Masonry In" The United States.

and the whirlwind threatens to overwhelm us , yet in this last extremity , fche still small voice of Masonic faith will be uttered and heard , saying , brethren , there is help at hand in this time of need . Brethren , thus ive feel justified ; in ansivering your cry to the Craft , contained in the circular letter sent to us . AVe feel it just and proper to conclude these thoughts , with the reiteration of the views we presented to the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvaniain DecemberI 860 . AVe do it the more willingly in

, , order to attest the sincerity of our present sentiments . We do it the more earnestly , to indicate that the Eight AVorshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania has carefully watched the course of our country's troubles , and pointed in advance to the panoplied protection ivhich Masonry holds over the brethren of all lands . "Surely your God is our God ; your faith our faith ; your landmarks our landmarks ; your joy our joy ; your prosperity our

satisfaction . Then lefc us unitedly work together for the preservation and perpetuity of a common inheritance . It may be , thereby we will aid in maintaining unity , peace and concord , among ¦ the brethren and citizens of united sovereign states in our glorious Union . If all bonds should be broken , all ties rent asunder ; if discord , dissension , ancl disruption , shall marl ; tbe decline and fall of the most ivise and wonderful of the governments of mankind , let the Masonic templein all Stateskingdomslands les or

, , , , peop confederacies , be the common refuge of an indestructible Masonic confraternity . " On behalf of the Committee of Correspondence of the Right AA ' orshipful Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania . RICHARD VAUX , Chairman . Philadelphia , June 13 , A . L . 5 SG 1 .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

The Editor is notresponsiblefm- the opinion * expressed by Correspondents CANDIDATES UNDER AGE .. TO THE EDITOtt OP TEE TKHEHASOSS HiGAZIXE . OD 3 IA . SOXIC 3 IIEKOK . DEAB , SIB . A : ND BROTHER , —Tour Gravesend correspondent made a sad mistake in signing himself " "Veritas " after his

untrue assertion thafc ifc is " decidedly U'rong and unconstitutional '' to initiate candidates under age ; if he had ¦ been at all conversant with the Booh of Constitutions , he Avould ha \ -e knoAvn that " no man shall he made a Mason in any lodge under the age of 21 years , unless by dispensation from the Grand Master or Provincial Grand Master , " but that it is perfectly constitutional for a lodge to initiate

candidates under age , if a proper dispensation has been procured . If "Veritas" wishes to amuse himself by objecting fco the insertion of fche names in fche Grand Loclge Register , by all means lefc him do so . I am afraid , hoAvever , that his protest will receive bufc little attention from the Grand Secretary ; neither do I imagine that he ivill he more successful if he brings the "matter before the Grand

Lodge . " " Veritas" intends to keep his eyes open and watch the proceedings of the University Lodge . Perhaps he "ivill then be able to discover that members of Universities go to college when they are eighteen or nineteen years old ; that they take their degrees soon after they are of full age ; that very many of them then go abroad or take curacies in the country , many miles from any locl ancl that if they

ge , were not initiated until " Veritas" wishes they would probably never become Masons , and the Craft ivould thus be deprived of many of its best members—gentlemen Avho , by education and position in society , are so valuable in making knoAvn the principles and benign influence of Masonry .

Lefc me recommend " Veritas ' ¦ ' to attend to his oivn duties , and depend upon it the Grand Masters and Provincial Grand Masters will continue to exercise their privileges in a proper and becoming manner . I am , Dear Sir ancl Brother , yours fraternally , July 2 nd , 1861 . VEHAX .

OHIGIN op THE Time JULY . —No celestial being gives title to duly ; but its name is a long-standing compliment to Julius Cresar —a man quite as useful in his n-ay as the whole Pantheon of Greece ° y . ¦^ . > ill , d a manAvho . se deeds are too well known for any resume of his ^ history to be necessary in these pages . In this month ivas his natal day ; and it is owing to the improvements he made in the calendar that his name is thus preserved in our almanacs . — Englishwoman ' s Domestic Magazine ( July ) .

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THE MASONIC MIRROR

Masonic Mems.

MASONIC MEMS .

The Annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire is to take place in the Town Hall , Lymington , on Tuesday next , the 9 th inst . Provincial Grand Lodge is to be opened at twelve . The Installation of Bro . Col . Shafto Adair as Prov . G . Master for Suffolk will take place at the Toivn Hall , Ipswich , on Friday , the 12 th int ., at 11 o ' clock . The brethren will attend Divine Service at 2 o ' clock .

Metropolitan.

METROPOLITAN .

LODG-E or ANTIQUITY ( NO . 2 ) . —The last regular meeting for the season of this old established lodge ivas held on AVednesday , 26 th June , Bro . Capt . J . A . L . Creaton , AV . M ., presiding . Bro . Page , was raised to the third degree . After the disposal of some routine business , the lodge was closed until October . —The brethren then adjourned to the banquet . After the accustomed loyal and Masonic toasts had been honouredBroColAVestern rose and remarked

, . . that tivo years since , come October , he tolcl the brethren they had selected as their W . M . one who he was satisfied was capable of doing honour to their choice . They had that evening an additional proof of his skill in tho praiseworthy manner in ivhich he had gone through the ceremony of conferring on Bro . Page his M . M . degree . —The W . M ., after acknowledging the compliment Col . AVestern had been leased to himexpressing a desire to

p pay , deserve such commendations , proposed " The Health of the Past Masters , " now , as he observed , fourteen in number . —Bro . AVestern , in reply , saicl the P . M . s had g iven proof of their devotion to the lodge , as some had passed that honour many years ago , each Master of the lodge retaining the chair for two years . —The AV . M . again , after observing that they ivere always delig hted to receive visitors , being rarely without ; some—said that that evening they ivere

honoured , among others , by two brethren who ivere highly distinguished , Bro . Mclntyre , who besides his elevated position as S . G . D . and President of the Board of General Purposes , was P . M . of No . 4 , a lodge of almost as ancient date as their oivn , and Bro . Slight , P . G . D ., who was a highly distinguished Mason . To those and the other visitors , the lodge tendered a cordial welcome . Bro . Mclntyre , G . D . in replingreferred to the ceremony of ivhich he had been a

, y , Avitness that evening , the solemnity of ivhich surpassed all he had ever seen . He also remarked that of the fourteen P . M ' s . of the Lodge of Antiquity , twelve had received Grand Lodge honours . The officers ivere praised by the AA . M . for their attention and attendance , the S . Deacon's duty being well discharged by Bro . Grissell .

This was responded to by Bro . Tomkins , the S . W . Other toasts followed , and the brethren separated at an early hour . JPLOEEXOE NI & HTK , CUIE LODGE ( NO . 1008 ) . —A meeting of this lodge ivas held on St . John ' s Day , 24 th ult ., at the Masonic Hall , AVoolwich , at 5 p . m . ; the Worshipful Bro . AV . H . Carter , AV . M ., in the chair . Bros . Col . Clerk , P . M . ; Capt . Forbes , P . M . ; Kincaid , S . W . ; Hassall , J . W . ; Church , Treas . ; Boddy , Sec . ; Dr . Hinxman , I . G . The lodge being openedthe minutes of the previous meeting

, were read and confirmed ; a ballot was then taken for Bro . Capt . King , E . H . A ., ancl Bro . Bailey—who were unanimously elected joining members . Bro . Col . Clerk then presented Bro . S . AA . Kincaid for installation , he having been previously chosen as AA . M . elect . Bro . Carter very ably , and for the first time , went through the ceremony in a manner , indeed , that might have put to shame many older Masons . Bro . Kincaid , as W . M ., then appointed Bros .

Thompson , S . W . ; Davis , J . AV . ; Laird , Treas . ; Boddy , Sec . ; Capt . King , S , D . ; Dr . Little , J . D . ; Dr . Hinxman , Dir . of Cers ., who were invested ancl respectively addressed by Bro . Carter , now nominated P . M . The alms collected Avere £ 1 8 s . The lodge was then closed in form and solemn prayer . The brethren retired to the Freemasons' Tavern and partook of a most excellent dinner . On tne cloth being removedthe customary loyal and Masonic toasts

, AA'ere gone through , and the brethren spent a most pleasant evening . Bro . Kincaid presided in a most efficient manner , and from the fact that he is an old P . M ., wears the provincial purple , and is a most excellent worker , we augur that the Florence Nightingale Lodge will , during his year of office , lose none of ifcs prestige . SOUTH MIDDLESEX LODGE ( NO . 1160 ) . —This military loclge met on AVednesday last at Beaufort House , under the presidency of

Bro . Lord ltanelagh , W . M . ; who ivas supported by Bros , the Hon . K . Curzon , S . W . ; G . P . Kvelyn , . I . W . ; A . H . Hewlett , Treas . ; P . H . Jones , Sec ; Gaskoin , S . D . ; H . S . Cooper , Dir . of Cers . ; and about tiventy other brethren . Among the visitors were Bros . A . D