Monthly Masonic Summary.

Monthly Masonic Summary .

THE principal event that we have to record , is the most gratifying announcement of the acceptance by our Eoyal Brother , H . E . H . the Prince of Wales , of the office of Grand Master , vacant by

the resignation of Lord Eipon , and his secession to the Chnrcli of Eoine . By the Book of Constitutions , the Past Grand Master rules the craft , if willing to do so , until the next annual election , and the acceptance by our Eoyal and exalted brother of this his constitu

tional position and function , not only relieves our order from any interregnum , and the excitement of a sudden election , but manifests the warm interest and the fraternal sympathy the august heir

to the throne has ever evinced for our ancient brotherhood . It is a subject of much rejoicing in the Craft that we have noAv at the head of our fraternity a royal ruler once again , and the hopes of all Freemasons will be in unison that

we may long see the Prince of Wales presiding over our Grand Lodge with his well-known ability and his wonted urbanit y and consideration for all , We cannot help expressing our

regret at the tone which some wellintentioned , but somewhat excited brethren seem to take with respect to

Lord Eipon ' s mournful secession and resignation . NOAV his resignation under the circumstances was a matter of necessity , and the sooner it took place the better .

But while we may regret the fact itself , Ave have no right , it appears to us , to criticise Lord Eipon ' s conduct , much less to condemn his motives . Our best policy , as the only true Masonic course ,

is to treat Lord Eipon ' s resignation as a "fait accompli , " and to pass it over in respectful silence . Above all , Ave should take care not

to strike any chord of intolerance or religious controversy , which may vibrate through our whole order , and result in most inharmonious cadences alike of thought and verbiage . So let us turn

over this chapter of our English Masonic history in much , if Ave like , of " silent sorrow , " but let no love of polemics , or contest , or abuse , or any scintilla of the " odium theologicum , " mar in any Avay

the happy toleration of our great and universal Brotherhood . There is no foreign Masonic intelligence of any moment to record .

A young fellow offered to bet the principal of a young ladies' seminary , who Avas boasting of the proficiency of her pupils , that she hadn't a girl in her school who would " decline " a husband .