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THE Quarterly Communication of GRAND LODGE was presided over by the M . W . the GRAND MASTER , who was re-elected to that office . The M . W . the G . M . announced to G . L . that he had taken the position and requirements of the Prov . G . L . of Canada West into his serious consideration ; that he regretted the neglect which had occurred , and that he was anxious to

remedy their grievances . He could not recognize an independent G . L . ; hut be would acquiesce in their recommendation of another to fill the office of P . G . M ., unless he was prepared to justify his refusal to G . L . He would also lessen the Canadian fees , and would

subdivide the existing P . G . Lodges . The report of the BOARD of GENERAL PURPOSES in so far as concerned the circulation among country lodges of the Business Paper of G . L . was opposed by Br . ROXBURGH , with the connivance of Br . DOBIE , and was

referred back to the Board for reconsideration , after a clear statement of the case from Br . BINCKES , and a clever speech from Br . BENSON , which caused considerable amusement . The very able report of the COLONIAL BOARD was received , and their recommendations relative to Canada referred to the M . W . the G . M .

A MEMORIAL from the Prov . G . L . of Canada West was presented by the Rev . Br . POSTAL ; who moved that it should be answered by the Colonial Board in conjunction with the M . W . the G . M ., which was agreed to . STRANGERS were prohibited from attending at the

Festivals , on the motion of Br . WARREN . The M . W . the G . M . expressed his intention of prohibiting unauthorized reports of the debates in G . L . for the future . There were not less than twenty motions still remaining for discussion when G . L . was closed .

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THE statement of the M . W . the GRAND MASTER relative to CANADA will be read with peculiar satisfaction . The very handsome manner in which he expressed his regret for past neglect , —for which he is by no means solely responsible—cannot fail to conciliate those who have hitherto been dissatisfied with the conduet of the Executive , and we would fain hope will be accepted by our Canadian Brethren as a guarantee that they will have no cause to complain for the future .

They will henceforth have in then- own hands the virtual appointment of their Provincial G . M . ; their P . G . Lodges will be so divided as that every private lodge be within convenient and easy distance of its superior ; their fees will be reduced within fair and equitable limits ; and they will be supported by all the influence of the G . L . of ENGLAND against " the independent

G . L . of CANADA . " The gratitude of the Craft is we think no less due to the Colonial Board for their comprehensive report upon this subject , as well as those who by their persevering efforts have at length succeeded in bringing the public opinion of the Order to bear upon the question .

We always believed that it was only necessary for the voice of the Craft to make itself heard above the unworthy advice of those incompetent counsellors who have hitherto confined the M . W . the G . 'M . within the

inextricable meshes of red tape , in order to enable Lord ZETLAND to act in a manner worthy of his high name of office . Nor is our expectation falsified by the result ; better counsels have prevailed—thanks to better counsellorsand the consequence is that we have again reason to feel proud of having entrusted the highest honour we can

bestow , upon an English nobleman who has proved himself so worthy of it . The course adopted by the Rev . Bro . PORTAL with repect to the Canadian Memorial , and the approval that course obtained from every part of G . L ., give us good ground for hoping that in the words of the former"bye

, . gones will be bye gones , " and that the " united" G . L . will henceforward continue to carry out whatever reforms may from time to time by necessary , in a spirit of fairness , of liberality , and of brotherly love .

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WE are not of those who love censure for its own sake . Approval is the more pleasing function ; criticism at the best is an invidious task . But , perhaps , in all human matters—the bitter and the sweet , the agro dolce of the Italian—are so inseparably blended , that satisfaction and regret are one and indivisible . As the rose has its thornandaccording to the Greek poet

, , , the bee her sting ; so at the last G . L . the M . W ., the G . M . ' s statement , however conciliatory in tone and satisfactory in its nature , was barbed with one drawback , to which we listened with regret .