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zine of the 24 th ult . He says , " With the experience I have of the past and present of this School , I can honestly and confidently express my conviction that there is no school in the land which for educational position surpasses the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys ; " and he then mentions this fact"Harry William

, Wildrnan having been placed absolutely first of 1 , 165 junior candidates at the last Cambridge examination . '' Sir , these remarks coming from so high an authority and so impartial a judge as Bro . Dr . Goodwin , the brethren may justly be proud of their noble School . Again , Bro . the Rev . J . E . Cox at this examination ,

in speaking of the Secretary , Bro . P . Binckes said , " If ever it was so , he is the right man in the right place , " and your correspondent hopes it will please the Great Architect of the Universe to spare him for many years to make his eloquent appeal on behalf of this School , and fill , as he now so ably does , the distinguished position of Secretary , But nisi Dommus

frustra . And I understand , Sir , there are offers from several clergymen who are ready to advocate this noble charity , and to prove from the pulpit that its tenets and principles are worthy of the support of the Craft . Shall this happy omen be lost upon us ? Rather let us accept the presage , and by prompt decision , firmness of purposeunity of actionandabove all

, , , , with the blessed spirit of charity itself , let us hail it as the auspicium melioris cevi . Lastly , let every Mason act as if success depended upon his own exertions , and that a total failure may attend his own indifference . Preemasons , will you , can you deny the aid it is in your power to bestow ?

" The widow ' s tear , the orphan ' s cry , All wants our ready hands supply , As far as power is given . The naked clothe , the prisoners free . These are thy works , sweet Charity , Revealed to us from heaven !" Yours fraternally , Walbrook . C . Hosaoon .

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INELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES FOR FREEMASONRY .

10 THB EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AMD MASONIC MIRROR . Dear Sir and Brother , — -A more puerile and vainglorious letter on the subject of the Lame Man , nor a lamer justification of a most arrant innovation , I cannot conceive than that of Bro . W . P . Buchan in the Mirror of the 17 th ult . at leastaccording to my

, , training and obligation . It must have startled the majority of your readers to know that all old things had passed away and a new style began . The fact is , the transaction to which it refers ought to be repudiated and denounced by the Craftsmen of Glasgow , as prejudicial and slanderous to the integrity of

Masonic promulgation therein . A lodge in that city , of which I am a member , refused an application a month ago of a person minus the left hand , because the majority of the brethren present could not on soul and conscience bear witness to , nor officiate at the initiation . Bro . B . ' s lod havinbeen notified of

ge g this refusal , he writes you stating that he is proud to say that he has discovered a process ( one , I suppose , of transubstantiation , which he ought to patent ) , whereby it appears all qualms of conscience can be quieted , and that he glories in having accepted

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( adopted should have been the word ) an entrant deprived of his right arm , and adds , that although he had wanted his legs , but could have hobbled up to the altar on his stumps , he would have made him ; good moral character , according to his creed , being the only requisite for admittance . Bro . B . had better

begin to initiate the deaf , dumb , and blind , and he will then have nigh run the circle of the physical disqualifications of this once pure Order . Pie seems very solicitous about the returned remnants of war , who , having done their best to slay their fellow-man , and having got their quietus at the point of steel ,

get home minus an eye or a limb , plus a pension and some medals . Por such dilapidated forms he would make the lodge-room a receptacle , perhaps on the principle of the lion lying down with the lamb . Somehow he must have been dreaming of that fighting old brick in Chevy Chasewho was " A man of

, doleful dumps , who when his legs were carried off , he fought upon his stumps . " Warriors and sailors to enjoy the practical utility and the amenities of this Order should enter its lists

before campaigning or navigating ; it is not time to seek enrolment in a sick or benefit society when calamity has overtaken us ; there is an acceptable season for all things , and , as regards our ancient society , a man should ask admission there when he is in the full vigour of all his mental and physical energies , otherwise live contented outside its pale . It is a question

with myself and others whether this " new light" of Bro . B . ' s amounts to a' Masonic fraud : at all events , we fear " Virtue hath gone out of him , and that his zeal hath eaten him up . " Were I in his shoes , I should reproach myself with the guilt of perjury , and liable to a penalty ; for , if he can be accommodated with absolution , it is more than I can . But what is it some men dare not do ? Yerily they are a law and a wall of sufficiency unto themselves ! In Burn ' s poem , Death says of Dr . Hornbook : — ¦

" He ' s grown sae well acquaint wf Buchan , An' ither chaps , The weans haud out their fingers laughin ' An' pouk my hips . " I doubt , however , if this great discovery continues to be acted on , that there will be scarce a hip sometimes to pouk ; and that the finger of derision will be pointed at

the province of Glasgow with accompanying epithets . I hope , therefore , Bro . Editor , that some of your best authorities will read our wayward disciples a salutary lesson . I am glad to observe by your leading article that you are alive to the want of uniformity in lodge working . May you succeed in effecting improvement , and by all means an assimilation in the terms of the

O . B . throughout the three Kingdoms , and the Colonies , so that it may not be left to evasion , addition , or diminution at the caprice of individuals , as I am assured from experience that the absence of enforced uniformity is prolific of much discord . Yours fraternally , August 2 , 1869 . W . L .

Mr . THORNTON , the British minister , has announced to the American Government that an International Exhibition of the preducts of workmen ' s labour is to be held in London in 1870 , and that he has been instructed to make it known to the people of the United States . The Government has accordingly communicated the fact to the public , and from the announcements already made it is considered probable that the American contributions to the Exhibition will ba extensive .