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present unhappy state of affairs . The attempt to convict the BOABD of inconsistency , in recommending G . L . to spare no effort for the restoration of harmony in Canada , and at the same time to delay all action till further information shall have been received as to the best course to adopt—is too 'trifling to require refutation . Did Bro . HAVERS never hear of a saying to his

surgeon patient : ' ' I shall spare no effort to set your leg : but the inflammation is now so great , that I must delay all action till it is subdued" ? The fate of this Report is another proof , how determined the Executive are to stand by their own mistakes and by one anotherand how incompetent the section of

, Brethren who compose the G . L . are to take any but the most narrow view of a great question . Will such a course increase the confidence of the Craft in its governing body ? will it diminish the prospect of farther secessions ? We will not prolong this already lengthy article by any expressions of regret at the bitter spirit

of hostility , whish pervaded the whole of Bro . HAVEBS ' speech . We might as well lament that wasps should sting , or that satellites should revolve round their fixed stars ; but the greater our appreciation of the talents of any Brother , the more must we lament their perversion and misdirection for the subservience of purely party objects .

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rpHE very interesting Return relating to P . G . Lodges JL moved for by Br . POETAL in March last , and presented on the 2 nd inst ., affords complete information as to the comparative efficiency of those bodies . The GRAND SECISETAEY deserves great praise for the clear maimer in which he has tabulated the proceedings of each Province . It will be seen that the West Riding

of Yorkshire stands preeminent for the number of P . G . Lodges held during the last ten years , the period to which the Return extends , the average in that Province being nearly four per annum . Next comes Jersey and Bristol , though at a considerable interval : and then Warwick , Somerset , and Derby . In all these provinces

tv : o or more P . G . Lodges have been held in most years . On the other hand Monmouth and Hereford fall below the very moderate standard of one annually . From Berkshire and West Lancashire , no returns seem to have been made . The attendance of P . G . M . ' s varies considerably . In

some Provinces , the work is left entirely and avowedly to the Deputy . Nor do we think that this is a matter for regret , much less for complaint . It is very important that the leading noblemen and gentlemen in each county should give to the Craft the support of their name and influence . But it must frequently

happenand the more prosperous the Order is , the oftener will it occur—that the detailed organization of Masonry can he much better carried out by some Brother , who from position and circumstances is able to mix more frequently with the great body of the Lodges , and so long as the work is efficiently done , we are quite content to see it performed by the D . P . G . M .

It is moreover to very little purpose that there should be frequent meetings of P . G . Lodges unless something more is done at them than to pass judgment upon the cuisine of Br . Boniface . The first matter which has a claim upon the attention of the P . G . L . is surely the support given to the general charities by the Lodges in the Provinceeven if there is no special Masonic

, Charity of a local character , as is the case , for instance , in the Isle of Wight . Or again , without presuming to interfere improperly with the appointments of the P . G . M ., it would probably not be out of place if the P . G . L . were to remonstrate in becoming terms upon the appointment of a stranger to one of the highest

offices in 'the P . G . L . to the exclusion of the Brethren in the Province , in order to promote the interests of an Order not recognized by G . L ., as has this year been the case in the Province of Somerset . But besides such purely local questions , it is evidently the duty of the Provinces—comprising , as they do

, five-sixths of the English Craft—to discuss those questions of general interest which are to be ultimately decided in G . L . Lord CAENABVON ' motion for circulating the business paper of G . L . will tend greatly to keep the Provinces informed as to what is coming on , and will probably create a greater interest than has

hitherto been felt in its proceedings . At present , the Provinces seem to feel as little concerned in what takes place in London , as if it happened in New York . Utterly oblivious that they themselves compose the vast majority of G . L ., and that for the London Lodges to usurp the government of the Craft , is much as if the Metropolitan members were to

monopolize the government of England . That much may done by Provincial Brethren making arrangements to transact whatever business they may have to do in London , at the time of one of the four meetings of G . L ., there is little doubt . Still nothing would be a fitter subject for their discussion than the

steps which might safely be taken for neutralizing the very unfair advantage which is given to London brethren from the circumstance of that place being chosen for the meeting of G . L . Why should the choice of the elective officers of the Craft be virtually placed in the hands of one hundred London Lodgeswhile the

Pro-, vinces have as much to do with the election as they have with that of his Holiness the Pope ? Is that very useful invention of modern times , the penny post , altogether inapplicable iu their case ' : Why should we differ in this respect from the G . L . ' s of SCOTLAND and IjiELAND ?

Another subject which may well occupy the attention of Provincial brethren , is the establishment of local Masonic Clubs , which at a very small expense may be made to combine the advantages of a place of meeting , of a reading , and a refreshment room . We commend these suggestions to the consideration of our brethren , in the hope that they may tend to increase , as well the dignity as the efficiency of our Order , and rescue it from the profane imputation of beim ? little else than a convivial association .