Masonic Interlopers.

for if you continue to tell us truths—unpalatable as they may be at first—¦ you may rely on receiving a large share of Masonic support . AVishing you every prosperity that you can desire for your excellent periodical , I am , yours faithfully , A WESTEEN SUBSCEIBEE , PS—Since I wrote last it has transpired thatbsome influence or other

.. , y , I cannot ascertain from Avhat source , tho granting of these Degrees has been abandoned by the brother in the AVest . This , I am sure , will be good news for the Supreme Grand Council , and demonstrate the influence of THE MASONIC PRESS .

To The Editor Of The Masonic Press.

To the Editor of THE MASONIC PRESS .

BROTHER N . P . U ., —Your March number has been put into my hands . I am an old high grade Mason , made so many years ago in London . ^ . In my time , Avhen I ivas an actiA'e member , all tho brethren of the higher degrees used to confer them Avlien and AA'hei'O they liked . I took , up to tho Ne Plus Ultra , all tho degrees I could hear of , from Bro . Goldsworthy , at a tavern in the neighbourhood of Clerkenwoll . I well remember Drs . Crucifix and Leeson receiving them also at the same place . Having been out of England for many years , and IIOAV return

suffering from acute disorders , I have not rejoined any lodge since my , and my years and infirmities , preclude my having any idea of so doing , Consequently I was ignorant of a Supreme Council having been formed , but from your paper I learn it for the first time , and I am glad to find it is so , because I consider all things should be " done decently and in order . " A body Avithout a head is an anomaly , just as much as a state Avould bo Avithout an executive government

. In the course of my Avanderings abroad I frequently heard of Supreme Councils and A'isited one in Peru . AAHiat I saw there you will vividly imagine , and I came to the conclusion that the authority of such a body was of immense benefit to the Order . I found the Peruvians in correspondence Avith many other Councils . They handsomely , and privately , contributed of their abundance to their poorer brethren . They supervised all degrees , carefully examining , correcting , directing , and assisting lodges , or individual brethren in all doubts raid difficulties , and

ivere universally regarded as the best advisers , peace-makers , alms-givers , and instructors , Avhich Masons could have . How they became a Supremo Council I do not know , and no one I ever met seemed disposed to inquire . Whether there were , or were not , any private brethren AVIIO gave their series of degrees I never hoard , nor Avas I more fortunate , in a long residence , to have discovered a " spie and span" new council . -Both these appear to be in existence here , and I must say they both appear to mo exactly Avhat you have called them—interlopers .

Garrulous as old ago is—and I am verging on ninety—I cannot refrain from saying that if I could use my limbs I should be one of the first to recognize the existing powers . If those who you have spoken of are Aviso they will do the same , and put an end to their own false position . My grandchild writes for me , and she will order your hook through our librarian for an old man A \ dio loves regularity and order , notwithstanding he is a NE PLUS ULTEA .

Provincial Grand Superintendents.

PROVINCIAL GRAND SUPERINTENDENTS .

To the Editor of THE MASONIC PRESS . DEAR SIR AND COMPANION , —A question has lately arisen as to the power of a Provincial Grand Superintendent to grant a Koyal Arch Chapter a dispensation so that its members might exalt brethren before their Avarrant , from the Grand Chapter , Avas granted . This has been done in one instance , and it VOL . I . N