Popery And Freemasonry.

floings of tbe Society of Jesus would thus be laid at the door of the Pontiff of Rome , and the very inonita seer eta might pass as an integral part of the constitution of the Apostolic Church , and a corollary to the Catechism of Trent . To any adherent of the Roman Catholic persusion it will appear that you base upon

such ground an impeachment of Catholicism as a whole ; it may be inferred by some that you revive the "No Popery" cry which we had not heard in this country for the last sixteen years , and carry on a , Profctfltanfc propagandist ! in a tone that has happily become obsolete since the days of Titus Gates .

Doubtless an animosity of members of our Fraternity against the head of the Roman Church and his reckless agents and auxiliaries is very pardonable , for nothing could be less justifiable than the wanton aggression and the declaration of war against Masonry Toy the See of Rome . But it seems to me that these

provocations do not warrant any attack on the person of the head of a communion to which three-tenths of all Freemasons belong . To be sure it is difficult to steer clear of the dilemma to which the Masonic

writer is exposed under such circumstances ; to Struggle with lawful weapons against those who reaort to unlawful ones puts him into a great disadvantage , but serves , on the other hand , to show the greater strength of his cause . I think no better and more forcible reply could have been given to the Pope ' s Allocution than that by Bro . Bhintschli which

you published in vol . xiii ., page 321 , of your journal ; and this reply is entirely objective , aud makes no allusion whatever to the person of the Pope . Moreover , I am of opinion that there is nothing to show ¦ that Papism ever identified itself with Jesuitism ; that this Order has been authorised by one Pope ,

suppressed by another , and reinstated by a third has no bearing on the doctrine of infallibility which at this moment is still an open question in the very bosom of the Catholic Church . The admission or exclusion of Jesuits or any other religious order has never been considered a question of dogma , but

merely of expediency j the latter varying according to times and circumstances , and , from a Catholic point of view ( which , I need hardly add , is not mine ) no inconsistency is involved in this any more than in the fact that the official organs of the Roman Church do not oppose civil marriage in France , whilst in Italy and Spain they designate as concubinage a matrimonial union contracted without the intercession

of a priest . Finally allow me to observe that while fully concurring with you iri all you have said about Jesuitism , I should consider good policy , from a Masonic point of view , to leave the person of the Pope entirely out of the question in all these discussions . Yours fraternally , PRAGMATICUS .

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Is ? is not what people read , but what they remember , that makes them learned . IT is not what people profess , but what they practise , that snakes them good . STRONG- passions work wonders , when there is a greater strength of reason to curb them . LADIES who use an excess of perfume must think men like ¦ seals , most assailable at the nose . You may extract fire from most things , hut from ashes aever .

The Masonic Mirror.

THE MASONIC MIRROR .

* * All communications to be addressed to 19 , Salisburystreet , Strand , London , W . C .

Masonic Mem.

MASONIC MEM .

MAKE MASOITEY . —On Tuesday next , tlie 1 st proximo , a regular quarterly meeting of Mark Masters will be . held at the Freemasons' Hali , Casfcle-street , Carlisle , for the purpose of installing Bro . John Howe as R . W . M ., also to advance eight brethren from various lodges in the province of Cumberland .

Grand Lodge.

GRAND LODGE .

INSTAMAIIOU OT THB GUAWD Mi . STEB . Tho annual meeting of the Grand Lodge , with the installation of the Eight Hon . the Earl of Zetland as Grand Master for the twenty-third time , took place on Wednesday evening . In consequence of the total destruction of the old temple , the Grand Lodge was held iu one of the ordinary lodge rooms , and

as this was of very limited dimensions , only a small portion of the brethren intending to be present , could obfcain ' admission . At five o ' clock the Most Noble the Grand Master took his seat upon the throne ; Bro . Sir Michael Hicks Beech , Sart ., M . p ., occupying his proper position , S . G . W . ; and Bro . Victor Williamson , J . G . W . Bro . Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis , Prov

G . M . Hants , acted as D . G . M . There were present , amongst many others , the following brethren : Lord de Tabley , P . G . M . Cheshire ; Alderman Spiers , D . P . G . M . Oxfordshire ; F . Dundas , P . G . W . ; Havers , P . G . W . ; Manockjee Cursetjee , Prov . G . MBombay ; Pestonjee Setna , from the Lodge of Zetland in the East , Hong Kong ( introduced hy Bro . Kennedy , P . M . 171 );

Huyshe , P . G . Chap , and D . P . G . M . Devonshire ; Burlton , P . Prov . G . M . Bengal ; Algernon Perkins , P . G . W . ; G . Cox . G . D . ; M'lntyre , G . Reg . ; S . Tomkins , G . Treas . ; A . AVoods ' G . Dir . of Cers . ; Gray Clark , G . Sec . ; Farnfield , Assist . G . Sec . ;

Udall , P . T . G . D . ; George W . K . Potter , P . J . G . D . ; John S . S . Hopwood , P . 3 . G . D . ; F . P . Cockerell , G . Supt . of Works ; N . Bradford , P . Assist . G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . Emmens , G . Purst ; BHead , P . S . G . D . ; J . Coward , G . Org . ; Moore , P . G . Chap . ; J . Savage , P . S . G . D . ; Alston , P . G . W . ; T . Fenn , Assist . G . Dir . of Cers . ; W . E . Walmesley , P . G . S . B ; J . Smith , P . G . Purst . ; Roxburgh , P . G . Reg . ; T . Lewis , Assist . G . Purst . ; J . Symonds ,

P . Assist . G . Dir . of Cers . ; J . Nelson , P . S . G . D . ; Rev . C . R . Davy , G . Chap ., & c . The Grand Lodge was opened in ample form , and with solemn prayer . The GBAND SECKETABV then read that portion of the minutes of the last quarterly communication referring to the election of

the Grand Master , whicli were put and unanimously conferred . The noble lord having been proclaimed by Bro . Albert Wood , G . Dir . of Cers ., his lordship was saluted in the usual maimer on his again being installed as M . W . G . M , The G . MASTEE said : Brethren I cannot allow this

opportunity to pass without expressing my sense of the great honour you have conferred upon me for so loug a period . This is the twenty-third time that I have been honoured with your confidence , and 1 deeply feel your kindness . I will perform the duties of tho office to the best of my power , which will be most