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of the Bazaar the following additional members of the Royal Family : —H . R . H . the Duke of Clarence and Avondale ; T . R . H . the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh ; T . R . H . the Duke and Duchess of Conuaught ; H . R . H . the Princess Louise , Marchioness of Lome .

From the Australian Freemason we learn that the " Masonic Cases " which have been pending in the Ohio Courts during the past two years are a humiliation , if not a disgrace , to Masonry . The attorney—a Mason , for the defendants—is said to have compared a Masonic Lodge

to a " social club , " and argued that a Lodge possessed a dual existence—one entirely being fraternal , and the other incorporation under the civil law ! AVhat an utter perversion ! AVhat a confusion must have arisen in this Mason ' s legal and Masonic education . May Masonry in Australia never degenerate to the level it has apparently reached elsewhere .

Vanity Fair says the appointment of Lord Dungarvan to be Provincial Grand Master of the Freemasons of Somerset is a decidedly good one . From his Oxford days Lord Dungarvan has been a very keen Mason , and has won his way steadily through the various grades . He has a high

reputation in his county as a keen sportsman and straight rider , and is a captain in the county yeomanry . Altogether , his appointment is decidedly popular .

3 $ = 3 £ ^ AVe learn that the annual Provincial meeting of the Mark Masons of Northumberland and Durham has been fixed to be held in the historic city of Durham , on Tuesday , the 21 st prox ., exactly three weeks after the Provincial meeting

of the Province of Durham Craft Masons , which is fixed for Tuesday , 30 th inst ., at Stockton . The Mark Provincial meeting will be of particular interest this year in being held at Durham , the place of residence of its distinguished P . G . M . M ., the Rev . Canon Tristram . The

learned addresses upon Mark Masonry , upon which Dr . Tristram is the greatest living authority , and which the Provincial Grand Master delivers at such gatherings , are looked forward to with considerable interest by the members of the Mark degree , and in all likelihood there will be a great muster of them at Durham in October .

* SS * Bro . Sir Morell Mackenzie is a diligent and methodical worker at his profession . It is said to be an easy day for him when he gives less than fourteen hours to his professional duties . Bro . Mackenzie is like an American in

the value that he puts upon time . He says : " I like the Americans because they know what time means ; they waste no words , go straight to the root of the matter , and they know as well as I do when the conversation is at an end . "

* St * On the evening of Tuesday the 12 th ult ., at a meeting of the Royal Connaught Mark Lodge ( 409 ) , held at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , the Right Hon . Sir AV . T . Marriott , M . P ., was duly advanced to the degree of Mark

Master Mason . The ceremony was performed by the Grand Secretary Bro . C . F . Matier , P . G . AVarden , who came from London specially for the purpose .

A meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Dorset was held on Tuesday , the 26 th July , at Beaminster . In spite of unfavourable weather , there was a large number of brethren present , the Lodge-room being nearly full . Every effort had been made by the AV . M ., officers , and brethren of the

Beaminster Lodge to secure the comfort of their visitors , and the result was very satisfactory to all concerned . R . AV . Bro . Montague Guest , P . G . M ., presided , and was supported by Bro . J . M . P . Montagu , Rev . AV . M . Heath , Sir R . N . Howard , and a large number of present and past Provincial Officers .

The Christchurch Press of July 7 th says : — " The opening of a Lodge under the Grand Orient of France , as reported from AVellington , raises a nice point in Masonic jurisprudence . The Grand Orient of France having denied the existence of a Supreme Being , fraternal relations between

the English , Scotch , Irish , and American Constitutions , and all daughter Lodges hailing under them , have been suspended . But it is a cardinal point in Masonic jurisprudence , well founded and admitted , that wherever territory is occupied by any Supreme Grand Lodge no

other Grand Lodge can establish Lodges . New Zealand having recently established a Grand Lodge , this colony is occupied territory , Masonically speaking , and therefore no other Grand Lodge has a right to work there . "

* * * An American contemporary points out that Masonic temperance is not simply abstinence from strong drink , but temperance in thought , words , and actions . By temperance we do not only circumscribe our desire for intoxicants , or

abstain from putting the bottle to our Brother ' s lips , but we are taught to be temperate in words and to govern our tongues . AVords passionately or intemperately spoken may do us , as well as our Brother , more injury , may cause more grief and sorrow , and bring more reproach on Masonry , than intoxication .

Bros . Clifford , P . McCalla , Robertson , and Horner , Grand Masters of the Grand Lodges of Pennsylvania Canada , and Louisiana , represented their Lodges at the meeting of Grand Lodge at Freemasons' Hall on the 3 rd inst ., and were saluted with the honours due to their rank .

They bore testimony that Freemasonry was conducted in the countries they represented on the same lines as in England . In the name of the Grand Master , Bro . Colonel Marmaduke Ramsay , District Grand Master of Malta , moved a resolution of regret at the death of Bro . the Earl

of Carnarvon . The motion was seconded by the Past District Grand Master of Bengal , Bro . Hugh D . Sandeman , who , in April , 1875 , obligated the late Earl of Carnarvon as Pro . Grand Master . A copy of the resolution , which was carried unanimously , was ordered to be sent to the Countess of Carnarvon . # # «

It is doubtful if the advantages accruing from the suggested " closing up " and re-numbering the Lodges are sufficient to compensate for the numerous troubles and complications likely to ensue . if « = *

The annual Installation Meeting of the Harmony Lodge ( 2180 ) , Otahuhu , N . Z ., was held on July 1 st , Bro . Robert