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natm'ally ensue peculiar evils , as for instance a tendency to cliquism , and perhaps a want of care as to the character of persons admitted to membership . Nevertheless we believe it would be quite possible to find a Grand Master who would

command the respect ancl obedience of the brethren . Iu Guernsey there is a great desire to have Bro . Gallienne appointed Grand Master for that province , thus entirely separating Jersey and Guernsey . This would , we believe , be the best

possible arrangement , and , as far as we can learn , it would be generally approved in Jersey . In Bro . Gallienne the Guernsey brethren would have a Grand Master , not only admirably qualified in other respects , but also fully competent to do the

work , which' unfortunately is not the case with all similar officers . In these matters the wishes of the brethren are doubtless considered by Lord Zetland ; and seeing that the whole province is anxious for Bro . Gallienne ' s appointment , we

sincerely hope that the M . W . G . M . may deem it wise to accede to their wishes . The only objectors are one or two individuals who are probablv afraid

of being called to account for sundry irregularities , and who indeed deserve severe censure for the discredit they have brought on tbe Craft . That such persons should dread Bro . Gallienne ' s appointment is a most valuable testimony in his

favour , and a proof that he would be likely to discharge the duties with right and justice . Having received from a brother of high standing' in the province , an account of the reasons which induced him to leave the lodge in which these persons

meet—the same in which Bro . Dr . Hopkins was so rudely treated some time ago—we can only regret that 'they have so long been unpunished for a course of conduct which has been equally

un-Masonic and ungentlemanly . It is due to the other brethren in Guernsey to say that they have been unanimous in condemning the goings-on of the small clique referred to . There may be persons disposed to think that

Guernsey and Jersey would do very well without either Grand Lodges or Grand Masters ; but such individuals take only a very superficial view of the state of affairs . A province without a Grand Master is like a nation without a ruler , and the

brethren have a right to complain if they are debarred the purple . In Guernsey a Grand Master is the more necessary , because Alderney is remote from every other place . It is , therefore , to be hoped that in any case a Grand Master for

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Guernsey may be appointed , ancl especially that Bro . Gallienne may be the man . The advantages of Grand Ldoges to the Guernsey and Jcrsej' brethren are very great , inasmuch as Grand Lodge meetings are easily accessible . In

England , on tlie contrary , members of Provincial Grand Lodges have often to travel forty to fifty miles to attend meetings . The brethren in Jersey appear to be unanimous in expecting that their next Grand Master will be

Bro . Colonel E . C . Malet de Carteret , Lord of St . Oven ' s . Bro . Malet de Carteret has served as W . M . of St . Aubin ' s Lodo-e , in succession to Bro . Dr . Hopkins , and litis occupied the office of Grand Warden of the province . Bro . Malet cle

Carteret also took a great interest in the erection of the Temple , and is a considerable shareholder . Belonging to tho " upper ten" of the island , and possessing large estates , Bro . De Carteret is qualified no less by birth ancl position than by

Masonic zeal for the high honour of Grand Master ; ancl there is reason to believe that his appointment would put an end to matters of variance which during past years have arisen , from the peculiar condition of this province . —J . A . H .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

OS" 1 IAS 0 XIC OATHS . Subjoined is a transcript * of a portion of the entries on this subject contained in my letter and memorandum books ( June to December , 1 SGG ) . See page 127 of tlie present volume . Copies of most of them are alreadin the hands of learned brothers ;

y but hitherto none of them have been printed . The matter is one the practical importance of which in parts of Queen Victoria ' s dominions where the English lodge is established , should what I have heard be true , it will not be easy to exaggerate . Some of the correspondents , to whose inquiries

my letters were tiie answers , were aware of a circumstance the statement of which iu thin place will probably not be thought altogether irrelevant . In the year 1882 , soon after the late Lord Campbell became Solicitor-General , there were sundry consultations with himat which I was one of the

, counsel present , respecting the validity of Chancery depositions taken upon commissions executed at Calcutta , Canton , and the Cape of Good Hope . All sorts of questions arose in consequence of the way in which witnesses had been " obligated . '' There were Hindoos , some of whom were Mystical Pantheists ,

and some Atheistical Pantheists ; Chinese , some of whom were Laotzists , some Confuzists , and some Buddhists ; and Africans , who were Fetichists . The