The London Masonic Club.

THE LONDON MASONIC CLUB .

WE congratulate tho Craft on the establishment of this institution in London , the head quarters of Masonry . We havo long felt the need of it ; it has been our frequent pleasure to receive a brother just arrived on a trip from some distant province , who has been anxious to visit London Lodges , to make the acquaintance of

prominent brethren , or to discuss Masonic topics with men of town experience—in Avant , in short , of a rendezvous whero genial faces and ready introductions might be found , without rushing about and putting his one or two toAvn friends ( perhaps just then immersed in business ) to too much

trouble . It is true , thero is Freemasons' Hall , with the adjoining tavern , but the nature of his requirements would not authorise him to take up tho valuable time of the hard Avorked officials at the one , Avhilst no satisfaction whatever was to be derived from a visit to the other . Where could wo take him ? If a member of tho Ancient ' ,

and Accepted Rite , he Avould find always a courteous reception at Golden Square ; but even there , " time is money , " and unless his objects Avere definite , he could hardly expect to meet at first sight a volunteer mentor and cicerone . Now all will be made easy for him and for us . He will ' , u I

become a country member of our Club , at a most moderate subscription . If he come to toAvn without his family , as is so frequently the case , he -will take a room at some good hotel in the centre of the city , and then go to his Club . There every provision is made for his comfort , every attention ) 1 '

paid to his Avants , full information on the Order forthcoming , and , in all probability , kindred spirits are to be found , bound on similar errands , and appreciative of his acquaintance . Lodges will soon be established there , and when the neAV temple , which we hear is projected , is

established adjoining , the place -will be to all intents and purposes the real head quarters of London Craft Masonry ; always excepting the Grand Lodge , Avith its Committees , which may not , however , have the same immediate interest for our typical Provincial brother as the general

undercurrent ot the life of the Order , to be met with at the Club and in private Lodges , Avould . Should he not have become a member , then all the satisfaction will be ours in introducing him as a visitor ; in giving him there , perhaps ,

as good , or better , a little luncheon , or recherche dinner , as can be had at any Club in London , and in introducing him to congenial minds , Avith the least possible trouble to ourselves .

We have a suggestion to make for the consideration of the Committee . In clubs established in our Colonies and the East , there is a generous rule constituting all officers of Her Majesty ' s Service Avho may visit the place , members

of the club pro tern ; it is a rule which is highly valued , and which has been found to Avork Avith equal satisfaction for both sides . We have ourselves had the great pleasure , at Hong Kong and elsewhere , to come under this category , and have been saved from the discomforts of hotel life with

its exorbitant overcharges in consequence , besides making many valuable acquaintances which might not otherwise have come in our way . Now would not something of this kind be graceful and applicable here ? We have doubtless many brethren abroad , without friends in England ,

bachelors , who may be coming home for a spell on furlough or business . To keep up a permanent subscription for years , as " country members , " on the chance of their some day visiting the " old country , " would be unreasonable to exact . Why not allow a brother so situated , on being

introduced by a member , to enjoy the privileges of temporary membership , say for two weeks , Avith the option of taking it up permanently at the end of that period ? If such a rule could be established , and be made generally Icnoivn abroad , Ave believe that , in the course of time , it wonld be

found to act most beneficially , to mutual advantage ; that it would probably prove to have contributed appreciably to the flourishing permanence of the concern . Most brethren thus benefited would not hesitate to pay the fee and join permanently . But to attract them from alternative places ,

the additional incentive of a generous and fraternal reception , on their own merits as brethren from abroad , to a social Masonic point of reunion , Avould go very far . Many a brother has aimlessly joined the " Thatched House , " the

" Temple " and other Clubs , because a friend happened to take him there . Let him come to our Club as a right , and he will join that . The privilege should of course not depend simply upon the production of a Masonic certificate ,

but should be guaranteed by the personal introduction of a member , in like manner as though ho Avere proposed for joining . To the brethren abroad who may read these pages ( of whom Ave have a goodly number on our subscription list ) ,

we are happy to be able personal I v to testify to the excellence in management and convenience of which the Club gives promise . Not all of us can get into " Boodles' " or "The Rag and Famish , " and of Club * which stand in tho second and third row we expect that , in point of comfort , this will be second to none .

United Grand Orient Of Brazil.

UNITED GRAND ORIENT OF BRAZIL .

"TTTE are indebted to the pages of le Monde Maconnique T V for the following excerpt from le Bulletin da Grand Orient Tfni of Brazil , Avhich cannot fail to be interesting to our readers , and especially to those among them who may be members of the A . aud A . Scotch Rite .

On the 22 nd November , the Grand Orient authorised the constitution of a new Lodge of the rife of Schroeder , under the title " Zur Uintracht , " in the Orient of Porto-Alegre , Province of Rio Grande do Snl . This Lodge is ! composed of German brethren , who being enabled to Avork

in their own style , have already manifested an ardent ! resolution to combat intolerance wherever it prevents itself , ¦ and put in practice the doctrines which form tho glory of ¦ our Institution . * Accepting all recognised rites , Ave point to another German

! Symbolical Lodge , in the Orient of Joinvilln , Province of St . Catherine , bearing the title of " Amizade ao Cruzeiro do Snl ( Aniitie , a la Croix du Snd ) , and a Lodge of t ! i 3 York Rite , called the Washington Lodge , Orient of St . Barbe , Province of St . Paul , composed of American brethren , A \ 1 IO

work in the English language . From September to December , nine Lodges and five ' Chapters have been established , and the United Grand Orient of Brazil now comprises 185 Lodges , 107 Chapters , five superior Lodges , one Supreme Council , aud Grand Orient , or in all 299 Lodges .

The correspondence department contains a registered translation of tho views interchanged between the Supreme Council of France , and that of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America , on the subject of the conflict of jurisdiction in the Sandwich Islands , which owes its

rise to the decision arrived at by the Congress of Lausanne , and Avhich , unhappily , has resulted in the rupture of the relations existing between the two bod ' o 3 .

The Supreme Councils of Switzerland , Belgium , and Scotland have confirmed the recognition , as a regular , legitimate , and legally-constituted body , of the United Orient , and have interchanged representatives with it .

In the Foreign Review Ave note minutely all tho most important events in Masonry which come within our knoAvledge by means of the published organs of Masonic

opinion . The Congress of Lausanne deserves especial attention as an event Avhich for some time past has aroused the curiosity of a great number of our brethren . Wo give , from documents we have received , the acts of that assembly , in which

Avere represented sundry Supreme Councils of the Scotch Rite . We abstain altogether from formulating any opinion as to the practical results of the Congress , in order to avoid prejud ' eing in any way the resolution our Grand Order must take anent the deliberations adopted towards

itself . We shall assert , however , that the conflicting claims over the Sandwich Islands have been determined hastily , and in a manner quite opposed to the right for a long time past vested in all Masonic powers , namely , that of fouuding Lodges in countries where there is no Supreme

Body . In fact the delegates of the eleven Supreme Councils which met at Lausanne , have resolved an important question which came not within their competence to settle , and , without hearing one of the parties interested , thus inaugurating a new system of Masonic law entirely

opposed to established usage . It seems to us that the Congress , Avhen erecting a tr bunal for the purpose oE determining issues that might arise between confederate

bodies , would have exhibited greater wisdom and sounder sense had it referred to that tribunal the question in dispute between the two Supreme Councils of France and Charleston , Instead , however , of re-establishing liarmo ,