Mother Kilwinning.

put ill fche Post-office AA'ith your letter one penny , aud the Jetfcer yon 2 * eceiv" 0 fz * om us ivill come post free . " The K . T . warrant spoken of as holding of Kil-Avinuiug AA ould in all probability be one of those issued by the High Knight Templars of Ireland

KilAA r inning Lodge , erected by the mother lodge in 1779 , and afterwards knoAvn in Masonic circles hy the self-bestoAved title of " The KilAvinning Chapter of High Knights Templars of Ireland ; " but as a matter of course the Lodge of Kilwinning , in

reply to the " Sir Knights" of the Shropshire regiment of militia , repudiated the existence of any maternal tie between herself and any society of Masonic knighthood , and confessed her inability to " communicate upon Masonic business farther than the Three Steps . "

We next find Mother JtvilAvmnmg , through her Proxy-Master , advocating the passing of a laAv excluding * " from the riq-ht of sitting or voting * in the Grand Lodge of Scotland all Masons AA'IIO may hold offices in Masonry that acknoAvledges a higher

degree than the first . " This was in 1817 , and when in autumn of the following year overtures were made by tlie heads of the newly-formed Supreme Eoyal Arch Chapter of Scotland for union Avith Grand Lodge , on the presumption that

"the Eoyal Arch Avas truly a real and intrinsic part of Master Masonry , Avithout which no Grand Lodge can be complete /' ' so thoroughly hostile Avas the mother lodge to thc movement , that notAvithstanding * that the communication craving * a

conference Avith Grancl Lodge bore the signatures of two Past Grand Masters , her representative in the Supreme Court of thc Order led the opposition to the contemplated conference by moving the rejection without reading * of the communication

referred to—Avhich motion , against thc amendment , that it be read , made by the Master of the Canongate Kihvinning , AA as carried by a majority of ol to 32 . Thus did Mother KilAvinning , in the several cases we have instanced , exert her influence

in discountenancing any Masonic degree higher than those conferred in the Sanctum Sanctorum of the Lodge of the Holy St . John .

SATC what is right , anil let others say wbat they please . You are responsible for only one tongue , even if yon M-e a married man . NEVER pride yourself on having clone a particularly wise thing ; ifc may hereafter show itself to have been particularly foolish . AA iiE * NEVEn \ ve drink too deep of pleasure , we are sure to find a sediment afc the bottom of tlie cup , which embitters the draught we have quaffed with so much avidity .

Initiation Of Emir Abd-El-Kader.

INITIATION OF EMIR ABD-EL-KADER .

( From the Bulletin da , Grand Orient de IPraiiee . ) At the time of the grave political troubles that were aroused in Syria through religious fanaticism , and followed up by those sanguinary scenes that are still in all our readers' remembrance , the Lodge

Henri IV ., of Paris , sent a congratulatory epistle to Emir Abd-el-Kader , whose conduct during those occurrences had evinced a magnanimous spirit of toleration and fraternity . The Emir , much affected by these marks of

sympathy , replied by a letter Avhich AA as inserted in the Bulletin of the Grand Orient of Prance for September , 1861 , requesting to be initiated in the doctrines of Preemasonry . This request Avas

couched m too nattering terms not to be complied Avith" the Lodge Henri IV ., therefore , despite the impediments involved by the distance of the place of residence of the neophyte and the prescription of the "Statute , " endeavoured to win such an

eminent adept to the Craft . At last a journey undertaken by Abd-el-Kader to Egypt afforded the desired opportunity , and the Lodge Les Pyramides , of Alexandria , acting on behalf of its supei-ior Lodge Henri IV ., in its

sitting of June 18 th last , bestowed the light of our institution upon one Avho , for many years , had in vain impugned the ideas of civilisation in the name of religion .

This ceremony , Avhich was witnessed by many A isitors and a deputation from the Pompeia Lodge , produced a very deep impression at Alexandria and throughout the Levant . The minute ofthe meeting , having stated the

reading of the Emir ' s replies to the ritual questions put to him , gives the following account of the effect produced ou the audience : — " The reading * of these replies lA'as received with a deep feeling of admiration . The philosophical

thoughts , developed Avith all the poetical impetus of this eastern genius , marked a free-thinker Avhose meditations reach the ideal of the most perfect civilisation . They showed us the great soul that desired no other master but nature and God . His

psychological definitions of Fraternity , Charity , Soul , and its immortality evinced a most absolute logic . In this lucubration the Emir appeared in a neAv light . The value of his argumentation ivas certainly equal to his martial gallantry ¦ and , since

the time Avhen , at Damascus , this illustrious neophyte dreAY his sword for the protection of his felloAV-creatures , he hac never shown the strength