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respecting the correctness of the statements made by such persons ; and members of lodges should be cautioned not to believe persons moving from place to place ; but refer them to an appointed officer whose experience fit him to deal with such cases . I am , Dear Sir and Brother , Tour obedient Servant ,

" WM . DAY KEVWOKTII , P . M ., 57 , and Almoner for the Hull Lodge"IMPOSING ; ON FEEEMASONS . —At The Hull Police Court , tins morning , before T . H . Travis , Esq ., Henry Newcomb Avas brought up on a charge of begging . —It appeared that the prisoner had obtained from the prosecutor , Mr . C . James Todd , Worshipful Master of the Kingston Lodge of Freemasons , the .

sum of 10 s ., being third class railway fare from Hull to Liverpool , under the following circumstances -. —On Saturday last be represented himself to be a member , of twenty six years' standing , of the Mariners' Lodge , 249 , Liverpool , and that he had been the assistant carpenter of the ship Percy , Captain Holmes , from Liverpool to New York and borne , and which ship , be stated , had been wrecked off Deal on the 6 th inst ., on her pashomein which ho lost everythingand that he onlwanted

sage , , y sufficient to get to Liverpool again . Instead , however , of going to LiA-erpool on Saturday , he seems to have enjoyed himself Avith the money he had obtained , for on Sunday he was fonnd very drunk iu the streets of Hull , and on Monday commenced a fresh system of plundor , carefully concealing the fact that he had already been relieved . He had also collected other sums on Saturday . No shicalled Percy had been lost off Dealnor is

p , the prisoner a member of the Mariner ' s Lodge . He pleaded guilty to the charge of begging . —Mr . Travis sentenced him to 30 days' imprisonment , with hard labour . The prisoner is a short , thick set man , with sandy hair , moustache and whiskers slightly tinged with grey , with a reddish face . He is about 5 ft . Tm . in height , and about 47 years old .

PERFORMANCE OF MASONIC CEREMONIES . TO THE EBITOE OP THE PHEEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIBEOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —Although agreeing in some respects Avith your correspondent P . M ., I must , most respectfully , disagree Avith him with regard to the differences in the working of theWest andEasfcEndLodges and Lod of Instructionas from personal experience

ges , I knoAv that those differences are merely verbal and grammatical ; I think that if brethren anxious to become Rulers in the Craft Avould visit various Lodges of Instruction as our brethren formerly did , an vmifor mifcy of working Avould be easily attained , and the style of conducting our solemn ceremonies much , and easily improvedespeciallin such cases as those cited by

, y " P . M . "; at the same time I quite agree Avith him that in many cases brethren are too often appointed and selected to office for any but this ' proper reason , viz .: ability , and a consciencious intention to discharge the offices for which they may be selected frith propriety and zeal for our ancient and honourable Institution ; and this is a point to which I earnestly call the attention of

all Masters and Past Masters of Lodges , as I fear it is too often by their neglect that careless inefficient members are promoted to office , and remain , Dear Sir and Brother , Tours faithfully , A MEMBEU or GBAKD LODGE .

MASONIC SAYINGS AND DOINGS ABROAD . The Grand Master of Nebraska has decided that Masons in his jurisdiction shall not work on the Lord ' s Day . Ditto with G . M . of Ohio . All honor to M , "W . Bros . Deuel and Newcomb . A year ago Lodges met in London , England , on the Sunday . — Qavel . [ The Editor of the Gavel must be in error , — unless he means a Lodge of Instruction ! .

There are now about three hundred Lodges Michigan , having a total membership of about 22 , 000 in regular standing . Besides these it is estimated that the number of unaffiliated Masons will reach fully 5 , 000 , making the aggregate in the neighbourhood of 27 , 000 in the State of Michigan . The Gran Master has issued thirteen dispensations for Sew Lodges .

The fee for Dispensation for new Lodges in Mississippi is fixed at fifty dollars , and the fee for Charter thirty dollars . The " Masonic Orphan Home" in Tennessee is

progressing with rapidity and success . The subscriptions up to the last report show that seventy-six Lodges in West Tennessee had contributed to the Endowment Eund 8-1 , 400 dols .

A destructive fire occured in Springfield , Illinos , on Feb . 23 , to 'the building occupied by H . G . Reynolds as a Printing Office , and the Publishing Office of the Masonic Troivel . The third floor was occupied as a Masonic Lodge-room and by various orders in the City . The office of O , H . Miner , Grand Seeretary of the

Grand Lodge , was also in the building . The jewels belonging to the Masonic Lodges were mostly saved ; , hut the furniture , clothing , and much of the regalia were lost . All the records and documents belonging to the Grand Lodge , together with their large and very valuable library were destroyed .

The Masonic Board of Belief of Grand Lodge of California expended , during the past year , in aid of " Distressed Brothers , their Widows and Orphans , " 8 , 121 dols ., leaving a balance in their treasury , of this same fund , of 59 , 875 dollars A noble work , nobly done .

The Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Michigan has refused to add the " Super Excellent " to the Council degrees . The St . Louis Freemason says , that " During the past three or four years we have been shown letters

to merchants in this city , received from entire strangers , and written to men who were not Masons , stating that they ' wanted goods on time , and would pay for them on the square '—some wanted to sellsome wanted parties to make selections on them & c , and all wanted it done on the square , or under the

arch , and some around a triangle , and some inside of a circle , & c , and many letters were ornamented with rude drawings of these various emblems . Some signed their names as ' M . M . '— ' R . A . M . ' ' K . T . ' & c .