WILLIAM PRESTON AND TEE " ANCIENT" MASONS. their framing a proper Answer to be transmitted to the R.W.G.I., of Scot- It is difficult to suggest a reason for the conduct of W ILLIAM PRESTON , land , and when done to be presented to His Grace for his approbation. " author of the well-known " Illustrations of Masonry," in almost entirely The " Pecquet " referred to contained firstly a letter from W ILLIAM M ASON ignoring the existence of that section of English which stjkd dattd " Edinr. 17th Augt. 1775, " to " W M . D ICKEY Esq. Bow St. Covent itself during the latter half of last, and the early years of the present , Garden , Londn.," in which he describes the purport of PRESTON 'S letter, century as the " Antient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted and adds, by way of postscript , " I have given no Answer to Mr. Masons according to the old Institutions," or more familiarly, as the PRESTON 'S Letter, nor will not, until I hear fro m you, therefore shal " Ancient " or " Athol " Masons. According to the extract we published expect you will be speedy in your Return to this, that I may have in our issue of the 29th ult., from K ENNING 'S Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, an opportunity to do it." PRESTON , in his letter to M ASON , applied it is not clear when this distinguished member of our Order was initiated " for a Correct List of the present Officers of the Grand Lodtre of into its mysteries, but " it has been said at a lodge, which met at the White Scotland and of the severa l Lodges under your Constitution. As it is Hart, in the Strand , in 17 60, under an Athol Warrant." Bro. GOULD , in intended for an Annual Publication which goes to Press about his " Atholl Lodges," in the note appended to No. m , points out that a month hence, I shall be greatly obliged if favoured with an answer from PRESTON was a member of the lodge at the White Hart , having been you by return of Post." In a poslscri pt PRESTON adds : " I should be extreamly initiated under the dispensation granted by the " Ancient " happy to be Instrumental in introducing a Correspondence between the to make Masons at the said White Hart to Bro. R OBERT LOCKIIEAD Grand Lodge of Scotland, the place of my nativity, and the Grand Lodge on the 2nd March , 1763, while the lodge itself was constituted of England. My Interest and Connexions in Masonry are at present very &* " on or about 20th April , 1763 " ; and he further states that extensive here, it would give me a sensible pleasure to have the satisfac- " after meeting successively at the Horn Tavern , Fleet-street, the tion of recommending English Brethren to your favour & the Brethren Scots' Hall , Blackfriars, and the Half Moon, Cheapside, the members of Initiated by you to the Regular Lodges of this Metropolis." Secondly, No. in (at the instance of W ILLIAM PRESTON ) petitioned for a ' Modern ' there is a letter from Bro. M ASON to Bro. D ICKEV, in reply to one from the Constitution , and the Iodge was soon afterwards constituted a second time, in latter of the 28th August, in which he forwards copy of a letter which he had ample form , by the name of the ' Caledonian ' Lodge, under which name it writlen to Bro. PRESTON on the 7th September, and which wns to the follow- still exists (now No. 134) ." It is also clear, from the letter which appeared ing effect : " Sir— I duly reed, your Letter of the 7th ulto. & would have in our columns last week from Bro. R OBERT BERRIDGE , that it was not long returned an immediate answer but that your request was somewhat singular before Bro. PRESTON attained to a position of eminence in the ranks of the and therefore as the Grand Lodge of Scotland have an Establish'd Corres- " Modern ," or " Regular," Fraternity. Therefore, as an ex-member of the pondence with the Grand Lodges of England & Ireland &* they the same " Ancient " Society, and a prominent member of its more aristocratic rival, with us, whatever new matter happens with the one is made known to all. PRESTON was in a better position than yo. out of every hundred Masons of So I made this known to my worthy Brother D ICKEV , Secretary to the Grand his time to know of the schism which existed amongst the Freemasons in Lodge of England & of him in Bow Street, Covent Garden , you will get any Eng land. Yet no one who has read the l'ourth Book of his " Illustrations ," Information you may want to publish with regard to Masonry." The next in which is traced " the History of Masonry in England to the great Masonic letter is also from Bro. M ASON , bearing date " Edinburgh, 9 October, 1775, " Re-union in 1S13, " can have failed to remark that, as we have before said , and enclosing copy of a letter received from PRESTON in the interim. PRESTON with the exception of a few scant references to the " Ancients " and— in this letter, after politely declining to avail himself of Bro. M ASON 'S what could not be dealt with in a few lines—the account in refere nce to Bro. D ICKEV , on the ground that he has not "the pleasure of detail, as it appeared in the last edition published during his lifetime, of knowing that gentleman , neither do I wish to correspond with him in the " The Great Masonic Re-union in 1813, " what purports to be a " History of characlcr you give him , proceeds as follows : "It is with regret I under- Masonry in England" is merely a narrative of the proceedings of the stand by your Letter that the Grand Lodge of Scotland has been so grossly " Modern " or " Regular " Grand Lodge. As a pervert to this latter imposed upon as to have established a correspondence with an irregular section of the Craft in England , PRESTON , perhaps, was justified in the body of men who falsely assume the appellation of Antient Masons. And adoption of this course j but as the self-constituted historian of English I still more sensibly lament that this imposition has likewise received the Masonry, it was his duty to have described, as far as lay in his power, and countenance of the Grand Lodge of Ireland." Hc refers Bro. MASON to an with complete impartiality, the proceedings of both sections, and his omission enclosed exceript from his " History of Masonry in England from the revival to do this is a reproach to his fame which cannot be overlooked or condoned. of the Grand Lodge in 1717 " for the alleged " Origin of those Irregular When he was initiated , the " Ancient " Grand Lodge had 111 lodges on ils Masons with whom you correspond " and forward s a list of the Grand roll ; when he published the first edition of his history, this number had Masters of his Society from 1717. He adds—" I am sorry to find that the increased to about 180 ; and when the Union was effected in 1813, there were Duke of ATHOL , Gen. O UGHTON , Lord K ELLY , and some other respectable upwards of 300 of them. Moreover, this Union, as he well knew, or personages have at different times been prevailed upon to give a sanction to could without difficulty have ascertained , was effected on terms that were these assemblies. I am convinced no nobleman apprised of the deception equally honourable to both Societies, so that, though, as we have before sug- would give their countenance or wish to Intrude upon the rights of other gested, it may have been sound policy on the part of the " Moderns "—a Noblemen who ever smce.theyear 1721 have been regularly 'elected to preside policy enjoined on them by their Grand Lodge under the severest pains and as Grand Masters agreeable to the Antient Laws of the Society. You will penalties—to ignore their " Ancient " brethren , the conduct of Preston in find by the list that the greater part of our patrons have been noblemen framing his history in accordance wilh that policy seems all the more inex- of Scotch extraction , who have regularly attained the direction of the cusable, especially when we find from a perusal of the minutes of the Fraternity. Under our patronage 480 lodges are established at home " Ancient " Grand Lodge, that when it suited his purpose, he was able, or and abroad, and some of thc first Princes in Europe do not disdain our professed to able, to explain , as indeed he does in partisan fashion , the differ- Alliance." In commenting on this letter, Bro. M ASON writes : " As this ences that existed between the two Societies. seems to be new and serious matter, I shall expect with your first In the minutes of the " Ancient " Grand Lodge of the ist Nov. 1775— conveniency that you will favour me with an answer, and you will please at which time there existed a friendly intercouse between it and the Grand also return the papers, as I intend laying the whole before our next Lodges of Ireland and Scotland—it is recorded that Bro. DERMOTT, Deputy Quarterly Communication , which happens on the 13th proxo." The Grand Master, -who presided on the occassion, " reported that the Grand " Ancient " Grand Lodge was fully equal to the occasion. A reply, in Secretary had (upon y 16th last month) received a Pacquet from W.M. which is traceable the bold hand of Bro. DERMOTT , was at once prepared MASON , Esq., Grand Secretary of Scotland, containing sundry printed Papers and Grand Secretary D ICKEY was instructed to submit it for the approval composed by one W M . PRESTON , a Lecturer on Masonry in London , that of the Duke of ATHOL, Grand Master, and, if approved by his Grace, to it appeared by such papers and a private letter sent with them to the dispatch it forthwith to the Grand Lodge of Scotland. This letter contains Grand Secretary of Scotland, that the said W M . PRESTON had used the following statements : " That all the Lodges under our Constitution every Art to cause a Disunion between the Grand Lodges of Scotland and pursue the Universal Practice of the Royal Craft, as appears by the England , that upon the 19th of the same month, he, the D.G.M. (in the Brethren now Assembled , several of whom were made in Scotland , Ireland, presence of the Hon. Col. M URRAY , G. Sec, D ICKEV , and G. STEWART , Asia, & America ; We do most strenuously Insist & most religiously Master 14) had laid the above Pacquet before His Grace of ATHOLL, Grand declare that the Masonical practice of the Gentlemen called Modern Masons Master, who after perusing them very Attentively was pleased to order them (now under the sanction of Lord PETRIE ) is contrary to the Ancient & to be laid before the Grand Lodge without loss of time for the purpose of Universal Custom of the Royal Craft. We do freely acknowledge that the Society called Modern Masons are in possession of many Books, place or lodge pleasant. There is nothing that will make a man feel more Papers, & Memorandums bearing Masonical Titles, which Books, &c , uncomfortable than to be treated rudely by strangers. This is especially admitting them to be as old as the Creation , cannot constitute them true of strangers in our lod ges. the real Grand Lodge of Masons, having forfeited all right to such The ,* may come from England, Scotland, or Bombay, but, being familiar appellation by swerving from the Orig inal System of Masonry which with that universal language of Masonry, by which " one Mason may know has been so solemnly handed down and Received by every Member of the another in the dark as in the light," they have a right to expect courteous Community. This Truth is confess'd by the Modern Advocate (Mr. PRESTON) treatment when they visit a lodge. A kind word, a brotherly grasp of the hand and a friendly spirit in his History of Masonry, Page 4, line 35, &c, where he says, ' Under , , will make the stranger gratefully remember his the fictitious sanction of thc Ancient York Constitution , which was entirely visit to a lodge. But a lack of attention will fasten in his memory an un- dropt at the revival of the Grand Lodge in 1717, " &c. How an Ancient pleasant experience, and when he chances to p iss that way again, he will be Grand Lodge could be revived by entirely dropping the Old Constitution sure to give that lod ge a wide berth, and refuse to visit. and substituting* new forms Sec, is a kind of mystery which we do not under- An incident came to our knowledge recently of a brother fro m Bombay stand. Of equal sense and veracity is another Paragraph in the same Page, who was staying in Philadelphia for a few days and went to visit the where the Author says ' That the regular Masons were obliged to adopt fresh one evening for the purpose of visiting a lodge. He sent in measures more effectually to detect Impostors, &c. ; to accomplish this a card that the Tyler had instructed him to fill out. He gave on it the name more effectually some variations were made in and additions to the of the Iodge in which he was made, and some other Masonic information Established forms, the ancient Landmarks were preserved entire and requested. His card was returned to him with some short answer that he no change admitted but such as the most scrupulous wou'd could not visit. He was not even treated with the courtesy of having a approve.' Here an adoption of fresh Measures & Variations is openly committee or a brother come from the lodge to know who he was or by Confessed & that at a time & place when &* where no fault was found with what right he claimed the privilege of visiting. With no reasons given for it the Old Forms & Ancient Ceremonies of the Craft, nor can human wisdom he was turned away, and carries with him a very poor opinion of the Iodge conceive how such a charge could be Constitutional or even usefull in that failed in a very simple act of courtesy due to any man claiming to be a detecting Impostors or punishing delinquents if there were any such— Mason. If he had been found unworthy after making his statement, or though it is plain that such new change might be sufficient to distinguish the undergoing a proper examination , there would have been time enough to members of the new Masonical Hersey from those who adhered to the good turn him away. A little care to be courteous to strangers wins friends, while old system. It is as remarkable (if such alterations were absolutely necessary), acts of thoughtless unkindness makes foes.—N. Y. Dispatch. that no account of them had been transmitted to Scotland or Ireland , altho' such alterations obliterated the Ancient Landmarks in such manner as to MASONRY AMONG SAVAGE TRIBES. render the Ancient System scarcel y distinguishable by either of those nations, tho' ever famous for Masonry. The above remarks with several Papers Is Freemasonry known among the savage tribes of the earth, such as the (properly authenticated) whxh our Secretary is order'd to convey with this, Arabs of the desert, the red men of North America ? The question has will, We think, convince our Brethren of Scotland that we are of the same often been debated and apparently strong evidence produced on both sides. practice as themselves & sincerely wish that our United Grand Lodges may I once had a conversation with Robert Morris, in the course of which he ever be lamed for handing down the Royal Art according to its Orig inal In- told me that when travelling in the East he had met many Arab Sheiks, and stitution which is the only means for Masons of every Place & Language to that every one of them was acquainted with some of the modes of recognition be known to each other." in use among Freemasons. The hope expressed in the concluding paragra ph of this reply was On his inquiring ofj them how they obtained this knowledge, they realised . At the next regular communication of Grand I.od ge, a letter was informed him that it was hereditary in the Sheik families, and that it had read from Bro. M ASON , in which he said that he had laid the reply before been handed down by one generation to another from the earliest ages of the Grand Lodge of Scotland on the 13th November, and that it would the world. receive due consideration at the quarterly meeting in February, 177 ft- A"1 ' Many circumstances have from time to time been related which would on the 28th of lhat month Bro. M ASON transmits the following result of such lead us to infer that some knowledge of Masonic signs and symbols also consideration : " Grand Lodge of Scotland , D AVID D AI .RY .MPLE , Esq.Grand of exists among our native Indian tribes. Master, held at St. Giles Lodge, Edinburg h , the _^th day February, 177(1. Onc incident which appears to favour such a belief has recentl been To the Right Worshipful Grand Lod ge of England held under the Sanction y related lo me by Bro. W. S. Moote, who is at present a resident of our of the Right Worshipfull and Most Noble Prince J OHN Duke of ATHOLL, town of Dunville , and a r.-.ember of Amity Lodge, No. , G.R.C., but wha &c, &c, Grand Master. Greeting." 3? formerly belonged to a lodge at Hastings, Nebraska. Right Worshipful Brethren We are honour d with your obli ging Letter of the 1st November last & have Here is the narrative as told by himself. He says : " I was one of the considered it deliberately in our last Quarterl y Communication. We assure you early settlers of the Territory of Nebraska. In the fall or winter of 1874 I we are most sensibl y of your Brotherly Kindness in communicating to us the went on a buffalo hunt, in company with several friends and neighbours. Particulars contained in it, of which we do not entertain the smallest doubt. While hunting near the Prairie Dog, a tributary of the Republican River, We are by no means competent jud ges of the differences subsisting between we were attacked and surrounded by a band of hostile Indians belonging to your Grand Lodge and that held under the patronage ofjLord P I'TKIB . But since the Sioux iribe. Our ammunition was nearly exhausted, and our chances we have had the honor of opening a Correspondence with you we have every of escape appeared very slim ; but I remembered having heard that the reason to entertain the most Respectful opinion of your Grand Lodge. We shall savage tribes knew something of Masonry, so I gave the sign of the E.A, always think ourselves happy in. Keeping up the strictest communication with and then of thc F.C. These signs, to all appearance, were recognised by you, & Uniting our Endeavours to yours for promoting the Royal Craft & pre. the Indian chief , for hostilities immediately ceased , and we were allowed to serving it in its original purity . depart without being further molested. Given under our hands & the seal of the Grand Lodge of Scotland held in " I met some of the Sioux chiefs afterward, and conversed with them on the City of Edinburgh the 5th day of February in the year of our Lord 177 6 & the matter. They told me that the great chiefs were in possession of certain tf Light 5776. secret signs and tokens by which they were able to recognise one another j The above is signed by DAVID DA I . RVMIT . I :, G.M. J W M . BARCLAY , that these secrets had been handed down from generation to generation, and D.G.M. ; J AMES G KDIJKS , S.G.W. *, and W M . S MITH , J.G.W. ; and coun- that they were known to the chiefs long before the trees grew." tersigned by W M . M ASON , G. Sec , and D AVID BOLT, G. Clerk. Now, the general opinion of reliable Masonic historians is that purely Thus was PRESTON foiled in his attempt , to cause an estrangement Speculative Freemasonry was first established in 1717, and that all the between the " Ancient " Grand Lodge of England and the Grand Lodge of Masonic lodges in the world owe their origin , directly or indirectl y, to the Scotland , and ytt, though he made this attempt, and pretended to know all Grand Lodge of England, which was formed at London in that year, about the former, he almost entirely ignores their existence in his " Illustra- although some of them may have existed as operative lodges long before " This may have been in acordance with RESTON 'S tions. .P idea of the that lime, and may probably have done some speculative work . manner in which history should be written , but it is not with that of the But both the Arab Sheiks and the Indian chiefs claim that (he secrets At all 1 vents, it was not b thus i world generally. y gnoring ihe " Ancient " they possess were known to their forefathers ages before we have any Grand I.odge that the Union of the riva l Societies of Eng lish Masons was , either operative or speculative record of a ^ , having been ultimately accomplished in 1S13 011 terms equall y honourable to liith. established upon earth. Notwithstanding this. it is quite possible that they may have an acquaint- COURTES Y TO STRANGERS. ance wilh signs aud tokens similar to those in use among Masons. It is pretty generally admitted that the gypsies, as well as some Eastern Abraham once ent< rtained three strangers and was surprised when they seels, have secret modes of recognition wheieby they are known to each were about to depart lo find out iheir celestial character. They had not other. These signs are of a symbolic character, and, like those of the Arabs revealed themselves as angels, but had b en content to receive the courteous and red men , are supposed to be of East Indian or Egyptian origin, and attention the good old Patriarch was willing at all times to extend to sojour- very ancient. ners and strangers. Ever since tint incident there has been an admonition It is most probable that much of the mystic portion of Freemasonry was to the people of this world to be cue ul to treat strangers civill y, for " they derived from the same source, for some of those who t ook an active part in may entertain angels unawares." If there is any une who needs kind and the revival of 17 17 were Oriental scholars and lovers of that occult learn- courteous treatment it is " a stranger in a strange land , " or in strange lod ge . ing of which the Eastern sages were the great masters and teachers. The He is away from home and kindred , and must depend upon his fellow-men , close resemblance which is said to exist between tribes and those made use those whom hc never saw before or heard of perhaps, to make his stay in the of by Masons could thus be accounted for without discrediting in the least any of the facts which the researches of Masonic historians have brought to * In the orifinal letter in thc Minute Honk the word is " subsisting, " but " -substitut- lig ht.—T. L. M. T., in the AVw Vork Disp atch. . ing " is eviih ntl y inu nil- d . ROYAL MASONIO INSTITUTION FUR commencement of thc meeting, asked whether there who assembled in Prov. Grand Lodge every year, and GIRLS. should not be a permanent arrangement for retiring upon special occasions, under their respective banners. allowances, and a fund started , to which the staff should He hoped the W.M. and the brethren would be long subscribe, out of which they should be paid. spared to look upon their banner in lodge, and . rally I he yuarterly Court ot this Institution s (jovcrnors The C HAIRMAN said he did not think such a scheme round it on important occasions. and Subscribers was held on Thursday last at Free- could be carried out. Where there was a large com- Bro. R. C. M. COOKE , P.P.S.G.D., proposed a very masons' Hall, Bro. Frank Richardson , P.G.D., in the pany, and the officers of that company were receiving hearty vote of thanks to Bro. Sevier, W.M. for his but when the chair. There were also present Bros. J. H. Matthews, large salaries it could be carried out , valuable gift of the banner , which was seconded by brethren considered the salaries the staff of that Insti- Bro. B. S. Beckwith , P.P.G. Std. Br., and carried Alfred C. Spaull , Col . Hugh M . Gordon , H. Massey, tution were receiving they could see that they could unanimousl y. F. Wright, Sir John B. Monckton. W. H. Saunders, not keep up an annuity fund out of those salaries. The W.M. responded , and a vote of thanks was also James Stevens, and F. R. W. Hedges (Secretary). Bro. SAUNDERS said he thought the Institution passed to Bro. R. Hudson , P.G. Sec, for his interesting Bro. Sir JOHN B. M ONCKTON , P.G.W. , Patro n , by might contribute something to it, and the officers , say, address, and in replying Bro. Hudson said the permission of the Court, broug ht on his motion out of sixpence a month. He merely mentioned the subject provincial brethren had great pleasure in attending, as he had at vestries and other bodies. and having Lord Barnard at their head to represent order. The motion was as follows : "That in con- The C HAIRMAN informed the court that the Earl of Provincial Grand Lodge on tbat occasion. sideration of her long service on the staff of the Insti- Mount Edgcumbe would take the chair at the next At a later stage, Bro. Dr. M ITCH ELL , in proposing tution , commencing as pup il teacher on the 20th Festival of the Institution , and that the recei pts of the the toast of " The P.G.M. , Sir Hedworth Williamson , November, 185 1 , and after serving as assistant school- Institution for the past year werc £20,043 7s. id. Bart.," coup led the name of Lord Barnard , P.S.G.W., mistress and assistant governess, filling the office of A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the pro- with the toast, stating that Lord Barnard was in every ceedings. way most excellentl y qualified for the position which he sub-Matron of the Junior School fro m the 1st January , occup ied in the province. 18S1, to the present time, at .1 salary of £So per Bro. Lord BARNARD , in responding for the officers of annum (with board and residence), a period in all ANNUAL BALL OE THE ETRUSCAN LODGE , Provincial Grand Lodgo, said he felt altogether inade- of years, Miss Mary Ann Kernot be allowed 43 No. 510. quate to represent the high honour they had done him. on her retirement a pension of .£60 per annum." He was glad tbey shared wilh him the feelings he en- Sir John B. Monckton said he wanted to bring the Thc second annual ball under the auspices of the tertained towards their Provincial Grand Master, Sir motion on now as a personal favour , as he had to be Hedworth Williamson. He felt sure he expressed the elsewhere, in fact he ought to be in the City at that above lodge was held in the Town Hall , Longton , on Thursday evening, the 3rd inst., and was in every way opinion of all the Provincial Grand Officers at the moment, 12 o'clock ; but he came there to make the very great satisfaction with which they had seen the motion himself rather than let it be moved b a success. The ball was under the patronage of Bro. y any one , Prov. G.M. of Staffordshire ; W..VL, Bro. Dr. Sevier, present that beautiful banner of else. The brethren had heard the motion read , and in the Earl of Dartmouth and Bro. Lieut.-Col. Bindley, the Dep. P.G.M. The the lodge. It was a very great pleasure to him to be commending it to the meeting—which was small but present on such an auspicious occasion in a lodge bear- very important , because it represented the whole of the decorations were entrusted to Messrs. Goodnll and Sons, and the result of their labours gave comp lete ing the name he himself bore. Governors of the Institution , and a meeling to pass Bro. the Rev. H ARTLKV ENNINGS , P.P.G.C , pro- such a resolution ought to beabsolutel satisfaction. The floor was laid with diaper with a J y representative— and the walls were draped with pale posed "The Health ol Bro. R. Hudson , P.G.S.," who he might say that the motion had the seal border of crimson , and the and blue art muslins with festoons of salmon was the right man in the right place as the Secretary unanimous seal of the House Committee, and in a yellow , very pink muslin , to which were attached the Royal Arch of the Province of Durham. few words he would explain the condition of things banners. Between the draperies, overmantels and Bro. R. H UDSON responded, and gave " The Health with regard to it , and that the Institution would not be gilt mirrors werc suspended. The bandstand was of thc W.M.," and the proceedings afterwards termi- a loser by the resolution , if carried. Miss Kernot , as nated. they saw, had served the Institution very erected in the recess over the portico, and was similarly many years, Underneath the bandstand alcoves were and on her now retiring she was really entitled to some draped. retiring allowance in the evening of life. arranged with cosy corners. The stage was fitted up FRKEHASONliY IN WALES. When she as a drawing-room furnished in Chippendale. Choice became Sub-Matro n of the Junior School , she had in that character the position of head of and massive ware were kindl y lent by Messrs. T. Welsh Freemasonry, says the Craftsman has, during the junior , and some fine hoi house plants and , establishment , with only one member of the actual Forester and Sons the year just ended , made rapid progress, and the Order staff above her. The duties now being ferns , also kindl y lent by Mr. Fred Williamson. The is stronger in the Princi pality to-day than it ever was. relinquished by Master's and Wardens ' pedestals and other emblems Miss Kernot will, without detriment (o her present Towards the close of the year 1893 a gloom was cast work, be undertaken b Miss Flintoft of the Craft were exhibited in the hall. The west over the Brotherhood in the Eastern Division of South y , under the entrance hall and staircase were also prettily draped. general supervision of Miss Buck, Wales by the lamented death of thei r Prov. Grand Master , the Institution's Bro. Arthur L. Harber abl discharged the duties of most able and most excellent Matron. lt most y Bro. Sir George Elliot , who for so long a period had thoroughly accorded with the idea of the Hon. Secretary to the Ball Committee. The music , taken a prominent and active interest in the affairs of Committee lied b in what they now proposed , that on which left nothing to be desired , was supp y Bro. the Craft. In January a new Masonic Hall was opened Miss Kernel's W. T. Bonner , P.P.G.O. , and his string band. Supper retirement—there was no division of opinion on at Tredegar, and on the 26th of the same month tho the Committee wilh respect to this was served in the ante-room. The company numbered Freemasons of Cardiff were much interested in the proposition— about so that on Miss Kernel's very worthy retirement if she 150. visit ol Bro. Lord Roberts , who was feted and lionised got the benefit of this annuity she would have £60 a by the townspeop le in a manner that must have been year instead of £80, which she had been receiving as UNEUIi l./XG OF A J.UlJGE I1ANXEE. most gratifying not only to the object of thedemonstra- ' salary, and the Institution would benefit by that saving tion , but also to every Freemason in South Wales. In and also the saving of her board and lodging, for what On Friday the 4th inst., a very large assemblage of February the M.W. the Grand Master, H.R.H. the that was worth ; and there would be a gieat conveni- brethren gathered at the Barnard Lodge, No. 1230 , in Prince of Wales, attended the North Wales National ence in that there would be a little more room in the the Masonic Hall , Barnard Castle, on the occasion of Eisteddfod , and was received with enthusiastic loyalty house by her giving up her apartments . It was agre.it thc unfurling of a new lodge banner , the gift of the wherever he went. Tbe deat h of Bro. S. G. Homfray, point in this School that the system of having pupil W.M., Bro. Dr. A. H. Sevier. Among thc distinguished D.P.G. M. for Monmouthshire , in March , was a sad teachers was now so well developed under Miss visitors upon the occasion was thc Right Hon. Lord blow for the brethren of that division , and the loss of Davis that there was no want of junior assistants Barnard , P.S.G.W., and Bro. R. Hudson , P.G.S.B. so staunch and so lovable a brother will be long felt. which was useful to the girls and useful also Eng., P.G. Sec. The officers of the lodge present were On March 16th the venerable Dr. Wm. Reynold Sal- to the establishment. He might likewise add that Bros. A. H. Sevier , W.M. ; J. R. Thompson , I.P.M. ; mon , M.R.C.S., of Penllyn Court, Cowbridge, com- whereas the Junior School bad been very f ull Rev. Hartley Jennings, P.P.G. Chap., S. VV. ; J. H. pleted his 104th year, and received many Masonic perhaps rather over-full- for some time past , arrange- Dawson , P.M., J.W. ; R. C. M. Cooke, P.M., P.P.G.D., greetings. The doctor occupies the uni que position of ments had been made by the admirable accommo- I'reas. ; John W. B. Hislop, Sec. ; Gibson Ky le, being the oldest Freemason in the world. In April dation in the main building, to reduce the number S.D. ; G. E. Lockyer, J.D. ; G. W. Jackson , I.G. ; O. Cardiff had another distinguished Masonic visitor in 10 50 instead of 62, so that there would be rather less S. Scott ; D. Finlay, P.M. , D.C ; C. H. Welford , the person of Sir John Gorst. Sir John was the absolute responsibility of children , and lhe House Org.; R. W. Mitchinson , Steward ; R. Woodhams , guest of Bro. Sir Edward Stock Hill , K.C.B., of Committee were quite unanimous—and the medical Ty ler ; A. T. Piper, W. R. Atkinson , C. Hedley , C. Kookwood, Llandaff , who also acted as the host of Bro. officer, and Miss Davis, and thc matron were with them H. Raper, and E. Winpenny. Among the brethren Lord Roberts. On the 31st of May one of the most —that it could be managed without making any present were : Bros. J. M. Moore , P.M., P.P.G.O. ; successful Royal Arch meetings ever held in Cardiff , addition to the staff on Miss Kernel's retirement Isaac Thompson , P.M., P. P.G. Treas. ; J. Mitchell , or in the Province of the Eastern Division , took place Miss Kernot had been closely connected with the M. D., P.M. ; B. S. Beckwith , P.P.G. Std. Br. ; J. at tbe Masonic Hall , Working-street, on which occasion School for many years—longer than he (Bro. Sir John Hanley Holmes , P.P.G.R. ; and J. G. Hall , P.P.G. the " Marmaduke Tennant " Chapter was duly conse- Monckton) had been , and she had done her work there Asst. D. of C. Visitors : Bros. John Joel , P.A.G. Sec ; crated. In Jul y, the Merlin Lodge, Pon typridd , set a without fault of any kind , and she retired with the John Barnet , P.G. Std. Br. *. |. H. Johnson , noble example, which was followed by a number of respect of everybody.connected with the Institution. P.A.G.D.C. ; R. T. Richardson , P.P.G.R. ; George W. other Welsh lodges, by devoting a portion of its funds (Bro. Sir John Monckton then read the motion.) Hudson , P.P.G. Stwd ., N. and li. Yorks. ; Henry for thu relief of the widows and orp hans of the terrible Bro. J. H. M ATTHEWS said he seconded the motion Palmer, P.G.S.D. ; T. Dunn , P.G.D.C ; F. II. colliery explosion at Cill ynydd. On Jul y 12th , Bro. with pleasure, and he reall y could add nothing to what Bennett , P.P.G.D. ; W. C. Barro n , P. P.G.S.Ii . ; W. Colonel Lyne was re-installed as P.G.M. for Mon- Bro. Sir John Monckton had remarked. Barlow , P.P.D.G .D.C". ; |olin Robinson , P.P.G. Std. mouthshire , in the Provincial Grand I.odge held at Bro. Col. G ORDON enquired whether Miss Kernot Br. ; R . S. Beckwith , P.P.G. Std. Br. ; D. Finlay Rhyiiiney, and on September 27th tne notable event of had had any other employment out of the Institution. P.P.G.P. ; J. M. Moore , P.P.G.O. ; J. S. Hall the installation of Bro. Lord Llangattock as P.G.M. The C HAIRMAN said, no. She was out of her time P.P.A.G.D.C ; J. C Moor, P.P.G.D. • W. li. Brown , for the Eastern Division ol Soutn Wales took place at at 16 years of age, and the establishment then took her W.M. in ; J. Suggitt , W. M. 2462 ; G. L. Wooley, Cardiff , and was one of tbe most magnificent spectacles on; she was apprenticed , as there were no pupil W.M. 1862 ; 10 Seaton Cockell, Sec , 1862 ; G. ever witnessed by Welsh Freemasons. On October teachers at that time, and she had been there ever since Harrison , W. Waldy, and H. Waldy, 1379 • T. I Sth, Bro. C. R. Lyne, the respected son of Bro. Col. she was out of her apprenticeshi p. Coates, 16 50 ; J. Atkinson , 1862, P.P.G. Stwd. ; Lyne, of Newport , was installed as D.P.G.M. of Mon- The motion was put and carried. M. D. Mulhollaud , 124 ; R. Storey, 2415 ; Edward C. mouthshire , and has since amp ly justified his appoint- Bro. Sir J OHN B. M ONCKTON : Thank you , brethren. Sowerby, 1650 ; T. Bray brook 1S62 ; J. H. Leech, ment. Nothing but duty carries me from this good cause. P.M. 97, P.G. Stwd. ; William Phih pson, 2497 ; .Death has been busy among the brethren during the Bro. Sir John Monckton then retired . Chas. Baister , in ; and Rev. W. H. Coney. past year, and among the demises chronicled in the columns of the Craftsman during The S ECRETARY reported that, in consequence of the The lodge having been opened in due form , the the 12 months just usual ended were those of Bro. Captain day for the April Court and election falling on W.M., Bro. Dr. Sevier, presented to the lodge a Homfray, Newport ; the Thursday before Good Friday, the Court and elec- handsome new banner, bearing the insignia of the Bro. John May, Tenby, 73 years of age ; Bros. L. tion will be held on Saturd ay, 20th A pril , in accord- town , and the name and number of the lodge, with Mcintosh and R. Davies, ot Merth yr; Bros. John ance Nolcini and Sir Morgan Morgan of Cardiff ; and Bro. with the provision made in Law 50. Masonic emblems. The hymn " O God , our help in , The Committee then adopted the following recom- ages past," was sung, after whicli Bro. Rev. Hartley Thomas Hall , of Porthcawl. mendation of the General Committee, viz. -. " That the Jennings, P.P.G. Chap., S.W., offered up a special In another portion of the Craftsman a sympathetic '9 eligible candidates remaining from the last election , prayer for the dedication of the banner . notice is g iven of Uro. W. Pickford , Newport, recently together with deceased. the 22 whose petitions have been this day The W.M. then called upon Bro. Robert Hudson. approved , be placed upon the list of candidates for the April Prov. G. Sec, P.G. Std. Br. of Eng., to unfurl the new election , and that 22 vacancies caused by girls banner and deliver an address. T HK WILL of Bro. Deputy Gover, of Casino House, leaving be declared. Heme Hill , who died on .November 24th , was proved on the " Bro. H UDSON , in eloquent terms, referred to the uses W refere ce to thc resolution as to Miss 31st ult. by Mr. William Henry Gover and Mr. Arthur P w " Kernot , of banners in ancient and modern times, and particu- button Covet, the sons, two ol tne exec u tors, the value of «ro. U. H. SAUNDEI .S, who was not present at the ' lar }* in connection with the lodges of Freemasonry, tri e personal estate amounting to ^»P7^. ACCIDENT INSURANCE COM- Established 1705. Price 48s. per Dozen. ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT PANY LIMITED. BONDED STORES—LEITH . INSTITUTION , E.C. FOR io. ST. SWITHIN'S LANE LONDON, OLD GRANS SPECIAL TODDY , Personal Accidents. I Fidelity Guarantees. THE CREAM OE AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF Railway Accidents. I Plate Glass. FREEMASONS. Employers' Liability. HIGHLAND WHISKY. G RAND PATRON AND PRESIDENT : Prospectuses and every information forwarded Post Guaranteed Ten Years Old. 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