TABLE OF CONTENTS. ting on the necklace, and another arrang- MASONIC CURIOSITIES. PAGE ing his dress, &c. Nor is anything better "FATHER," AS A TITLE OF HONOUR ...... 2S9 attested by monumental evidence than the Y ILLIAM AMES HUGHAN. R EVIEWS 289 B W J MASONIC CURIOSITIES 289 practice of placing a " gold chain," or neck- P.M. 131, Prov. Grand Secretary Cornwall, &*c. CONSECRATION OF THE DE WARREN LODGE, No. lace, round the necks of those installed into 1302, AT HALIFAX 290 important posts as was done by Pharaoh CONSECRATION OF A NEW LODGE AT GEORGE , Below, I have the pleasure of appending, ' TOWN, DEMERARA 290 to Joseph. Over one of these sculptured a copy of a certificate issued by Bro. Alex. THE CRAFT— chains in the tomb of Beni Hassan, are the Metropolitan, Middlesex 291 Deuchar, Grand Master of the Knights Provincial ... 292 words, " necklace of gold." But represen- Templar of Scotland, A.D. 1823. It is of ROYAL ARCH— Metropolitan and Provincial ... 292 tations of these chains or necklaces are very interest, as it connects the degree in Scotland INSTRUCTION—Domatic Lodge, No. 177 292 numerous. The change in Joseph s name with the authority of H.R.H. the Duke of MARK MASONRY—Metropolitan 292 by the king was not only intended to ORDERS OF CHIVALRY— Kent, by virtue of whose support Knight Red Cross of Rome and Constantine ...... 292 naturalise him, but was another mark Templary in Scotland was placed on a firm R OYAL ARK MARINERS 292 of honour, as the name itself imports. footing. I am indebted to Bro. M. Camp- SCOTLAND—Laying the Foundation-stone of the Zaphnath-paaneah we are told by scholars New Albert Brid ge at Glasgow 293 , , bell Barclay, of Glasgow, for the sight of " MASONIC PROGRESS 294 means, " saviour, or " sustainer of the the original document, and am informed by MULTUM IN PARVO ¦ 295 age," a not inappropriate designation, for him that there are several such warrants CONSECRATION OF THE HERVEY R. A. CHAPTER Joseph no doubt not only saved E No. 1260 293 , , gypt still in existence in Scotland , and which are O RIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE— from starvation, but introduced a system of still used to authorise the working of the The Ark Mariner Degree and Grand Mark Lodge 296 government which saved the country from degree by certain encampments in that The Bread and Butter Theory ...... 296 anarchy and disruption Freemasonry in India ...... 296 , into which it was country. fast going, and which for many ages, gave An Appeal 296 , ied it verbatim et literatim, and Wants 296 it comparative quiet and prosperity. The I have cop ASONIC RCHAEOLOGICAL NSTITUTE respectfull draw attention to the signature M A I 297 marriage of Joseph to Poti-phenah (a y THE NEW MASONIC HALL AT NEW YORK ... 297 of Brother Deuchar, and the fact that the OTTINGS FROM ASONIC OURNALS priest's daughter) of On, is worthy of re- J M J ... 297 & 298 Grand Master describes himself as 90°, O. FREEMASONRY IN FRANCE 298 mark. This word On is the ancient OETRY Misraim. The Knight of Malta appears P — Coptic word for " sun," we are told ; and A New Song 298 thereon as a side degree. " Grand Con- the name Poti-phenah means " of" or " be- The Mither Lodge 29S clave " has been changed to " Chapter MASONIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK 299 longing to the sun." Now On was a very , y the authorities in noted city in Egypt, celebrated for the General " of late b Scotland. learning of its priests, and here it was, the " FA THER," AS A TITLE OF In cruce sains. HONOUR. Greeks tell us, that Plato and Edocus Encampment ) studied under the priests for thirteen years. ! Seal. \ [Coat of arms.] BY BRO. WILLIAM CARPENTER , P.M., P.Z. The monuments show that this city must His Royal Highness Prince Edward have been in existence before Joseph's Duke of Kent Strathern In a paper or two of mine on " Hiram time, and Stebo says that in his day the First Royal , Grand Patron of the Exalted, Religious and Military Abif," which you inserted in THE FREE- temple was very ancient, while Herodotus Order MASON a few weeks ago, I referred to the speaks of the priests of Heliopolis [On] as of circumstance of Joseph having been made the most learned men in the country. That The Knights Templars of Scotland " a father " to Pharaoh, as he himself stated Pharaoh should have married Joseph to the and renovator of the order in Britain. (Gen. xlv. 8), as a proof that it was no daughter of a high priest of such celebrity To all whom it doth or may concern new thing for a person who was pre- —and the high priests were a sort of here- WE, the Most Eminent Sir Alexander Deuchar ditary princes—is no wonder Supreme Grand Master of the Royal Grand Con- eminently distinguished and entrusted with , because it clave of the Knights Templars of Scotland send would at once give him a standing corres- jj power to receive the honorary title of ¦ -| greeting—Know ye that these do certify lhat Sir " Father," as Hiram Abif had done. But ponding with the dignity of the office into j ; Thomas Johnston,Coalier,Barhead, near Paisley, there are some circumstances in the narra- which he had just been installed, as the § is regularly registered in the Books of the Royal Abi, or " father " of Pharaoh. .-^ Grand Conclave of Scotland as having been on tive we have of the elevation of Joseph to § the 10th day of January 1823 Dubbed a Knight this honourable position, which illustrates "§ Templar in the field of Encampment of The the addiction of ancient, and especially of 4 Grand Assembly of Knights Templars, Paisley, oriental, people to the use of symbols, in E t 0 I t to S . c\and Number 23 on our Registry, and the Bearer cases where we prosaic Occidentals would ? <* hereof having produced unto us or our Deputy We are favo ' I soamp le and satisfactory proof that he is the person not think of looking for it, and about which ured by Her Majesty s Com- registered, we have delivered unto him these missioners with I desire to write a few lines, the subject a copy of their "Announce- K^ topresents in Testimonyon thereof, and caused him being one of some interest, especially in its ment " respecting the forthcoming series of " sign his name the margin for better security. relation to Royal Arch Masonry. International Exhibitions, the first of which 2^ We therefore recommend him as a Regular is to be held in The Knight Templar unto all Encampments of these When Pharaoh made Joseph head " over 1871. "Announcement," Orders around the Globe. which is published in hlet form his house," it indicated what is said imme- pamp , con- Signed in our name and by our authority, and the diately afterwards : that he had "set Joseph tains, in 22 pages, a vast deal of valuable seal of our Royal Conclave hereunto appended, over all the land of Egypt." The office of information for intending exhibitors, and it at Edinburgh this Twentieth day of March, An. " steward " in the house of a mere subj'ect cannot but prove almost equally acceptable Dom. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty conferred great power, but when a king to the general public, as they are now Three, An. Ord. 705, ALEX. D EUCHAR, G.M. conferred this honour, it meant that the enabled to judge on what a comprehensive R.:G.:Con.: of Scot.:<)o°.:0.:Mis. recipient should be the first man in the scale the various exhibitions will be held. XV.H. BLACKIR , kingdom after the king himself. "Only on The pamphlet is published at the offices G.S., and R.D.C. of Scotland. the throne will I be greater than thou," of the Commissioners, Upper Kensington We, the M.N. Commander and the Captains of added Pharaoh • and this perfectly accords Gore. W. Columns of the Paisley Grand on the Registry of the Royal Grand Conclave of the with the practice of Eastern despots to this Knights Templars of Scotland , do hereby certify that day, as instance the Pashas and Beys of The Church Record. our Trusty and Well-beloved Knight Companion the Turkish sovereigns Sir Thomas Johnston, Coalier, Barhcad was, on the , who are still in- This very interesting evangelical magazine 10th day of January, 1823, regularly admitted into vested with the most arbitrary authority. is published monthly by Mofifatt and Co., the the Religious and Military Order of the Knights " iven to ' Templars, and subsequently initiated into the myste- The " ring g Joseph was a badge enterprising publishers, of Southampton- ¦ and was a seal-ring, g ries of the Masonic Knights of Malta. of authority, iven, no street, Strand, and D'Olier-street, Dublin. Given under our hands and seal of our Encamp- doubt, to attest his official acts. There are The evil doings of the Jesuits are pictured ment herunto affixed, at Pa isley,this Twentieth day numbers of these signet rings cut in the of March, 1823. in all their hideous deformity,and we believe •ST M. N. Com. To monuments, and many real ones have been the magazine is well calculated to rouse « g Capt. S. Col. 8 found, and arc preserved in private cabinets. the somewhat dormant spirit of Anglican £« , Secretary. C.N.C. £ They are still used in Persia and other Christians to a sense of the bitter intole- Eastern countries, in place of the signature rance of the Papal Propaganda. AN American pianoforte-maker has invented a of the soverei gn. The " vestures of fine [Several reviews stand over for want of space.] colossal engine, which is said to imitate the human linen " in which Joseph was arrayed were voice " in all its registers," the shrillest notes as another badge of high office. Wilkinson well as the most profound. The machine and its 'I can confidentl y recommend your Vegetable inventor are to visit Europe. " Sir " William tells us that in a tomb at Thebes, there is Pain Killer as a cure for diarrhcea, dysentery, &c, Stevens is, according to foreign journal s, the name the representation of a " fan-bearer " to the for I have repeatedly tested its virtues in these of the inventor ; but from what fount of honour he king—a post held only by royal princes and diseases, and have never known it fail. I always obtained his knighthood is, looking to the fact of sons of the first nobility—where the keep it in the house in case of need.—-RICHARD his citizenship, not SQ so. clear as might be.-**-* . priests CLARKSON , 2, Hopwood-st., are clothing him in his new robes Liverpool.—To Perry Musical Standard—[Is , he ¦ a Majonic -Knight ?-r- , one put- Davis & Son, London, W.C." ED. FA " ' CONSECRATION of the DE WARREN East, and corn was scattered. The W.D.G.P.M. CONSECRATION of a NEW LODGE at then dedicated the lod LODGE, No. 1302, at HALIFAX. ge to Masonry— GEORGE TO WN, DEMERARA., Saturday, the nth instant, was a day that had Hail, Masonry, thou Craft Divine, On Thursday, evening the 12th May, the sublime Glory of Earth from Heaven revealed I ceremony of the dedication and consecration of been anxiously looked forward to by some of the Which dost with jewels precious shine, Craft in Halifax, it being the day selected for the From all but Masons' eyes concealed. Mount Olive Lod ge, No. 385, E.R., to the Patron Saint of the Order of Freemasonry took place. consecration of the above lodge, at the White Swan Grand honours. Second procession of P.M.'s The spacious rooms of the splendid building, Hotel, by the W. Bro. Bentley Shaw, J.P., P.G. (music accompanying) then halted in the East, and fronting Main-street, which was recently purchased D. C. of Eng., D.P.G.M. of West Yorkshire. wine was poured out. Dedication to Virtue— by members ofthe Mount Olive Lodge andthoroughly and handsomel repaired were very tastefull y fes- Two o'clock was the time fixed to commence the Come, holy Virtue, by whose aid y , In heavenward steps we long to tread ; tooned and decorated with banners. At an early ceremony, and very shortly after that hour the Bring Love, bring Truth, bring Friendship here, hour brethren of the Mystic Tie, the members ofthe lodge was opened in the three degrees by the follow- Bring Peace and Unity sincere. Union and Phoenix Lodges, and other visiting bre- ing brethren : W. Cooke, P.M., as W.M. ; G. Nor- Grand honours. Third procession of P.M.'s (music thren commenced assembling. One hundred and forty members of the Craft manton, P.M., P.P.J.G.D., as S.D. ; F. Whitaker, accompanying), then halting in the East, and oil , after being attired in full Masonic regalia, were P.M., P.G.S., as J.W. ; H. N. Bates, P.M., as S.D.; was poured out. Dedication to Universal Bene- volence— called to order in the hall below by the W.M., Bro. W. Asquith, as J.D. ; J. Seed, as I.G. ; and J. J. C. Devonish. Shortl y after, the Presiding Officer Greenwood, P.M., as Tyler. Come, Charity, with goodness crowned, of the evening, W.P.M. Bro. Van Kinschot arrived , Encircled in thy heavenly robe ; and was received at the door by the Officers of the D.P Diffuse th All being in readiness, the W. .G.M , pre- y blessings all around, Mount Olive Lodge, and conducted to his seat. ceded by a procession of members of the Provincial To every corner of the globe. The august and imposing exercises of the evening Grand Lodge, then entered the lodge-room, among Grand honours. The P.G. Treas. then carried the commenced after the lodge had been opened in due whom we noticed Bros. C. J. Banister, Past G.S.B.; censer three limes round the lodge (during solemn form, by the following address of the W.M., Bro. silence), halting in the East. Dedication prayer C Devonish to the Presiding Officer. W.P.M. Peace, P.P.S.G.W. ; C. Oldroyd, P.G. Treas. ; J. . J. by W.D.P.G.M (2nd portion). Musical response, Van Kinschot :—" Most worthy and Worshi pful H. Smith, P.G. Sec. ; S. Burns, P.S.G.D ; S. " So mote it be," and grand honours. The Past Master, the brethren of Mount Olive Lodge Stocks, P.J.G.D. ; T. S. Higgins, P.D.G. of C.; W.D.P.G.M. the " dedicated " and -' constituted" being animated with a desire of promoting the A. W. Ramsden, P.G.A.P. ; A. Briggs, P.G.S.B. ; the lodge. Musical response, " So mote it honour and interest of the Craft, have at great pains be," and grand hodours. The brethren then pre- J. Craven, S. O. Bailey, R. Arnison, P.G.S. ; J. See, and expense erected a Masonic Hall for their con- ambulated the lodge, and saluted W. D.P.G.M. venience and accommodation. They arc desirous P.G. T yler. The concluding anthem was then sung— that the same should be examined by you, Worthy The following were among the visitors present :— Hail ! universal Lord ! and Worshipful Sir, and if it should meet your B. Hutchinson, P.M. 290 ; A. Woodhouse, 304., 61 ; By Earth and Heaven adored ; approbation, that it should be solemnly dedicated for Masonic purposes agreeably to ancient form." G. Sutcliffe, S.W.; R. Worsick, J.W.; R. Whitaker, All hail ! Great God. Before Thy name we hend ; The presiding P.M. after hearing the address, direc- J.D. 307 ; A. Lupton, W.M. ; C. J. Walshaw, P.M. ; To us thy Grace extend , ted Secretary, Bro. L. M. Roach, to read the Order W. F. Wilkinson, S.W.; R. Jessop, S.D. ; J. Green- And to our prayer attend ; of Procession , which being done, the first proces- wood, P.M. ; J. White, XV. Hemmingway, H. All hail ! Great God. sion from the hall below was formed. On arriving at the door of the lodge, the pro Rothery, F. A Peck, C. T. Rhodes, 448 ; G. Mar- The W.D.P.G.M. here expressed his regret at cession halted and opened right and left , facing shall, W.M. 521 ; S. Metcalf, 600 j B. Bastow, being compelled to return to Huddersfield by next inwards. The presiding W.P.M. then passed 603 ; T. G. Knowles, P.M. 1055, 448 ; F. Wad- train, owing to business engagements, and he accor- through, followed by the others in succession till dingl y gave up the chair to Bro. G. Normanton, dington, J.W. 448 : J. Dewhirst, I.G. 1231 ; W. the procession had entered the lodge, when the P.M., P.P.J.G.D., who had been deputed to dis- W.P.Ms, Elliott, M.D P.M. 61, W.M. ; R. D. Kendall, of the two lodges took their places on ., charge the duties of installing officer on this auspi- the dais on either side of the Presiding Officer , who S.W. ; F. W. Crossley, J.W. ; J. Nicholl, J.D. 448 ; cious occasion , and to whom the W.M.-designate, sat under the canopy. While the procession was and J. Marshall, 1283. Bro. John Firth, was now presented. The lodge moving eastwardly, Bro. Critchlow played a grand having been resumed to the second degree, the The twelve brethren who had petitioned for the march on the harmonium. The Craft being entered , usual questions were put to and answered by Bro. the Wardens and Deacons, Secretary and Treasurer, lodge were also present. Firth, who was then obligated in due form. The took their respective stalls and seats, the officers of Letters of apology, expressing their inability to lodge was then re-opened in the third degree, all the Union and Phoenix Lodges taking theirplacesbc- but P.M.'s requested to withdraw, and a Board of accept the invitation of the De Warren Lodge, on side those of Mount Olive of similar rank. Installed Masters opened , when Bro. Firth was Everything being thus properly arranged for the account of the meeting taking place on Saturday, duly installed into the chair of K.S. The brethren performance of the solemn ceremony. , were received from Bro. E. M. Wavell, jun., J.W. were then re-admitted, and saluted the newly- The following ode was effectively sung accom- installed W.M. in the different degrees. 61, and Bro. A. Roberts, W.M. 307. Bro Firth panied by the harmonium, at which presided W.P.M. then proceeded to invest his officers as follows, Bro. Pollard :— The brethren having saluted the W.D.P.G.M., making appropriate remarks as he placed the collar and a short prayer being offered up, the P.G. Treas. upon each one : Bro. John Seed, S.W. ; David Almighty Father ! God of Love ! Sacred eternal King of Kings, addressed the W.D.P.G.M., and asked him to Whitaker, J.W. ; Fred. Whitaker, P.M., P.G.S. Treas. ; William Cooke, P.M. Sec. ; XV. H. D. From they Celestial Courts above, consecrate the lod Send beams of grace on Sera ph' ge. The W.D.P.G.M. acceded Horsfall, S.D. ; W. Asquith, J.D. j Samuel Firth, s wings. to the request, and called upon the Provincial Grand O may they, gilt with love divine, D. of C. ; Joseph Hayes, I.G. ; Thomas Parr, Shed on our hearts inspiring rays ; Secretary to read the petition and warrant of con- Tyler. While bending at this sacred shrine, stitution, which was done ; and the W.D.P.G.M. An interesting feature of the proceedings was We offer mystic songs of praise. enquired if the brethen approved of the officers the presentation to the lodge, by Bro. Seed , S.W., Faith ! with divine and hcav nward eye, of a very old (1610) copy of the Bible, Prayer Book, nominated in the warrant. The members of the Pointing to radiant realms of bliss, &c, in excellent condition, which had been re- Sheil here they swea t benignity, new lodge replied in the affirmative, and presented bound in antique style for the occasion. And crown our works with iiappinefs ; the W.M.-designate. The W.D.P.G.M. asked for Bro. Normanton having been elected to repre- Hope ! too, with bosom void of fear, the minute book. The W.D.P.G.M. then directed sent the lodge at the meetings of the West Yorl. - Still on they sicdfast anchor lean, O, shed thy balmy influence here, the Provincial Grand Supt. of Works to examine shirc Charity Committee, the lodge was closed in proper form. And fill our breasts with joy serene. the appointments of the lodge, to ascertain that all Nearly fifty brethren afterwards partook of a And thou , for Charity ! whose smile was correct, and to see that the elements of con- sumptuous banquet, provided by Bro. Woodhouse Can hid the heart forget its woe, secration (corn, wine, and oil) were duly prepared (late of Leeds), and presided over by Bro. Firth. Whose hand can misery's care beguile, and The usual loyal and Masonic toasts were given and And kindness' sweetest boon bestow, properly placed. The Provincial Grand Supt. Here shed th y sweet soul's soothing ray ; of works reported that all was correct. An anthem responded to, and the brethren separated , after Soften our hearts, thou Power divine I was then sung :— having spent an exceedingly pleasant and agreeable Bid the warm gem of pity play, evening. With Sparkling lustre on our shrine. Behold I how good a thing it is, And how becoming well, Thou, who art thron'd midst dazzing light, For brethren such as Masons are, WORK O N .-—Observe yon tree in your neigh- And wrapped in brilliant robes of gold, In unity to dwell. bour's garden. Look how it grows up crooked and Whose flowing lock of silv'ry white, distorted. Some wind scattered the germ from Thy age and honour doth unfold. Oh 1 'tis like ointment on the head, which it sprung in the clifts of the rocks ; choked Genius of M asonry ! descend Or dew on Sion's hill ! And guide our steps by strict law ; up and walled round by crags and buildings, by For then, the Lord of Hosts hath said, O, swiftly to our temple bend , Peace shall be wi.h you still. natureand man, its life has been one struggle forthc And fill our breasts with solemn awe. light : light which makes to that life the necessity The W.D.P.G.M. then offered Dedication Prayer. and the principle. You see how it has writhed and At the close of the singing, how W.P.M. Bro. Oliver, delivered the culogium. Most (1st portion). Musical response, " So mote it be," twisted ; , meeting the barrier in one spot, it has laboured and worked, stem and branches, towards eloquentl y, most sweetl y, most rapturously did the and grand honours. Sauctus, " Holy, holy, Lord theclearskies at last. What has preserved it through W.P.M. discourse on the history, religion , and God Almighty, heaven and earth arc full of the each disfavour of birth and circumstances ; why are duties of Freemasonry. He rapidl y glanced at its Majesty of Thy Glory. Glory to Thee, O. ' Lord." its leaves as green and fair as those of the vine history and gave a graphic sketch of it through Invocation. All the brethren turning to the East. behind you, which, with all its arms, can embrace different ages, climes and peoples, tracing it with a the sunshine ? Because the very instinct master s hand , and putting as it were a photographic Musical response " So mote it be." and open , grand which impelled the struggle—because the labour for leaf before the view of the Craft, so that the memo- honours. The lodge board was then uncovered , the light—won to the light at length. So with a ries of old Masons were refreshed, their knowledge and three P.M.'s (W. Cooke with corn, G. Norman- gallant heart, through every adverse accident rehabilitated , and the younger brethren received ton with wine, and F. Whitaker with oil) carried of sorrow and of fate to turn to the sun, to strive i npressions which will not soon be obliterated from to their recollections. Then he traced with a firm hand the elements of consecration round the lodge for the heaven. This it is that gives knowledge the strong and happiness to the weak.— Lord its religious universality, its freencss from sec- (solemn music accompanying) , then halting in the Lytton. tarianism, its power and its efficacy in directing the thoughts of men from things sublunary to those which PROVINCIAL exist in the Temple above. Its duties had respect Reports 0f Utitstrnic ifcetiiicrs . • BERWICK-ON-T WEEO.—Lodge St. David, No. 393.— to all relations of life—the citizens, the family, the —•— This lodge held its regular meeting within their own lodge country. To every nation on the face of the globe THE room, Church-street Hall, Berwick, on the evening of a Mason's duties reached. In glowing words, which CRAFT. Tuesday, 7th June. TheW. Master, F. S. Macgregor, occu- we can not reproduce, W.P.M. Oliver took all pied the chair ; the Wardens in their places. The lodge by storm, and, after expressing the fervent wish that METROPOLITAN. being opened and the minutes of last meeting read and con the Mount Olive Lodge would proceed in its career Bedford Lodge, No. 157.—The summer meeting of this firmed , two brethren were balloted for,from Scottish Consti- of success and prosperity, and passing a deserved flourishing lodge was held at Bro. Wm. Holland's, the tution , for affiliation , and passed the ballot unanimously. eulogy on the W. M ., P.M.'s and Officers , he sat North Woolwich Gardens, on Friday, the loth instant. Two petitions were read , one craving to be admitted as a down amidst the plaudits of the Craft. Present : Bros.. John Smith , W.M. ; Jno. Hills, S.W. ; member of the ancient and honourable Order, the other At the conclusion of W.P.M. Bro. Oliver's eulo- Wm. Holland, J.W. ; I. Lavender, Treas.; Saml. Hill, from a brother of a different Constitution for affiliation. A motion was then carried unanimously to the effect that gium, W.P. M. Bro. Klien addressed the W.P.M. Sec. ; G. J. Silcock, S.D. ; J. Jehu, J.D. ; also C. H. Price, P.M., J. Brig?s, Robert Howland, Lear, Drew, two pillars be made for the lodge, a design being sub- presiding thus :—" Worshipful Sir, doth this hall mitted and approved of. A brother in America sent his and the plan upon which it is constructed meet your Frdk. Tullitt, James Fowler, R. E. Fades, M. Walker ; and the following visitors fraternal greetings. No further business coming before approbation ?" Receiving an affirmative reply, the , who had the honour of being invited to the lodge, W. Worthington (S.D. the brethren, the lodge was then called from labour to re- brother proceeded :—" Worshipful P.M., the hall in 858), T. Butler (J.D. 53), J. J. Homer, Percy, G. Pymm (W.M. freshment. The routine toasts were gone through in the which we are now assembled, and the plan upon 749), Ed ward Harper (I.G. 749), R. Hammond (13), E. usual loyal and patriotic manner. The Provincial Grand which it is constructed having met with your appro- Coste (P.M. 9), W. II. Bayles (S.W. 9), Chas. Roberts Lodge of Northumberland and Benvick-on-Tweed was bation , it is the desire ofthe Fraternity that it should (P.M. 657), Henry llollis (I. G. 167), W. H. Waghorn the special toast ofthe evening, and Bro. Winlaw, P.M. , be now consecrated and dedicated according to (I.G. 9°4), W. Janitor. (1298), A. R. Green (861). A made a most excellent reply, with feeling terms of regard ancient form and usage." Then the W.P.M. pre- most sumptuous banquet was served in the Grand Dining for the late demise of the Provincial Grand Master, say- siding directed a procession to be formed which was Room in Bro. Holland's usual satisfactory maimer, and ing that he hoped the present Provincial Grand Master done in regular order. the pleasures of the evening were not a little enhanced would find as much esteem in the hearts of those whom The rest ofthe brethren kept their places stand- by the brethren partici pating in the many and varied he was now work i ng with in the great cause of Free- amusements provided by Bro. Holland in his far-famed masonry. The songs of the members, and most especially ing, and assisted in singing the Dedication Ode. the imitation of "Sims Reeves " bv the Treasurer, was The procession went round the hall during the gardens. No. most wonderful. The Worshi pful Master enlivened the singing of the first verse, at the end of which the Caveac Lodge, 176. —On Saturday, June nth, at evening's harmony y a song of " Whisper what thou 's Hotel b P.M. having arrived at the east, the vessel with corn Radley , this ancient and flourishing lodge held its feelest," with a touch of sympathy wort h respect from was presented to him, taking which and striking installation meeting. Punctually at 4 p.m. the W.M., even those who may term themselves critics. The lodge three times with the mallet he poured it on the Bro. XV. N. Smith, opened the lodge. The minutes of was then called from refreshment to labour, and closed in the previous meeting were read and unanimously con- lodge, saying at the same time, " In the name ofthe due form, the brethren vvell satisfied with a thorough firmed. Bro. P. A. Nairne, P. M. . took the chair. He, evening of Masonic pleasure. Great Jehovah to whom be all honour and glory, I in an able, impressive, and correct manner installed Bro. do solemnly consecrate this Hall of Freemasonry." Thomas Quihampton as the W.M., who appointed as H ERTFORD.—Hertford Lodge, No. 403.—A lodge of Grand Honours once. his officers : Bros. R. S. Foreman, S.W. ; H. Besley, emergency was held at the Town Hall, Hertford, on While the second veisc was being sung the pro- I.W. ; P. Browne, P.M. Treas. ; E, Litchfield, P.M. ; Tuesday last, when Bro. Harry George Rowel!, of Bom- cession went round the hall a second time, the Sec ; F. II. Godsell, S. D.; Jermyu. J.D.; XV. D. Bar- bay, was raised to the sublime degree of a M.M. Bro. P.M. having arrived at the east, the vessel with the nett, I.G. ; C. Browne, P.M., D.C; J. F. Smyth , Cocks, P.M., raised the candidate, and Bro. H. Mug- geridgc wine was presented to him, taking which and sprink- W.S.; A. Towers, W.S.; Riley, P.M., Tyler, XV. N. , performed the closing ceremony. The brethren present were Bros. Drummond Hod ling some over the lod ge said, " In the name of St. Smith, I.P.M. The addresses were given in an impres- , W.M.; H. B. ges, S.W. ; W. B Heath, J.W. pro. tern. ; O. H. Wagner, John, I do solemnly dedicate this hall to virtue." sive manner, and were listened to with great attention. A hearty bust of applause was-given at their termination. S.D. ; T. S. Carter, J.D., who acted as S.D. ; C. P. Grand Honours twice. Wyman, Org. ; C. B. Jones, I.G. ; J. R. Cocks, P.M., round the third time while The lodge was then closed. Bro. Hart had served up a The procession went and superior dessert. The " D. J. H. O'Brien, II. Mug . eridge, S. Austin , P. M. ; J. at the end thereof good banquet usual loyal the third verse was being sung, , toasts were given and received. A pleasant evening was Boatwright, IT. Thomas, and S. Nealc. The visitors the vessel the P.M. having again arrived at the East, spent. Visitors : W. J. Starkey, W.M., 222. ; F. were W. B. Heath, W.M. Berkhampstead Lodge, and with the oil was presented to him, taking which and Walters, W.M. 1309 ; Cook, P.M. 197 ; Griffiths, P.M. L. Harvey, 9. The brethren afterward s adjourned to sprinkling some on the lodge, he said, " In the 171 ; C. II. Feiling, J.W. 706. ; L. II. Feiling, 706 ; the Salisbury Anns, where a sumptuous banquet was name of the whole Fraternity I do solemnly Dedi- F. K. Stead , 21 ; F. Giles, 203 ; A. Pussey, 215 ; G. provided. cate this hall to Universal Benevolence." Leimanny, I.G. 890 ; Marshall, 742 ; and others. W ALTIIAM CROSS.— Gresham Lodge, No. 869.—This Grand Honours three times. Whittington Lodge, A'o. 862. —An emergency meeting lodge met on Saturday, the nth inst., at the Four Swans, A solemn invocation was then made by the of this lodge was held at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, Waltham Cross, the XV. Bro. Walter E. Gomperlz, Past W.P.M., after which he declared the hall Conse- on Monday, the 13th inst. Bro. Weaver, W. M., presided , P. G. P., W.M., in the chair, supported by all the officers cratedand Dedicated to all purposes of Freemasonry. and was supported by Bros. T aylor as S.W. ; Salsbury, and a good attendance of brethren and visitors, the lodge Officer taking his scat under the J.W. ; Brett, G. Purs. ; Little, Sec. ; Jones, J.D. ; was opened in ancient form, and with solemn prayer and On the Presiding the opening Bro. Bilb ymn was sung. Frickenhaus, J.D. ; Smith, I.G. ; and Adult. Mr. hymn, y, P. M. 861, presiding at the Canopy, the Consecration h harmonium. The minutes of the last meeting were read After which the W.M., Bro. John C. Devonish, George Milner was duly initiated , and Bros. Bullock and Sissotis were raised to the degree of M. M. The considera- and confirmed , and Bros. XV. Stephens and E. G. Pottle, in a short but effective and mellifluous speech, were both passed to second the degree in a most perfect returned thanks to the W.P. M., to the tion of the arrangements for holding a summer festival gracefully was the next business, and , after some discussion , it was maimer, Bro. J. E. Grocott, the S.D., giving the lecture of the Union and Phccnix officers and members unanimously resolved to hold it at the Greyhound Hotel, on the lod ge board in a most perfect manner and with Lodges, as well as to all the visiting brethren ofthe Richmond, on Saturday, the 23rd July. Bro. Noyce, great feeling. The XV. Master then said : Brethren , here Craft present. the proprietor ofthe Greyhound, being the very prince of we end the year for which we were invested with the While the collection was being taken up, an ode hosts, the brethren may antici pate a great treat under his collars and jewels of our respective offices, it only remain- to charity was sung. judiciou s catering, and, doubtless, there will be a large i lg for me to install my successor ; but before I proceed This being done, the Grand Procession was re- muster of brethren on the occasion to enjoy a run through t) that duty and claim the surrender of the emblems of formed as at the beginning and returned in the the park or a spurt on the water. Slight refreshment fol- your offices, I take this opportunity of expressing my un- qualified satisfaction and deli s imc order to the room below, where the lodge was lowed the proceedings in lodge, after which the brethren ght at the manner in which every officer has discharged his respective duty, at the same c'osed in due form. separated. Macdonald Lod time to express my deep sense of obligation for the many A sumptuous supper was prepared in another part ge, A'o. 1216.—The ordinary monthly proofs you have given of your fraternal regard and earnest meeting of this lodge was held at the Lod of the building, and after the brethren had divested ge Rooms, desire to promote the efficiency of the lodge, and in con- themselves of their regalia, they joyousl y repaired Head-quarters of the First Surrey Rifles, at Camberwell, clusion to say, tnat it will be my greatest pleasure as well to the banquctting hall, where ample justice was on Wednesday, the 8th instant., when were present :— my bounden duty, to afford to each in their progress to- Stevens done to the splendid array of creature comforts Bros. James , W.M. ; G. II. N. Bridges, J.D., as wards the occupation of this chair, every assistance or S.W. ; S. I-I. WagstafT, ; Dr. Eugene Cronin, which the tables groaned under. During the even- J.W. instruction that the experience of the past year may Treas. ; J. J. Curtis, Sec. ; G. Wateral l, S.D. ; J. H. enable me to render. - Bro. Dr. R. Bruce, Prov. D., ing, the following toasts were drunk, and post- Hastie, D.C. ; XV. . J.G. J. Messenger, I.G. ; M. S. Larlham S.W., the W.M. -elect, was then presented by P.M. prandial speeches and replies made : — " The and E. Newton, Stewards ; also Bros. Francis, Shairp, Queen ," " The Grand Master of England," " The n B. Pike Rook for the benefit of installation, which the W.M., Puckle, Joh , James B. Pike, Camell, Kelbro, Bro. GomperU, performed in a manner that entitled him Presiding Officer," "The Worshipful Masters, Past &c , and visiting brethren Q. Dix, No. S62, and M. B. and Officers of the Union and Phccnix to the very warm expressions of appreciation with which Masters, Nuwton , No. 21. The lodge having been opened and he was greeted ; indeed the addresses we never remember Lodges," " The Visiting Brethren." minutes confirmed , the ceremonies of initiation and rais- having heard delivered with so much earnestness and ing were rehearsed in a most effective manner. The Thus terminated the sublime ceremony of the feeling, or to have inspired so much reverence and awe, Dedication and Consecration of the Mount Olive W. M. then announced that a suggestion he had made, ceremonies worked like this cannot fail to produce good Lodge. A ceremony which will not be soon for- that the lodge should present to the corps with which it , results. The newly-installed Master then invested the gotten by the Craft who participated in it. Long is so closely connected a challenge cup, to be contested following brethren as offi -ers for the ensuing year :—fames Uiiion , Mount Olive, and Phccnix Lodges for by the shooting members of the corps, had met with Forsyth S.W. ; E. Grocott, J.W. ; Capt. W. C. may a very hearty response. It was contemplated that a cup , J. co-operate in effectuating Barnes. S.D. ; F. D. R. Copestick , J.D. ; Joseph Cope- exist, and long may they jf the value of fifty guineas would be obtained by the and perpetuating the grand results of the Order. stick, I.G. ; F. O. Vallentin , Treas. ; W. E. Gompcrtz , individual contributions of the members of the lodge, and y. Etherington and Lewis, S. ; A. W All hail I he now proposed that an annual sum of five guineas Sec. ; H J. ylie, O. ; C. Rook , P.M., IXC. After some routine business was should be voted hy the lodge for the respective winners gone through, the lod ge was closed in due form and of the cup. lie placed the proposition on the minutes ENERAL ELLINET has not accepted the with solemn prayer, and the brethren after a walk through G M as a notice of motion for the ensuing meeting. After the Mastership of the Freemasons of France, the beautiful grounds and green-houses attached to the Grand dispatch of some other Masonic business, the lodge was and M. Carnot having refused the candidacy, the house, sat down to a very nicely served banquet. Amongst closed, and in consequence of the Wimbledon Meeting the brethren we observe 1, Bros. Tustin, II. Tucker, Masonic bod y has decided provisionally to suppress being appointed for the earl y part of Jul y, the next meet- J. Grand Mastershi p, reserving its final resolution Thos. Lines, J. Lewis, XV. C. Barnes, jun., S. II. Hunt, the ing of the lodge was fixed for the second Wednesday in hens , subject till next year. W. Step , Ihos. Stephens, J. G. Grocott Wylie, on the August. Cox, Etherington , Rook , P.M. ; Terry, P.M., Prov. A CONCLAVE of Kni ghts of the Red Cross of MIDDLESEX. G.S.IJ. ; F. D. R. Copistick, Joseph Copestick, and O. Rome and Constantine will be consecrated and Harroio Lodge, A'o. 1310. —This lod ge met on Tuesday, F. Vallentin. The visitors were, Bros. Bilbcy (P.M. opened at the Ship Hotel, Southend , Essex, on June 14th , at the Railway Hotel , Harrow. In the un- S61), S. Muggeridgc (192), S. II. Wagsiaff (J.D. 1216), Monday, the 4.1I1 day of Jul y, at two o'clock. The avoidable absence of Itro. J. Coutts, W. M., A.G. P. , the T. Fullan ( IOJ I ), Wol pert (P.M.), R. Hunting (42), G. ceremony will be performed by Sir Kt. Marsh , lodge was opened by Bro. F. Wallers, P.M . Sec. Bro. Cord well (Prov. G.R. Middlesex , P.M. 3 and 788. ) The chair, hly enjoyed the good things pro- G.A., the Inspector-General for Essex, assisted by G. Pymm , I.G. and W.M. 749, took the lie brethren having ihoroug and other dignitaries of the raised Bro. J. F. Woodley, 169, to the the third degree. vided and returned thanks the cloth was cleared , and the Sir Kt. Cubitt , G.H., usual loyal and fraternal toasts having been drank Sir Kt. or candidate for the order Passed Hros. Cox and J. Harrison to the second degree. , the Order. Any Initiated Dr. Tyte. The work was well and abl y done, I.M., P.M. liro. GoTipertz, proposed the toast of the wishing to attend will please address to Sir Kt. and business being ended , the lodge was closed in due evening, that of ihe W. M., saying he was sure the bre- Morton Edwards, Recorder pro. tern., 18, Holly- form, and the brethren adjourned to banquet. There was thren would agree with him that if earnest ze'al, per- wood-road, Brompton. (jut one visitor present. severencc, and a strict attention to duty were necessary qualifications for the chair, they might, congratulate them- INSTRUCTION Flervey, William II. Hubbard , R. Wentworth Little, selves that their W.M. was eminently fitted for the honour- J. G. Marsh, Lord Lindsay, and Raynham XV. Stewart. resolved not to exercise the powers they ablepositionhenowdccupied. He, likehimself, wasinitiated DOMATIC LODGE, No. 177. The Council in the lodge, and served most of the subordinate offices, possess by virtue, of the "'Rancliffe " warrant of 1796 to This lodge of instruction, which is held under the war- work the'R.A. Mariners and other degrees, there being and was keenly sensitive for the honour and prosperity, rant of the parent lodge, one of the most numerous in the as well as for the efficiency and usefulness of the lodge, no historical or even traditional connection between those Craft, and which is held at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, degrees and the chivalric grades under the control of the which, he felt sure, would go on progressing and prosper- has for the last three years held its meetings at the Pal- ing under his rule.—The brethren, having drank the Council. The G. Recorder reported that there were now merston Arms' Tavern, Grosvenor-park, Camberwell, twenty-five conclaves on the roll of the order, with a toast in bumpers, the W.M. , who, on rising, was very met on Tuesday evening, June 7. The occasion being warmly greeted, acknowledged the compliment paid to membership of 500 knights, and that the balance to the set apart for working the fifteen sections of the lectures credit of the general fund had increased during the year him in a most graceful maimer, and said nothing should of the parent to of the three degrees. Bro. T. H. Pulsford, ending 5th March, 1870, from 6s. 8d. £102 10s. be wanting on his part to uphold the efficiency and pros- lodge, and P.M. and Secretary of the Southern Star ^79 perity of the lodge.—Bro. A. Wylie then amused the 2d., and the G. Almoner's fund from J£II us. id. to Lodge, No. 1158, presided, and proved himself a worthy /29 os. 7d. At the conclusion of the executive business, brethren with a very lively Scotch song.—The W.M. pupil of Bro. John Thomas, of the United Pilgrims, Pan- then proposed the health of the I. P. M., Bro. Gompertz, the Grand Senate was ceremonially opened for conferring mure, and other lodges, and one of the most distinguished the rank of Sovereign, and Sir Knights G. Lambert, T. which was very warmly received. He said the very instructors in the Craft. This lodge has met every week earnest and untiring manner in which he had de- W. Boord, C. J. B. Plcstow, J. T. Moss, and R. M. for the last three years, without a single failure, and this Bowman were admitted to that dignity. In future, pro- ¦roted himself to his duties, and the very beautiful may be mentioned as something almost unprecedented in manner in which he had carried out every part of his motions to superior rank in the order will be greatly Freemasonry ; but this may to some extent be explained restricted—the Executive Committee having surrendered work in the impressive ceremonies, had brought the lodge when young Masons receive such valuable information to a state of proficiency it had never before attained, and those special powers which enabled them hitherto to from so talented a brother as John Thomas (the Preceptor confer the degrees upon approved candidates. Lord the brethren were desirous to testify their warm apprecia- appropriate furniture of the lodge). The unique and Lindsay and the Rev. C. J. Martyn were elected mem- tion of his services by presenting a handsome P. Master's with which the lodge is decorated, and the imassumingand jewel, which he hoped he might live long to wear.—Bro. bers ofthe Grand Senate, which was then closed with the painstaking care which every brother receives from Bro. accustomed solemnities. Gompertz, in responding, thanked them for the manner of the Marshall, " mine host," who is not only a member The Sovereign's grade, it may be observed, is con- in which they had received and responding to the toast. Craft , but a worthy and esteemed P.M. of the Neptune He was conscious of having endeavoured to do his duty, in his sidered to be the purest relic of the old Heredom or Lodge, No. 22, and who certainl y does everything Ancient York working, and it certainly illustrates the and their expressions of approbation were very gratifying power to minister to the comforts of the brethren who may to him. He could assure them he was largely indebted Master Masons' degree to a remarkable extent. Among honour this lodge by their presence. the Knights present were : The Rev. T. F. Ravenshaw, to the brethren for their forbearance and kind regard, 'clock, Bro. Pulsford The lodge was opened at seven o Hervey, W. H. Hubbard , H. G. Buss, R. Went- and not the least for the very great assistance they had presiding, Bro. Thomas acting as S. W., Bro. Bedolfe as J. worth Little, J. G. Marsh, Angelo J. Lewis, G. Powell, rendered to him in carrying out the duties of his office ; J.W. ; Bro. Hod ges, S.D. ; Bro. Larlham, J.D. ; and and he could assure them that in his place in the lodge, F. Walters, and M. Edwards, the last two being present, a numerous assemblage, amongst whom were Bros. by special permission, during the ceremony only. either as secretary or P.M., he would always feel a plea- Welsford, P:M. ; Wake, Worrall , Gerder, Poore, Ross, sure in rendering any service or assistance in any manner White, Dann, Wallis, Allen, Gluckstein, Child, Dodson, in which he could promote the prosperity of the lodge &c. The lectures were worked as follo ws :— ROYAL ARK MARINERS. and continue to retain their regard and esteem.—The First Lecture.—1, Bro. Gluckstein ; 2, Larlham ; A combined meeting of the most Antient and Honour- W.M. then proposed the visitors in a very cordial and 3, Worrall ; 4, Geider ; 5, Geider ; 6, Poore ; 7, able Fraternity of Royal Ark Mariners and of Mark fraternal manner, which was responded to by them indi- Thomas. Masters was held at Masons' Hall, Masons'-avenue, E.C, vidually, Bros. Hunting and Wagslaff expressing them- Second Lecture.—I , Bro. Welsford ; 2, II. Thompson ; on Tuesday evening, the 14th inst., at five o'clock, by the selves highly delighted with all they had heard and seen of Larlham ; Thomas ; Geider. authority of the Grand Master of Mark Masons and the kindl in 3, 4, 5, the very perfect working and the very y way Third lecture.—1, Bro. Thompson ; 2, Thomas ; 3, Grand Commander of Royal Ark Mariners, both of whom which they had been received.—Bro. Fullan said he had Bro. Pulsford , who also worked the Master's degree. were present on this occasion. The meeting was arranged come from Birmingham on purpose to attend the lodge, The lodge was then closed in the third and second de- for the undermentioned distinguished brethren taking the and felt himself highly pleased with having come to so grees, and Bro. While, ofthe United Strength, and Aller, d egree of Royal Ark Mariners. Bro. Morton Edwards, harmonious and pleasant a meeting of brethren.—Bro. of the Burgoyne Lodge, were admitted as joining tbe Pro. Grand Commander, took tbe command of this Bilby warmly eulogised the work and the very perfect members. special vessel, assisted by Bros. Levander, as J. ; Marsh, harmony that appeared to exist between the officers and Bro. H. THOMPSON , P.M. 31111 i85l , and Secretary as S. ; Church as Deacon ; and Swan, as Scribe. The and the 177 members. Several capital songs were sang, of this Lodge of Instruction , in a few appropriate re- vessel was properly floated, the Ark was opened in ample Tyler's toast brought a very pleasant evening to a close. marks, proposed , " That the best thanks of this lodge be form, and the fallowing candidates came on board and The brethren then spent an hour in the gardens, where recorded on the minutes to Bro. T. H. Pulsford , P.M., took the A. O. B. as Royal Ark Mariners :—Bros. G. R. the band of the 41st Middlesex, under the leadership of for the ability with which he has presided over it this Portal, M. W.G.M.M. ; XV. XV. B. Beach, M.P., Bro. Etherington, gave some very beautiful selections, P.G. M. M. ; H. Wynne, P.G. I.G. ; evening in working the fifteen sections, and to express to J. 0 S. Rosenthal, and the brethren returned to town at an early hour, him our sense of the deep obligations the lodge is under G .D.C. ; W. Stone, P.G.S. 30 ; F. J. Cox, T. S. Gower, having spent a very pleasant and most enjoyable day. for the willingness he has always displayed in every way and Chevalier E. Frolich. The Ark was then closed, and in his power to promote the best interests of Free- the vessel was safely moored. A recherche banquet was masonry." provided by Bro. Gosden. Interesting speeches were ROYAL ARCH. Bro. JOHN THOMAS, Preceptor of the Lodge, seconded delivered by the M. W. G. M. M., Chevalier Frolich (the the motion, and at some length extolled the eminent ser- Swedish Ambassador) , who proposed the toast of his METROPOLITAN. vices of Bro. Pulsford, trusting thai he might long live to English brethren in the style of his country, and gave benefit the lodge by the great lessons he was so able to some idea of Masonry in Sweden. This will be the first Beadon Chapter , A'o. 619.—This chapter met at Dul- teach in Freemasonry. instance on record, we think , of two Masonic bodies of wich on Thursday, June 9th. The work done was exalt- The motion was put, and unanimously carried. separate jurisdiction meeting on neutral ground, preserving Bro. A. M. into the Arch ing J, Towers, P. S76, . Comps. Bro. T. H. P ULSFORD very briefl y acknowled ged the their own privileges intact, and yet working together J. W. Avery, as M.E.Z. ; R. Watts, P.Z., as II.; compliment, and in very suitable terms expressed his de- without any difficulty occurring in the arrangement of Massey, J.; F. Walters, P. Z., and many others were pre- sire to render any services that might be required of him. ceremonies. sent. The officers were then elected for the ensuing year, Bro. THOMPSON said be had been present on many and the chapter wai closed. Visitor : R. Spencer, P. Z. 3. similar occasions, but during the whole of his Masonic A NEW institution has been started in the metro- Rose of Denmark Chapter , Ao. 975.—This chapter held career he had never met with a Master who had presided polis which fills a gap in the organisation of the its usual quarterly meeting at the Star and Garter Hotel, with greater ability, nor had heard the sections literary world,under the title of the "London Literary Kcw-bridgc, on Saturday, the 4th inst. The onl y busi- worked more carefully or with greater accuracy than had Agency." Its promoters undertake to receive and ness performed was the installation of Comp. Fred. Smith been done by the brethren that evening. examine manuscripts, to make arrangements for as M.E.Z., which was efficiently rendered by Comp. and the lod Some other business was disposed of, ge tlieir disposal, to conduct works through the press Pendlebury, the retiring Z. Among other companions was closed in due form and solemn prayer, and adjourned , generally to act as intermediaries between present we noticed P. Z. 's Brett , Buss, Little, and Terry : until the following Tuesday evening, at eight o'clock. and Powell, H.; Tanner, J.; Price, N.; Longhurst , Tinkler, authors in the country and publishers in town. A Montagu, Hartley, Banks Everett Poole branch of the agency is devoted to the supply of , , , Libbis, Shep- M ARK M A S O N R Y. herd , Lloyd, Braid. The visitors comprised Comps. G. political and literary matter to the provincial press. King, jun., Z.-dcsignate 1260 ; G. King, Il.-des. 1260. The offices arc in Tavistock-strcct, Covent-garden. One of Comp. Banks's splendid dinners was served after Macdonald Mark Masters' Lodge, A'o. 104. —This Mark lodge met at the head-quarters of the First Surrey H OLLOWAY'S P ILLS AND O INTMENT give the chapter was closed, and, when the cloth was cleared , health to the sick at a very little cost of cash the companions ad Rifles, Brunswick-road , Camberwell, on Saturday, the , lime, or journed to the spacious grounds, and trouble ; purifying and renovating properties are the enjoyed their dessert and wine, alfresco fashion, much to nth inst., under the presidency of the V. W. Brother Thomas Meggy, P.G.M.O. , the W.M., supported by the characteristics of ihcsc admirable vegetable remedies. the gratification of all present, as it was tru ly a most The poor sufferer well ni h worn-out b enjoyable meeting. V. W. Bro. James Stevens, G.J.O., J.W. ; the V.W. g y lengthened dis- ease may still be strencthened and restored by the tonic PROVINCIAL. Bro. Charles Swan, P.G.S.B. , Sec. ; Bro. Dr. Eugene Cronin , M.O. ; Bro. J. II. Ilaslie, J.O. ; the XV. Bro. influence of these medicaments. In dyspepsia, loss of BIRMINGHAM. — Fletcher Chapter, A'o. 1031. —The C. Hammerton , Grand Steward , S.D. ; Bros. Worrell , appetite, flatulence , and liver complaint , while these Pills quarterly meeting of this chapter was held at the Masonic Org. ; Newman, I.G. ; Neal , and several other brethren , are being taken , the Ointment should be rubbed over the Hall, Birmingham, on the 1st inst., there was but a and the XV. Bro. Clarence Ilarcouit , Grand Steward, digestive organs. In heart and chest complaints, it should small attendence of Companions, another important visitor. The lodge was opened in due form, and the be rubbed on the back and chest as assiduously as salt Masonic meeting in the town causing the absence of ceremony of advancement was worked in full detail and is rubbed into meat. Ily steady perseverance with this several members. The chapter was opened in due form by with musical accompaniment. A vote of iVivcc guineas treatment, the blood is purged of all impurities anil the thoroughl the M.E.Z. , Comp. Thomas Partrid ge, B. Purncll , J. ; annually to form a prize for the second best shot in the whole animal system y regulated. —[Advt.] B. Whitehead, ofs87, asll. The usual preliminaries having competition for the Macdonald Lodge (Craft , No. 1216) Tine B LOOD is Oi.n AGE. — As age advances been gone through, Bro. R. H. Brinton was duly exalted. Challenge Cup, the design for which was in the lodge- the blood becomes thin and cloud y—or, in a full habit , This being the night for the election of officers , the room, was accorded by acclamation. The brethren then thick aud cloudy. The failing of the powers of life re- ballot was taken, and resulted in the re-election of proceeded to the election of W.M. for the ensuing year, quires extra nutrition and support , and the blood yielding the M.E.Z., B. Purncll as II. ; T. C. Miller, J. ; E. and Bro. James Stevens, G.J.O., was unanimousl y the excess required is soon overcharged with carbon,which Kent, E. ; W. Williams, Assist. E. ; T. Hall, N. ; and elected to that office. The lodge having been closed , the gives to it the cloudy appearance. Being then impure, G. Haywood, P.S. The melanchol y death of Comp. brcthen adjourned for refreshment , and spent a short but day by day the vitiated matter increases, and the bod y the Rev. W. B. Smith , has caused a void in this chapter exceedingly pleasant evening in each other 's company. suffers from a thousand ailments. "The Blood Purifier , difficult to fill , as he occupied the 2nd chair, and his elec- old Dr. Jacob Townsend's Sarsaparilla , supp lies the extra tion to that of M. E.Z., an office he had previously so nutrition to llic blood and restores lo it its florid hue, ably filled in another chapter was looked forward to by ORDERS OF CHI VALRY. and then the progress of decay is arrested and the ailment all the members. The present M.E.Z. was re-elected so disappear—man lives out his days, and the sunset of life a* to prevent any irregularity in the proceedings. The RED CROSS OF ROME & CONSTANTINE. is unattended with suffering. Testimonials with each M.E. Z. of the Howe Chapter, Comp. Worrcl , and his The Grand Council and Senate of this order met at botllc from the I [mi. the Dean of Lismore, General Wm. second Princi pal , Comp. Whitehead , kindl y assisted in Freemasons' Tavern , on Friday, the 10II1 instant , and G'lbcrt , of the Indian Army ; and Kcv. Francis Monck, the proceedings , the latter discharging the duties of among other important business, a communication from of " The Gospel I' v-ii-geli-l. " Ordered also for Apothe- 2nd Chair. At the conclusion of the proceedings the llic Grand Lodge of Mark Masters , desiring lo enlor into caries' Hall , London. Sold by all drugg ists, in hollies Comps. adjourned to the dining-rom, where slight re- fraternal relations -villi ilic Red Cm.ss Order, wasdi-ensscd. 2s. Od., 4s., 4s. Od., "•-. 6d., 11s . Pills and Ointment , freshment was provided , the usual banquet being omitted The following committee was appointed to confer with each in boxes is. ijGuild and Directors of Merchants' House. Grand Chaplain (Rev. Dr. Arnot) imp lored the Divine His Lordship then presented to the Earl of Dalhousie Deacon-Convener and Directors of Trades' House. blessing on the undertaking, and the Grand Treasure r the trowel which was used during the ccremonv. deposited in the foundation-stone a g ' President and Directors of the Chamber of Commerce. lass bottle hermeti- The Earl of D.ii.nofsii-, in reply, said : I thank you, Masonic Lodges, the junior in front. cally sealed , containing specimens ofthe different coins of my Lord Provost , for this elegant memento of the work ( the present reign. Another bottle containing a variety of in which I have Detachment j Band of Fifth Fusiliers Detachment been engaged. I shall report to the municipal record s, &c , was afterwards placed in llic brethren of the Grand Lodge the kind reception which TheGrandLodgeofScotland «™^ Filers, j { stone by the Grand Secretary. The Grand Clerk then you have given us on this occasion. It affords us the read the inscription placed ou the foundation-stone, as greatest pleasure to assist at It was estimated that about 3,000 Masons look part in undertakings of this kind. follows : -- For myself, I shall the procession ; and had the weather been favourable the preserve among the muniments of my Albert Brid ge, Glasgow. family this splendid token number would undoubtedly have been larger ; for not a of your generosity. (Cheers). From the continued increase of the Population of Three cheers were few who had undertaken the journey lo Glasgow, from afterward s given for the Queen, fol- Glasgow, and of the surrounding districts, and in lowed by a similar laces in the nei hbourhood , preferred in the cir- comp liment 10 the Lord Provost and various p g order lo provide more amp le means of communication the magistrates to view rather than form part ofthe spectacle. , nm\ the proceedings terminated. cumstances between the North and South Banks of The Grand Lod ' Subjoined is a list of the lodges represented :— ge, followed by (he Lord Provost and the Cl yde, magistrates, councillors , and others, then marched to the Rifle Lodge Edinburgh, ; St. John's, Dunblane , , 405 1 Iutchcsontown Brid ge, County Buildings, Wilson-street , where the duties of the o : St. Clair, Glasgow, 362 ; St. John's, Galashiels ; Erected Anno Domini 1S30, has been taken down ; civic bodies terminated. The Grand Lodge was closed Kilwinning ; St. John s, Auchlcrardar, ; Glasgow 46 aiid , in the Burgh Court Hall , while the other lod Glasgow 103 ; Athole, Glasgow ges returned Union and Crown, , , By the favour of Almighty God , iu the presence of the to tlieir respective places of meeting. ; Oswald of Dunnikcr (by Kirkcalpy), 448 ; Canon- 413 Hon. William Rac Arthur, Lord Provost of the City, 'flic freedom of the city was presented to the Earl of and Leith, ; Trafalgar, Lcith, 223 ; St. John's, gate 5 and the Public Bodies of the Citv, Dalhousie, and at ihe conclusion of the ceremony Whitburn, ; Renfrew Prince of Wales, ' the Crofthcad , 374 The Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie, G. M . M., Lord Provost and the members of the Brid 's Chapel 1 ; Peebles Kilwinning, ge Trust en- .426 ; Edinburgh Mary , assisted by tertained the Earl of Dalhousie Dunfermline St. n's, 26 ; Shettleston 128 , the members of the 24 ; Joh , ; The Grand Masonic Lodge of Scotland , and numerous Grand Lodge of Scotland and a Rutherglcn , number of other gentle- Albert, 448: Royal Arch Lodge, , 116 ; other Lodges, men, to dinner iu the ' Corporation Galleries. Clyde, 40S ; Tweed , Kelso, 251 ; St. Andrew s, Irvine, Laid the Foundation-Stone of this Brid ge, 149 ; Roman Eagle, Edinburgh, 160 ; Shamrock and to be called .MASONIC DIXNICK. John's Maybole, 11; St. Mwren's Thistle, 275 ; St. , The Albert Brid ge of Glasgow, In the evening upwards of 200 of the Brotherhood ; Cadder, Argyll , ; Roya l Arch, Perth Paisley, 129 147 , On Friday, the Third Day of June, MDCCCLXX., met together at dinner in llic Tontine Hotel. The chair Bruce and Thistle, Bannockburn, 312; Operative, 122 ; Era of Masonry, 5870, was occup ied by Brother F. A. Barrow, D. P.G.M., who Dundee ; St. liarchan , Kilbarchan, 156 ; Scotia, " , 47 In the Thirty-third Year uf the Reign ol our Mos,l was .supported on the ri g ht by Dr. F. M'Cowan, repre- Glagow, 178 ; Newmilns Kilwinning, 51; Alexandria Gracious Sovereign, Queen Victoria. sentative of the Grand Orient of France ; Frank Law, and Bonhill , 321 ; Union Glasgow, 332 ; St. Andrew's, The plate having been adjusted , and the order iven tu Grand Steward ; James Wallace, P.G.S. D. ; James Denny and Loanhead , 176 ; St. John's, Inveraray, 50; g the attendant workmen, the stone was lower.-d to its Leith , P.G., Direclor of Ceremonies ; and on the left b St. Bride's, Douglas, 118 ; St. John's Union , Sloncliouse, y place, the band play ing me.inwhile the Masonic anthem , Murray Lyon , Samuel Bennett , P.M. iS Acting G.S. ; 244 ; St. Mungo, Mauchline, 179 ; Ayr Kilwinning, " Great Light to Shine." The variou s jewels having Robert Craig. P. G . Chaplain ; John Scott , R.W .M. 27 ; Ayr St. Paul's, 204 ; St. Mungo, Glasgow, 27 ; 124 ; been applied by the respective office-bearers , the Grand Captain Wri g ht , 1061I1 Light Infantry. The croup iers Star, Glasgow, 219 ; St. Mary's, Patrick, 117; Collncss, Master declared ihe sione dul y laid , pronouncing the were : Bros. A. M -Tuggarl , . ]/../., I'.G. Secretary ; ; Glasgow Kilwinning, ; SI. James, Old Moukland , 31 4 benediction :— "May the Great Architect of ihe Universe Thomas Ramsay, P . !'. M., Si. John's bis ; and James Doric Kilwinning, Port-Glasgow, ; Minlo 3 177 ; 5S , enable us successfull y tu carry on and finish the work of Tliump.un, treasure - for ihe Provincial Grand Benevolent Lochgelly, 3S5 ; St. Andrew's, Glasgow, 65 ; St. John , 4 which we have now laid ihe foundation-slone, and every Fund. After dinner the ordinary loval and constitutional Woodhall, 305 ; Alloa Lodge, ; Crieff St. Michael's, 59 other undertaking which may tend to ihe advaniage uf toasts were given— "The Army, Navy, ami Volunteers," 38; Panmure, Arbroath , 299 ; Stcvciislon Thistle and the city of Glasgow and iis nei ghbourhood , and may this being coup led with the name of Caplaiu Wright , who Rose, 169 ; Royal Arch , Stirling, 76; St. Mark, Glas- brid ge he long preserved from peril and decay. " The replied for the anil}-. Amongst the remaining toasts gow, 102 ; St. Andrew's, Strathavcn, 215 ; Thistle, Glas- ' corn , llic wine, and the oil were then spread upon the were : " The Three Grand Lod ges, " proposed by the gow, 87 ; Lower Lodge, Forfar, 309 ; Neptune, Glas- stone, and prayer having been offered up, the ceremony Chairman ; " The Provincial Grain! Lodge uf Glasgow, " gow, 419 ; Commercial Oban, 1S0 ; Hamilton Kilwin- was completed amid loud cheers, the band performing the g iven by Dr. M'Cowan, and rep lied tu by the Chairman ; ning ; St. Munn , Dunoon, ; Union , Dunfermline 7 496 , Masons' Anthcni. "The Lord I'rowist and Mag istrates , " and '-The Chair- ; Royal Arch, Canihu4.ing, 114 : Si. film's, Cupar, 250 The Treasurer lo llic Brid ge Triisiccs (Mr. \V . W. man aii'l 111 •ailieis of in/ Hi ' . .¦•0 Conimim-e '' 19 j Si. James', I'.dinburgh , ; St. John 's, Carluke, " 97 Walson) then presented to the senior ni.isu r liail .t r 1S7 ; St. Thomas', Lurkhall , joo ; Edinburg h Defensive . liro. J.VIH-S l lonald , a |nu - . - uf gul I , sa/ i.i- -- '¦ It is liic Hand , 151 ; Thi-ile and Rose, 173 ; \a\ i gaiioii , Troon., A i.Di)'.;;: .sin-uhl nut recommend material in pleasure of iho Grand Master thai those who have heued 80 ; St. John's Kilwinning, Kirkiulillucli , 28 ; Union another wuich they aro unwilling to use them- the stones and those who have laid them, and all who and Crown, Barrhead , 307 : Royal Arch, Pollok shaws, , have assisted , should rejoice in the light. " selves To A DVERTISERS . an interest which promises to bear in the abilities of many of the brethren could future abundant fruit for good. scarcely be directed to a nobler aim. It is THE Circulation of THE FREEMASON being now at the rate of nearly Half-a-milliouper annum, In Royal Arch Masonry this is specially to be lamented that the higher aspects and offers peculiar facilities to all who advertise. observable, and we could easily indicate the more esthetic tendencies of Freemasonry It is well known that the Fraternity of Freemasons is a are not more generally recognised by the large and constantly increasing body, mainly composed of several young Masons of but a few years' the influential and educated classes of society ; and as standing who are not only thoroughly com- intellectual men within her pale. We have The Freemason petent to render the somewhat difficult and heard a great deal about Rosicrucianism , is now the accepted organ of the Brotherhood in the United dramatic ritual of the degree with correct- but the mysticism in which it is almost im- Kingdom, and also enjoys an extensive sale in the colonies ness and propriety, but with an elocutionary penetrably shrouded , renders a study of its and foreign parts, its advantages as an advertising medium power and solemnity which put to shame secrets, at best, but an uncertain and barren can scarcel y be overrated. the mumbling, inarticulate utterances of pursuit. On the contrary, the tenets of For terms apply to " auld lang syne." Freemasonry, veiled as they may be in GEORGE KENNING, 2, 3, & 4, LITTLE BRITAIN, LONDON, E.C. Instead of the Master Mason reposing allegory, are yet illustrated by symbols quietly within the precincts of the third de- which are intelligible to the feeblest under- Joragn anir Colonial agents. gree, we now find him at the close of his standing, and whichare eminently calculated • —?— twelve months' probation not only willing to regulate the thoughts and actions of our AMERICA : Bro. J. FLETCHER BRENNAN, 114, Main- but eager to advance in the speculative daily life. And it is precisely this realism street, Cincinnati , Ohio. which constitutes not only the visible power „ Messrs. WOODRUFF & BLOCIIER, Little science, and to devote his time and atten- , Rock, Arkansas, U.S. tion to the elucidation of those more ab- but the secretcharm of Masonic rites. Every EVRIE Ottawa. CANADA : Messrs. D & Sox, stract ideas and philosophical truths which effort, therefore, which tends to demonstrate CAPE OF GOOD HOPE : Bro. GEORGE BRITTAIN, Cape Town. abound in capitular Masonry. It is true the importance of the Order as a moral CEYLON : Messrs. XV. L. S KEENE & Co., Colombo. that we have even now too many drones in agent, should be distinctly recognised by CONSTANTINOPLE : Br. J. L. HANLY, Levant Times. the Masonic hive the various Masonic authorities. " Life," as EAST INDIES : , and some even who, like Allahabad : Messrs. W YMAN BROS. the Sanballats of old, profane the good the philosopher says, " is not given us for Bombay: Bro. M. B. COHEN. the mere sake of living," and in like manner Byculla : Bro. GEO. BEASE. work with scoff and sneer ; men whose evil Central Provinces : Bro. F. J. JORDAN. words and deeds are a perpetual source of we may say, that the principles of Free- Kurrachee: Bro. G. C. BRA'YSO N . Madras: Mr. CALEB FOSTER . weakness to the Craft. But the earnest masonry are not meant simply for rehearsal Mho-.u: Bro. COWASJEE N USSERWANJEE. workers, the true Masons, will but strive in the lodge, but for exemplification in the Poona : Bro. W. W ELLIS. GALATA : IrsiCK KHAN, Perche-Bajar. the more zealously to maintain the Masonic lives of all who profess a knowledge of their LIBERIA : Bro. H ENRY D. BROWN , Monrovia. system in all its pristine purity, and to profound truth. We rejoice to find that great PARIS : M. DECHEVAUX-DUMESNIL, Rue de Harlay- realise that vision of progress is being made in this direction, and du-Palais, 20, near the Pont Neuf ; Editor Le Franc- perfect brotherhood Macon. which has haunted the souls of all lovers of we may safely prophesy that the spirit of WEST INDIES : their kind since the dawn of civilisation. improvement, once awakened, will not be J amaica : liro. JOHN' A. D. SOUZA, Falmouth. Trinidad : Bros. S. CARTER and J LEWIS, 3, Aber- A careful attention to the ceremonial duties allowed to slumber again. One of the most crombie-street, Port of Spain ; and Bro. XV. A. of Freemasonry hopeful signs of this progress is, beyond KERNAHAN, San Fernando. is in itself by no means a And all Booksellers and Newsagents in England, Ireland, trivial element in Masonic progress ; and, doubt, the support which is now extended and Scotland. therefore, in order to impress the minds of to Masonic literature ; the day has for ever All communications for THE FREEMASON should be educated candidates, the officers of a lodge gone by, when fears could be entertained written legibly, on one side of the paper only, and , if in- of the wholesome influence of an honest tended for insertion in the current number must be received or chapter should be adepts in the work. not later than 10 o'clock a.m. on Thursdays, unless in More than this is, however, not onl desir- press, and there is no reason whatever to very special cases. The name and address of every writer y must be sent to us in confidence. able, but absolutely essential in every suppose that the cause of Freemasonry has Mason who believes in the exalted mission suffered in the least, through the publicity of the Craft. An acquaintance with its his- given to its proceedings at the present day. The Freemason , tory, its philosophy, and its symbolism is Since commencing these observations, we which we ad- SATURDAY, J UNE 18 1S70. requisite before a brother can claim the title have learned that a project, of an expert Craftsman. vocated warmly some time ago is about to THE FKKEMASO .M is published on Saturday Mornings in time for ¦ the earl y train!;. But above all , he must practise those be realised , namely, the establishment of The price of Tim Fm:ii.MAsn:i is Twopence per week ; quarterl y an " Emulation Chapter of Improvement," subscription (including postage) 3s. d. precepts of morality, which at once under- 3 ' Hall. Annual Subscription , 12s. Subscri ptions payable in advance. lie and crown the Masonic structure ; he at Freemasons This will afford Royal All communications , lett ers, &c, to be addressed to the E DITOR , Arch Masons thesame high-class instruction J, and Utile llritain must cultivate the arts of peace, he must 3, 4, , E.C. as is now attainable in the Craft under the The Editor wilt pay careful attention to all MSS. entrusted to him cherish the princi ples of charity and good- tut cannot undertake to return them unless accompanied by postage ge." ¦tamps. will, and by acts, as well as words, prove tegis of the " Emulation Lod Brett, assisted b that Freemasonry is the guiding sp irit of Companion James y a MASONIC PROGRESS. his conduct and life. That there are few competent staff of Preceptors, will conduct who fulfil all these conditions is but an the various ceremonies of the Order, and IT has always been to us a source of pride additional proof of that human frailty which the Grand Scribe E., Comp. Hervey, has and pleasure to chronicle the continued nullifies our best intentions, still it would accepted the post of Treasurer. progress of the Masonic Order throughout be unjust to reproach the Masonic Institu- With such able and and estimable men as leaders and guides, a splendid success its various branches, more especially when tion with the errors and shortcomings of its that progress may may be antici pated , and a further step will be fairl y attributed to the members. then have been made in the direction of genuine spread of Masonic principles, and Men arc variously constituted , and in Masonic Progress. not merely to the transient popularity of every large body there must be some who the institution among the thoughtless W E have received from nn esteemed correspon- from mental infirmity or moral obliquity, dent in Leeds copies of the addresses given by many. are incapable of receiving permanent im- Bros, the Rev. J. McCron and Colonel G. A. There can be no doubt that of late years Hanson on the occasion of the presentation by pressions for good. However this may be, Major-Gencral A. Kiinmcl ofhis bust to the Grand a much higher standard of excellence has it is surely the duty of every Mason whose Lodge of Maryland. General Kiinmcl is a Past been attained in the ceremonial work of perceptions of ri Grand Master, and has been a member of the ght and wrong are clearly Craft since March, 1819, in which year he also be- English Freemasonry. Capable Masters are defined , to elevate the standard of morality came adjutant of the 5th Maryland Cavalry. He now the rule, and not the exception ; and in those with has also been on duty and in commission as a whom he is so intimately Mason and a soldier more than half a century, the consequence is that a deep and vital associated. The influence of the Masonic during which period he had the rare honour of interest in the Order has been evoked with- press should also be more freely exercised receiving, as commanding officer, General Layfay- ettc, and also of sitting in the lodge with that illus- in the more intellectual circles of society, to promote this object, and the literary trious hero and brother. JJlultum: in D:iilrrjr or ||t.isfjinc " 12 60.—A Templar, who came in haste frorii Like the precious ointment shed the Holy Land, arrived in London on St. Upon Aaron's hallowed head ; ntr (Queri Botol h's Day, bring letters to the king and Gently as the dews distil ^lotcs a es. p ing Down on Zion 's holy hill ; —«— the master of the Temple, and others. He per- So the peace of Heaven descends formed the journey with such rapidity that he DICKENS. On the union sweet of Friends ; entered London the day thirteen weeks after he It may bs interesting to state that although and was followed by the Dedication Prayer, firs t left the Holy Land, making only oneday'sjourney portion. Charles Dickens himself was not a P'reemason, from Dover to London. When the letters were he always entertained a high opinion of the read, great grief arose, for the Tartars with an The Companions turned to the East while the Fraternity ; one of his nieces, Augusta Maud innumerable host had made themselves masters M.E.Z. gave the invocation. Dickens, the child of his late brother Alfred is at , of the Holy Land as far as Acre. ' Nor,' said The the present time a pupil in the Royal Masonic prescribed portions of the scripture were then he, ' will Christendom be able to help • them , read, Institution for Girls at St. John's Hill. Battersea- the Chapter pedestal was uncovered, and unless supported by the powerful hand of God the D.C. carried the elements three times round the rise. VIATOR. as an ally. For as nearly all the Templars and , Chapter, &e., solemn music being played during the Hospitallers are killed, unless speedy succour procession. THE REVIVAL OF A.D. 1727. arise, a terrible destruction will soon visit the As the communications of Bros. Yarker and world, which God forbid.' Sancttts, " Glory be to Thee, O God." Comp. Paton in your paper for 4th June might have " 12 92.—The Princess Joanna of Acre, in Brett then took the censer three times round the lead your readers to suppose that the 1717 her 18th year, renowned for her beauty and high Chapter, and afterwards offered up the Dedication theory originated with Bro. Buchan. I send you spirit, daughter of Edward the First, and his Prayer, second portion. an extract from a work published at Utica in faithful and dear Queen (" chere reine .'"), Another anthem succeeded :— 1829 :—" That a society claiming the glories of Eleanor of Castile, was married with great pomp Free Masonry should have existed for ages un- "Glory to God on High, at the monastery of the Knights of St. John , Let Heaven aud Earth reply, noticed by any writer, noble or contemptible, Clerkenwell, to the Premier Peer of England, Praise ye His name ; foolish or learned, is wholly incredible and un- Gilbert the Red. Earl of Gloucester. Masons His love adore, lyl d 111 their mystic lore worthy of belief. 1 he Puritans and the Presby- 1337- —In tenth of Edward HI., the Inner terians the Cabalists and the Rosicrucians the And cry out evermore, , , Temple Hall was assigned to the prior and bre- Glory to God." Gypsies and the Necromancers, the Alchymists thren of the Hospital of St. John, together with The M.E.Z. then dedicated and and the Jesuits, &c, are each liberally noticed • constituted the the church, cloisters, &c. while the other hall Chapter. i.i the works of various authors durinsr the 16th remained in the hands of the Crown, and was and 17th century ; but Free Masonry has not so not granted to the Hospitallers until the 13th Thechoirthenbeautifully rendered the well-known much as a name until the 18th century. They Edward III. Soon after this period they con- anthem :— are silent as the grave from the days of King ceded the use of both halls to the professors of I have surely built Thee an house," Solomon down to 1717. To any historical the law." VIATOR. scholar this fact is alone enough." andtheceremonywas concludedwifh the Patriarchal Benediction. W. G. DORIC. In answer to a " Constant Reader," we beg to state that H.R.H. the. Prince of Wales was A Conclave of Installed Principals was then A HUNDRED YEARS OF AGE. initiated in Sweden by the King, Charles formed, and Comp. Little, P.Z., then presented The scepticism of the late Sir George Corne- John XV , who is the Grand Master of the Comps. G. King, jun., G. King, and E. A. Baber, wall Lewis and others, with regard to the exist- Masonic Order in that country ; his title being to Comp. Brett for installation into the third chair. ence of centenarian human lives in the modern the Vicar of Solomon. We are further informed Comp. Codner then presented the Comps. King to world, has been refuted by several well-proved that the Crown Prince assisted in the ceremony. Comp. Little, who installed them in the second instances ; and many of us can testify to having chair, after which the Grand Scribe E. installed known, among our personal acquaintances, two B. L. GREEN.—We have great pleasure 111 Comp. King, jun., as the first M.E.Z. of the Chapter. or three old men or women who, before they replying to your queries. Upon the re-admission ofthe Companions the rank died, were nearer to a hundred than to ninety No. 1. Objection should be taken at the time of Honorary Member was unanimously conferred age. We have been favoured b the years of y to votes of brethren in arrear; and, if so taken, upon Comps. Hervey, Boyd, Brett and Little, for Drinkwate- m Rev. C. H. , curate of Richmond, their votes would become null and void, in ac- thctr efficient services. Comp. Baker was invested Yorkshire, with a communication respecting cordance with the bye-law. as E. ; Comp. Andrews as N., and a number of Matthew Greathead, a neighbour of his there, No. 2. The order of procedure is precisely as , brethren having who actually attained his hundredth year on you have stated it; but, upon the amendment been proposed for exaltation, the April 23, having been bom on that day in 1770, being put as a substantive motion, any brother is Chapter was closed in ancient form. in the parish of High Conischffe, in the county at liberty to move another amendment, and so Asumptuousbanquct, provided by Comp. Gosden, of Durham , four miles from Darlington. His on ad infinitum. of Mason's Hall Tavern, Basinghall-street, was then baptismal register runs thus :—" Matthew, son No. 3. Seven days' notice must be given, if served , and it is but bare justice to Comp. Gosden of John Greathead , was baptised on the 24th initiations form part of the intended business.— to say that it was most admirable in every respect, day of April, 1770. " He is a widower, and has [E D. F] and the wines were reall one son and two daughters living, with four y choice vintages. The grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. M.E.Z., Comp. King, jun., presided with great We are glad to say that thisvenirable sire enjoj s CONSECRATION of the HERVE Y R.A. geniality and tret, and every Companion present good health and spirits ; he is in full possession CHAPTER, No. 1260. thoroughl y enjoyed the evening. of all his senses and mental faculties : he can This new Chapter, which is attached to the highly Although the Hervey Lodge has not been much • read without spectacles and his memory is still successful Hervey Lodge, was form-ill y opened and more than a year in existence, it is already a very good. Mankind ought to thank him for setting consecrated on the nth inst., at the George Hotel , flourishing and influential body, thanks to the un- us all a happy example. He has been a Free- Walham-green, by M.E. Comp. John Hervey, Grand tiring energy of Bro. George King, jun., who has mason seventy-two years, and is, no doubt, the Scribe E., assisted by Comps. J. Boyd , as II. ; J. been well seconded by Bros. King, sen., and Baber, oldest member of that brotherl y craft in the Brett as and R. W. Little as Director of Ccrc- , J.; , and other members, so that he is enabled to crown United Kingdom.—Illustrated London News, •monics. The programme of the proceedings was 11. the Masonic edifice by the establishment of a Royal June strictly carried out as follows, and it is needless to [An esteemed brother has promised us some Arch Chapter, which bears the same honoured name add that the various ceremonies were performed in of " Hervey." The new Chapter has our sincere particulars as to Bro. Greathead s Masonic career a masterly manner. for our next number.— ED. F. \ wishes for its prosperity, and it would , indeed , be The Companions of the new Chapter, and the strange if under such auspices anything but success visitors entered in order , marshalled by the D.C, could attend its career. We must also not omit to ST. JOHN 'S GATE. Comp. Little. Co:np. Brett then offered up the in- note the efficient services of the musical brethren, (Continued from page 2S3. ) troductory prayer. The Acting G.S.E. then read Bros. W. Dawson , G. T. Carter, R. Barnby, Chaplin King of Jerusalem being re- " irSS.—Guy, the Petition and charter, and the M.E.Z. having in- Henry and Distin , who both in the Chapter and having been detained in leased fro m prison, quired of the Companions if they approved of the over the dessert deli ghted the Companions with chains for a year at Damascus, summoned his officers nam:.l in the chatter, the Companions their harmonious strains. Among the members and despised followers to unite, and associating with signified their approval in Masonic form. The Compan- himself the Templars, Hospitallers. Venetians, visitors present wc noticed the following M.E.Z then proceeded to constitute the Compan- P.Z. Genoese, and the noble pilgrims who had arrived , ions :—Comps. J. Hervey, G.S.E. ; J. Boyd, laid seige to Acre, to the deliverance of which ions into a regular Chapter in ancient form. and Z. 145, as II. : I. Brett, P.Z. 177 and 975, as Saladin , without any alarm, came, and after a An oration , on the nature and princip les of the J.; R. XV. Little, P.Z. 177 and 975, D.C ; H. Brett P.Z. fierce battle of three days, lo! they beheld an Institution , was delivered by Comp. J. , G. Buss (P.Z. 177), F. Binckes (P.Z. 10), J. Nunn was then sung innumerable fleet of Danes and Frieslanders Thefollowingaiithcm(i33rdPsalm), (P.G.D.C), XV. Smith , (P.Z. 33). A. Codner (Z. 25), entering the harbour, without hindrance. When by the choir :— W. Smeed (Z. 946), W. Mann (P.Z. 186), G. S. Saladin saw this, he immediately fled • leaving 'Tis a pleasant thing to sec Brethren in the Lord agree, States (P.Z. 145), R. Barnby (820), A. C Bean (19), the city without hope of relief. The strength Children of a God of Love J. XV. Dawson (H. 186), S. Millis (19), T. Distin however and the of the city was, , impregnable, Live as they shall live above ; (742), W. Lowdcr (186), C. B. Payne (P.Z. 177), W. of Saladin consisted of 000 Acting each a Mason's part, garrison on the side 9, S. Lines, &c. armed men. One in life, and one 111 heart. everywhere assume one harmonious whole. I place Craftsmen to depart, which we did about half-past #ricrhxal f taxxwigoxxama. Templary outside the pale of Freemasonry as eleven, all pleased with our evening's entertainment. professedly originated in 1686, but state that its W. Bro. Jordan was cheered again and again, all The Editor is not responsible for the opinions expressed by secrets and ceremonial are found in the degrees of wishing him God speed to old England, whither he Correspondents. the rite of Heredom-Kadosh. Now this rite claims goes in a few days, after an absence of 20 years. to be also the rite of the Rosicrucians, which is said Yours, THE ARK MARINER DEGREE AND " SPERANZA." GRAND MARK LODGE. to have been derived from the East shortly after the (To the Editor of The Freemason). destruction of the Templars ; we see then that the assertions of the Rosicrucians in 1600 agree with (To the Editor of The Freemason.) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER,—In your last week's the traditions of to-day's Speculative Masonry, the impression " Scribe," in his attempt to correct your DEAR SIR,—In your " Life of Lord Howe," you origin of which is well-know to the elect, and those have omitted the fact that he had been a member report of the proceedings of the meeting of the who have not reached that grade have no right to? has himself been of the Lodge of Antiquity since May, 1844, when Grand Lodge of Mark Masters, the information, for, as said in 1721 , " to you is given guilty of inaccuracy—inadvertently, doubtless. In he was elected a joining member. He continued to know those secrets which are hidden from the to subscribe until his death, which has deprived stating that he had been informed that the " Ark, unworthy." I learn from rituals in my possession, Link, and Wrestle " differed from the degree of the lodge of an old and valued member. I would that the York rite of last century consisted of seven have written sooner, but I wanted to give you the " Ark Mariner," the M.W. Grand Master did not degrees every one of which led a brother one step say that any Mark Master was at liberty to join the , date of his joining. nearer to perfection ; whilst in the 32° of the Con- Yours truly, proposed new Grand Lodge of Ark Mariners, nor tinental rite I learn that the parent rite consisted did he express himself in favour of any particular , No. TWO. also of the same number of steps to perfection. Union Club, S.W., June, 1870. course of action with reference to that organisation. Freemasonry being then much more complicated A committee, appointed under resolution of than Guild Masonry, and being neither a Deist nor a Grand Lodge, is now considering the questions in Materialist, I decline to have the mark of Cain AN APPEAL. connection with various side degrees, for the re- forced upon me even with the advantage of the vival of which there appears to be some desire on , (To the Editor of The Freemason.) arts mechanical, &c, invented by his descendants, SIR,—Will you kindly permit me a small space the part of brethren — Mark Masters under the and as I am not a or Sadducee, I decline to English Grand Mark Lodge—and until that com- Jew in your paper for an appeal to my brethen in aid of allow any brother to force upon me his own notions a fund for providing a summer-day's excursion into mittee has had time for proper investigation, and of perfection, but I prefer going forward to that to report, it is the Grand Mark Master's opinion the country, together with two good meals, for at purer system of Faith, Hope, and Charity which least five hundred poor children of the parish of St. that it is extremely unadvisable for any English led to the promulgation of Christianity, aad the Mark Master to commit himself to the support, in Leonard's, Shoreditch, Middlesex. 1 have in six spiritual doctrines fi gured to us in the other line of years gone by derived great assistance for works any way, of the new movement referred to by your Adam's derivation or supposed descendants. As correspondent. of charity from the Craft , and I never appealed in also our philosophical system is one of secrecy, let vain. I would myself, in the most earnest manner, re- each be content with his own degree without inter- commend every brother under the jurisdiction of , Donations may be sent to fering with a superior step, for it is only the Yours fraternall y, this Grand Lodge to refrain from any attempt to Perfected Brother who is the true Universalist and introduce another supreme Masonic body, pending , GEORGE DOWTY, the possessor of the key to all religious truth. Curate of the parish (seven years), and the negociations now in progress, having for their If we are reall Guild Masons we had better return object the promotion of unity among the members y , P. Pro. G. Chaplain, E.L. to the ceremonial of Guild Masonry, and much good 41, West-street, Shoreditch, Middlesex. of the orders and degrees not recognised by the may it do its votaries. United Grand Lodge of England. Your efforts in It will be sufficient to remind your readers that this direction are worthy of all praise, even if they WANTS. do not result in the establishment of a " Council of the Templars suffered for gnosticism, and there is no impossibility in the amalgation of Speculative Freemason.) Rites." (To ihe Editor of The Masons, Rosicrucians, and Templars] in later cen- D EAR SIR AND BROTHER,—May I ask has any I am, dear Sir and Brother, turies. Yours faithfully and fraternall y, brother duplicate copies ofthe undermentioned, for FREDERICK BINCKES Fraternally yours, which he would accept " exchanges," or their mone- , Grand Secretary, YARKER. Grand Mark Lodge of England, &c. JOHN tary value. If so I should feel obliged. London, June 14, 1870. Yours fraternall y, FREEMASONRY IN INDIA. W. J. HUGHAN. THE BREAD AND BUTTER THEORY. (To the Editor of The Freemason.) Truro, Cornwall, June nth, 1870. (To the Editor of The Freemason.) D EAR SIR AND BROTHER ,—As promised , I send Constitutions ofthe Freemasons, 1776 and 1784. D EAR SIR AND BROTHER ,—Whilst differing in you a memo, of Masonry in this distant part of the Constitutions of the Freemasons, T. Harper, 1813. matters of Masonic archaeology from Bro. Buchan, world, From the newspaper reports, &c, you will Freemasons' Calendars, (London ,) 1813-4-5. I yet admire his consistency and denunciation of have seen the doings of the Duke of Edinburgh Calendar, Prov. G.L. of Oxfordshire, 1857. all dishonest assertions. The phase through which and the Viceroy last March , when the two great rail- Dr. Morris's Masonic Calendars, excepting i860 and we arc at present passing arises in part from mis- ways met and were united at Jubbul pore. A glance at 1865. taken and illogical views as to universality, lead- a map shows wc are about the Preston's 111. of Masonry, between 1772 and 1781. centre of the great land 8-61. ing writers for the sake of it to advance theories it Indian empire, midway between Calcutta and Bom- Constitutions G.L. of Eng , 1847-55-5 is impossible they can believe themselves ; and in Constitutions G.L. of Scotland , between 1804 and 1848. bay—our Masonic capital. Constitutions R.A. Grand Chapter, before A.D. 1823. part from the admission by journalists of letters by There are numerous lodges about us, distant , too, writers upon a subject for which their education when looking at them from, your part ; but view- and knowledge unfit them. Of this I am quite ing them from this immense country, they appear (To the Editor of The Fr eemason.) certain , had some of these writers studied the near, particularl y when linked by railway. Our D EAR S IR AND BROTHER ,—Kindly give a reply Operative Constitutions of that Guild to which they nearest neighbour is Lodge St. Andrews, Kamptce, to the following queries in your " Notices to Corres- are so anxious of tracing our present system of Free- 154 miles off—a nice distance ! Our next is Cor- pondents " this week :— masonry for the sake of their own version of Univer- rinth , Nagporc, 164 miles. Our next neighbour is 1. If, after a vote on a given question is taken, it sality, we should have been spared much tall talk, Independence and Philanthropy, Allahabad , 227 is found that brethren have voted who are in arrears as those Constitutions afford the strongest possible miles; and so on, getting further and further till you with their subscri ption , and the bye-laws declare evidence that Guild Freemasonry entertained little reach the confines of this great country. that " no brother shall be allowed to vote on any beyond the bigoted Christianity of the time. There- I had the pleasure of visiting the above lod ges occasion if he be three months in arrears," is the fore, Speculative Masonry of to-day, is not Guild or last year, and can speak of the trul y Masonic vote legal and binding ? Operative Masonry. 1 have demanded for years, in manner in which the brethren received me and 2. If a resolution and amendment are both duly the face of all this guild writing, the slightest proof other visitors. Masonry is flourishing in India ; proposed and seconded, is it not proper that the that such had any approach to our present cere- nearly every large (European) station has its lodge, following be the order observed :—First, the amend- monial, and until it is given, I feel inclined to adopt many even working chapters. To come to my own ment is put to the vote, for and against ; second, what 1 find detailed in these Constitutions as to station , Jubbul pore, we have a strong muster of the resolution is put to the vote, for and against ; guild ceremonies, and add , therefore again , that Craftsmen working in Lodge Alexandra , 1065—viz ., thirdly, if the amendment is carried , should it not such is not our Freemasonry. 1 take the truth to be, W. Bro. F. J. Jordan , Master ; XV. Bro. Lieut. R. then be put as a substantive motion ? that guild Masonry virtuall y ceased in England, B. Reed, and his brother, Dr. B. Reed, Past 3. What notice is necessary for the calling a Lodge though not in Scotland , early in the 17th century ; Masters ; with 36 other members. The lodge of Emergency ? and whether or no it originated Speculative works well , is excellently decorated , and attended. I think that on the second query, especially, full Masonry, it seems quite certai n that all our prin- On my visit to this lodge last month , there information would be very valuable to a W.M. not cipal rites and degrees were at the before-mentioned was one raising and one initiation. On the 22nd accustomed to the conduct of public business. period well known , and that Speculative Masonry there was one passing, one initiation , and four join - Yours fraternall y, was intended to bean Order of much greater univer- ing. \ csterday I was present at the farewell meet- BENJ. L. GREEN , Lodge of Unity, 613. sality than Bro. Norton 's " bread and butler " ing and supper to the XV. Bro. Jordan , and was Masonry ; but how our degrees came to take the indeed pleased with the proceedings. One poor [Answered under " Multti m in Parvo."—E D. F. \\ name of Freemasonry 1 am not in a position to woman (widow) got £5 from the poor box. A silver say at present. watch and chain was presented to Bro. Bastion , W E understand that the Provincial Grand Lodge Of course, Bro. Norton's notion of deference and Treasurer , going on sick leave. A silver tankard , of Cornwall will be held at Truro, on Tuesday, the universality in one word means Judaism , which I with address, voted to the Past Masters, Lieut, and 19th Jul y, and that a very large muster of the consider to be in every respect inferior to the origi- Dr. Reed. Three joining brothers ballottcd for brethren is expected. The last time the P.G.L nal and older doctrines of the Aryans which passed and admitted (one poor fellow not admitted). A met in this town was in 1863, and since then the eventual l y into the religion of the Zend Avcsla and brother was severely censured for allowing his Province has increased considerably, both as re- Vedas. Had it not been so, Judaism would never messengers to wear a large Masonic sign on their spects the number of lodges and members. The have been destroyed by a few fishermen and belts. The offending brother was ordered to re- new Masonic Hall will be dedicated by the Prov. G. superseded by a better and purer system of move the badge (as such looked like " touting ") or Master on the same day, and we believe the morals not new to the times, on the preaching cease attending lodge. One gentleman proposed brethren will walk in procession to St. Mary's of Christianity, but found in Secret Societies cen- for initiation. The proceedings of the evening Church , and will dine at the new Public Rooms ; turies before that lime I am not now merel y ad- wound up with XV. Bro. Jordan resigning the chair, but the arra ngements arc not yet finally made, so vocatingmy own opinions , but what 1 .1111 also taught anil investing Bro. Dr. Reed with the square and wc forbear anything approaching prophecy. Any by High Grade Freemasonry, so much ridiculed , hiram for the remainder of the year. The lodge information can be obtained from Bro. XV. J. and even so little understood by its own members. closed in peace at half-past nine, and the brethren Hughan , the Prov. Grand Secretary, and wc hope When it is shown that Speculative Masonry is some- adjourned lo banquet ; songs and toasts followed to announce the particulars in our advertising thing greater than Guild Masonry, our traditions fast and furious , until old Time warned the columns shortly. MASONIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL Dewan of H. H. the Rao of Kutch, entered into on the east side to the Grand Lodge room, 84 feet some details as to the principles of Islam and the by 90, and on the other to the parlour of the Grand INSTITUTE. present movement in India for purifying it from Master, the parlour and offices of the Grand Secre- superstitious practices. He stated that the persecu- tary, the fire-proof archive room, &c. The Grand A meeting was held at Freemasons' Hall, Great tion ofthe Persian Freemasons was probably owing Lodge room is calculated to seat over 1,000 persons Queen-street, on Thursday evening, June 9th ; to their being confounded as a secret society with comfortably, in addition to which agallery across the W. Bro. Matthew Moggridge, P.P.S.G.W., South the dangerous fraternity ofthe Hashishiyeh. west end of the room will accommodate 150 per- sons more and be also useful in case the room is Wales, F.S.A., F.G.S., in the chair. (Our Indian brethren spoke fluentl y in English.) , Bro. Hyde Clarke concurred , and gave some let out for concerts or lectures, for the accommoda- The Secretary read letters of apology from seve- account of the present condition of the Persian Free- tion of the orchestra. The throne of the Grand ral members. masons. Master will be in a recess at the east end, with re- A letter was read from W. Bro. G. H. Younghus- Bro. Dadabhai Naoroji , late Professor of Guzz- tiring and accommodation rooms conveniently band, P.M., tendering to the institute as a present ratee in University College, referred to the great located on each side. At the north end of the for its members twelve copies of his lodge music. antiquity of mysteries among the old Persians. entrance corridor is the main stairway, leading to W. Bro. Wigginton, F.R.S., B.A., passed a high Bro. Jamshedjee Jivanjee Gazdar concurred. all the upper storeys. The landing on the third eulogium on the value of this music at consecra- Bro. Bywater referred to some points of interest storey, 21 feet 6 inches high, gives direct access to a tions ; and Brother Shackell concurred. and the general relations of Masonic reception hall, 20 feet by 68, from which entrance husband. in the paper, Thanks were accorded to Bro. Young signs and secrets to those of secret societies among is gained on the east side to three tylers' rooms, A letter was read from Bro. Witham M. Bywater, Mussulmans and Chinese. connected by conveniently arranged ante-rooms, as follows :— Bro. Wigginton pointed out that the dimensions with three Blue Lodge rooms, each 62 feet long. 5, Hanover-square, W., April n, 1870. in height, length, and breadth of the temple of the On the west side of this hall is placed a large ban- " Dear Sir and Brother,—The publication of the Caaba, at Mecca, were very peculiar, and appeared queting room, with stewards' rooms, &c, adjoining-. first report ofthe R. Commission on Historical MSS. to have some relation to its reputed antiquity. The stairway leads next to the fourth storey, 21 feet places in a prominent manner the interesting re- They appeared to have some analogy to those of high, in which the arrangements, distribution, and sults which arc beginning to be manifested by the the Tabernacle. The situation of the door was size of rooms are precisely similar to those below. discovery of long-lost and hitherto-unknown docu- also deserving of notice. He threw out the hint In this storey there will be two Blue Lodge rooms ments. for consideration whether these relations, length and one Royal Arch Chapter room. The latter " Impressed with the importance which this and breadth, could have any reference to the geo- room will be arranged with conveniences not here- movement may have for our ' noble science,' I am metrical proportions ofthe globe ofthe earth. tofore thought of, and will be complete in every pos- led, without further apology, to suggest the question The Chairman doubted this. With regard to sible respect. The whole of the fifth storey will be whether something cannot be gained for Masonry the connexion of Freemasonry with other mystic devoted to the use of the Knights Templars, and it by this investigation ? I think it not unlikely that systems, it was difficult to judge ; but this, at all is believed this Commandery hall will be the most among the commissioners there may be one or more events, could be determined—that Freemasonry, complete and best arranged ever constructed, and who may belong to the Fraternity, with whom your being founded on the noblest principles, and on greatly increase the effect of the imposing cere- influence, or that of the Council of the M. Archaeo- the basis of truth , must be of the highest moral monies ofthe Order. Throughout the arrangement logical Institute, might have sufficient weight to value. It could not, either be doubted that it had of the whole building it is evident the architect, induce them to issue such instructions or private been of practical use in many remote places. He N. Le Brun , has very carefully studied his plans, hints to their literary staff as would lead to their gave one example of an English brother captured as there is not a foot of space wasted, and the taking note of any MSS. relating to the early history many years ago by brigands in Greece, who was greatest simplicity and convenience are attained in of Free Masonry and Accepted or Speculative Ma- released in consequence of making a Masonic sign. the distribution of the rooms, stairways, corridors, sonry. For instance, particular attention might be Bro. Dadabhai proposed , and Bro. Bywater se- &c, which will be all appropriately decorated in devoted to collections in the possession of the conded , a vote of thanks to the eminent archaeo- accordance with the various purposes to which they families of notable persons who, in the last century, logist and naturalist, Bro. Moggridge, who had pre- will be applied. The firs t storey, and all the halls, filled the post of G.M. either in the ' Ancient ' or sided over the institute on that evening. corridors, and stairways throughout will be of the Modern ' side. The Chairman announced that the next meeting most approved fire-proof construction. The whole " Notwithstanding the frequent and sometimes will be on Thursday, 30th June, when the subject building will be heated by steam, and thoroughly feasible arguments which are advanced to prove will be the Phoenician Masons' Marks at Jerusa- ventilated in the most approved and scientific man- that Speculative Masonry had no existence prior lem and the Moabite Stone. ner. Each floor will be supplied with all the modern to 1717, I think it highly probable that among conveniences found in first-clas s private houses, the MSS. preserved in the muniment (lumber ?) and a large elevator will traverse the building from rooms of some of our old families, documents may THE NE W MASONIC HALL AT NE W the first to the fifth stories. This elevator is placed be found which will be valuable to us, by shedding conveniently to the main stairway and the private light on that dark page of our history. YORK. stairway, giving an egress on Sixth-avenue. In " Apologising for thus troubling you, which please The following full description of the proposed case of accident or alarm, the entire building can excuse by attributing it to my desire to see our new Masonic Hall at New York is taken from the be emptied in five minutes. The ground has cost ancient Craft in possession of a good ' title deed,' 000 and the estimated cost of the New York Herald of May :— .£68, , building will I am, dear Brother, yours, &c, 9th be a little over ,£100,000. An idea of its imposing "AVITHAM M. BYWATER ." " The projected new Masonic Temple in this city exterior may be formed from the fact that it will A discussion took place on the best mode the will be erected on the north-east comer of Twenty- tower 45 feet above Booth's theatre, which is situated institute could adopt to give effect to the proposi- third-strcet and Sixth-avenue, a most eligible and directly opposite." tions of Bro. Bywater. cental location. The size ofthe lot is 141 feet on Bro. Bywater stated that one document referred the street and 98 feet 9 inches on the avenue, the to must be of interest, as it was a contract with a whole area of which will be covered by the building. " Free " Mason in connection with the building of A photographic print of the perspective view will Jotthrcjs front Utasunix Jfmmrals. a tomb in Wells Cathedral. This had been pointed soon be issued and sold for the benefit of the Hall ——?— out by the.Town Clerk of Wells. and Asylum Fund and will show to advantage the T HE Indianapolis Journal says of their Grand Bro. Wigginton suggested that the W.M. of the majestic, harmonious, and massive appearance of Commandery that it closed in " awful and solemn lodge at Wdls should be induced to obtain a copy the tout ensemble. The material selected will be dark form." from the Town Clerk for the use and and li ht granite and the main divisions consideration g , , details, THE Grand Commandery of Massachusetts of the members ofthe institute. and ornamentations tire so disposed as to grace- and This Bro. B Rhode Island has changed its title from Encamp- ywater offered to effect ; and the fully bring out its true character of solidity and ment to Commandery, with that of its subordinates. Chairman and Bro. H yde Clarke undertook to strength. The style of architecture is pure Renais- communicate with the Record Commissioners with sance, well proportioned , and chaste. The building ANTI -M ASONIC STORM.—The Boston Masonic the view of carrying out the objects of Bro. By- will be divided into five stories, each of which will Monthly states that only two lodges survived the water. be distinctly marked in the exterior. The main anti-Masonic storm—Portland No. 1, at Portland, Thanks were returned to Bro. Bywater for his feature on Twcnty-third-streel will be the central and United , No. 8, at Brunswick. This is valuable communications. pavilion , ornamented by pilasters and columns, and incorrect. A few surrendered their charac- The chief subject of the evening was a communi- surmounted by a quadrangular dome 50 feet square ters, and many suspended their meetings ; but cation on a new system of Masonry among Mus- at the base and rising 155 feet above the pavement some kept straight on, besides those mentioned. sulmans. It was observed that association and to the top of its cresting. This centre compart- Ancient Landmark, No. 17, of Portland , and Fra- secrecy or mystery are two great principles of 1- rcc- ment is connected by ' curtains,' to be embellished by ternal , No. 55, of Shaplcigh (now at Alfred), we know masonry, and two great princi ples influencing the allegorical statuary, with heavil y rusticated corner kept on, and we think severa l others.—Portland human mind. They are consequently to be ob- pavilions each 26 feet square at the base, the whole Me., Masonic Token. served in all ages and among all nations of man- rising 95 feet to the top of the main cornice, and FROM the Illuslristc Zcituitg we learn that the kind. In this sense, the elements of Masonry are capped by a Mansard roof. 1 he Sixth-avenue Freemasons of Germany have taken an active part certainl y to be regarded as of the greatest antiquity. front consists of corner pavilions , and the recessed in the work of the society established in Bremen, in and as they arc widely disseminated, so are they curtain between them is enriched at each story by 1865, for the saving of shi pwrecked persons on the particularl y to be recognised among the MusstiL pilasters, in harmony with the centra l portion of the German coast. The lod ge in Brcmerhafcn and a man communities. The chief form of these mystic Twenty-third-strcct front. The first story will be Masonic association in Uppenheim on the Rhine associations is that of the orders of Dervishes. It almost entirel y devoted to stores—three large ones have been especiall y active in this work. A number is not unnatural that many have supposed that the on the street and four on the avenue. This portion of wives of Masons in Rheinhcsscn issued a call to exact forms of Masonry arc to be found among the of the building is to be constructed of Quincy partici pate in this humane enterprise in 1866, which Dervishes. A sketch was then given of the intro- granite, and will be massively rusticated through- was met by a hearty response. In token of their ap- duction of Freemasonry into Turkey, Persia , and out. The main entrance will be located in the preciation of this effort , the directors of the society India. It was pointed out that while the Mussul- south-west curtain of the building, and will be orna- above-mentioned named anewboatstationed atNew- mans acknowled ge the sacred books of the Jews mented and made prominent by a Doric portico. harhngeisyhl , " Frauenlot " (praise to the women), and Christians, they treat the Koran as a further In front of this portico will be placed two Masonic the name also of the renowned singer of Maycnce. development ; and in adopting Freemasonry, they columns, 20 feet high , the significance of which H EREIN IS OUR G REATEST D ANGER .—We call arc materially disposed to seek its development for will be dul y appreciated by Masons, ami , together the particular attention of our hosts of Masonic members of their own community in the forms of with the statuary before mentioned and the arms friends and readers to the following, the concluding Islam. Such a development has been founded at ofthe Grand Lodge on the fift h storv , will form remark s of one of Masonry 's bri ghtest sons, III. Constantinop le, but the members of it acknowledge exteriorl y the onl y indic 'itions of ihe purpose of the liro. Josiah II. Drummond. of Ma inc, in his report on uuivers.il Masonry as a title lo participation in llro- edifice. This entrance leads tliivcily by a wide Foreign correspondence. Let it be read attentivel y, therliood. Many details were given , which are not flight of steps to a large corridor or hall on the marked carefull y, learnt uiidersiandingl y, and we fcei of a nature to admit of public treatment. second storey, 20 feet wide by 60 feet long and 30 satisfied all will feel benefited mentally and morally Bro. Khan Bahadour Kazi Shahabadun Ibrahim , feet high , from which immediate access is obtained by digesting it :—" If any reader has accompanied us thus far, he has learned that the march of Free- FREEMASONRY IN FRANCE. a t t r jr. masonry is still onward ; whether it is upward is The time for occupying ourselves with our 1 not so certain. We must confess that there seems to be too much of a looking forward to what Free- own business has evidently come at last, and masonry will do, rather that a care for what it is we have, therefore, given a little attention to the A NEW SONG. doing. With a membershio of half a million , it election of Grand Master of the Freemasons, o-igh t now to be accomplishing all that any human which we should have done on former occasions BY AN O LD PAST MASTER. institution can accomplish. That it is doing an had not the Emperor left us other things to look Composed expressly for the Board of Benevolence of the i nmensegood we know ; that it is not doing all it after, which we foolishly imagined to be of more Provincial Grand Lodge (North and East Yorks), on certainl can we as y know: While we hope for the importance. The office of Grand Master is for the first time in the future, we should act now. ' God loves the pre- the occasion of their meeting sent tense, rather than the future.'. We have noticed considered one of the highest trust and responsi- Kingston Lodge, at Kingston-upon-Hull , on Wednesday, with anxiety one feature in almost all the addresses bility, and has been hotly disputed by General April 6th, 1870, when the Lodge was consecrated. the proceedings contain. It is the caution against in- Mellinet and Carnot, the deputy. A grand temperance, combined with the assumption that convocation of all the lodges has been sitting this vice has increased and prevails among the Come let us prepare, we brethren that are, for the last three days in close confabulation And attend the Provincial Grand Meeting ; Craft to a dangerous extent. This gives our enemies upon the subject, which, for five years' duration, assailing us with success. As long In clothing so neat, with a good balance-sheet, tbe means of as becomes a vital one for the order. Mellinet, When we hope to receive a kind they assail the institution itsel f, it is like the mere greeting. foam on the rock ; but if they shall assail us be- who has fulfilled the duties of the office ever In clothing, &c. since the year 1S65, with great honour to him- cause we have abandoned the princi ples of Ma- Let's be true and sincere, and kind to the poor, sonry, and are perverting them, what answer can self and brothers, carried the clay by a great Who app l y on the present occasion ; we make ? Herein lies our greatest danger. All majority over the deputy, and the event was con- Grant liberal aid, and not be afraid , acknowledge this, but there seems too little effort to sidered of such immense importance that tele- To show we don't want much persuasion. avert the danger. The truth shining, many love ; grams were despatched to the four corners ofthe Grant liberal aid, &c. reproving, they reject ; when it shows itself, we earth wherever French lodges exist. Expense embrace it; when it shows us. we cannot endure it. , Appeals are now made, for benevolent aid, It is the imperative duty of all in authority, and of was voted beneath a Mason's notice, and in as To be granted to those who are needy ; all to whom the brethren have given influence by short a time as possible was the news of the So let us be kind, and all of one mind, havingevcr called them to positions of responsibility, election conveyed to Constantinople and to And prove that we always are ready. to do all in their power by precept , and especially by Senegal, to Bogota and to Haiti, to Madagascar So let us be kind, &c. example, to put away this reproach from the Craft." and to Canada ; in short to the uttermost parts , Our Prince Dukes and Lords will lay by their —Pomeroy's New York Democrat. of the world , , , , wherever French Freemasons as- sword s, A TOWN in Indiana had-a lodge that had a W.M. semble to hold a lodge and proclaim their adhe- an exaggerated notion of discip To relieve both the Orphan and Widow : who had line. One sion to the principles first laid down by the first all over the land night he had met his lodge in called meeting, not Our relief is at hand, , a member absent to instruct them in the' Earl of Derwentwater in the year 1785. Free- Ever read y to prove it's no shadow. , work. Our relief is &c. Teaching them the use of the gavel, he had just masonry is respectable in France, inasmuch as it , called them up with three knocks, when lie leaned is the only institution looked upon in a serious Antiquity's pride, we take as our guide, too far back, fel l against the window that was be- light • and although French puerility and light- Thus keeping each one in his station ; hind him, fell through , fell to the ground four ness in all things has suggested the admission of And do all we can, to make happy the man, stories, and broke his neck. Picked up the next women to its sacred rites, yet its laws of brother- Who's a Brother, though not a relation. morning, be was buried decently, bnt not a Mason hood and fraternity are strictly observed. The And do all we can, &c. attended the funeral. More strange still , not a Mason appeared any more in that village. It was good done all over the world by the Grand Orient We never deceive the fair daughters of eve, inexplicable. Forty women left widows, two hun- of Paris is a well-known fact. Noinstitution, how- But are true to our every profession ; dred and seventeen children left orphans, eighty- ever religious in its aim, has contributed more to They never regret, when a Brother they've met. four merchants left in the lurch with unpaid bills. the civilisation of the human race than this lodge. And have placed themselves in his possession. Twenty years after that somebody went up in that " Learn and Teach " is the wise and modest They never regret, &. ' fourthstorey, and,behol d , the lodge a lodge of skele- motto adopted by its members—almost antique but tru e Then join hand in hand, to each other firm stand, tons I Strange, , they had rigidl y obeyed in its simplicity, and so completely at variance the orders of the W.M., and, while waiting for the United in Masonic action ; knock to seat them, had starved to death. Each with the pert and fli ppant self-sufficiency of the No mortal can boast, a nobler toast, was standing in an attitude of respectful attention , day. Thestatistical accounts of the progressofthe Than a Mason who knows of no faction. '¦ looking to the east," and had not the pitying citi- Brotherhood is more interesting. There exist No mortal can boast, &c. zens taken them down and tenderly removed them, at the present moment in Frar.ce four hundred have been standing there yet. Such is they would thousand 1- reemasons. In this number the laches THE MITHER LODGE. life.— The Evergreen. are not included, althout'h the number of these T HE Prince of Wales is said to have " a ringing (Les Lccotons) exceeds one hundred thousand. T UNE—" // Man' s a Man for a ' that." rung the change, voice." It at a Masonic meeting The institution has been liable to great persecu- the other day, when ,£13,000 were subscribed at tions, and the seceding lodge ofthe Rite Ecosscais Amang the social " rays of light " once towards the benevolent objects which the I've aften blythesomc been , man, •'A-i'icnt and Free Accepted" Order has in view.— carried away, not very long ago, a vast number And here within the mither Lodge Ncilghcrry Excelsior. of adherents. At the breaking out of the great Some joyfu' nights I've seen, man ; Revolution the Duke of Orleans, Philippe For, aye, to me there was a charm A COMPARISON. — Wisdom - contemplating Egalite, was Grand Master. After his death In speech, and sang, and crack, man, mankind leads but to the two results — com- upon the scaffold, the office was accepted by M. That made me weary for the time passion or disdain. He who believes in other de Montaleau , who, with admirable tact and When I'd come toddlin ' back, man. worlds can accustom himself to look on , preserved the Brotherhood good management I've seen thejoll y-hearted coun , this as the naturalist on the revolutions throughout the terrible period of revolution and of an ant-hill or of a leaf. What is the earth to Here often bear the sway, man ; confusion which followed 'S9. Since then Joseph infinity ? what its duration to the eternal ? Oh , I've seen a Wylie, ever shrewd, linv much greater is the soul of one man than the Bonaparte, Prince Mura t, and Marshal Magnan Masonic love display, man. vicissitudes of the whole globe ! Child of heaven have been elected Grand Masters, and have suc- And now a Mure adorns the East, and heir of immortality, bow from some star here- ceeded it preserving ihe honour and prosperity A bri ght, a worth y name, man ; He'll gie the Lod after wilt thou look back on the ant-hill and its com- of the Grand Orient through every change in ge anithcr hcize, Anither wreath of fame, man. motions, from Clovis to Robespierre, fro m Noah to politics, and through every attack made upon it The sp the final fire ? irit that can contemplate, by the Church , uneasy at beholding the secret Wha has 11a felt a sacred joy, that lives only in the intellect , can ascend to its conference and huis-clos deliberations from which A pleasure ever sweet, man, stars, even from the midst of the burial-ground When by a mithcr' le side she his ever been peremptorily excluded.—Bir- , s ing , callca earth , and while the sarcophagus called life Kind couthic friends would meet, man ; immures in its clay the everlasting.— Zanoni, by mingham Daily Post. And here we feel the same deli ght Bulwcr. When friendshi ps we renew, man, I N* the matter of soup the City is degenerating. T HE Acacia Lodge, No. 1314. was consecrated at Within our guid auld mithcr's ha' I went into the Brig and Tortoise the other day- the Ik'll Hotel , Bromley, on Wednesday, the 15 th. 'Mang brithers leal an' true, man. it was. in fact, to a Freemasons' dinner—and they Full report in our next. gave me last year's green peas in Ma)-, and Mock M ASONRY ON THE B ENCH .—Bro. George Allcz, Wi' open heart she lo'cs us a', instead of the real. However, this is quite in char- of Doyle's Lodge of Fellowshi p, No. 84, Guernsey, Whate'er our lot may be, man ; acter with the genius of the times. Freemasons arc was on Friday, the ioth inst., elected Jura t of the And aft she prays that a' her bairns not what they were when 1 was initiitcd , or they Royal Court, the highest local honour that can be In love may aye agree, man ; would not stand that sort of think. They are get- conferred upon an inhabitant , making the third For love, she kens, can yield a charm ting far too molern in their notions to suit me and member of the Craft on the magisterial bench of To cheer life's fleeting scenes, man, sensible, amiable peop'e generally. Instead of that island. Bro. Allcz has onl y recentl y taken the And lead to yonder Lodge aboon keeping up the good old Institution in the proper first two degrees of our Order, and will , at the next Where joy unclouded reigns, man. style, each lodge a secret conclave of irood three- re;u!ar meeting ofhis lodge, be raised lo the degree Yes, mticklc sense and worth is hers, bottled men, they arc talking of making Free- of M.M., on which occasion , we understand , it is in And proud she wcel may be man, masonry a kind of superior friendly society, and contemplation of the lod ge to give him a compli- For even kings themselves ha'e sat subscribing so much a week for benefits during mentary banquet. We lienrtry join in congratula- Fu' kindl y by her knee, man. sickness, and a sum of money to bury poor old tion , not onl y to Bro. Allcz on his appointment, but Then, lang, Jang may she keep her feet brothers ! To be sure, I proposed this very thing to tbe islanders on their choice, since he who is a To speak, or sing, or crack, man, thirty years ago, but then they wouldn 't have it; " just Mason " cannot be other than an " upright And , aye, be blythc as she has been, and now that they have changed their minds, I'JI jud ge." To bid us welcome back, man. change too, and oppose innovations with all my ACCORDING tothe Ancient Constitutions , cveryap- might' and main. And in this I am sure to get plicant must be proposed at least one month before A. M. K AY, P.S. St. John's Lodge, plenty.of backers,—- The Grumbler, in "Latest News," the lodge can act upon his petition. Kilmarnock Kilwinning, No 22.- METROPOLITAN MASONIC MEETINGS SATURDAY, J UNE 25. Summer Banquets. For the Week ending June 25, 1870. Star Lodge of Instruction (1275), Marquis of Granby, BRO. WM. HOLLAND respectfull y informs the New Cross-road , at 7. Brethren that he is now prepared to receive LODGES at MONDAY, J UNE 20. South-Eastern Masonic Charitable Association New Cross his Summer Retreat, NORTH WOOLWICH GARDENS. , Having catered successfully during the past year, he has such con- Lodge 185, Tranquillity, Radley's Hotel, Blackfriars Branch. fidence that he will in every respect full y realise all the Brethren ,, 720, Panmure, Balham Hotel , Balham. require.—Eor terms, etc., appl y to Bro. W. H OLLAND, Royal Hotel, North Woolwich. ,, got , City of London, Guildhall Coffee House T HE legend that every one is supposed to know, ' , ,, 120 1, Eclectic, Freemasons' Hall. runs to the effect that the four children of Lamach, ge of Instruction Railway Tavern, Mason's Hall Tavern, Sincerity Lod (174), and his two wives Ada and Sella, founded the be- Fenchurch-street Station, at 7. MASON'S AVENUE, BASINGHALL STREET, CITY. ge of Instruction, White Swan Tavern, ginning of all the sciences in the world. Theeldest Wellington Lod and THE above old-established Tavern is NOW Deptford, at S. son, Jabal, pursued the science of geometry, OPEN, newly decorated , by Bro. CHARLES GOSDEN, Camden Lodge of Instruction (704), Adelaide Tavern, abandoned his flocks and herds to build with stones late Manager of the Freemasons' Tavern Company. Every accom- and trees ; his brother Jubal founded the science of modation will be found for Lodges, Chapters, Mark and other degrees, Haverstock-hill, at S; Bro. T. A. Adams, Preceptor. for their Meetings, Dinners, Suppers. &c, and every attention will Eastern Star Lodgeof Instruction (95), Royal Hotel, Mile- music ; his brother Tubal Cain founded smithcraft be paid to their comfort and enjoyment by the new Proprietor. end-road, at 7.30 , Bro. E. Gottheil , Preceptor. in all metals ; and his sister founded the craft of British Oak Lodge of Instruction , Bank of Friendship weaving. Having a foreknowledge of the punish- " Radley's," Blackfriars. Tavern, Mile End, at 7 for S. ment about to fall upon mankind, they engraved BRO. JOHN HART begs to inform the Craft TUESDAY, J UNE 21. their sciences on two stones, so that they might not he has several open days in each month for MASONIC be lost when the " vengeance for synn " came. One MEETINGS, and will be glad to submit his terms to Lodges about Board of General Purposes, Freemasons' Hall, at 3. to move. N. 13. No charge for Lodge Rooms, except emergencies. Lodge 435, Salisbury, 71, Dean-street, Soho. of these stones was of marble, in the belief that it Chap. 11, Enoch, Freemasons' Hall. would not bum if fire consumed all else upon the Guildhall Tavern, Gresham-street, E.C. „ 167, St. John's, Radley's Hotel, Blackfriars. . face of the earth ; the other was " clepped laterns," C PACI0US Dining-Rooms, Chop and Steak- ,, 186, Industry, Freemasons' Hall. supposed not to be able to drown or sink in any >— ' rooms, Luncheon-bars, and Smoking-rooms, Rooms of all MetropolitanChapter of Instruction , George Hotel, Alder water, if a flood should be the means of destruction. sizes, suitable for Auction Sales, Consultations, Arbitrations, Building Societies &c. : also for Freemasons' Lod manbury, at 7 ; Comp. Brett, Preceptor. After the deluge, the great-grandson of Noah found , ges and Banquets, Private Domatic Lodgeof Instruction, Palmerston Tav., Grosvenor- Dinners, etc. one of these stones, and saw the science written on Guildhall Taverns Company (Limited), 32 & 33, Gresham-street. park, Camberwell, at 7.30. it, and taught it to other people. "And at the Instruction S2), Hotel de GEORGE CRAWFORD, Manager and Secretary. Royal Union Lodge of (3 making of the Tower of Babylon there was Cologne, 60 and 61 Haymarket, at 8 ; Bro. T. A- , masonrye first made much of." Nimrod wasamason City Terminus Hotel, Cannon Street, Adams, Preceptor. LONDON. Faith Lodge of Instruction, Metropolitan Railway, Victoria as well as hunter it seems, and fond of his science, or, as we should now say, trade. And when the city WELL adapted for Banquets, Balls, Amateur Station, at 8; Bro. C. A. Cottebrune, Preceptor. Dramatic Entertainments , Public -Meetings, and Arbitrations. Yarborough Lodge of Instruction , Green Dragon, Stepney, of Nineveh and other cities of the east were to be The large Hall is capable of seating upwards of Twelve Hundred at 8; Bro. Isaac Saqui, Preceptor. built, he sent his cousin, Fthe King of Nineveh, people. SIDNEY SPEN ¦ Prince Fredk.William Lodgeof Instruction (753) Knights three score of masons to assist him. From this CER, Manager. of St. Joh n's Tavern, St. John's-wood ; Bro. F. G. little band of masons, bound together as strangers The Victoria Hotel and Tavern, Baker, Preceptor. in a strange land, possessed of the knowledge of a QUEEN 'S ROAD EXTENSION , LOWER WANDSWORTH Prestonian Club of Instruction (for M.M. 's only), Lyceum craft that was beyond the understanding of the RD. ¦ Proprietor, E. MUS PR ATT. Tavern, Strand. dwellers in tents, according to this story,came Free- W EDNESDAY, UNE 22. masonry.—Builder. THE above Hotel is situated in a new and special J line of road (near the London , Chatham and Dover Railway Lodge of Benevolence, at 7 precisel y. Company's Works) leading direct from the West End to Clapham Lodge 2, Antiquity, Freemasons' Hall. and South of London generally, -.'ia Sloane-street , Chelsea Suspen- ,, 507, United Pilgrims, Horns Tavern, Ke-.inington Jluucrtiscmcnts. sion Bridge, Battcrsca Park to Clapham Common. White Hart Tottenham. rliis Hotel has been built upon a plan in which much care has been ,, 754, High Cross, , THE FREEMASONS' LIFE BOAT. - bestowed , both as regards the public bar requirements and sitting Chap. 13, Union Waterloo, Masonic Hall, Woolwich. i. Committee Room : Iho. FOSTER'S, Railway Tavern , London accommodation , where persons of the most refined p >sition can be Red + Conclave, St. Andrew's, No. 15, Terminus Hotel, street, K.C, accommodated , there being a separate entrance to the sitting-rooms COMMITTED : eminentl y suitable for Conversaziones, Dinner, Tea, Cricket Club and Cannon-stre t. other parties. Notices relating thereto will receive Pythagorean Lodge of Instruction (79), Prince of Orange, Bro. A. E. Harris, P.M. 141, Bro. Thos. White, W.M. 22. immediate attention. President. ,. Chas. Davis, 223. Postal District— SUI .'TII LAMBETH , S. Greenwich , at 8 ; J. Robt. Nash, Preceptor. „ S. Davis, 141, the Promoter ,, Jas. Wyld , 511, Prop. Lie. United Strength Lodge of Instruction (228), Bull & Gate, and Treasurer. Vict. Guardian. N. Frost Preceptor. „ E. Gottheil , P.M. 141, /Aw. ., Mann, P.M. and P.Z. i86 » Shakespeare Hotel, Pimlico, Kentish Town-road , at 8 ; Bro. J. , Seaytary* W.M.-desig. 1306, &c. Israel Lodge of Instruction , Rising Sun Tavern, Globe- „ John Thomas, P.M. 507, „ T. )5anL-*t, W.M. 813. "D HOLDEN , Proprietor. —Families and Gen- Isaac Saqui, Preceptor. P.G.D.C. „ S. Mellish 188. road, at 7.30 : Bro. . •A-/ * tlemen accommodated with comfort and Confidence Lodge of Instruction (193), Railway Tavern, „ Jas. Stevens, P.M. 720. „ H. V. Isaacs, 188. economy. Cjflee „ M. Manns, i83. ,, Lacey, P.M. 174. Room, Public and Private Dining Rooms, First-class llilliard Room. Railway-place, Fenchurch-street, at 7. ,, J. Kcnnctt , 141. ,, Alex. Levy, P.M. iSS. Strong Man Lodge of Instruction , The Grapes Tavern, „ K. M. Levy, P. M. 188. „ Wm. Carter, P.M. & Treas. BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROAD, PIMLICO, Duke-street, Manchester-square, at 8 ; Bro. T. A. ,, N. Gluckstein , 141, P. M. 51, 141. Near Victoria Station. P. P.S.G.W. .. J. G. Dickie, P.M. 45, P.Z. Adams, P.G. P., Preceptor. „ C. C. Tay lor, J.W. 141. 177, P.O.P. New Concord Lodge of Instruction, Rosemary Branch „ li. Salmon , 141. ,, Fred. Walters, P.M. 73 and Tavern, Hoxton, at 8. ,, T. S. Mortlock , P.M. 174. W.M. of Acacia Lodge. Thos. Young, dney Lodge of Instruction (S29), Cambridge Hotel, HANKERS. Sy London and Westminster Hank , Eastern Branch. Upper Norwood , at 7.30. The following brethren who are not on the Committee have promised Peckham Lodge of Instruction , Maismore Arms, Park- their support :—Ur. J. R. Stebbing, P.M., P.G.D. England ; Br. Col. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT, road , Peckham ; Bro. David Rose, Preceptor. Malet de Carteret , P.G.M. Channel Islands ; Br. Prosscr, P.M. 244, Instruction Jersey : Br. Gardiner, W.M. 84, Guernsey : Br. Ashley, P.M. 254, Temperance in the East Lodge of , George the Coventry, P.G.J.W. Warwickshire ; Br. De Grate, Birmingham ; F.VRE ARMS, Fourth , Catherine-street , Poplar. Br. Wotilf, P.M. 223, Plymouth : and others. Instruction Approach The Committee meet at their Room ou the first Thursday in every Burdett Coutts Lodge of (127S), ST. JOHN'S WOOD. Tavern, A pproach-road, Victoria-park , at 7.30; Bro. month at 8 p.m. All subscri ptions, together with the names of the donors, will be acknowledged in 'Vim E I < EKMAS ON\ In order to en- I. Terry, Preceptor. sure success, it is hoped that every Brother will personall y interest T HURSDAY UNE 23. himself in the movement. , J Bro. E. GOTTHEIL, P.M. 141 , Hon. Sec , James Carter, House Committee Girls' School , at 4. 120, Mile End Koad , E. Lodge 3-,, Mount Moriah , Freemasons' Hall. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT, London Tav., Bishops ,, 60, Peace an.l Harmony, COD LIVER OIL, THE KNIGHTS OF ST. » gate-street. JOHN, PUREST NEWFOUNDLAND. ,, 65, Prosperity, Guildhall Coffee House, Gresham QUEEN'S TERRACE, ST. JOHN'S WOOD, street. , THE BEST IN THE WORLD—Pale, Taste And at th; London and St. Katherine' s Docks. ,, 858. South Middlesex, Beaufort House Fulham. -I less, Odourless. Fidelity Lodge of Instruction (3), Goat and Compasses, EIGHTEEN PENCE PER PINT DOTTLE. Euston-road , at 8 ; Bro. T. A. Adams, Preceptor. J. Harris, Finsbury Club of Instruction , Jolly Anglers' Tavern, 42, L. SEAMAN AND CO., Bath-street , City-road. 116 , LOWER THAMES STREET, LONDON. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT, United Mariners' Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes, PRINCE ARTHUR , Mile-end-road at 8 ; Bro. T. Barnes, Preceptor. Send stamp for Pamphlet . " Cod Liver Oi! : its Varieties and Uses, , J. Mode of Preparation St. George's Lodge of Instruction (140), Globe Tavern , Test of Purity. ," &c. BOUNDARY ROAD, ST. JOHN'S WOOD. Royal Hill, Greenwich , at 8. Company Birmingham NewGreatWestern Hotel, FRIDAY, JUNE 24. The French Coffee 's Coffees, of (SNOW H ILL S TATIC.'). Red + Conclave, Roman Eagle, No. 6, Anderton's Hotel, RAILWAV APPROACH , LONDON BRIDGK. ¦*¦ /""^NE the most elegant , comfortable, and Fleet-street. liro. JOSEPH 1TCARD, Manager, V_y economical Hotels in the three kingdoms."— The Field, K.T. Encampment, Mount Calvary, 14, Bedford-row. July 31, iSC-n. 's Lod Pier Htl., Chelsea. Excellence aud great Economy. The only really gent Coffee lo St. Luke ge of Instruction (144), , Unions Emulation Lodge of Improvement for M.M. 's, le obtained i'l Grea t Britain WILLIAM WINSOR, of 8, Miles's-lane, London-bridge , Imports CIGARS of ihcvery Finest ltrands Freemasons' Hall, at 7. I N CASISTKRS I /S P EK. POUND N KTT. onl y, and Manufactures Cigars from ihe Choicest Tobaccos. Whole- Domatic Chapter of Instruction , Metropolitan Railway sale and retail. Victoria Station , at 8 ; Comp. Cottebrune, Preceptor BRO. IIAIGM , Shirt and Collar Maker, of vj. ythagorean Chapter of Instruction (No. Prince ol Groat Turnstile , Holborn , bavin:; designed , cut , and made for VOUNG'S ARM GATED CORN AND P 79), 1 LA I STICKS are the best ever invented for giving Orange, Greenwich-road , at 8; Comp. W. West one of the lirit (inns in ihe City -u sua-*:-: .full y fjr nine years , wi-hes X I'L'XION I to make it publicl y known that he ran produc Ihe same suprrior i:n:ncd:.it.- cav, and reni n in ; th.>sc painful excrescence*. Price 6d. Smith , Preceptor. titliiiir Shirts and Collars at co per cent, less than any other house. and is. per box. May he hail uf imi-it chemist*; Metropolitan Lodge of Instruction , George Hotel, Aldcr- Observe the trad*.* ni irk. — -1 { —without which none arc genuine. /// the J' rcss and shortly trill be Pnblis'ted, Second edition, revisea He sure and ask for \'i (UNO'S . manhury, al 7 ; Bro. Brett , Preceptor. and Enlarged United Pilgrims' Lodge of Instruction Horns Tavern , , A FULL COLOLUED ILLUSTRATED LIST OK PIMLU'S WALNUT CRINTINCTU. —Under Kennington , at 7. Jl the patronage of Royalty and the Aristocracy throughout Europe Belgrave Lodge of Instruction , Duke of Wellington Htl., MASONIC CLOTHING & JEWELS, This preparation iihtrrauted perfectly /tarn/less, d yes ihe hair per- Prom Ma-iter Mason to the 3m h Decree (inclusive). mauoally and with Utile trouble , in li ;ht, dark brown , aad btaAc Spring-gardens, Charing-cross ; Dr. Pulsford , Preceptor shad j *. . . FIELD , coa-a.ijiily usin ,; it 0.1 ladi.-** hair iu every Doric Lodge of Instruction , Three Cranes Tavern, Mile- P.iblMied by liro. Cii:o:;r,::IC ICNMNG , Masonic Depot , s, 3 and 4. >;udj required , can recom:n:nd it ;h invariable fir whi- .kers and end-road Little JJritain! Loudon ; a.id may al.w be had of ail Jluokscller.%. m >ustache , prodnc.n •, perfectly natura l colour*.--No^ better Hair Uye , at 8 ; Bro. Isaac Saqui , Preceptor. IV.l-free fur u swimpa.vy road , Deptford at 8. the CriiitinctU , as. 6d. and 4s. , KID CUTTINGS, The above Articles can be sent per Rail , or had through all Charterhouse Club of Instruction, Hat and Feathers respectable Chemists. Please to observe Trade Mark " THE Tavern, 25, Goswell-road, at 8; Bro. J. Mather, KENNING'S WALNUT," Name and Address; as none other is genuine. P.M. 65, Preceptor. MASONIC DEPOT, LITTLE BRITAIN. E. FIELD , i8f CARLISLE STKEET, SOHO SQ., LQNDO.V. SHOP FITTINGS, AND SHOW CASES /^HARLES WATSON and Co., 30, Cornhill, to the *- Manufactured by V^ invite attention CORNHILL SHERRY , as r ^^ -j a d WOTthy ^jjjg GEO. TREBLE & SOWS, S^ g'ot ™^£Sr ** " ©MIMSMf & GLOUCESTER ST., HOXTON, LONDON. TTI-IE and dry, 30s. per \ .,0, 41. 42, 43 44, CORNHILL SHERRY, elegant, pale, SlT~^ I dozen. Carriage paid. \ ^ Show Rooms with a large assortment of Show Cases, suitable #/ Royal Exchange. . S ^ \V^^ SC *^/ SON & COMPANY, THE CORNHILL SHERRY, rich sold , 30s. per dozen. \/ r->%i >/ EVANS, , Carriage paid . No. Cornhill. T jj; 30, (7/ 1/ Stove Grate and Kitchen Range Manufacturers , ^ / , , pHARLES WATSON and Co., 30. Cornhill, (opposite Royal \C*»2^\L^o/ Hot Water and Gas Engineers, Manufacturing and - Exchange), request the favour of a visit to their oid-established ^^ ^ ^- NT 1/S Furnishing Ironmongers, cellars, 30, Cornhill , containing a large stock of the Finest Old . N. *S some curious and rare to please the & KING WILLIAM STREET, LONDON BRIDGE. Wines of every country, , ^\^r 33 34, t most critical connoisseurs. A fully descriptive Price List. " TRUTH MUST PREVAI L."—Common Sense. I THE SUCCESS OF THE AGE ! Lamps, Baths, Cutlery, Brushes, Fenders and Fire Irons, vy^ Electroplate and Nickel-Silver Goods. . iJgiB MERCER , UNSWORTH & BEVAN'S R. D. PARR, r General House-Furn ishing Ironmonger, >WV | COCOA S.
42, BLACKMAN STREET, BOROUGH , ENCHURCH but REALLY BRO. LOWENTHAL, of 70, F ,v.\ WHO'S SAXBY ? A OFFERS nothing extraordinary, STREET, begs to ca'l the attention of the Craft to his newly 7 GOOD Articles at fair and reasonabl e prices. He does n&t invented and Registered --./'' The Cheapest and Best Oilman, *\ ^ ^ keep an " Immense Stock," but SUFFICIENTLY LAKCE for any person to select from. He does not sell " cheaper than every other house 7-20. 4> BROMELL'S BUILDINGS, CLAPHAM, 790. in the Trade," but quite as cheap as ANY. (Formcry of Bromell's Road), A visit will, at all times, be very much appreciated. Where every article of Best Quality is to be obtained at Lowest ©This is now acknowledged by the BEST A UTHOR1TIES and Market Prices. Save Half your Coals also GUARANTEEDto be the s. d. Purest Extract of Cocoa Genuine White Lead 30 6 per cwt. AND Cure your Smoky Chimneys, by using the Linseed Oil a 10 per gallon. PATENT AMERICAN KITCHENER, which can be obtainable, combining in a concentrated and soluble form, 'Can finest Boiled OU 30 seen daily iu operation at the Original American Warehouse, 155, quality of COCOA NIBS, purified from the excess of f atty matter, Turps 27 „ Cheapside, London, E.C. Prices from 4s. to £3 1. Illustrated with the delicious taste of the best CIIOCOLA TE. Best Patent Dryers, 7 lbs. or 1/6, or 22 o per cwt. prospectus free. W HOLESALE D EPOT, 70, FENCIITRCH STREET, LONDON, E.C. Best Double Size .. ., .. to per firkin. JOSEPH H. RIDDELL & Co., Proprietors. N.U.—A Qd. packet contains sufficient for 30 Cufs prepared in a Best Town Whiting x 8 per cwt. minute with boiling water or milk. Painters ' Brushes of all hinds. Colours Ground in Oil or Wattr. The British Medical Journal says : '" Chocolatine,' under this Bro. WILLIAM PLATT, title, Messrs. L. it Co. have introduced a Pure Preparation of Ropes, Lines, Twines, Mats, Mops, Pails. Cocoa, which furnishes a most agreeable digestible and nutritious , Varnishes, Lacquers, Stains. Tin and Iron Wares of all description!. Manufacturer of Masonic Jewels, Clothing, Banners, beverage. It is thoroughly soluble and very delicate in flavor, Furniture, Embroideries, &c, free from the excess of butter, and suitable for the most fastidious of palates. 6, BEAUFORT BUILDINGS, STRAND, LONDON, (Established 1848), Lodge and Chapter Furniture supplied at the lowest prices. A ' ^ ^ BY APPOINTMENT TO THE QUEEN. 7\> single article at the Wholesale Price. Terms Cash. Bookseller, Stationer y Newsagent, Printer, &e. A MAGNIFICENT STOCK OF B RO. H, T. LAMB, MASONIC REQUIREMENTS i^^^^^ S May be seen at MANUFACTURER OF MASONIC JEWELS AND MASONIC CLOTHING, BRO. E. FRANKLIN'S, 6, ST. JOHN SQUARE , 42, MOSLEY STREET, corner of ST. NICHOLAS' SQUARE, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CLERKENWELL ' \JOHHlLWa , Dukc-strcct, Portman-square, London, W. ; or through the follow- ing agents :- • GLENFIELD STARCH LLEW ELLYN & Co., Shanghai, China. is the only kind used in LLEW ELLYN & Co., Hiago, Japan. Her Majesty 's Laundry. V.wt.msG Sc Co., Adelaide, Australia. T HOSE LADIES who have not yet used the G LENI- ILLD S TARCH , 172 , BLACKFRIARS ROAD. LEV Y B R OTHER S, Melbourne. are respectfully solicited to give it a trial , and carefully follow out the directions printed on every package. It is rather more diffcult to RUPTURES.—H y Royal Letters Patent. make than other Starches, but when this U overcome, they will say, like the Queen's Laundress, that it is the finest Starch they ever used. PYRETIC SALINE WHITE'S Moc-Main LEVER TRUSS ¦? /$§&K ",,,sl r |11 vitalizing, and re* What you ask for the iilenfield, see that yon eet it. r*j (Sf'P' || ^/A \'s ^b-." -**i .-' - allowed by upwards of £00 Medical Men to be the a freshing. It gives instant relief in ^ <^3 f KT*IF5»*£^C£}MI] most effective invention in the curative treatment of i I^«Iache, Sea or Bilious Sickness, and YOU KEEP YOUR OWN HORSES ^3 K^l^j f Lfjwi/ If KRXIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful DO ? M 11 *Skin1' )* cure-* the worst form of Eruptive No; wc find wc can do better by sending to POWELL , where ^-** V^^is^S^^ '-' in its effects, is here avoided ; a soft bandage being 0 N&S-s^jjrf ^/ or Complaint*. 'I'hc various diseases •vorn round the body, while the requisite resisting power we can get every description of Cart or Van at five minutes' notice. ^ ^t ! ^ 252 ^&f $f *' ari -.ing from Cnn-tipation . tbe Liver or flsis lied by the MOC-MAIN PAD and PATENT He will contract to take goods of every description to or from any of ^ Llood Impiirities . Inoculation supp ' "^* V , the restdts LEvER , fitting with so much ease and closeness that il the Docks or Wharves, at per ton , or any jnb you offer him. Address *X of breathing air infected with Fever, Measles, or Small Pox POWELL cannot be detected , and may be worn during sleep. A , Carman aud Contractor , 1 . Carthusian-street , Aldersgate- -—J ARE CURED AND PREVENTED liV ITS USE. street, City, E.C. descriptive circular may be had, and the Truss, which Sol d by .-ill Chemists, ;im ] t) ie M.iker, in Patent (Hiss Stoppered cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum- Mottles , at ^s. od., 4*. (id., ns., and ais. eaeh, ference of the bod y, two inches below the hips, being GALVANIS.M.--PULVERMACHER'S Monthly A sent to the KLC0K1) nrCURKS is 110:0 ready tur ihe benefit of Mide-crs otic* my Trade Mark, and be'oare of spurious imitations. , MANUFACTURER , containing documentary evidence "f mnnrkahle cures effected by H. LAMl'LOUGII , PULVEKMACMKK 's I.MI'KOVKIi I'AT I'.NT Sl'.l.r-.M'IM.K' .llll.lf Vill.TA- Mr. WJIITK , 22S, Piccadilly, London. n * Ifoi.iioRN- ONDON E LECTKIC CHAIN H ANKS and . , II11.1., L , K. C. l'ucKnr 1!ATTKI: II :S, and may he had Truss 16s., 21s (3d. on application to the Sole Price oi a Single , ,, 26s. and 31s. 6d. Postage is. Inventor and Patentee, of a Double Truss, 31s. Cd,, 42s. and 52s. 6d. Postage is. 8d. J. I.. l'n.VERMACIIRK , Too, Kc;;cllt-Mr <-<-t , London W „ . . TU-*: MARVI -:L OF SCIKNCH .—KLECTRI- ,, of Umbilical Truss, 42s. and 52s. 6d. Postage is. rod. A lest on loan seul gratis if required. -1 CITY ANll MAC.NI-.riSMl Caution.—Spurious electric appliances bcine: advertised by ljuack Post Office Orders to be made payable to J O H N W HITE, Post Office Doctors, Patients should consult I'ulvenuacher's Pamphlet on lhat CUKE YOURSELF P.Y THE ELECT!" IC AND MAGKF.'I IC Piccadilly. subject (free by post), embod y ing other most intercstine. mailer for SELFAIIJUSTINi ; l I KATIVE. XP.IVPATEXTELASTICSTOCKIXGS,KNEECAPS, &c. those suffering from Rheumatic and Neuralgic Pains, I'unctiuiul The material of which these arc made is recommended by the Disorde rs, &c, Kc. SUFFF.KEKS from Ncrvnm Ailments Indigestion Debility, fa. ulty as being peculiarl y ELASTIC and COMPRESSIBLE and , the best invention f-r giving efficient aud permanent support in all Weakness, ,'"• ,-., T UXURIANT WHISKERS , Moustaches CAN Now CURE TIIEMSKLYKS cases of WEAKNESS, VARICOSE VEINS, Szc. Price, 4*. 6cL , , and 7s. od. ( u.s. and 16s. each. Postage 6d. SPINAL MACHINES, -L-* a Fine Head of Hair. —Mrs. M EUKIAM , Spring field Mas by ihe onl y " (.UAI .- A *. 1 I : I : D J ; K \U : IIY " iu lunope, protected and , .*- , LEG IKON'S, and Every Description of Surgical Appliances. U.S., will send, through her English agents, Messrs. Wesley and sanctioned by the Faculty. Knox, Fcathersionc-buildings, London , W.C , her Recipe (lom.i.l;0 Free for one Stamp, by W. JENXEI' , Esq., S.M. (Member J OHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly,London for nine stamps and stamped envelope , producing hair on tare or College, (ic), PF.I'CY HOUSE, BEDFORD Si.) ., LONDON. head in a month. A pint bottle sent by rail (carriage paid) for 36 jY.ll.- Medieines and Fees suferseaed. —Rev. E. Danzi ger (M.M.), stamps.—May be ordered through any Chemist (Rr.Fi'.ni-tNCF TO TIN -: I. I» AI » INT; P HYSICIANS OF THH D AY.) STAMMERING. 9, Chester-place, Albany-street , London , N.W.; North Field A TEST f "KATLS.-Seml for Delails. Villa , Leeds ; and jx Carter-strot-t, Grecnhays, Man- HEAD of HAIR , FINE , WHISKERS, MOUS- C A I' TIIJ S.- X.H. This is the only acknowledged Curative Ap- chester, effectually and permanently CURES ALL TACHES, and KYU-11KOWS. —A relired Apothecary, finm pliance as in use iu the various Hospitals aud recognised by the IMPEDIMENT OFSPEECH, whether due to nervous- Wales , will send his nolcd FORMULA for 13 stamps and stamp Medical'/acuity of Great Hritain and none are genuine unless had ness or other cases, irrespective of age or sex. No directed , envelope lo produce Hair on ihe Head. Whiskers and direct from Mr. II alter Jenner; -.oho cautious the p ublic against mechanical appliance used. The highest references and Moustache, on the Face in thr.e weeks.—Mr. EVAN EVANS. M.D. a person using his name, and imitating his discoveries. testimonials can bt obtained on application. No fee if no CM., Dorians, Surrey. Vide^ Pri'e Medal and Hospital Report*. benefit derived.