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absence of the grand master , and 62 , as to the " Opening of the lodge , " correspond with Art . 14 , p 23 , and Nos . 63 , " Reading of tho minutes , " and 64 , " Communications and reports , " with Art , 1 , p 20 . No . 65 is Art . 19 , p 25 , clothed in somewhat different language . The two read side by side thus : —

EEVISED EDITION . EXISTING EDITION . " 65 . No memorial , petition , or 19 ( 25 ) . "When any memoother document shall bo pre- rial , petition , or other document sented to the grand lodge , which shall bo presented by a memshall contain improper matter , ber of the grand lodgo , either or offensive or indecorous lau- on behalf of himself or another , guage . " he shall declare that such document does not contain improper matter , or offensive or indecorous language . "

No . 66— " Irregular propositions "—agrees with a part of Art . 8 , p 27 , and is to the following effect : " If it shall appear to tho grand master that any proposed resolution

contains anything contrary to the antient landmarks of the order , he may refuse to permit the same to be discussed . " This is only a natural sequel to the Rule immediately preceding .

Nos . 67 and 68 , as to " Silence to be observed , " and " Members to keep their seats , " comprise substantially Art . 2 and Art . 3 , p 26 , but No . 69 is new , and certainly necessary . It concerns the " distribution and collection of balloting papers , " and is to the following effect : "

Whenever a ballot is to be taken for a member or members of any board or committee , the balloting papers shall be distributed under the superintendence of the grand director of

ceremonies immediately after the opening of the grand lodge , and the brethren shall keep their seats until the balloting papers are collected . " It is surprising that such a rule as this should have been omitted all these years . " Rule 70— " No member to speak twice "—is a decided improvement on Art . 4 , p 27 .

EEVISED EDITION . EXISTING EDITION . " 70 ; The mover of an original 4 ( 27 ) . "No brother shall resolution shall have tbe right of speak twice to the samo question , reply , but no other brother shall unless in explanation , or the speak twice to the same question , mover in reply . " unless in explanation . This rule does not apply to the grand registrar , who is the adviser of the grand lodge . "

Nos . 71— "To stand while speaking , & c . ; " 72—Transgressing the rules ; " and 73— " Hissing prohibited "—are substantially the Bame as Arts . 5 , 6 and 7 , p 27 , while No . 74 , on " Motions for erasure or expulsion , " differs verbally from Art . 17 , p 25 .

EEVISED EDITION . EXISTING EDITION . " 74 . No motion for the erasure 17 ( p 25 ) . " No lodge shall be of a lodge , or the expulsion of a erased , nor any brother expelled , brother , shall be made , unless the until the master or officers of the master and officers of the lodge , lodge , or the offending brother , or the brother incriminated , shall shall have been summoned to

have been first summoned to the show cause , in the grand lodge , grand lodge , to answer the com- why such sentence should not be plaint and be heard in person or recorded and enforced . " make answer in writing as they or he may desire . "

For our own part , we think the latter part of the existing law would be preferable if it read thus— " shall have been summoned to the grand lodge to show cause in person or by writing why such erasure or expulsion should not be enforced . "

No . 75 , as to " grants of money , or alterations in the law , " calte for no comment , nor does No . 77 , as to the " Termination of business , " but No . 76 , which provides when and how the voting shall be carried out in Grand Lodge , will require to be altered so as to meet the resolutions submitted by Bro . Baron de Ferrieres , M . P ., in June last , and accepted and since confirmed .

That the connting of votes on a division in Grand Lodge be conducted in fnture on the following system : —1 st . That there shall be ejgbt tellers from the body of the hall , namely—the four Grand beacon s acting for Grand Lodge , and the proposer and seconder of tne motion , with two Brethren nominated by them , for the resolution . 2 nd . That there Bhall be two tellers for the Grand utiicers on tho Dais , namely , tho Assistant Director of Ceremonies ° ' , £ BdLoage , anJa Brother nominated by the proposer for the resolution . 3 rd . That on a division being called for , a pair of tellers

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shall be placed opposite each of tho four divisions ( if Grand Lodgo and the Dnis , who shall request the Rretlu n of th , ' . r division to hold up their hands , first for * Ayes ' and then for ' N ' n : ' Hu- leller .-J

audibly counting tho numbers each time , whicu skill !»¦ at nice noted on p : ipcr , initialed by both tellers , and handed up to tho Grand Secretary , who shall announce the result after receiving and adding up all the scores . "

This brings us to tho closo of our task as regards the Rules relating to Grand Lodge . ( To bo continued . )

Monumental Fame.

MONUMENTAL FAME .

A SHORT time siuco Ave published an excerpt from an American paper , in which were given some particulars respecting the dedication of a monument to the notorious Morgan , an impostor who lived after the manner of his species in the State of New York in the third decade of this century , and having threatened to reveal

the secrets of Freemasonry , is said to have been deliberately murdered by sundry of the brethren . The rest of the excerpt consisted of a sketch , by ono of our most distinguished American Craftsmen , of this same Morgan , and some particulars referring to this alleged abduction .

It is , we admit , a very old story , which has been told almost times without number , and in spite of the lapse of over half a century—perhaps by reason of it—and of the most strenuous efforts made by leading Masons to discover the truth , the fate of this—to use one of the mildest :

terms—discreditable fellow is still enshrouded in mystery . It may be this mystery will never bo cleared up . He was murdered , he was not murdered . His body was found , his body was not found , but that of somebody else "was conveniently fished out of the pool

below the Falls of Niagara , and made to serve the purpose of a party during a fierce political campaign . He was seen , we believe , after his alleged murder in Canada , and even within the last few years we have heard of the fellow having been found alive in one of the cities of the Turkish

empire in Asia . One thing is certain , this Morgan , like many other good-for-nothing fellows , disappeared abont 1826 . His disappearance caused an immense amount of excitement at the time . Sundry people , including Sheriff Bruce , were tried for the murder , and acquitted . Thurlow

"Weed , who headed the Anti-Masonic party , when told tho body found was not Morgan ' s , remarked " that it was a good enough Morgan body till tho election was over "unscrupulous politicians stand at nothing to gain their ends . All this and much else has been known to tho whole

world , and yet , on the 13 th September last , a monument to the memory of this man was ceremoniously unveiled at Batavia , N . Y ., under the auspices of a body styling itself "the National Christian Association . " The said monument , we are told , cost 25 , 000 dollars ( £ 500)—the price

paid for the memorial busts to the late Earl of Beaconsfield , K . G ., and the Right Hon . W . B . Gladstone , M . P ., Prime Minister of England , a few clays since unveiled in Guildhall by the Lord Mayor , and ono of the inscriptions on it describes the person to whom

it is erected as " a Respectable Citizen of Batavia , " and " a Martyr to Writing , Printing , and Speaking the Truth , " who " was abducted from near this spot" in 1826 " by Free Masons , and murdered for Revealing the Secrets of their Order . " "Wo are also told that on the

occasion of its being unveiled , the exercises included " a hymn , composed for the occasion" and "prayers by the President , j . Blanchard , of tho National Christian Association , " both of these being , we presume , addressed to

the God of Christianity , who is the God of Truth and of Love ; together with a presentation and other addresses , some of these being delivered by personal acquaintances of Morgan or " survivors of the Morgan affair . "

Bro . Robert Macoy writes , "Morgan was a blacksmith , living in Batavia . He was a thief , drunkard , and wifebeater , "—facts nob known till after he had been made a Mason . " As a Mason , he was an impostor , working his way among Masons by the grossest falsehoods . " When it

became known that he was about making public exposition of certain Masonic mysteries , he was publicly denounced by the Craft in the newspapers . On 12 th September 1826 , he was arrested for theft , and taken to Canandaigha . After a confinement of four days he was taken , at his own