Scotland.

Board was submitted . It gave a detailed list of tho annuitants and the amounts which they receive . The annuitants number 112 , and the sum which thoy receive is £ 1 , 175 . With regard to the proposal to establish a

Provincial Grand Lodge for Edinburgh and Leith , there was a remit from the May meeting of Grand Lodge to the Grand Committee to further consider the matter . The Committee reported that by a majority of 11 to 4 votes they had adopted the following motion : —

" Having resumed consideration of the remit along with the petition on the subject that was presented to Grand Lodge on the 4 th May , and having regard to the strong feeling expressed by many brethren in the Edinburgh district against the formation of the Provincial Grand Lodge , and the reasons tbey give in support of

their opposition , Grand Committee recommenda that the appointment of a Provincial Grand Master for the Province be delayed until the first Thursday of November , when it will be competent for Grand Lodge to reconsider its resolution of 3 rd November 1892 , by whioh it waa resolved to establish the Provincial Grand Lodge of E Hnbargb "

Dr . Dickson gave notice that at tho November meeting of Grand Lodge he would submit a motion to rescind tho resolution of November last , with a view to the leaving of tho Lodges of Edinburgh and Leith iu direct communication with Grand Lodge .

The other business transacted is described in thc various reports of our Scottish contemporaries as unimportant .

Masonic Sonnets.—No. 65.

MASONIC SONNETS . —No . 65 .

BY BRO . CHAS . F , FORSHAW , LL . D . — : o : — WISDOM .

True Masons should be wise , nor deem it vain To ask for knowledge from a fellow man ; Wisdom is Power , and thoso who seek its aid Much worldly lustre oftentimes attain . A sage would tell ua that its mvstic mizht

Does not oonsint of sayings fraught with wit , Nor yet of aphoristic words of light , By transcient tapers all too foebly lit . But he would tell na to be wise for good , To check the crowth of earthlv thoughts and thin ™ . i ¦

«_ ¥ 0 -n r To be beloved by all our Brotherhood , Nor pluck each rose for fear of hidden stings . So guided on nntil at last we stand , Within the borders of the Promised Land . Winder House , Bradford , 9 th August 1893 .

Prov. Grand Lodge Of North And East Yorkshire.

PROV . GRAND LODGE OF NORTH AND EAST YORKSHIRE .

Tbe following extracts from a circular recentl y issued speak for themselves : —

DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I have the honour to inform you that ( by permission of tbe York Lodge , No . 236 ) this Prov . Grand Lodge has resolved to re-print the ancient and valuable Constitutional Rolls in the possession of the York Lodge , with photo-lithographio iltue . trations , uniformly with those lately published by the Prov . Grand

Lodge of West Yorkshire , in order that the whole of suoh documents at present known to exist in the county may form one volume available for Masonio students . The York MSS . are five in number , and contain many cnrious and interesting variations from thoso in other hands . These Rolls are

exceedingly valuable aa comprising the historical records bequeathed to the Craft by its ancient brethren before tbe era of Grand Lodges ; tbe history of Masonry as taught in the Operative Lodges , with disoiplinary charges and admonitions , and wore formerly road at initiations .

Tbe work will be issued in one volume , with fao-similea of portions of the manuscripts . Price to subscribers 5 s per copy , well bound , post free . The names of subscribers will be inserted in the volump . As the nnmber of copies will be regulated by the applications , it is desired tbat early requests for copies be made .

Yours fraternally , M . C . PECK Prov . Grand Seo . 2 West Park Terrace , Hull .

TIME AND TIDE wait for no man , " we are told , but it can hnrdly be called an observation dictated by wisdom . Of course , thc world would not bo able to continue ita daily round with promptitude if Time nnd Tide insisted upon waiting for every laggard who requested the favour of just another five minutes grace . If these indispensible portions of tho machinery ot Ufa paid attention to such polite requests , the industrious portion of humanity would soon have a seriom grievance . Delays are dangerous , and taking this into consideration people should not wait for the approach of disease before using Holloway ' s Pills . They purify tho blood , cleanse the system , and enable it to withstand all attacks made upon ita vitality ,

Masonic Recognition By Grand Lodges.

MASONIC RECOGNITION BY GRAND LODGES .

THE organisation of Freemasonry in a territory as a Grand Lodge is an important proceeding for tho whole Craft . The necessary preliminaries and the conduct of the proceeding's are well established .

Those who meet for this object must prove to the satisfaction of each other tbat they have beeu regularly initiated in a lawfully warranted and duly constituted Lodge of

Ancient , Free and Accepted Masons ; tbat they aro m good Masonic standing , and represent the opinions of tho Brethren . If the territory has never been "occupied " by any Grand Lodge , the course is plain .

Those who meet must organise into a body of Masons . The object of the meeting must be stated by the brother presiding . The evidence of the capacity of each present to take part in the action of the body mast be ascertained ; on a report , that each and all are qualified , this constitutes

the validity of subsequent action . A committee may then be appointed to prepare tho " Constitution " of the proposed Grand Lodge , to be submitted for adoption . When

adopted , the next proceeding is to make certain rules and regulations for the administrative government of Grand Lodge when duly organised . The Grand Officers are then to be elected .

If the territory had been occupied by any Grand Lodge , and it has Lodges working in the territory , the consent of that Grand Lodge should be obtained that tho members of the Lodge so working may take charters from tho new Grand Lodge , and thus is unity and harmony secured in

the jurisdiction of the organised Grand Lodge . If any number of members of such Lodges , or these Lodges are not satisfied to approve of the formation of the new Grand Lodge , and this disapproval takes form of protest or expressed disapprobation , then tho now Grand

Lodge is not a supreme , sovereign , independent Masonic body . No Grand Lodge can be antagonised by an opposition by Masons or Lodges within its claimed jurisdiction , and be either the supreme or sovereign Masonic authority within this claimed jurisdiction .

It may be said that this is unreasonable . It ought not to be required or insisted upon . Masons have tbe right to organise a Grand Lodge if they deem it best for tho interests of Masonry , without the consent of any other Masonic authority .

A right , limited , is but a privilege . In such a case , two or more bodies claiming to be Grand Lodges in one jurisdiction , neither enn possess the supreme Masouic

authority in the territory it claims as its jurisdiction . There is no Grand Lodge in that territory . Bodies claiming to be Grand Lodges of the Masonic Fraternity must have the essential characteristics of such a Masonic

authority , both supremacy and sovereignty . The result of conflicting Masonic authority in a territory is too well known to be discussed . It is not long ago when three bodies claimed to be the Grand Lodge in the same jurisdiction . Neither was recognised by the other

Grand Lodges of the United States . The " American doctrine , " as it has been called , that a Grand Lodge must be the supreme , sovereign and independent Masonic authority , has been almost universally accepted by the Croft in the States of the United States .

Discord , contention , controversy , are not evidence of that unanimity in a Grand Lodge jurisdiction which can give it fraternal recognition by other Grand Lodges . Who ,

which , what , is thus recognised by the general Craft ? Surely not the denial or dispute that it is a Grand Lodge , by Masons within its own borders . Experience has proved that such recognition would tend to great evil .

A Lodge nnder one of these Grand Bodies could not hold any Masonic intercourse with Lodges in any other Grand Lodge jurisdiction , because no Masonic proof could bo

shown that was lawfully warranted and duly constituted by the supreme Masonic authority from which it claimed to derive its charter , and tbe rights and privileges of Masonry which it confers .

Discord is the bane of Mnsonic vituity . Disputed authority is fatal to the exero ^ e of the prerogatives and rights of a Masonic Lodge . Freemasonry cannot maintain its principles , jurisprudence ; its rules , regulations and powers inherit in itself , or preserve the landmarks when