To Co-Respondents.

9 think , to agree with us in the wisdom of " the least said being the soonest mended . " He has amply exculpated himself , and that is all that is requisite . "Bro . Percy Wells . "—We regret that this worthy Brother ' s communication is so very lengthy as to render totally impossible to print it ; otherwise we should have been induced to publish it , injustice to him , though we strongly advise all parties to let the matter drop .

" Soror has only to get her husband initiated into the association she specifies , after which he can initiate her ; or , as the wife of a M . M ., she can apply to any initiated daughter of Jericho , and be herself admitted . A Correspondent need not fear ; the Prov . G . M . has no right to interfere with what appears in the Magazine . The days for suppressing the proceedings in Masonic Lodges have passed .

"H . V . B ., Port of Spain . —The words in the Book of Constitutions are"The M . W . Grand Master may confer on Prov . Grand Masters in the Colonies and foreign parts a power of dispensation in cases of emergency for a Brother to be advanced to a higher degree , at an interval of one week instead of four . " Of course the Master of a Lodge has no right to confer a 2 nd Degree upon a candidate at a less distance of time than the four weeks without such a dispensation , which we believe is now possessed hy every Lodge in colonies where Irish and Scotch Lodges are also to be found . The law was passed in 1847 .

"P . M ., " Trinidad . —The suggestions have been received and shall be attended to . "P . G . S . B . "—It is not strictly correct to wear the R . A . jewel in a Craft Lodge , but it is now universally permitted , and the Grand Officers wear such

jewels in Grand Lodge . Bro . Tucker lost his office of Prov . G . M ., for wearing the robe of a Knight Templar , and speaking in praise of Christian Masonry in a Craft Lodge . Knight Templarism is not acknowledged hy Grand Lodge ; the R . A . is , —it being laid down at the time of the union , that ancient Freemasonry consisted of three Degrees only , including the R . A .

" Grand Lodge of Somersetshire . "—Our report has not come to hand . " Lancashire , East . " - —The new Prov . G . M ., Bro . Bligh , held a Prov . Grand Lodge on the 24 th , * but the report only reached us just as our last sheet was going to press . The most noticeable feature in the proceedings is the proposition to form an annuity fund for the Province . We wish them all success ; but looking at the support which the General Annuity Fund receives , we think the Brethren are too sanguine in their expectations . If they can , indeed , raise £ 1 , 000 per annum for the purpose from the Province alone , our Lancashire Brethren are better Masons than we give them credit for being .

"The Mark Degree . "—The so-called Grand Lodge is an impertinent assumption of power by persons who have themselves not been legally advanced into the Order . Lord Leigh is , no doubt , a dupe to others . No one who knows his lordship will give him credit for having too great an acquaintance with Masonic laws , and nothing but his rank would ever recommend him to otflce . Any body of the Brethren have an equal right to offer to sell Masonic warrants as Leigh , Methuen ,

Jones , and Co . Should they do so , however , without the prefix of "Lord" to the names of one or two of the firm , the Board of General Purposes would most probably suspend them from their Masonic duties . In this case no such a result can be expected , as the greatest wrong-doers are , by virtue of the G . M . ' s appointment , members of the Board , and can overrule the opinions of those members elected by Grand Lodge .

( C J . C . "—Bro . White , the Grand Secretary , was advanced to the Mark Degree in the Isle of Wight , under the warrant of an Irish Lodge , but we are informed has never been legally registered on the books of the Grand Lodge of Ireland .