Lodge Of Instruction For Glasgow.

neighbourhood , I would deem it the proper medium for bringing before the notice of the Freemasons of this province the great want felt by many of us in not having a Lodge of Instruction . I make mention of Glasgow , belonging as I do to that province ; but it will , perhaps , astonish some of your readers to

learn that while there are , I understand , 79 Lodges of Instruction meeting under the sanction of the Grand Lodge of England , there is not , as far as I can learn , a single Lodge of Instruction in all Scotland . In No . 243 of your ' Magazine ( Feb . 27 th 1 S 64 )

, Bro . Mitchell , P . Prov . G . Sec . of this province , mentions that some years previous to that date a charter was obtained and a Lodge of Instruction started in Glasgow . But it was never well supported , and was in 1 SG-1 almost entirely in abeyance . Has any brother in Glasgow any information to give regarding that

charter and Lodge of Instruction ? Such a state of affairs should not be allowed to exist any longer in a province like that of Glasgow , the largest in point of numbers of any in Scotland . I am only surprised that it has been permitted to exist so long ; and sure I am that the matter onl

y requires to be brought before the notice of the brethren in a proper manner to lead to the erection of a suitable Lodge of Instruction . I might mention some of the great benefits that would naturally flow from having such a lodge , such as uniformity of workingand educating a proper

, staff of office-bearers ; but I will nofc at present intrude further on your space . Tours fraternally , A MEMBER OE No . 73 .

The M.W. Bro. Robert Morris, L.L.D., &C

THE M . W . BRO . ROBERT MORRIS , L . L . D ., & c

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE ANK MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —I feel sure that the personal friends of the learned Dr . Morris , as also his many admirers in this country , will have thanked Bro . Hyde Clarke , P . D . G . M- Turkey , for his kind and opportune recommendation of Bro . Robert Morris to the Masons of

Smyrna , in Asia Minor . I thank him most warmly for myself and Bros . Lyon , Haye , and others whose pleasure ifc is to correspond with so enthusiastic and distinguished a Freemason , and we hope that so well-known a Craftsman as Bro- Hyde Clarke holding out the right hand of fellowship so cordially to our Masonic traveller will

insure the latter a hearty welcome in London—fche metropolis of Freemasonry . Tcurs fraternally , W . J . HUGHAN . Truro , 21 st March , 1868 .

Confirmation Of Lodge Minutes.

CONFIRMATION OF LODGE MINUTES .

TO THE EDITOE OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , —Gould you inform me what the practice is in Scotch lodges in regard to the confirmation of minutes ? Is it absolute that what takes place at one meeting must be confirmed at the next meeting ? For example * . A brother is accused at one meeting of acting unmasonicall y ( no previous notice having been

Confirmation Of Lodge Minutes.

given ) , is found guilty , and condemned to be censured-Anofcher case : A brother is elected Tyler , and accepts the office ; but after lodge is closed is very angry at the brethren for electing him , and declares that he will leave the lodge . Must these minutes be confirmed at the nest meeting , and afterwards the brother be allowed to decline

the office ? These are nofc imaginary cases : the former occurred a few years ago ( and was reported to the Freemasons , Magazine at ; the time ) , although the majority of the brethren voted against the confirmation of the minutes , the R . W . M . declared the minutes confirmed , and

censured the brother accordingly . The latter took place in the same lodge at the election ot office-bearers last December . By giving an answer fco these queries yoa will oblige Yours fraternally , STADACONA . Quebec , Feb . 28 , 1868 .

[ We submitted the above to our Scottish brother , D . Murray Lyon who has favoured us with the following answers to fche queries put by " Stadacona . "—ED . F ilf . ] 1 . Ifc was in 1851 ruled by the Grand Lodge of Scotland that " confirmation of minutes implied that the res ' gestce of a previous meeting had been correctly recorded ,

and nofc that the questions discussed and disposed of at such former meefcine ; could be opened up afc the succeeding one , when the minutes were read . " 2 . The trial and conviction of the brother alluded to above was against the spirit of Grand Lodge laws , inasmuch as the accused had not had due intimation that at the meeting in question such charge was to be

pre ferred against him . Under fche circumstances an appeal against the proceeding would , we think , have been sustained by Grand Lodge . 3 . Tho majority were in error in refusing to confirm the minutes , or such part of them as contained a correct record of the business done at the meeting to which they referred . The Master should have known better than

to give effect to a sentence following upon an irregular trial . 4 . The Tyler-elect seems , in this particular instance , fco have acted inconsiderately . His sanction should , however , have been obtained before being nominated 1 ' or election to office in the lodge , fche by-laws of which will we presume , contain a rule providing for the appointment of a successor to any office-bearer who may happen to resign before expiry of the usual period of service .

Illusteation Of Finch's Tracing Board.

ILLUSTEATION OF FINCH'S TRACING BOARD .

TO TIIE EDITOR OE THE EKEEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEEOE .. Dear Sir and Brother , — -I take this opportunity of again referring to Finch ' s tracing boards , the second of which , on an enlarged scale , appears in the present number . In this design some of the leading incidents of the third degree are graphically illustrated ,

showing in some respects a different system of working to that at present in vogue ; but the leading feature of the illustration is the delineation of the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ asthe ne p lus ultra of the degree , and so the object of the teachings of the Order . Tours fraternally , H . B . WHITE .