Masonry In India.

Master is changed . Surely this is very Avrong ; it is suchlike neglects that keep back Masonry in India , especially up-country Lodges . If the head does not Avork well , the body will not . All this , we sincerely hope , the IIOAV Prov . Grand Master will correct , but in bis neiv home lie has much to do ; still he is AVCII able , and 1 knivw Avilling , to put things right . Wishing him every success in his high officeand every happiness here and

, hereafter , I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternall y , AN OLD WARDEN ; [ In answer to our correspondent's opening question , AVC reply , that ire do publish the appointments Avhenever they arc communicated to us , —En . ]

Country Lodge Rooms.

COUNTRY LODGE ROOMS .

TO THE 33 DIT 0 B 03 ? THE PBEEMASOHS MAGAZINE AND" MAS 0 JSIC MIlUiOR . DEAR SIR AXD BROTHER , —A few Aveeks since I addressed you on the aboA'e subject and pointed out some of the objections to holding Lodges in taverns . I was gratified to find my remarks not entirely unheeded , as proved by the able letter they elicited from " A Yorkshire Mason , " and 1 "will IIOAV venture to lay before you an illustration of the baneful tendency of the

practice alluded to . TAVO or three days ago my affairs called me to a neighbouring town , and on consulting the Calendar I found I could make my arrangements include attendance at the regular monthly meeting of the Bretliren in that place . I therefore resolved to visit them , and for that purpose inquired for the Inn . My friend seemed surprised at the question , wondering no doubt Avhat could be my pleasure or business at AA'hat I aftenvards discovered

to be a third rate inn . However , 1 called at the place in question , and SRAV mine host , AA'ho told me " Yes , there is a Lodge , and AVC shall be glad to see you , wc have a very nice supper . " At the hour of assembly I again presented myself , hoping and expecting to participate in the working of the Lodge , in order to compare it with Avhat I had seen elscAvhcre , and thus acquire experience and instruction . Guess , then , my disappointment and disgust at seeing no one but the

landlord aforesaid ( ivho , I grieA'C to say , had so set the first cardinal virtue at defiance as to render him unfit for admission into any Lodge ) , and the 'tyler ; after waiting half an hour I asked the latter if there were any probability ofthe Lodge being opened , and ivas aiisivered "I don't expect- any of them will be here before supper time I" A feiv more questions sufficed to convey the humiliating intelligence that this was one of the " knife and fork " Lodges which are neither useful nor creditable to the Order , and

whose A eiy existence cannot he viewed with any feelings far removed from disgust by the members of respectable Lodges , as a discredit to the Craft , and a scandal to society . Surely a society of gourmands might choose some more appropriate excuse for their orgies than the badge of a Free and Accepted-Mason . You will , 1 am sure , gricA'e with me to knoAV that such prostitution and abuse of our privileges actually exists . Now , had this Lodge been held in a Masonic building it would either have ceased to work , or ihr more probably , have been exercising its legiti-