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members . Apparently flinging to tbe winds , all other considerations save that of propagating bis own ideas , and advancing his owu interests and importance , he then introduced to the notice of the audience what he was pleased to term the " dissensions from within " and which he told them constituted the greatest danger to

which Masonry is exposed . With all the accompaniments of elevated voice—excited gesture—and deficient manners—the speaker went on to hint his denunciations against all and every of those who declined to bow the knee to the idol lie had set up . Such idol , being certain ideas and opinions which met with an

eloquent and powerful exponent in Bro . HAVERS ; every one who has the hardihood to dissent therefrom subjecting himself to be held up to the odium of his brethren as " a recreant" and « a traitor . " That there should be no mistake on the subject , " GRAND LoDGis " was specifically namedin which it is well known

, differences of opinion at present exist on several questions vitally affecting the interests of the fraternity , there being numbered amongst those who do not agree with Bro . HAVERS many who are not one whit less devoted to the cause of Masonry , or one whit less loyal towards constitutional authority than himselfMuch

. dissatisfaction was expressed , we are given to understand , at the time , and many brethren have since objected to the course pursued . Of what avail is it to speak in dulcet accents of the blessings of unity , and the beauties of fraternal affection , if these are immediatel y followed by irritating allusions and by words of studied

aggravation ? With what consistency can Bro . HAVERS set up as a censor of morals and conduct , while sinnina against every cannon of propriety and good taste b y committing a breach of those princi ples and precepts the practice of which be ' so ostentatiously advocates ? In the world of politics , diversity of sentiment on of

questions public policy rarely , if ever , are permitted to interfere with private friendship ; and this , simply because their discussion is confined to their own peculiar arena , and not permitted at ' the convivial assembly , or at the social reunion . So should it be with us . May the time be far distant when the hallowed precints of Lod

our private ges , and the joyous occasions of our festive gatherings , shall be subject to the intrusion of the demon of strife , assume what shape be may even that of an angel , fair to outward seeming . It is in the sincerity of this aspiration , and with the desire , while boldly advocating the ri ghts of free discussionto

, preserve the consideration of certain subjects for fitting opportunities , that we protest against the introduction at such a time , of such expressions and such topics as those which marred the excellence , and destroyed the effect , of an otherwise admirable address . As in doing this we are not without some fear that if

, we have not attached an undue importance to the event we have magnified the consequence of the speaker . One parting word . We wish Bro . Havers would take a little of his own advice , and borrow for a time his neighbour ' s glass . At present , we feel assured that he sees everything through a jaundiced medium . So

satisfied is he with the view , afforded b y his old antiquated instrument , that he obstinately persists in declining to avail himself of the proffered use of his neighbour ' s , with its modern improvements and superior advantages—contenting himself with depreciating that which he will not enjoy , and with condemning that which he cannot

comprehend . Let Bro . Havers school himself into the adoption of a more conciliatory demeanour—let him come to admit the possibility of the views and opinions of others being now and then as valuable as his own—of their motives being as pure , and their integrity as unimpeached—and he shall

not lack the tribute of our meed of acknowled gment of the genuineness of his professions , and the honesty of his purpose ! Bro . Havers' conduct in Grand Lodge on 1 st instant , was a strange comment on the better portion of his lecture of the previous Friday !

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DURING tbe brief but eventful career of this periodical we have been continuall y exposed to the common lot of those who fearlessly discharge their dutj —the most unfair criticism and unbounded abuse . And this Billingsgate system of opposition has of late , it been the

seems , staple of official lecturing at Provincial meetings , where the bitterest gall that sveophancy could supply , and a considerable' disregard " of truth , have been the weapons employed in our immolation . On the 24 th of last Sept ., the Y . W . G . Reg . assisted by the Pres . of the Board of General presided at

Purposes , the banquet of tbe Prov . G . L . of Suffolk . The speaking department , at all events of the Executive , was well represented , but what was the subject doomed to loose such mighty tongues ? The men of war at all events , were mighty , but where was the object of their steel ? From a lengthaccount in the Masonic Mimr whose

y Editor , we rejoice to see , shared in the hospitalities of the evening , we learn that the unrepresented Observer was the annihilated victim ( oh ! manly victory ) of Bro . ROXBURGH ' high-spirited charge ; that we formed ( oh ! hard-earned glory ) the spolia opima of Bro . HAVERS ' self-decreed triumph . How Bro . WARREN '

new supporters , studiously violating the principles of masonry can further ignore the rules of gentlemanly criticism " ; bow stooping to scurrilous misrepesentation of our objects and our conduct they can condescend to a policy of fulsome adulation in his favour , is the matter we have gleaned from his report of the Suffolk dinner .

Our readers may occasionally in their metropolitan wanderings have met with processions of hireling advertisers cased in boards of announcements in prominent type . They may have acquiesced in the utility , but can hardly have been impressed with the dignity , of these peripatetic puff-sandwiches . Nor does such an occupation

appear to us to be one laudabl y adopted by brethren in the positions of Bros . ROXBURGH and HAVERS . We must not , selfishly speaking , complain of their advertising mania , for although they affect to assume that these papers are unread , we flatter ourselves that a truer