masonic man milliners , and have strict search , for there may yet be more money to be made , and more"Bakscheecli " upon ihe robes , collars , jeAvels , & c , oi the mighty hidden mysteries . Yours , A CEAFT MASON .

TO THE EDITOH OE TIIE EEEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC Million Referring to the proposed testimonial to one of the employes in the Graud Secretary ' s office , has there not been for nearly two years past much to complain of as to the manner in whicli the paid servants of'Graiid Lodge have traded in Freemasonry , occupied tho time which

ought to have born devoted to their duties in connection with the Graft , in launching Masonic undertakings and maintaining speculative and quasi masonries under the assumed patronage of the Grand Secretary ' s office , for the personal glorification , if not , also pecuniary advantages of ono or more of the said employes : —employment in direct

violation of the terms oi' their engagement , upon which tbey receive their salaries from the Craft , and also in violation of their O . B . In i ' act Sir , as matters appear to be coming to a crisis , tliatwkich hasbcenfrcquently threatened , is likely now to occur , viz ., as the subject has become so grave that it will he formally brought before tho Board of General Purposes , and the growth of that which has become a Masonic scandal " will , it is hoped , be promptly

Proposed Testimonial To The Projector Of New Fangled Masonic Orders.

stopped , and a suitable "Testimonial" be presented to each of tho persons who , forgetting- their duty to the Craft , have for so long provoked comment upon their doings by a large portion of the older and much respected members of our Order , who know nothing about , nor desire to know anything about , " Masonic Rosicrucians , " "The Eed Cross Knihts of Eome and Constantino "

g , the "Eite of Mizraim , " or any such nonsense as has during the last two or three years emanated from the Grand Secretary ' s department of tho Grand Lodge of England . It is high time that all this should be stopped , instead of giving a Testimonial , and , I regret to notice in the announcements , the name of the Grand Secretary

as Treasurer , and that of the Prov . G . M . for Middlesex , as Chairman , however deep the debt of gratitude maybe , on the part of the Prov . Gr . M . for his appointment , for although no more worthy brother could be found for the Provincial Grand Mastership , still it is a well known fact , he owes his appointment mainly to the recipient of the intended testimonial . Yours , AN OLD P . M .

The Legal Obligations Of Our Lodges.

THE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS OF OUR LODGES .

TO THE EDITOK OE THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEEOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —Your article in the "Magazine" of the 14 th inst ., on tho legal registration of our lodges , followed as , i ( . is by the letter of your correspondent " Lupus , " under the above head , appearing iu your last week's issue , demand the most serious attention of the authorities at Grand Lodge . I

express not only my own opinion but that of all the brethren with whom I have spoken upon the subject when I say that it behoves the Grand Registrar , by virtue of the office he holds as the legal exponent of Grand Lodge , to grapple with this matter iu such a manner as will satisfy the Craft generally under the English Constitutionthat a matter of such importance

, as that in question has received that attention which it deserves . We ought , and have a right to expect tolearn .,. and that Avithout delay , what is the opinion of the legal advisers ofthe Grand Master with relerenceto the statements appearing in your pages , and to which this letter refers . A PROVINCIAL SUBSCKIBEB .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

The Peoples' Magazine , Mb . 37 , vol . 7 , new series . Loudon —Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge , 77 Great Queen Street , W . O . The contents of the January Number of this excellent publication come fully up to the standard of those of its p redecessors : there is a wholesome vigour throughou t

the articles contributed , which is quite refreshing ' Notably in the present number we may mention a very interesting and well illustrated article on " The Mont Ceuis Pass , " including a description of the "Pell , " Railway , and an article , "To San Francisco and Back" —By "A Loudon Parson , " who describes in very graphic

language tbe various incidents of his travels , under the heads of , 1 , " The Voyage Out "; 2 , " Pirst Walk About New York" ; 3 , "Niagara to Chicago "; 4 , "From Niagara to San Pranciseo . " Life and manners in the new w orld are very ably depicted in the readable sketch , before us .