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that is necessary to distinguish them as Mark Masters , and able also to practise it ; but they have not that standing in Masonry fitted to place them in any category other than that vulgarly denominated hedge-masons . Lastly , in proof of the alleged legality of the so-called London Bon Accord Lodge , it is said that one of their number , Br . Brassv Dawson , had not only in consequence of the degree obtained by him in that Lodge , been recognised as a Mork Master in

Edinburgh , but hacl also had conferred on him the 32 nd degree there . Hacl it been stated which Lodge or Chapter had so recognised him , means might and would have bren taken to ascertain whether such hacl at any time been the case , and who was the party responsible for such an act ; but this being withheld , the presumption rather is that no such recognition ever took place . With regard to his admission to the 32 nd degree , the Supreme Chapter cannot say what qualifications or pre-requisites are necessary there on the part of candidates . Probably the degree of Mark Master

in the surruptitious way it was proposed by him was reckoned sufficient . But this they know , that it would not have procured him . admittance to any regular Lodge of Mark Masters in Scotland , nor would the degree of 32 nd , though lawfully obtained , any more than a connextion with a Lodge of Odd Fellows or Free Gardne , hvebs contributed to a differnt result . I have thought it right , though at greater length thali I intended , to give you these remarkslest any cursory glance at the article in the Magazine to which I refer might

, tend to mislead . I have the honour to he , Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , WM . GAYLOR , Scribe N . for Scotland .

Summary Of News For August.

SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR AUGUST .

THE COURT . UPON the 6 th of the month , the Court was again honoured by a visit from the young King of Portugal , and his brother the Duke of Oporto , on their return home , but the great event which characterized the proceedings of Royalty during the month , was the visit of Her Majesty , " attended by Prince Albert , the Prince of Wales , and the Princess Royal , to the Imperial Court of France , and the meeting of Victoria , and of

Napoleon the Srd , on the quay of Boulogne , is henceforth to be chronicled as equalling in splendour , the interview between Henry the 8 th , and Francis the 1 st , on the field of the Cloth of Gold , and as surpassing it in cordiality and sincerity—the main ingredients in the preservation of all friendship , whether of individuals or of nations . Her Majesty sailed from . Portsmouth , on the evening of the 17 th , and landed on the French coast early the next clay , and immediately started for the capital , her reception at all the places in her route being of the warmest ancl most enthusiastic character . On her

arrival in Paris , she was met by both the Officers of the Court , the Corps Diplomatique , and the Municipality , ancl conducted to the Palace of St . Cloud , where she remained in retirement during the next day ( Sunday ) . The whole of the week was devoted to royal visits and receptions , and Her Majesty left for Osborne on the 27 th , carrying with her a grateful remembrance of the hospitality with which she had been received , and an assurance that her presence in France bad given to the present happy alliance of the two countries , the strength of an enduring existence .

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . RESUMING the summary of the proceedings of the Legislature at the point where we left off in our last number , we find that on the 30 th of July , the Royal assent was given by commission to several bills of minor importance . On the same evening , in the House of