A Curious Correspondence.

Comment on this is superfluous . Next comes his summary of what Gury has laid down : — " The conclusion of Gury is : Some theologians think that under such circumstances the murderer is not obliged to idemnification , say to the widow of tbe murdered ; others think he is obliged . " One would naturall y infer from the above that these opinions were evenly balanced . Gury , however lays stress on the fact that the former opinion is the more accredited .

This is surely most important , yet Bishop Meurin has deemed it proper to pass it over in perfect silence . If Gury has anywhere shown that the act of the man who lays the poison or snare is a "sin against charity , " the passage ought certainly to have been quoted . I know of no such passage . The main point , however , must not be lost si ght of , viz ., that according to the more accredited opinionthe murderer is not morally bound to idemnifthe widow or famil

, y y of his victim . I am not ashamed to confess that I am quite unable to appreciate the moral beauty of this doctrine , and I apprehend that the majority of your readers labour under the same incapacity . As regards the diversion of the water-course , Bishop Meurin has thought fit to cite two cases to neither of which I referred : 1 st , where the land owner has a right and no intention to injurealthough he foresees the injury 2 ndwhere he has no

, ; , strict ri g ht , but an intention to injure , without having suffered any harm . In the case I mentioned he had a strict right , and also an intention to injure , although he had actually suffered some annoyance . This case Bishop Meurin has left untouched .

Throughout the present controversy I have been particularly careful to treat my opponents with every courtesy . They , on their part , have been fairl y civil towards me , save and except Bishop Meurin . Mere hard words one can afford to pass by as beneath one ' s notice . But when one has been deliberatel y charged , as "Nemesis" has been , with " wilful falsification , " silence is no longer possible . I hereby assert that the charge is absolutelfalse . Bishop

y Meurin has been good enough to refer me to Gury on the Commandment : "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour . " This comes with singular grace from the author of the Pastoral against Freemasonry . " Judge not that ye be not judged . " . NEMESIS .

Fortitude.

FORTITUDE .

From an Unpublished Volume of Masonic Sonnets , BY BRO . GEOEGE MAEKHAM TWEDDELB . Iii a good cause be firm ; for Fortitude Is a Masonic virtue . Every age Has honour'd it ; it glows upon the page

Of history ; for nations , from the rude Barbarian to most civilised , have seen It can subdue the passions , when applied Iu Virtue ' s cause ; but when it is allied With Vice , becomes stupidity I -ween , Losing its very name . 0 ye who seek

To raise the fallen , and uphold the good , To banish Vice from earth , so that it should Become an Eden ! be ye ever meek ¦ And innocent as doves ; but also firm As yonder rock , alike in calm or storm . Base Cottage , Stokesley .