Correspondence.

different Provinces , for the purpose of instructing tho various Lodges , and of reporting to Grand Lodge , at certain intervals , upon their state and condition . I fear you are only too correct in your opinion , that a step of this kind would disclose a state of things which the Grand Lodge is by no means prepared to expect , and if your valuable suggestion should be acted upon , you will have rendered essential service to the Craft at large , inasmuch as a laxity of discipline exists in many Lodges which is very detrimental to the progress of Masonryand which ought to lie speedilreproved ancl

, y corrected . Without entering upon the discussion , as to the possibility of obtaining positive " Uniformity of Ritual , " one thing is certain to be admitted by all who have the success of Masonry at heart , and that is , that our Masonic Ceremonies ought at any rate to be decourously and efficiently conducted by the respective officers of the various

Lodges .. The appointment by the Grand Loclge of Instructors , whose duty it would be to visit the various Lodges , and to report from time to time upon their working , & c , would induce a spirit of emulation amongst them , and would be the means of preventing the introduction or continuance of all improper practices . In this province , there are many differences in the working of the various Lodges , and also many shorts comings in the officers , both private and provincial , which the appointment of a competent Inspector would lessen , if not altogether remove , and I trust , Sir , that you

will keep the subject before the Masonic world , for I feel assured , that the appointment of properly qualified Instructors in the Ceremonies , ancl Inspectors of Lodges , would be an important and a valuable addition to our present list of Grand Officers . Should you deem this letter worthy of insertion in your columns , I may at a future time recur to the subject , and endeavour to prove the urgent necessity of some more efficient supervision than is at present exercised , by describing more minutely the state of Masonic affairs in this province .

I am , Sir , and Brother , Yours fraternally , A PAST MASTER OF A YORKSHIRE LODGE . 24 th Oct .. 1855 .

Summary Of News For October.

SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR OCTOBER .

The month of October is generally most barren of news ; and notwithstanding the war , and the consequent occasional startling announcements which we see at the newspaper offices , the past month has been scarcely an exception to the general rule , though it cannot be denied that a few events of more than usual importance have taken place , as we have recorded in this summary . THE COURT .

After an absence of about five weeks in her Highland home , Her Majesty and the Royal family returned to AVindsor on the 17 th October , where they have been since sojourning , nothing worthy of record having taken place beyond the fact that the whole of the Royal Family remain in the best of health . THE AA"AR .

If the war is not attended with such a succession of dashing enterprises as the impatience of the public would desire , and which it is vain to expect , when we consider the difficulties to be overcome , everything at least appears to be steadily progressing in favour of the allies . The allies having made preparations for pressing on the Russian army in the Crimea , as much as possible , a brilliant cavalry affair took place on the 29 th September , at Koughil , five miles north-east of Eupatoria , in which General d'Allonville defeated the Russians , and took 160 prisoners . The Russians also left 50 men dead on the field , whilst the loss of the French did not exceed