CONTENTS. the proposed new chapters were to meet. Ballarat, Past Grand Chaplains. Victoria, was a well known place, but why should not Grand Past Grand Wardens. Supreme Grand Chapter 203 Chapter adhere to its principle that the place of meeting, Past Provincial Grand Masters. the hotel in Ballarat where this chapter was to be held, Provincial Grand Masters. The Masonic Ceremony at Truro 203 , should be particularised, the same as with chapters in The Corinthian Light borne by the Master of a lod Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 204 ge. England. The column of the Junior Grand Warden borne by the Notes on the History of thc English Ritual 204 As no amendment was proposed, the warrant was granted. Master of a lodge. A Visit to thc Library at Golden Square 204 Col. CREATON proposed , and Comp. J. M. CASE The Junior Grand Warden with the plumb rule. Freemasonry in Spain ,_ 204 seconded , the granting of the petition from Comps. Sir G. Steward. Banner of the Grand Lodge. G. Steward: Royal Masonic Institution for Boys 205 Walter VVyndham Burrell, Bart, M.P., as Z.; Charles |The Doric Light borne by the Master of a lodge. Thc West Lancashire Masonic Educational Institution aoj John Smith as H.; Captai n James Campbell Herbert The column of the Senior Grand Warden borne by the Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage 206 Stratford as J.; and seven others, for a chapter to be Master of a lodge. R EPORTS OF M ASONIC M EETINGS— attached to the Hova Ecclesia Lodge, No. 1466, Bri ghton, I he Senior Grand Warden with the level Craft Masonry 206 to be called the Hova Villa Chapter, and to meet at the Junior Grand Deacons. Instruction 307 Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, in the county of Sussex. /-The Grand Chaplain-\ Royal Arch 20S Col . CREATON proposed , and thc Rev. C. W. Grand Steward. < bearing the Sacred > Grand Steward. Mark Masonry 20S ARNOLD seconded, the granting of the petition from v. Law on a cushion. J Ancient and Accepted Rite 209 Comps. Robert Beales, M.D., as Z., Samuel Franceys The Deputy Grand Master with the square. Red Cross of Constantinc 209 Royal Ark Mariners 209 Gosling, as H.; Andreas Edward Cokayne as J.; and seven The Ionic Light borne by the Master of a lodge. Ancient and Primitive Rite 200 others, for a chapter to be attached to the Eaton Lodge, The Grand Sword Bearer. Scotland 509 No. 533, Congleton, to be called the Warren Chapter, and T HE MOST WORSHIPFUL G RAND MASTER. Masonic Notes and Queries 209 meet at the Freemasons' Hall, Congleton, Cheshire. Senior Grand Deacons. Amusements : 209 Col. CREATON proposed, and Comp. J. T. BIGGS, !. 177, The Grand Stewards. LEADERS 310 Services of the Grant! Otficcrs 210 seconded , the granting of the petition from Comp. Charles Grand Tyler. CORRESPONDENCE — Pulman, as Z.; Samuel Pownceby, as H.j Henry Charles The procession will start from the Town Hall, and pro- Thc Provinces and thc Charities 212 Soper, as J.; and six others, for a chapter to be attached ceed to Southleigh in reversed order , where it will open Masonic Regalia 213 to the Bedford Lodge, No. 157, London , to be called the out to allow the carriage of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales Royal Masonic Institution for Girls 213 Bedford Chapter, and to meet at the Freemasons' Hall, to drive down the line, and re-close facing the City. Red Cross of Rome and Constantinc 213 London. H.R.H. the M.W. the Grand Master having assumed Reviews 313 Royal Masonic Institution for Hoys 313 Col. CREATON proposed, and Comp. JOSHUA NUNN his place in the procession , it will move off in the above- Literarv and Anti quarian Notes .'. 313 seconded, the granting of the petition from Comps. George detailed order, and will arrive at the western entrance of Masonic and General Tidings 313 Tidcombc, as Z.; William Stephens, as H.; Henry the cathedral at high noon, the brethren passing through Lodge Meetings for Next Week ri4 Lovcgrove, as J.; and six others, for a chapter to be attached to the north-eastern enclosure taking their seats, with the Advertisements I. to V1I1. to the Abercorn Lodge, No. 1549, Great Stanmore, to exception of the Grand Officers and Provincial Grand Offi- be called the Stanmore Chapter, and to meet at the cers, who will be formed in ranks standing on each side of Abercorn Arms, Great Stanmore, in the county of the area of the western enclosure. SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER Middlesex. The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese will offer up These petitions being in all respects regular, were unani- prayers. The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter mously granted. The Right Hon. the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Provincial of Royal Arch Masons of England was holden on Wed- Comp. R AW SON announced that the Prince of Wales Grand Master of Cornwall, and Chairman of the Building nesday evening last, at Freemasons' Hall. Comps. S. Raw- had appointed Colonel Creaton President, and Comps. Committee, will address the Grand Master, and request son, presided as M.E.Z., Capt. N. G. Phili ps as H., and R. Grey and A. J. Duff Filer members of the Committee His Royal Highness to lay the foundation stone of the Capt . VV. Piatt as J.; Col. Shadwell H. Clerke, S.E.; Dr. of General Purposes. cathedral. E. E. Wendt as S.N.; J. A. Rucker, as P.S.; the Rev. The brethren then elected Comps. H. C. Levander, E. The Grand Master will pass in procession to the north- C. VV. Arnold as 1st Assistant; C. A. Murton, as Letchworth, C. F. Hogard, James Lewis Thomas, George eastern enclosure, preceded by the brethren stationed in the 2nd Assistant; Col . Creaton, Treasurer ; j. Lewis Thomas, Lambert, and F. Adlard members of the Committee oi western one. as Sword Bearer; Mullens, as D.C; and H. Sadler, Janitor. General Purposes. The Grand Master having taken up his position , the ves- There were also present Comps. H. G. Buss, Bannister. T. sels of corn, wine, and oil will be deposited on a pedestal Fenn, VV. F. Nettleship, Peter de Lande Long, A. J. Duff placed for their reception. Filer, H. J. P. Dumas, VV. Ough, Joshua Nunn, J. M. THE MASONIC CEREMONY AT TRURO. The Archbishop will offer up prayers. Case, Hyde Pullen, H. Muggeridge, E. J. Barron , A. M. The upper stone will then be .raised and the lower one Thomas, Z. 134 ; Hayward Edwards, P.Z. 13SS ; E. Great preparations are being made at Truro for the ap- adjusted. Letchworth, P.Z. 1237; Charles F. Hogard, P.Z., j. 142 ; proaching Royal visit—the triple attraction of the great f he Grand Chaplain will offer a prayer. 1. McDougall, P.Z. 913, P.G.S.B. Kent; J. E. Cussans, Masonic ceremony the laying of the foundation stone of a A hymn will be sung. Z. 13S5 ; E. Driver, P.Z. 742 ; J. N. Palmer, J. 175 ; new cathedral, and the Royal visit—conbine to make an The Grand Secretary will read aloud the inscription on H. T. Wood , Z. ii 50 ; Alfred J. Rristovv , H. 1593 ; A. event of extraordinary interest not only to Cornishmen and the plate ; the Grand Treasurer will deposit the phial con- Penfold, Z. 913; Thomas D. Hayes, J. 913; Alfred the Craft, but to thc country at large. Early last week a taining the 'coins, and the Grand Secretary will place the Meadows, J. 92 ; R. R. Davis, J. 7; I . J. Limebeer, Z. public meeting was held, when the programme that had plate on the lower stone. The cement will then be spread 749 ; F. Adlard, P.Z. 214; 1. T. Brirnrs, I. 177 ; R. been prepared was submitted for confirmation ; it has since on the upper face of the lower stone, and the M.W. Grand l.oveland Loveland, P.Z. 1 75, 2,7; A. A. Pendlebury, been subjected to some modification , but it remains Master will adjust the same with a trowel handed to him for P.Z. 105G ; John H. Scott, P.Z. 271 ; J. H. Watts, substantially the same. Some disappointment will be the purpose, after which the upper stone will be slowly M.E.Z. 1201 ; Frank Richardson , P.Z. S; Wm. Stiles, felt at the decision that has been come to with re- lowered with three distinct stops. I.1507 ; II. S. Somervillc Hurnev, P.Z. 1615 ; William The Grand Master will now prove thc just position and ' spect to the part which the Lord Mayor will take in thc Gouldon , L 54S ; II. E. Frances, P.Z. S57 ; II. Hiirgins, proceedings. It was at first arranged that the Lord and form of the stone by the plumb rule, level, and square, 1 S1 ; Thomas Massa J. 3 , H. 129G ; R. F. Gould, P.Z. 02; Lady Mayoress, with the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, which will be successively delivered to him by the Junior W. H. Lee, M.E.Z. 1524 ; Magnus Ohrcn , P.Z. should go in State; but from thc diffculty in finding accom- Grand Warden, the Senior Grand Warden, and the Deputy 33 and 452; Neville Green, H. 1524 ; John Green , Z. modation for the large number of horses, carriages, and Grand Master. Being satisfied in these particulars, he will 973 ; VV. H. Pcrryman, H. 134S ; H. C. Levander, P.Z. retinue, that is found to be impracticable, and his lordship give the stone three Knocks with the mallet which will be 142 ; G. A. Rooks, Z. 142 ; E. F. Green, J. 1056; William will attend in his Masonic capacity as Grand Junior Warden. delivered to him. Stephens, P.Z. SO2, 874, 1365 ; Charles Pulman , J. 1339 ; Vve give below the Masonic programme as issued by The cornucopia, containing the corn, and the ewers, with James Kench, P.Z. 53S; K. P. Bent, Z. elect 4C6; Peter thc Grand Secretary. the wine and oil, will next be handed to the Grand Master, Robinson , P.Z. 1S5; Sir K. Wyatt Truscott, 2; VV. F. The M.W. Grand Master, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, who will strew the corn and pour the wine and oil over the Laxton, P.Z. 1194 ; John II. Southvvood, Z. 1260 ; Wm. K.G., will hold an Especial Grand Lodge at the Town Hall, stone, with the accustomed ceremonies. Keene, Z. 1615 ; H. K. Gamble, Z. 13; J. E. Middleton , The Bishop will give the dedication prayer. ' Truro, in the Province of Cornwall, on Thursday, the 20th Z. 2; William Pattrick, /.. 107 ; James Hillhouse, H. 22S ; inst, for thc purpose of laying with Masonic ceremonial The Architect will be presented to the Grand Master. John Messent , P.Z. S; George Lambert, P.Z. 7 and 21 ; the foundation stone of the cathedral of the diocese. The Grand Master having inspected the plan of the in- and H. Massey, P.Z. C19 (Freemason). The Grand Officers will assemble at the Town Hall, and tended building will deliver the same to the Architect, to- After the reading of the laws for the conduct of the busi- the remainder of the brethren at the Public Rooms, when gether with the several tools used in proving the position of ness of Grand Chapter and the reading and confirmation of the Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened at ten o'clock. the stone, and desi re him to proceed without loss of time to Comp. the minutes, Ravvson announced that His Royal The Grand Lodge will be opened at eleven o'clock pre- the completion of the work in conformity with the plan. Highness the Prince of Wales had appointed the Earl of cisely, and the procession will then be formed in the follow- The I* rcemasons will now place on the foundation stone Carnarvon Pro G.Z.; the Earl of Lathoin, G.H.; and Lord ing order:— Band of music. thc purses to be received on behalf of the Building Fund. De Tablcy, G.J. Two Tylers with drawn swords. The Archbishop will pronounce the patriarchal Benedic- The following companions were also appointed :— Visiting brethren. tion. Comp. Lieut.-Col. Shadwell H. Clerke G.S.E. Lodges according to their numbers, juniors walking first The procession will return to the western enclosure, „ Sir F. VV. Truscott, Lord Mayor Provincial Grand Officers of other Provinces. where the Grand Master will lay the western stone with of London ...... G.S.N. Provinci al Grand Officers of Cornwall. similar ceremony. „ Rev. R. P. Bent G.P.S. Architect with the Plans. Ladies and gentlemen will place on the western stone the „ R. F. Gould G. 1st A.S. ( A cornucopia with corn, -\ purses and contributions received on behalf of the Building „ Frank Richardson G. 2nd A.S. Grand \ borne by a Master of a lodge. / Grand Fund. " „ Lieut.-Col . John Creaton G. Treas. Steward . j Two ewers with wine and oil, (Steward The ceremonies being concluded the Grand Lodge will „ /E. J. Mclntyre, Q.C., M.P. ... G. Reg. ^ borne by Masters of lodges. J return to the Town Hall. „ Lieut.-Col. Hugh S. Somervillc Assistant Grand Pursuivant. The Grand Lodge will then be closed . Burney G. Svvd. Br. Grand Pursuivant. A luncheon will be held at the Town Hall at two o'clock , „ John Henderson Scott G. Std. Br. Grand Organist. to which ladies and non-Masons will be admitted. Tickets, „ Magnus Ohrcn C.D.C. Trowel borne by a Past Master. Mallet borne by a Past including wine, 10s. „ H. G. Buss G. Asst. S.E. Master. The brethren will not appear in Masonic costume at the „ H. Sadler G. Janitor. Assistant Grand Di rector of Ceremonies. luncheon. Col . CREATON moved, and Comp. E. L ETCHWORTH Grand Director of Ceremonies, N.B.—All brethren to appear at the ceremonies in black seconded , the granting of the prayer of the petition from Past Grand Sword Bearers. frock coats, black trousers, white ties and gloves, high hat, Comps. Charles Brainc Finlayson, as Z.; Thomas Kennedy. Grand Superintendent of Works bearing a plate with the with full Masonic Craft clothing, the apron to be outside as H. ; William Little, as J. ; and seven others, for a inscription for the foundation stone. coat; no jewels to be worn but those appertaining to the chapter to be attached to the Yarrovvee Lodge, No. 713, Past Grand Deacons. Craft or Royal Arch Masonry. Ballarat , to be called the Yarrovvee Chapter, and to meet at Grand Secretary with the Book of Constitutions. By command of the M.W. Grand Master, Ballarat, Victoria. President of the Board of General Purposes. ALBERT VV. WOODS, Garter, _ Comp. H. J. P. DUMAS said, it was in no spiri t of objec- Past Grand Registrars. Grand Director of Ceremonies. tion that he rose to make a remark, but in pursuance of a Grand Registrar bearing the Great Seal. We call attention to the following circular:— rule of Grand Chapter that all companions applying for new Grand Treasurer bearing a phial containing the coins to be \V. Hrothcr,— chapters should be particular to specif y the places at which deposited in the stone. Your attendance is requested at an Especial Grand Lodge to be Iiolden at the Town Hall, Truro, on Thursday, probably the difference in his systems is one of cxpansive- treatises (many very scarce), works on the "Cabala," foreign the colli clay of May next, for the purpose of laying, in ncss more than anything else. and English Masonry. There is a good collection of thc • Masonic form , thc foundation stone of the Truro Cathedral. In 1798 J. Brown put out bis "Master Key '' in cypher, " Constitutions " and ancient and modern Masonic works. Thc Grand Officers. Past Masters, and Wardens of and in 1S02 thc charlatan Finch published his M asonic Thc library is rich, as was probable, in High Grade Rituals, lodges arc to assemble at 10.30 o'clock. treatise, (an utterl y worthless production). It is said that and in works relating to Theosophic Masonic literature. The Grand Lod ge will be opened at eleven o'clock pre- in 1 S02 a " Freemasons' Companion ," or " Pocket Precep- It is also making a good collection of works on architecture, tor," was published at Philadel phia, U.S., by John Phili ps, and archaeology, and of such books as Calmel 's "Dictionary cisely. " By command of the M.W. Grand Master, but 1 have not seen it. of the Bible," Picart's " Ceremonies," and "The History SlIADWKI.I. II. Cl.KRKK , Cr.S. Abroad the expositions of Masonic ritual , pretended and of the Templars and Kni ghts of St. John. Freemasons' Hall, London, W.C., surreptitious, [bad been incessant. They began so far Among the curiosities in the museum 1 noted thc apron ist Mav, 1SS0. back as 17.^,4, when Prichard was translated into German, (Rose Croix) of Henry IV. of France, the apron of Napo- OTE — It is particularl y requested that all Grand Offi- Dutch , and French. The Dutch translation dates from leon I. the snuff box of Frederick the Great, several very N . " cers who intend to be present at thc Special Grand Lodge 1734, the German in I 73< > , and the French in 1737. curious seals and antique jewels,, and among them an old at Truro, as above, will signify such intention to the Grand Tile first original French publication seems to have been K.A. jewel, with three Hebrew words without thc vowel Secretary on or before the Sth inst. "Lc Secret des Francs Macons," &c, by thc Abbe Pcrau , points. This must be very old. Two articles clai m speci al no- , 1742 , and there is a German work called " Das Gehimniss tice, one is a jadestatuetteol Confucius, on which is seen the der Freirmaurer, &c, Pans, mentioned by Moss, 1739, square, two triangles, and an apron , and the other a jade ROYAL, MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR a copy of which I have seen. enamelled square. Both must be very old, and the squarcsare I need hardly detail to-day thc list of these French and 100 not Degrees. Among swords picked up on one of BOYS. , 90 the German works, which are known to Masonic students, be- thc French battle-fields in the last war was a Tyler's sword cause they prove little or nothing, and are mostly copies with .Masonic emblems. I need say nothing of the con- on Sat- The General Committee of this Institution met one of another, and all are based on " Pri chard , or the siderations arising out of some of these " evidences of urday last, at Freemasons' Hall, Bro. Raynham VV. Ste- Great M ystery." Masonry." but would merely premise that if thc apron of li. wart in the chair. There were also present Bros. R. And here comes in the other view of the subject—they Henry IV. of F-ancc is authentic we shall have to Rawson , , Webster, S. 15. Wilson . VV. F. C. Moutrie, J. arc all utterl y worthless, partl y through their untruth , and re-write our Masonic history. Lilley, S. D. M. Dewar, Herbert Dicketts, L. Ruf , A. H. partly through their incorrectness, and, above all , through Nothing could exceed the courtesy of the authorities at Duff Filer Edward B. Grahliam, J.Terrv, Rosenthal, A. J. , their exaggeration. They represent nothing, to my mind, Golden-square, or their evident wish to oblige, and fraternal C. H. Webb, H. Young, VV. Maple, John Constable, Joyce but the outcome of vul gar curiosity or idle mendacity. willingness to show their now curious and valuable col- W. Mann Murrav, Rev. Richard Morris, Thos. Meggy, , But as base coi n points to good coin , so these fictitious lection. 1 am informed that they are at all times glad 1. J. Hooper Wilkins. Thos. W. C. Bush , F. Adlard , " revelations prove thc existence of a true ritual. to receive bon;\-fide Masonic students, and to give them VV. H. Pcrryman, F. Binckes (Secretary), and 11. Masscy As far now as we can speak positively on the subject , every facility to read and collate thc works in their ( Freemason). there were in England at thc close of the last century, the possession. (he minutes, and the After reading and confirmation of following rituals : There was the ritual emendated by I can on!}- say (hat I left greatl pleased and edified Court minutes and the House y reading of the Quarterly Preston ; there was thc ritual in use among the Antients ; with my visit and 1 hasten in the t rcemnson to commu- , two peti- , and Audit Committees' minutes for information there was the ritual which bad been used by the York Grand nicate that pleasure and edification to others. tions, adjourned from the. former meeting for further par- Lodge, and there was the old ritual which bad come Let us hope that the evident tendency of the hour to read was ticulars, were received and passed. One new petition down through Clare, and Manningham, and Dunckerley, more and think more about Masonry may be " auspicium information as to accepted, and another conditionall y on and which was worked in those modern lodges where Pres- melioris ;cvi " for Masonic literature and Masonic libraries. compliance with rules being supplied. Outfits were granted ton 's emendations had not found entrance. Grand Lodge, VV. to two cx-pupils of the Institution , who have obtained situ- as far as wc know, pursued, until 1S13, a purely passive ations. rule in the matter. FREEMASONRY IN SPAIN. The following brethren were nominated for election 011 the One great point of distinction , however, was the " uni- House and Audit Committees : of some lodges and the Christianity of the ritual vcrsalism" (Continued fro m page 144.J For the House Committee : Bros. Joyce Murrav, H. B. of others. Grabham. |. G. Chancellor, II. W. Hunt, VV. F. C. Mou- From 1733, according to the Rawlinson MSS. in thc We have already said that the Spanish Revolution of 1S6S trie, W. Paas, F. VV. Ramsay, G. J. Row, VV. Roebuck, Bodleian Library, Oxford , in which one or two prayers are S. Rosenthal , D. Rolls, G. Sanders, R . VV. Stewart, 1'.. L inaugurated a new era of liberty -, it also marks a fresh de- found , the purely Christian forms of the earlier ritual were parture in the chequered history of Freemasonry in Spain. Mather, T. Meggy, Alfred Williams, R. P. Spice, T passing away, and we find , if wc look back carefully into Cubitt, and Alfred Durrant. A brief sketch of the state of affairs which immediately the matter, tliat. as Barton U'ilsor used to like to say, " tlie- preceded the promulgation of the Liberal Constitution of For the Audit Committee: Bros. J. Constable, C. F. Ma two systems ran side by side," pari pass u, until the Gordian tier, D. M. Dewar, T. Meggy, VV. 'Mann , Alexander Wal iSoi) is necessary to enable our readers to appreciate the knot was cut, as we all 'know, in 1S13, and this vexata full significance of thc change brought about by the Revo- lace, R. B. Webster, II . Venn , and C. K. Soppet. qmestia deliberately and definitivel y settled in favourof uni- The Committee then adjourned. lution. versal prayers. The opening months of the year 1S6S saw things political It has been said that the ritual of the antients was more much disturbed in Madrid in consequence of the death of Christian than that of the moderns, because they leant NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE Narvaez—a soldier and statesman of no ordinary type, who more to the ancient York system. But liro. Iluglian and ruled his country with an iron hand alternately with his ENGLISH RITUAL. myself have long pointed out that there was no real con- compeer O'Donell. He suppressed all liberty ; but , never- nection between Dermott and the \ ork Grand l*odge, and theless, he kept the Carlist and other rival factions quiet, H Y THE EDITOR . that the " York Rite " is a non-existent rite as such, a mis- and, commercially speaking, he undoubtedly contributed nomer, a later invention altogether. to thc prosperity of tbe land. PART II. I am not aware, as I said before, that any authentic copy Of the three chiefs of the Isabellinist cause in Spain, (Continued from page 104.) of the Antient Ritual exists. who, for more than a quarter of a century, had success- 1 have always held that Browne in his " Master Key " there fore which it is full y upheld the rights of Dona Crislina and her daughter We have reached this position , , leant more to the antient and Gondall , in " JacViin and that imicli , Isabel a gainst the Carlist Pretenders to the throne of Fer- well to mile carefully before we go on to Part I/., Boaz ," to the moderns, but others hold a contrary opinion. arra n gements rests dinand VII., the greatest of the three—both as a statesman that has been said respecting previous Whichever be the true view of the matter is not a matter and that we have no authentic and as a general—was, undoubtedly, General N'arvaez. only on an lit dirilur . of great consequence, as all the pre 1S.13 questions resolve tradition , am! that mainl Oliver's, His compeers and coadjutors, Ualdomcro Espartero and evidence exci'jit y themselves into insi gnificance , and leinaiu simply as curious uf the successive alterations up to of the Lcopoldo O'Donell, were brave men and true patriots, whilst after all , 1770 subjects of enquiry for the Masonic student and archx-olo- ritual bv Dosauglicrs and Anderson , Clare, and Manning- always loyal to their Queen , but neither of them was a born gist of to-day. ruler of men, which Narvaez proved himself to be. General liain. It may have been so, it probabl y was so, but as As regards the- Christianity of the earlier ritual s, I would no M.S. evidence remains irrcfragahl y of the fact, we can Espartero bad retired years before from politics, and O'Do- just observe that Oliver, who is our principal authority, had onl slad-iiii-iil on Oliver 's authority. No such nell himself departed this life in the year 1SI16, leaving Nar- y accept the taken up in his later years strong so-called " Johannite " pointed exists in the archives vaez without a political rival possessing force of character suf- ritual , as 1 have before out , views, and his statements must all be taken " cum grano or at Gulden-square. ficient to wrest the reins of government from his hand, and of Grand Lodge, salis " as for instance, when he quotes Dunckerley, in , that ritual really was can onl be a matter , , thus he was at the time virtual Dictator at Madrid. Narvaez What, therefore y " The Revelations of a Square ," as mentioning the old of speculation, and. in truth , as a thing of the past , except was a relentless and autocratic minister—the true Bismarck Christian prayers and invocation. The words he used arc quarian interest , it concerns us to-day in infini- of Spain ; yet withal an honest man, and sincere in his be- as of anti actually taken from the "Masonic Poem " of early 14th tesimal measure. lief that the stern and inflexibl e policy which he pursued century, which it is doubtful if Dunckerley ever saw. From to , when Thomas Dunckerley appears as was tile best for both Spain and the Spaniards. 1752 17M But then , on the other hand , we must not lose sight of , nothing clearly was done. Oliver After the death of O'Donell Narvaez became still more Senior Grand Warden the influence of llermeticism in Freemasonry and Christian wrong in stating that in 1 Dunckerley intro- ruthless, yet more autocratic and repressive in his rule. He is absolutely 740 Herim-ticism to boot , a point which has not received yet the duced Royal Arch Masonry, and he antedates brooked no interference with his will. He made short work of apparentl y attention it deserves. his active work in Masonry by about twenty-five years. those of his political adversaries who dared to show their Dunckerley is mentioned three limes in the Constitutions hands openly before him, and when on bis death bed his father confessor put tbe usual question before giving him final of 17S4, as being present in Grand Lodge—when Senior A VISIT TO THE LIBRARY AT GOLDEN Grand Warden in 1 70S, (he was also Provincial Grand Master absolution as to whether be forgave his enemies, Narvaez for Hampshire), in 177.=;, in 177(1, at the consecration of Free- SQUARE. is said to have replied , with a relentless smile on his dying masons' Hall. At a Grand Lodge in 177S a report of his, li ps, " I have no enemies; 1 have shot them all '. " as Superintendent lor Wiltshire and Dorsetshire is By the very courteous consideration of Bro. Capt. Phili ps, 1 The death of this resolute man was the signal for a mentioned : perhaps a diligent search of the Grand Lodge was, as a "Masonic Student," enabled under his efficient general outburst of rival partisanshi p. Men whose hun- minute books might discover other attendances. We shall guidance to enjoy a couple of hours most pleasantly and gry mouths had long been watering for the good things of not do wrong, however, in placing his active work of profitably in tbe library and museum of Golden-square. office, but who had not dared to pit themselves openly Masonry from 1770 forwards, as it could not, I think , have This is comparativel y a modern creation , and reflects the against the dreaded arm of Narvaez , now openly plotted begun much before that time . If , as reported , he revised greatest credit on the authorities of the Ancient and Ac- against his immediate successor, Gonzalez Brabo. This the ritual , it would lie about that period. It is just possibl e cepted Scottish Rite, as they have in it tbe " nucleus " of a Brabo was a cunning lawyer and nothing more, who relied that Dunckerley 's activity in the Royal Arch movement most valuable and important library. Many of the books upon Jesuitical support and Ultramontane intrigue to hold about 17 6S may have been transferred to Craft Masonry. are very curious, sume are very rare indeed, most rare, and bis own against his various political adversaries ; but these, At page 113 of " The Revelations of a Square," Oliver all seem collected with care, acumen , and good taste. At being men of the sword, prepared to meet him with their gives us some of Dunckerley 's. emendations. I wish I could present the libra ry is not a large one, as libraries are own doughty weapons, and they soon passed from intrigue believe that they accurately represent Dunckerley 's own reckoned , but it is, " be it noted, a most praiseworthy begin- to actual pronunciti miento, and thus brought about the words. They seem to me, I confess, mor; than doubtful. ning, and as a Craft Mason I regretted to think that Grand memorable events of 1S6S. Preston 's ritual is in the possession of the Lodge of Lod ge provides no such carefully ordered "feast of reason " The Revolution of September of that year was a true Anti quity. The First Degree has been given by the "I'rcs- for its numerous members. 1 am not unaware of the great "Causa de Hspana." Its promoters were themselves as tonian Lecturers. '' In respect of the Second Degree there difficulties of this special question in Grand Lodge, but it surprised at the results achieved as were the most loyal and seems to be some doubt. Hut the Third Degree —a s Pres- is n disgrace to the greatest Craft Bod y in existence, a unaspiring of the lahradores of Old Castile. The sole and ton used it—is still in cypher, and has never as such been standing discredit to ii, with all its wealth, that it possesses onl y aim of the consp irators was to turn Gonzalez Brabo given m England. no fair collection of Masonic literature, nor provides a and his ministry out of office, and to expel from the Royal We must not omit to mention here that from 1 755, •»' there- library , where earnest Masonic students may read, study, palace the Out-en's special favourite, Marfori, and those abouts, the Antient Masons bad adopted a ritual of their and think. Thc authorities at Golden-square , wise in their Jesuitical knaves—true wolves in sheep's clothing—Padre own. What it was is not at all certain; but such was the generation, have commenced, and are keeping up, a most Claret and Sister Patrocino. When Admiral Topete en- state of things when Preston undertook , about 177-. to re- interesting collection of books bearing on Masonry, as well tered the Bay of Cadiz at the head of a portion of the fleet vise and re-arrange the ritual . We have the proof of his Craft as Hi gh Grade, and on cognate subjects and collatera l of Spain , supported on shore by Genera l Serrano in com- revised ritual in that it still exists, its great prevalence at studies, and if they continue in this good course they mand of a few regiments of soldiery, bought for the occa- our time in English lodges, and its influence on Masonry will in a few years possess a most valuable and important sion by Montpensier 's gold, their hostility was directed which even now has not passed away. library, one of which they will have good reason to be proud. solely against the ministers and courtesans then in power, At page 114 " Revelations of a Square," Oliver im- Among tbe MSS. 1 observed a fine thirteenth century from whose hands they desired to wrest, by force of arms, parts to us some test questions of Preston. If they Latin Bible, most interesting and valuable in itself , and a the reins of government ; partl y with a vague intention _ of but prin- IV CI'L r, all y Preston 's, (which is doubtful on more grounds " replica " of Matthew Cooke's .VIS., which seemed In mc advancing the cause of Liberal constitutionalism , than one I, they have long become obsolete. Preston 's older than Reid's copy, now in Bro. Woodford's possession , ci pall y with personal aims in view , for, in point of fact, this " working " was long popular in England , and it has been from the great attention paid to " rubrication of passages hronunriamienta was neither more nor less than a Spanish asserted that as he was originall y an Antient Mason he in- and donation of capitals. " I was also struck with several military emeiile, the final object in view being tbe political corporated into the modern " working " much of the High Grade Rituals, and above all with the minutes of aggrandisement of Messieurs Topete, Serrano, arul Juan " working " of the Antients. It has also been said that " La Grande Loge de France," from 1713, which had be- Prim. There was not one of these actors who anticipated Preston had an earlier and a later system. Preston , in his longed to " Th'ory," author of " Acta Latomorum." for a moment that their skilfully planned couf> d'etat would first edition of his " Illustrations ," which then was not a Among the printed books I was struck by the numerous assume the historical proportions of a dynastic Revolution. conspi - history in 1772 , lias adopted the." Universal Prayers," and and valuable collection of Hermetic works of Rosicrucian The subsequent flight of the Queen herself . took the rators entirely by surprise , for they were all of them ri ght of conscience was suppressed, as also that of public ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR monarchists and not republicans, and not onl y monarch- meeting. The Jesuits were again permitted to reside in the BOYS. ists, but loyal Isabellinists ; and thus it was neither their in- country, and one of their first and most arbitrary decrees tention, nor was it their desire, to drive Queen Isabel from was directed against Ruiz Zorrilla , Grand Master of the The following circular , politically proscribed has been issued by Bro. Binckes : her throne, or to disestablish the Bourbon regime in Spain. Freemasons in Spain. He was exiled , The present is considered—it because he declined to accept Don Al honso is hoped not erroneously—. Thc Ouecn had onl y herself and her Court favourites to professedly p a fitting occasion on which returned as king, but reall because he was supposed to be the head to address to the Craft an blame for the final catastrophe. If she had boldl y y appeal, somewhat perhaps out of the usual course the waters in and soul of the rapidly extending Masonic movement in , but to her capital (she was at the moment taking justified, it is believed , by circumstances to which distinct the north of Spain) all would have gone sin novedad , as Spam. reference is unnecessary . the Brabo ministry On Grand Master Zorrilla's expatriation his rank as the Spaniards say, or, in other words, When the present Secretary accepted office as the result Serrano, Topete , and Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of the 33° would simply have been supplanted by of a specially-appointed Committee of Enquiry, he pledged Prim , and the Queen would have remained firml y seated on in Spain was delegated to Bro. Juan de la Somera, who himself to spare neither time assumed the duties thus conferred upon him at a special nor exertion in endeavouring her throne. to raise this Institution in the estimation of the Order Novaliccs were routed assembly of the Council held for that purpose. , and But when thc Brabo forces under to render it more fully adequate to meet thc rapidl bridge of Alcolca , which But Bro. Somcra's advanced age and his feeble state of y by Serrano, at the now historical developing needs of the day, stipulating for liberty of action quivir not far from Cordova, the health obliged him to resign office, after having ruled over spans the river Guadal , in carrying out his duties. At that time—June, 1SC1—the frightened Queen took to flight, and crossed over the the Masons of Spain for little more than a year. On the income of the Institution was about " of December he formally resigned his two hi h offices £2000 per annum ; the Bidasoa to France, never again, wc trust, to return and 27th g number of boys clothed and educated of Grand Commander of the Ancient Scottish Rite and , seventy. When the misgovern her countrymen. erection of a new bidding for one hundred boys—with that the cx-Quecn Isabel voluntarily Grand Master of the Symbolic Degrees. We have said capability of extension—was determined on, the entire and thus virtuall y abdicated thc throne; Within a fortni ght of this resignation , viz., on the seventh - went into exile, Funded Stock, £13, 100 , was sold to assist in defraying humanly speaking this was so, but may we not see in this day of January, 1S7C , the Grand Council at Madrid elected the cost. ' ' by a very large majority of votes (but , unfortunately, not apparently accidental circumstance the Hand of the In undertaking to raise the amount requisite for the work Pro- unanimously) one of tbe most zealous and distinguished , G.A.O.T.U. speciall y stretched out in His all-wise and to recoup the stock so sold, the Secretary full deal still Masons of Spain, His Excellency Don Praxcdes M. Sa- y appre- vidence, so to guide the course of events as to ciated thc responsibility and weight of the task. His anti- . another blow at Jesuitism, and again to restrain the monster gasta , ex-President of the Council of Ministers and ex- cipations, however, have been entirel Secretary State for Home Affairs who had alread y realised, and it is of Ultramontamsm from its work of merciless suppression of , y with intense gratitude that he acknowled proved himself during thc short time that he had filled the ges the value of of every loyal instinct of the human heart ? the aid, and the warmth of the sympathy, accorded to his The sudden transition from monarchy, di rected by an highest office in thc Craft to be a thorough Mason at heart, efforts during the last nineteen years. and read autocratic ministry, to republicanism , pure and simple, was y to serve our Order in every possible way. During this period the building has His Excellency Bro . Sagasta is at the present moment been erected— effected without a sign of popular licence or disorder. How from time to time enlarged—and there are now demonstrated the acknowledged chief of the " Constitutional " Liberal 215 sons of easily Spaniards can be governed was amply Freemasons maintained, clothed, and educated within its after Isabella took to flight, for everything went on as peace- party in Spain—a party which includes within its ranks walls. most of the matured liberal intelligence of the country, ably and tranquilly as if no change whatever had occurred. The cost of the building has been fully met the sans who, whilst thoroughl loyal subjects of His Majesty King , thc amount Even the Dcscamisados (the " shirtless ones," y expended from 1SG2 to 1S79 being £02 is. 2d. Alphonso VII., and firm supporters of the dynasty, as re- ,485 culottes of Spain) were on their good behaviour; and fewer The funded property has been restored to the exten t of crimes were committed , fewer misdemeanors of the minor presented in his person , yet desire to see their young King £10,000. class, which wccall police cases, than perhaps at any other become a truly constitution al Sovereign, and return to the To entirely redeem the pled spirit , at least of the Constitution of 1S6 ge given in 1S6 1, there remains period of Spain 's history. To this most notable fact , 9, which gives such only the investment of £3100, and this it is earnestl true liberty to thc people. Thc firm idea of thc writer is y hoped the writer can bear personal testimony, as he was at the may be accomplished by the result of the approaching that King Alphonso himsel f will be first to rejoice when time travelling in Spain. festival, to be held under the presidency of a distinguished it was an easy those who had the present dominant party can be compelled by public Thus, we repeat , matter for ruler in the Order, than whom none can be more popular or the reins of power thrown into their hands in so unexpected opinion , or by a powerful combination formed by the vari- or held in higher esteem and regard. a manner to carry on the nominal government of the country ous political parties of Spain , to relinquish its grasp on both without a Oucen, or other recognised head. Their first the King and the country, in which case Sagasta will most care (to their credit be it said) was to summon a popularl y surely be placed in the responsible post of Prime Minister THE WEST LANCASHIRE MASONIC elected Cortes, or National Parliament; and their next to in Spain. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. revise the old constitutions, and remodel the laws of thc Wc have already said that His Excellency Praxcdes M. of the most complete civil and religious Sagasta was elected Sovereign Grand Commander over thc land on the basis 0 The Honorary Secretaries of this noble Institution (Bro. the plural, when speaking of old constitu- Supreme Counci l of the , and two months later, viz., on liberty. We use 33 Richard Brown, P.M. 241, and Bro. G. Broadbridge, P.P. advisedl for Spain was at the time in possession of the Gth day of March , 1S7C1, he was also elected by a large tions, y, G.D.C.) have recently issued the annual report , from which constitutions conferred and piomul majority as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Madrid. several model gated by we gather that the Charity, thanks to the fostering care hands—codes which (barring the question of But Bro. Sagast a's Grand Orient docs not, unfortunately, Bourbon and enthusiastic support of thc brethren in the province, is religious libert y) would have left little to have been wished at the present time include all the Masonic bodies now work- making substantial headway. The report ing in S , addressed to for by orderl y law-abiding citizens, if only any one of them pain. More than one rival " Grand Orient " claims Bro. the Earl of Lathom , D.G.M., P.G.M., to be entirel President of bad been honestly put in force. y independent of his jurisdiction. These, how- the Institution , and to thc Vice-Presidents and Life But the constitution of iSfwj was a very radical affair : ever, are rather offshoots from the United Body over which Governors, is as follows:— lete liberty of conscience, and the ri gh t of public Bro. Ruiz Zorrilla , and after him Bro, Juan de la Somera, it gave comp On behalf of the Committee, wc have pleasure in placing meeting ; and thus, for the very f irst time in the history presided , with an undivided authori ty, from 1S70 to iS7 f> before you thc annual report inclusive and and statement of accounts for of their country, our Spanish brethren were able, openly, , they are not (we trust , and believe) destined the past year, upon reference to which it will be found much longer to divide the future unit that and lawfully, to practise their rites, and carry on their work y of Freemasonry in there is great cause for congratulation , inasmuch as during Spain. Every body of good fellowship and charity. claiming to sovereign rights or inde- no previous year have the donations and subscriptions from And many were the brethren pendent jurisdiction , except the Grand Lod , initiated previous fo the. ge presided over lodges and brethren reached so large an amount; and period of suppression in 1S4S by Bro. Sagasta, has been essentiall and , on last , who now came to the y self-constituted , the other hand , in no former year has the amount paid for front. Several members of the Supreme Grand Council is entirely without that prestige and eclat which direct suc- education , &c , been so large as in 1S79. which had remained dormant for twenty years, lost no cession to an acknowledged and duly constituted authority The Sub-Committee appointed to must necessaril revise the bye-laws time, and spared no pains, in re-organizing the ancient land- y give, and Bro. Sagasta alone can claim brough t their labours to a close, and the new direct succession to the chair of Ruiz bye-laws, as marks of the Order. Their first care was to elect a worthy Zorrilla, who was submitted by them , were passed at a S brother as their chief , elected unanimousl pecial Court of and their choice fell on Bro. Ruiz y as Grand Master of the Orient of Governors held on 21st November last, and now onl Zorrilla, who was unanimousl Spain after the Masonic revival of 1SG y wait y accepted as their Grand 9. thc confirmation of another Court of Governors and Commander. His election took We shall in due course refer to each of tbe place on the 20th day of independent approval of thc Provincial Grand Lodge before they shortly afterwards he Masonic associations in Spain come July, 1S70. Very was also elected who have not yet officiall y into operation. By the new regulations, the children will be Grand Master over the Symbolic Degrees, the laws and acknowledged Bro. Sagasta as their chief. At the present placed upon thc foundation at the age moment we can onl of six instead of regulations which govern English Craft Masonry having y name them in tbe order in which they eight, and may remain till fifteen instead of fourteen tcd unanimousl deserve to rank. as at been adop y by the newl y constituted Grand present Several other advantages are secured to the Lodge of Spain. lurst comes the so-called "Grand Orient ," presided over children , which will no doubt necessitate increased expen- Before the close of the year 1S70, the roll of Grand Lodge by Bro. Juan Antonio Perez , a former member of the Grand diture in the future. in Madrid included the names of more than eighty Council presided over b properl y y Bro. de la Somera. Bro. Perez I he brethren are therefore earnestly entreated not to constituted Craft lodges, oyer whom capable and thoroughly is entirely unknown out of his own small circle. relax their efforts on behalf of the Charity. loyal Masons were placed in charge ; and two years later Secondly must be ranked those lodges who have affiliated , The Treasurer and Secretaries desire to express their when the vacant throne was filled by our Royal Bro. themselves to the Grand Orient of Portugal, with whom, thanks for the promptitude with which the however, returns have Amadcus, Duke of Aosta and Prince of Savoy, the greatest they have little in common. been sent in, and thc completeness of the lists Thirdl y may and addres- harmony and unity prevailed amongst our brethren in be mentioned what is called the " Aiidalu- ses. This has enabled them to issue the report S The Worship ful Masters exercised cian Masonic Confederation at a much pain. a strict super- ," who have obtained official earlier date than has been the case during the past f ew vision over candidates proposed for acceptance within our recognition (without actual affiliation) from the Grand years, besides considerabl y lessening to Council of Lausanne the labour connected Order, seeking only lay carefull y selected corner stones, , in Switzerland. These brethren art- therewith. 1 hey venture further to express and thus to raise our symbolic superstructure as waiting unattached " a hope that far as " until such time as forei gn Grand similar arrangements will be made for the future collection possible perfect in its parts, and an honour to the founders, Lodges may decide whether Bro. Sagasta or Bro. Perez is of subscriptions and sending in returns. but always in the name and to the glory of the G.A.O.T.U. to be officiall y recognised as the legitimate successor to Bro. Your Committee earnestly pray that the success which The close of the year 1S74 witnessed a fresh reverse of Ruiz Zorrilla. When such official recognition takes place has attended past operations of the Charit free-Masonic fortune in Spain. these unattached will y may be con- join their recognised brethren. tinued in the future, and that the blessing of the Great The abdication—entirel y voluntary on his part—of our Fourthly come a mere handful of brethren who desire to Architect of thc Universe may rest Royal upon thc labours of all Bro. Amadcus the First, the truly kingly scion of thc see Bro. the Marquis de Scoane elected to supreme com- f or the advancement of its interests. < House of Savoy, was followed by a period of republican mand. _ From thc statement of accounts, prepared b Bro. R. propagandism during which too zealous patriots of the ultra- Fifthly are those who y have never accepted the resi gna- Wilson , the Hon. Trcasurer. it appeared that the balance at Radical school shaped out quixotic and transcendental forms tion of Bro. ex-Grand Master de la Somera , and who still the end of last financial year was £329 12s. f>d. ; the pro- of " cantonal " self government for the Communes of the pretend to be under his Masonic jurisdiction. ceedings of tbe ' ball were £(>o But the onl 79 4s. 4d. ; tbe sum of Peninsula , which not only proved utterl y impracticable in y serious rival to Bio. Sagasta is Bio. Perez, /¦¦Ml 3S. fid. had been realised as interest on Mersey themselves , and his juri sdiction is of Dock but served to pave the way for the restoration a very limited kind. Of those Bonds ; £ 100 from the interest on mortgage of Masonic of the Bourbon regime in the person of Al lodges which , phonso VII., who appea r upon his roll a considerable number exist Hall; £10.1 for the P.G. Lodge Charity Fund; and now occupies the throne of Spain. on paper only, whilst others are alread y disorganised, and £701 7s. yd. from the donations and subscriptions of trn> The writer was always (irml destitute of y convinced (hat this resto- qualified Masters or officers . Bro. Perez is brethren. The sum of £060 1 is. 7d. had been ration was the onl " without Masonic paid during y solution possible for Spain , but he prestige, and , in point of fact , a very the year for the education and advancement in life desired that the Liberal large proportion of the brethren of party should themselves have now working under him children , and there remained a balance in hand at the close rallied round the young Prince of Asturias are doing so onl , and not have y until such time as the Grand Orient of of the year of £783 12s. 1 01I. It appeared that nearly 100 left it for the Ultrainontanes and Moderado.s of the Narvaez Sagasta shall have been officially recognised in London ; children were on the foundation school of the Institution , which, to place him on the throne. Unfortunatel y for whilst as regards those brethren who work under the pro- it ought to be stated , is carried on without one farthing Spain , and most unfortunatel tection of flic Grand Orient of of y for the young and good- Portugal and the Grand expenditure for official work in connection with its organi- hearted King himself , he was from the first surrounded Council of Lausanne, we may almost say that the whole of sation. 'I'he total investments b on behalf of the charity now y unconstitutional advisers, and, despite the well-know n them are not only read y, but really anxious, to affiliate them- amount to upwards of 61. fact £15,3 that he himself desires to become a trul y constitutional selves to a united and essentially national Grand Lodge, A special court of Governors of the Sovereign excellent Masonic , and to rule for the good of his people and for the such as that presided over by Bro. Sagasta undoubtedly is. Charity was held 011 Friday evening, furtherance thc 30th 11IL , at thc of their true welfare, he has as yet had no They only await the signal from the chief of all Masonic Masonic Hall , Hope-street, Liverpool chance iven him. He \s now , under the presi- g unpopular , not from , or authorities (in their eyes), that of London, to give Bro. dency of Bro. R. Wylie, P.P.G.S.D. There was lliroiigh , any f; tuH of his own a large , but entirely in conse- Sagasta (heir loyal and undivided support. attendance of Governors , including the honorary secre- quence of the arbitrary and autocratic conduct of those (To he continued.) taries (Brot. R. Brown , P.M. 241'. and G. Broadbridge. who have got him in their clutch—the Moderado party, the P.P.G.D.C.) I hirteen reactionary children were elected on the foun- party of Spain. dation of the Institution for education I'he very firs t thing these unpatriotic , and two received politicians did was money grants for their assistance and advancement. to dissolve the reall y popula r Cortes , and to get re-elected For the convenience of the public, Kingston 's The new bye-laws, adopted at a special court, on the 21st "i their stead a packed Parliament, composed of their own Railway Office Southampton-street November last, political , , lutzroy-square, will be were unanimously confirmed, on the motion retainers and nominees. This new Chamber of open late every evening next u'eek for the sal e of Great of Brother Cottrell, seconded IJeputies immediatel by Brother Bromley. The y proceeded to undo all the good work Western Railway excursion tickets to Rath, Bristol, Chel- proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to thc chairman. °} its predecessors. They abolished the Liberal Constitu- tion tenham, Exeter, Manchester, Liverpool , Plymouth , of 1SO9, and re-enacted in its place one of the least Worcester WORDSWORTH 'S " COCA PILLS," the successful remedy orf , &c, also L.B. and S.C.R. to Brighton and sleeplessness, neural liberal of those promulgated in Ouecn Isabella's days. The gia, and hav fever. 2s. per box. Hofnceo. Crystal Palace, yathic Cnemist, 6, Sloane-street , London,—[Aim,] '' and Bros. Murdock , Price, Burne, Rees, Beckham, Earner, Swallow, I.G. ; A. Rhagg, S.S. ; VV. M. P bus, ; METROPOLITAN AND CITY POLICE y J.S. and about forty others. Visitors : Bros. VV. Marshall, R. Ferry, Organist; and Joshua Curry, Tyler. Amongst ORPHANAGE. 1549; C. H. Abrams, 51 j ; T. Williams, 1261; C. VVatkins, the other brethren present were Bros. M. Corbitt, P.M., J. Bartle, 1642 ; S. Etherington , 1G42; H. Turner, P.G.S.D. ; David Sinclair, P.M. ; Matthews, K. in 1670; J. One of the most useful and best managed institutions ifioS ; T. Barker, 192 ; T. Trimmell, 1425 ; H. Taylor, Mitchinson , VV. Dalrymple, J. C. S. Lid'dcll , G. Benson and as it J. , thc metropolis has just issued its annual report, 1 (142; and C. Nunn , SS9. VV. Brown, VV. Towers, W. Potts, T. Swan, William deserves, in our opinion , both notice and commendation by There weresix raisings, and three initiations. Thebrethren Richardson, VV. H. Dunn , and others. There was present columns. tbe press, we find for it a corner in our crowded sat down to an excellent dinner, which was served by Bro. a capital muster of visiting brethren , among whom we No more needed or valuable " chari ty " in its truest mean- Reedcr in the good style for which the hotel is noted. observed Bros. Jos. Cook, P.M. 4S1, P.P.G.S.VV. ; con- ing can exist , per se, and all of us who require so After the usual loyal toasts had been drunk, the W.M. in Thomas Anderson , P.M. 541, P.G.T. ; John Usher, W.M. of our stantly the aid , and note the efficiency and civility proposing "The Health of the I.P.M." presented him with 4S1 ; John Duckett, S.W. 4S1; C. B. Ford ; insti- , J.D. 4S1 police force, can enter into the advantages of such an a five guinea jewel, which should have been presented Thomas Dinning, 4S1; T. V. Smith, S.W. nqi ; R . G. ' wear tution for that hardly-worked body of men, whose in February last, but was delayed in consequence of a Salmon, W.M. 406 ; G. VV. Lax, S.W. 40S ; R. VV. Sisson , and when, owing and tear " is greatly above the average, notice of motion by the Secretary, Bro. Walker, that an S.S. 40G ; A. D. Campbell. I.G. 541 ; J. T. Taylor P.M. unforseen accidents and to illness, rough usage, and the additional five guineas should be given , which was carried, 167 6; E. Marston, J.D. 1676; C. Laurent, 424 ; E. A. and refuge is an incalculable calamities of life , such a home and which the I.P.M., Bro. E. J. Allen , generously gave to Gibson , 424; G. J. Deans, P.M. 541 ; and C. Green, 991. blessin" and salvation (humanly speaking) to many a poor, the Girls' School . The W.M. in presenting the jewel, in an After the minutes were confirmed the ballot was taken familiar pro- friendless, helpless orphan. We have an old eloquent speech spoke of the great abilities of Bro. Allen, for two subscribing members, who were elected. After- and it verb " the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and to which Bro. Allen abl y replied. " The Health of the wards Bros. VV. Towers, E. Mitchinson , G. Benson, and and J. we may judge of the appreciation of both the public Visitors " was drank in the usual way of this flourishing VV. Brown were examined as to their proficiency . They were y very the force of the orphanage, it is happil y arid trul lodge, and was replied to in an eloquent speech by Bro. rewarded with the test of merit, and the S.W., having tions ot great. For instance, the donations and subscrip Marshall, 1549, &c. We noticed a great improvement in given them thc charge of the First Degree, they retired for trip " oublic " during 1S70 amounted to £.3579 MS. nd-, thc lod ge by the floor being covered by thc tesselated preparation. Thc lod ge was then opened in the Second which is a very striking fact, when wc remember that in carpet. After "Thc Health of the Officers " had been Degree, when tic four- candidates were rc-admilted and and in 1S70 the number of donors and subscribers was G03, drank and responded to, the brethren retired, after spend- passed as F.C.'s by the W.M., who also explained tin - lS70 A.\2T • ing a most enjoyable evening. Tracing Boards of the Degree. The S.W. gave tin- The most salient view connected with this report , and the working tools. Thc lodge was then closed to the Firs! most interesting in itsel f , is the most creditable fact that the LANGTON LODGE (No. 1673).—A meeting Degree, when two brethren were proposed as subscribing zealous support and institution is mainly kept up by the was held on Wednesday, the 21st ult., at the London members. The Treasurer, Bro. VV. B. Elsdon, presented f both Metropolitan and subscriptions of tbe police force itsel , Masonic Club, 101 , Oueen Victoria-street, E.C. Present : his annual financial statement A circular was then read of the City. , Bros. Dobbing, W."Sl. ; A. Reid, S.W. ; Rosenthal!, from. Bro. John Fawcett announcing his resignation as . sergeants, and J. Out of the two bodies, 5S3 inspectors, 997 ; Joseph Langton , S.D.; C. E. Barnett. J.D. ; J. A. P.G.M of the province. It was unanimously agreed that inspector, J.W. 9S03 constables annually subscribe , and only one Archer I.G. ; J. Wcstrope, Steward ; Joseph Langton, the W.M., on behalf of the lodge, should send a letter to the sup- , 12 sergeants, and 77 constables do not do so. But K. Stead , P.M. ; and Charles Birch , P.M. the retiring P.G.M., expressing thc deep regret and sym- tion. P.M.; J. port ol the force does notstop with an annual subscrip H. Hackworth, E. VV. Haines, R. Davies, pathy of the brethre n on his retirement from the active organ- Members : J. By entertainments and excursions of various kinds, T. Fillan E. VV. Marncr, J. Boyes, and VV. F. Taunton. duties of Freemasonry after such a long and brilliant 19s. 1 id., , ized by the force, it seems a further sum of £3^2 Visitors : Bros. A. VV. White, S90; G. Payne, P.M. 101, career, 'flic lodge was closed at 0.15 p.m., when tin- the large making altogether, in one way or another, P.G.S. ; John Heaton , Roval Sussex, 353; \V. A. Leninite, brethren adjourned to the refreshment room, where an through amount of £6325 iSs. id., is contributed by and 1-2; George Wood , P.M. 3S1 ; J. Pclson, SS; John enjoyable evening was spent in harmony, interspersed with Police. Wc include in this the Metropolitan and City VVood , W.M. 1 490; VV. RatclifT Steel, 1; A. C. Hunter, thc loyal and Masonic toasts. id. from retired amount the creditable item of £43 13 1404 ; T. I. Child, 1S5 ; VVallis Mack-ay, I3'9.' and J. C. collected in boxes at the constables, and £94 9s. lod. Rogers, . The lodge being opened in due form , thc MANCHESTER.—Lodge of Integrity (No. before passing on , that the 795 police stations. We note here, installation of Bro. Reid as W.M. was proceeded with , the 163).—'I'he usual monthly meeting of this lodge was held Palace produced 130s iqd. Od.; annual fete at the Crystal /, ceremony being most impressively performed by Bro. J. at the Freemasons' Hall , Cooper-street, on Wednesday, £810 Ss. id., while the con- that at the Alexandra Palace K. Stead, P.M., and P.G.S. of Emulation Lodge. The the 2SM1 ult. Present : Bros. E. Williams W.Ml ; brought is. 7d., J. , cert of the A , B, and C Divisions £289 W.M. invested his officers as follows : Bros. Rosenthall , Alfred Hcald , S.W. ; J. M. Sinclair, ; Henry Dalley, is. J.W. and the ball of the City Police £240 71b S.W. ; ). L. Langton, J.W. ; C. E. Barnett, S.D. ; J. I.P.M. and Treas. ; W. D. Waddell , Sec : H. Green- think to the success J. Here then is the key, wc venture to , A. Archer, J.D. ; Maimer, I.G ; Joseph Langton, Treas. ; wood , Org. ; Joseph Senior, S.D • Beni. Williams, jun., of this most useful institu- which has marked the progress F. C. Dobbing, Sec , &c. A jewel of the value of ten I.G.; ). Kirk , Tyler ; VV. Rome, P.M. ; Wildgoose, been 8 7s. Sd „ (inclu- J. tion. Its whole income has £13,59 guineas was presented to the I.P.M., Bro. Dobbing, amidst P.M.; J. VV. P. Salmon, P.M., P.P.G.D.C. E.L. ; expenditure £11,560 17s- Sd., J. ding saleof £2000 Stock ,) its many manifestations of good feeling from the brethren. A Mackie, Phillip Casper, R. Gardner — Kershaw, D. D. 10s. We may observe that it , leaving a balance of £2037 banquet was then served in the excellent manner now Macpherson , John Studd, Matthew Owen , and others. for a piece of land adjoining the orphanage, has paid £3000 well known to Masons and others at this establishment, Visitors : Bros. VV. Pochin, P.M . 1375 ; F. Davidson , and which is now fenced in. 'flic usual toasts having been given effectivel y by the R. R. Lisenden. (Freemason). lum, of whom 140 317 There are now 233 children in the asy W.M. and dul y honoured, songs and recitations by several 'I'he lod ge was opened at five o'clock-, and the minutes report of their status scho- are boys, and 93 girls. The of the brethren brought a very pleasant evening to a close. read and confirmed , after which Bro, K. Gardner was proves that the work of lastically is also very good, and passed to the Degree of F.C. by the W.M. The lodge was , being good al tuition is efficiently and carefully performed CLAPHAM LODGE (No. 1S1S).—A meeting of then called off , and the brethren adjourned to tea. At h in its character and outcome. round work, and thoroug this lodge was held on Monday, the 2GM.1 ult., at the Gros- seven o'clock they re-assembled in the lodge room , when commend so valuable and prac- We need say no more to venor Hotel, Bcl gravia. There were present Bros. Louis Bro. Kershaw was raised to the Sublime Degree of a M.M. notice of our readers and the tical an institution to the W.M. ; Dr. C. T. Pearce, S.W .; Archibald Fairlie, b Bro. VV. P. Salmon P.M., who to send a contribution to Hirsch . y J. , P.P.G.D. of C, Craft, as many might be willing VV. VVorrall , P.M., Secretary ; Alfred Pocock, had assumed the W.M.'s chair ad interim. When the and to support so unpretend- J.W.; help forward so good a work, "S.D.; VV. Carlton Hale, J.D.; R. C. Sudlow, I.G.j Dr. ceremony was concluded , the W.M. resumed his duties, well-ordered an orphanage. ing, yet much-needed and Lewis Evans, D.C; A. G. Repton , Steward ; G. E. Good- and raised Bro. D, D. Macpherson to the M.M.'s Degree. ingc, S. Pocock, G. Hank-ins, G. Burrough s, Howard The lodge was duly lowered , and after " Hearty good Smith, and others. The visitors were Bros. Col. Shadwell wishes " had been expressed by the visitors, closed in peace H. Clerke, G.S.; H yde Pullen , P.G.S.B. ; H. C. Le- and harmony at S.30. REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETING S. vander, P.M. 1415; C. Pugsley, P.M. 15S6 ; VV . Taylor, At the social board the brethren enioved a great musical W.M. 1503 ; H. Hoadley, W.M. 172; W. Edmig, 1(171; treat, as the somewhat unusual assembl y of musical talent C. Manchester, 1042; W. E. Johnson , 134; F. Goldring, in the persons of Bro. VV. and N. Dumville, Lister, Turner, <£raft iHasonrg. i2ifi ; G. J. G. Marsh , 15S6 ; and A. Williams, 1503 . Ellis, and the versatile J. II. Greenwood , gave them a rare The minutes of the previous meeting were read and con - opportunity of listening to some well-known glees, part firmed. 'I'he W.M. initiated Mr. James Thorn into the songs, anil solos, and leaving a most pleasant impression on FAITH LODGE (No. 141).—This old lodge mysteries of the Order, and passed Bro. Howard Smith to the minds of all those who appreciate the Thespian art. After the election of the W.M. and was convened on Tuesday, the 27th ult, at Anderton's the Second Degree. ge was closed in an- Fleet-street, it being the last meeting of the season. Treasure r for the ensuing year the lod FOWEY.—Fowey Lodge (No. 977).—The usual Hotel, banquet Among those in attendance were Bros. Rumball , W.M.; cient form , and the brethren adjourned to the monthly meeting of this prosperous little lodge was held on iven and that of Morrison , S.W.; E. Hopwood , P.P.G.S.B. Middx., acting The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were g , Monday, the 3rd inst, at the Masonic Rooms, Church- ; Charles Dairy, I.P.M.; Carter, P.M., 1 reas. ; VV. " The Grant! Officers " was responded to by Bros. Col. Shad- street, when there were present Bros. C. Slade, W.M. ; J.W. and H de Pullen. Both Stuart, P.M., Sec ; T. C. Walls, P.G.S.B. Middx., S.D. ; well H. Clerke, Grand Secretary, y Dr. Davis, P.P.G.J.W. ; Emra Holmes, P.P.G . R., and liment to the J.D.; Jordan , D.C, acting I.G.; Green, P.M.; and these distinguished brrthren paid a high comp P.P.G.D.C. Suffolk : VV. Tonkin , Sec , P.P.G.S. of VV. ; Clark, cere- Cobham , P.M. The visitors were Bros. T . Simpson, W.M. W.M. and officers for the able manner in which the J. B. Williams, P.G.S.B. ; H. VV. Durant , P.M. and rendered. "The Health of the W.M." was 117S; Pratt, J.W. 957 ; A. Joseph , 711; Wiglcy, 134S; monies were Treas. ; VV. N. Abbott, P.M. ; G. Treffry, and a large Africa) ; Abrams, and proposed by Bro. VV. VVorral l , P.M., and briefly responded number of brethren. Starkey, 167S; Holmes, 1O0S (Sonth to by the W.M., who then proposed "The Health of the 'I he lodge being opened in Clavey. . , , r , due form, the W.M. resigned The minutes of the last meeting were read and conlinncd. Initiate." Bro. Thorn replied in very appropriate terms. the gavel to Dr. Davis, who then examined Bros. Slade Bros. Harrison and McMullcn being in attendance, were The toast of " The Visitors " was heartily received, and and Sennett, who were subsequently passed to the Second liment. The most ably raised to the Degree of M.M. Bro. Levander duly acknowledged the comp Degree. The ballot was then taken f6r Messrs. J. de The lodge was then closed , and thc brethren partook of toast of " The Secretary and Officers " followed, and was Cressy Treffry, A. Sherriff-Climes, and Mr. R. Parson, an excellent repast. At the termination of the banquet the responded to by representatives of thc brethren thus hon- which proving favourable, they were all admitted, obligated, VV M. gave in terse, but pertinent, terms "The Queen and oured . The Tyler's toast terminated the proceedings. and initiated into Freemasonry. The W.M. having given Craft," "The M.W.G.M.," "The Pro G.M.. D.G.M., and some information relative to the great ceremonial of laving rest of the Grand Officers." In proposing "'I he Health BOLTON.—Anchor and Hope Lodge (No. 37). the foundation stone of Truro Cathedral on the 20th inst, of the W.M.." the I.P.M. dwelt upon the great success —The monthly meeting of this lodge was held on Monday, and sundry other business having been transacted, thc lodge that had attended the Faith Lodge under the genial and the 3rd inst, at the Swan Hotel, at six o'clock p.m. was duly closed in ancient form , and with solemn prayer. able sway of Bro. Rumball. He (the W.M.) was one of Present : Bros. Johnson Mills, W.M.; Rooke Pennington, At the suggestion of Bro. Emra Holmes at a previous lodge the oldest members, and had fulfilled tbe subordinate offi- S.W.; James Brown, P.M., as J.W.; G. P. Brockbank, meeting, it was decided that tbe lodge should take in ces of the lodge with great credit to himsel f and to the as Secretary ; J. Booth, M.C, S.D.; J. Robinson, J.D.; the Freemason for the benefi t of the members who general satisfaction of the brethren. (Hear, hear.) In con- R. Freeman , P.M., Organist; F. W. Pacey, I.G.; desired to know how the Craft was prospering in other clusion, the I.P.M. hoped that upon the re-assembling of Crowder, Prov. G.S. of VV., and others. Visitors : Bros. places. the lodge in September the W.M. would be present in the N. Nicholson, W.M. St. George's, Bol ton ; Charles enjoyment of the same excellent health and spirits as he had Stanley, P.M. 221 ; Mort, W.M. Marquis of Lome TWICKENHAM.—Villiers Lodge (No. 1194)- evinced on that occasion. This toast having been received Lodge, Leigh; Freeman (Leigh), and others. —A meeting of this lodge was held on the 1st inst. at the with acclamation, the W.M. modestly responded, and in The lodge having been opened in the First Degree, and Albany Hotel. There were present Bros. Thos. Verity, concluding his remarks, he trusted that every member of the minutes of the last meeting confirmed , Mr. William Prov. G.S. of Works Middx., W.M. ; Wm. S. Plimsaul , the lodge during the recess would enjoy every possibl e hap- Harry Lomax was initiated into the mysteries of the Order S.W.; Thomas Cross, J.W.; Robt. A. Steel Treas.; Wm- despatch of , piness, and that when they next met for the by Bro. Johnson Mills, W.M ; the working tools were ex- Dodd , Sec; John G. Fisher, S.D.; T. G. Cowley Gambrill , the muster roll. business none would be found missing from plained by Bro. Brown , J.\V., and the charge to thc candi- J.D.; Geo. Gilby, I.G:; John Gilbert, Tyler; T. L. Green, Poyntz, "The Visitors " came next in order, and this toast received date (along with Bro. Hardcastle and Bro. James P.M.; F. J. Lancaster, P.M.; Hunt, Bennett, Ancell , 1'- of thc lodge. lodge of a very warm reception from the members who were initiated on the Friday previous at a Monsen , Phili p Monsen, Saxton Besant, R . Sharrah, E- H- Bros. Simpson, Pratt, and others having acknowledged the emergency) was delivered by Bro. Brockbank, Master of Dalby, Frank Arliss, and John Adams. Visitors : Bros. , compliment, "The Health of thc Past Masters " followed Ceremonies. The report of the Auditors, showing a satis- R. G. Shute, Creaton Lodge; W. Blakey, P.P.D.C. Kent; and was replied toby Bro. Dairy, I.P.M., upon behalf of factory balance-sheet, was read , and ordered to be inserted and E. II. Downing. himself and colleagues . "The Officers " was responded to in the minutes of proceedings. The lodge was closed at The lodge was opened , and the minutes of the last meet- by Bros. Stuart, 1\M., Secretary, and Morrison, S.W. The 7.30 in peace and harmony. ing were confirmed. Messrs. Otto I.orcnz and Geo. Jas- Tyler's toast, at a late hour, terminated the proceedings, Thomas were duly initiated. Bros. Sharrah and Bennett which were throughout most enjoyable. GATESHEAD-ON-TYNE. — Lodge of In- were passed , and Bro. Saxton Besant was raised, after dustry (No. 48).—The first regular monthly meeting which the brethren adjourned to dinner, which they did WESTBOURNE LODGE (No. 733).—A meet- since the installation of Bro. John VVood as W.M. was held ample justice to, after thc labours in the lodge. The usual re- ing of the above lodge was held on Thursday, the 15th ult, at the lodge room , No. 34, Denmark-street, on Monday, loyal and Masonic toasts were drunk, and the brethren their at Lord's Hotel , St. Johns Wood , N .W. Present : Bros. the 20th April , 1 SS0, at 7 o'clock p.m., when the lodge was turned to their respective homes, well satisfied with the J. Welfoed, W.M. ; VV. Hallett, S.W. ; VV. Hitchcock , duly opened by the W.M., assisted by his officers, viz. : work in the lodge and the fare provided afterwards by J.W. ; H. A. Stacey, Treas. ; S. R. Walker, Sec; E. Bros. Robert Whitfield. I.P.M.: J. G. Smith. S.W.; host, Bro. Bayliss. Arrowsmith, S.D. ; B. Kershaw, J.D. ; C. Wickens, I.G. ; Joseph Cook, as J.W.; VV. B. Elsdon, Treasurer; R. F. Thomas T ler ; Past Masters E. J. Allen , J. Long, E. Cook , D.C; E. W. Middlemast, Secretary; John LIVERPOOL.—Stanley Lodge (No. 1325)- " , y n Collins, T. \V. Allen, H. Rccd, and C, A. Cottebrune; Duckett, as S.D. ; James Macintyrc, J.D.; R. T. The usual monthly meeting of this lodge was held on Mo " mously confirmed the W.M. initiated Mr. Albert Goug day, the 2fith ult, at the Masonic Hall , 22, Hope-street, at , h, P.P.G.S.B. W.M.; well known as a valuable member of the Carl Rosa Com- Middx.; E. Hopvvood, P.P.G.S.B. Middx. ; six p.m. There were present Bros. Thos. Foulkes, Elsam . S.W.; N. pany's orchestra, into the Order ot the Ancient Free and P.P.G.D.C. Surrey, P.M. 201, W.M. Dobie; J. H. Bradshaw, I.P.M.; R. B. Burgess, ou ns T reasurer; Accepted. Bro. H. Greenwood, of Manchester, so well £ ,V, A J ;W' 2°9>" Sams> J-D - l63S; Cox, 41; and Robertson, J.W.; Jas. VV. Burgess, P.M., J. I'. VV. Smith S.D.; P. M. known in musical circles, was unanimously elected an , 1656. F. Kni ght, P.M., Secretary ; John Holme, The Hod honorary member of the lodge. minutes of the previous meeting having been read Campbell, J.D.; John H. Erving, acting I.G.; J- g- and confirmed John Pemberton, After business the brethren adjourned to banquet, and , Bros. Hill and Griffin were passed to the son, Organist; M. Williamson, Tyler; Degree of F.C, and Bros. , VV. C. Fry, C. during the evening the W.M. proposed the usual loyal and Phelps and Steddenfeld raised P.M. 1264, P.G.S. of VV.; S. Gordon to the Degree of M.M. Slater, T. VV. Faithwait, John Davies, John Cook , H. Masonic toasts, special prominence being given to " The Health of Bro. D.Saunders," on his entering on the pro- There being no other business before the lodge, it was Haycroft, R. B. Hughes, H. Mallinson , G. Wynn , VV. J. dul " and others. prietary of the " Variety " show which bears his name. A y closed, and the brethren adjourned to the Clarence Bell, T. P. dayman, John Corlctt, T. Powell Hotel most attractive entertainment was given b Bros. Boulton , where an excellent collation awaited them. Upon the Visitors : H. Williams, P.M. 1264, P.G.A.D. of C; y , removal of Wm. For- Packard, "Joll " Nash, " Bill " Richardson Webster the cloth , the usual toasts received full justice. VV. R. Reeve, 673; James Sampson , 673; y y , , Bro. E. Willliams H. Greenwood, C. Heywood A. Hemming, Hopwood responded upon behalf of "The Pro- rester, 103s; Robert Davies, 667; J- H. Vickerman, , J. , vincial Grand L. Courtenay, Brammail, Saunders Fai rclough Burgess Officers." The Health of the W.M. " was 671, ; and John C. Robinson , P.M. 249. , , , cordiall ge meeting had and Collinson. y proposed by the I.P.M., and most heartily drank After the minutes of the previous lod by the brethren. The W.M. h and Vickerman ex- avingduly acknowledged the been read and confirmed , Bros. Salter compliment, gave in very and after having given YORK.— Eboracum Lodge (No. 1611).—On happy terms "The Health of the pressed a desire to go forward, Visitors." This toast having The lodge was then Monday, the 26th ult an emergency meeting of this been received with excellent proof of their proficiency, retired. , " fire ," was replied to in when tbe above-named bre- lodge was held for the purpose of initiating a candidate. very fluent terms by Bro. Elsam. opened in the Second Degree, "The Health of the Past Master Degree of F.C. The W.M., Bro. C. G. Padel, was present, and was sup- " followed. In pro- thren were rc-admitted and passed to the posing this toast the W.M. took lained by the S.W. The ported by Bros. S. Cumberland, I.P.M.; T. Seller occasion to speak of the by thc W.M.; the tools being exp J. J. , zeal and energy displayed by the I.P.M. from the foundation lodge was then opened in the Third Degree, and Bros. S.W.; Geo. Simpson, J.W.; Rev. J. Blake, as Chap.; Geo. of the lodge to the present time. Although his duties as Faithwait and Vickerman, who had previously proved Balmford, P.M., Treas.; and a number of other brethren Treasurer had not been particularly onerous yet, be—the themselves worth were impressively raised by the W.M. and visitors. During the evening Bro. T. B. Whytehead, y, W.M.—hoped that in the fu ture they would be of so im- to thc Degree of a M.M. The lodge was then closed down P.M., on behal f of Bro. the Hon. VV. T. Orde-Powlett, been portant a nature as to require that amount of attention which to the First Degree. "Hearty good wishes " having P.M., P.P.G.S.W., presented to the lodge a curious old their I. P.M. was so closed. jewel, bearing a number of Masonic emblems for which a able to render. Bro. Hurst having expressed by the visitors, the lodge was , responded, the toast of "The lodge room , were vote of cordial thanks was passed. After the lod Officers," coupled with the The breth ren then adjourned to the old ge was name of Bro. Piller cloth was closed several toasts were honoured , S.W., brought the proceedings to a an excellent banquet was provided. After the , and many of the bre- conclusion. removed the W.M. submitted the usual loyal and Masonic thren contributed songs to the harmony of the evening. toasts, which were duly honoured. The brethren separated at an early hour, after having spent a very pleasant LIVERPOOL.—Antient Briton Lodge (No. INSTRUCTION. evening. 1675)-—Tbe annual installation meeting of the members LONDON MASONIC CLUB LODGE (No. BRIGHTON. — Hova Ecclesia Lodge (No. of this lod ge (which was consecrated several years ago for 5S).—A meeting of this lodge of instruction was held on 14(16). — The annual installation meeting of this lodge took the special purpose of meeting the requirements of the Monday, the 3rd inst, at the London Masonic Club, 101 , place on Saturday afternoon, the ist inst, at the lod ge- natives of the principality) took place on Thursday after- Queen Victoria-street, E.C. Present : Bros. Herbige, room , Old Ship Hotel. Bro. C. J. Smith, P.G.S., W.M., noon , the 29th ult, at the Masonic Hall, Hope-street, and W.M. ; Barnett, S.W. ; Hayncs, J.W. ; Smallpiece, after initiating Mr. John Robert Hollor.d, M.P., and Mr. the success attending the celebration of the festival showed Prccpt. ; J. D. Langton, Sec ; J. S. Fraser, S.D.; Haines, Edgar Akerriian Dowell-Akerman, installed bis successor, how much the lodge has prospered under the fostering care J.D. ; Tarr, I.G. ; John Wood , Williams, J. S. Fraser, VV. Bro. Rev. E. Richards-Adams, P.G. Chap., as W.M. for of the worthy brethren who have filled the chief official Fraser, and others. Visitor : Bro. Henri Bud, Sir Thomas the ensuing year, performing the ceremony in that admir- places during its existence. White Lodge, 1S20. able manner for which he is so deservedly well famed. Bro. J. R. Bottomley, W.M., presided at the initial por- Lodge opened in the First Degree, and the minutes of the Bro. Richards-Adams then proceeded to invest his officers tion of the business, supported by Bros. R. Wylie, P.P.G. last meeting were read and confirmed. Lodge opened in for the current year: Bros. H. Alexander Dowel!, S.W.; S.D., P.M.; Rev. E. T. Davies, Chap.; D. S. Davies, P.M.; the Second and Third Degrees, and then resumed in the A. Marshall, J.W.; Henty, Chaplain; VV. H. German, T. Evans, S.W. ; Dr. J. K. Smith, P.P.G. Reg., P.M.; J. Second Degree. Bro. John VVood , beinga candidate for the Treasurer; C. J. Smith , Secretary ; Capt. Luttman- W. Johnson , J.W.; VV. E. Coxon, Treas.; R. Fairclough, Third Degree, answered the usual questions. The lodge Jobnson, S.D.; Captain Handley, J.D.; Captain S. B. Sec. ; H. Jones, J.D.; H. Pritcliard , I.G. ; J. Hughes, T. was resumed in the Third Degree, and Bro. Wood raised McWhinnie, D. of C; A. Price, Steward ; C. VV. Kelly, H. VValker, and G. VV. Davies, Stewards; and M. William- to the Degree of a M.M. Trie W.M. gave the Traditional Organist; H. Price, I.G.; and H. Hughes, Tyler. The son , Tyler. History. Lodge closed in the three Degrees. retiring W.M., Bro. C. J. Smith , was elected to represent The long list of visitors included Bros. H. S. Al pass, P.G. the lod ge on the Provincial Charities Committee, and was Sec; J. Devaynes, P.M. 667; T. Holden, 11S2 ; J. Bro- SINCERITY LODGE (No. 174) .—A meeting awarded not only a Past Master's collar jewel, but a gold therton, 24 1 ; R. Jones, 11S2; E. Paull , Treas. 1356 ; J. of this lodge of instruction vvas held on Monday, the 26th bar, set with three brilliants, to the breast jewel he already Houlding, P.G.S., P.M. S23 ; Dr. Bailey, P.M. 7S6 ,- T. ult, at Bro. Seaton 's, Railway Tavern , London-street, held. Roberts, P.M. 673 ; J. Skeaf, P.G.O.; VV. Sanderson , E.C. There were present Bros. Cant, W.M.; How, S.W.; Thc lodge having been closed , the brethren adjourned 1609 ; J. Keet , J.W. 1356; G. E. Hanmer, P.M. 10S6; J. Whiting, J.W. ; Ellis, Sec ; F. Brown , S.D.; C. Jones, room , where they sat down to a sumptuous ban- Glitherow, Sec. ; J. Parry, ; Dr. Telford , 7S6 ; VV. I.G. ; Verry, P.M. ; Webb, P.M. to another 594 " 1547 ; Brown , P.M.; J. quet, supplied by the Bros. Bacon , whose catering gave Cottrell, P.M. S23 ; J . T. Callow, P.G. Treas. ; |. R. Goc- Fraser, VV. Fraser, Bibra , Keable, Hughes, and Haslip. the most perfect satisfaction, the viands being excellent, pel , P.P.G.D.C; A. Wool rich , W.M. 1356 ; Capt New- I he lodge was opened in due form , and the minutes of and the wines of thc choicest descri ption. The usual Ma- man , P.G.R. ; J. B. MacKenzic, W.M. 1C09 ; C. Arden , the last meeting were read and confirmed. Bro. Haslip sonic toasts were given and duly honoured , these being S.W. 1356 ; J. P. Bryan, 1035 ; and others. answered the questions leading to the Second Degree, and agreeably interspersed by songs and pianoforte solos by The members of thc lodge included Bros. Covvell, Char- was entrusted. The lodge was opened in thc Second De- several of the brethren. The Hova Ecclesia Lodge had ney, Metcalfe, Mottershead, J. Price, E. F. Davies, G. gree, and the W.M. worked the ceremony of passing, Bro long been noted for it perfect working, and the young Ma- Neville, J. Lee, VV. Jones, J. Lewis, J. Lloyd, H. Williams, Hazlett, candidate. The lodge was closed in due form with sons present were impressed by the excellence of the whole G. Porter, E. Jones, R. Hichwiough, J. Ireland , J. Woods, prayer. The business of the Second City Masonic Bene- arrangements. J. Davies, VV. H. Rowlands, M. Jones, S. J. Hughes, and volent Association was then proceeded with, and sufficient Thc officers present were Bros. C.J. Smith, VV. VL; Rev. others. funds having been subscribed, a ballot for a Life Governor Edward Richards-Adams, S.W.; H. Alex. Dowell, J.W. ; After the Third Degree had been given, Bro. I. R. Bot- ship was then drawn, which resulted favourably for Bro. W. W. H. German, Treasurer; Percy White, Secretary ; VV. tomley, the retiring W.M., proceeded to instal Bro. Thomas Budell, and thc meeting then terminated. H. Cockbuvn, S.D. ; Captain I.uttman-Johnson , J.D. ; Evans in tbe chair of K.S.—a ceremony which be performed ' S. B. McVVhinnie, D. of C.; Captain Handley, I.G.; C. with remarkable effectiveness. The following officers were WELLINGTON LODGE (No. 548) . — The VV. Kelly, Organist ; and T. Hughes, Tyler ; and the subsequently invested : Bros. J. R. Bottomley, I.P.M.; R. annual banquet of this lodge of instruction vvas held at the W lie, P.P.G.S.D., Dr. " following brethren (members of the lodge) attended : J. C. y M.C; |.K.Smith, P.P.G.R., P.M.; lodge house, the White Swan Hotel, High-street, Dept- ' Rev. E.T. Davies Stratford, F. VV. Huth, C. P. Henty, A. Morley, H. D. , Chap.; If. W. Parry, S.W. (by proxy) ; R. ford, on Monday, the 2f)th ult. Bro. VV. G. Batchelor, Fairclough, VV. E. Coxon Price, A. S. Price, P. Storr, VV. E. Dalbiac, G. Dalbiac, J.W.; , Treas.; H. Jones and Dr. S.D. of the parent lodge, and S.N. of Chapters 79 and H. J. Pcrcival, G. R. Fife, T. Webster, Wedderburn, G. J. Howard Pughe, Sees. ; John Hughes, S.D.; T. H. VV. 54S, presided , and vvas assisted by the following brethren as Walker, J.D.; VV. C. Cowell, I.G.; R. Macpherson, G. C. Griffiths, and A. Marshall. Among the Jones, S.S.; VV. H. Stewards : Bros. Carman, 548 ; Gloster, W.M. 153 1, * Rowlands, J.S.; G. Cliarney, visitors present were Bros. Sir W. VV. Burrell , Bart A.S.; and Bro. Williamson S.D. 1326 ; Hutchings, S.W. 147, J.W. 1531; Morgan, was unanimously re-elected T ler. M.P., R. VV. Prov. Grand Master of Sussex ; John y 1C9 and 1 155 ; Penney, 147 ; Tuck, W.S. S34, and 1531, Henderson Scott, the VV. Deputy Prov. Grand Master The brethren subsequently sat down to an excellent ban- A.S. 1275 ; and Vohmann, W.M. S71. of Sussex, G.D. of England ; H. Davey, Mayor of quet, provided by Bro. Fairhurst (Fisk and Fai rhurst, The lodge vvas opened at seven p.m., Bro. Batchelor Bri ghton , P.M. 732, P.J.G.W. ; V. P. Freeman, Prov. G. Castic-street), and during the evening a most artistic Past occupying the chair of W.M.. supported by Bros. Hutchings Master' Secretary, P.M. 732; A. Crook, 315; A. Wellington , 207 ; s jewel was presented to Bro. Bottomley, I.P.M., in as S.W.; Gloster, as J.W. ; Milbourn , D.C. 13, 3s S.D?; recognition of his services to the lod H. Cheal, S20; H. Home, P.P.G.S.B. 41G; VV. A. Tooth , ge. The proceedings Coen , 1C9, as J.D.; Penney as I.G.; Griffin , P.M. 031. were greatl 1S21 ; T. Packham, W.M. 315; VV. Kuhe, P.M. 271, P.G. y enhanced by the musical efforts of Bros. J. =.W. 1531, P.Z. 79 and 033, Preceptor and Treasurer j Organist England ; G. Smith, 732, P.P'G. Pursuivant ; Skeaf , P.G.O., and R. Burgess, Org. 1609. and Gibson , 1531, Hon Secretary . The minutes of the Gerard Ford , P.P.G.D. Lincol n , P.M. 271 ; A. previous lodge meeting having been confirmed, the cere- Smith , W.M. 3S; E. E. Street, W.M. 56; T. Berry, LIVERPOOL.—Kirkdale Lodge (No. 1756) .— mony of initiation was rehearsed by the W.M., who dis- Anderson P.M. 1S21 ; S. G. Ashby, 1S20 ; J. , 24; I. A. The monthly meeting of this lodge was held on VVednes- played therein elocutionary power of no common order, Swornbourne, W.M. Gordon ; VV. Smith , P.M. 7^2; P. day, the 2Sth ult, at the Skelmersdale Masonic Hall. The combined with a perfect knowledge of the ritual. The Huth , 40; VV. Skindle, S51; W. A. Brodribb, S.W . 711; lodge vvas opened at six o'clock p.m. by the W.M., Bro. candidate was personated by Bro. Vohmann , W.M. S71. G. R. Lockyer, S.D. 31s i R. Storr, 1G7 ; VV. II. Hodgkin, W. Gick , assisted by the following officers and members : At the conclusion of the ceremony the Second Section of W.M. S74; Ravenhill Pearce, 2S1; VV. T. Nell, W.M. Bros. E. Johnson , I.P.M. ; H. Ferguson, S.W. ; J. Gricr- the Lecture vvas worked by the S.D. Several visiting bre- 1636 ; C. Brand , J.D. 146s ; VV. VV. Dalbiac, 1141 ; C. F. son , J.W. ; R. E. Mitton , Treas.; C. Bargery, Sec.; T. thren were then proposed and accepted as joining mem- Lewis, W.M. 1465; T. Billing; F. VV. Hvde, S.W. S=;i ; Hayes, S.D.; W. G. West, J.D. ; Jos. Croxton , acting bers, and a vote of thanks vvas accorded to the W.M. in J. Dixon , 27., P.M., P.P.G.S.W. ; J. P. M. Smith, W.M. I.G. ; Dr. Costine, R. T. Brillon , J. Keltic, A. H. Gaskell, acknowledgment of his having presented to the lodge a 271; A. E. Blyth, S41; J. F. Capon , W.M. 732 ; VV. T. A. Hamilton , G. H. Shearer, VV , Kitchen , J. Wheatley, I. new set of officers' collars. The time having then arrived Clark, J.W. 1829 ; ]. Large, 771 ; P. J. Emery, I.G. 50, Twccdley, 1. H. Williams, Robt. , D. Reader " Jude J. , A. for an adjournment from labou r to refreshment, the lodge and 315 ; A. King, Prov. G. Org., J.D. 271 ; J. M. Reid, Walls, VV. Philip, John Morton , A. Child , E. Wilson , VV. was closed , and the brethren, to the number of fifty, re- P.M. 732; J. L. Brigden , P.M. 732 ; J. Curtis, P.M. Fisher, and S. Bushell. Visitors : Bros. Jas. Leece, W.M. paired to the banquet table, where a repast was provided Southdown hes Asst, 10S6 ; Thos. Wakins , P.M. 315, &c. ; and H. H. Hug , , 249 ; J. Sykes, 249 ; R. Whitehead, by the host, Bro. Morgan, which fully sustained the high Tyler. 673 ; J. Pilling, Sec. 1393 ; J. Hughes, 1675 ; Jas. Casey, reputation which he has acquired as a caterer. Ample 10S6 ; and John C. Robinson, P.M. 249. justice having been done to the excellent fare provided, the LIVERPOOL.—Dramatic Lodge (No. 1609). — After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read customary loyal and Masonic toasts were duly honoured. The usual monthly meeting of this highly successful lodge and confirmed , the ballot was taken for Mr. Davidson and The W.M. then rose and proposed the toast of the even- was held at thc Masonic Hall , Hope-street, on Tuesday was declared to be unanimous, and he, being in attendance, ing, Prosperity to the Wellington Lodge of Instruction," afternoon, the 27th ult., when there was what was was regularly initiated into the mysteries of the First De- in a brief but effective speech. The Preceptor and Trea- generally voted the most enjoyable gathering since its con- gree ; the J.W. explaining the working tools and the S.W. surer, Bro. Griffin, with whose name the toast was coupled, secration. Bro. J. B. Mackenzie, W.M., occupied the delivering the ancient charge. The lodge was then opened returned- thanks, and proposed "The Health of the W.M." chai r, and was admirably supported by Bros. Lindo in the becond Degree, and Bro. Walls having given proof This was drunk with acclamation, and duly acknowledged Courtenay , I.P.M. ; W. 1. Constantine, P.M., M.C. ; J. of his proficiency retired. The lodge was then opened up, by Bro. Batchelor, who proposed "The Visitors." Several Jackson, P.G.S. of VV.; VV. Sandbrook, S.W.; J. Atkin- and the above-named brother was re-admitted, and raised brethren responded , after which the W.M. proposed "The son , J.W. ; A. Wool rich , W.M. (No. 1356), Treasurer, to the Degree of a M.M. by the W.M. in a very impressive Officers of thc Lodge," and in so doing complimented the Acting Secretary ; J. Pver, J.D. ; R. Burgess, Organist; manner. The lodge was then closed down, and after the Hon. Sec , Bro. Gibson , upon the efficient manner in which W. Savage, I.G. ; H. P. Squire, S.S.; C. Courtenay, J.S. ; usual routine business had been transacted, the lodge vvas he had during the past three years discharged thc duties of and VV. H. Ball , Tyler. The brethren present included Bros. closed in peace and harmony. There was no banquet his office. Bros. Gibson, Gloster, Hutchings, Coen, and Hildyard, J. VV. Collinson , J. M . Boyd , James Shrapnel l , Penney returned thanks. 'I'he next toast was " The Host Captain Crowley, VV. Addis, J. Ballard , P. F. Buck , D. TEDDINGTON.—Sir "Charles Bright Lodge and Hostess," acknowledged by Bro. Morgan, and the Saunders, C. Burby, Brammai l , C Camp ion , H. Round , (No. 1 793).—The last meeting of the season of this pros- Ty ler's toast brought the proceedings to a termination. J. J. Monk , A. E. Richardson , P. Lowndes, J. Skeaf , P.G.O.; perous provincial lod ge was held at the Masonic Hall , Vocal and elocutionary contributions by Bros. Bear, Bur- Webster Williams, R. Williams, and others. The Queen 's-road, on Saturday, the 24th ult, and was well ney, Child , Greenwood, Gifford , Griffin , Gibson , Milbourn, visitors' list was a thoroughly representative one, including attended. Among those present were Bros. R. Forge, and Tuck greatly enhanced the enjoyment of the evening. the names of Bros. Dr. Kisch (No. 2)0), T. Salter (No. W.M. ; Piller, S.W.; T. C. Walls, P.G.S.B. Middx., 241), T. Roberts (673), Walter Boulton , F. C. Packard, J.W. ; John Hurst, P.G.A.P. Middx., I.P.M. and Treas.; Old Matured Wine Joh n ("Jolly ") Nash, C Heywood , Fairclough , and others. Fitt, Sec. ; Linton , S.D. ; Goodchild , J.D. ; Stevens, I.G.; and Spirits—J. E. S IIAKD & Co., Wine The Merchants (F.xperts and Valuers), ' 2 , Albert Mansions, Vic- minutes of the previous meeting having been unani- Rawles, acting Tyler. Thc visitors were Bros. Mc lllwham, toria-street , London , S.W. Price lists on application.— [A DIT.] T. B. Whytchcad, Z. 1611; J. S. Cumberland , H. 1G11 » M.O. ; Sir Charles Palmer, S.O. ; Bcdingfield , J.O.; 3&OMT &rcft. and others. Thc first business was the installation of thc Rogers, R. of M. (by deputy); Farrington, sen., S.D. ; Three Princi pals elect, which was performed very ably by Farrington, J.D. ; Brown, I.G.; Skelton , D.C. Apologies ST. DUNSTAN'S CHAPTER (No. 15S9). — E. Comp. J. Todd , P.Z., Prov. G.J., assisted by E. Comp. for not attendance were then read from Bros. VV. Wiggin- The installation meeting of this new but flourishing T. B. Whytehead, Z. 1611. The three chairs were filled as ton , Richnell, F. Binckes, Poorc, Lake, Leah, and others. chapter was held on Wednesday, tbe 28th ult., at Ander- follows ; Hon. VV. T. Orde-Powlett, Z.; G. Balmford, H.; A vote of condolence having been unanimously passed to ton 's Hotel. There were present Comps. VV. Wellsman, J. M. Meek , J.; and the following officers were afterwards the representatives of thc late Bro. Horsley, the S.W7 . moved, M.E.Z.; H. Dalwood, H.; Dodson , J.; Colonel Rat- invested : Comps. ]. Todd , P.Z., Treas. -, J. Hollins. S.E.; which was seconded by Bro. F. Clcmow, and carried unani- cliffe (honorary member), acting I .P.Z.; A. Tislcy, S.E.; Rev. VV. Valentine, S.N. ; A. Buckle, P.S. ; M. Rooke, mously, "That the name of Bro. Walls, W.M., be submitted T. C. Walls, P.G.D.C. Middlesex , P.S. ; VV. Lake, P.P. D.C. ; T. VV. Wilson and A. Hanson, Asst. S.S. ; and J. to the R.VV.P.G.M. of Middlesex and Surrey for Provincial G.R. Cornwall, 1st Assistant; G. Manners, 2nd Assistant; Redfarc, Janitor. Two brethren were subsequentl y exalted Grand honours. " Previously to the lod ge being closed, a and Gilbert, Janitor. by the newlv-installed /' .., who performed the ceremony in vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Bros. Dewar and The minutes of the previous convocation having been an admirable manner, the latter j)ortion_ of thc mystical Levander for their services as Installing Officers . read and confirmed, the ballot vvas taken upon behalf of lecture being given by E. Comp. Todd , P.Z. The banquet which followed was admirably served , and Bro. R. Skclton , 15S9, for exaltation , and it proved to be There was a large muster of members and visitors at the did great credit to thc caterer, Bro. Clemow, and assistants. unanimous, but he was unavoidably prevented from attend- supper table, and a most pleasant evening was passed. Upon the removal of the cloth , the long, but customary, ing. The installation of the three "Principals, Comps. Dal- Amongst the visitors were Comp. Shaw-Hellier, L. Murphy, routine of toasts were duly honoured. " The Grand wood, Dodson, and Walls, was most ably and impressivel y Rev. I. Blake, 1611; VV. P. Husband, ion, and others. Officers " was responded toby Bros. Dewar and Levander, carried out by Comp. Colonel RatclifTc, and subsequently a tbe first named also subsequently acknowledged tbe toast vote of thanks was unanimously passed to him for his ser- YORK. —Eboracum Chapter (No. 1611).—An of " Thc Provintial Grand Officers ." " Thc Health of the vices. The appointments and investments for the ensuing emergency meeting of this chapter was held on Tuesday W.M." was proposed in exceedingly complimentary terms year were as follows : Comps. Wellsman , I.P.Z.; Praed , evening, the 4th inst, when there were present Comps. 'I". by Bro. Levander. I he W.M. having replied gave " Thc Treasurer; Tisley, S.E.; Lake, S.N.; Turner, P.S.; B. Whytehead, M.E.Z.; J. S. Cumberland , H.; G. Balm- Visitors," in which he expressed the great pleasure it had personally Manners, istAssistant; Bristoe. 2nd Assistant; and Fa r- ford (H. 23C), as J.; J.Todd, P.Z., Prov. G.I.; R. W. afforded himself , and the members of the lodge, rington, jun., Organist. The report of thc Committee Hollen , P.Z., Past 'G.Ii.C; Rev. J. Blake, as S.E. ; C. G. in welcoming among them that day their esteemed and dis- appointed to audit the accounts having been received and Padel, S.N.; A. T. 15. Turner, 1st A.S. ; VV. P. Husband , tinguished Bro. Lieut.-Col. Shadwell II. Clerke, and Bro. adopted, the convocation was closed , and the companions as 2nd A.S. ; VV. Lackenby, K. Ware, A. Hanson , and Duke, from the Province of Sussex. This toast having and their visitors adjourned to a well-served banquet The many other members and visitors. been heartily received , Bro. Lieut.-Col. Shadwell H. Clerke visitors were Comps. Stiles, j. 1509 ; Wellard, P.S. 1319; Trie chapter having been opened , the M.E.Z. said that briefly responded. In the course of his repl y he expressed and Captain Cole, 1507. they all regretted the absence of their Princi pal Sojourner, his thanks for the warmness of thc reception accorded to At the close of the banquet the customary Royal Arch occasioned by a sudden and painful domestic bereavement. him and his co-visitor by the members of the Leopold Mark toasts were duly proposed and lovallv honoured, "in pro- It had necessitated an alteration in the arrangements for Lodge. It had given him much gratification in being pre- posing "The Health of the M.E.Z.," the I.P.Z. said that the working of the.ceremony that evening, but he was glad sent on so auspicious an occasion as the installation of the he was forcibly reminded that evening of the old French to be able to fall back on the assistance of their E. Lump. W.M. He was pleased to hear that since its advent the proverb, "The king is dead , long live the king," because Todd , who would take the chair of /.., whilst he (the lod ge had made such satisfactory progress. In conclusion that proverb was as (rue in Masonry as in every other M.E.Z.) would undertake the duties of P.S. This was he said that the lod ge had his best wishes for a continuance community where the chief died ami was succeeded bv accordingl y dune, and Bro. Humphries, of the Eboracum of its success. Bro. Duke having expressed himself in another. By the force of circumstances he (the I.P.Z.) Lod ge, was introduced , and duly exalted: the Historical similar terms, " The Health of the Installing Officers " vacated the chair, and that removal enabled a very worthy Lecture being delivered by E. Comp. J. S. Cumberland , II. followed , and was tersely acknowledged by Bros. Dewar companion to immediately succeed him. In the person of After the ceremony E. Comp. T. B. VVliytebead again as- and Levander. In giving " The Oifficers," tbe W.M. their M.E.Z. they had a companion who was conversant sumed the chair, and the report of the Bye-laws Committee alluded to the absence through illness of VV. Bro. Wiggin- with thc work, and who was thoroughly able to preside was brought up and adopted , after which the chapter vvas lon , I.P.M. and Secretary, which circumstance was greatly over them , and he (the speaker) believed that he would closed , aii d the companions adjourned to supper, provided to be regretted as he should have liked to have presented have a most brilliant year of office. In concluding his re- by Comp. II. Churchill , at which thc princi pal toasts were him on that occasion with the very handsome Past Master's " marks he hoped that at the termination of his tenure of honoured. jewel which had been unanimously voted to him by the. office the M.E.Z. would look back with as much genuine lodge. Having spoken of the services of the other officers, pleasure to his occupancy of the chair as had been afforded he concluded by congratulating the Leopold Lodge upon the companions that evening in witnessing his induction to fHacft fHasonrg. possessing so strong and efficient a staff of offici als. This it. In reply, the M.E.Z. said , that he was quite over- toast was acknowledged by Bros. Tisley, Dodson , Sir Chas. powered by the eloquent remarks of Comp. Wellsman in ST. MARK 'S LODGE (No. 1).—A meeting of Palmer, Farrington , Bcdingfiel d , and Brown. The Tyler's proposing his health. Throughout his long Masonic career this lodge was held on Tuesday, the 4th inst, at the Free- toast terminated the proceedings. he had endeavoured to do all he could to further the great masons' Tavern. There were present Bros. George New- principles upon which it was founded , because lie was one man, W.M.; Henry A. Dubois, I.P.M.; V.W. Bro. Rev. BATH.—Royal Cumberland Lodge (T.I.)—A • of those who believed that Freemasonry was an institution P. M. I loldcn , P.G.C, S.W. ; Bros. Wm. Stephens, regular meeting of this Mark lod ge was held on Thurs- that should not be treated lightl y, but should be regarded P.M., J.W.; Dr. Wm. Whitcwav Wilkinson, M.O.: Peter day, the 2<)lh ult, when the following officers were present: seriously and carried out thoroughly. Although he had Lund 'Simmonds. P.M., as S.O. ; Henry D'Almaine, as Bros. ]. Rubie. W.M. ; C. Wilkinson , S.W. ; Phili p Bra- been connected with Roval Arch Masonrv some time, it Levander, P.M., G.R.. Treas.; ham , J.W. : |. Dutton , I.P.M. and Treas. ; J. J. Dutton , J.O.; V.W. Bro. 11. C. " was only lately that be had taken an active part in the Bros. E. II. Thiellay, P.M., Sec; |. B. Lambe, S.D.; II. P.M.i C. W". Radw.iv, M.O.; F. VV. Dingle, S.O. : F. working of its ceremony, but, notwithstanding that , lie F. Frost, J.D.; J. Gilbert , Janitor; V.W. Bros. T. Cubilt , Wilkinson , J.O.; J. VV. Murlis , Sec; Lawson Howes, Reg. hoped to be able to discharge his duties in a manner that P.M., G.'O. ; George Kenning, P.M. ; Bros. George- of Ilk; K. |. B. Mercer, .S.D.; VV. K. Sparrow, Org. ; should give satisfaction. In proposing " The Health of , George Sandell , VV. Peach , I .G.; Bigwood, Tvler; also Bros. F. J. Brown, Powell , F.dward lSumpus , Thomas Cobu " the I.P.Z.," thc M.E.Z. dwelt upon the brilliant services William Kipps, A. Daw Kerrell, and the following visitors : K. L. Hill , and F. Baldwin. Visitor : Bro. VV. K. Reeves, rendered by Comp. Wellsman (luring his tenure of the V.W. Bro. Don. M. Dewar, G. Asst. Sec; VV. Bros. Wm. ¦77- chair in the St. Dunstan 's Lodge. In thc chapter he had Worrell , P.G. Org.; Thos. Poorc, P.G . I.G.; I lenrv Love- 'I he lodge having been opened bvthe W.M., the minutes not had the same opportunit y of distinguishing himself , Prov. G.S. of W.; Thomas J. Pulley, G. Steward ; were read and confirmed, and the Treasurer's accounts were ' grove, but what he had done lie had performed well. In the dis- Bros. Le Mutter, Dunbar, and Seymour Smith. presented and passed. The W.M., in very feeling terms, charge of his duties he had evinced the greatest kindness Bros. John Kinsley Faith , 1309 ; William Ki pps. P.M. referred to the loss which Bro. Dr. Hopkins, Chaplain of and courtesy , and it afforded him , the M.E.Z., the greatest 1275, P.G. Org. Kent; and A. Daw Kerrell were balloted (lie lodge, and Past G.W. of England , had sustained in the possible amount of pleasure to be in the position to present for , and unanimously approved. Bros. Ki pps and Daw death of his wife, and a vote of condolence was passed, him with the very handsome jewel which had been volun- Kerrell , being present, were advanced to the Degree of which the Secretary was requested to communicate to him. tarily voted by thc chapter to mark its great appreciation Mark Master Mason. By the courtesy of tbe W.M., the This being the day of installation , Bro. Dr. Hopkins, who of his services. In concluding his remarks he hoped that Rev. Bro. Holden performed the whole ceremony with his had remained in the ante-room , was summoned. He at in the years to come Comp. Wellsman would look with well-known abilities—a great treat , indeed , to the brethren once took thc chair, and Bro. Phili p Braham , J.W., was pride upon that interesting souvenir of his connection with present This being the election meeting, the ballot was presented to him as the W.M. elect. The customary forms the St. Dunstan 's Chapter. This pledge having been pronounced unanimous for the S.W., Bro. Holden , as W.M. were gone through , and the ceremony was abl y performed received with excellent "tire," the LP./,., in response, for the ensuing year. Bro. H. C. Levander was re-elected by thc Installing Master, who concluded with the usual ad- said that be had accepted the position of Fi rst Pri n ci pal Treasurer, and a Past Master's jewel was voted to the dresses to the W.M., Wardens, Overseers, and brethren , with a great deal of diffidence, as he knew but little of its W.M., Bro. Newman. Bros. Don. M. Dewar, William and a very hearty vote of thanks was accorded to him. He duties. He took no credit to himself for the great success Worrell , Thomas Poorc , and Henry I .ovegrove were pre- then retired. that had attended the chapter ; he had done all he could sented with the honorary membership of the lodge. One The new W.M. appointed and invested the following .is for it , and with his best energies, but he had been greatl y candidate's name was given to the Secretary for the next his officers : Bros. C. Wilkinson , S.W. ; ). VV. Murlis, assisted by Comps. Dalwood , Dodson, Tislev, and others. demise of the late V.W. J.W.; Ruble, I.P.M.; Dr. Hopkins, Chap. ; John Dutton , meeting. In consequence of the ' Respecting the brilliant jewel which had been so kindly and P.M. of St. Mark's Lodge, Treas.; James J. Dutton , D.C ; C. Ratlway, Sec. : F. VV. Bro. C. Horslcy, J.CO., ' given to him, lie should ever regard it with pride, as it the brethren appeared in Masonic mourning. Letters and Dingle, M.O. ; F. Wilkinson , S.O. ; L. Howes, J.O. ; K. marked one of the most pleasant reminiscences of his Ma- a telegram for unavoidable absence were received from J. B. Mercer, Reg. Mks.; Penley , S.D.; Peach , J.D.; VV. sonic life. "The Installing Officers " followed. In pro- V.W.' Bro. Rev. Dr. E. Brette, P.M., P.G.C; VV. Bros. Sparro w, Org. ; F, Baldwin , I.G. ; A. Holmes, Steward ; posing this pledge the M.E.Z. took occasion to speak of Edward L. Shepherd, S.O., P.G.O.; Frederick Walters, and Bi gwood , Tyler. After tbe transaction of some other the valuable services rendered to the chapter from its con- P.G.I.G.: Bros. |ohn Kinsley Faith , Herbert Santcr, Reg.; business the lod ge was closed , and the brethren adjourned secration by Comp. Col. Ratcliffe. 1 le said that that and R. Gresley Hall. The lod ge was closed in due form , to the Castle I Intel for supper. worthy companion , moreover, had charmed them all by his and adjourned. courtesy and urbanity, and he firml y believed (hat his Thc brethren then proceeded to open (he mother lodge of WHITEHAVEN.—Fletcher Lodge (No. 213).— name would be held by them in the most grateful romem- Royal Ark Mariners , which is moored to St. Mark s Lod ge. The monthly meeting of this lodge was held on Friday even- 1 mice for many years to come. In conclusion he trusted Bros. Thomas Poore, W.C.N.; Henry I.ovegrove , ).; and ing, the 30th ult. The W.M ., Bro. Dr. I lenrv, P.P.S.G.VV. that Comp. Colonel Ratcliff • would continue regularl y t Don. M. Dewar, S. Twenty-two candidates were balloted presided , supported by his officers , Bros. W. B. Gibson , co ne among them , in order that they might have thc bene- for, and accepted unanimousl y, but only lifteer. of them P.P.S.O., S.W. ; VV. White, J.W.; J. Rothcry. M.O. ; fit of his excellent advice and assistance. This toast hav- were in time to be elevated to the Degree ; want of puncta- K. Tyson , P.J.D., S.O.; |.W. Miles, J.O. ; G. Dalrymple, ing been heartily received , the Installing Officer , in repl y, alitv and other causes necessarily postponed others until P.S.D., Sec.,' and Reg.; ]. Winter, S.D. ; |. Cooper, Org. ; said he could scarcely believe that twelve months had nest meeting. There being no further business the lod ge G. Sparrow, I.G. ; G. Fitzgerald , Tyler. elapsed since he bad had the pleasure of attending the was closed in due form , and adjourned. After the minutes were read and confirmed the VV..VL , consecration—the march of time had been so rapid. On The brethren dined at the Freemasons' Tavern , after laid before the members a circular in reference to thc annual that occasion he bad predicted a grand future for the which a soiree musirnle reeherrltee was provided by the festival in connection with thc Mark Benevolent Fund, to chapter, but he had no conception that his augury wculd W.M., and nerformed by Madame Worrell , Miss Marian he held at the Crystal Palace on Jul y 7th , and also inti- have been fulfilled so speedily. The chapter now num- Burton , and Bro. Seymour Smith , whose individuall y, widely mated that thc Secretary was to ascertain if any brother bered twenty-seven members, and there were others down appreciated talents were savoured by all present. was going from Cumberland and Westmorland ; if so, he for exaltation at the next conclave, and under these p'rati- should defer doing so this year. Wc are pleased to find fying circumstances the St Dunstan 's Chapter could be PRINCE LEOPOLD LODGE (No. 238) .— Bro. Lamonby, Provincial Grand Secretary, has taken that pronounced a thorough and complete success. He then This young but prosperous lodge held its installation meet- honourable position. A rehearsal of the ceremony of went on to speak of the ritual , which , although difficult, he ingat Anderton 's Hotel, Fleet-street, on Tuesday, the 20th advancement was then carefully gone through, with a full said could be mastered by constant and zealous application. ult. There were in attendance, among others, Bros. D. M. accompaniment of music by Bro. Cooper, which met with In conclusion he expressed his thanks for the more than Dewar, P.G.M.O. (honorary member), acting W.M. in the general admiration. Bro . Henry then proposed and Bro. hearty way in which his health had been proposed and absence, through severe indisposition , of VV. Bro. VV. Tyson seconded that Bro. VV. Bewley, Hon. Sec of the Lodge received. "The Second and Third Princi pals " and " The Wigginton , P.G.S. of W „ Ac; T. C. Walls, S.W.. W.M. Sun , Square, and Compass, 1 IQ, fie a candidate for advance- Visitors " followed. 'I'he latter toast was acknowledged by elect ; A. Tisley, J.W. ; 11. C. Levander, G.R., &c ment. " 1 leart y good wishes " having been expressed from Comps. Stiles, Col<- , and Wellard . The pledge of " The (honorary member), acting I.P.M. : Sir Charles Palmer, Henry Lodge, 2\ t> , the lod ge was closed in form and good Officers " received full justice at the hands of Comps. Tis- Bart, |.0.; J. Dodson , Sri") . ; Webb, |.D. ; Bedinglield , harmony atij.30. ley, Lake, Turner, and Farrington , jun. The amusement I.G. the visitors were Bros. Lieut. -Col. Shadwell II. of the companions was i-nli' inn d by the instrumental and Clerke, P.M. Sludholnie , t'vV. ; and C. Duke (Hastings). SUNDERLAND.—Union Lodge (Mo . 24) .— vocal contributions of Comps, Farrington , Tislev, Cole, The minutes of the previous meeting having been read The in.v.nllatinn meeting of Ibis Marl; lodge was held at Stiles, Bcding field , and others. 'I'he Janitor 's toast at a and confirmed, the ek ction of Treasurer, in tbe place- of the Ma-' onic Hall , Park-terrace, on Thursday, the 2y th late hour terminated the proceedings. V.W. Bro. Charles I lor.sley deceased , resulted in favour of ult. There were present Bros. T. Twizell, W.M., P.P.G. Bio. I. Dodson. Tin- installation of the W.M. was then I.G. ; |. S. Pearson, P.M., P.P.G.M. O.; Fred Maddison, YORK. — Zetland Chapter (No. 236.1.—The regular carried out most abl y by the V.W. Bro. Dewar, ably as- P.M., P.P.G.M.O.; .VI. Frampton , J. W., P.P.G.I. of W.J meeting of this strong chapter was held on Wednesday sisted by \V. Bro. Levander. Tbe officers, appointed and VV. Brandt , M.O.; T. M. Watson, S.O.; VV. Coxon , J.O.; evening, the 28th ult., when there were present E. Comps. invested for tint ensuing yea r were Bros. VV. Wi gginlon , R. B. Lulert , Treas. ; M. II. Dodd , Sec ; C. Macna- J. Todd , P.Z., as Z. : Hon. W. T. Orde-Powlett , II. ; G. I.P.M. and Sicrcta-y (by deputy) ; A. Tisley, S.W. ; inara. and VV. Pinkney. Visitors : Bros. Dr. Crossbv, P.M.. Balmford , J.; VV. I.awton, P.Z. ; R. VV. I loilon , P.Z. ; Richnell , J.W. (by deputy) ; J. Dodson , Treasurer and P.P.G.J.VV. (Leeds); VV. S. I luges, P.M., P.P.G.S. W.; R. Franklin, P.M., P.P.G.M.O.; W. Lax, R. G. Salmon, •K OMI &rfe JHarinrrs. deserving of constant repetition , and that it rests, after J. VVood, and H. S. Mendelssohn (Newcastle). The lodge all , on the " ut dicitur " of a very able non-Mason, Sir "was opened in due form by Bro . Twizell , W.M., at 5.30 William Dugdale. Curiousl y the idea that there were YORK.—York Lodge (attached to the York Mark p.m. The minutes of last lodge and audit meetings were " papal Bulls " to incorporate the Masons is supported by read and confirmed. Bro. Fred Maddison then occupied Lodge, T.I.).—A meeting of this lodge was held at York some German writers, though no Bull has yet turned up. ult when Bro. T. B. Wh the chair, and Bro. Mark Frampton , the Master elect, was on Thursday, the 29th , ytehead, Probably, if any such exists, it will be merely ad hoc to in- presented and obligated. A Board of Installed Mark Mas- W.C.N., presided , supported by Bros. L. Murphy as (.; corporate a fraternity, like Bishop Lucy's, at Winchester S.; S. Cumberland as S.D.; and ters was formed, and Bro. Frampton installed as W.M. for VV. P. Husband as J. ad cedifi candum ct rcparanda m fnbricam ecclesia;, &c. several other brethren. The following candidates were I cannot think that any the ensuing year. On the brethren returning to tbe lodge, " papal Bull can be found recog- the W.M. was presented to them by Bro. Maddison, and duly elevated to thc Degree : Bros. J. VV. Woodall (Scar- nizing the peculiar organization of the operative Guilds, saluted according to ancient custom. bro), E. T. Clark (Snaith), VV. E. Clark (Snaith), and J. though they may have found a home and protection amid ton). Bro. the Hon. VV. T. Orde-Powlett The W.M. immediately proceeded to invest his officers Oates (Darling , the mysticism and love of henncticism of the monasteries. as follows: Bros. T. Twizell, I.P.M.; R. B. Lutert, S.W.; the N. elect, was then installed in the chair by Bro. T. B. At the same time all early guilds seem to have royal authori- and afterwards appointed and invested his VV. Brandt, J.W.; T. M. Watson, M.O.; VV. Coxon, S.O.; Whytehead, zation, and reli gious sanction. As regards thc " monks " as ros. S. Cumberland Geo. Simp- R. Kinmond, J.O.; S. Pearson , Treas. ; T. Pinkney, officers as follows : B J. , J.; " builders " Mr. Street's views also require limitation. Un- J. Scribe and Treas.; A. T. B. Sec ; G. Bernard , S.D. ; M. H. Dodd , J.D.; J. Lowes, son, S.; M. Millington , doubtedly, too, if thc old chroniclers are trustworthy, in Reg. Mks. ; C. Macnamara, I.G. ; J. Brow n, Tyler ; D. Turner, D.C; L. Murphy, S.D.; W. P. Husband, J.D.; tbe early beginnings of ecclesi astical architecture, &c, Huntly and VV. Pinkney, Stewards. T. G. Hodgson , Guard ; and J. Redfarc, Warder. The many of the buildings were raised by the manual labour of After the officers had been invested and conducted to lodge was then closed. rv.-ri.---d the monks, directed by monk architects. " Cluny," if I their positions in the lodge, Bro. Hugos delivered a very remember rightly, amid many others which might be cited, able and impressive charge to them all upon the important is an example of this. But it is very difficult, as Dallaway duties they had undertaken, and the manner in which it Ancient antr ^rtmttuj c 3Lvttt\ pointed out years ago, to define in what consisted the vvas expected they were to be carried out. Two candidates actual limits of the monks' work. The chroniclers use such having been proposed the lodge was then closed in due SOVEREIGN SANCTUARY OF AMERICA. words as to make us believe more than probably they in- form. The brethren then retired to the banqueting bal l , tended doing. There seems always to have been a differ- and partook of an excellent banquet, presided over by the G RAND OFFICERS 1SS0 AND 1SS1. ence between the " Magister Latomus," the "Magister W.M. The usual loyal and Masonic toasts having been M.I. Sov. Grand Master General, Alexander B. Mott, Cemcntariorum," the "Maitre Macon," the "Mayster- given and responded to the brethren separated at ten M.D., ". Maistcr Massoun," and thc "Supervisor," " Solutor," , 33 0 o'clock p.m., after having spent a very enjoyable evening. T.I. Sov . Grand Administrator Gen., ohn J. Crane, . " Magister," " Operis," who was generally a monk. J 330 R.I. Sov. Grand Chancellor General, A. G. Bishop, 33 . THE EDITOR "KENNING'S CYCLOP/EDIA." ,, Expert General, Wm. Youngblood , s. m 33 0 Qntitnt antr Sxcqitctr llttc. ,, ,, Secretary General, Wesley B. Church, 33 . INIGO JONES MS. ,, „ Representative Gen., F. VV. Hulburt, 33°. So far as may be gathered from announcements in the Inspector General, Bernard Uiffar, ". Freemason , the above title has bee n bestowed on the last SWANSEA.—Morganwg Chapter (No. — „ „ 33 70). ,, ,, Keeper-General of the Golden Book, found Masonic MS., on the ground of its possessing a frontis- chapter was held The regular installation meeting of this Win . Welch , :,f. piece by the celebrated Inigo Jones. As onewhodistrusts the on the ult. Thc at the Ma.sonic Hall , Caer-strcet, 27th Examiner-General, B. D. Hyam , ". common belief in the connection of this great architect with minutes of the previous meeting having been read and con- ,, ,, 33 ,, ,, Master of Ceremonies, VV. II. Swire, 3y. our Masonic Craft, I should be glad if the accomplish ed firmed, the following brethren were balloted for and unani- ,, Keeper of the Sanctuary, VV. F. Ford , ". author of the preface to "The Old Charges of British Free- mously accepted : Bros. Sir Prysc Pryse, P.P.G.M.; Chas. ,, 33 G RAND R EPRESENTATIVES. masons" would specify rather more in detail thc evidence Richards R. T. Ken- Win . Rees Stokes, William Henry , R. III. Bro. Charles Scott, 33°, Great Britain and Ireland. upon which he relies, to confirm the propriety of the desig- Robt. Lock 0 nedy Lcvett, Howell Davies, J. Griffith Lock , , C A. Van Bokklin , , Hayti. nation which has been adopted ? Lup(oi) Charles B. Priest 0 33 John Lister, John R. Rowlands, , ,, C. P. Sargent, , Deputy, Hayti. R. F. GOULD. and David Win. Rees. 33 Robert Margrave, G. J. Hoarder, II. Boskowitz, 33", Koumania. THE HOLY MARTYRKS FOUR. Rich- ,, R.W. Bro. Sir Pryse Pryse, Bros. William Henry D. VV. C. Crcgcr, xf, Chicago, 111. In "Rome descri ption et Souvenirs, par Francis Ney," ards and Luptnn Lister, being in attendance, were , John ,, S. I.arkins, 33 , Brid gport, Conn. 3rd edition , Paris, 1S75, at p. 704, the following appears :— dul y received into the Rose Croix Order by 111. Bro. Hun- 0 ,, J. L. Perkins, 33 , St. Jolinsburg, Vermont "La solitaire eglise des (Juattrn Coronati elevee sur un ter Little 0, M.W.S., who performed the ceremony in 0 , 30 ,, P. VVeisi gcr, 33 , Richmond, Va. tertre en l'honneur de quatrc Soldats martyrs?" The his usual able manner. III. Bro. Marsden, *, M.W.S. 0 J. 30 ,, Wm. D. Peckham, jun., 13 , Mobile, Ala. expression Soldier Martyrs I have not met previously elect, having been in a very solemn manner installed as „ Alexander Song, 33 , Cincinnati , Ohio. with, the Coronati being ordinarily described as Christian very cordiall 0 M.W.S. of the chapter for the ensuing year, y ,, James Peters, , Philadelphia, Penn. engravers , and I should like to know whether cither Bros. thanked thc members of the Morganwg Chapter for the 33 0 „ P. C. Bombalicr, 33 , Havanna, Cuba. Ilughan or Woodford can throw any light on the quotation ? high honour which they had just conferred upon him, and From thc Sovereign Sanctuary of Great Britain and A second edition of "Old Charges of British Free- appointed the following breth ren as officers : Bros. J. C. Ireland. masons " is much needed. Upon the contents of these II.P.; D. C 1st Gen.; Lomas 2nd 0 Sladen, Jones, J. , R. 111. Bro. Wm. Younghlord, , care Ludwig, Roths- curious scrolls, together with gleanings from old " Fabric Gen.; E. Protbero, C.M.; G. VV. Clare, Raphael ; Sir 33 J. child and Bros., Nos. 424 and 426, Broadway, New York. Rolls," and the phraseology of certain " middle age " Pryse Pryse, Herald; D. Davies, C. of Guard , T. Wil- statutes, rests all that is known of Masonry in England , liams, Recorder, R, Davies, Treasurer ; VV. B. Broad, J. prior to thc initiation of Elias Ashmole, A .D . 164 6. Organist; the P.M.W.S., Dir. of Cir.; J. Davies, Almoner; R. F. GOULD. VV. II. Richards and J. L. Lister, Stewards; and G. Bul- ¦Scotlanix- Icrwell, Outer Guard . Thc chapter having received tbe To what does this allude ? GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND. very satisfactory report of the Audit Committee, and MASONIC STUDENT. ordered sundry resolutions and propositions to be entered DIE JOVIS, ifith December, 1725. in the minutes, the newly-installed M.W.S. performed the The following is the agenda of Grand Lodge held on A letter, dated the Sth inst., from Brother George Payne concluding ceremony, and closed the chapter in due form. Thursday last. A report of the proceedings will appear in , Junr. Grand Warden, directed in form to this Societ y, in- The brethren then adjourned to Bro. Clare's hospitable our next. closing a Letter from tbeDuke of Richmond banqueting hall , Grand Master, , and enjoyed a very pleasant evening in 1. Proxy commissions. dated likewise the Sth inst., directed to the Presidt true Masonic form. 2. Presents—Reports of the proceedings of thc Grand and the rest of the brethren at the Apollo, in which he erro- Lodges of The Three Globes of Prussia, Portugal , St. neousl insists on and assumes to himself a pretended 's of Hungary, Maryland, Montana, Alabama, Virg y John inia, authority to call our Right VVorsbipfull and highly csteem'd Michiga n , Missouri , South Carolina, and Massachusetts. ErtJ CTross of (Constantinc. Society to an account for making Masons irregularl for Presentation of commissions as Proxy Provincial y, 3. which reasons, as well as for want of a due regard Grand Masters and Representatives of Sister Grand , just esteem , and omitting to adrcss himself in proper form to YORK. — Eboracum Conclave (No. 137). —On Lodges. Thursday, the 29th ult, a meeting of this body was held the Right VVorsbi p full and highly csteem 'd Society. " 4. Minutes of Grand Lodge. Ordered for the enthronement and consecration of Sovereign and Minutes of the Grand Committee 5. , embracing the fol- That tbe said Letters do lye on tbe Table. Viceroy elect. 111. Sir Kt T. B. Whytehead, P.S., and lowing recommendations: Int. Gen. Unatt, presided in the unavoidable absence of 1. That Grand Lodge increase the number of members the M.P.S. the Karl of Zetland, and there were also present of the Hall Committee to five. Page (i of " Pro- 111. Sir Knts. the Hon. VV. T. Orde-Powlett, Int. Gen. ceedings." [The Committee, as provided for by the Amusements. of the Province ; |. W. Woodall , Int. Gen. Unatt ; and Constitutions, at present consists of three members.J E. Sir Knts. Cumberland , V J.S. .E. ; C. G. Padel , S.G. ; 2. Reponal of the Lodge Palestine, Beyrout, No. 415. Mr. Augustus Harris will produce on Saturday George Simpson , ,1 ;(¦•• ; L. Murphy, H.P. ; A. T. B. Pages C and of " Proceedings. " next, at Drury Lane, on a very grand scale, a new ballet I" 9 Turner , Recorder; . Humphries, as Standard Bearer; 3. I hat a charter be granted to the Lodge of St entitled " Lcs Sirens." Nothing, wc understand, will be W. P. Husband , as Herald ; S. F. Bousfield , R. Walker, James, Macduff . Page 7 of " Proceedings." spared in any department to make it worthy of the boards VV. B. Dyson, J. Ward , G. Bal m ford, H. Churchill , H. 4. A ppointment of Bro. Max Neuda as Representa- on which it is to be produced, and of the reputation for Jackson, and others. Bro. K. T. Clark, of the St Oswald's tive to the St. John 's Grand Lodge of Hungary. spectacle the present able management has already Lodge, 010, was installed a Knight of the Order. The Page of " Proceedings ." acquired. ' 7 auditor s report was adopted, showing a balance of over 5. Recognition of the United Grand Lodge of Colon £3 on the righ t side. Several inquiries were made for and the Island of Cuba. Pa ge 10 of " Proceedings," THE MOHAWK MINSTRELS.—The farewell benefit certificates. The Viceroy elect and the Sovereign elect. <). Resignation of Bro. the Lord Ramsay, M.P., as Pro- of Bro. R. G. '1 nomas, the courteous manager of this well- Sir Knts. C. G. Padel and J. S. Cumberland, were vincial Grand Master of Forfarshire. Page e presence of matters forbad by winter from being transp ired to North, and from North to South, as occasion served, or bis singing of "The Gambler 's Wife." Mr. VV. Freeman 's through thc pores. This searching Ointment , well rubbed upon Hie work- demanded. Probabl y Mr. Street is right in this, that banjo song, "'I'he Rustic Young Damsel ," experienced, as skin , penetrates to the ilceulv-seateil organs, upon which it exerts a after a certain time each great monastery had its own most " Logo he always does, a hearty and sympathetic welcome. Messrs. wholesome ami heiieticial influence. Well nigh .ill the indi- Latomoruni " attached to it, and that Masons not of that Harry Hunter, as interlocutor gestions give way to tfiis simple treatment , VV. Francis, corner man , C. , aided by purif ying and lodge belonged to the lodge in a particular " limiM. " aperitive doses of Holloway's Pills, round each box of which plain Temple, VV. H. Florence, VV. Ray, and all who took part in instructions " are folded. Bilious disorders , loss of appetite , I am glad that Bro. Gould has so ably expressed his con- thc entertainment, gave the greatest satisfaction ; not the julness after eating, lassitude, gout , and rheumatism mav be effec- currence in the view I have long held, and often expressed least effective contributions being those of Mr. Arthur tively checked in their painful progress and the seeds of long guf. in thc Freemason and elsewhere, that the authority Lloyd, K'ring , Mr. Fred Kent, "the Mad Artist," Mr. Macla- eradicated bv these remedies.—[Anvr.] of the " Parcntalia " is not great, and certainly not gan, &c. SERVICES OF THE GRAND T ONDON MASONIC CHARITY THE second part of " Notes on the English Ritual " OFFICERS. t ASSOCIATION—MAY ELECTION , sSSo.-The deserves to be perused by all who are interested in 1— G RAND CHAPLAIN . Committee have selected the following Candidates, and re- the subject. quest the Votes of the London Brethren on their behal f :— Bro. the Rev . A RTHUR J. PUREY -CUST was AGED FREEMASONS. initiated in the Apollo Lodge, Oxford University No. 16. William John Helps. W E understand that the cases taken up by the Lodge, in the year 1S47, and served the office of ,, 19. Samuel Genese. London Masonic Charity Association are receiving Junior Warden in 1849, and in the same year was John Wm. Claisen. appointed Provincial Grand Deacon for „ 24. much support. We trust that the Association may Junior FREEMASONS. Oxfordshire . In 1856 he was elected W.M. of W IDOWS OF be successful in its kindly labours. No. 15. E. T. Maynard. Buckingham Lodge, No. 591, Aylesbury, and be- „ 40. Marianne Rigby. came at the same time a member of , and Chaplain „ 41. Harriet Palmer. * * to, the Union Lodge, No. 414, Reading, a con- „ 43 Sarah White. nection which was maintained during his residence M. A. Child . W E beg to call attention to the report of Grand „ *5. Elizabeth there from 1861 to On returning ',, 24. Rebecca Martin. 1874. to Ayles- Chapter elsewhere, and the appointment of the bury, the rev. brother was made Deputy Provincial ,, 37. Louisa E. Chandler. Lod , * Two Candidates of the same name. Grand Officers , which, like as in Gran d ge Grand Master of the Province of Berks and Bucks, judicious. a position which he necessaril Proxies to be sent to Bro. A. TISLEY, Hon. Secretary, has been most y resigns on his ap- L.M.C.A., No. 1, Clifford's Inn, Fleet-street, London, E.C. pointment to the Deanery of York. Our dis- * * tinguished brother takes with him the " Hearty good wishes " W E note elsewhere the account of a visit to the of his brethren in Berks and Bucks, BENEVO- and we heartily congratulate him not only on his ROYAL MASONIC library of the Supreme Grand Council , 33, Golden- LENT INSTITUTION.-SECOND APPLICA- appointment to Grand office , but on the ecclesias- TION. —MAY ELECTION, rSSo. —Your Votes and square. We congratulate the authorities of the tical dign i ty that has been conferred upon him as Interest arc earnestly solicited on behalf of Rite on the possession of such a library and museum. Dean of York. It is worthy of note that the BRO. GEORGE ELLIOTT, Senior Grand Chaplain , Bro. the Rev. C. W. S. (Now of 91, Kent Street, Grimsby), aged 70 years, who Stanhope, has received the appointment of Deputy was initiated in Lodge No. 24S (formerly 309), at Braham, * * Grand Master of Berks and Bucks, vacated oy the in the year 1S46, and subscribed to it for the last 32 years. Dean. misfortune to W HEN is Grand Lodge going to " put its house in He was formerly a fisherman, but had the ENIOR RAND EACON time, owing to failing order," and set about having a library worthy of S G D . lose his vessel in 1S65, since which The Craft will rejoice, as with the heart of one sight, rheumatism, &c, he could do very little for thc sup- the name? There is no reason why the English unable to make man, in seeing our Bro . G OULD raised to the dais port of himself and family, and has been Grand Lodge should not have a library of any provision for declining years. This case is strongly as the first of the Grand Deacons for 1SS0, and the recommended. the highest value and the greatest use. Let us pleasure will be generally felt in thc United States trust that a new era is yet to set in for our Masonic as in this country, and amongst our brethren on Order, and the too long neglected duty of literary the Continent , as well as in our various Colonies, TO OUR READERS. encouragement be taken up. Then we may hope for not only have the works so ably written by Bro. Gould been enjoyed by a very wide circle of readers, for a more scientific and studious appreciation of but he has laboured most successfully on behal f of THE FREEMASON is published every Friday morning, price 3d., anil our history, our archaeology, and our " raison the Grand Lodge in several of our District Grand contains thc fullest and latest information relating to l-'rcemasonry d'etre. " Lodges. During his sojourn in Northern China in every degree. Subscriptions, including Postage :— -Jt: # and Gibraltar he was particularl y active and United States, * useful in placing thc Craft on a firm footing. „ ,„. J .. |„di a China , Australia United Kingdom. Canada, the tonti- jy 7calind &c I T will be seen by an official circular elsewhere nent &c. Bro. Gould, though not " grey-headed in the ser- , that an especial Grand Lodge will be holden at the vice " (born , we believe, in 1 6d. 17s. 6d. S36), has been a mem- 13s. 15s. Town Hall , Truro, on Thursday, the 20th May ber of the "mystic tic " for some twenty-five years, Remittances may be made in Stamps, but Tost Office Orders or next. The brethren are to assemble at 10.20. having been initiated in the Royal Naval Lodge, thc former payable to GEORGE K E .YXINO, No. (then 621), Ramsgate, in On going Cheques are preferred , Grand Lodge will be opened at 11 a.m. precisely. 429 1855. Chief Office, London , the latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank abroad hesubsequently joined the Inhabitants Lodge, A very numerous gathering is anticipated. No- 153. (then 178), Gibraltar, and was the W.M. in 185s, having been mainly instrumental in resuscita- ting No. 153. Being such a zealous worker, the Co (Corrcspntrcnts. * * District Grand Masterof Andalusia conferred upon WE understand that a good many app lications Bro. VV. YouNGHLOR D, U.S.A.—Wc have no agents in him thc office of District Senior Grand Wa rden, America. Masonic publications can be sent by book post. continue to be made for Bro. Kenning's cheap which was a special recognition of his efficiency. The postage of the " Cyclopaedia " is only 7d. edition of the " Cyclopaedia." We think well to Bro. Gould was again the occupant of the chair VV. F. GARDENERS.—The inaccuracies are regretted, state, as we are requested , that brethren should in the following year, as the first W.M. all in thc report furnished us with the ex- and founder of but we find them endeavour to avail themselves of this liberal offer the Meridian Lodge, held ception of the number of the lodge, which was a " printer's in the 31st regiment (then 104 O, No. 743, error." before the list is closed , May 15th. When it is re- it being one of thc few regimental lodges A.M.M.—We think that so far from its being imp opcr membered that Mackay's original little handbook under the Grand Lodge of England. Bro. Gould to publish the lodge expenditure on the summons, it is a was published at 5s., excellent, no doubl, in its on his proceeding to Bombay was anxious as very proper thing to do. There certainly is no law against the information of the mem- way, it does appear a very liberal proceeding on the ever to lend a hel ping hand wherever needed , and , publishing a balance-sheet for therefore , bers of a lodge. part of the publisher to issue (he larger work at directed his attention to thc senior lodge of Western India , No. 415, Poona , which was in Ss. 6d. BOOKS, &c, RECEIVED. rather a languishing state. Happily his efforts , "Der Long Islaender," "Die Bauhutte," " Brighton * * ably seconded by other brethren , were crowned with and Sussex Dail y Post," "Young Folks," " Derbysh i re success, and the lodge soon regained its normal ac- Gatherer," " Orient," "The Masonic Record of Western O UR good brother ERASMUS W ILSON will be tivity- Our brother on sojourning at Shanghai was India," " Boleti n Official," "The Egyptian Gazette," pleased perhaps to learn that his " munificence," installed as W.M. of the Northern Lodge of " Australian Freemason," " Proceedings of the Grand (let us call it b China , No. , in 1864, and, being one of the Council of Royal and Select Masters of Massachusetts," y no other name), towards the Sea 570 " Rite Eccosais Ancien Accepte," " Croydon Guardian," Bathing Infirmary at Margate is mentioned by EI most distinguished Masons in the neighbourhood, " Hull Packet ," " Proceedings of the Sixth and Seventh 1 alter ,a. new Spanish Masonic periodical , published he was selected to lay the foundation stone of thc Annual Convocations of the Most Excellent Grand Royal new Masonic Temple to be erected there, which Arch Chapter of the State of Missouri," -'The Jewish at Seville, in terms of great admiration and ap- has since been reared, and proved worthy of the " Chronicle, "The Citizen. proval ; but he will , we think , be equally amused to Cra ft . As a souvenir of so pleasing an event , our learn that the Spanish editor has transferred the brother was presented with a handsome silver " locale " ot his generous act to " Bath," which he trowel , and on severing his Masonic connection asserts to be on the " coasts of England. " But with Shanghai we were pleased to see that the North THE FREEMASON. China Hera ld after all such mistakes in geograp hy are just now , on behalf of the brethren , stated SATURDAY , M AY 8, 1880. that " he had contrived to do more for Masonry allowable and excusable — at least , the young than has fallen to the lot of any of his contempo- ladies say so, as regards our " young men. " raries to accomplish ." Bro. Gould on returning to We give elsewhere the Masonic sen-ices of our new this country, after many years' absence, was quiet , Masonicail for some time Grand Officers. They will , wc know, interest our y, , but the " old spirit " soon manifested itself , and in 1875 and 1876 we readers greatly, as it is always well to realize W HAT is the exact position of the High Grades to find him in the chair of the Moira Lodge, No. 92 , " who's who," when , year by year, our highest Craft Masonry, and vice versa , has always been a London, to which lodge we may say he is no more honours are given by H.R.H. the Grand Master " moot point," and until quite lately there seemed attached than are the members thereof to him. in his very careful and discriminating selection of to be a " consensus " of Masonic writers on the which is saying a good deal ; for we question if worthy Masons and faithful brethren. in any other lodge the esteem for a distinguished subject , that is to say, upholding the anti quity of P.M. is more heartily fel t, or his respect for the Craft Masonry, the comparative modern origin of the lodge more sincere and constant. Our brother has * * High Grades. But of late doubts have begun and served most conscientiously and devotedly on the W E are indebted to Bro . H YDE C LARKE foracuri- are multiplying. The existence of Hermetic Ma- " Board of General Purposes " in 1876, 1878, and ous inscription in the Phoenician language on a sonry in London in 1721 is a complete reply to all 1879, and on the " Colonial Board " for the same years, and again in He is also a Life bronze vessel found in Cyprus, on which appear the theories which connect the High Grades with 1877. the words " Hira m , King of the Sidonians. " It Governor and Past Steward of the Boys' School Ramsay. Some of the " evidences " gradually and the Benevolent Institution. As a Royal Arch is very interesting to note how many of thc letters accumulating of the existence of a High Hermetic Mason Bro. Gould was exalted in Melita Chapter, of the Phoenician alphabet are akin to Masons' Grade, as in Egypt, require grave attention , and, Malta , No. 349, in 1857, and was First Princi pal in marks. therefore, wc think we arc warranted in saying that 1S65 of No. 570, Shanghai , also in 1878 of No. 92 , the now commonly received theory is not quite so London. Though active also as a Knight Templar * * whilst abroad, we prefer to confine our remarks to T HE proceedings at the annua/ festival of English clear as it seemed ten years ago, and that the whole the Craft, as we feel sure that his predilections are Masonry passed off with great 6clat , and seem to subject demands most serious re-consideration. all in that direction. All his previous labours, how- have given universal satisfaction. What do Bro . Hughan and other students say ? ever, have been put entirely in the shade during the last few months by his issue of "The Four Holy Sanctuary Chapter, Rose Croix. In 1877 he Britannic Lodge, No. 33, of which he is a P.M. Old Lodges and their Descendants " and "The was one of the founders of the Bayard Chapter, He is likewise a P.Z. of the Britannic Chapter. Atholl Lodges." No works of greater importance Rose Croix , and was installed M.W.S. in 1878. He is P.M. and Secretary of the Frederick Lodge have ever been issued on Freemasonry , of He received the 30° in 1S76, the 31° in 1S7S , the of Unity, No. , 0 452 in the Province of Surrey, and such value to the Craft their utility as books 32 in 1879, and in the same year was appointed has rendered it and the chapter, of which he is of reference, their accurate information as to all A.D.C. to the Ancient and Accepted Rite. In P.Z. and Scribe E., important services. He is a lodges from 1717 to the Union in 1813, and their 1874 he was exalted to the Royal Order of Scotland, P.P.G.J. Warden of the Province in which he was most interesting details of thc progress of the and accepted the hon . office of Grand Secretary of born—Surrey. He is a founder of the Ravens- Craft from early days down to this century, that Order in 1S79. bourne Lodge, 1601, hel d at Catford, composed are such that they secure for Bro. Gould J UNIOR G RAND D EACON . chiefly of the members and officers of the Board of not only the front rank amongst Masonic his- Bro. Col. S OMERVILLE BURNEY was initiated at Works for the Lewisham District. He is one of torians, but entitle him to the gratitude and esteem Bangalore, in-the East Indies, on the 13th April, the founders of the Evening Star Lodge, 1719—a of the Craft universal for his painstaking, faithful , 1847, and was passed and raised in Perfect Unani- class lodge for gentlemen connected with gas and scholarly histories. He has displayed the cri- mity Lodge, Madras, in 1850. In 1S57 he joined companies, and of which he is Secretary. He is tical faculty to some purpose, and has done for thc thc Angel Lodge, No. 51, at Colchester, and in a Life Governor of , and has served Stewardships two rival Grand Lodges, in the compilation of 1859 the Wellington Lodge, at Deal . In 1863 he for, all the Charities. Of other Masonic Degrees, their lists of lodges, in connection with his friend became the W.M. of the United Lodge, No. 51, he is a P.M.M. of the Bon Accord Lodge of Mark and brother Hughan, what has been wanting ever and joined the Friends in Council Lodge, No. Masters, and is a Treasurer to the lodge, and is a since the Union in 1813, but has never before 1383, London, in 1875. Bro. Burney was the Past Grand Overseer of the Grand Lodsre of been even attempted. We have already reviewed founder of the United Lodge, Colchester, in 1857, M.M.M. He is a Past Commander of the Stuart these two remarkable works, and antici pate soon and of the Bayard Lodge, No. 1615, London , in Encampment of Knights Templar, a Past M.W. a similar pleasure in looking over another volume 1876. In Royal Arch Masonry our brother was Sovereign of the Invicta Chapter of Sovereign by thc same brother, on Military Lodges, after equally active. He was exalted in the School of Princes of the Rose Croix, and is a member of tne which we hope others will follow, for our brother Plato Chapter, in August, 185 1, and was one of 32°. Bro. Magnus Ohren has rendered good has a gift for such studies, and should continue his the founders of Wellington Chapter, No. 784, in service to Masonry, and is alike respected in researches, which have already been so productive which he, served as J., H., and Z. He was also private life and by among his brethren in the Craft. of great results. Indeed, his duty as well as his one of the founders of the Friends in Council pleasure almost demand such labours, for we look Chapter in 1S 76, and elected T reasurer. In G RAN D SWORD BEARER . to him with confidence, and are never disappointed. 18 78 he founded the Bayard Chapter, and Bro. CHARLES GREENWOOD was initiated in the Bro. Gould was rrnzetted to a commission in thc has since filled the chair of Z. Bro. St. Michael 's Lodge, No. 211, on nth February, Army in 1855, and retired by the sale thereof Burney has served as Steward to the fol- 1851. Served as Master in the year 1855-6 ; in 1865 . According to Hart's " Army List " it lowing Charities : Royal Masonic Benevolent elected Treasurer in i860, and has held the office will be seen that it is true of him as of Free- Institution in 1S76 and 1879; Royal Masonic ever since. He jo ined the Grove Lodge at Ewell , masons generally, a good ifaso n makes a good Institution for Boys in 1876 and 1880 ; and Royal No. 410, on the 13th September, 1S51, served as soldier : " Served for nine years in the 31st Regi- Masonic Institution for Girls in 1876. In the High Master in the year 1853-4, and is still a member. ment, and commanded a company throughout the Grades Bro. Burney is a Knight Templar, in He was exalted to the Royal Arch Degree in the campaign in the North of China in 1S60, includ- which Order he has passed the office of E. Pre- Fidelity Chapter, No. 3, on the 1st May, 1857. ing the action of Sinho, and storming of Tanku ceptor, and is Past Provincial Grand Commanderfor He twice served the office of First Principal in this (medal with clasps for the Taku Forts). Served Essex. He was perfected in the Rose Croix, 18°, chapter, and is still a member. He joined the on the staff during the operations against the at Manchester, in 1S56 , and attained the 30° in Grove Chapter in 0 0 August, 1857, was installed as Taepings, in the vicinity of Shanghai, in April and October, i 860, the 31 in Apri l , 1S76 , the in 0 3s First Principal August 23rd , i860, and continues May, 1862, and was present at the taking of the October, 1877, and the 33 in January, 1879, and a member. He joined the St. George's Chapter, stockade of Nanhsiang, capture by escalade of ihe now holds the office of D.C. in thc Supreme No. 370, Chertsey, in 1857, and filled the office of walled cities of Kadin , Tsinpoo, and Tsolin , the Council , and Inspector-General of the E.C. dis- First Principal in the year 1S62-3. He became a fortified town of Najao, and the affair at Nanh- trict in the Ancient nnd Accepted Rite. Bro. Knight Templar in the Harcourt Encampment. siang." As we fear we have already risked our Burney is also a member of thc Ark and Mark Chertsey, in 1864, and is a Past Commander of devoted head in making use of a private exchange Degrees, and was founder and first M.W.S. of the the Grove Encampment. He was appointed Pro- of dates (as to our Masonic careers ) for thc pre- Bayard Rose Croix Chapter, one of the founders vincial Grand Secretary for Surrey on the 29th ceding sketch, we draw our notice to a close, with of Studholme Rose Croix Chapter , and of thc July, 1856 , and has held the office ever since. On - trepidation on the one hand as to Bro. Gould's Studholme Mark Lodge. his appointment in 1856 there were five lodges in objections, but with certain conviction on the other, the province, there are now twenty. He has given that the Craft at home and abroad will be glad of J UNIOR G RAND D EACON . his aid and assistance in the formation of the new these few particulars of the Premier G.D. of Eng- lod , Bro. OHN H. SCOTT, G.J.D., Dep. Prov. G.M. ges and has been elected an honorary member land for 1S80. Bro. Gould was called to the' Bar J for Sussex, was initiated into Freemasonry in the of most of them. He is also an honorary member in 1S6S, and is a member of the Western Circuit. of Frederick Lod Royal Clarence Lodge, No. 271, at Brighton , Feb- ge of Unity, No. 452. He had ruary, 1 Sth , 1853. He has remained a subscribing a presentation of plate by the brethren of the pro- SENIOR G RAND D EACON . member ever since. He has filled every office in vince in 1863, in testimony of the valuable services he rendered as Provincial Grand Bro. FRANK R ICHARDSON was initiated in the the lodge, from I.G. upwards, and has been thrice Secretary of Surrey. In the following Tuscan Lodge, No. 14, on the 24th November, elected W.M., and occupied the chair in thc years 1877 address, accom- panied b a purse, was presented to 1863, served every office , and was installed Master 1859, 1865, and 1877. In the Prov. Grand Lodge y him :— "To Bro. CHARLES G REENWOOD in 1869, and is now, and has been for thc last five of Sussex he was appointed Prov. S.G.D. in , P.M. 211, 410 , 1859 P.Z- 3. 37°> 4'o, Provincial Grand Sec. for Surrey. years, M.C. He served Steward, and became Life and i860 ; Prov. J.G. Warden, 1S61 ; Prov. S.G. " Dear Sir and Brother, Governor of the I hree Chanties in 1S69, and was Warden , 1S65, 1S66, and 1867 ; Prov. G. Secre- On behalf of the lodges and of the individual one of the Grand Stewards of that year. In 1869 tary, 1873, 1874, 1875, and 1S76; Dep. Prov. G. Masons of the Province of Surrey, we beg to tender you he was elected on the Board of General Purposes, Master, 1S77, 187 8, 1879, and he still occupies this expression of fraternal regard and esteem on the occa- sion of your having completed your twenty-first year of of which he has been since 1878 , and is now, a that position. Bro. Scott has always been looked office as Grand Secretary of the province up , and in assuring member. He joined the Grand Stewards' Lodge to as one of the best working Masons in Sus- you of the high appreciation in which your skilled, zealous, in 1S69, served all thc offices , and is thc present sex. Having been instructed by the late Bros. and faithful services are and always have been held, to re- W.M. In thc year 1876 was one of the founders G. G. Pocock and Step hen Barton Wilson , he has quest your acceptance of the accompanying present as a of the Bayard Lodge, No. 1615, and holds the adopted the working of thc Emulation Lodge of proof of the goodwill of your brethren of Surrey. "With every good wish for your long continued health office of Treasurer. For a second time he served Instruction. He has performed thc ceremonies of and happiness, as Steward of thc Boys' School in 1879, and of thc thc Three Degrees too often to be enumerated. "We are, dear Sir and Bro.. vours trulv and fratpmallv. Benevolent Institution and of thc Girls' School in He has installed thirty-two Worshipful Mas- (Signed) " J. S. BROWNRIGG , P.G.M. Surrey. 1880. Of the latter Institution he is a member of ters ; consecrated five new lodges ; assisted " C. VV. Arnold, D.P.G.M. Surrey. the House Committee. He is also now a V.P. of at the consecration of thirteen other new lodges ; " VV. R HVS W ILLIAMS , Treasurer,} Testimonial all the Charities. He was exalted to the Royal and has worked every Section of the Three " H E.VRV J. P. DUMAS, Secretary, / Fund. " Farnham, July, 1877." Arch on the 3rd March , 1S65, in the British Chap- Lectures. He is a Life Governor of each of the Bro. Greenwood is a Life ter, No. 8, served all the offices , and was installed Masonic Institutions. In 18 he was Steward to Governor of , and has 77 served Stewardships for all the Masonic Charities. First Princi pal in 1S72 , and is now, and has been the Boys' School , and presented a list amounting for the last five years, D.C. In 1S he joined (o £279 6s. At the last annual festival of the 77 ASSISTANT CRAND PURSUIVANT. the Bard of Avon R.A. Chapter , 778. In 1878 Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Bro. W. CLARKE was was one of the founders of thc Bayrad R.A. Freemasons and the Widows of Freemasons he initiated in the Royal St. Edmond's Lod , No. 1008 " Chapter, No. 1615, and was installed First Princi- represented the Province of Sussex as Steward, and ge , on the 25th July, 1870, joined the Prince of Wales pal in 2879. In 1S74 he was advanced to the De- his list amounted to £610 10s. j he also represented Lodge, No. 959, I pswich, in 1864, and served as W.M. in 18 gree of Mark Master in the Carnarvon Lodge, the Province of Sussex as one of the Stewards on 76. In he j oined the British Union No. 7, and is M.O. Served the office of Mark the occasion of the installation of H.R.H. the 1875 Lodge, I pswich. In he took his first step Grand Steward in 1875, and Steward of the Mark Prince of Wales as M.W.G.M. of England at the 1873 in Royal Arch Ma- sonry, having been exalted in White Benevolent Fund in 1876. Joined the Hiram Albert Hall. In Royal Arch Freemasonry Bro. Rose Chapter, No. 1008, Bury St. Edmunds. In Mark Lodge, No. 13, on its being reconstituted in Scott has been equally distinguished and ener- 1876 he joined the Royal Sussex Chapter, No. , 1875, and was installed W.M. in 1878. In 1879 getic. He was exalted in the Lennox Chapter, 376 and served as M.E.Z. in 1878-9. He was appointed he was appointed G.D. of the Grand Lodge of No. 271, in 1857, and has served the office of M.E.Z. P.G.D.C. for Suffolk, and still holds that Mark Master Masons. In 1879 was admitted a twice, H. four times, and three times. With but appointment. J. Among other evidences of Bro. Royal Ark Mariner in the Brixton Lodge, No. few exceptions he has installed all the Principals and Clarke 5 Masonic zeal we may mention that he was 234. In 1875 was admitted Most Excellent Master exalted all the companions of thatchapter since 1862. advanced in the Mark lodge at I pswich in 1873, and attained and Royal and Select Master in the Council No. 4. He is father of the Sussex Chapter, No. , of the 732 rank of S.W. In he was installed In 1S7.3 was exalted a Knight Templar in the New which he was first P.S. and M .E.Z. in 1868. He 1875 a K.T. in Plantagenet Preceptory, I pswich, and Temp le Preceptory, and afterwards a Knight of was first M.E.Z. of thc Cyrus Chapter, No. , perfected 38 in the Rose Croix Chapter, I pswich Malta. Joined the Harcourt Preceptory on its re- and he has assisted at thc consecration of three , in 1876. Bro . Clarke has served three Stewardshi construction in 1873, was installed Preceptor in new chapters . To show the appreciation in which ps to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , and one 1874, and is now Treasurer. Joined Faith and he is held by the brethren of the province, he has to thc Royal Masonic Institution for Girls. He is also Fidelity Preceptory in 1S75, nnd was appointed been elected an honorary member of almost all the ,1 Life Subscriber to all the Institutions. C. of G. in Great Priory in 1876. In 1873 he was lodges and chapters in Sussex. exalted a Knight of Constantinc in thc Bard of The Masonic career of the Grand Senior and Avon Encampment. In 1873 was exalted to the A SSISTANT G RAND D IRECTOR OF CEREMONIES. Junior Wardens, Lord Onslow, and Sir F. Wyatt i8° in the Grand Metropolitan Chapter, Ro;e The Masonic career of Bro. M AGNUS IIREN O Truscott, Lord Mayor, we hope to present to Croix. In 1874 was one of the founders of our thc commenced in 1861 , when he was initiated in the readers in the next issue of the Freemason. but I prefer to give thc results without comment, except to ©riffinal Correspoitoenw. remark that Worcestershire appears to be advancing mes 3R£bte&js. rapidly. [Wc do not hold ourselves responsible for, or even approving of , I am again unable to give the result 'for the Benevolent VOICE OF MASONRY, Illustrated. J. VV. Brown, the opinions expressed bv our correspondents, but we wish in a spirit Institution , the inconvenient plan of putting all subscribers Chicago, U.S. No. 4, Vol. XX1IL , April. of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—free in one list being still retained. This is really a wonderful Masonic serial, ei ghty pages discussion.] I take this opportunity of correcting a clerical error in full of interesting matter, Masonic and otherwise, month by month. Whether as regards size, quantity, or quality it THE PROVINCES AND THE CHARITIES. last week's table. The average votes per lodge in Derby- as printed. is uni que in Masonic magazine literature just now. In its To the Editor of the " Freemason." shire for the Girls' School should be i.V, not 2J Yours truly, A" PAST MASTER. last number it contains fift y-two articles, longer or shorter. Dear Sir and Brother,— Wc recommend our readers to " order " it, and peruse As promised last week, I now send the results as regards if for I'liemsplvf-s. the Boys' School , and would repeat by way of explanation MASONIC REGALIA. that tbe number following tbe name of the province shows the position held last year, and that fractions of -j arc esti- " I am , Sir Oracle, THE MASONIC REVIEW. Cincinnati , Ohio, U.S. mated as J,. And , when I ope my lips, let no dog baric. " Wri ghtson & Co. This is another very interesting American Masonic mag- n To the Editor of thc " Freemason. " azine, to which, as the editor says we have unwittingly 7 2 -ss ° '' i-g Dear Sir and Brother,— "taken away its character, we beg to offer an amende n r& I would not again trespass on your space, but thc honorable. It seems that in a recent review we talked ]£ $i ejp curious and rather dyspeptic lctterof "P.M., P.Z.," very un- currente calamo of its " thirt y-second volume," whereas fairl y misquotes my letter of the 17th ult. it is really in its fift y-second. As wc say before, we at once 1. Dorset (2) 13 ' I did not state " levels " simply, but, "J. levels; " withd raw tbe " soft impeachment" of too much " youth ." 539 4'i Wc confess that we " lie " 2. West Yorkshire (1) ... 00 2535 which plainl y distinguished thc emblems in question from under a serious mistake, and 38^ we make our " salaam reverentl _ 3. Gloucestershire (4) ... 14 47S 34J the ordinary level of the S.W. In " operative Masonry " " y to this Nestor of Ma- sonic seriah'sm. 4. Warwickshire (3) ... 30 9S5 33 there are two " working tool s " formed by " perpendicular 5. Worcestershire (25) ... 10 242 24J lines on horizontal lines. " That of which the perpendicular 0. Kent (0) 44 1063 23',' arm is the longer is called a t-sqnnre ; and that of which the THE MASONIC AGE. Bro. BEN CHASE, Editor. 7. Hants and I. of VV. (y) 32 747 23i horizontal is the longer a t-level. At least I have always Louisville, Kentuck^ y, U.S. S. Somerset (S) 22 511 23V beard them called by these technical names. By prefixing We have reviewed this excellent representative of Ken- <> Surrey (3) 19 424 22.V a diagram of the emblem to thc work " level," it seemed tucky Freemasonry before with pleasure, and wc repeat 10. South Wales, Eastern (7). 15 323 2ir,L impossible for any careful reader to mistake the meaning. the process to-day with equal satisfaction. It is a very 11. Staffordshire (13) ... 23 491 2i j- But, Sir, the " argument " is the curious part of " P.M., good magazine, and deserves sympathy and support. 12. Oxfordshire (10) ... 9 lS7 21 P.Z.'s " letter. Because Bro. A. has been " over thirty 13. Lancashire, East (12) ' 3. Dorset (4) ij 64 49 ,' PROCEEDINGS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF 1 4. Warwickshire (2) ... 30 145 4s, MASSACHL'SSETTS FOR MARCH , 1 SS0. 5. Kent (6) 44 ldi 41 ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS. This is a most interesting record , admirably printed and C. Oxfordshire (y) ... y 333 37 strikingly illustrated. 7. Sussex (3) 24 8(12. 3O N INETY-SECOXl ) ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL. S. Somerset (10) 22 7S9 36 To the Editor of the " Freemason." y. Surrey (7) ly O72 35 i TRANSACTIONS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF Dear Sir and Brother,— MICHIGAN. io. Staffordshire(i3) ... 23 SoS 35V 1 send ynu herewith the additions to the Festival 11. South Wales, Eastern (S) 15 523 -55 This is a full and remarkable record of a very inlliienti.il announcement up to date for insertion in the Freemason. body. We wish we could think that the financial 12. Wilts (12) 10 ,).)i ",.| j position I am , dear Sir and Brother , vours faithfull y and of some of the American Grand Lod ges was as good as it 13. Hants and 1. of VV. (11 J 32 10S3 34 fraternall y, F. R. W. 'HEDGES, 14. Worcestershire (27) ... 10 1-.2 ->,; ' ought to be. But we are reminded by a worthy friend and Secretary, P.P.W.G .VV . brother in America, for whom we have deep 15. Durham (iS) 25 753 30 .', regard, despite " dividing waters," that when anything is mentioned about id. Lincolnshire (id) ... 20 (102 30 ', Amount announced in Freemason , A pril 24 £13,(126 iS d , 17. Berks and Bucks (15) iS 315 2S ,' "the Budget ," "Mums the word,' (Merry Wivesof Wind- Lists since received— sor), as our remarks about expenses has been found fault iS. Bristol (19) S 227 2SJ Province of Monmouth , Bro. VV. 19. Leicester & Rutland (21) 10 27 1 27 1, with by some dear good friends of ours on the other side of Pickford £iy) 15 o the "little mill pond. " Well, as Praed sung of agreat poli- 20. Lancashire, East (17) yi 24 05 27I Amount announced . . ... o 57 15 tical party in 1S30, we have nevertheless " good inten- 21. Norths & Hunts (14) .. Bro. Godfrey, who writes very clearly and forcibly, deals 27. South Wale;, Western (22) 9 179 20 with some questions affecting the entire legal community, 2S. Suffolk (2d) 20 370 iS.l which are " moot points " under all circumstances, about 29. Cheshire (32) 37 O69 iS] RED CROSS OF ROME AND CONSTANTIXE. which much diffe rence of opinion exists in a most distin- 30. Yorkshire , N. & E. (30) 2d 45s i;* To the Editor of the "Freemason." guished profession , and concerning which we do not , to say 31. Cumberland and West- Dear Sir and Brother,— thc truth , see our way at all to express an opinion in the morland (29) ... ic) 324 17,'i In reply to " P.S. No. 36,"! am at a loss to know neutral columns of the Freemason. Whether barristers and 32. Herefordshire (3d) ... 4 63 1 y; what authority he has for applying for certificates ; his solicitors are In continue distinct branches of jurisprudential 33. Notts (31) 11 1^7 ll| i Recorder is full y aware where to write to, or at any rate did in arrangements or are to be amal gamated, we must leave to 34. Derbyshire (3.5 ) ... 19 200 14 November last , which was the last communication received " time " In demonstrate, which makes so many changes 35. N. Wales and Salop (34) 23 339 1 V,' from his conclave, on the 14th of which month one certificate and removes so many old anil cherished landmarks. That 36. Norfolk (33) id 210 I-,.'. was sent by me to Sir Knight Lewtliwaite, Recorder of 3d. some solicitors are very good speakers is undoubtedly 1 true. 37. Devon (37) 17 $.,3 12 , 1 am glad they are anxious to pay thei r dues, and if they but , as pure laymen , speaking most deferentiall y, our idea of 3.S. Cornwall (40) 2S 2S7 nij will send tlu in !n the Grand Recorder, VV. k. Woodman , a solicitor is bound up with a highly respectable adviser, who 39. Lancashire, West (39) Si S11 HI ] M.D., Ford House , Exeter , he will no doubt be glad to seems pari of the books, boxes, and papers all around him. 40. Bedfordshire (41) ... 5 43 Si receive them. I should like In know to whom aud io what But Urn. Godfrey deals with this and oilier questions in a 41. Cambrid geshire (3S) ... 4 ;j s address the communications lie speaks of have been sent , very clear and decided manner, and if we have any readers, 42. Channel Islands (42)... 11 72 cV] and should like to see as a curiosity any of those returned to as we probabl y have , who have " souls " intent on " legal .) •; • I'l'- of -Man (43) ... 3 o o him , as, although I have resigned [the- position of acting reforms," and are interested in such grave social problems, Grand Recorder , I shall still feel a livel y interest in the let them by all means invest sixpence in the purchase of 9O3 20273 27J Order. this little " brochure," and read and judge for themselves. Yours in faith and fraternity, We have one or two good legal brethren who probably There are several point* of intercut which (will be noted , ]OHN MASON. have a strong opinion on the matter. ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR At a general Assembly, held on Friday, Charles The City and Guilds of London Institute for and Frederick BOYS. B. Birch, sculptor, was elected an Associate, Advancement of Technical Education has voted £150, and Stacpoolc an Associate Engraver. the Clothworkers' Company 100 guineas, to thc buildin^ fund of the Birkbcck Literary and' The first meeting of the Board of Stewards was held at The Art Union of London held its annual mcct- Scientific Institution. yceum Theatre, Mr. G. Godwin, F.R.S., Freemasons' Hall, on Monday, the 3rd inst. Tbe following inglastweek at tbe L Mr. Arthur Charles, Q.C., and Mr. Alfred brethren were unanimously elected officers of the Board of presiding in the absence of Lord Houghton. The years Wills, Q.C., were on Wednesday and the print of thc elected Examiners in Stewards:— subscriptions amount to over £12,000., Common Law to the Universit ' icture y of London for the ensu- President, R.W. Bro . Lieut.-Col. N. Lc Gendre Starkie, year is an engraving of Mr. Oswald Brierley s p , ing year. Vice-Presidents "The Loss of the Revenge." Sir WaltcrStirling,_in second- Prov. G.M. of East Lancashire. Acting , 1 he London VV. Bros. John Words- ing the adoption of the report, lamented the demolition of Congregational Union, of which Right Hon. Lord Crcinornc, No. 0; Mr. Albert A. Rucker, P.G.D., V.P. ; Temple Bar, which had succumbed not to the ravages of Spicer is Treasurer, has an .income of £3582, worth, V.P. and Trustee ; I- from subscriptions during the past Horace Brooks Marshall , C.C., V.P. ; Clement R. N. time, but to general bad taste and a lack of appreciation year, and £i2S gs. yd. b collections. Thc grants for the same period were Bcswickc Royds P.P.G. VV. E.L., V.P.; Lieut.-Col. of archaeology. He was sorry Cleopatra's Needle had been y , /. 23SS 2s. 4d. to the Church Aid Societ Somerville Burney, P.P.G.D. Essex. Hon. T reasurer, bro u ght to this, country, and hoped the Pyramids would 3 y, and £6^3 4s. for not follow it to be placed in Trafalgar Square. sites. L G. Stevens. P.Sl.and Treas. No. 554. Hon. Secretary, , VV. ib-o . Frederick Binckes, V.P., P.G. Stwd., and Sec- Thc ninety-fourth Exhibition of thc Society of I he fifty-third anniversary festival of the Prin- retary to the Institution. Painters in Water Colours was opened to thc public in their ter's Pension Corporation , will be held on Tuesday next, Honorary Vice-Presidents, Vice-Patrons and Vice-Pre- gallery, 5, Pall Mall East, on Monday. There are close on thc nth inst., at thc Freemasons' Tavern, under the presi sidents of the Institution , Present and Past Grand Officers, three hundred exhibits, and , if wc judge them by the talent dency of Bro. the Right Hon. Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott , Present and Past Grand Stewards, Present and Past Pro- they collectivel y display rather than numerically, the only supported by the sheriffs of London and Middlesex. vincial Grand Officers. possible conclusion to arrive at it is that it is in every way By permission of the Treasurer, Bro. J. D. It was resolved , worthy of its predecessors. One of the most effective Allcroft P., Anniversary Festival be held at the , J. the next ordinary evening meeting of the " That thc ensuing pictures is 120, which , occupying, as it deservedly does, a London and Middlesex " Archaeological Society will be held Crystal Palace. central space immediately facing the entrance, at once in the Court Room of Christ' "That ladies and brethren dine together at the same attracts the attention of the visitor. It is the work of Sir s Hospital , on Monday, when numbers." a paper will be read by Mr. William Pitman, C.C., entitled tables, without restriction as to John Gilbert, R.A., President of the Society, and represents "Topographical Notes on "That tbe orice of dinner tickets be—ladies, 15s. ; the Battle of the Standard , fought during Stephen's rei gn , thc Ward of Farringdon Within." The Rev. S.M. Mayhew, M.A., F.S.A., will brethren , 2i s. in tne year 113S. Sir Gilbert exhibits another and only exhibit some anti deposited by each Steward to thc quities, and the Hon. Secretary, Mr. " That the sum to be less effective picture than that we have named, the scene Birch , will read the Festival be £2 2s., to a short communication on the Old Tern fund for defraying the expenses of delineated being sufficiently indicated by its titl e of "The pie, in Holborn. include dinner ticket for Steward ." Prisoners/' "A Ballast Wharf on the Thames," "A "That the musical arrangements of the Festival be French Fishing Smack," " Honueur, Normandy, and Thc annual general meeting of St. Peter's referred to a Sub-Committee, consisting of the President, other works by Mr. George IT. Andrews, are admirable Hospital will be held, by permission of the Lord Mayor, at Vice-Presidents, T reasurer, Secre- Duncan has sent the Mansion House, on T uesday, Vice-President, Acting ¦ specimens of that artist's ability. Mr. when his lordshi p will tary, and six brethren ; and that they report their pro- several contributions , which all testif y that bis great skill preside. "' ceedings to thc next meeting. as a delineator of marine scenery is still as vigorous as The " Windsor Strollers, " amongst whom is "That the usual complimentary dinner tickets be sent , ever. This is especially noliceable in his " Old Billings- Lady Monckton, gave a dramatic performance in the anil that complimentary ladies' tickets be sent to the gems of gate," No. qR , which is unquestionabl y one of the Music Room , Queen Anne's Mansion, on Thursday last for Secretaries of the Masonic Institutions, and two to the " " Ailsa , the display, and his " North Berwick Lifeboat. the benefit of St. Andrew's Conval escent Home, Clewer. residential staff of each School. " Cra ig," b Mr. Francis Powell , is a grandly simple per- . y Wc believe that a new "That the Chairman of this meeting, Bro. J. A. Rucker, formance. Messrs. Thomas J. Watson , E. A. Waterlow, evening paper will make P.G.D., the Hon. Treasurer, and Hon. Secretary bea Sub- Walker Field , and VV. E. Walker, the new Associates, give its_ .ipper.inccin the course of a few days, under the editor- committee, to provide badges for the Stewards, and the many and various proofs that they arc in every way worthy shi p of Mr. Frederick Greenwood. other usual requisites for the Festival." of thc honours recently bestowed on them. Mr. R. Thornc I he first meeting of the Gucl h Lodge since sent to each Steward p A supply of dinner tickets will be , Waite, Associate, is well represented by eight pictures. the recess will be held this day (Saturday ) at the Red Lion, who, however, will be responsible only for those actuall y- Mr. Paul Naftel is even stronger still in respect of num- Leytonstonc. disposed of b him. bers, that which struck us as his best being " Through thc y Sir William Goldncy, M.P., one of thc A duplicate sheet for donations, &c, will also be sent, if VVood Pont-y-G , North Wales " (No. 0). Amongst new ypyn , 4 baronets, is a Governor of required , to each Steward. other contributors whose pictures will be deservedly ap- Christ's Hospital. preciated must be mentioned Mrs. Allingham , Miss Clara The Brewers' Company, thc Clothworkers' Montalba, Messrs. S. P. Jackson, F. Tayler, Birkct Company, and the Fishmongers' Company have each con- Foster, F. Powell, G. Dod gs'on, VV. C. T. Dobson , R.A., tributed 100 guineas to the building fund of Girton ILitrranj antr antiquarian jtfotcs. II. M. Marshall , E. Radford , T. M. Richardson, whose College. " Pass of Glencoe " is one of the features of the gallery ; The Mercers' Company have voted a donation whose hynx of Gcczeh and thc Pyramid of The Lord Mayor talks of giving three conver- Carl Haag, "Sp of £52 10s. in aid of the funds of the Royal Hospital for sazioni, at one of which the City Companies will exhibit Cheops," (No. 121) is greatl y lo be admired ; H. Moore, Children and Women. some of their pictures, at another their plate, at a third Oswald VV. Brierley, S. Read's, "Interior of Burgos Cathe- general objects of interest which they possess. dral " (No. 193), worthy of all praise; E. Buckman , "A Thc Lord Mayor, supported by Bro. Sheriff Scramble —Yarmouth " (No. ; and A. VV. Hunt Woolloton , and Bro. Sheriff Bay Fragonard's Paintings K)7) , ley, and the under-sheriffs, A splendid collection of " Uokeh " (No. 221); Mrs. II. C. Angcll , whose fruit Bro. Crawford and Bro. Wragg, will doo of the artist's y preside at the twenty- and Drawings have been sold in Paris, and llowcrs are well nigh unsurpassable ; Mr. J. D. ei ghth anniversary festival of the City Orthoixedic Hospital, works had been gathered together by the late M. Walfcrdin, Watson , and Mr. Alfred D. Fripp. The usual style of to be held at thc Albion on Friday. an ardent admirer of the art of the eighteenth century, who catalogue is issued to the public, but Bro. G. M. Haigh has lived until last January in the midst of pictures and scientific __ The inaugura l dinner of the Horns Tavern , compiled one which is printed on hand-wove paper, and Kennington , under the management instruments , secluded in an old house in the He St. Louis. but as the of Messrs. Smith and merits to be described not simply as a novelty, King-, will take place on Thursday Tbe paintings alone realised some £8000., the best prices neatest and compactcst gem of a catalogue we have ever evening, May 13th , being paid for two reduced copies of panels executed for when the chair will be taken by H. D. Rawlings, Esq., and had the pleasure of seeing. It is a great advance on any- the vice chair b A. Prob Madame du Barry's Chateau de Luciennes , "The Bold and the public must appreciate it if y yn, Esq. The musical arrange- thing of the kind , they ments will be tinder tbe direction of ' I.nver " and "The Surprise," which sold for £1200, and have in them sense and taste. Mr. Chaplin Henry. " The Happy Lovers," which brought jfSoo. the 1st of May in Liverpool was celebrated as Thc Drawings of the late Viollct-le-Duc arc now usual by a procession of gaily decorated horses, wagons, and being exhibited at the Paris Cluny Museum. Some of the trade insi gnia, and as lor the first time in the year the most interesting works are his plans for the restoration of •THasomc attrj (General Citiinrjs. weather' was warm, bright , and summcrlike, the show at- Napoleon lll. 's Castle of Pierrefonds, his unsuccessful de- tracted thousands of spectators, who lined the streets, and signs for the Paris Grand Opera, and several spirited epi- A meeting of Grand Masters' Council , No. 1 , gave the city all the appearance of an organised fete. The sodes of the Franco-Prussian War. of Royal and Select Masters of England will be held at Red show of horseflesh on these occasions in Liverpool is always The South Kensington Museum has tried thc Lion-square, on Thursday next , at live o'clock. Several extremely fine, and and Saturday proved no exception to electric li ght with great success, the lamps being placed in candidates are down for admittance, and other business, in- the rule. the hall containing Sir F. Leighton 's new fresco. The cluding the appointment of officers. On the 2<)lh nil. a most successful concert was Brush system is adopted , and the lamps will be used on At a meeting of thc St. John 's Lodge, No. 673, given in the New Cross Public Hall in aid of thc Irish Dis- Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturdays till 10 p.m. During it was proposed and resolved that the sum of fifty guineas tress Fund.' The ball was well filled , and all classes, rich the spring and summer the electric li ghting of the British be granted from the funds of the lodge for the R.M.I, for and poor, alike showed a warm sympathy in thc objects of Museum has been suspended, but the experiment is con- Boys. A report of the proceedings will appear in our next. the concert. It was under the patronage of the Lord Mayor sidered to have been perfectly successful. and Lad We have been informed that Bro. Higgins has y Mayoress and several gentlemen of the nei gh- bourhood , among whom we may According to the Acmietny,an unknown M.S. of withdrawn his nomination of Bro. Thomas Francis Peacock mention Bro. Joseph Saint-Simon has just been discovered in the Archives of the Clever, while Bro. Joseph Clever, jun., acted as one of for the House Committee of the Royal Masonic Institution the. Stewards. The nett result French Ministry for Foreign Affairs. It is entitled " Henri for Girls. amounted to £23 os. id., IV., Louis XI1L , et Louis XIV., " and contains details and which has been handed over to the Lord Mayor. On the Lord Mayor will preside at thc criticisms of great historical interest. Monday Th e hi ing Forest Committee twelfth annual meeting of the Royal Albert Merchant Sea- pp have given the superintendent and keepers 'Vhc Athena-uin says that Mr. Browning will bring men 's Inisitutinn to be held at the Mansion House. His the strictest possible orders to , prevent bird shooting, birds' -nesting-, and bird snaring b out before long a companion volume to the " Dramatic lordshi p is one of the Vice-Presidents of the charity. y Idyls " be published last year. Sir Charles Gavan Duff y, every means in their power, and nothing is to be allowed to The Fifteen Sections were worked at the Union who is now on his way to this country from Australia , has be destroyed within the Forest precincts except venomous prepared f or immediate bublication a history of the Young Waterloo Lodge of Instruction , No. 13, on Thursday reptiles, like adders or vi pers. ' evening, ult., and held at the Earl of Chatham Arms I reland movement , between 1S41 and 1849, in which he 29th , 1 he funeral of thc late Mr. George Grosssmith Woolwich b Bro. G. Milbourn Preceptor of the , played a leading part. , y J. , the well-known reader and reciter Excelsior and Temperance Lod Instruction , in thc , took place on Thursday, ges of the ult., From Notes and Queries we learn that the May absence through illness of Bro. N. Brown. A large attend- 30th at Kensal Green Cemetery. The chief mour- ners were the two sons number of the /.a:u Magazine and Review will contain an ance of the brethren testified to the unanimity and good , Mr. George Grossmitb, thc popular actor, article by Sir Travers Twiss on Medi.eval Law in Cyprus, feeling which exist in this district. Thc Sections were and Mr. Walter Wecdon Grossmith , and his brother _ Mr. VV. R. Grossmith. Mr. in which much new li ght will be thrown on the administration most impressively rendered by the brethren amongst J. L. Toole, Mr. Charles Mil- , wood Mr. of the island under the House of Lusignan and the Venetian whom Bro. Gooding's working eliciting tbe warmest and , John Gardner, and several other intimate friends of the deceased were among the followers Republic. heartiest encomiums Bros. G. Davies P.M., Preceptor , while many as- , , , sembled on the grounds to pay theirlast tribute of and A. Cleall , the efficient and indefatigable Secretary, respect to 1 he Royal Academicians have bought with the one who was so universally admired for his being present and affording valuable assistance. Altogether geniality and Chantrey Fund, from the exhibition which is about to open kindness of disposition to all with whom he was associated. in Burlington-gardens, Mr. Poynter's " A Visit to .-Escu- a most enjoyable and profitable evening rewarded the lapius " (250), Mr. Orchardson 's "On Board H.M.S. attendance of the brethren. Wc stated some time since that the brethren at Bellerop hon " (2O2), Mr. II. VV. B. Davis 's " Returning to I he Prince of Wales presided on Saturday at Cheltenham were about to present to the newly-restored the Fold " I255), and Mr. Brett 's " Britannia 's Realm " Marlborough House, over a meeting of the Royal Commis- old parish church of that town a stained glass window for US7). sion for the Australian International Exhibitions. There- the east end of the building, and that the execution of the work had been entrusted to Messrs. Lavers Professor Saycc is preparing a thoroughl revised were present—The Earl of Carnarvon , the Earl of Kimbeifey, and Barraud , y of Bloomsbury. The window has now been leted edition of George Smith's " Chaldean Genesis. " The tran- the Right I Ion. Sir Michael E. Hicks-Beach , Bart., the Ri ght comp , and has been put together at the manufacturers' works in slations as well as the text will be corrected and enlarged , Hon. Hugh C. E. Childers, M.P., Sir Daniel Cooper, Bai l., Endcll-strcet , where, we are requested to state, Bro. Lavers and full use will be made of tbe tablets recentl y acquired by Sir |obn Rose, Bart., Sir Frederick l .ei ghton, Mr. Warring- ton 'W. Smyth and .VIr. T. A. Wri ght ,' Secretary. will be pleased to show it to any brethre n or others who lho British Museum which relate to the earlier chapters of may care to inspect it. The window will cost Genesis. ht 1 Ion. Lord Viscount Sidinouth has the Masons The Rig of Cheltenham about £330, a very generous gift. The The front pillars of Tonx-giano 's altar, which promised to preside at the next anniversary of the Friend ceremony of unveiling and presentation will take lace ' St. ' p Mr. J. II. Middleton discovered a few months ago in the of the Clergy Corporation , at Willis s Rooms, James s, on the 2dth inst., the day following the holding of the Pro- Ashmolean Musciiir., and which the University authorities on Tuesday, June 22nd. vincial Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire at Stroud. It is have since given up to the Dean and Chapter of West- Her Majesty has conferred the Order of Vic- expected that a sermon will be preached on the occasion by minster, were replaced in their old position in the chapel of toria and Albert on the Duchess of Marlborough , in recog- the Chaplain of the Province. One of the local lodges Henry VII. on monday last. The altar, to which they nition of her unremitting and invaluable exertions in miti- (No. S2) holds its regular meeting in the evening of the " ori ginally belonged was destroyed in 1243. gating the misery and distress in Ireland. same day. Lod 1604 , Wanderers, F.M.H. St. ' Saturday the thirtieth birthday of the Duke ge James s, Gregorian Arms, Jamaica-rd., S.E., at 8. On „ Clarendon , Guildhal l Tav., Gresham-st. Duke of Edinburg Penny-fields lar ht was celebrated with the customary honours 1769, h, Silver Lion, , Pop , at 7. of Connaug „ 1S03 , Cornhill , King's Head Tav., Fenchurch-st. Doric, Whitechapel-rd., at S. to members of the Royal famil y. In the early morn- 0 79, paid Supreme Council, , 33, Golden-sq., VV. Burgoyne, The Red Cap, Camden Town N.W., at S. ing and at intervals throughout the day the bells of St. 33 , LODGES OF I NSTRUCTION. St. Luke's, White Hart, King's-rd., Chelsea, 7.30. George's Chapel and St. John 's Church peeled merrily, ~ Pilgrim, F.M.H., 1st and last Tues. Chigwell, Prince's Hal l, Buckhurst-hili at S. while salutes of twcnty-onc guns were fired from the artillery , Metropolitan , Moorgate-st. Station Restaurant, at 7.30. Royal Standard, The Alwyne Castle St. Paul's-rd., in the Long-walk and from' Fort Belvedere, Virginia-water. , N., at S. Yarborough, Green Dragon, Stepney, at 7. Ranelagh, Six Bells, Hammersmith-rd., at S. His Royal ' Highness's birthday was also kept at Bagshot Domatic, Surrey M.H., Camberwell New-rd., at 7.30. I-insbury Park, Earl Russell Isledon-rd., Holloway, at S. Mansion where the Duke and Duchess are at present re- , , Faith, 2, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-st., S.W., at S. William Preston, Feathers Tav., Up.George-st.,Edgware-rd . siding, and in the afternoon the Queen and Princess Beatrice Prince Fredk. Wm., Lord's Hot., St. John's VVood , at 7. Earl of Carnarvon, Mitre Hot., Golborne-rd., Notting-hill. visited their Royal Hi ghnesses, driving from Windsor Castle * Prosperity, Hercules Tav., Leadenhall-st., at 7.30. Stability, Guildhall Tav., Gresham-st., from 0 to S. down the Long Walk and through the Great Park en route. Dalhousie, Thc Sisters' Tav., Pownall-rd., Dalston, E., 7.30. Pythagorean Chapter, Portland Hot.,London-st.,Greenwich. Her Majesty returning to the palace in the evening. Prince Florence Ni ghtingale, M.H., William-st., Woolwich, 7.30. St. George's Globe Tav., Greenwich at S. Arthur William Patrick Albert was born the ist May, 1S50, , , Constitutional, Bedford Hot., Southampton Bdgs., at 7. Royal Alfred Star and Garter Kew Brid at and on the iSth of March marricd Princess Louise Mar- , , ge, 7.30. iS79, Israel, Rising Sun Tav., Globe-rd. Wandsworth Wandsworth at garet, daughter of Prince Frederick Charles of Prusia. On , Star and Garter Hot., , 7. ¦Wandsworth , Star and Garter Hot., Wandsworth, at 7. Clapton White Hart Tav.,- Satui day some cattle from Zululand, presented to thc Queen , CIapton , at 7.30. Royal Arthur, Prince's Head, York-rd., Battersea, at S. arri ved at Windsor by the Great by Sir Garnet Wolscley, Beacontree Red Lion, Leytonstone, at S. , , Western Railway. They are handsome specimens of oxen Excelsior Commercial Dock Tav., Rotherhithe, at S. MASONIC MEETINGS IN WEST LANCASHIRE. " small. "On their arrival at Windsor they , but exceedingly St. of Wapping, Gun Hot., High-st., Wapping, at S. AND CHESHIRE. 's Shaw Farm. The animals John werh taken to Prince Consort Islington Moorgatc Station Restaurant, at 7. Service Corps. , For the Week ending Saturday, May 15, 1SS0. were in charge of some of thc Army Leopold, Gregorian Arms, Jamaica-rd., Bcrmondsey, at S. STREET FIRE ALARMS.—On Thursday , the 30th Mount Edgcumbe, 19, Jermyn-st., St. James's, at S. MONDAY, MAY 10. ult., in Ludgate-hill and other streets in the City, and in Duke of Connaught, Palmerston Arms, Grosvenor Park, S. Lodge 314, Peace and Unity, M.R., Preston. Blackfriars-road and other south Metropolitan thorough- Sir Hugh Myddelton , 1O2, St. John 's-st.-rd., at S. ,, 721, Independence, Eastgate-row, Chester. fares, the first of the new street " lire alarms " were St. Marylebone, Eyre Arms, I- mchley-rd., at S. ,, I02 i, Hartington, Custom Housc-bdgs., Barrow. erected under thc supervision of the Metropolitan Board of Corinthian, George Hot., Millwall Docks, at 7. » '350, Fermor Hesketh, M.H., Liverpool . Works. The " fire alarm " consists of an iron column , Henley, Three Crowns, North Woolwich, at 7.30. „ 139S, Baldwin Castle, Dalton-in-Furness. about a foot in ci rcumference, not quite so hi gh as a pillar Royal Naval College, Greenwich Hospital Schools, at S. „ 1496, Trafford , Northumberland Hot., Old Trafford. letter-box, and surmounted by a circular box which will Eleanor, Angel Hot., Edmonton. Chap. 14S, Elias Ashmole, C.R., Warrington. contain an electri c apparatus. The column is placed, after Metropolitan Chapter, Jamaica Coffee Ho., Cornhill. Mark 1O5, Egerton , Bedford House, Rock Ferry. tbe manner of tbe pillar letter-boxes, in tbe pavement of WEDNESDAY, MAY 12. Walton Conclave, Skelmcrsdale H., Liverpool. the foot-way, painted red, and quite as conspicuous as the Gen. Coin . Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , at 3. Derby L. of I., M.H.. Liverpool . street letter-boxes. Convenient places, especially points Lodge 3, Fidelity, F.M.H. T UESDAY, MAY n. most remote from a Fire Brigade station, will be selected ,, 13, Union Waterloo, M.H. Woolwich . Lodge 24 1, Merchants, M.H., Liverpool. for the erection of the " fire alarms," on which are dis- 15, Kent, F.M.H. „ 1250, Gilbert Greenhall, M.H., Warrington. played these words on the iron rim round the circular dial ,, 70S, Carnarvon , Mitre Hot., Hampton Court. » '7IJ, Wilbraham, Wal ton Institute, Wal ton. of the box. The key of the latter will be always in tbe ,, 7S1, Merchant Navy, Silver Tav., Burdett-rd. Red Cross Conclave, Liverpool M.H., Liverpool. possession of the police-constable on duty, and , on the ,, S20, Lily of Richmond, Greyhound, Richmond. Stanley L. of L , 114, Gt. Homer-st., Liverpool. breaking out of a fi re, he can , by opening the dial, and ,, 130O, St, John of Wapping, Gun Hot., Wapping. Prince Arthur L. of I., So, Hill-st., Liverpool . handling the instrument within it in a certain way, commu- „ 1O94, Imperial , Cadogan Hot., Sloane-st., S.W. VVEDNESDAY, MAY 12. nicate instantaneously with the nearest fire-station , indica- ,, 171S, Centurion , The Imperial , Holborn Viaduct. Lodge 2S1, Fortitude, Athen.-eum, Lancaster. ting the street in which the outbreak of fire has occurred. ,, 173 1 , Cholmeley, Alexandra Palace, N. ,, 1094, Temple, M.H., Liverpool. (Installation.) This excellent arrangement will obviate the necessity of Chap. 857, St. Mark's, S.M.H. Camberwell. » >35f > , De Grey and Ripon, M.H., N. Hill-street, running off to the station , and, what is of the utmost im- K.H. 30, 33, Golden-sq. Liverpool . 0 portance in cases of lire, enable the fi remen to have their Supreme Council, 33 , 33, Golden-sq. » 13S7, Chorlton , M.R., Chorlton-cum-Hardy. engines at the place indicated almost immediately after the LODGES OF I NSTRUCTION. >> '547, Liverpool , M.IL , Liverpool . discovery of thc fire . Confidence, Railway Tavern , Fenchurch-st., 7 till 9. Chap. 17S, Harmony, M.H., Wigan. New Concord , Jol l y Farmers, South grte-rd., N., at S. •> '345. Victoria, Cross Keys, Ecclcs. Mt. Lebanon , Horse Shoe Tav., Newington Causeway, S. Neptune L. of L, M.H., Liverpool. METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS Pythagorean , Portland I lot., Greenwich, at S. THURSDAY, MAY 13. For thc Week ending- Friday, May 14, 1SS0. Burdett Coutts, Salmon & Ball , Bethnal Grccn-rd., at S.30. Lodge 216, Harmonic, Adelphi Hot., Liverpool. La Tolerance, 2 , Maddox-st., VV. at S.45. » 33i> Royal Preston, Royal Hot., Preston. The Editor will be glad to receive notice from Peckham, Maismorc Arms, Park-rd., Peckham, at S. „ 477, Mersey, M.R., Birkenhead. Finsbury Park Alwyne Castle, St. Paul's-rd., N. „ 7Sd Croxteth , United Service, M.T., Secretaries of Craft Lodges, Royal .Arch Chapters, , , Liverpool. Southwark, Southwark Park Tav., Southwark Park, at S. 1035, Prince of Wales, M.H., Kirkdale. r o » Ma k L dges, Encampments, Conclaves, &c, of Dukcof Connaught, Ryl. Edwd. I lot., Marc-st., Hackney, S. ,, it S3, Duke of Edinburgh, M.H., Liverpool. any change in place, day, or month of meeting. United Strength, Hope & Anchor, Crowndale-rd., N.W., S. ,, 1213, Brid gewatcr, Cross Keys, Ecclcs . Whittington, Red Lion, Poppin's-court, Fleet-st., at S. ,. 13S4, Equity, Alford Chambers, Widncs. SATURDAY, MAY S. Royal Jubilee, Si , 1-ong Acre, at S. Mariners L. of L, M.H., Liverpool. Lodge 173, Phcenix, F.M.H. Langthornc Swan Hot., Stratford, at S. , FRIDAY, MAY 14. ,, 17 6, Caveac, Albion Tav., Aldersgate-st. Temperance in the East , Geo. the Fourth , Ida-st.,E.,at 7.30. Lodge 12S9, Rock, Bedford House, Rock Ferry. „ 132S , Granite, F.M.H. Thistle, M.M.M., The Harp Tav., at S. __ ,, 1O07, Loyalty, Alexandra Palace, N. Eleanor, Trocadero Hot., Liverpool-st., Edmonton. ,, 1OS5 , Guel ph , Red Lion , Leytonstone. Zetland, King's Arms Hot., High-st., Kensington, at S. MASONIC MEETINGS IN EAST LANCASHIRE. Chap. 11S5, Lewis, King's Arms Hot., VVood Green. Merchant Navy, Silver Tav., Burdett-rd., Limebouse, 7.30. For tbe Week ending Saturday, May 15, 1SS0. ,, 1293, Burdett, Mitre Hot., Hampton Court. Creaton , Prince Albert Tav., Portobello-ter., Notting-liill, S. MONDAY, MAY' 10. Mark 234, Brixton, Surrey Masonic Hall. THURSDAY, MAY 13. Lodge 1253, Travellers, Queen's Hot., Manchester. LODGES OK I NSTRUCTION. Lodge 19, Royal Athelstan, Cannon-st. Hot. TUESDAY, MAY 11. Manchester, 17, London-st., Fitzroy-sq., at .8. ,, 20(1, Friendship, Ship and Turtle, Leadenhall-st. Lodge 1055, Dcrby,MasonicRooms, Bedford-st., Chcctham. Star, Marquis of Granby, New Cross-rd., at 7. ,, 2d3, Bank of England , Albion Tav., Aldersgate-st. VVEDNESDAY, MAY 12. Percy, Jolly Farmers, Soutligate-rd., N., at S. „ S79, Southwark, Southwark Park Tav. Lodge I4d, Antiquity, Bull's Head Inn, Bolton. Eccleston , King's Head, Ebury Bridge, Pimlico. ,, I07d, Capper, Guildhall Tav., Gresham-st. „ 204, Caledonian , F.M.H., Manchester. Sphinx , Stirling Castle, Camberwell. ,, I2i d, Macdonald, Hd.-qrts. ist Surrey Rifles . ,, 2SS, Harmony, Masonic Hall, Todmorden. Alexandra Palace, Masonic Club, Loughborough, at 7.30. „ 1321 , I-.mblematic, Horns l av., Kennington. „ S52, Zetland, Albert Hot., Bailey-st., Sal ford . AIOXDAY, MAY 10. ,, 155S, Duke of Connaught, S.M.H., Camberwell. _ » S54, Albert, Duke of York Inn , Shaw, Oldham. Lodge 5, St. George's and Corner Stone, F.M.H. ,, 1042, Earl of Carnarvon, Ladbroke H., Notting-hill. THURSDAY, MAY 13. ,, 58, Felicity, Ship and Turtle, Leadenhall-st. ,, 1S04, Coborn , Vestry Hall, Bow. Lodge 191, St. John , Knowsley Hot., Haymarket-st., Bury. ,, 13d, Good Report , Inns of Court Hot. Chap. 73, Mount Lebanon, Bridge House H., Lon. Bdg. „ 1055, Derby, MasonicRooms, Bedford-st.,Chectham. ,, 193 , Confidence, Anderton 's Hot., Fleet-st. ,, 13S3, Friends in Council, 33, Golden-sq., VV. „ 1 144, Milton , Commercial Hot., Ashton-under-Lync. ,, 937, Leigh, Freemasons' Hall. K.T. 45, Temple Crssng, Bridge House IL, Lon. Bdg. ,, 1145, Equality, Red Lion Hot., Accrington. ,, 122 S, Beacontree , Private Ro., Red Lion , Leytonstone. ,, 11 7, New Temple, Inner Temple. -, 1147, St. David, F.M.H., Manchester. ,, 1366, Highgate, Gatehouse Hot., High gate. G. Council Royal & Select Masters, No. 1 , 2, Red Lion-sq. ,, 1697, Hospitality, Royal Hot., Waterfoot, M'chcstr. ,, 1571, Leopold, Woolpack Tav., Bermondsey-st. LODGES OF I NSTRUCTION. FRIDAY, MAY 14. ,, idyl , Quadratic, Greyhound Hot., Hampton Court. Union Waterloo, Earl of Chatham, Thomas-st., Woolwich. Lodge S15, Blair, Town Hall, Strctford, Manchester. ,, 17S9, Ohi que, Regent Masonic Hall. Kent, Duke of York, Borough-rd., Southwark, 7.30, Chap. 720, Panmure, Horns Tav., Kennington. Egyptian , Hercules Tav., Leadenhall-st., 7.30. ,, SO2, Whittington, Anderton 's Hot., Fleet-st. Fidelity, Yorkshire Grey, London-st., W.C, at S. Mark 239, Royal Naval, 2, Red Lion-sq., W.C. Finsbury, Jol ly Anglers' Tav., Bath-st., City-rd. 3&ivt])g, iHarrtatjrs, aitto ©ratfjs. Rose Croix 53, Holy Sanctuary, 33, Golden-sq., W.C. Ebury, 12, Ponsonby-st., Millbank, at S. LODGES OK I NSTRUCTION . Highgate, Bull and Gate, Kentish-town, at S. Neptune, Warrior I lot., Brixton , at 7. The Great City, M.H., Masons' Avenue. [The charge is 2s. Gd. for announcements not exceeding Lily, Greyhound, Richmond, at 7. Hi gh Cross, Coach & Horses, Hi gb-rd., Tottenham. Four Lines under this heading.] London Masonic Club, 101 , Queen Victoria-st., E.C, at 0, Salisbury, Union Tav., Air-st., Regent-st., at S. BIRTHS. Wellington , White Swan Hot., High-st., Deptford , S to 10. Southern Star, Crown Hot., Blackfriars-rd., at S. St. Joh n, Gun Hot., Wapping, S to 10. Great Northern , Berwick Arms, Bcrncrs-st., Oxford-st. LAKF.R .—On the 39th ult , at Fairfield, Sunderland-road, Prince-Leopold, MitfordTav.,Sandringham-rd.,DaIston, 7.30. Rose, Walmer Castle Hot., Peckham-rd., at S. Forest-hill, the wife of Mr. George Laker, of a daughter. Sincerity, Railwa y Tav., Fenchurch-st. Station, at 7. Crusaders, St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, at y. Camden, 174, High-st., Camden Town, at S. Prince Frederick William Chapter, St. John's VVood. MAXWELL.—On the 30th ult., at 2, Elm-villas, Park-road, Tredega r, Royal Hot., Mile End-rd., at S. United Mariners, Three Cranes Tav., Mile End-rd., at S. West Dulwich, the wife of Mr. Walter Maxwell, of a St. James's Union, Union Tav., Air-st., Regent-st., at S. Vitruvian , White Hart, Belvedere-rd., Lambeth, at S. daughter. UAR T . Perfect Ashlar, Victoria Tav., Lower-rd., Rotherhithe, at S. Panmure, Balham Hot., Balham, 7.30. S —On the 1st inst., at Mowh, India, the wife of Upper Norwood , White Hart Hot., Church-rd., at 8. Royal Oak, Lecture Hall, High-st., Deptford, at S. Lieutenant VV. H. Suart, Royal Horse Artillery, of a Marquis of Ripon , Pembury Tav., Amhcrst-rd., Hackney, S. Capper, Three Crowns, North Woolwich, at 7. daughter. Loughborough , Cambria Tav., Loughborough June, at 7.30. Marquisof Ri pon,PemburyTav., Amhurst-rd.,Hackney,7.30. MARRIAGES. Hyde Park, The Westbourne 1 Royal Albert , White Hart Hot., Abchurch-lane at , , Craven-rd., at S. , 7.30. JARVIS—CARR.—On the ist inst., at Christ Church , West Smithfield Victoria Park, The Two Brewers , New Market Hot., West Smithfield. , Stratford, at S. Beckenham , by the Rev. VV. Walsh, Stephen arvis West Kent , West Middlesex J , Forest-bill Hot., Forest-bill , at 7.30. , Feathers Hot., Ealing, at 7.30. of Surbiton, son of Mr. J. S. Jarvis, of Clapham-com- St. George's, Globe Tav., Royal Hill North London Chap.Joll Farmers Soutbgate-rd., N ., at S , Greenwich , at 7. y , mon, to Emma, daughter of Mr. Ambrose P. Carr, of Doric Chapter, 24S, Globe-rd., Mile End-rd., at S. FRIDAY, MAY 14. Beckenham . Royal Commemoration , R. Hot., Hieh-st., Putney. S till 10. National Great Priory, City Terminus Hot., 3.30. JOHNSON—BAI LEY.— On the 30th ult., at the parish British Oak Bank of Friendship Tav., Mile End. Lodge 33, Britannia, F.M.H. church, Scarborough , Ben Johnson , of York, and Eastern Stai . , Royal Hot., Mile End-rd., 7.30. „ 134, Caledonian , Ship and Turtle, Leadenhall-st. Stamford Bridge, to Marian , daughter of Mr. R. VV. Hi gh Cross, Coach and Horses, Lower Tottenham , at S. 157, Bedford , F.M.H. Bailey, Scarborough. St. Mark's, S.M.H., Camberwell New-rd. ,, 1 02, Sub-Urban, Abercorn Hot., Great Stanmore. 7 DEATHS. John llervey, Albion Hall , London Wall , at S. Chap. 0, Friendshi p, Willis's Rooms, St. James's. New Finsbury Park, ITimsoll Arms, St. Thomas-rd., N., at S. LODGES OF I NSTRUCTION, ANDERSON.— On the ist inst., at Chislehurst, Mrs. Kilburn , South Mutton lint., South Molton-st., VV., at 7.30. Robert Burns, Union Tav., Air-st., Regent-st., at S. Anderson, widow of the late Air. John L. Anderson, Stiong Mar,, George I lot., Australian Avenue, Barbican , S. Bel grave, Harp Tav., Jermyn-st., VV., at S. in her S4th year. TUESDAY , MAY 11. Unions Emulation (for M.M .'s), F.M.H., at 7. CHAPMAN.—On the 2nd inst., at 5, The Terrace, Cam- Lodge 4d, Old Union , llolborn Viaduct Hot. Temperance, Victoria Tav., Victoria-rd., Deptford, at S. berwell, Francis Willie, son of Mr. William Cotton ,, 1O 7, St. John 's, Holl y Bush Tav., Hampstead. Metropolitan (Victoria), Portugal Hot., Fleet-st., at 7. Chapman, aged 37. ,, 235, Nine Muses , Willis's Rooms, St. James's, S.W. St. Marylebone, British Stores Tav., St. Joh n 's Wood. HUNTER.— On the 29th ult., at Madeira, Mr. William ., I2 dy, Stanhope, T hicket Hot., Anerley. Westbourne, Lord's Hot., St. John 's VVood, at S. Frederick Hunter, of Hafton , in the 39th year of his ,, 1 .593, Royal Naval College, Shi p Hot., Greenwich. United Pilgrims, S. M.H., Camberwell New-rd., 7.30. age.